25-Player Raids not attractive anymore in Cataclysm?
If we wanted to remove 25-player raids, we'd just do that. We know a lot of players like them. Personally, I will probably keep raiding 25s. A lot of players like the 10s too though, and despite what fans of the 25s might think, offering lower item level loot in the 10s doesn't make them attractive enough. We're going to try instead offering more rewards (which includes loot) in the 25s, especially for the heroic modes. Many (though not all) of the players worried about the reward per effort of 25 raiding are concerned more with the heroic modes.
Upping the loot-per-raider in 25 man hard modes makes a lot of sense. One of the biggest problems with 10s vs 25s right now is how much easier it is to do normal mode 25s vs hard mode 10s for such similar gear. And that's not even considering that normal mode 10-man Lich King is much harder than the entire first wing of 25-man normal mode ICC.
It also sounds like 25-man hards will get more perks, which I'm speculating will include things like mounts. We'll have to wait and see. I'm just so happy that 10s are being fairly represented now, but I don't want to let that blind me. I don't want 25s to die.
Cataclysm's systems seem to be in such a constant state of flux lately that it really makes me worry about them making the November/December deadline, though. I sort of expected them to be approaching the polishing stage now, not in the thick of developing the new stuff.
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I've predicted a launch of Cataclysm in November and I see no reason to change this currently. I've seen many in the community thinking it will come in September, but that seems very optimistic. The Beta hasn't even started so... For Wrath the Beta testing started towards the end of July and the launch was in November. I'd say we'll see something like this again. But yeah, as you say, since they're still in development of such major features, you can start to wonder if we'll even have to wait longer for the expansion. Something has gone wrong?
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