Molten Core, the first raid released in World of Warcraft, will have new mechanics that players will not be familiar with from its original Vanilla setting back in 2004 and Classic 2019, according to Senior Game Designer Josh "Aggrend" Greenfield.
Is Molten Core going to have new mechanics, or is it going to be an awkward juxtaposition of "Look at these sick new raid encounters with these fun new mechanics" and then we go into Molten Core, and it's like "Oh, pedestrian mode Molten Core again."
"I think it's probably safe to say you're not just going to stand there and tank and spank Golemagg, for example; there may be a little more to it.... I believe we used the term 'revamped' or 'reimagined' at BlizzCon."
While we don't know what these mechanics will be yet, Blizzard wants to make sure there isn't a jarring adjustment going from brand-new Raid content in the new Hyjal raids back to the same-old Molten Core that players have functionally solved already.
