VN Boards Archive

[VN Boards Archive]

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Topic: Topic of the Week - Looking for Raid

Vault_News Title: 0110011010 Be Nice to Me I'm a Bot Posts: 43,785 Registered: Oct 18, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 42,467 User ID: 1,086,234	Subject: Topic of the Week - Looking for Raid
	MMO-Champion has been busy the last month or two! Analyzing data and posting their findings about certain aspects (no pun intended) of the game. The latest post shows progression for this last patch and one can't help but notice how relatively few people have completed the Dragon Soul raid on Normal difficulty. Do you think the Looking For Raid feature is going to trivialize normal and heroic modes? Do you think the average person/guild will 'bother' completing the raid in normal or heroic modes? Or will the lure of better gear keep most people reaching for the carrot? Are you concerned that those difficulty options will go away if so few players complete it? Do you use the Looking for Raid? Do you think it's a good feature for the game or a bad one? Or is it more complicated than that? The Topic of the Week is a contest run by WoW Vault! The best reply will receive VIP Insider for 2 weeks! Potential winning posts are judged according to length, interpretation of the subject and writing style. Disclaimer: Winners with too many ToS violations on their account may not be eligible to receive the reward. Posted from WoW Vault -----signature----- (none)
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Ugh_Lancelot Title: Ooo...bouncy! Posts: 5,492 Registered: Jun 17, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,446 User ID: 689,383	Subject: Topic of the Week - Looking for Raid
	Amusing. Apparently, much to the chagrin of the bridge trolls in here, most folks are more interested in running the raid and enjoying the content at an easier (read: less tedious/onerous) difficulty level in spite of getting lower-iLevel gear from it. Interesting, too, that this has zero relevance to "new blood" as 2/3 of raiders that did Firelands before LFR was introduced chose to do Dragon Soul on LFR. It is probably worth noting that this does not show people who only farmed gear from raids and never actually completed the entire raid. I have no idea what percentage that might be, though I'm assuming fairly low as I would guess the final boss would be included even if you're doing farm raids. Or am I wrong? -----signature----- WoW and DAoC - Too many alts to count Charter Member - Altaholics Anonymous
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Dums Title: Moderator The mystery flavor Posts: 8,245 Registered: Oct 29, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 7,576 User ID: 732,266	Subject: Topic of the Week - Looking for Raid
	A lot of people run it, and a lot of raiding guilds running it in guild groups to hand out easy gear. Good way to gear people out. -----signature----- hi
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