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WotLK Raiding - 10/28/2008 4:28:42 AM

New Buff System & Class Requirements in a Raid

Our goal was not to remove anything unique from the classes. Our goal was to get rid of anything that was considered so mandatory that you would consider scrapping a raid without that player. A great example is Bloodlust / Heroism. Raids were absolutely stacking shamans to do a rotation of these spells to the extent that we designed encounters assuming that would be the case.

A slightly different example is Illidan. That encounter assumed (because it has been changed) that you had a warrior in the raid, and that the warrior was tanking.

On the other hand, we didn't design any encounters for LK with the thought that "They'll use a death knight here to pull," or "The druid will use Rebirth here," or "You have to have Spell Reflect or you'll wipe" or "The rogues need to disarm the traps in the Suppression Room." Now all of those spells do have their uses and will make certain encounters easier. If those spells were of questionable or no utility then the class distinction really starts to devolve into damage, healing and tanking. But none of them should be mandatory. I don't think most guilds will call the raid if they don't have a DK for Malygos the way most guilds *did* call the raid if they didn't have a hunter (or two) and a mage for Maulgar (pre-last patch anyway).

There are a few encounters we're keeping an eye on. Naxx 25 still has an encounter that requires 2 priests. That is probably a safe assumption for a raid of that size, but it's a slippery slope. If we had required 2 Shadow priests, for example, it would probably cross the line. (And no, we won't start implementing encounters like that when we allow dual-specs.)

I also realize that some players (particularly those who don't play the class in contention) will argue that Rebirth or whatever is so powerful that raids will require a druid. Maybe there are some out there that do. A lot of these decisions are judgment calls on our part, and as I'm sure you all know, deci

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