Right! So! Here we go…
First I am going to link my own feedback thread in which I have been updating on the regular (Last update was 2 days ago):
I’ll break it down and be a bit more concise here.
Improvements that can be made:
Alt Friendliness:
The grind to upgrade gear is brutal even for people who are on Remix constantly. More casual players are much more limited to bronze access which kind of forces them to make decision of either upgrading their gear so they can get into raids to get more bronze in the long run or gun for what cosmetics they absolutely want, picking and choosing from the roster. It’s not a good feeling, especially when the most lucrative way to get bronze for the cosmetics is to get an alt to 70.
Then you go on to another spectrum, those with alt-itis. People, like myself, will level up multiple characters but then they hit the level 70 wall. They are left with the option of:
A. Buy all the cosmetics they possibly can and abandon said alt or,
B. Start the grind from scratch to regear that alt.
This is a limited timed event and it is advertised that players are to be OP. A level 60 to fresh level 70 character is by far one of the worst experiences in this mode regardless if it is an alt or a main. I feel that if players choose option B, this alt should have access to the same gear tier level upgrades that the main should. You’re basically asking over 500k be farmed per a characters on a limited mode… It’s insane to even think about. I personally would love to try out shadow priest but there’s no way I am starting all over from scratch again.
Having the upgrades be discounted account wide will be very appealing to those who want to try out another class in this mode without the strain of being severely underpowered and having level 20’s basically laugh at you while you try to dungeon for threads.
The Scaling:
I personally have leveled 7 characters now with various methods and each time, 60-70 is just plain unfun. Even in tank or healer modes, you are subjected to astronomical amounts of damage and your health bars jump up and down more than a pogo stick. On top of that, you hit like a wet noodle. It’s very discouraging and demoralizing when you see lower levels doing double or even triple your damage.
Bronze Acquisition:
First, I really wish that bronze was account wide. This would be a HUGE W in my book. This way, I could continue to farm on my main and get the bronze needed to gear my alts or buy the cosmetics I don’t have yet. much easier. It never should have been character specific IMO, especially when TWW is gearing towards everything being account wide. This would have been a good way to test the currencies via bronze.
Bronze itself needs to drop in more quantity. It’s just not enough for a casual player who can’t play all the time and it helps compensate for those insanely high gear upgrade costs.
More Transparency on What to Expect:
A lot of players, including myself, thought that the cloak was going to have a 1 for 1 ratio when it came to playing an alt. Most of us were surprised to see a cap when we started a new alt, especially the experience buff.
The “Frog” Incident:
I’ll keep it short. The nerf did nothing but hurt players. It did not solve the problem at all. You acted too slow and put yourselves in a darn if you do, darn if you don’t situation. The people who benefitted most kept their overpowered status as the main power comes from item upgrades, not the cloak itself. Not to mention, many people who didn’t touch a frog at all also was affected by this nerf. It was a very, very bad move. I’ll leave it at that. You hit unintended targets and what’s worse is that those who did an actual exploit (aka the Heart of Fear and getting around instance limitation) got off the hook.
Other Stuff:
You acknowledged the transmog situation, which is great! I actually just got enough on my hunter to buy the Tusks myself. I also wished that there were pets to be offered in this mode like several people have recommended.
Also, gear upgrades and cosmetics should not have used the same currency.