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The Future of WoW Raiding Guides

World of Warcraft Various Guides - The Future of WoW Raiding Guides

The AVR (Augmented Virtual Reality) mod has been sweeping through WoW lately and deserves a look. The mod essentially allows you to 'draw' on the ground similar to how when you watch a football game the commentators will draw on the screen. Sound interesting yet? Thought so.

The potential for this mod is almost limitless if the developers put in the effort. It can be used as a kind of raid-wide version of Power Auras that disseminates vital information quickly and visually so that less skilled or experienced players aren't required to read raid warnings or set up complicated mods. They will simply have to learn simple visual cues. Many difficult and new gimmicks introduced in Icecrown Citadel can be boiled down to 'don't stand in the fire' with the help of AVRE.

AVRE could be the next DBM that allows players to react even more effectively to what Blizzard throws at them, and in turn allow Blizzard to design even more convoluted and complicated encounters. It would take a more qualified person than myself to determine whether this mod is exploitive but I definitely think it is hovering on the boundary.