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All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsBreakfast Topic: What's the worst trash pull in the game?
by Fox Van Allen 
Jan 29th 2012 at 8:00AM
There's nothing especially fun or challenging about it. You stand around and DPS dragons. It lasts way too long, and the dragons have such low health that most of my DoT spells really don't do much of anything. I can only imagine how bad it must be for melee players, who barely have time to even get to the dragons before they're dead. And as a final insult, the damn dragons don't even drop loot.
Trash pulls are never really much fun in general, but Ultraxion trash is definitely a Dragon Soul low point. That's my opinion, but how about you -- what trash pull do you think is the worst? How you define worst is up to you: most challenging, most annoying, most time-consuming, hardest to tank, hardest to heal -- whatever makes you want to defenestrate your keyboard the most.
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Reader Comments (Page 6 of 6)
Russell Jan 29th 2012 6:31PM
The trash in ToC was the worst by far...
Julian Jan 29th 2012 7:48PM
C'thun. C'thun C'thun C'thun.
No one remembers C'thun trash? Really? People offered to sacrifice guildmates to ancient bloodthirsty deities if the deities would make the trash pulls go away.
trido03 Jan 29th 2012 9:48PM
Does no one remember pre-C'thun trash? They were some difficult pulls!
silverpie Jan 29th 2012 10:26PM
Shattered Halls. The 7 pull. Basically impossible without 3 CC-capable DPS... and not every class had CC back then.
Scotepi Jan 29th 2012 10:32PM
Suppression Rooms on BWL
Neirin Jan 29th 2012 10:57PM
Pre-nerf XT trash and/or pre-nerf Mimiron trash. Honorable mention to AQ 40 trash (all of it) because it takes so long, even if you're less likely to wipe on it than some other trash packs.
milindpania Jan 29th 2012 11:33PM
What I have gathered from the vast majority of the comments is that people complain not about trash packs that are actually boring or tedious to kill, à la Ultraxion, but rather about trash that required people to think and use their class toolbox beyond spamming AoE spells. The trash packs in TBC dungeons and raids, for example, that can actually CC and required players to be smart about how they went about killing them.
I for one enjoy dangerous patrols that require a combination of CC to take down. It pushes players to learn the full potential of their class and spec. It is far more challenging and what's the point in playing a game if it offers no challenge. :)
By the same token, trash such as the Ultraxion dragons, are a colossal waste of time. I fail to see what gameplay value is added by having them in the game.
Matheus314 Jan 30th 2012 8:25AM
Are the mobs right before Blackhorn able to be called trash?
Then its the trash before Blackhorn. 2 big dragons shooting fireballs everywhere, 2 big melee that charging randomly and unexpectedly, stealth sappers comming from nowhere... oh, and that repeats 3 times... ugh...
Don't even come to me talking about Ultraxion trash...
Anthony Jan 30th 2012 8:48AM
I guess I'm dating myself a bit here, but I remember early Wrath when the first few pulls in AN were the scourge of a PUG. "Shadowcasters! No! Focus fire the Shadowcasters!"
Good times.
Shimonu Jan 31st 2012 7:08AM
Ultraxion. First time on trash. After whole platform got in flames we started thinking we are doing something wrong (taunting? naah why should we).
Wulfric Jan 30th 2012 5:13PM
The last trash pack before the first boss in heroic Shattered Halls. If you didn't have a pally tank back in TBC, ouch.
Jovini Jan 30th 2012 1:38PM
the last pull in magisters terrace could be next to impossible. the mobs in that trash pack were random, and if you got the wrong combo, you were screwed no matter mow much CC your group might have had.
auxonin Jan 30th 2012 2:06PM
The last pull in Hour of Twilight with the broken terrain that the mobs can throw you down causing the tanks to take 50%+ falling damage. Worst design I have ever tanked.
Michael Jan 30th 2012 3:12PM
Vanilla ZG was lousy with trash, If I had a dollar for every time someone came running in to where everyone was prepping for the next fight with a pack of trolls and crocodiles chasing them down... On a side note, runs only take 20 minutes now days? I just picked the game back up, and am leveling right now, but I remember Having to break MC up into 2 days because it took 4 hours, and that was without a wipe. Did you ever run LBRS and UBRS in one go? It took forever. If what I'm reading is right, though, everything is basically Vanilla Ony time-wise? This is great news.
Aramit Jan 30th 2012 9:22PM
The trash of Oculus. I'll never go back to that place!!!
FurryCrew Jan 31st 2012 8:02PM
Very few people will remember this or even have actually done when it was its worst/hardest.
Mid/Late Vanilla.
Trash pulls just before AND just after Twin Emps in AQ40.
If you didn't die on every pull it was considered a success.
To top it all off the corpse run BACK to the trash before Twin Emps was HORRIFICLY LONG!
Shawn Feb 11th 2012 11:04AM
Twin Emps to C'Thun Trash.
There's no competition, end of story.