Time’s running out in Ulduar
When typing out the title to this post I realized I wrote a similar post way back in March (good gawd, so long ago) about Naxx winding down. And that was a month before Ulduar came out.
We’ve now been delving into the titanic prison for the last 14 weeks and most likely this will be the last full raid week before the next patch drops. Tempus fugit.
The question I keep asking myself is: will Ulduar still be worth doing after 3.2? The short answer is probably no. The gear is a half-tier worse than 10man Coliseum (normal mode), and a tier and a half worse than 25man Coliseum (normal, again). That’s a HUGE jump in iLevel, akin to the jump from Naxx10 to Uld25. Moreover, considering the badge haul is less than what you can get from doing a full Naxx clear, it’d be hard to justify an Ulduar run on those merits.
Obviously though we have unfinished business in Ulduar. Yogg needs to die, and it makes me sad we won’t be able to kill him until we’ve basically “cheated” and powered him down in a higher iLevel of gear. Will we probably keep raiding Ulduar three nights a week (or, at least attemptedly)? Probably not. The Coliseum is small enough we can probably devote a day or two to it, and just use the rest of the time to scratch the raiding itch Ulduar.
I can’t imagine outside of learning the encounters it would take that long to down five raid bosses. Even with a stuttered release of one new raid boss per week.
Also, I’m still trying to wrap my head around a raid instance with five bosses. I wonder what the difficulty tuning is like and if it’ll be as hard as Ulduar was when that first came out, before all the nerfs. Can you imagine how freeing it would be if the Coliseum was relatively easy and you only had to spend one night a week in there for loot better than Ulduar (which requires so much more).
That actually sounds pretty nice…
In any case, after 3.2–basically, starting next week–my WoW habits are going to change considerably. The Daily Heroic will be a bigger priority than ever if I want to eventually deck myself out in all the new emblems loot. Including eventually all five tier pieces, which I’ll need the emblems to purchase. And if raiding does turn into a one or two night affair then I can honestly say I’ll probably become a bit more “casual” in how I spend my time in-game.
PS. Titanguard… damn you Titanguard… tonight is your last chance!
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Our raid leader declared that we will be exiting Ulduar as soon as patch 3.2 hits and not be looking back. I personally have no interest in going back there, and I too will be changing my play style and WoW habits after 3.2.
More heroics (including the daily heroic) will be in store, as well as more Wintergrasp.
Toniiiight’s the niiiight!!!!!
Go go Titanguard!
Meh, I’d like to finish Ulduar up to Yogg in both 10 and 25. At least with Ulduar I feel like it’s part of some bigger story-line, what are we getting with CC? It looks kind of thrown together/boring and the armor sets look like butt.
We’re in the same position – though we’re going to keep knocking on Algalon until he falls over.
@HanaMoonfire
29 July 2009 at 10:21 am #
My guild is so close! We just had our first good night of Yogg attempts last Sunday, and hope to down him this weekend. If we do that we can exit Ulduar totally happy. It just won’t be as fun after 3.2 lands.