Crusaders’ Coliseum difficulty is a test for Blizzard
I’ve suspected this on the podcast, and I’m sure many people have figured this before, but Crygil makes it absolutely clear: the four difficulty levels set up on the Crusaders’ Coliseum is just a test for Blizzard. This isn’t at all the standard, it’s just something different they’re trying with this format of dungeon, and they’ll be watching to see how players respond. As Crygil says, it definitely doesn’t mean that they’ll be going back and revamping the old dungeons to reflect the new layout (where 10 and 25-man raids each have their own Heroic modes), and the corollary is that it doesn’t necessarily mean that Icecrown will be like this, either. They’re giving this a shot, and if there are issues with it, they’ll go back to the old way or consider something else. Will it work? My guess is that it will. Besides the fact that players will always run the heck out of the game’s latest raid (and Blizzard can definitely use that as justification that it’s a popular way to do things), I think any move that gives
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