Bring In The Trash
July 14th, 2009 Posted in GeneralOne of the things coming out of the PTR for patch 3.2 is that the Argent Coliseum has no trash.
So? I hear you say. Trash rarely drops anything useful, and it’s there to slow us down.
Quite, I respond. It’s there to slow you down. This isn’t a bad thing, and it’s got nothing to do with how long it takes for you to clear all the bosses in an instance. Instead, the trash adds just enough delay to the instance. The delay is important. The amount of trash present is also important, in that there has to be not too much and not too little.
I’ll go further than that. I’ll say that ideally each boss should be prefaced by 10-15 minutes of trash. Not so much that it takes you ages to clear, not so little that it takes no time at all to get through.
The reason for it is this – Bosses are a time for concentration. Trash (which while being possibly lethal) is not in the same way. Sure, everyone needs to pay attention on the trash just as the boss, but by and large the trash is much easier than the boss, especially when it’s been learned, allowing a short space of time in which to recharge ready for full concentration on the boss.
Add to this respawn timers. Naturally there’s a short break between each attempt, but that’s too filled with analysis of what went wrong before, changes in strategy. By the time the ready check is made most players will be lucky if they’ve had thirty seconds of break. By adding a respawn timer (90 minutes may be the ideal, 2 hours is the most common) there’s an enforced break from the boss to allow raiders to recharge and return to the boss with a fresher mind.
Without the trash, I can see attempts on harder bosses within the Coliseum getting worse as the raid goes on, that tiny break provided by trash missing, leading to lack of concentration.
One Response to “Bring In The Trash”
By Gnomeaggedon on Jul 15, 2009
Trash for me is warm up… as you say, not too much… but just enough to get the rhythm of my toon.
Often this occurs on the 1st wipe on a boss, people find their rhythm and cream the boss on the 2nd attempt.
I like that little bit of trash to remind me where my keybinds are… which is one of the things I dislike about lots of AoE trash… my fingers remember the wrong moves…