New Roguelike Scaling Difficulty Coming to Ahn'Qiraj in Season of Discovery Phase 6

Classic Posted 19 hr 28 min ago by Serenl

Phase 6 AnnouncementTemple of Ahn'QirajRuins of Ahn'Qiraj

Players will need to decide how far they want to push their luck to earn the greatest reward with a new system. After each boss, they’ll need to make a choice between cashing in their rewards or enabling more challenging mechanics and trying for better loot. You’ll need to balance the risk and the reward against each other as too many deaths in the raid could mean your team earns nothing at all.

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Comment by NozlanThere's no point in having all that gear if you're just going to raidlog. There's no content.Comment by TricesI like it. High risk, high reward. Don't cry, just don't die.Comment by SpxzHorrible system, horrible implementation. The devs clearly are completely clueless to what the playerbase likes.Comment by TheInnsanitySo many guilds are going to fall apart because of this.Comment by ExtremelyCrustyThis is honestly terrible design. PUGs will never last through this.Comment by sebbakuThis isn't even a roguelike mechanic. This is just double or nothing...Comment by Neshiri"Here is rehashed SOM phase but worse. You're welcome."Comment by YoyorickAbsolutely dog!@#$ mechanic. Get punished for trying out harder mechanics and content to not fall asleep at boss fights. Which idiot thought this was actually a good idea? You will have insane drama in every raid if people lose their BIS items when 1 guy wipes the raid.Comment by ThunderhooffLiterally no one wants or asked for this sh*t.

Give us new content. Stop rehashing 20 year old already finished content and give us something not in vanilla.

Hyjal
Emerald dream
Gilneas
Quel'thalas
Azshara crater
Literally anything other than the same raidsnthat have been in the game since 2005Comment by XingbgHorrible system, horrible implementation. The devs clearly are completely clueless to what the playerbase likes.Comment by PixelfoxI swear, every time someone uses the term "roguelike" these days Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman (original authors of Rogue) are probably rolling over in their graves (and they may not even be dead yet!).

This is just 1950s game show rules like "the $64,000 question" where after every success, the contestant has to decide whether to quit with what they've won or risk it all to progress and potentially win more.Comment by callexyThis is honestly terrible design. PUGs will never last through this.Comment by SpxzHorrible system, horrible implementation. The devs clearly are completely clueless to what the playerbase likes.Comment by IndiandiabloI have to get more information on this like what exactly does "better loot" mean...is it higher ilvl like heroic or mythic or rarer drops? I really hope it isn't higher ilvl gear because this system is toxic af! Especially with the WoW player base. Pugs will be running the bare minimum or booting everyone that dies midway through. Guilds that attempt this too soon will certainly fall apart the first time all the loot is lost. This is a test season so it is the place to test this out but I fear the SoD player base won't be able to handle the player drop from AQ and this new system.Comment by baitcommentHorrible system, horrible implementation. The devs clearly are completely clueless to what the playerbase likes.Comment by UmarothYou guys are blind ? " You’ll need to balance the risk and the reward against each other as too many deaths in the raid could mean your team earns nothing at all." Sounds like ToC from WotLK not like ur raid dies one time and u loose all of your loot. calm down and wait for the new phase before u start crying.Comment by NawkModifiers and death on bosses or trash included, that will change a lot. Someone crashing in the gauntlet or any afk during on pretty much all the rest of the trash will make people quit if it kills the loot of the whole run...

Everything between bosses has the most annoying mechanics ever made in level 60 content. No one wants to play safe on those in 2024.Comment by astleyt07Has the wowhead writer even played a roguelike game? This is nothing like them.Comment by SchlossRitterPumpers get better gear to push for even more gear.
Average players get punished with no upgrades because raid leaders will always push too far.

Yeah sounds like a great system for player retention and won't lead to extra toxic situations at all.Comment by zulefSeeing the title I was thinking "Oh, random routing? Changes if you die? Some kind of kiss/curse buffs?" But no, its this, which seems a pretty terrible idea.

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