Do you guys think it would be possible to release ruby sanctum at the same time (or veery slightly delayed) as Icecrown citadel? I know alot of people are gonna quit after having cleared icc for a while and some classes will really start shining once they get their RS pieces… cough fury warriors cough.
I had a blast with wotlk so far, keep up the great job!
Eh… It should be released before ICC… It was a bone to throw originally because players needed something new after having LK on farm for a year.
Thats not happening this time around. People are raid logging Ulduar already and it has only been 4 months (RDF would fix that but thats neither here nor there).
Ruby Sanctum wont have a long shelf life… Hell, I expect most classic players will get bored with ICC after a month- if that.
Rearranging the order of the raids would be a ridiculous change that would actually have an impact on gameplay. Making RS available immediately after clearing ICC-Heroic would not change the original game experience and would definitely reduce the number of players who quit before ever seeing RS released.
The problem is. 284 trinks are very powerful from RS.
Release too late → No one is gonna be playing by then.
Release too early → 284 trinks will really mess with ICC prog.
Solution? Best of both - lower ilvl of RS to match ICC ilvl, (264/277) and release shortly after ICC release. Like 4-6 weeks into ICC.
True… new mechanics are cool, but overall a very poor quality raid…
Thinking about it they likely developed that mechanic for CATA, but since there was such a slump they phoned in a raid and borrowed some new mechanics…
Speaking of Cata I am somewhat excited for Phase 1 Cata, that really was good content