Clarifications for the Zul’Aman zone

It seems a lot of confusion has arisen regarding the announcement of the Zul’Aman zone in World of Warcraft. To help clear things up, Blizzard poster Tigole has posted the following clarifications on Zul’Aman:

• Zul’Aman will be a 10-person raid zone
• Zul’Aman will be on a quicker reset than 7 days (some might call this “casual”)
• Zul’Aman will be MORE difficult than Karazhan and drop better loot (some might call this hardcore)
• Zul’Aman will feature 6 bosses and it’s our goal that you can kill them all in one night — perhaps 2-3 hour clear times (some might call this casual)
• Zul’Aman will not have a key requirement. Nor will it have an attunement quest (some might call this casual)
• Zul’Aman will have a VERY challenging timed quest for those who choose to participate in it. This *will be* hardcore and will be very rewarding. Players do not have to engage in the timed run (very similar to the Baron run in Stratholme)
• We’re tuning the first boss in Zul’Aman to require less raid coordination than some other raid bosses. He will still hit very hard so you’ll need to be geared properly but it won’t take 15 minutes to explain the fight. It will be a simple yet challenging fight. The other boss fights get more complex and challenging from there. If players want a basis of comparison, imagine the tuning of ZA started around Nightbane/Prince difficulty and ramped up from there.

Zul’Aman will also bring a few changes graphics-wise. The new Forest Troll models will make their debut in the Zul’Aman zone, and Tigole says that there will also be a lot on brand new item art. Finally, for the hardcore raiding guilds, Tigole had this to say:

I know this question is going to come up so I’ll answer it now — Yes, you can totally skip Karazhan if you’re an amazingly elite guild who doesn’t have time to key up for KZ yet can face the challenges of ZA without gearing up in KZ. Have fun storming the castle.

Via WoW Forums

It seems a lot of confusion has arisen regarding the announcement of the Zul’Aman zone in World of Warcraft. To help clear things up, Blizzard poster Tigole has posted the following clarifications on Zul’Aman:

• Zul’Aman will be a 10-person raid zone
• Zul’Aman will be on a quicker reset than 7 days (some might call this “casual”)
• Zul’Aman will be MORE difficult than Karazhan and drop better loot (some might call this hardcore)
• Zul’Aman will feature 6 bosses and it’s our goal that you can kill them all in one night — perhaps 2-3 hour clear times (some might call this casual)
• Zul’Aman will not have a key requirement. Nor will it have an attunement quest (some might call this casual)
• Zul’Aman will have a VERY challenging timed quest for those who choose to participate in it. This *will be* hardcore and will be very rewarding. Players do not have to engage in the timed run (very similar to the Baron run in Stratholme)
• We’re tuning the first boss in Zul’Aman to require less raid coordination than some other raid bosses. He will still hit very hard so you’ll need to be geared properly but it won’t take 15 minutes to explain the fight. It will be a simple yet challenging fight. The other boss fights get more complex and challenging from there. If players want a basis of comparison, imagine the tuning of ZA started around Nightbane/Prince difficulty and ramped up from there.

Zul’Aman will also bring a few changes graphics-wise. The new Forest Troll models will make their debut in the Zul’Aman zone, and Tigole says that there will also be a lot on brand new item art. Finally, for the hardcore raiding guilds, Tigole had this to say:

I know this question is going to come up so I’ll answer it now — Yes, you can totally skip Karazhan if you’re an amazingly elite guild who doesn’t have time to key up for KZ yet can face the challenges of ZA without gearing up in KZ. Have fun storming the castle.

Via WoW Forums