The Bosstiary Added for Ulduar
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Blizzard recently developed a new feature on their website that allows players to see maps and read background information on raid bosses: The Bosstiary. Currently only Ulduar is available, but I imagine they will add all future raids as they are released and add the missing ones that were introduced in Wrath.I really like the Bosstiary. One of the things that got me to abandon Final Fantasy XI for WoW back in the day was the feeling WoW gave me of an intentional path for my character. I felt like there was a reason I had to kill 50 raptors to level up: they stole our silver! Even with examples of terribly justified quests like the raptors stealing our precious silver for no reason, I felt like I was part of a story or at least a world.
I kind of lost that feeling when I hit level 60. I didn't really know why I was killing random fire lords in Molten Core that I had never heard of, and even with the questline to get the Aqual Quintessence, I was very unmotivated. Blizzard has improved on this over the years, and I think the content patch trailers really add to the role of the raids in the world from a lore perspective. However, there is still a lot of explaining to do on why we are killing bosses that are introduced to the lore for the first time in a patch without much background (who are Emalon and Archavon anyway?).
Enter The Bosstiary! While there is only a sentence or two about each boss, it does add insight that we might not otherwise have. For example, Auriaya is Ulduar's archivist. While some things are heavily implied, like Razorscale actually being Veranus, its nice to see Blizzard filling out the lore as they go.
What do you think? Is the Bosstiary worthwhile?
Reader Comments (9)
very nice:)
First!
I really think the bosstiary is cool and i hope it gets all raid bosses.
dam not first...
It has potential, but nothing else at this point.
If you're looking for an explanatino of Archavon (not sure if they've put it anywhere yet for Emalon), there is a big book that you can click inside Wintergrasp Fortress, right outside the instance portal. If you come out of the portal and look to your right beside the stairs you can click it and see how many times Horde/Alliance have captured/defended WG. It also shows part of Archavon's journal explaining how he gets the t.7-t.8.5 and pvp gear as well.
Yay. I've been a fan of Warcraft lore ever since I started playing at age 6. Anything to do with more lore is great in my eyes
Finally I now know what Algalon is doing there! EPIC!
I've always enjoyed reading up on a bit of lore when it came to the bosses...its one thing that keeps me playing FFXII because of the Beastiary (which i am missing very few monsters at this point ^_^) finding a new monster killing it then finding out how it came to be why it is there and hell if it has anything worth while (again on FFXII where sometimes you can figure out what to sell to get certain weapons and items not directly but it gives you a starting place >.O) but i think this will be a worthwhile addition can't wait to see it applied to all raids
I didn't know half of what Alex knew about the Naxx bosses. I still have no idea why we kill Sartharion or why he's hiding eggs 200 yards under Alexstrazsa.
I totally agree. More info on bosses, please, blizz. I care about epics and all, but after the five hundredth time waiting for drops, you just start thinking "who IS this guy and what'd he ever do to deserve this farming?"