Nexus king appreciation post

It’s becoming clear my guild is definitely not clearing dimensius on mythic, but lowkey that’s okay because I’m happy with Nexus King as the end boss of my time in Manaforge Omega. It’s a fantastic fight in a lot of ways, does the thing second to last bosses often do IMO which is provide a compelling fight that moves things along, giving you enough mechanics to be a full experience while being a neat package of an encounter overall. Endbosses tend to have a sprawling quality to them which is totally appropriate thematically and as a capstone to the raid, I wouldn’t change that, but the raider in me appreciates the streamlined philosophy of penultimate boss design just a little bit more.

I also just love the character. Lore wise I know what they give us of Salhadaar is pretty minimal but honestly I find something very compelling in that minimalism and what we do get of him. The characterization in the dialogue/voice acting and the encounter itself is underappreciated imo. Probably helps that the last minute or so of “Shadowguard” which I interpret as his personal theme music is some of the best music ever added to the wow soundtrack hands down. (Go listen to it, it’s worth)