tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post7433187176339321321..comments2024-01-18T16:20:09.743+01:00Comments on Nils' Blog: On Tobold's Raid DesignNilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06468755466492675831noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-7735510927830658792010-11-19T19:16:57.574+01:002010-11-19T19:16:57.574+01:00Andrux said:
"when's the last time you e...Andrux said:<br /><br /><i>"when's the last time you ever met someone who thought that 4horseman was hard?"</i><br /><br />Few would say it, for fear of not being thought as 1337 as you.<br /><br />Nonetheless it is hard for somebody who has not yet done it. In fact the "4 horsemen" is quite a tricky encounter and requires co-ordination. I suspect if you were to go back to Naxxramas now in ilvl 200 gear, it would give you a bit of a wake-up. From an execution point of view, it's certainly more difficult than Lord Marrowgar, on whom we all wiped many times.<br /><br />Do you think a PuG in ilvl 200 gear could down the four horsemen?Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-27828632606553075672010-11-19T12:05:14.336+01:002010-11-19T12:05:14.336+01:00Hehe, AndruX,
and if everybody spent 40 hours a w...Hehe, AndruX,<br /><br />and if everybody spent 40 hours a week trying to beat Lich King heroic, almost everybody would have done it.<br /><br />Fact is that quite a lot of players still competed for Gladiator title. ;)<br /><br />So, yes, it is hard, because other people make it hard. Because you fight other people. And that makes it harder than raiding.<br /><br />That said, I consider arena extremely boring and stopped competing halfway through TBC.<br /><br />Otherwise, I tend to agree. Tobold did not seem to have raided enough to judge raiding in WotLK.Nilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468755466492675831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-81892374874448109112010-11-19T11:59:13.690+01:002010-11-19T11:59:13.690+01:00Just a little bit of devil's advocate action f...Just a little bit of devil's advocate action for you, if nobody took arena seriously but still participated, there would still be gladiators. It's hard because other people make it hard :)<br /><br />Overall I'd say the biggest flaw in Tobold's post is that he hasn't seen the content he's making sweeping generalizations about. Having cleared 9/12 heroic icecrown myself, I'd estimate that the difficulty of even the normal mode encounters (which most people, Tobold included, couldn't complete without guild <i>organized</i> raiding) makes naxx look like child's play. Appropriate gear and all, when's the last time you ever met someone who thought that 4horseman was hard?Andrux51https://www.blogger.com/profile/08719248541314871126noreply@blogger.com