CM News: Legendaries Will Not be Upgraded
Ever since the very first legendary weapon was introduced from the Molten Core, players have wondered about the role of legendary items. Extraordinarily rare and powerful, and requiring a tremendous amount of time and effort to produce, you’ll usually see someone sitting around Ironforge wielding these from one of the “hardcore” raiding guilds. Since then, however, much of the game has changed, and the legendary weapon’s power greatly diminishes as time goes on.
This of course led to the question: why?
Many players felt that the items were so difficult and time consuming to attain that they should be purposely allowed to retain value even as the power of items inflates with expansions and other means of progression. Suggestions included a weapon upgrade quest that would lead a legendary weapon to be on par with top-quality level 70 gear now, for example. A Blizzard CM, Eyonix, was quick to shoot the idea down:
“Obtaining a legendary item is certainly a special and rare accomplishment, and one that I’ve yet to achieve. With that being said, we don’t want someone to get any item in the game and never have to replace it. Like all items, legendaries are meant to have their limit of power and players are meant to eventually find a potential improvement.
We currently have no plans to change our design philosophy and allow these items to be upgraded.”
From a lore perspective it’s a little disheartening, I’ll admit. Weapons like the Twin Blades of Azzinoth deserve a place of power, but unfortunately it doesn’t mesh well with game balance. All weapons of any type or quality will eventually be replaced, it’s simply the way in which these things work in MMOs. We’ll no doubt see the addition of new legendary weapons with the new expansion to replace the old. Personally I hope Frostmourne doesn’t show up since..all things considered..it devours a person’s soul..so as soon as someone picks it up they should lose control of their character forever. Obviously I don’t see that happening!
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