With all the hullabaloo about CM sets not making a return (original or recolors), I’d just like to point out that it’s been several expansions since anything similar to the Challenge Mode or Mage Tower rewards were added to the game.
I see a lot of people wanting to gatekeep pixels from other people, for whatever reason, but one of the big issues I think is that the developers simply haven’t been adding cool, exclusive transmogs available to those who complete some sort of PvE content in a long time.
The challenge mode sets came out in Mist of Pandaria, which came out in 2012 (12! years ago). The mage tower weapon appearances came out in Legion, which launched in 2016 (8! years ago).
We’ve now gone through three expansions (Battle for Azeroth, Shadowlands, and Dragonflight) without any sort of limited-time, cool, exclusive transmogs to collect. Newer players don’t have any sort of neat way to show “I wuz there” like the CM sets/MT appearances show.
I think that’s part of the problem presented by these original ideas. If there were more regular, exclusive PvE collectibles to collect in a given expansion there’d be more ways for players to participate in showing off their rare collectibles. But there just haven’t been any rare collectibles akin to CM/MT in a long, long, long, long…time.
Absolutely none of which had rewards up to par with CM sets or MT weapons for your character, and the armor/weapon cosmetics from them are STILL available.
Challenge Modes rewarded limited time sets, mounts, and titles in Mists of Pandaria, Mythic Keystones reward limited time mounts, titles, and portals in Dragonflight. What’s the issue again?
Ok, check back in 10 years or so and see how many people are clamoring to get the masks from horrific visions. We’ll all be waiting (hint: no one will be asking for these in 10 years).
