Luck of the Draw Buff vs. Ghostcrawler's View

I just wanted to find out what you guys think about the Luck of the Draw buff that Blizzard plans on implementing in patch 4.06. They are putting this in the game so that less skilled, or less cordinated, or less geared, or less experienced, or less hardcore, or less dedicated or w.e type of person can do these as I understand it, "impossibly demanding" dungeons that require us to use something called CC and practice proper game mechanics while playing our specific role that we chose when creating our character. I also find it odd that not even a month ago, Ghostcrawler himself addressed this issue http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2053469 and even went on to say "The bottom line is that we want Heroics and raids to be challenging, and that is particularly true now while the content is new and characters are still collecting gear." and then "In Cataclysm, the Heroic dungeons and raids are intended to be challenging -- and they are, at least until you overgear them."

Ghostcrawler then goes on to list strategies and communication tips and how to improve your character. He goes on to say "Heroic PUGs are definitely harder than going with groups of people you know, but they aren’t impossible." Then he dives right in to mistakes Blizzard has made int the past, such things as Tol Barad 1800 honor for doing nothing and the Heroic Strike buff that warriors enjoyed. He then says "Example three: the Lich King Heroic dungeons (and Naxxramas) were too easy to zerg, setting up an expansion-long expectation that purple gear would come easy and often. In retrospect, that was a mistake. We don't at all view the Cataclysm dungeon and raid balance as a mistake." which I find very interesting for this topic. If its not broken Blizzard, do not attempt to fix it.

The article concludes with Ghostcrawler telling the players of WoW that he hears our voices and that no post goes unnoticed. He says they are aware of the issues that some casual players might find in a Heroic Dungeon and "We also just tend to nerf content over time because the original players hitting that content have moved on, so we want to open it up to a wider audience." What exactly is this "wider" audience? A few people QQing on the forums cannot make up the majority of WoW players.

Now Ghostcrawler is saying "The intent of Luck of the Draw is to help make up for the lack of coordination, communication, and familiarity that pick up groups suffer relative to organized groups of guild members and friends." And I wonder why the sudden change of heart? He went from giving less skilled, or less cordinated, or less geared, or less experienced, or less hardcore, or less dedicated or w.e type of person tips, to straight up nerfing the content. He goes on to say "Cataclysm dungeons, especially on Heroic mode, are quite challenging and ask for more group organization than the Wrath of the Lich King dungeons did." but Ghostcrawler did you not just tell us that one of your mistakes was that "the Lich King Heroic dungeons (and Naxxramas) were too easy to zerg"? And that you "don't at all view the Cataclysm dungeon and raid balance as a mistake."

I find this nerf to Heroic dungeons to very premature, I really do not see any issue the dungeons in their current state. Heroic is Heroic in my mind. If you can't beat the content then stay in normal mode dungeons. Maybe read Ghostcrawlers tips for how to improve your communication or character. To nerf this content along with the more challenging bosses in the dungeons them self seems a little extreme.

What do you guys think?

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One step closer to Northrend...

So its the day after Thanksgiving and the house is a complete disaster, I just woke up, my dog is starving, I am starving, and my girlfriend is at work...Ha. so after some much needed chores I plan to hit up Palavrin, I plan on getting him to 68 today/tonight or at least close to, also another milestone will be hit because I only need 200 more HK for the 5k achievement. So ill get those to little bits out of the way and then its on to Northrend tomorrow through Sunday...Like I said in a previous post I am trying to get to 80 by Monday (for no real reason), and I am hoping that this recent patch will help me. Basically blizzard lowered the amount of XP you need to get to 80 from 71 by 20%, that is HUGE! So hopefully this will put my leveling in to cruise control this weekend.

On a side note, my troll druid still has not been touched since creation... I told you I hate leveling well, its true. My friend on the other hand who made one that day is level 19 and climbing, but he has no heirloom items so I hope to catch up with him in no time. (when I get around to it).

Comments! I want comments! Tell me about what character your playing right now! Is it an Alt or your Main? Do you even play alts?

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