Old School Raiding
While it may not even be on the backburner of your mind, take a moment and ponder the old school raids. ZG, Onyxia’s Lair, Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, AQ…
You’re running around in Terokkar Forest, slapping down mobs, when suddenly it crosses your mind, briefly, fleeting: ZG wasn’t that bad at 60. What about at 63? I’ve got better gear… maybe we don’t need 20 to do it!
Then the downside comes along. The loot won’t be that spectacular. Simply being in a raid carries a hefty XP penalty. There’s all this new stuff left in Outlands (and Tanaris!!) to accomplish.
So, when would you consider returning to the older raiding instances and giving them a shot?
Several of us are continuing our Onyxia attunement, which started eons ago with something like Warlord’s Command in LBRS… and even it had pre-requisites in BRD, if I remember correctly. We have new blood (elves, to be exact) coming up and they could take advantage of a LBRS run. 5-man with a 70 or two thrown in for extra whomping? Can you say Scarlet Monastary on farm status…?
But, I digress. We have skipped raiding content, primarily because we are not a raiding guild. I know many of us would like to experience the content, regardless of reward. Maybe with all that is on our plate we should treat it like we did the Race to the Dark Portal event — schedule it several weeks in advance and get an idea of the interest…
Bomosnipah replied:
I would love to do Onyxia, AQ, BWL, NAXX, etc. Just the fights themselves and the whole atmosphere would be cool.
Dixi replied:
I agree. I need to make a UBRS run to collect the eyes for the next step in the Onyxia Chain.
I am also itching to see what MC is like. I still have an epic Priest staff to complete. It will be out dated, it will be out classed, but I will get it.
In a ZG run, you might get the epic Tiger or Raptor mount.
I would love to see AQ, I have read a lot about it, looks like fun.
I have been to BWL once, and have the screen shot to prove it….
I would love to go back with a fighting chance.
There is much that I have never seen because we are not a “Raiding Guild”, the expansion has given us the chance to go to these once only dreamed of places. I want to see what used to be considered the Ultimate Encounters are all about.
I want to live the dream