08-16-2006, 05:17 PM
Quote:Well the reality is there will be no difficulty slider for 25 man raid content. There will be for 10 and 5 person dungeons. Therefore Blizzard has two options: 1. Appease the masses and make the 25 person raid dungeons fairly easy ala ZG20 or AQ20. or 2. Make it the same difficulty as Naxxramas. If the reduction of 40 person raids to 25 person raids was to make content more accessible my gut feeling is that they have no choice but to go with option 1. This move makes no other sense other than for technological reasons. Apparently 25 people stress the servers quite a bit less than 40 do. But again, there theoretically should be a lot more people raiding under a 25 person system than a 40 person system which should stress the servers more.
So i am still leaning towards Blizzard making easier raids simply for the fact that it appeals to the most people and will make them the most $$$ in the short term. Casuals will not stay in this game for a long period of time. The reason Everquest is still around 8 years later is not because of the casual its because of the hardcore. So i am very concerned about the direction of the game. I would hate to see a brain drain from this game (best players leaving for more of challenge) because players will move on if raids are easy.
Given all the mixed information on difficulty settings that has been posited in interviews and blue posts, this is the first I've heard that there won't be difficulty settings on raids. Can you provide a source for that statement?
The statements thus far clearly articulate:
There will be a player selected difficulty slider.
That slider will have 5 settings from easy to super hard.
That slider will have 2 settings normal and hard
The difficulty will be set based on the party's level and not player selected.
The slider will affect only expansion dungeons and raids.
The slider may affect older dungeons and raids (SM was mentioned).
Your statement is the first I've heard. I'd love more info on that.
-Kershner