As the game does not permit further increase of skills, or introduce new abilities, the only avenues remaining to enhance a character lay in better gear and other rewards only found in raid instances.Īlmost all raid events and bosses require that the raid members have particular levels of gear and skill, expressed as dps, damage mitigation, and/or healing ability. Raids are designed as activities for people whose characters have reached the maximum level. In Mists of Pandaria, Flexible Raiding was introduced with the Siege of Orgrimmar, allowing anywhere between 10 and 25 players, and in Warlords of Draenor, the flexible scaling technology expanded to all difficulties except Mythic, which is 20-man only. Since Wrath of the Lich King, all new raids have been introduced in a 10-player and a 25-player version.
Molten Core and others in vanilla-era WoW. The intended number of players for a raid instance has varied greatly in the past, with the most extreme setup being 40-man raids, eg. Instances requiring a raid are subject to a raid timer, which means that defeated bosses within the instance will remain so until the instance is reset (typically once a week). Players need to be at least level 10 to join a raid group, though actual raids begin at level 60. These are to prevent players from creating very large groups in order to complete normal quests or other game content intended for parties of 5 or fewer. Players also receive an experience reduction for any mob killed while in a raid group. While in a raid group, players do not receive credit for completing quest objectives unless the quest calls for a raid. From then on, any new players invited to the group will join the raid group (up to a maximum of 40).
Raid instances require playing as a team, and are designed to be the most challenging and entertaining PvE content available in the game.Īs party leader, a player can convert their group into a raid group by accessing the "Social" Panel, selecting "Raid", and choosing "Convert Group to Raid." You can do this also by right-clicking your character portrait and selecting "Convert Group to Raid" from the menu. The terms "raid" and "raiding" primarily and traditionally refer to PvE raid-specific instances. Raids groups are a way to have parties of more than 5 and up to 40 people, divided into up to 8 groups of up to 5 players. “Leading a raid can be like herding cats, but by the graces, they're your cats.”
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