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WoW Midnight’s first major patch raises world boss difficulty

World of Warcraft’s Midnight expansion received its first major patch, which increases the difficulty and changes how world bosses behave. World bosses are high-level, non-instanced enemies that roam zones and commonly draw large groups of players whose fights fill the screen with particle effects. The change matters because it alters a long-standing open-world encounter type and will affect how players locate, coordinate on, and defeat these bosses.

• The Midnight expansion’s first major patch makes world bosses harder and alters their mechanics.
• World bosses are higher-level enemies that roam the world rather than appear in instanced events.
• World boss fights typically attract many players and generate heavy particle effects that can fill players’ screens.
• The patch changes how players will encounter and coordinate on these open-world bosses, shifting a longstanding MMO staple.