Comments on: What’s a good size for a raid instance?

By: motstandet

motstandet — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:27:53 +0000

31 bosses was a “joke”, according to Ghostcrawler.

Then in an example on how we don’t want raids to rotate in tanks, I wanted to pick what I hoped was a ridiculous number so that players wouldn’t try and and deduce from my answer how many bosses Icecrown has.

Sadly, my sarcasm doesn’t translate well to the forums.

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/12/19110156318-31-bosses-in-icecrown-raid.html

By: spinks

spinks — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:22:23 +0000

I’d be OK with this actually. Put in something big and complex and give players options as to how they tackle it and then leave them alone to manage things themselves.

It’s how DKP first originated. There would be drama but I think we’d evolve ways to deal with things, and that might also be quite interesting.

By: spinks

spinks — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:19:40 +0000

Could be! Or 31 jormugandrs in the same room maybe …

By: Stabs

Stabs — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:21:54 +0000

Gosh, what a recipe for drama.

“Hey guys I dont need anything off the first 6 bosses we have on farm so we’ll extend and wipe all week on boss #7″

That will go down well, I don’t think.

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:36:34 +0000

You’re absolutely right. It is a lot easier to wrangle two or three groups of cats than four.

I like the epic scale of large raids but I honestly don’t miss the logistics. I think back to my EQ1 days and marvel at the fact that the average raid contained more people than my entire EQ2 guild did.

At least, back then, however, you could make it work with a solid core, a majority of average and a few plan bad players. The smaller and tighter it gets the more each individual person must focus. It is a good balance.

I just like being able to do everything with my core ^_~

By: theerivs

theerivs — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:18:10 +0000

My favorite…Gruul. I like to hit it, and quit it.

By: Dugrik

Dugrik — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:58:10 +0000

Could it be 31 one-room instances, each with one boss?

By: Anjin

Anjin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:57:34 +0000

I’m wondering if Blizzard will make the excuse that this is why they add the raid lockout extension. Let the instance reset every seven days if you want to farm the first few bosses or extending until you’ve marched all the way to Arthas.

Of course, Delany is probably right. They’ll probably set it up as a series of interconnected wings.

By: Delany

Delany — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:19:32 +0000

Think wings.

By: spinks

spinks — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:55:37 +0000

I’m sure it would be possible to do something smart with optional bosses, winged areas, shortcuts, keys, and maybe the kind of one use key that you’re talking about here.