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Anatomy of a Raid Encounter
Written by Warcraft News.

Two weeks ago, in response to my bitter grumblings about the continued nerfs to World of Warcraft’s Ulduar raid instance, a commenter asked me a relatively simple question: “I am a bit curious: what kind of fight [made] TBC raid[s] harder in your opinion?” While a basic answer is relatively easy to come up with – “less margin for error” – it is probably worth examining the various components and game mechanics that are used when crafting raid encounters. (Note: WoW encounters will be used as examples where possible.) The Basics The vast majority of MMOs are dominated by the so-called “holy trinity” model of encounter design. …

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Anatomy of a Raid Encounter

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