World of Warcraft Wednesday: Ragefire Chasm
Lore:
A bunch of Warlocks are sitting in some volcanic caves under Orgrimmar. They’re an offshoot of the more dangerous, Shadow Council, but not much of a threat themselves. As with most things that are underground in Azeroth, there’s a whole boatload of troggs here too.
Thrall was just going to let them take up residence down there, in the hopes that they’d either eventually
A) Get tired of living in a volcano with a huge bloodthirsty army over their heads ready to kill them at a moment’s notice, and leave.
or
B) Forget what’s going on for a second and accidentally let slip the location of the Shadow Council, so that Thrall could go cave their heads in.
Eventually, though, Thrall gets sick of waiting and sends you (if you’re Horde) down there to clean things out. The Alliance isn’t given any motivation to attack Ragefire Chasm, other than that it might tick some orcs off that you did it before they did.
Degree of Difficulty: Medium
Higher than you might think, actually, mostly because, if you’re a new Horde player, this will likely be your first instance. And with mobs crammed surprisingly tightly together, and tunnels kind of winding around into the middle of nowhere, it can be confusing and frustrating for players who aren’t familiar with the group fighting mechanics of the game.
The bosses, however? Are really easy. They’re all scaled to the appropriate levels and they do a good job about teaching you the tank and spank mechanics.
Bosses:
Bazzalan: A satyr who uses poison occasionally, but isn’t anything special.
Jergosh the Invoker: An Orc Warlock, who can throw some fire around. It’s kind of funny because he’s barely distinguishable from all the all the other orc warlocks around, but he hits a little harder. He also can pull in a lot of adds if you don’t do a good job clearing the area around him.
Oggleflint: Boring ol’ trogg. He’s got cleave, which is fun. He doesn’t even have a loot table, so take that for what you will.
Taragaman the Hungerer: A spooky ol’ Felguard with a couple fire spells and a knockback. The fight is pretty much just making sure you stay healed up and don’t get killed by his AoE attacks.
Special Features:
Horde Paladins can summon Zelemar the Wrathful, a level 20 mob that is part of a introductory class quest that takes players through a few instances to help them learn their class and get a little bit of decent gear.
Recommended for Levels: 8-10
A good introductory instance for low level Horde players. It’s probably one you won’t see much these days with Heritage items and it’s actually kind of boring looking at an instance like, say, Deadmines. But for learning group mechanics and such, it serves its purpose.