World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Remix players went on a frog-killing rampage, Blizzard put a stop to it, and now nobody is happy

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Mists of Pandaria Remix launched late last week, kicking World of Warcraft players back in time to hang out with some chill pandas. Unlike Chromie Time, which lets players pick an expansion to level up in, Remix requires you to roll a new timewalking character who won’t be able to leave Pandaria until the end of the event in a few months. During this sojourn, you’ll find new ways to earn transmogs, toys and mounts, including some rewards that used to be incredibly hard to unlock.

It’s a fun diversion while we wait forThe War Within, but it’s also generated a fair share of drama and is proving to be just as divisive as the original expansion. At the heart of this is the much-touted accelerated levelling, the expectation that we’d all have god-like power, and lots of frogs.

It’s a group activity, you see, because the goal is to activate hyperspawning. Hyperspawning is when the game thinks the area is full of players, resulting in increased spawns. So a group of five can draw all the frogs into a small area, murder them instantly, and trick WoW into thinking there’s an army working away.

Since bronze is required for upgrading gear, as well as unlocking cosmetic goodies, it’s invaluable. And between the bronze and thread gains, players were finally achieving the god-like power they’d expected from Remix. Thisdamage chartshowing how a frog farmer compared to everyone else in a raid really says it all.

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The fun times tragically ended on Sunday. Blizzard snuck out a stealth fix andreduced the froggy rewards, which no longer dole out charms. They can still be farmed for bronze and gems, but it’s definitely no longer as lucrative.This has frustrated just about everyone. The frog farmers can no longer get their kicks, while the players who never took advantage of it now have no reasonable way to catch up to the early birds. The mantra of “exploit early and often” is very relevant here.

There’s an argument that Blizzard has only treated a symptom. Obviously, when there’s an exploit, people are going to use it, but this time the eagerness for players to take advantage of the frog farm can be partly attributed to their dissatisfaction. I’m personally having a great time in Remix, but Blizzard absolutely framed the event as a way to rapidly level up and become stupidly overpowered. And that’s what we got in the PTR. So naturally people are going to feel a bit cheated when their gains are diminished.

Players are arguing that it’s actually quicker to level through regular WoW but, while they aren’t entirely wrong, there’s a big caveat. If you’ve perfectly optimised your levelling route, you can speed through the game and get to the newest expansion, Dragonflight, in a few hours. But that’s a very specific way to play. If you just play through an expansion normally, not trying to optimise everything, Remix will definitely feel faster.

It’s also worth noting that things do pick up the pace considerably on an alt, even with the initial 100% XP cap. After running through Remix on my Monk, I’m now working on a Warlock, and I’m frequently levelling up twice when handing in quests. It’s undeniably brisk. And since alts can earn achievements and threads all over again, the XP buff is only going to become more powerful.

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