This is kinda weird, but I really like the gem system in the Mists Remix. So, a gem called Brilliance dropped and I was like, not op but it really scratched that itch of wanting to be a paladin. The gem gives 5% Vers and more importantly 2% of any class resource as recovery. If they renamed this to inspiring presence. I would be right at home as a front-line defence and buff champ.
This is just such a cool ability; some people might go oh but the game balance. I really don’t care, that is a dev problem. First time in ages wow felt like a character-building RPG “ROLE PLAYING GAME” to me. Don’t get me wrong wow does do a lot of cool stuff but as an rpg where you build out a char that does cool things in the world. Not really, until now.
Panda Remix is probably an experiment for Blizzard.
They get to try a bunch of crazy or innovative systems and see what the community loves and hates without any risks or consequences because it does not affect the actual retail experience.
I expect the most successful systems of remix will eventually find their way into retail in some way.
It seems Blizzard is performing a lot of experiments as of late, a welcome change as I support experimenting. So far, it seems Pandaria Remix is another take on SoD but on a smaller-scale, and am looking forward to see what they might implement in retail as a result at the end of these experiments.
Blizzard would somehow make obtaining them a chore/grind
Only a select few will be meta, so the rest will become useless
We already have enough clutter in our bags, I don’t want more space lost because of gems
I do like the idea of developing your character and making it unique but in WoW, if you haven’t got x, y or z equipped, then you’re not getting invites.