Any HW 3.0-3.55 players? Tell us your experience during those times.

[Infindox]

The hardest Alliance Raid I ever remember was Weeping City, which everyone dubbed "Wiping City". The first boss had gazes, sticky web placement and DPS checks that became irrelevant the next time our item level increased. Although rare I did see wipes to it. The second boss was very difficult for people because they didn't kill adds or stood in their death aoes. They didn't prioritize the correct add in the transition phase (which is an easy dps check now) and they didn't understand the mechanics after it either. The healer check would wipe sometimes as well.

If they got through that, they had to fight Ozma. Ozma would frequently cause parties to abandon or people to leave in frustration (but their replacements allowed us to clear, so they were in fact the problem). Now, we skip to the transition phase too fast and if the second phase starts wiping, we kill it too quickly or survive easier because of item level.

I've seen people say that alliance raids after that were hard, but that hasn't been my experience. There were people who would abandon the first boss of Dun Scaith, but they were just impatient and the boss would usually be defeated. The last boss would wipe sometimes but it had a checkpoint. The last part with the orb mechanic would wipe parties but the boss began to kill itself as well, so we just had to survive. These mechanics are mostly intact today because we sync to the final tier item level.

Weeping City was so rough on content, and even when Dun Scaith was the "hot new thing" it was still frustrating. If you got to Calofisteri you already won, because she was way easier then the other stuff before.
(On that subject I remember thinking that Wind-Up Calofisteri was a myth because for awhile the minion was not a 100% drop every time and I never saw it even though I ran it quite a few times!)

[Raoabolic]

Weeping City was so rough on content, and even when Dun Scaith was the "hot new thing" it was still frustrating. If you got to Calofisteri you already won, because she was way easier then the other stuff before.
(On that subject I remember thinking that Wind-Up Calofisteri was a myth because for awhile the minion was not a 100% drop every time and I never saw it even though I ran it quite a few times!)

*tank insists on spinning the final boss in wiping city for maximum uptime*
I mained a drg during HW so I just laughed. I did press the F key for all the ranged that was in the wrong side, doubly so when the boss is about to cleave 90% of the arena, lol.

[Jeeqbit]

*tank insists on spinning the final boss in wiping city for maximum uptime*
I mained a drg during HW so I just laughed. I did press the F key for all the ranged that was in the wrong side, doubly so when the boss is about to cleave 90% of the arena, lol.

The tanks turning the boss to prevent it cleaving the party made me sad, because I wanted to see all the people who didn't know the mechanic die. It was fun watching them die before tanks started doing that.