As with Wrath of the Lich King Classic’s Titan Rune Dungeons, we aimed to create a way for players both returning or new to Cataclysm, as well as those creating alts, to gear up a bit quicker this far into the expansion.
It’s well known that the original Cataclysm’s Heroic dungeon difficulty was reduced substantially over the life of the expansion, to the point where most players continue to feel that the mechanics became trivial. Our goal with Protocol Inferno, our first Elemental Rune Dungeon difficulty, is to raise the challenge level to a point where, particularly for characters close to iLvl 346 gear, the mechanics need to be considered once again.
Also, in comparison to Wrath Classic’s Titan Rune Dungeons, Cataclysm’s dungeons are, from the outset, mechanically more complex than dungeons in Wrath. Looking back on Titan Rune Dungeons’ initial Alpha Protocol difficulty, and how that difficulty progressed to Beta and then Gamma, we believe the reception to the dungeons, their accessibility, and their difficulty progression would have been smoother had we not introduced new mechanics in Alpha. With Elemental Rune Dungeons: Protocol Inferno, we hope the original Cataclysm Heroic dungeon mechanics shine through.
Neat, are these new rune dungeons going to act like the Wrath ones where all the raid gear was shifted down a difficulty and the rune dungeons will drop tier 11 gear? Or will it be the same gear from the Heroics with scaled up ilevel?
So if I’m understanding this post you plan to make “cata dungeons the way they were before” sounds like you’re still following that pre nerf firelands mindset. Lets see how long it lasts.
And this is why I don’t bother with classic cause just like Wrath it keeps getting messed with and changed into something else. I understand some changes to fix issues or bugs but holy moly.
Why aren’t the weapons on the vendors?
It was never an issue in WOTLK and NOBODY will want to go back and do T11 heroic raids for weapons when 7 days later the Firelands 378 trash weapons will be all over the AH?
Am I missing something here?
Because the retail andys wanted it!!! Plus almost everyone used the feature even if they didnt like so blizz thought we liked the trash because the numbers said we did. Like the old saying goes actions speak louder then words.
Pretty sure you answered your own question there!!!
For the first week or two, players will engage in full “frag runs” before returning to skip runs.