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Category: Corrupted Blood

Fighting Disease in World of Warcraft: Vaccination Against a New Plague

21 May, 2008 (12:39) | Corrupted Blood, World of Warcraft, Synthetic Worlds | No comments

Everyone remembers the Corrupted Blood incident in World of Warcraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood) in which players would purposely bring a disease from a raid mob back into cities to kill people off. In one of the new Sunwell encounters, players fight Brutallus, a pit-boss style mob who occasionally casts a “burn” debuff onto players. This debuff lasts […]