raid and dungeon puzzles

[foofighter4774]

As fun as raids and dungeons are, sometimes it gets a little boring just to kill trash and bosses again and again. I was wondering how much interest the wow community would have if blizzard incorporated zelda-like puzzles into dungeons, or brain teasers that involve lore and working together as a party to figure stuff out. Mazes, riddles, mini games, etc. - if you have played Zelda then you know what i mean. Is this congruent with the wow franchise? Do you think this would be fun? I'm just interested in your thoughts.

[Mr_Bojangles]

The first time you clear it, yes it would be fun. The next 100 times, it will just be a bother

[Sápphh]

If I wanted to play Zelda I'd play Zelda. If I wanted to play play Warcraft, I'll play Warcraft.
I wouldn't want my Warcraft in my Zelda or my Zelda in my Warcraft.

Also - Random heroics take long enough as they are (A whole 10 minutes !!!), I don't need to spend another minute telling the already, grossly retarded amount of pugs how to solve puzzles.

[Ganoes]

Puzzles, by their nature, are only fun to solve. Once you know the solution they are not fun.

Now, try and explain to me how putting puzzles into a game where you are meant to clear the dungeons many times would make any sort of sense?

[GISP]

Gues a random puzzle in form of floating platforms you are needed to cross could be considered a puzzle.
Dosnt require you to do anything but move around, and the randomness would make each visit differnt and not fell like a total grind.

[foofighter4774]

I could see your concerns about pug idiocy - i agree with that. As far as the puzzles becoming boring - I was thinking that they could make an algorithm that randomized puzzles to keep it fresh and exciting. Offering a rewards chest like a boss would also keep people motivated. Finally, so it doesn't become annoying like the Ulduar gauntlet, they can make the puzzle optional, not a requirement to get to the end of the instance. Or maybe they can make it a requirement the first time around, but not the times you farm it after. I just think it would add game-play variety. If they don't do it in an instance for groups, there should at least be more puzzles in quest lines besides kill 10 collect 10.

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I was wondering how much interest the wow community would have if blizzard incorporated zelda-like puzzles into dungeons, or brain teasers that involve lore and working together as a party to figure stuff out.

GIEF!

LF1M <Raid name>, need a lore geek! ;D

[Deleted]

I don't do puzzles.

[rantus]

WoW as it is doesn't support the puzzles well. They work in Zelda, but the mechanics of them are odd in WoW somehow - Like the Ogri'la daily even. I can't think of more specifc examples but I can remember times when there were annoying things in quests like this.