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As a feral kitty druid back then, I always felt odd because a moonkin always had mana until the end of the fight, while I ran out of energy every 5 seconds. I got depressed because I felt I had to push buttons 5 times to do one ability, due to energy loss. Once I fought Vaelastrasz - I still cannot pronounce it, but I can type it - The Corrupt, everything was so much better. I never saw energy below 50! I got to hit buttons so fast my fingers almost fell off, but the big numbers flashing across my screen were so cool! I've never loved a boss like I have him, just because of the fact that there was no ability I couldn't hit on a whim, just because I had energy to spare.
I am going to have to say Shade of Aran that fight had everything lore, fun mechanics, and of course all the hijinx of the door boss and people raging and blowing everyone up
I have to say that Mimiron in Ulduar is my favorite encounter ever.I began tanking in 3.0, I remember heading in to Naxxramas without a clue what was in store for me. That night we spent a few hours wiping on Anub'rekan, and our guild leader was honestly impressed that the rag-tag group of non-raiders I went with managed to get him down to 20% once. Fast forward about six months, and I find myself tanking progression Mimiron.I love Mimiron primarily because to me, it was the culmination of all my tanking efforts. It taxed every skill I had as a tank, from threat generation, to cooldown management and planning, to dodging about seven different varieties of fire. When we finally defeated him a few weeks later, the cheers were loud and long, and there was much rejoicing. To this day, I still carry my Ground Gear around with me as a trophy; I got the junk loot from our first kill.After that, I retired my Death Knight from tanking, I found that I much prefer healing on my Priest. I'll always have the memories though.
Dun Morogh! There is at least one path you can take to get high up on the mountains above the quarry. The wind, the snow, and the view are excellent.
I love the mechanics on the new Bloodlord Mandokir, although my -favorite- would probably have to be Omnotron Defense System. I love the mechanics of that fight, too.
Mr. smite in Deadmines. Only because he reminds of the great times I had with people in WoW beta.
Original Rag. The first real multi-phase fight. He's UP! Kill him.... Crap adds... Get the off me!
I would have to say Ragnaros in MC. He was my first raid boss to take down, and I love the pacing. Even better now that I have my little 'rag out every time I help someone out for the eye.
My favorite encounter so far has been ToGC Anub'Arak. I love that encounter because my guild had so many close calls over the course of many attempts until we finally killed him and I got my awesome sword :)