Onyxia returns for WOW's 5th birthday News
MMO PC News by Oli Welsh
Blizzard has revealed that it will celebrate World of Warcraft's 5-year anniversary by updating one of the classic raid dungeons from the original game, Onyxia's Lair.
The face-off with the brood mother of the Black Dragonflight will go from being a level 60 raid for 40 players to a level 80 raid for either 10 or 25 players, much as the Naxxramas necropolis did at the launch of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.
Loot will be look the same as the equipment dropped in the original encounter - albeit with upgraded stats, naturally - and Blizzard will also add a new, rare, fast flying mount called an Onyxia Broodling, modelled after the big bad dragon queen herself.
Anybody logging into the game during the 5-year anniversary event in November will get an Onyxia Brood Whelpling vanity pet, too.
It's all coming in patch 3.2.2, apparently. More fifth birthday plans, no doubt, from BlizzCon next week. And for more nostalgia for WOW's early days, check out part one of our exclusive Making of World of Warcraft.
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Davinnicus
14/08/09 @ 13:40
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Woohoo, the tier 2 raid stuff that dropped were possibly the best looking pieces in the game, especially the pally hood. Good news that they are updating it :)
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@MaxiSleep
The problem is it isnt free. The monthly subscription fee is the same, but where's the new content? One new raid (Ulduar) and one new room (Coliseum), with only one more new raid planned according to Blizzard (Icecrown). That's pretty thin compared to Burning Crusade and original WoW post-release. |
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CaptainTrips
14/08/09 @ 16:55
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"ODD GROUPS GO LEFT, EVEN GROUPS GO RIGHT!!
THAT'S 1,3,5,7 LEFT, 2,4,6,8 RIGHT!" Won't have the same ring to it with only two groups of five :'( MANY WHELPS!!!!! |
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The talk of revamping old dungeons has been mentioned in our guild and I personally think its a good idea, I'd love to run a Heroic level 80 wailing caverns. This is just the beginning, I hope.
People need more stuff to do, even with its vast content and continuos updates. Onyxias Lair is a great idea and the 310% mount is a definite incentive.
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FunkyRenegade
15/08/09 @ 14:03
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@smirny - check out the front page of MMO-Champion today, it's a compilation of strong rumours surrounding the next expansion, including a full revamp of Azeroth.
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