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- More Opera - Less Prince!
Drysc: The need for some amount of randomness was gone over at BlizzCon in the Raid & Dungeons panel, I would recommend looking up some of those shakey-cams on youtube if you've never seen them. Some good insight on design of the encounters.
I would agree that the light-heartedness of the Opera is a really refreshing change, and it was great there's a place for it in Karazhan. In a world of demon-infested castles, dungeons, and dark caves it's not every one you can create such an event and have it fit and make sense. So, I think the Opera event was more a product of location than of the desire to make something a bit more whimsical.
As for Prince Malchezaar and that fight, yeah it's got the whole random thing going on with the infernals. However; you can mitigate the randomness of their drops any number of ways. By being over-geared you can certainly deal with the problems better as they crop up, but then really why are you fighting Prince? You can also track the fall of the infernals, have a barker that's good at watching them and able to anticipate their placement. Or, use one of a couple different placement strategies that make it almost impossible for an infernal to interfere. The last one being the most popular these days I suspect.
Encounters need randomness, as small as miraculously dodging that one hit, all the way up to a fight randomly dropping green meteors on your face. There has to be some amount of randomness, or there's no human element, no need for you and your group to adapt and react, which doesn't make for a fun and engaging fight.
Each encounter is going to use different mechanics, and not everyone is going to like every mechanic or basis for a fight. Personally I would rather fight Prince than Netherspite just because of my personal experiences. So which of us is right? Which encounter is better or worse? Or should there maybe be a variety so that a dungeon can appeal to a broad spectrum of people, groups, and playstyles?
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Things have remained slow on the official Blizzard news front. The last update to the main site was the sixteenth informing us that The Wrath of the Lich King has reached its first year anniversary and that a free trial has launched. If you’ve yet to upgrade (why not???) or know someone who would like to try WoW and play as a Blood Elf then this is a great opportunity for them.
A lot has happened in this last year. We’ve gone through and explored the Black Temple, revisited tons of landmarks last seen in the RTS game, reached level 70, and a variable cornucopia of delightful experiences were made in the wondrous land of Outland. Even though we’re celebrating anniversary of its launch a year ago we’re nearing the time we bid farewell to the lands of Outland and return once more Azeroth where we’ll face the next big challenge.
We’re supposedly a year or less away from entering the land held by the Lich King and the next big threat to the great lands of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. Once more players will be ordering copies of the expansion in mass and trying to push their way through queues attempting to get the first boat there just like a year ago. As we’re still starting this New Year let us look back at the previous year and the enjoyment we had with receiving and playing through current expansion. As time moves forward so do things move into the past. Soon Outland will be a fleeting memory just like the first time you tried to take on Hogger or found yourself lost in the now nearly abandoned Westfall.
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