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World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandariais introducing some awesome new spells that can be learned via socketed gems, including cross-class skills, passives, and ultimate abilities. Reminiscent of the Rune engravings from Season of Discovery, these powerful abilities will make the newWorld of Warcraftgame mode truly extraordinary.

Blizzard is introducing anew PvE event calledWorld of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria. Starting May 16, players can make new characters to play throughMists of Pandariaat an accelerated rate and with modern convenience and class balance, collecting transmogs and other rewards as they adventure across the 12-year-old expansion.

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However, there are also somespecial abilities fans can obtain inWorld of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandariathat will make the leveling experience unique. By experimenting with over 60 different gems they collect around Pandaria, players can empower their character with new synergies and skills. Cogwheel Gems let players learn abilities from other classes, like Heroic Leap and Vanish, and Tinker Gems provide powerful passives. Meanwhile, Meta Gems grant access to ultimate abilities, such as one that transforms them into Chi-Ji, the Red Crane.

In many ways, these special gems and sockets are reminiscent of theRune engravings fromWorld of Warcraft ClassicSeason of Discovery. These class-altering abilities give Season of Discovery characters a huge power boost, and even let them fill new party roles in the process. It seems likeWoW Remix: Mists of Pandariagems and sockets are modernWoW’s take on the popular Season of Discovery feature.

Were that not enough, eachWorld of Warcraft Remixcharacter gets a Timerunner’s Cloak that transforms and gains bonus stats throughout the event. With no limit on how powerful it will become, and with its bonuses shared across alts during the event, players should have no trouble farmingrareWoWcosmetic items fromMists of Pandarialike the Tusks of Mannoroth.

At the moment,World of Warcrafthas not given a solid end date for the Mists of Pandaria Remix event. However, fans noticed the end date on theWorld of WarcraftPublic Test Realm was listed as August 19. While the actual event could end sooner or later than that, a three-month run would be in line with what most players expected fromWoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria– and right around whentheWorld of Warcraft: The War Within Pre-Patchevent is likely to begin.

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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.