Posted by Amatera on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 - 15 Comments
Tags: 3.2.2, Achievements, deep breath, dragon, many whelps, more dots, onyxia, onyxia's lair, Raid, retune, wipe animation
Ahh, yes. With a new (old) encounter comes new achievements to earn, or fail spectacularly trying to do so. The 5th anniversary version of Onyxia is no exception, and the latest build of 3.2.2 on the test realms brings with it news on just what we can expect in this regard.
Deep Breath in all its fearsome glory!
The achievements are as follows:
- Onyxia’s Lair (10-man) - Defeat Onyxia in 10-player mode.
- More Dots! (10-man) - Defeat Onyxia in less than 5 minutes in 10-player mode.
- Many Whelps! Handle It! (10-man) - Cause 50 Onyxia Whelplings to hatch within 10 seconds of Onyxia’s liftoff, and then defeat her in 10-player mode.
- She Deep Breaths More (10-man) - Defeat Onyxia without anyone taking damage from a Deep Breath in 10-player mode.
- Onyxia’s Lair (25-man) - Defeat Onyxia in 25-player mode.
- More Dots! (25-man) - Defeat Onyxia in less than 5 minutes in 25-player mode.
- Many Whelps! Handle It! (25-man) - Cause 50 Onyxia Whelplings to hatch within 10 seconds of Onyxia’s liftoff, and then defeat her in 25-player mode.
- She Deep Breaths More - (25-man) - Defeat Onyxia without anyone taking damage from a Deep Breath in 25-player mode.
You might recognize a few of those phrases from the famous Onyxia Wipe Animation (WARNING: Not to be viewed at work!):
And really, how could Blizzard not reference the video? Not only is it still funny after all these years, it represents all of the memories players have from when Onyxia’s Lair was the pinnacle of Vanilla raid content. The flames, the whelps, the wipes! There truly is a little angry raid leader in all of us.
Likewise, “She Deep Breaths More” is a nod at the oft-maligned attack she uses when in flight during Phase 2. Players swore that she did it more often (and more randomly) in later patches. The dev team even poked fun at this reaction at the Dungeons and Raids Panel last weekend. When they showed off the tools used to tune boss encounters, the randomization for Onyxia’s Deep Breath skill was set a little higher than usual.
Some of you might be wondering what’s going to happen to the old Level 60 Onyxia’s Lair achievement. Well, it’s going to be turned into a Feat of Strength once the patch hits, so if you want that particular notch in your belt, I’d get on that as soon as possible.
So, what do you readers think of these achievements? Will they be hard to obtain? I think it’ll be hard to say until the patch hits and the rest of us have an opportunity to experience the re-tun first hand!
Related Posts: More DoTs! A Final Brawl with the Classic Onyxia, Onyxia Gets an Update in 3.2.2, Darkmoon Faire Achievements Incoming?, BlizzCon 2009: Onyxia Revamp, Oswald Chilly Compels You to Use B.net!,
By Flab on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
first
By KERTH on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
now that was funny to watch
By HerofTime on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I’m so psyched for this. I never got to kill her in Vanilla WoW. This is going to be exciting!
By Heartbourne on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Already posted in patch 3.2.2 notes post omg.
By Amatera on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Geez… and how do you expect anyone to find it shoved so deep in the pocket of other details like that?
By Heartbourne on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Because I know our readers read our articles in their entirety
I’m just kidding, I bet hardly anyone saw it
By Justin on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
i cant stop watching this shit rofl
By Trial on Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 3:08 am
old
By Redaurora on Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 6:23 am
Oh my word LOL. I am so glad I didn’t get into that raid. Bad when the healer bails in the middle of a fight. But dang that was funny.
By Kevin on Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 8:39 am
i love watching that video, andi feel like there is one for gruul too
By Ombrenoire on Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 9:35 am
I am so organizing Ony raids on the Terenas server, Ally side.
For the mount, of course.
By thatguy on Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 10:42 am
watch why 11 year olds shouldnt raid omg funny
By Worldofcrap on Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Re-hashed shit again? Give me a break. Terrible game. G_G. Now, time for all the noobs, 11 year olds, and people still playing on ZOGM ITS WORLD OF WARCRAFT hype to start flaming me. PEACE
By Taskun on Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
@Worldofcrap: If you don’t like the game, why come to a website made for the appreciation of the game? >.>
By Rikaku on Saturday, August 29th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Taskun:
Cause Worldofcrap probably couldn’t play the game anymore after his time card ran out so now he just hates on the game he can’t play.