World of Warcraft Arena Guides - WoW's Ultima Weapon Guides
In WoW you level up until you hit the max level at which point you can either choose to raid or PvP or make a new character. There are raids to play through, but it is optional, but much of the game’s real content is locked out to you unless you get gear from the raids. In vanilla and The Burning Crusade this was mostly only for the dedicated few who wanted to work hard at gearing up. Things have changed with Wrath of the Lich King and these optional dungeons are now pretty much considered part of normal character progression.
After all, the point of an MMORPG is to chase that carrot on a stick but never get to bite down on it. If you bite down on the carrot then you’ll just stand still with a smug look of victory across your face. While that feeling is euphoric for a bit, it doesn’t last, because there is no more carrot to chase. A feeling many players are experiencing now.
Gimmick fights like that still require extra dedication and keeps things interesting. They give you more to do and something to work towards. Something I think that WoW needs more of. After all, I have to ask why we should bother logging in at this point if most of us have already downed Arthas.