Rift: Level 50 Ten and Twenty-five Man Raiding

The developers show off end game raiding for 10- and 25-mans.
http://horrifticintentions.com/component/content/article/1-blog/11-the-expendables-raid-rifts-and-mercenary-guilds-in-rift

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The Decline of 25 Man Raids: Cause or Effect

Is Cataclysm the death of 25 man raids?  Why is this happening?
http://blacksen.com/archives/680

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Cataclysm Reduces Vanilla WOW 25-Mans

A blue posting has just come out with the information that the original 25 man raids in the original WOW will be nerfed into 10 man raids once Cataclysm comes out. This only applies to Burning Crusade raids that have no 10 man version currently.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/24/cataclysm-beta-select-guild-raid-achievement-requirements-reduc/#continued

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Frostwing Halls on 10- and 25-man Normal

How to get through Frostwing Halls in ICC on normal mode.
http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/icc-10-and-25-man-normal-crib-sheet-the-frostwing-halls/

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Cataclysm Guilds: Size Matters (and Doesn't)

Apparently Blizzard is tinkering with the new guild achievements in such a way that the bigger the guild, the easier it will be to get the achievements. Larisa is not pleased.
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2010/09/blizzards-message-to-guilds-get-bigger.html

UPDATE:  Apparently Blizzard has announced that realm firsts will be shared between 10 and 25 man raids.  In other words, there won't be separate firsts for 10 man and 25 man groups.
http://www.lumethemad.com/2010/09/21/10-and-25-man-realm-firsts-shared/

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Cataclysm Healing Changes? UPDATED

Interesting discussion on how healers and healing will change in 25 man raiding when Cataclysm hits.  Start with the original posting, then follow along.
http://everblue-bluemurder.blogspot.com/2010/04/raid-lockout-changes.html

http://pwnwear.com/2010/04/28/number-of-healers-in-cataclysm-25-v-10/

http://honorscode.blogspot.com/2010/05/cataclysm-raid-changes-design-realities.html

UPDATE:
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/05/cataclysm-tank-theorycraft.html

http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/05/cata-1025-difficulty-balance-issues.html



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25 Man Heroic Lich King Taken Down (without Mages or DPS Shamans)

This article talks a bit about the first 25 man taking down of the Lich King, then turns into an interesting discussion of the raid class makeup.  There were no mages or DPS shamans, for instance. http://www.empoweredfire.com/2010/03/30/sunwelld-again-heroic-lich-king/

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