#29 - Aug. 28, 2007, 11:06 p.m.
Q u o t e:
At Blizzcon the reason was so casual could experience some of the endgame content. Now it is just going back to the hardcore raiders? ...oh well.
When Naxxramas was first launched it was truly end game content and designed to be the hardest dungeon in the game. You really couldn’t walk in there and succeed unless you had a well prepared group with gear from places like BWL and AQ40.
Our current plan is to make Naxxramas the first 25 person dungeon in Wrath of the Lich King, kind of like Gruul’s Lair is for The Burning Crusade. The encounters will be designed to fit this role and we believe this will allow a much wider range of people to experience it.
Along with this, the armor models that were used in the original Naxxramas might be reused as a new tier of armor. They were designed to feel like what you would find in this type of dungeon and they really did a great job of it.