There are hundreds of bosses in WoW as I know you are aware of. I also know that everyone has a favourite boss. It could be a boss that took you or your guild forever to take down, could be that it gave you a sense of accomplishment, or you could just like the encounter and enjoy doing it. This is what this weeks reader post is about. So let's see what everyone had to say.
Onyxia has a special place for me. It was the first major boss my guild killed. We were working on her for some time and through all the wipes and all the whelp deaths and of course all the quoting of that famous video we finally got her down. This was also the reason I was so happy that Blizzard decided to "redo" Onyxia for the 5th aniversary. Giving the raiders and others alike who didn't get to expierene her in her prime the chance to do so.
Sarth 3D to me is a great encounter, which really showed your guild had what it took be a top level guild. I am not talking about the joke now that is the nuke strat. I am talking about handling the drakes, cooldowns on the tanks, and DPS killing the adds and going in the portals. I truly great and well designed encounter.
I didn't play wow pre-WotLK, so my experience isn't as great as some. Anyway, my favorite boss would have to be Mimiron HM. Seriously, even on 10 man theres fire everywhere and it's just chaotic. From a dps standpoint in my opinion it's possibly the best way to accurately test someones dps potential, with all the moving and dodging and dpsing of adds.
Lady Vashj to me is one of the best designed encounters. Was difficult and required great execution. The fact is even now you can't just go in there and use your level 80 power to steam roll the encounter. You need to know the strat and how to handle the cores. They need to bring encounters back like this that required the entire raid to function as a unit.
Ragnaros is what start it all. He was the perfect balance between DPS, tanking, position, and add management. He was also my first major triumph in this game. I really hope when hes back they give him an encounter which does justice to his first encounter.
Illidan was it for me. The build up to fight him was just something epic in its own right. The first pull when he said "YOU ARE NOT PREPARED" made me really think we weren't prepared. We got our asses handed to us easily. We put in the work and got him down killing one the major WoW characters in history. Was great stuff and I won't ever forget it.
That is it for this week as there is a limit to the amount of stuff people will read. As always thank you for all the submissions and sure to check next weeks topic which will be stated on Sunday. Enjoy your weekend!
Showing posts with label Boss Fights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boss Fights. Show all posts
Friday, April 16, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Like A Boss
So I had this idea if I was a boss in WoW what would the encounter be like. I am pretty sure I would want it to be able my frustrations that people have done over the years. So here goes my release!
Abilities
Banishment of the Slacker: Right on pull I would instantly kill the person who got back last and held everyone up. Saying something "Run back now you damn slacker, and don't bother repairing like you do after every stupid pull".
Punishment of Failure: Scream "Who heals and who fails?". Upon finishing throws all ret pallys across the room and gives them a movement speed debuff. Therefore by the time they get back to the boss they are thrown back once again.
Incompetence: While there are spots of fire all over the room if you stand in one for more than 2 ticks you will be frozen in spot have a giant arrow on your head and laughed at while you die to the fire.
Test of Idiocy: You are marked for a challenge you must turn and run to the other side of the room. If you do not make it in time you will explode and instantly kill anyone within 100 yrds of you. This feat can only be accomplished if you fail and keyboard turn.
Stack of Power: One random person is marked. Everyone must stack on this person to either heal or DPS. Not close to them, but directly on top.
That's What Friends Are For: When this casts anyone within 10yrds of anyone else is killed. Spread out you have no friends.
Deadly Barrier: Throw up a barrier that when any DPS is done after it has gone up the person is instantly killed. ie STOP DPS. If you die to this ability "Stupidity has no Cooldown" is spoken.
That is all I can think of for now that I could actually turn into something. If you think of something else be sure to tell me. Enjoy the weather and your weekend.
Abilities
Banishment of the Slacker: Right on pull I would instantly kill the person who got back last and held everyone up. Saying something "Run back now you damn slacker, and don't bother repairing like you do after every stupid pull".
Punishment of Failure: Scream "Who heals and who fails?". Upon finishing throws all ret pallys across the room and gives them a movement speed debuff. Therefore by the time they get back to the boss they are thrown back once again.
Incompetence: While there are spots of fire all over the room if you stand in one for more than 2 ticks you will be frozen in spot have a giant arrow on your head and laughed at while you die to the fire.
Test of Idiocy: You are marked for a challenge you must turn and run to the other side of the room. If you do not make it in time you will explode and instantly kill anyone within 100 yrds of you. This feat can only be accomplished if you fail and keyboard turn.
