This doesnt make sense. The players who use LFR are not the sort of players who run challenge modes.
I wouldn't mind a short quest-chain to help explain the story, but not in the form you propose. It would have to be something for normal (and by extension, heroic) as well. Also, not challenge mode dungeons, as those are designed to be entirely optional. They aren't required if you want to raid, they're only there for people who are actually interested in them.
Also, BC isn't a good model to follow. That attunement chart is insane.
37 + (3*7) + (3*7)W/L/T/Death count: Wolf: 0/1/0/1 | Mafia: 1/6/0/7 | TPR: 0/4/1/5SK: 0/1/0/1 | VT: 2/5/2/7 | Cult: 1/0/0/1
Seeing I did the Kara key quest like 5 times I doubt I would have an issue with it.
You realize you can go into challenge modes with 450ish gear and complete it on bronze just fine? I think what it comes down to is people being afraid of having to do something to enter LFR. Its a simple epic quest chain that would get you out in the world doing different things than what you are used to.
37 + (3*7) + (3*7)W/L/T/Death count: Wolf: 0/1/0/1 | Mafia: 1/6/0/7 | TPR: 0/4/1/5SK: 0/1/0/1 | VT: 2/5/2/7 | Cult: 1/0/0/1
Then who would do LFR? Because anyone that skilled wouldn't need LFR gear to beat MSV and certainly wouldn't have any trouble doing their dailies as a group (five to ten people would make it lightning fast, btw) to get fully geared and blow away HoF and ToES without even needing those 496 pieces.
Soothing Mist:"Healing them for a minor amount every 0.5 sec, until you take any other action."
Jade Serpent Statue: "The statue will also begin casting Soothing Mist on your target. healing for 50% as much as yours. "
[What's half of minor?]
"Statue casts Soothing Mist at a nearby ally for toddler healing."
Challenge modes were the answer to those who wanted something harder then HD.
All of which is pointless. LFR is an entry level raid experience, it should not require such hoops to jump through.Just that you had to complete them and possibly find a quest item only found in the challenge mode version of the dungeon. Which would also require you to form the group on your server, fly there, and experience the dungeon that way.
LFR is "I don't do shit and get credit" mode, so nope, this idea sucks. Doing a quest is way harder than completing LFR
Seriously, would love this back in normal/HC modes. Just a small prologue to raid, nothing special, but something that drains you in, that gives you the puropse to be there. Like, what if there was a small quest chain with Klaxxi when they attempt to launch a full scale attack on Heart of Fear (that fails miserably) and you are assigned to go in as a group of commandos to do what the Klaxxi couldn't do? Would at least explain all those impaced corpses.
Challenge mode dungeons are not designed for masses they are designed for a small percentage of the playerbase. LFR is designed for masses, forcing someone to do challenge modes to do LFR would be absurd. How about you can only do heroic raids if you've completed challenge mode Silver (instead of awarding a phoenix it unlocks heroic raids)? That'd keep all the 20+ percenter "Savior of Azeroth" scrubs out of Hardmodes for a while.
37 + (3*7) + (3*7)W/L/T/Death count: Wolf: 0/1/0/1 | Mafia: 1/6/0/7 | TPR: 0/4/1/5SK: 0/1/0/1 | VT: 2/5/2/7 | Cult: 1/0/0/1
The amount of QQ from merely just reaching the minimum ilevel is enough. This suggestion is pretty redundant, doesn't improve anything & just basically would flood the forums with more QQ & whining.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...trife/advanced
WoW: Winterstrife, Level 120 Human Paladin | ESO: Strife Valor, CP 610 Dunmer Magblade | GW2: Inquisitor Strife, Level 80 Human Renegede.
Soothing Mist:"Healing them for a minor amount every 0.5 sec, until you take any other action."
Jade Serpent Statue: "The statue will also begin casting Soothing Mist on your target. healing for 50% as much as yours. "
[What's half of minor?]
"Statue casts Soothing Mist at a nearby ally for toddler healing."
It would fucking suck but yes I'd do it. I don't get any PVE side of the game otherwise.
When I run normal mode raids whether it be with a random guild I'm in, or with someone elses random guild who were just short a DPS, it's just a multi-hour wipefest. I'm not down for that crap.........