The RAID is Timegated

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I’ll DM you something hold on

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Timegating in general is a problem.

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Of all the timegating crap in WoW I don’t care about this one at all.

Literally no one except the most elite of the players, like the 1%, will actually get to Anduin on any difficulty in week one.

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I just don’t see the problem when folks ain’t reaching the boss anyways in that time. Like it doesn’t really effect folks and they’re just adding a bit of story flavor.

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its time gated by a week guys
calm down lol

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Is it because the last 3 bosses have a small chance to drop a broken trinket or weapon, and they don’t want the WF race decided by who gets lucky in Heroic week?

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I think the difference is how they’ve taken gates that existed and put it into absolutely every aspect of the game. And I do understand why. That happens when you have no new dungeons, battlegrounds, no Brawler’s Guild, nothing else to add.

In Wrath there was like 9 raids. Here there will be three. Which puts it on par with WoD.

The troubled year really caused a lot of content to just not happen. And it’s sad, but frustrating too.

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Narratively, the Eternity’s End raid tells two stories, one after the other. Our current plan for the release of the raid looks like this:

  • During the first week of the release of Eternity’s End, the raid will not be open.
  • Beginning with the second week, the raid will open for Normal and Heroic difficulties, and the first eight bosses will be available in those difficulties.
    • It will not be possible to fight the final bosses on any difficulty during week two.
    • This is intended to provide a moment to tell the story in a way that accounts for the passage of time between the events of the eighth encounter and the subsequent encounters.
  • Beginning with the weekly reset of week three, all bosses will be available on Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties.
    • This will also be the opening of the first wing of the raid on Raid Finder difficulty.
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So OP just wants to get people to join him in being mad at Blizzard.
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I just don’t understand why people do this.

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Timegating isn’t inherently evil, and it’s been a part of wow for nearly 17 years.

Isle of Quel’danas, Sunwell, ICC, Isle of Thunder, etc.

It’s more about how it’s handled then anything.

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I think this makes a lot of sense and people are freaking out over nothing. It’s about time Blizzard started working narrative into their gameplay, so kudos.

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Can’t y’all just open all of LFR for once. It kind of silly to wait 2 months to get it all.

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Ok but 10 man mythic raiding or is raiding still a doa game mode?

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OP is a really “unique” person when he once joined us on discord

I can’t say what they did but it was really toxic

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Sunwell, ICC, and ToC were also timegated. Actually, they were even more timegated.

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You forgot the OG, gates of AQ farming.

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Not really sure what to think.

The vast majority of guilds aren’t going to AOTC on week one. M+ gear is also timegated until week 3.

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That sounds like timegating with extra steps.

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Ah yes, i did forget to list that one :stuck_out_tongue:

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I’m okay with everything but this.

Just give us LFR to the first 8 bosses, unlock the remaining three the reset after the World First is accomplished.

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