Warlock
01-28-2006, 04:54 PM
<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">The NY Times</a> has recently done <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/sports/othersports/28vide.html?ex=1296104400&en=42c55c3188d54208&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">an interview with game designer Jeff Kaplan</a> (perhaps better known as Tigole). It covers various things including the recent addition of Ahn'Qiraj, but more importantly it talks about the next raid dungeon, Naxrammas which will apparently be the hardest dungeon before the expansion, as well as an upcoming world event being planned:
<ul><font size=1>Q. What can you tell me about Naxxramas?
A. Naxxramas is going to be the most difficult thing in the game until the expansion pack comes out. It will be the pinnacle, and it's absolutely massive. You'll see this big necropolis floating above Eastern Plaguelands. It's a 40-man raid zone, and it's bigger than the Undercity [one of the main cities in the game]. Things could change, but we're up to something like 18 bosses in there, and they are really cool, too. But it's going to be hard. Really hard. We're hoping to release it in the spring.
Q. Will we need to open Naxxramas with a big farming event like Ahn'Qiraj?
A. No. Naxxramas will just be open. But we do want to do a world event, which we want to call the Scourge Invasion, or hopefully something cooler than that, that would basically be something for everyone who's not going into Naxxramas. So they would see the impact without having to actually go in. [In other words, get ready for undead to pop up in some unlikely places.]</font></ul>Be sure to read the rest of the article for some more Tigole Q&A.
<ul><font size=1>Q. What can you tell me about Naxxramas?
A. Naxxramas is going to be the most difficult thing in the game until the expansion pack comes out. It will be the pinnacle, and it's absolutely massive. You'll see this big necropolis floating above Eastern Plaguelands. It's a 40-man raid zone, and it's bigger than the Undercity [one of the main cities in the game]. Things could change, but we're up to something like 18 bosses in there, and they are really cool, too. But it's going to be hard. Really hard. We're hoping to release it in the spring.
Q. Will we need to open Naxxramas with a big farming event like Ahn'Qiraj?
A. No. Naxxramas will just be open. But we do want to do a world event, which we want to call the Scourge Invasion, or hopefully something cooler than that, that would basically be something for everyone who's not going into Naxxramas. So they would see the impact without having to actually go in. [In other words, get ready for undead to pop up in some unlikely places.]</font></ul>Be sure to read the rest of the article for some more Tigole Q&A.