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Trial of the Crusader: First Impressions
If I had to use one word to describe the new 5-man introduced in Patch 3.2 it would be... short.
There is a lot of ceremony during the instance and it's cool to have Thrall, Wyrnn, and Fordring watching as you fight. However, there are only 3 encounters in the instance. The first has you joust/fight 3 champions of your opposing faction. The second you face an Argent Crusade champion and some lackeys. Lastly, you fight Black Knight.
The instance is even shorter than Violet Hold. If it were not for the long start at the beginning I believe a good group could be done with the instance in under 10 minutes.
I'm reminded of Culling of Stratholme where it takes several minutes to get the dungeon setup to before you can really start it. The immersion factor is great, but much like Stratholme, after third or fourth time you just want to get on with the fighting.
There is a lot of ceremony during the instance and it's cool to have Thrall, Wyrnn, and Fordring watching as you fight. However, there are only 3 encounters in the instance. The first has you joust/fight 3 champions of your opposing faction. The second you face an Argent Crusade champion and some lackeys. Lastly, you fight Black Knight.
The instance is even shorter than Violet Hold. If it were not for the long start at the beginning I believe a good group could be done with the instance in under 10 minutes.
I'm reminded of Culling of Stratholme where it takes several minutes to get the dungeon setup to before you can really start it. The immersion factor is great, but much like Stratholme, after third or fourth time you just want to get on with the fighting.
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Confirmed. My guildmates and I farmed the normal mode about 7 times in an hour.
And the heroic mode took only a few minutes longer. I enjoyed it but it wasn't really much of a "dungeon". It might be more fun if it was actually not instanced and people could drop in and help/waylay your bossfights much like Ring of Blood or Ampitheatre of Anguish, they would have to rename it "Coliseum of QQ". |
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Way shorter than VH, and, in my opinion, easier. Absolutely agree with ceremony time- way too long once inside.
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There should be something that 'attunes' you to the instance, so that after your first time in there, it just says 'Returning champions have come back to again test their mettle, please give a round of applause for: [Names of Party]. Without further ado, let's start jousting!' or something.
Also. I've done the instance maybe 25 times (on regular), and haven't seen the Banner of Victory trinket once. Not to mention how difficult it apparently is, to turn around on Eadric, when he goes all supernova. /tough mechanic |
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