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聽Ghostcrawler:Asafewpeoplehavepointedout,hardcoreraidingguildsalreadyrespecinbetweenbosses.Allittakesisalittlebitofpatience,goldandmaybeawarlock.Thenewfeaturejusttakessomeofthebusyworkoutofitbyrememberingsaywhatspellyouhadonbutton2orbutton3.
Whatthenewfeaturereallyissupposedtodoisletyouchangeyourmind.Oh,IwasgoingtoPvPtonightbutnowmybuddieswanttodoNaxx10instead.IcanflipontheflyinsteadofhavingtorunbacktoOrgorIFtorespecandgetsummoned.聽聽
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聽Veryskilledor"intoit"dpsplayersabsolutelycanmaximizetheirtrashorbossdpsthroughtheirspec.Infact,youhearalotthatcertaintalentsaren'tgoodforbossesbecausetheydothingslikeimproveyourdowntime,AEorsurvivability.Butallofthosethingscanbegreatforfastclears.Playersalsosometimessay(silly)thingslikehowtheyonlycareabouthowtheyperformonaboss.ButifyouwanttodosomethingliketheLKequivalentofaZAfastclearforthebearmount,youneedtobefastacrosstheboard,notjustonthe4bosses.Playerswipeontrashtoo.
We'renotgoingtomakecrazyfightswhereweexpecttheentireraidtorespecintosomethingweird.ThatwasevenaskedatBlizzconandtheguyinchargeofallofthebossdesignsaidsimply"No"inreply.Ifwecan'tassumeyouhaveawarriorordruidtanking,thenwecan'tassumeyouhaveamagewithanobscuretalentbuildor12healersorsomethingelseabnormal.
Havingtoruntotowntorespecallthetimebetweentwocommonspecswasaburden,justlikepotsanddrumswereaburden.Veryfewplayersenjoyedhavingtofarmconsumablesfortheirraidnight.(Thoughtobefair,somedid).Playersmayhaveenjoyedtheadvatantagethoseconsumablesmighthavegiventhem,butofcoursetheyforgetthattheencountersweredesignedaroundtheexpectationthatthegroupwaschainpottinganddoingdrumrotations.Theencountersshouldbeofsimilardifficulty,withthemajorchangebeingthatyoudon'thavetofarm(asmuch).
Likewise,Iunderstandthatsomeplayerslikehavingtocommittoatalentspecatleastforthenight.Thoseplayersmayfeelthatthisisa"cateringtothecasuals"decision,butit'sonewethinkisrightforthegame.Thedifferentneeds,forexample,ofPvEandPvPcombatwereputtingalotofconstraintsonthedesignoftalenttrees.Everytalentneededtobeveryusefulinbothmodes,whichalsotendedtomakethemoverbudget.That'snottheonlyreasonforthefeature,butit'sstillagoodone.