With how timewalking turned into? Nah
I suspect Timewalking raids will be harder than LFR...maybe something approximating normal difficulty.
What I find interesting though is that the intent seems to be one Timewalking raid per event IF this is a success.
Wrath of the Lich King: This is a tough choice, bring back Icecrown Citadel and the fight against the Lich King or the eternal favorite that is Ulduar? I'd bet ICC.
Cataclysm: If they are wise they'd bring back Firelands, but Dragon Soul has the bigger story beats and a linear progression they may be attracted to.
Mists of Pandaria: Either Throne of Thunder or Siege of Orgrimmar. And it's an immensely tough choice either way.
The raid currently requires a pre-made, so I expect some difficulty.
So its not an lfr raid after all. Kinda makes sense, since lfr is tourist mode (blizz words (kinda)) to see the raids and if u just want to see BT u might as well solo it.
I'd suspect this just being a big test.
IF succesful it may extend to more raids per Expansion "tier". But to start with one is fine.
Wotlk definitely will be ICC, even though Ulduar is so immensely popular. The Lich King is what that entire expansion is about. Just how it makes sense to do BT in Legion with Illidan being the chosen one and all that shit.
I hope this is a succes and will have atleast some difficulty, so that it's justified to drop gear that's worth going back for. It will absolutely be 100% impossible to recapture what it was. Classes changed, design changed, new classes are in the mix. Tanks can live trough much more now with AM, healers and casters can go on for much longer(while mana conservation was a big part of the tuning back then.) Melee has more survivability and mobility in general.
Even though I really shouldn't given Blizz' track record the last few years, I remain hopeful.
I am so glad it will require a premade group. That gives me hope that it won't just be LFR training dummies with a BT skin.
I'm looking forward to stomping Shade of Akama, Evasion tanking Essence of Suffering, killing Constructs as a ghost on Gorefiend, and once again taking down Illidan in his heyday. I hope it's as true to the original encounters as possible. I know they would still be easy by modern Mythic standards, but I just want all the mechanics to be there and to be tuned hard enough that if you fail, you wipe.
When they first announced that TW raids will probably be a thing in the future, I posted this:
It appears (for now) that Blizzard listened.
I really doubt Timewalking Raids are going to be any more difficult then a mythic 5-man or a Normal Raid at most when they're implemented. These aren't Raids that are going to be readily accessible, but rather available once for a week every two months. Making the content as difficult as it was back during BC wouldn't really do much in the way of getting this content into people's hands.
There's also taking into consideration that I doubt the mechanics are going to be changed, at all, since it's original inception. If it's anything like current Timewalking is, only major mechanics are going to be a thing, everything else will likely be brute-force able. This isn't going to be some kind of difficult content designed for raiders, nor is it going to be something that's going to be designed to keep people's interests for super long.
It's going to serve the same function as current Timewalking is most likely - A trip down nostalgia lane that rewards (likely) normal ilvl gear with a Heroic ilvl box for completing the weekly quest for it.
It's still a cool idea though, and I'm really looking forward to jumping back into old raid content like that. Let's just hope that when we ineivitably get Catalcysm, it's Blackwing Descent, not Firelands or god forbid, Dragonsoul.
The best thing they could possibly do would be to add a bonus Seal on completion of a wing + bring back a current ilevel of a trinket for each role from the raids as a drop from the last boss. Everything else can be M0 ilevel and transmog with the capability of titanforge. I hated HFC, but I'd go back in a heartbeat to get a Soul Capacitor. Who wouldn't want a Rune of Re-origination?
**This is if it's premade
It's only a matter of time, I can see this coming back easily. Especially since T3 is available through the BMAH, so its not like old schoolers can complain everyone will have access to their cherished possessions.
I wouldn't be shocked when it does release, if this is taken off the loot table, purely because the pallies have a corrupted version now
Expectation:
- multiple difficulties
- rewarding loot
- redesigned encounters with additional raid mechanics to deal with
Reality:
- lfr only
- terrible rewards
- 0 changes to the raid, only player scaling
Anyone who wishes for it to have any kind of higher difficulty should realize, that would cut into current content with higher difficulty.
There are only so many hours in the day. Let's say it had a HC difficulty which is what I raid current content 2 nights a week. There is a reason I (and my guild because I chose them for it) only raid two nights a week. A third raid night will never happen, and cutting a night current content for a raid we already did 10 years ago neither.
I want timewalking raids to be piss easy and not reward current gear. It should be fully optional.
The only way higher difficulty could work would be to make a 5man dungeon out of it like they did with Karazhan.
I can't wait for it
I absolutely hated MC's anniversary thing... it was a complete clusterfuck with a ton of moronic players, nevermind the insane amounts of AFK'ers making an already long raid hell of a lot longer.
It being for pre-mades is a much better solution. Get people to learn, and best of all no AFK'ers.
Though can't say I'd be keen if they decide to add in more 1% vanity drops there, unless they are tradeable.
It'll probably end up being like the Molten Core anniversary event.
Take a break from politics once in awhile, it's good for you.
Is there really any lasting reason to do this? Ilvl scaling will be low (maybe LFR levels at best) judging from current TW values and there's much easier ways to farm xmog (just solo it in original state and get more loot drops with higher chance for piece you're looking for than personal loot usually allows). I can't imagine that there would be BC tier that drops from it that then scales up as that would seem like a balancing issue nightmare. Unless this gives a buttload of AP or there's a new TWing mount that will drop, there's no point in doing this at all except for a nostalgic feel. I understand some people will do it for that reason, but for my personal tastes that is not enough for me to spend the time running it.