Player reaction to the 5-man Trial

Posted by Falke on 08 6th, 2009

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All right — patch 3.2 has been out for a few days now, and I would say that most people who are interested have had a chance to go in and run the brand new 5-man instance . Of course it’s not the only change in the patch (far from it), but it’s the one I was most looking forward to, and unlike the raid instances, it’s all in there and doable, ready for our judgment. So what did we think? I tried it yesterday, and my first impression was “underwhelmed.” I definitely don’t feel that way about 3.2 as a whole, but the instance itself seems less than impressive, a one-room fight with almost as many boring moments as there are exciting ones. The fights themselves are actually pretty commonplace for a Heroic — the jousting fight is probably the least-liked among the playerbase (seriously, whoever really loves the jousting mechanic over at Blizzard needs to take a good long look in the mirror for some self reflection), while the best is of course the Argent Confessor , who summons a random figure from our “past memories” to fight. I got Illidan and Onyxia the first few times I ran the instance, but of course Hogger and Van Cleef and Heigan the Unclean also have a chance at making an appearance. I did like the fight, but I was kind of bummed the old memories didn’t bring any of their abilities with them — they all have the same three abilities to throw at the group. Continue reading Player reaction to the 5-man Trial Filed under: Patches , Analysis / Opinion , Instances , Lore , Bosses , NPCs Player reaction to the 5-man Trial originally appeared on WoW.com on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink