Like, it just helps people run old content… That’s it. THAT’S LITERALLY IT. At this point you’re just discouraging people from PLAYING YOUR GAME by nerfing old content farming.
They probably didn’t think about it. Nearly all gear from ‘lower’ expansions is capped like this. There are some exceptions, but not many.
I do basically agree with you about the carelessness of it, but I doubt it was ‘deliberate’ just a case of it getting caught up in a larger process.
I don’t really get what the whole issue is all about the item is still there.
Whaa an item from wow classic is no longer relevant 15 years after it was added to the game. Yea ok m8.
What discourages me from doing old content is the sheer reduction of gold you get for the items you loot… That one hurt a lot, Blizzard.
Then again I have read in other posts you can get lots of gold from doing content in Shadowlands, which I have not yet played, so I can’t tell so far. ^ Still, I feel very unmotivated to do some old raids now.
ye the gold was cut really hard, even in raids that were not giving much gold to begin with (eg WOTLK ones).
And soloing was made harder too. In 8.3 i could solo mythic nighthold without issues, even Gul Dan with some cooldowns and tactics. Now im almost 180 ilvl at level 60 and could not beat illidan phase. I don’t have enough damage even with covenant ability. And the nerfed gold doesn’t make up for necessary consumables in that case (flask, dps pot, warscrolls etc).
Legion is really old content at this point, it should be soloable without issues. It is still not.
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Technically… Legion was 110 lvl. Bfa 120. At 121 aka 51 we should be able to faceroll it naked, with auto attack fists, due to legacy dmg buff.
But the level squish (another stupid idea to attract the vanilla crowd cuz 60 is like 60 in vanila Pikachuface. Jpg) ruined too many things including this.
Not sure I understand your problem.
Can’t you just get the transmog and use it on an item of higher ilvl?
I don’t see the issue.
It has a speed increase effect on it. That doesnt carry over in transmog.
Game needs to have its numbers reduced. Not only because its easier and feels better to deal with fathomable numbers. But also for server/client communication reasons that cause lag.
It is amazing when you run soo… doesn’t hurt the game so I don’t see why they nerfed it
There are Tributes that certain World Quests and Covenant Callings give, which nearly always have 3 trash items of 500+ Gold value at the least. They can also give Conduits.
Edit to also add, Torghast trash items also sell for a nice penny collectively.
People who think that all those old mobility nerfs are accidental are exactly the type of hamster Activision wants for the wheels.
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Oh… But why would OP expect a sword from content that old to be relevant nowadays?
Everyone will be using Shadowlands gear.
Because it’s been relevant up until now ? What does Shadowlands gear have to do with farming old content?
I am confused now… How was it relevant up until now?
Did people run around with this weapon equipped just to move slightly faster?
Yes. Because weapon power makes no difference for running old instances. Speed does.
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Can’t be that fast… Can’t people just get an old pair of boots and enchant them with movement speed increases?
There’s at least two I know of 
They removed the easy way to respawn in old dungeons too with their update to the help menu.
Can’t remember what the percentage of speed increase was but I remember it was better than nothing. The time saved becomes really noticeable after you’ve killed Rivendare for the 100th time or so XD. It’s just an instance of another mundane lick of flavour being removed from the game, crucial or not.
I think there is optional ingredient to guarantee speed stat on a crafted item.
You can craft xmog farming set, ye it will be low ilvl but collectively it will give you very large speed buff in xmog runs.