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As you may have heard the other day, our Twitter explanation is up and running, and one of the most vocal participants so far has been our new Priest blogger, Matticus from World of Matticus. The other day, he posted a question on the Twitter history that he’d plus asked society on his own blog: what makes an come across epic?

The answers are all pretty good (I’ve put them all behind the break — thanks, Twitterers!). From what most folks said, lore and story play a huge part in making a fight feel epic, and not just the story of the game, but the story of the guild playing as well — when your guild nearly wipes, and pulls off a great kill, that’s an epic battle whether it’s in Karazhan or in Sunwell Plateau. Challenge additionally helps — folks raid to be pushed to the edge of their endgame abilities, and when a well-tuned fight does that, it’s one of the best experiences in the game.

Great answers all — hopefully we’ll get to see more epic encounters than not in the Wrath of the Lich King (as Matticus points out, we don’t need 40 or even 25 players to have a truly epic come across with Arthas). And whether you haven’t started following our Twitter explanation (@WoWInsider) yet, please do, and stay tuned for more interesting and casual Twitter polls like that.

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Original post by Mike Schramm