Imagine this scenario: You work your way up to the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel 10 and you have 45 minutes left before you normally call the raid to an end. It’s the last day that you do 10 mans and you won’t come back until next week. No one has done the fight before and the clock is ticking.
What do you do?
That was the exact scene of my 10 man group on Sunday. We knew we weren’t going to down the Lich King, we just didn’t have enough time. That’s when my guild leader and member of the 10 man team asked the following question:
“Whatcha think Chris? Should we extend the raid ID?”
NO! As much as I would love to kill the Lich King, and I have no doubt that we soon will, I cannot justify extending the raid ID to do it.
Why?
A full clear of ICC up to the Lich King nets you 23 Emblems of Frost, plus 5 for the weekly raid. Add a Lich King kill in there and you have plenty of extra emblems rolling in. Players are still using those Emblems to buy goodies which include tier 10, offset items and primordial saronite.
Stepping into a raid instance where every boss is up means more loot that is going to get passed out. There may be a piece of loot that has yet to drop and one of your raiders has been waiting on it, taking that chance away for a week is going to sting.
You would be doing more damage than good by extending the raid lockout. Sure, you may kill the Lich King that week, but then what? You just ruined any chance a member had of obtaining loot from the other bosses, prevented them from obtaining emblems of frost, and pushed the previous boss encounter out of their memory.
It’s just not worth it.
Imagine this scenario: You work your way up to the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel 10 and you have 45 minutes left before you normally call the raid to an end. It’s the last day that you do 10 mans and you won’t come back until next week. No one has done the fight before and the clock is ticking.
What do you do?
That was the exact scene of my 10 man group on Sunday. We knew we weren’t going to down the Lich King, we just didn’t have enough time. That’s when my guild leader and member of the 10 man team asked the following question:
“Whatcha think Chris? Should we extend the raid ID?”
NO! As much as I would love to kill the Lich King, and I have no doubt that we soon will, I cannot justify extending the raid ID to do it.
Why?
A full clear of ICC up to the Lich King nets you 23 Emblems of Frost, plus 5 for the weekly raid. Add a Lich King kill in there and you have plenty of extra emblems rolling in. Players are still using those Emblems to buy goodies which include tier 10, offset items and primordial saronite.
Stepping into a raid instance where every boss is up means more loot that is going to get passed out. There may be a piece of loot that has yet to drop and one of your raiders has been waiting on it, taking that chance away for a week is going to sting.
You would be doing more damage than good by extending the raid lockout. Sure, you may kill the Lich King that week, but then what? You just ruined any chance a member had of obtaining loot from the other bosses, prevented them from obtaining emblems of frost, and pushed the previous boss encounter out of their memory.
It’s just not worth it.
Imagine this scenario: You work your way up to the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel 10 and you have 45 minutes left before you normally call the raid to an end. It’s the last day that you do 10 mans and you won’t come back until next week. No one has done the fight before and the clock is ticking.
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What do you do?
That was the exact scene of my 10 man group on Sunday. We knew we weren’t going to down the Lich King, we just didn’t have enough time. That’s when my guild leader and member of the 10 man team asked the following question:
“Whatcha think Chris? Should we extend the raid ID?”
NO! As much as I would love to kill the Lich King, and I have no doubt that we soon will, I cannot justify extending the raid ID to do it.
Why?
A full clear of ICC up to the Lich King nets you 23 Emblems of Frost, plus 5 for the weekly raid. Add a Lich King kill in there and you have plenty of extra emblems rolling in. Players are still using those Emblems to buy goodies which include tier 10, offset items and primordial saronite.
Stepping into a raid instance where every boss is up means more loot that is going to get passed out. There may be a piece of loot that has yet to drop and one of your raiders has been waiting on it, taking that chance away for a week is going to sting.
You would be doing more damage than good by extending the raid lockout. Sure, you may kill the Lich King that week, but then what? You just ruined any chance a member had of obtaining loot from the other bosses, prevented them from obtaining emblems of frost, and pushed the previous boss encounter out of their memory.
It’s just not worth it.
Kingslayer nets you heroics for one and allows you to get better loot if your raid can kill them.. another you can just save an alt to your lichking.. extend the lock on that character and bring in your raid into that extended lock the next week which won’t get you saved if you don’t down the lich