At the time of writing this, Legion Remix is three days away and I am still unsure if I’m going to play it. Well, that’s not quite true. I know myself well enough to know that I will probably end up playing Remix. What I’m really not sure about is whether it will capture and hold my attention long enough to play it long term.
Like many, I loved playing MoP Remix. I think I leveled five or six different alts through it, most of whom have had no play time since and one of whom was deleted. It was just so fun and fast to level a character and I was trying so hard to collect transmog, mounts, and all the other stuff through the event.
Like MoP, Legion brings extra character slots so I could actually participate (yes, I’m one of those people who uses all the slots). Like with MoP, I’m missing appearances, mounts, pets, etc. that I could collect more easily through the event. Yes, I liked Legion as an expansion. Yes, I have class questlines I never completed that I could try out in the event. Yes, I’m aware that there may be housing items to collect.
So, with all that there is to gain and enjoy, why am I so unsure?
Well, first of all, WoW hasn’t had too much of my attention lately. Part of that is the beginning of the school year, since I’m a teacher and it’s always a busy time of year for me. Part of it is the end of expansion lull that always seems to hit me at roughly this point in an expansion. Part of it is that I’m waiting on housing, so doing other things in game just doesn’t compare to what I would like to be doing in game.
Second, I’m not completely sure I want another thing on a “WoW To Do List” that I’m already feeling lukewarm about. I’m not sure how many current Retail players haven’t gotten the Reshii Wraps yet, but I know I’m one of them. A few months ago, when we first learned about professions being used to create some housing items, I had this idea of maxing out all the professions from all the expansions using my army of alts. I now have a blacksmith and an alchemist who are almost maxed at the classic profession level, but that’s it in terms of professions my two main characters haven’t already leveled.
I suppose what it comes down to is that I’m struggling to feel excited about things that feel uncertain. I don’t have a good grasp on what I want from Legion (I know, I can fix that) and I’m not sure what to focus on with housing since I don’t know what I want and what I’ll need to do to get it.
WoW exists in a kind of limbo space for me right now, with all of my goals feeling vague and/or temporary hold-me-overs while I wait for the content I really want.
So, in short, I suppose I’m looking forward to Legion Remix, but it will be a stepping stone, I think, more than a game mode I enjoy purely for what it is.
warcraftsolo.com 
Leave a comment