08-02-2007, 08:04 PM
Quote:Sad, isn't it? He'll also tell his minions to sit back and wait for the heroes to come to them rather than going on the offensive.
If they do put Northrend in next, the Lich King better not be the final "boss" of the expansion. He should, at least for the time being, be an unattainable challenge that only the foolhardy would attempt. I'd love to see footage of players marching bravely towards the Frozen Throne and simply dropping dead all at once. Or maybe every human member of the raid succumbing to the plague and being permanently Mind Controlled until death, sparking threads on Blizzard's forums of "imbalance" and a "slap in the face" to the Alliance.
I can dream, right?
They should do a pan-race version of that. Everyone should be able to go take a crack at Arthas from Day 1. As soon as you engage him, half the raid (regardless of race) gets 'plagued' (Undispellable, continues until death) and attacks the remaining half of the raid (preferably targeting healers first). If anyone dies, he heals to 100% and plagues more people. At 90%, Arthas says, "This bores me," and plagues anyone left unplagued. Then he teleports your raid of zombies to the outskirts of a nearby city where you attack and the guards slaughter you.
How does he ever get beaten? Blizzard buries a "talisman of no-plague" at the end of the ultimate raid instance, dropping some limited number (say 3) per week. The challenge becomes: How many people do you need to kill Arthas? Maybe it's possible with 15 really skilled players but you can take up to 40 into the instance. If you want to zerg him down with 40 people, have at it. But if you want a server first, you'll probably need to do it with 15 or 20.