Blizzard strips frog farmers of their demigod status and the community complains

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Who would have thought that frogs would dominate the headlines surrounding World of Warcraft’s Remix: Mists of Pandaria? We’ll break down the drama for you again and tell you how the community reacted to Blizzard’s measures.

What is WoW Remix? The nostalgia event Remix: Mists of Pandaria is currently running in World of Warcraft, which sends all Azeroth heroes to Pandaria for a nostalgic experience point hunt. During the trip, participants can create a level 10 character, level it up to level 70, and find items that can be upgraded and improved with gems.

What’s the deal with frog farmers? Some players have found methods to farm bronze particularly efficiently. This resource is needed to upgrade equipment, but also to unlock mounts, transmog templates and toys.

One of the methods relies on the hyperspawn of frogs on the Timeless Isle. The amphibians appear there so quickly after the death of another frog that you can kill an extremely large number of frogs in a short period of time and thus receive a corresponding amount of loot.

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What was the problem?

  • Some players were able to farm so much bronze (or the equally important “Lesser Charms”) in this way that they turned themselves into quasi-demigods with their upgraded clothes, who could even defeat raid bosses solo.
  • Blizzard responded with a hotfix to make frog farming less efficient.
  • Many players complained because the extreme frog farmers were already very powerful and they had missed the opportunity to become a demigod.
  • Blizzard has responded again and is trying to turn back time: the upgradable capes of the extreme frog farmers have been toned down to a level that normal players could have achieved. In addition, all characters will have the opportunity to earn a total of 40,000 bronze through three new quests.

    • And how does the community react to this solution? Very few players are satisfied with the official post by community manager Kaivax. Some complain that Blizzard is going down the wrong path.

  • Seínaru writes: “Why can’t you just reduce the cost of upgrades by 90 percent and then double the rewards for anyone not marked as a frog farmer? You do this in an overly convoluted and chaotic way that ultimately does nothing to improve the key problem areas […].”
  • Mailborn would also have liked a different kind of compensation: “The prices are still too high. I will literally use up this 40k bronze gift in five minutes.”
  • Dreknight points out another problem: “This sounds great on paper, but the reality is that the cape is pretty irrelevant. […] Rolling back the cloak has very little effect when the cloak’s stats are only half of what a maxed chest piece has.”

    • Or to put it another way: frog farmers are still overwhelmingly strong after the hotfix. Non-frog farmers continue to feel disadvantaged.

    How do you assess the situation? Would you have hoped for a different solution from Blizzard? Simply allow Godmode for everyone for the limited-time event? Tell us in the comments! Some people are enthusiastic: WoW Remix is ​​a stroke of genius and the best thing Blizzard could have done

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