The Queue: Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before – Joystiq

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by Michael Sacco Apr 22nd 2012 at 2:00PM Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today. Don't say I lied because I never, never,

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Breakfast Topic: What do you think about the new holiday boss style?

We’ve come to expect our holiday bosses to work a certain way here in World of Warcraft. Once every few months, we get a chance to go queue up for a unique boss that drops some nice loot to provide easy upgrades for casual players, and we get a daily package with a chance at some sort of fun pet or mount, as well as a BoE weapon. This has been a very nice arrangement for all involved.

This year on Winter Veil, Blizzard muddied the waters a bit. Rather than put the boss in a dungeon, Blizzard put him right smack dab in Alterac, uninstanced, and made the daily package come from a daily quest. Now, if you want to kill him, you have to fly out to him and grab a group, then take him down.

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Breakfast Topic: What do you think about the new holiday boss style? – Joystiq

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by Daniel Whitcomb Dec 27th 2011 at 8:00AM We've come to expect our holiday bosses to work a certain way here in World of Warcraft. Once every few months, we get a chance to go queue up for a unique boss that drops some nice loot to provide easy

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On privacy: Blizzard’s Real ID – what do you think? – MMORPG News (blog)


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