Add dynamically chosen boosted experience to dungeons that see few visitors. Update each boost in 6 hour intervals.
The boost is applied to dungeon based on their rank. There are 36 pre-Wrath dungeons. The 12 least visited dungeons get a 75% experience boost. The 12 middle visited dungeons get a 50% experience boost. The 12 most visited dungeons receive no boost.
These boosts are active at all times, and stack with any future Joyous Journeys buffs applied to the server.
This system is dreamed up as a result of a very old thought process Blizzard mentioned around the time of Naxx 40. They lamented that their team designed content within the game, but very few people saw their great designs. I feel this way about dungeons. Some people can level to 80 and never run 95% of these dungeons. Incentivizing content experience is key.
Here’s how the boost would be distributed, rank numbers are totally made up.
Instance | Runs last 6 hours | Rank | Exp boost |
---|---|---|---|
Auchenai Crypts | 25 | 31 | 75% |
Blackfathom Deeps | 1 | 36 | 75% |
Blackrock Depths | 75 | 21 | 50% |
Blackrock Spire | 115 | 13 | 50% |
Dire Maul | 70 | 22 | 50% |
Gnomeregan | 5 | 35 | 75% |
Hellfire Ramparts | 85 | 19 | 50% |
Magisters’ Terrace | 140 | 8 | 0% |
Mana-Tombs | 110 | 14 | 50% |
Maraudon | 100 | 16 | 50% |
Old Hillsbrad Foothills | 130 | 10 | 0% |
Ragefire Chasm | 40 | 28 | 75% |
Razorfen Downs | 105 | 15 | 50% |
Razorfen Kraul | 65 | 23 | 50% |
Scarlet Monastery | 175 | 1 | 0% |
Scholomance | 30 | 30 | 75% |
Sethekk Halls | 145 | 7 | 0% |
Shadow Labyrinth | 135 | 9 | 0% |
Shadowfang Keep | 20 | 32 | 75% |
Stratholme | 60 | 24 | 50% |
Sunken Temple | 90 | 18 | 50% |
The Arcatraz | 165 | 3 | 0% |
The Black Morass | 120 | 12 | 0% |
The Blood Furnace | 55 | 25 | 75% |
The Botanica | 160 | 4 | 0% |
The Deadmines | 125 | 11 | 0% |
The Mechanar | 150 | 6 | 0% |
The Shattered Halls | 170 | 2 | 0% |
The Slave Pens | 50 | 26 | 75% |
The Steamvault | 155 | 5 | 0% |
The Stockade | 10 | 34 | 75% |
The Temple of Atal’Hakkar | 95 | 17 | 50% |
The Underbog | 45 | 27 | 75% |
Uldaman | 80 | 20 | 50% |
Wailing Caverns | 15 | 33 | 75% |
Zul’Farrak | 35 | 29 | 75% |
In all major cities, an “Adventurer’s Call” crier NPC can be talked to in order to see what the current experience buff numbers are. A flame icon is also placed next to any boosted dungeon listed in the LFG tool. If the flame is missing, there is no boost. If the flame is yellow, it’s a 50% boost (you can hover the icon to see the meaning of the flame). If the flame is red, the boost is 75%.