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Originally Posted by Ngruk  If I remember correctly the WoW "endgame" at launch was a cause of major backlash wasn't it? |
Well, for different reasons. Launch day raids were mainly extensions of Velious raiding for the most part. Few neat tricks here or there like the Geddon bomb, but for the most part tank this, heal that, DPS the shit down, and watch out for X Area Effect. Trash respawns, loot allotment, trash rewards, all were nearly identical to Velious raiding. Then there was Onyxia, which was probably the single most badass raid encounter ever created in any game ever at that point. Ever. So even at worst you're left with more of the (mostly) successful same, which isn't a bad damn boat to be in -- but then they learned, designed, and implemented bigger and far better raids as time went on.
Release day raid bitching was either about that More of the Same or (mostly) the bugs that were RAMPANT that should never have seen the light of day. Raid lockouts, impossible Ragnaros, little to no raid UI, and basically incomplete/unbalanced classses on the whole that should have been taken care of long before launch day. But for whatever reason they dropped the fattest load of shit on everyone two weeks before launch and let the bugs go live as they didn't patch for THREE GODDAMN MONTHS afterwards. Still bitter? Noooo.
Anyway, Digo put it the best way. You just aren't going to get the same caliber raiding design from a raiding newbie as you are a hardcore raider.
