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What Blizzard did right (and wrong) with the world event
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Events, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Instances, Bosses, Wrath of the Lich King
I've been waiting to do some breakdown analysis of the Wrath world event until it actually ended, and since we're now swarming over Northrend and exploring Arthas' domain, I think the time has come to determine a verdict on whether or not Blizzard's world event delivered. The short answer? I think it did, but not without a few bumps along the way. This was certainly the most ambitious world event Blizzard has attempted yet, both reusing some of their old techniques (the Scourge invasion), some newer tricks (a special boss with extra loot, which they learned from the Horseman last year), and even some tricks they picked up from players. But there were certain issues -- the timing was just plain bad, and the event really fizzled out rather than finished with a bang. After the break, we run through what Blizzard did right and wrong with the world event, and what we can expect in the future.Continue reading What Blizzard did right (and wrong) with the world event What Blizzard did right (and wrong) with the world event originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More... |
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