The fact that anyone thinks the reforging system was complex is laughable. There was nothing complicated about it. I loved it because it was a great way to give yourself more beneficial stats with a not BIS piece of gear.
THIS was the BEST feature they ever did bring into the game. Its such a huge shame that they removed it. Especially with the RNG nowadays this feature would be amazing because you could always have something good coming out of trash loot. HUUUGE mistake that they removed it.
And complex? Say what? It was only complex if you want to minmax everything out of it. And even then there were addons that did everything for you.
They didn't get rid of it because it was bad. They got rid of it because it was good. People could get the gear they wanted sooner, which meant less motive to play. Many hard-core raiders quit the game during cataclysm and instead of blaming the actual issue, that the raids were punishing beyond all reason and had mechanics that meant mistakes would result in a wipe, but only after 10 minutes of fighting, thinking you'd be okay, the whole situation was so unfun and so miserable that most folks just stopped playing. My guild was full of lovely people and honestly, progression was so depressing because of endlessly stacking debuffs you'd almost get to the end over and over and over until everyone was tearing their hair out.
Everyone quit the same week.
Despite happily farming every raid in WOTLK.
That's how bad it was. Cataclysm ruined everything.
And they killed the only nice system in the game because it allowed people to stop farming sooner.
It was bad, it was another mandatory thing you had to do. When an item drops and you cant equip it straight away because it will be worse for you is what killed the game.
Removed and in its place, the absolutely disgusting gear that was in wod dungeons. Oh you got a drop? Is it the right stat's? Nope better run it 100 more times to try get the 1 piece of the 6 possibilities
Reforging was the best thing that happened. The implementation just sucked balls. Beeing able to change a bad stat, let's say Mastery, into a good one, let's say Haste, is a good thing. But not beeing able to do it right after you got a new piece of gear was stupid.
I didn't even realize they took it out because I stopped playing after MoP 😂 reforging was awesome especially for PvP, I didn't raid in cata so I don't really know
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The fact that anyone thinks the reforging system was complex is laughable. There was nothing complicated about it. I loved it because it was a great way to give yourself more beneficial stats with a not BIS piece of gear.
No and i would say. It was one of the worst thing they could have done.
I will put this mistake on par with reputation tabars.
I miss reforging, I could make the best of my equipment with it
When they took away reforging they lost my subscription for a decade.
No.
Well back then it was good due to hit cap and I think maybe defence cap it was a great addition but real shame it didn’t stay…
Bring it back for retail damn it
No they need to bring it back, was an amazing system that made terrible gear be a decent alternative until you get the piece you want
I was 11 playing cataclysm and even I could understand reforging
Yeah i miss it for sure. I also miss having extra stats
THIS was the BEST feature they ever did bring into the game. Its such a huge shame that they removed it. Especially with the RNG nowadays this feature would be amazing because you could always have something good coming out of trash loot. HUUUGE mistake that they removed it.
And complex? Say what? It was only complex if you want to minmax everything out of it. And even then there were addons that did everything for you.
They didn't get rid of it because it was bad. They got rid of it because it was good. People could get the gear they wanted sooner, which meant less motive to play. Many hard-core raiders quit the game during cataclysm and instead of blaming the actual issue, that the raids were punishing beyond all reason and had mechanics that meant mistakes would result in a wipe, but only after 10 minutes of fighting, thinking you'd be okay, the whole situation was so unfun and so miserable that most folks just stopped playing. My guild was full of lovely people and honestly, progression was so depressing because of endlessly stacking debuffs you'd almost get to the end over and over and over until everyone was tearing their hair out.
Everyone quit the same week.
Despite happily farming every raid in WOTLK.
That's how bad it was. Cataclysm ruined everything.
And they killed the only nice system in the game because it allowed people to stop farming sooner.
We have it now in d4 and it's wi ked but it's like gambling basically lol
It was bad, it was another mandatory thing you had to do. When an item drops and you cant equip it straight away because it will be worse for you is what killed the game.
Reforging stuff was a good one. Simplifying stuff was a bit better, but… yeah. 🤣
No, we need it back
Removed Reforging but added Legion Legendaries one expac later. God damn Legion felt like a chore
I saw a video earlier where the warrior had 6784k health how is that healthy? Might as well be 6784 instead. Gotta squish every expansion
How was it to complex? You had to drag and item then read it’s not that complex.
Removed and in its place, the absolutely disgusting gear that was in wod dungeons. Oh you got a drop? Is it the right stat's? Nope better run it 100 more times to try get the 1 piece of the 6 possibilities
Reforging just kinda became obsolete since the new stat system didnt requires stuff like hit and expertise
Complex my butt, it was just too good at getting the ideal stats.
It was cool for a few weeks, then we found out about ask jeeves or what it was and then it was only cool for having the right hitchance and Expertise.
I loved it
Reforging was the best thing that happened. The implementation just sucked balls. Beeing able to change a bad stat, let's say Mastery, into a good one, let's say Haste, is a good thing. But not beeing able to do it right after you got a new piece of gear was stupid.
Bring it back!!!
Wasn’t complex at all for players maybe it was for developers
I didn't even realize they took it out because I stopped playing after MoP 😂 reforging was awesome especially for PvP, I didn't raid in cata so I don't really know
Oh no, i have to use an addon or a websites to tell me what to do, and it actually made getting new gear always a positive
Not sure what was so complex about it… Compared with other bull**it they've added over the years…
I miss reforging. It made it so that an ilvl upgrade was able to be an upgrade even without your main stat priority on it.