Infraction for Bokchoy: General Idiocy

Kaubel · 06/29/07, 9:50 AM

Post: Left the game - have things improved?
User: Bokchoy
Infraction: General Idiocy
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

LOL? Gay? Come on, man.

Original Post:

(Most of) The fights in SSC and TK have been improved. Vashj was reasonably easy, but still challenging. Kael'thas is an awesome fight. Solarian went from "really stupid" to just "kinda dumb". Al'ar we retardedly bugged before, and is now not-so-bugged but too easy. Leotheras was made less interesting, but more forgivable for melee. Generally SSC and TK were made more enjoyable.

However, Hyjal and Black Temple suffer from the problems that SSC and TK initially faced. For starters, Hyjal trash, even after the most recent changes, is still the least enjoyable and least rewarding experience in World of Warcraft since Alterac Valley v1.0. The bosses are pretty cool, but most are too easy. What's really disappointing is the Archimonde fight. It goes back to the LOL@MELEE approach to raid design. There are a few really refreshing concepts in the fight, but they're completely wasted. Melee DPS classes are beyond useless; they are a detriment to the raid. The AoE fear thing that Blizzard said they'd do away with is as gay as it has ever been. As for Black Temple, while there are a couple genuinely challenging bosses, the rest are ridiculously easy. I'm talking Void Reaver easy. Gurtogg Bloodboil, while fully possible, is obviously not tuned properly. While the trash is actually kind of fun, and the boss concepts are interesting, much tuning is needed.

I love raiding for the macro-management aspect and the concept of 25 friends working together to maintain a healthy raiding team. The content itself is pretty cool, but still leave a lot to be desired. I'm guessing the Hyjal and BT will be reworked in the future. It this is the case, the guilds who are currently finishing up on SSC and TK have much to look forward to. In the meantime, raiding is OK. It's better than SSC/TK was from the very beginning, but it's nowhere near the Naxxramas glory days.