#0 - May 14, 2008, 8:14 p.m.
It's already nothing special to have now, you're just shafting casuals again in the future.
Q u o t e:
I wanted to give a very early head's up to all of you Zul'Aman raiders out there:
Once Wrath of the Lich King goes live, you will no longer be able to obtain the Zul'Aman bear mount by saving all 4 prisoners in the timed run. The Bear Mount will be replaced by a very good, epic item that is level appropriate for people doing the zone. To be clear, the Zul'Aman bear mount is supposed to be an item of very high prestige. We want players who have earned it during the appropriate era (aka before the level cap gets raised) to be recognized for their accomplishment. We have absolutely no problem with higher level players (above level 70) going back and doing Zul'Aman after Wrath of the Lich King is live. We just want to preserve the accomplishment of having saved all 4 prisoners at the intended difficulty level.
We will most likely do something similar with the titles "Hand of A'dal" and "Champion of the Naaru" as well.
Please don't panic! You still have plenty of time to complete these feats! Wrath of the Lich King is coming along great but is not ready yet! In fact, we're not even in beta yet! So have fun adventuring for your bears and titles but please consider this your early warning.
You want them to be recognized for their accomplishment when their only accomplishment is being lucky enough to have gotten into a guild that has it on farm, along with dedicating your life to the second job that is raiding? That's so stupid. Too bad you don't have time to raid, here's one more thing you won't get because of it.
I thought you were trying to make this game more casual friendly, instead of trying to push them away. It's not even all the technical stuff most people are sick of, it's the fun things that you keep nerfing for no reason other than to nerf something fun.
GG, Blizzard.
