08-12-2006, 04:51 AM
Quote:Yes, but these 25-man dungeons won't be like the relatively easy 20-man dungeons that we've seen already. These are going to be tough dungeons that require skill, gear, perseverence, and time. They likely won't be something where you'd want to split your best players into two raiding parties. I suspect that what's going to happen is that a whole lot of guilds are going to be breaking up, reshuffling, and reforming over the coming months. Guild sizes are going to have some radical adjustments with core players staying in some guilds and other people breaking off to join other guilds just forming. Overall, I think it will be good, as there won't be this trap where you have to be in only the very small handful of gigantic "raid capable" guilds to see high end content. If you don't like some people, you'll have more freedom to quit and join some other guilds whose people's personalities suit you more. I like it, but it's going to take a while to adjust to it.
Certainly all current raiding guilds will need to adapt. If a guild has exactly the right people and schedules now to reliably raid with 40 people without anyone feeling pressured into attending or disappointed at being excluded then this is clearly not a good change for them. A sixty player guild with 20 regulars that gets a random five other players showing up some nights and all 40 on others will appreciate the change - especially if the smaller instances on the hard setting are competitive enough that running them doesn't feel like a waste of time to players with access to the 25 man ones.