tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post3773097180975559481..comments2023-09-15T05:54:48.691-07:00Comments on SERIAL GANKER: Warcraft: A retrospective look backsid67http://www.blogger.com/profile/16656756657483499337noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-5960195396233369462010-05-26T22:12:07.286-07:002010-05-26T22:12:07.286-07:00It's hardly a great justification but I think ...It's hardly a great justification but I think they got the idea of 25 from EQ2. At the time EQ2 raids were built from blocks of 6 players - so 24 man raids.<br /><br />It may also be the effect of designing in committees:<br />"Twenty!"<br />"No, thirty!"<br />"No, twenty!"<br />"Guys, how about 25 then?"Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-33737880313548142152010-05-26T17:14:37.820-07:002010-05-26T17:14:37.820-07:00Exactly. I could understand 15/30 or 10/20 but 10...Exactly. I could understand 15/30 or 10/20 but 10/25 has just never made any sense.<br /><br />It's a problem that still exists within WoW but the difference today is that you can pick up 5 PuGs who have done it on 10-man and still get the content completed.sid67https://www.blogger.com/profile/16656756657483499337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-31107709779886312742010-05-26T16:57:08.962-07:002010-05-26T16:57:08.962-07:00One thing which I never understood about TBC was t...One thing which I never understood about TBC was that, having decided to downsize raiding, they chose to go with 25-man raids rather than 20-man.<br /><br />* 20-man would be exactly half the size of the old level 60 endgame<br />* 20-man would be exactly twice the size of the introductory level 70 raid.<br />* 20-man already had a history, in the form of Zul'Gurub and Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj.<br /><br />25 just didn't make a lot of sense.Carson 63000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10900682924502279486noreply@blogger.com