Patch 3.0.2 tomorrow

[Fordel]

The bridge would be workable, except the things that knock you off are INVISIBLE. 


And yea, the first boss goes "What, your healer isn't a druid? Fuck you then!"

[Ratman_tf]

You know, with lolraiding nowadays, I've been to SSC and Tempest Keep, and I'm still left thinking that the most impressive "Shit... Wow!" zone I've seen is the main chamber in Blackrock Mountain.

I miss that place, just for the ambiance.

[photek]

You know, with lolraiding nowadays, I've been to SSC and Tempest Keep, and I'm still left thinking that the most impressive "Shit... Wow!" zone I've seen is the main chamber in Blackrock Mountain.

I miss that place, just for the ambiance.

Blackrock Mountain is fantastic. For the atmosphere it was always my favourite. The chains, the dragons, the fire... Awesome. But for ambience and atmosphere, Ahn'Qiraj alongside with the music was heavenly. It was fantastic, really. Naxxramas also.

[Calantus]

Blackrock Mountain was THE zone. There's never been another zone that put so many people into one place at one time. It wasn't just flying mounts that killed world PVP in WoW, it was the move away from good old Blackrock Mountain. It was just such a great zone to fight over too with the atmosphere, chains, multiple levels, and possibility of falling into lava. (although it was also a bitch when you were already running late and your MT was getting ganked on the way to the raid instance)

I miss it.

Actually Old-School AV and Blackrock Mountain are the things I miss most about vanilla.

[SurfD]

The bridge is horrible. It's on par with the Tor Anroc map of WAR in terms of stupid knockback mechanics that can one shot you.

I personally classify the Bridge as an idiot test.  The idiots who usually stop on the bridge and try to kill the Raging souls are the ones who get punted off.  I mean, even basic situational awareness usually lets you avoid the knockback (the range on their explosion is something like a 5 yard radius, so you only have to step a little bit away from it and it detonates harmlessly).

The boss can be a bitch, but the only people who really suffer on that fight are Shamans as healers.  And you should be able to stand at max range and only have 1 stack of the casting debuff.  The annoying part about that boss was never really the casting slow, but rather the nasty as fuck Stacking AoE rend the thing did.

Really, the single reason everyone hates that instance is because it is the only instance in TBC that has 2 bosses in it.  That is just stupid STUPID design there.

[Koyasha]

Nope, Sethekk Halls also has only 2 bosses (except on Heroic when you're with a druid that can summon Anzu).  Coincidentally, most people don't like going to Sethekk much, either, but they don't hate it as much as crypts.

[Sjofn]

The boss can be a bitch, but the only people who really suffer on that fight are Shamans as healers.  And you should be able to stand at max range and only have 1 stack of the casting debuff.  The annoying part about that boss was never really the casting slow, but rather the nasty as fuck Stacking AoE rend the thing did.

Uh, the first boss is also a giant "fuck you, you fucking fucks" to paladin healers. Of course, MOST of the boss enounters were big fuck yous to shamans and paladins.

I needed something to keep me awake, I guess.

[Fabricated]

I just hate crypts since every single aspect of the dungeon is annoying. Every elite mob summons non-elites with irritating abilities, non-elites wander everywhere so any aoe effects like demoralizing shout or thunderclap just brings more adds, the bridge is awful, the first boss -hates- healers without instant cast heals, and for only having 2 bosses there is way, way, way too much trash.

Also it has the same boring styling of Sethekk and Shadow Labs.

[Merusk]

The text on that page seems to indicate that after downloading the "Full WoW client" I will still have to apply the Burning Crusade CD to it.  But, anyway, I am trying to avoid downloading, if possible.

There is a full BC client as well, and yes, you will have to download.  Beyond that, I don't know.

Yeah I read that and I'm fairly certain that the first link is the full client. The 2nd link seems to be for people who still have just vanilla wow but want to upgrade it to BC.  I started up the "Full Client" patch and it was going to be 3.2 gigs.  It's also only patch 2.4, so you'd have to download 3.0 and the two smaller updates as well.

Either way, as Selby says, you WILL have to download something.  The client install means fewer downloads, though.  If you install from disc it'll go through a series of small, annoying patches to upgrade you from the BC disk's 2.0.

[Fordel]

Crypts also have the MC mobs you can't dispel, that last for a minute. Ever have someone get MC'd, then wipe the party, then leash back with the other mobs? 

[Gobbeldygook]

Crypts also have the MC mobs you can't dispel, that last for a minute. Ever have someone get MC'd, then wipe the party, then leash back with the other mobs? 

I believe the possessors cast it on whoever is closest to them, which is typically the tank; pre-3.0, I was always yelling at worthless mouthbreathers to KILL THE FUCKING POSSESSORS.  You have about 5 seconds to kill a non-elite.  It's not hard, yet people would consistently failed at this extremely simple task.  Post-3.0, I can blow them up myself, so they're not such a bother.

I just hate crypts since every single aspect of the dungeon is annoying. Every elite mob summons non-elites with irritating abilities, non-elites wander everywhere so any aoe effects like demoralizing shout or thunderclap just brings more adds

Be happy you never ran pre-nerf crypts.  In an earlier incarnation, those roaming non-elites were hostile.