World of Warcraft has disabled the ability to transfer Timerunner characters from Legion Remix into the normal servers after an exploit allowed them to keep their Infinite Power while doing so. Though this is likely a temporary measure, there is currently no timetable as to when World of Warcraft fans will be able to move their Legion Remix characters over to The War Within before the game mode ends.
Legion Remix is a limited-time event in which players can power through the popular expansion with functionally unlimited power scaling to collect unique World of Warcraft achievements and rewards. This second of such events iterates on Mists of Pandaria Remix from last year in several substantial ways, including the ability to transfer Timerunner characters over to the main game early.
WoW: Legion Remix Timerunner Transfer Temporarily Disabled
Unfortunately, it seems this function has been removed for the time being. Previously, a small hourglass button next to a Legion Remix Timerunner character allowed fans to send them to modern WoW on a one-way trip. However, this button recently disappeared without warning, along with the ability to move Timerunners out of Legion Remix prematurely.
At press time, World of Warcraft has not made an official statement as to why this was done, but a new video on YouTube may have all the answers. WoW player Maximkad recently posted footage of his character somehow entering the Mythic Manaforge Omega raid from WoW Patch 11.2 with all of his Legion Remix Infinite Power upgrades. Together, he and a small team were able to melt Dimensius – the hardest boss in modern WoW right now – in a matter of minutes. It is not a stretch of imagination to suspect the exploit used in this feat is likely connected to the now-disabled character transfer system.
This isn’t the first problem the Timerunner transfer system has had since Legion Remix began. The button was visible right away, but it simply did not work for the first couple of weeks, only for it to now be removed shortly after it started functioning. While Blizzard likely hopes to get this system back up and running in one of World of Warcraft: Legion Remix’s next phases, it is possible it could be down for some time.
Regardless, fans will still be able to keep all of their characters after Legion Remix is over. Assuming it works like Mists of Pandaria Remix, all World of Warcraft: Legion Remix characters will automatically be transferred over to modern servers with a set of bags and starting gear based on their level. Infinite Power in World of Warcraft: Legion Remix will also be removed by that point, so this issue should not repeat itself.
