Blizzard is leveraging pure nostalgia with WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, a limited-time alternative to rewind time and play by means of a modernized model of the 2011 enlargement. When it goes reside on Could 16, you can shortly stage up a personality who will switch over to the common servers when it is over, presumably as a enjoyable approach to put together for The Battle Inside enlargement later this 12 months.
WoW expansions are already playable as you stage up in WoW, however WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria will happen on separate servers and have sooner leveling, new gadgets, and rewards to take again to the common MMO. Consider it like an accelerated tour by means of considered one of WoW’s finest expansions, a substitute for the traditional leveling expertise.
Anybody can play as much as stage 20 with no WoW subscription, however if you wish to climb all the best way to 70, you may have to pay. Blizzard has stated lately that it is making an attempt so as to add extra worth to the subscription value with modes like this and the shock battle royale occasion Plunderstorm. In case you hop in simply to relive your favourite enlargement, you may produce other issues to take a look at too, like WoW Traditional and its seasonal mode Season of Discovery.
Final week, Blizzard let gamers check out WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria on its PTR, or public check realm, server. I jumped in and was instantly stunned that Blizzard had constructed a whole intro sequence tying Mists of Pandaria into the storyline of Warcraft’s time-traveling dragons. You spend a couple of minutes getting briefed earlier than donning a singular cloak—which grows in energy together with your character—and setting sail for the island of Pandaria.
Enjoying by means of the primary few quests as a Horde character crash-landing on the shore was like watching a reminiscence at 1.5x pace. Fight went sooner than I remembered, doubtless as a result of characters are ripped from regular WoW with all the talents and expertise timber that got here a number of years later. As somebody who hasn’t stored up on WoW a lot, fashionable options like a really helpful construct possibility for my expertise tree made it simple to begin enjoying. I did not go lengthy sufficient to begin discovering the brand new gems, however I think about these will skyrocket your energy as you begin including them to your gear.
All of the gear transmogs you acquire keep together with your account and you should use a brand new “Bronze” forex to purchase up a bunch of beauty gadgets to make use of in regular WoW, too. I am virtually satisfied this might be the time I lastly play by means of all of Mists of Pandaria to see why my mates adore it a lot. But when Blizzard have been to do the WoW Remix therapy to 2007’s The Burning Campaign, I might be there day one.
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria will go reside on Could 16 for a restricted period of time that Blizzard hasn’t clarified the size of but. I might guess it will be round for at the least a month or till The Battle Inside launches—which additionally does not have a date but.