In case you haven’t heard, some details of Patch 3.2 have been released. The biggest change that appeals to me is the Crusader’s Coliseum. We’re not even done Ulduar yet and already there’s another instance being released.
What is it?
It looks to be the new instance hub that 3.2 will offer.
Let’s stop for a second. Lots of reactions on Twitter have been knee-jerk negative reactions.
“I don’t want to 25 man joust!”
“What? A PvP instance?”
Take a step back and start analyzing. We don’t know anything about this instance yet. All we know is that:
- There is an instance
- It will come in 5-player, 10-player, and 25-player varieties
I want to stress that we do not know what type instance it’s going to be inside.
Speculations
I love raiding. I love looking at the lore behind it and the mechanics, the environment and so forth.
I don’t think the Coliseum is any sort of PvP type instance.
What I think will happen is that a raid group is going to march in there and engage in gladiatorial combat against raid bosses. Think of an instanced version of the Ring of Blood quests that we first saw in Nagrand and then in Zul’Drak.
Are we going to see mounted combat? It’s a possibility. Maybe half the raid is on horseback and the other half is on their feet. I honestly have no idea.
New Battleground: Isle of Conquest
A new large-scale siege Battleground where Horde and Alliance have to battle head-to-head for control of strategic resources to lay siege to the keeps of their opponents.
Not quite death match. Sounds to me like it’s another control-the-point battleground with vehicles (large-scale and siege). Now I wonder if it means large-scale as in 15 player or large-scale as in 40 player.
Yeah. Alterac Valley in siege tanks.
Also, note that it’s called Isle of Conquest. (The island part, not the Conquest part, although it’ll be corny to jump in there and go “GET OFF MY ISLAND!”, because you know my guild’s name is Conquest, hah.). This leads me to wonder if we’ll get access to naval units. Maybe drivable ships or something to attack from the water in addition to laying siege on land.
Final Notes
Don’t perceive that this is what’s actually going to happen. Take a step back. We’re only seeing pieces of the puzzle here. There could be more stuff coming out. Actually, there will be more stuff coming out.
What do you guys think? How’s my reasoning? Sound? Terrible? Are you looking forward to any of these? (Bloggers can link and trackback here too!)