Stack of Power: One random person is marked. Everyone must stack on this person to either heal or DPS. Not close to them, but directly on top.
That's What Friends Are For: When this casts anyone within 10yrds of anyone else is killed. Spread out you have no friends.
Deadly Barrier: Throw up a barrier that when any DPS is done after it has gone up the person is instantly killed. ie STOP DPS. If you die to this ability "Stupidity has no Cooldown" is spoken.
That is all I can think of for now that I could actually turn into something. If you think of something else be sure to tell me. Enjoy the weather and your weekend.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
My Favourite Bosses
Since we have a new instance out and of course new bosses I think now is the perfect time to tell everyone about my favourite boss encounters in WoW.
Buru: Is a boss in AQ20, and the fun started even before the boss when people would jump down into the pit and miss the water and die. Anyways, this fight consisted of one person being randomly targeted and chased. This person would have to kite the boss around to these patches of eggs and time it was the DPS would blow them up just as the boss got over them. You had to do this till he lost his shell. This made for some pretty interesting raid nights and that wasn't even until the "OH SHIT" moment when his shell was gone and everyone had to DPS like mad before he owned everyone.
Canon Master Willey: This encounter was just awesome because one person would be chosen to man the cannons and shoot the incoming rifleman adds before they owned your party. Oh the fun I had blasting people made farming the dam bullets worth it.
Baron Geddon: Is a Giant fire elemental in Molten Core. The best part is he randomly casts "Living Bomb" on a random raid member causing him to blow up and at level 60 would basically kill anyone around you. For us when Molten Core became pretty much a joke we would vote on someone to be "the target". This person would then be the target if you got the living bomb. The whole point would be to try and kill this person. Was great fun.
Ragnaros: He was the first major boss in the game and the "TOO SOON" speech is something that will stick with WoW players forever. It is kinda depressing even when you go in there with 2-3 people you still don't see the sons spawn. This fight used to be great fun and I won't forget our great accomplishment in classic WoW, killing him before the Sons spawned.
Nefarian: He was my first "Yes we did it". Sure we had killed Rag and Ony, but neither of them are as close in difficulty as Nefarion. Great times went into learning this boss. Including people forgetting to wear their Onyxia cloaks, which a few times was the tank. The massive amounts of dragons during phase one, the landing of the biggest boss to date, the craziness of the class calls, and who can forget the respawn of the dragons. All of this lead to people screaming on vent when he finally went down.
Lady Vashj: In my opinion this is one of the best encounter designs Blizzard has ever done. It required an amazing amount of team work on every ones part. The passing of cores, the kiting, and the add management made phase 2 insane to get through. And then you were rewarded with phase 3 and the hell that was the poison bats.
Kael' Thas Sunstrider: How can you not love killing a blood elf. Let alone the the Prince himself. I love this fight because its sense of accomplishment. Before 3.0 more people had cleared Mount Hyjal and most of Black Temple then had killed Kael. I know many people complained burning Crusade was too difficult and I guess this encounter was one which had much of the talk for its risk/reward, but when you killed him you knew you did something. Lore wise Kael is also a great character trying to do whats best for his people he goes crazy and even mad, a true addict. Throw in the epic voice overs and you have one the best best fights in WoW history.
Illidan Stormrage: Lore wise Illidan is one of the most interesting characters in Warcraft. Always trying to do whats best for his people and the world, but then always doing it in the wrong way. To me it sucks that we actually killed him, because of how great a character he is. I won't ever forget the first time Akama opened that door and we ran up and heard him say "YOU ARE NOT PREPARED". That time he was right we got our asses handed to us. There will never be a fight again which takes 20+ minutes at level to do, and this fight had everything. Adds, lazer beams from the air, fire on the ground, bacteria multiplying adds, a giant demon, and of course Maiev joined you. Was the fight everyone was looking forward to with a not so epic ending. Who knows maybe we will see The Betrayer again.
Malygos: The first polar fight even if it was just in phase 3. To all you people thinking Kael's gravity thing that doesn't count. This had the lore and the feel you were fighting an Aspect. The voice acting is one of my favourites and who doesn't love fight dragons? This required people to pay attention and focus. Something which wasn't needed in Naxx. This encounter makes me cannot wait for Deathwing, the next Aspect we will fight. He is after all the Biggest, Baddest, Dragon of them all.
Yogg Saron: I enjoy fights that have a lot going on and where people have specific roles to fill, because it makes you feel like you all had to do what you had to do to pull off the kill. Yogg is a great example of one of those fights. It also contained some great historic lore during the portal phases which was a great addition to an already epic feeling boss fight. I always enjoy last bosses in instances the whole "we are awesome" feeling and the "we are finally done" attitude is always a good thing.
