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4 74 A Series of Unfortunate Events

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4 74 A Series of Unfortunate Events Preachs LFR experiment, in an attempt to determine how far he can get by doing absolutely nothing Picking Cherries "Q. Why not just let casual players get rewards comparable to those from raids? A. It would be almost impossible for us to do, and this is a philosophical decision. We need to put a structure in place for players where they feel that if they do more difficult encounters, theyll get rewarded for it. As soon as we give more equal rewards across the board, for a lot of players it will diminish the accomplishment of killing something like Nefarian." - Former WoW Lead Content Designer Jeff Kaplan, on why raids like Naxxramas arent intended for a casual audience. The New York Times , Kill The Big, Bad Dragon (Teamwork Required) January 28th, 2006 --- "Dungeons too, we wanted them to be a much more hardcore experience, we wanted only groups in there, and so on. The dungeons are there to serve more of the core market. Its somethin...

3 74 Compartmentalization

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3 74 Compartmentalization DoD defeats Lady Deathwhisper in Heroic mode, wrapping up "Heroic: Storming the Citadel (25 Player)", Icecrown Citadel Every Month is May My wifes birthday fell on the weekend that Descendants of Draenor completed two additional meta achievements, "Heroic: Storming the Citadel (25 Player)" and "All You Can Eat (25 Player)", and I was present for both. But there was no fighting in the Holmes residence. No accusations, no finger-pointing, no yelling and screaming about "putting the game before your family" or how "another years gone by with no regard to birthdays or other important events." It was a relaxed, enjoyable weekend, and both real-world and in-game events were attended to. And that wasnt all that was happening in May. My son also celebrated a birthday in May. Mothers Day meant planning flowers for both my mother and Jul. The Memorial Day weekend had a history of sticking its nose into our raid schedules...