One of the first positional raid encounters that I remember actually having to move a great deal during was the original Ragnaros fight, mostly because of adds and not the environment itself. GTFO's alarms and bells would echo down the sheer icy cliff walls of Arthas' monstrous fortress, the angry screams and painful sighs of adventurers falling to their deaths, the alarm not even finishing its full playback. Standing in bad things has become the joke of the era, culminating in Wrath of the Lich King with the ultimate send-off to positional and location-based mechanics - heroic-mode Shadow Traps. WoW might not have done it first, but the game sure did make it pretty and varied.įor every action, there is a reaction, and for every good thing to stand in, there are a hundred more bad things. Boss design used to be a mix of larger and stronger versions of regular mobs, like in the EverQuest planes, or unique mobs that would have some awesome new NPC abilities or even steal a player ability or two, like in the EverQuest planes. A common thread presents itself - Blizzard took potentially clunky boss and game design and made it more accessible. World of Warcraft made standing in stuff a staple game mechanic for boss fights and player spells and abilities. Sartharion and his three drakes brought a whole new meaning to the phrase 'if you stand in the bad, you're losing DKP.' You see, not standing in bad things was the ultimate test to see if you were ready for the big boy leagues. If you asked me back in 2009 if GTFO would become one of the most widely used, universally loved, and iconic addons in World of Warcraft's history, I would have laughed you out the door.

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