Archive for 25 man raid

WotLK scoop! Arthas Encounter.

Neth was gracious enough to give us what little insight is currently available by any means on the Arthas encounter. There is very little known about the event right now outside the hallowed doors of Blizzard dev. meetings but here’s what we know so far. (src)
When it comes to whether or not Arthas will be [...]

New healing shield loot off M'uru.

New healing shield loot off M’uru.

New M’uru loot. Aegis of Angelic Fortune should be making your healers very happy, considering you can go see the encounter. Sorry that I can’t get the loot link working but Wowhead and WOWDB don’t have it in their database.

M’uru loot table updated again & DPS trinket explored.

Thanks to Teza again for snagging this interview with Essath, the Rogue that owns a Blackened Naaru Sliver and was able to explain it’s functions and details for us.
Basically the proc consists of 2 procs. Battle trance that is the actual proc, has a 45sec hidden cd and Combat insight thats the stacking [...]

Wrath of the Lich King raids! Information on WOTLK end game content and dunegons.

Wrath of the Lich King raids! Information on WOTLK end game content and dunegons.

This information is what really gets me going about the expansion. We got information on how Northrend raiding and dungeons are going to work!

All 5-man dungeons will have a Heroic mode. Yay!
Heroic dungeons will have a separate loot table than non-Heroics. Yay x2!
A new token system will be used, similar to the Badge of Justice [...]

M'uru loot table updated.

M’uru loot table updated.

Here is an updated M’uru loot table. All of the links are provided by WOWDB and you should follow the key beneath for items that can be obtained from the trade in vendor located on the Sunwell Isle (she’s on the boat). I also updated my little compendium page thing.
* (v): Blizzard implemented “Raid Token [...]

Eredar Twins reverse kill videos.

Eredar Twins reverse kill videos.

I brought this up a while ago, that if you defeat the Eredar Twins boss encounter in the Sunwell Plateau using a reverse kill order, then you’re rewarded with more loot. This is a good thing. Obviously the fight becomes more difficult but the payoff of more Sunmotes and some more epics sweetens the deal. [...]

All Sunwell gates down on PTR!!!

All Sunwell gates down on PTR!!!

Here it is folks, on the current PTR all the gates blocking advancement in the Sunwell Plateau are down! That means M’uru is accessible, and that also means Kil’Jaden is too. Get ready for some major flooding of new drops, boss videos, and PTR firsts!

New attunement for Naxx?

New attunement for Naxx?

We all know that Naxxramas will be making a grand comeback in Wrath of the Lich King, but what of it’s attunement?
In Classic WoW the attunement for Naxx was not only very costly (by the economy of the time) and also was very time consuming. Blizzard still to this day heralds Naxx as their crowning [...]

Sunwell Plateau first gate open on US Servers!

Sunwell Plateau first gate open on US Servers!

The first gate is now open on US Servers, players can fight Grand Warlock Alythess and Lady Sacrolash. According to the first reports, gates on european servers are still locked.
Originally you were supposed to turn in Essence of Immortals but to keep things fair with servers that don’t have many end game guilds Blizzard opted [...]

Apex vs. Felmyst

Alright folks here is some good watching. Apex from the European realm Al’Akir takes on Felmyst, the third boss in the Sunwell Plateau. The editing is well done and the resolution is great for a boss kill video. I happen to like techno so the audio didn’t bother either. My only gripe as usual is [...]

The Daily Spoon: Weekend Edition & Sunwell Plateau disabled.

Typically weekends are kind of slow. The CMs are usually home and the PTRs don’t really get anything fancy until Monday. As well most official releases don’t roll down to us until Monday morning too. Let me go ahead and kick you guys off with this little announcement by Daelo. I’m going to go get [...]

Tigole on the forums, Essence of Immortals quest line trashed.

Tigole on the forums, Essence of Immortals quest line trashed.

Apologies that this update is coming so late but we pulled the Essence of Immortal quest chain about 2 weeks ago. That’s why you haven’t seen it on the Public Test Realm. The 3 gates will open automatically over time at equal intervals on all servers.
Regarding the taking back of the town on the [...]

Sneak Peek at M'uru encounter in Sunwell Plateau.

Sneak Peek at M’uru encounter in Sunwell Plateau.

