Blizzard will do whatever they want, that brings in more money, keeps people playing. And people are "smart" enough to keep paying for the same thing, good for them.
So why are subscription numbers not going up then? Blizzard chickened out of releasing sub numbers for EU and NA in their last reoprt. I mean, when was the last time Blizzard didnt trumpet their subscriber numbers? Log onto WoW, even at peak times and you'll notice realm after realm of "low population" realms.
Hell, I havent seen someone complain about Mal'ganis, Tichondrius or Blackrock being overpopulated for ages.
I mean, someone not complaining about overpopulation of Mal'ganis? Never thought I'd see it.
A Blizzard representative has stated that no retconning is taking place, the lore is remaining the same. They are only giving the encounter a makeover so people can experience her once again.
She's a very nostalgic encounter for me and my friends who've been here since classic and did the quest chain to attune to her lair. It's a welcome revival, she shouldn't be solo'd for gold like she is now.
A Blizzard representative has stated that no retconning is taking place, the lore is remaining the same. They are only giving the encounter a makeover so people can experience her once again. You do realise Onyxia is still in the game currently? If people want to experience the encounter they can go do it, you dont even need to be key'ed anymore. And NO, it cannot fit into WoW lore without a MASSIVE re-write. Or didnt you notice that Bolvar, you know, is DEAD? The story of Onyxia was that she infiltrated Stormwind as Lady Katrana Prestor and controlled Highlord Bolvar Fordragon. She also played a part with the Defias and the kidnapping of Variann Wyrnn.
Or didnt you notice the King was back? Since you're obviously not familiar with her story (or just blinded by your Blizzard worship) heres some info for you. www.wowwiki.com/Onyxia Whats the bet they bring Nef back when (if) Deathwing is ever introduced into the game? Then they can re-use the tier 2 chest piece. Hell, they could bring Onyxia back a 2nd time and make it a family reunion. If the world recycled as much as Blizzard does there would be no polution or waste in the world. Greenpeace must LOVE Blizzard.
Blizzard have confirmed the drop rate of the 310% mount is very very low.. think Baron Riverdales Mount (pre BC).. dont know about any one else but in the 30 or times I must of ran Stratholm I never saw the mount drop.
And mount will drop in both 10 and 25man versions.
People have been repeatedly posting in Blizzard's suggestion forums since the Burning Crusade was released for preBC dungeons and raids to be revamped to level 70. The developers themselves responded and said they wanted to do so years ago, they just had new content to get out first. Since WotLK was released even more people have asked preBC and BC dungeons and raids to be redone for level 80s. It seems odd that people would get upset and even quit because of a feature that Blizz has been promising the playerbase for years, especially when it does nothing but add more to do in the game. This thread is simply more proof that some people will whine about anything.
What? When did they say that? I've always heard that they want to move on new content and leave the old one be.
I can't find the original developer interview, but it was right after BC was released. People were asking for heroic versions of preBC instances and the then lead designer said they would love to give them to us and had been talking about doing so since they first came up with the heroic dungeon concept for BC.
People have been repeatedly posting in Blizzard's suggestion forums since the Burning Crusade was released for preBC dungeons and raids to be revamped to level 70. The developers themselves responded and said they wanted to do so years ago, they just had new content to get out first. Since WotLK was released even more people have asked preBC and BC dungeons and raids to be redone for level 80s. It seems odd that people would get upset and even quit because of a feature that Blizz has been promising the playerbase for years, especially when it does nothing but add more to do in the game. This thread is simply more proof that some people will whine about anything.
You understand that this has absolutely no place in the lore right? Onyxia was beheaded in the past, what the hell is she doing here now, plus, even if they sort a crappy cavern of time thingy like blizzard does this is absolutely out of the loop in respect to all the lich king lore.
I know many people play this for the loot, dont read quests, and dont give a damn about what a roleplaying game should be, but stop for a second and think.... if this was an alternative reality, or a well structured story like, lets say, lord of the rings, what is the damn excuse they will come up with to present this boss again?
I'm not sure what lore has to do with killing a boss. If Onyxia was beheaded in the past, why would a guild go back to kill her again a week later?
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Blizzard will do whatever they want, that brings in more money, keeps people playing.
And people are "smart" enough to keep paying for the same thing, good for them.
So why are subscription numbers not going up then? Blizzard chickened out of releasing sub numbers for EU and NA in their last reoprt. I mean, when was the last time Blizzard didnt trumpet their subscriber numbers? Log onto WoW, even at peak times and you'll notice realm after realm of "low population" realms.
Hell, I havent seen someone complain about Mal'ganis, Tichondrius or Blackrock being overpopulated for ages.
I mean, someone not complaining about overpopulation of Mal'ganis? Never thought I'd see it.
A Blizzard representative has stated that no retconning is taking place, the lore is remaining the same. They are only giving the encounter a makeover so people can experience her once again.
She's a very nostalgic encounter for me and my friends who've been here since classic and did the quest chain to attune to her lair. It's a welcome revival, she shouldn't be solo'd for gold like she is now.
There you go again with using xfire numbers llike they mean something.... Zorn, sheesh.
I think cool that they are re-tooling the Onyxia raid for level 80 players and think the should do it for all the old schools raids.
you know that was one of the better raids...i think they should make 60/70/80 versions of every raid...
MMO wish list:
-Changeable worlds
-Solid non level based game
-Sharks with lasers attached to their heads
Blizzard have confirmed the drop rate of the 310% mount is very very low.. think Baron Riverdales Mount (pre BC).. dont know about any one else but in the 30 or times I must of ran Stratholm I never saw the mount drop.
And mount will drop in both 10 and 25man versions.
source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19110338999&sid=1&pageNo=6#102
What? When did they say that? I've always heard that they want to move on new content and leave the old one be.
I can't find the original developer interview, but it was right after BC was released. People were asking for heroic versions of preBC instances and the then lead designer said they would love to give them to us and had been talking about doing so since they first came up with the heroic dungeon concept for BC.
You understand that this has absolutely no place in the lore right? Onyxia was beheaded in the past, what the hell is she doing here now, plus, even if they sort a crappy cavern of time thingy like blizzard does this is absolutely out of the loop in respect to all the lich king lore.
I know many people play this for the loot, dont read quests, and dont give a damn about what a roleplaying game should be, but stop for a second and think.... if this was an alternative reality, or a well structured story like, lets say, lord of the rings, what is the damn excuse they will come up with to present this boss again?
I'm not sure what lore has to do with killing a boss. If Onyxia was beheaded in the past, why would a guild go back to kill her again a week later?
I thought wow was mostly beer and pretzels anymore??
here's your mount. ca-ching
here's your xp buff ca-ching
here's your xp for your buddy ca-ching
whatever same game same yawn.
bliz needs to roll a new toy soon.
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