I have a confession to make. Friday night's non-scheduled raid of BWL and AQ40 was some of the most fun I've had in a game for a long time. Virtually all of that content was new and interesting, and AQ40 especially had some very interesting visuals and encounters which made it a great trip. I made a fool of myself a few times, unfortunately, but it wouldn't be a true raid if I didn't do something like that at least once!
My impressions of BWL was that it was too much like the other black rock instances. It's a zone mostly filled with boss fights, and relatively small amounts of trash--though I'm not 100% sure that I liked the boss to trash ratio. There were still a few unusually long sections that just weren't needed.
AQ40, however, was just about perfect. There was a lot of variety, and a lot of bosses. And it had some interesting trash sections. The only problems with the zone was it's confusing layout and large size--but honestly that added to it's charm. And I've heard lots about the C'thun fight...and it's everything I thought it would be. Easily the best, and most internally consistant end-raid boss in the game right now. (Though right now it's a bit buggy).
Otherwise, Blizzard is still suffering from server stability isues and big ones at that. No raid happened last night due to all instances being down (and people were getting kicked of regularly with bad lag times and other issues. Population levels are high on the server, but not THAT high, so I'm definitely worried about whatever problems they've introduced into the system. I don't think this is just a matter of load. And if it is, things are going to be damned painful when Wrath comes out.
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