So, I was bored at work last night and had a thought about a boss fight for WOW. Please note: though the following would sound impossible to complete and Bliz would have to adjust it for each difficulty, I think this would make an interesting raid encounter:
Basically it's this:
Said boss would use completely random abilities during the fight. HOWEVER, said abilities would be taken from every single boss fight currently in the game. There would be no predictability that we have become accustomed to over the years.
For LFR: each phase would consist of a list of two completely random abilities. For example, the first phase you have have a chance to have a Lich King fight ability (Necrotic plague) or a Vanilla boss ability. It would be completely random.
Each phase would be like this though. To make things a little easier here (because it's LFR and wipes would happen), if there's a wipe, there would be no random factor (it would change up every week though).
For normal: same concept, just add in a third random ability into the mix.
For heroic: again almost the same thing (just a fifth random ability). The difference here would be this: if there's a wipe, the boss would still use a random ability (not static after a wipe).
Then for mythic: the list would be vastly larger (mayhap 10 random abilities per phase). Are you gonna get Duru's laser eyes or are your healers going to have to deal with debuffs that have to be healed through? I think an encounter like this on mythic would take months to complete instead of just a week or two.
Just brainstorming.
Basically it's this:
Said boss would use completely random abilities during the fight. HOWEVER, said abilities would be taken from every single boss fight currently in the game. There would be no predictability that we have become accustomed to over the years.
For LFR: each phase would consist of a list of two completely random abilities. For example, the first phase you have have a chance to have a Lich King fight ability (Necrotic plague) or a Vanilla boss ability. It would be completely random.
Each phase would be like this though. To make things a little easier here (because it's LFR and wipes would happen), if there's a wipe, there would be no random factor (it would change up every week though).
For normal: same concept, just add in a third random ability into the mix.
For heroic: again almost the same thing (just a fifth random ability). The difference here would be this: if there's a wipe, the boss would still use a random ability (not static after a wipe).
Then for mythic: the list would be vastly larger (mayhap 10 random abilities per phase). Are you gonna get Duru's laser eyes or are your healers going to have to deal with debuffs that have to be healed through? I think an encounter like this on mythic would take months to complete instead of just a week or two.
Just brainstorming.