Wrath: Zombie Infestation Event is Over Today Oct. 27th
Whatever your experience with this event, it’s over. In the short short time I placed the poll on the sidebar asking if this was a good event or a bad event, and so far it seems that a few more of you like it than dislike it. Personally, they could have done better.
I would have loved to see the streets paved with zombies and small holdout sections of the quarter as clean zones. Barricades armed with Paladins and Healers from the Argent Dawn defending the key parts of the city would have been wonderful. Places like banks, AH, flight paths and so forth. Also if they ever do this again, make Shattrath a contested zone because that immune sanctuary bullshit is annoying.
Couple of other important notes:
* The scourge invasion will continue for a few more days.
* The prologue event is not over! More to come!!
* The Karazhan boss will be up for approximately another week still
* We increased the respawn rate of the Necropoli
* Zombie cure should kick in by around noon PST
We’d like to thank players for participating so zealously (and valiantly!) during the Great Zombie Plague of ‘08. Our intention with this event was to create something memorable and to literally change the face of Azeroth for a few days. This event is just one of many leading up to Wrath of the Lich King. As you know, the Scourge Invasion is now live as well and there is some other cool stuff coming up before all is said and done. Also, Hallow’s End continues on!
While we recognize that the event could prove to be disruptive at times, we hope you made the most out of it while it lasted. Part of playing in a “living and breathing world” means that things are going to change from time to time. We meant no harm but only wanted to create a lasting impression on players as they head to Northrend to defeat the Lich King. The Lich King’s goals (as you will soon learn) are to turn the Horde and Alliance not only on one another, but on their own kind as well. I think the plague truly demonstrated this firsthand.
So it looks like a cure has finally been found… for now.
Thank you for participating in our most memorable event to date… for better or for…. brrrrrrraaaaaains… (src)
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Oct 27th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I had mixed feelings on the event. There were points, when, having elected myself to an impromptu zombie defence team, running around, trying to cleanse guards before they turned, etc, that I was really having fun. In theory, it’s a fantastic idea, and a good way for Blizzard to both promote Wrath of the Lich King and bring in some new gameplay at the same time.
That said, I was extremely unhappy with it most of the time. Many people have had their characters at 70 for almost two years now, and are understandably getting bored with the game. Unfortunately, the solution was to give people the ability to attack and kill whomever they chose. My server is a PvE one, but boy, did people figure out the mechanics of ganking and corpse-camping fast. And you really felt the grief when playing a character who wasn’t 70. The NPCs in Crossroads and Camp Taurajo were always dead. Trying to get mount training in Orgrimmar became impossible because of the number of players attacking lowbies. Mages on my server began selling ports to Silvermoon City at a grossly inflated cost, because it became the only Horde city one could do anything in.
Sorry. Rant. Summary: Theoretically fun, but for me, caused more grief than it was worth.
Oct 27th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
I loved it. I stopped flying and would walk. It was pretty thrilling turning a corner and running into a pack of rabid zombies hungry for my brains! Trying to get away, fighting them off one by one, then running to the nearest cleanser to find, *gasp*, that they are all DEAD.
Haha, it was different, it made neutral cities exciting. Only time it was annoying for me was when I was waiting for NPC’s to respawn for BG’s and Dailies.
Oct 29th, 2008 at 12:11 am
I loved the event, but I’m pissed off we never got to finish it!
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11829509232&sid=1&pageNo=1
Phase 6 never happened on Laughing Skull or Arthas, and we are PISSED
Oct 29th, 2008 at 12:27 am
awe lame! shoulda been on my server sniper
offer still stands. but honestly aside from quest text you didn’t miss much
Oct 29th, 2008 at 12:52 am
lol, but I wanted to carry that brain around XD
Oct 29th, 2008 at 8:24 am
that thing said pretty words to me