Wow – Legendary Cloaks for all!


When I quit playing everyone was working at their legendary quest chain to get themselves a fancy gem. This gem would only fit inside Blizzard-approved weapons that were really only accessible in the latest tier of raiding. I literally had no interest in this what-so-ever as it seemed like alot of work for very little payout. After coming back I see Blizzard has continued the chain and made a very tempting Carrot at the end of a very long string… Qian-Ying, Fortitude of Niuzao!

I decided, after being told I had to, to continue where I left off and hammer away at the chain.So far I have actually been very impressed with the chain. It’s fully voice acted, has some interesting characters, and really feels like a strong part of the games storyline. Now, I have been doing alot of reading into the chain and of course your eyes always stray towards the comments sections… I have seen some grumblings about how this Legendary is too accessible, a “Legendary for casuals”, if you will. I think that sometimes the hardcore forget that skill is not the only virtue. Dedication and perseverance are virtues too, and worth rewarding. I should mention that this is my first Legendary. I always thought the guild master should never take away from the group, and should be the “host” of the events. I will never forget those stupid Legndary items that made life miserable in WoTLK and Cata…  So I may be biased towards a model that actually allowed me to get one!

I think this model for the Legendary is a very good one. It keeps it within reach of every demographic. You only get the legendary in the last patch, mitigating power concerns. The questline is long and involved, and very satisfying. I like how you have to do a bit of everything, even PvP. I know a lot of people didn’t like the PvP part, but I thought it added to the scope of the challenge, making it more worthy of being a Legendary.

I personally hope a similar model is used in Warlords of Draenor, what do you think? Does this system degrade the value of the Legendary status?

 

 

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