08-14-2006, 06:42 PM
Quote:You know what? There is no point in continuing this.
Yes, please both of you thread crap somplace else. We have done this before. There is actually new info to discuss.
I am actually modestly excited about this change for the first time in a while. As well as the "hybrids will be hybrids" change.
As far as the wailing and gnashing of teeth... I believe Tigole when he says that most guilds are going to be in flux anyways. There may be a few guilds that really have 45-55 solid players, none of them use the expansion as a chance to bail, they all level up togeather, and all want to raid togeather. I'd be suprised if that's more then a fraction of a fraction.
And it's still an open question if 25 man will even be where the challenges are. From the sounds of it, the Hellfire Citidel and Coilfang Resevoir 25 man wings may just be Onyxia style loot pinatas, with the Tempest Keep being the only real instance. I'm near positive about Hellfire, less so about Coilfang (ofcourse everything is subject to change). It could easily be that you will have a hard time getting 25 togeather because people like the 5/10 man stuff so much. Even if 25 mans have better loot/challenges, with at least one epic 10 man, you will be pretty close to the old 40 man size if you run those at the same time.
The one big dissapointment I have is that some stuff would just feel a lot better 40 man. Mainly Mt. Hyjal is what I'm thinking right now, but I'm sure there are other encounters that would be more epic with 40.