World of Warcraft's Onyxia gets an overhaul in the next WoW update
August 12, 2009
The dreaded 'brood mother' dragon Onyxia will be getting a major revamp in the next World of Warcraft update (3.2.2), in honor of World of Warcraft's 5-year anniversary.
The 3.2.2 update to Onyxia will convert the dungeon into a normal 10-player mode and a Heroic 25-player model. In addition, Onyxia's 'loot table' will have the same model as some of the classic loot from this dungeon, such as Tier 2 helms, with stats updated to match the current level of content.
A new item will also become available -- a normal drake-sized 310% speed flying mount, which will be modeled after Onyxia herself and called an Onyxia Broodling. (You know you want one!)
As part of Onyxia's update, Blizzard will also be updating the encounter mechanics to be "more fitting for modern raiding". (In other words, Onyxia will have a whole new can of whoop-ass for everyone that has been adapted to current smarty-pants raiders.)
For a limited time -- after the 5-year anniversary event officially begins in November -- anybody who logs in will receive an Onyxia Brood Whelpling pet.
Public Test Realms will soon make the new and improved Onyxia available to help test out this fight along -- with all the new content planned for the 3.2.2 patch.
Source:
http://www.examiner.com/x-892-PC-Game-Examiner~y2009m8d12-World-of-Warcrafts-Onyxia-gets-an-overhaul-in-the-next-WoW-update--
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