BlizzCon 2009: Onyxia Revamp
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Heartbourne on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 11 Comments Tags: anniversary, black dragonflight, blizzcon, onyxia, patch 3.2, patch 3.2.2
Heartbourne on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 11 Comments Tags: anniversary, black dragonflight, blizzcon, onyxia, patch 3.2, patch 3.2.2
In case you missed it the first time, Onyxia, the fearsome black dragon that was among many people's first introduction to raiding, will be re-released in patch 3.2.2 as a 10-man and 25-man level 80 instance. The encounter will be slightly modified to be put on par with the difficulty of recent raids. The 40-man level 60 version will no longer be accessible.
Perhaps the best part of this are the new rewards. Anyone who logs in (within a three week time frame) for WoW's 5th anniversary will get an Onyxia Whelpling pet, likely BoA like the Baby Blizzard Bear from last year's anniversary. The pet attempts to Deep Breath occasionally, but usually fails and blows out smoke rings. The loot table from Onyxia includes the following:
Zarhym broke the news earlier this month with the following post:
Deep Breath will be more random, and there will be lots of whelps. We will also need more DoTs.
Check out the awesome mount you have a chance at:
Perhaps the best part of this are the new rewards. Anyone who logs in (within a three week time frame) for WoW's 5th anniversary will get an Onyxia Whelpling pet, likely BoA like the Baby Blizzard Bear from last year's anniversary. The pet attempts to Deep Breath occasionally, but usually fails and blows out smoke rings. The loot table from Onyxia includes the following:- A 310% movement speed mount modeled after Onyxia called an Onyxia Broodling.
- Re-tuned items with similar skins to original gear, including the tier 2 helms.
Zarhym broke the news earlier this month with the following post:
She has lurked in her lair and done battle with the many brave adventurers who travelled to that familiar location over the years. Now, in honor of the World of Warcraft 5-year anniversary, the dreaded brood mother Onyxia is being revamped to make a return to the forefront of Azeroth, as part of our big plans for the upcoming 3.2.2 content patch.
This permanent update to Onyxia will convert the dungeon into 10- and 25-player modes. We will be adding new items to Onyxia’s loot table that have the same model as some of the classic loot from this dungeon, like Tier 2 helms, with stats updated to match the current level of content. There will be a special new item too: a normal drake-sized 310% speed flying mount modeled after Onyxia herself called an Onyxia Broodling. We will also be updating the encounter mechanics to be more fitting for modern raiding, but we can guarantee players will get to experience the frightening horror of deep breaths once again.
Then for a limited time, after the 5-year anniversary event officially begins in November, anybody who logs in will receive an Onyxia Brood Whelpling pet.
We’re very excited to bring this classic encounter back to provide a fun new experience for both new and veteran players. Further details will be available in the near future, and we will be setting up the Public Test Realms soon to help test out this fight along with all the new content we have planned for the patch. Keep an eye on the forums for updates!
Deep Breath will be more random, and there will be lots of whelps. We will also need more DoTs.
Check out the awesome mount you have a chance at:
Reader Comments (11)
First :)
That mount looks awesome
is it just me or did project lore turn into a phenomenon and its some sort of achievment to post first?
After I've had a chance to calm down.. I'm going to give it a shot, who knows.. it might still be fun.
Though I agree with a previous post that it's more like World of Warcraft II than an expansion.
Reading the quote.. they pretty much gave us info on the patch release : 5 year mark. Which means ICC won't be released til either late December or sometime Spring '10.
MORE DOTS!!
MOR DOTS NOW THROW MOR DOTS
now hit it very hard... and very fast!!!!
well verry cool for the level 80's but what about the people that didn'nt get tbc and wotlk (i'm not one off them but there are still people around I'm sure) but want to play vannila WoW? First they got Naxx removed (so no tier 3 anymore) and now they see this one disappear to. Not realy fair is it?
dps very slowly! and by slow i mean F^&*ing slowly!
but seriously....this is gonna be pretty sweet being as by the time i started playing WoW AQ had just been released and i never got to do any old raids at proper level....always heard that this fight was pretty sweet and the proper level so im pretty excited
@ Barduck
You don't think that blizzard are hinting for those players who didn't purchase TBC or WoTLK to buy the expansions? :)
But anyway, liking the pet and mount - would love to see a shadow form version of that - but not too happy about the abolishment of the level 60 raid...
I suggest ppl go and solo her b4 the retune.
It was super fun on my Druid tank. took about 15-20 minutes but all the loot was really cool. I have mostly ilvl 200-219 epics on my tank set. so there should be plenty of you out who can solo her even easier.
Now I need to quickly lvl my paladin so I can get the T2 helm before the old 40man becomes unaccessible :/