Yesterday Blizzard disabled all Sunwell Plateau bosses but the fifth one and Kil’jaeden to gather feedback on the M’uru encounter. All bosses would self kill thus allowing players to rush straight to M’uru and give him their best shot.
From what we have seen the M’uru/Entropius encounter has two phases; phase 1 ends when M’uru dies [...]

Sunwell Raid now open for testing, again.

Ok they finally got it all worked out. Daelo posted this today. Nice to see mobs kill themselves for the betterment of DKP.

The Sunwell Raid instance is now open again on all PTR realms.
Kalecgos is disabled, and Felmyst, Brutallus, and the Lady Sacrolash/Grand Warlock Alythess encounters will kill themselves upon engagement. We’re looking for feedback [...]

Sunwell Raid instance open… or not.

We’re currently seeking feedback on the Lady Sacrolash and Grand Warlock Alythess boss encounter, as well as the non-boss encounters leading up to it. The major bug that was making the encounter more difficult than intended has been resolved.  (src)
Which is awesome right!? But then Hortus shuts us down.
Correction:

Sunwell is going to be [...]

Felmyst loot table updated in Patch 2.4 PTR

Blizzard dediced to switch some items from trash mobs to Felmyst such as Borderland Fortress Grips, plus they added several items (Leggings of Immortal Night, Harness of Carnal Instinct) to Felmyst loot table.
I also have updated the Sunwell Plateau database page with the new information.

Raid Boss of the week: High king Maulgar

Raid Boss of the week: High king Maulgar

Every Wednesday I get a little in depth as to the strategy, loot, and lore behind a specific raid boss. This week we’re going into Gruul’s Lair to get a closer look at High king Maulgar, an Ogre Lord that rules over Blade’s Edge Mountains. According to the wikki High King Maulgar is the lord [...]

New loot from the Eredar Twins

New loot from the Eredar Twins

Guilds Vodka & Premonition got a few more kills with the Eredar Twins on the PTRs recently and exposed some new loot.
               

Quick explination of boss changes in Patch 2.4 Sunwell Plateau.

Quick explination of boss changes in Patch 2.4 Sunwell Plateau.

I got a few questions regarding what is meant when people mention the bosses on the new 25 man raid as being either Version1 or V2, V3 etc. Essentially in the test realms there are GMs and developers and such constantly watching and recording data on pretty much everything that goes on. It’s all part [...]

The Eredar Twins downed on the test realm.

The Eredar Twins downed on the test realm.

Vis Maior (the guys that downed every boss so far on the PTRs) has done it again. Apparently a GM had to deathtouch (insta-kill) Brutallus, probably due to a glitch or something, and VM moved on to the Eredar Twins. The new bosses are one encounter and the latest released in the Sunwell Plateau. VM [...]

The Daily Spoon: Today's Menu

The Daily Spoon: Today’s Menu

Happy President’s Day, Monday, whateverday everybody. I want to apologize for the lack of any real activity on the site over the weekend, this cold that’s apparently wracking the country is pretty much playing air hockey with my face. I think I’ve medicated myself enough now to make Robert Downey Jr. blush but at least [...]

Brutallus getting tweaked on the PTRs

Daelo is the lead encounter designer and he posted recently on the public test realm forums regarding changes to Brutallus, one of the early bosses in the Sunwell Plataeu 25 man raid.
We’re currently hotfixing some additional changes for Brutallus on the PTR. Feedback on the the encounters in the Sunwell has been excellent so [...]

Showcase: Sunwell armor models

Showcase: Sunwell armor models

Here for your drooling pleasure, the mock ups of armor you can get in the new 25 man raid the Sunwell Plateau.

Dragon boss, Felmyst, downed on the PTRs

Dragon boss, Felmyst, downed on the PTRs

Alrighty last but not least for the first string of downned bosses in the Sunwell Plateau is Felmyst, a huge skeletal fel-dragon. Personally I think they could have done better with the model and given us a true fel-dragon instead of a covnerted undead one. Something maybe even like a dragonhawk and a fully fledged [...]

More Epic loot from the Sunwell

More Epic loot from the Sunwell

Initiate megaton leopluradon disclaimer! These screenshots are not from any confirmed kills because we can’t even fight Kil’Jaden yet let alone someof the other bosses. As well some of these items can be looted from trash mobs within the instance. They were taken from game files and made available by the mo’champs. They utilize a [...]