Big stakes and the end of an expansion

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12-28-2011 @ 1:50PM

loop_not_defined said...

" I don't get the sense of scale - Deathwing is SO big that I can't actually see enough of him to feel the size of it."

I know exactly what you're talking about. I had that same problem with Ragnaros...back in Vanilla.

"The fights themselves have no real "boss" that you're fighting, so I never feel like I'm killing Deathwing, so much as I'm killing adds and the boss just never shows up."

I truly do not understand this sentiment. Deathwing is Deathwing. The tentacles you deal with in Spine and Madness are Deathwing. The plates you blow off *using his own sentient blood* is Deathwing. The limbs are *obviously* Deathwing - being separate "NPCs" seems like a ridiculous distinction to focus on.

The two quotes I took from your post seem at odds with one-another. How do you handle gigantic villains without breaking them down into individual NPCs?

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