The Lich King: I expect him to be here and I hope I am not disappointed.
Tonight is the last chance to get your Screenshots in for tomorrow's post. Don't be late and keep having fun in the stuff I know I am.
Buru: Is a boss in AQ20, and the fun started even before the boss when people would jump down into the pit and miss the water and die. Anyways, this fight consisted of one person being randomly targeted and chased. This person would have to kite the boss around to these patches of eggs and time it was the DPS would blow them up just as the boss got over them. You had to do this till he lost his shell. This made for some pretty interesting raid nights and that wasn't even until the "OH SHIT" moment when his shell was gone and everyone had to DPS like mad before he owned everyone.
Canon Master Willey: This encounter was just awesome because one person would be chosen to man the cannons and shoot the incoming rifleman adds before they owned your party. Oh the fun I had blasting people made farming the dam bullets worth it.
Baron Geddon: Is a Giant fire elemental in Molten Core. The best part is he randomly casts "Living Bomb" on a random raid member causing him to blow up and at level 60 would basically kill anyone around you. For us when Molten Core became pretty much a joke we would vote on someone to be "the target". This person would then be the target if you got the living bomb. The whole point would be to try and kill this person. Was great fun.
Ragnaros: He was the first major boss in the game and the "TOO SOON" speech is something that will stick with WoW players forever. It is kinda depressing even when you go in there with 2-3 people you still don't see the sons spawn. This fight used to be great fun and I won't forget our great accomplishment in classic WoW, killing him before the Sons spawned.
Nefarian: He was my first "Yes we did it". Sure we had killed Rag and Ony, but neither of them are as close in difficulty as Nefarion. Great times went into learning this boss. Including people forgetting to wear their Onyxia cloaks, which a few times was the tank. The massive amounts of dragons during phase one, the landing of the biggest boss to date, the craziness of the class calls, and who can forget the respawn of the dragons. All of this lead to people screaming on vent when he finally went down.
Lady Vashj: In my opinion this is one of the best encounter designs Blizzard has ever done. It required an amazing amount of team work on every ones part. The passing of cores, the kiting, and the add management made phase 2 insane to get through. And then you were rewarded with phase 3 and the hell that was the poison bats.
Kael' Thas Sunstrider: How can you not love killing a blood elf. Let alone the the Prince himself. I love this fight because its sense of accomplishment. Before 3.0 more people had cleared Mount Hyjal and most of Black Temple then had killed Kael. I know many people complained burning Crusade was too difficult and I guess this encounter was one which had much of the talk for its risk/reward, but when you killed him you knew you did something. Lore wise Kael is also a great character trying to do whats best for his people he goes crazy and even mad, a true addict. Throw in the epic voice overs and you have one the best best fights in WoW history.
Illidan Stormrage: Lore wise Illidan is one of the most interesting characters in Warcraft. Always trying to do whats best for his people and the world, but then always doing it in the wrong way. To me it sucks that we actually killed him, because of how great a character he is. I won't ever forget the first time Akama opened that door and we ran up and heard him say "YOU ARE NOT PREPARED". That time he was right we got our asses handed to us. There will never be a fight again which takes 20+ minutes at level to do, and this fight had everything. Adds, lazer beams from the air, fire on the ground, bacteria multiplying adds, a giant demon, and of course Maiev joined you. Was the fight everyone was looking forward to with a not so epic ending. Who knows maybe we will see The Betrayer again.
Malygos: The first polar fight even if it was just in phase 3. To all you people thinking Kael's gravity thing that doesn't count. This had the lore and the feel you were fighting an Aspect. The voice acting is one of my favourites and who doesn't love fight dragons? This required people to pay attention and focus. Something which wasn't needed in Naxx. This encounter makes me cannot wait for Deathwing, the next Aspect we will fight. He is after all the Biggest, Baddest, Dragon of them all.
Yogg Saron: I enjoy fights that have a lot going on and where people have specific roles to fill, because it makes you feel like you all had to do what you had to do to pull off the kill. Yogg is a great example of one of those fights. It also contained some great historic lore during the portal phases which was a great addition to an already epic feeling boss fight. I always enjoy last bosses in instances the whole "we are awesome" feeling and the "we are finally done" attitude is always a good thing.
The Lich King: I expect him to be here and I hope I am not disappointed.
Tonight is the last chance to get your Screenshots in for tomorrow's post. Don't be late and keep having fun in the stuff I know I am.
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