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2 months ago Crypt fiend: Web - does not work - BUG
After watching multiple videos and looking at multiple logs , i do believe this spell is a myth even when guides are mentioning it. there is only one video where it was used which make me guess the video was from either pserver or maybe PTR version? because everything else even solo runs they never used this spell.
Shadowy Necromancer: Summon Skeletons - Currently summon both melee and ranged add at the same time. I believe it is supposed to be one or the other. Possible bug.
this is not a bug , Necro have 3 difference summoning spells , one that summon 2 mages , one that summon 2 melees and one that summon 1 mage and 1 melee , he will cast one of them randomly. the only problem with them that they feel like they are on passive mode and don't aggro straight away.
Mechanics comments on Rage Winterchill Frost Armor - nowhere to be seen - BUG
Are you sure about this one ? he uses it every 30-45sec and might get delayed sometime if he is casting D&D the spell exist in every test i have done so far (mostly solo)
Mechanics comments on Kaz'rogal Mark of Kaz'rogal - Does not target whole raid - BUG
the Mark only target enemies that have mana , so rogue and warrior or shapeshifted druid (cat/bear) do not get the mark.
This was the most boss i am looking for raids to test in PTR as he have 13.4M health and have "enrage" timer of 210sec (3:30). Which imo is impossible even for top tier raids , specially that there is the Mark to slow caster dps and Cripple that lower melee dps. Hope if there is more tests after some fixes that happened to his Mark.
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For Archimonde did you make sure he's not near the World Tree ? if Finger of Death you are talking about targeting multiple people at the same time then that's Hand of Death (+100k to each person) which trigger if he get closer to World Tree which is a wipe.
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I do feel like the distance check from World Tree is kind too big tho or the location is wrong from where to check for it , and also for Finger of Death it looks like it procs too very often with the slightest movement.
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Mechanics comments on trash mobs
Ghoul:
Crypt fiend:
Abomination:
Shadowy Necromancer:
Banshee
Gargoyle
Frost Wyrm
Giant Infernal
Fel Stalker
Tuning comments on trash mobs
Ghoul - Bit weak but fine. Crypt Fiend - Bit weak but fine. Abomination - 2nd highest threat trash. 5k aoe per tick per mob is quite strong, so they got the be separated quickly. Shadowy Necromancer - By far the most dangerous trash. Shadow bolt dmg is fine but if all focus a healer its a kill. They also very quickly summon more adds. The melee are a joke but casters can also very quickly nuke a healer or ranged dps. Banshee - piss easy Gargoyle - Very annoying to deal with. Take forever to get into range and only ranged can deal with them. Only danger is if they all focus a healer but overall quite weak otherwise. Frost Wyrm - They are ok. Will be bit problematic to deal with for melee heavy comps as they got 1m hp but overall fine. Giant Infernal - They are ok as they are. Fel Stalkers - Bit weak but fine.
Mechanics comments on Rage Winterchill
Frost Armor - nowhere to be seen - BUG Death and Decay - Works Icebolt - Works Frost Nova - Works
Tuning comments on Rage Winterchill
Nova dmg bit Strong. Could be lethal if comboed with D&D but keeps the priests on their toes. Personally I like both. Iceblolt is way too strong and absolutely needs a nerf. The initial dmg is 7.75 to 8k dmg, immediately followed by 3.750 dmg. This causes over 11.5k dmg instantly. Unlike Solarian where 12k dmg is done over 2 seconds, but crutially in TK we have a warning who the target is going to be. Here he just picks a random person who unless randomly shielded or tank just dies.
Mechanics comments on Anetheron
All abilities work fine.
Tuning comments on Anetheron
Infernal is a bit too strong. Immolate aura high dmg prevents melees from dpsing them. AA too strong too - not a problem for tanks but any dps or healers initially taking aggro can easily die. Currently u cant afford to stack too many of them, so ranged are forced to kill them. For melee heavy comps this will be a problem.
Maybe a small overall nerf to their hp and dmg will be good to not cock block more casual guilds.
Mechanics comments on Kaz'rogal
Cripple - works War stomp - works Malevolent cleave - works Mark of Kaz'rogal - Does not target all mana users - BUG When players go oom from debuff they do not explode - BUG
He should also be tauntable from the sources I have seen - BUG
Tuning comments on Kaz'rogal
His AA dmg makes pala tanking possible even with mana drain debuff. Cleave very strong but keeps melee on their goes. His overall hp might be difficult to judge atm as mark doesnt kill people. If ppl actually have to watch out for mana dmg output will be lower and this will work as soft enrage. Will need further testing once mark explosion dmg is fixed.
Mechanics comments on Azgalor
Cleave - works Rain of Fire - works Howl of Azgalor - works Doom - Works
Tuning comments on Azgalor
Doomguards might be a bit too strong. Need to be retested again once rain of fire dmg is nerfed. Rain of fire - This needs a massive nerf. Aoe area is big so lots of players hit every time. First hit is 2.6k followed by 5 ticks of 1875. This causes 12.5k dmg to a big portion of the raid on regular basis, and that is assuming everyone moves away before 2nd tick. Neither healers nor overall hp is strong enough for such numbers right now.
Mechanics comments on Archimonde
Air Burst and Tears of the goddess both work fine Fear - works Grip of the legion - works Doomfire Strike - Targeting random player works, however the fire moves in a very weird pattern (from videos I have seen it should be more staggered - atm its very fluid and catches up to players quickly). Animation seems to fast. Also does no dmg at all - BUG Finger of death triggers very quickly into the fight, insta killing everyone. Not sure what is triggering it at this point, making any testing very difficult. Soul Charge - cant really be tested atm as finger of death kills everyone.
Tuning comments on Archimonde
Fight is very bugged right now. Once finger of death is fixed we will be able to figure out how soul charges work.
Overall comments on raid mechanics
Other than Archimonde most boss mechanics works fine. The big exception is the mark of kazrogal.
Few trash mechanics missing but not too much of an issue there.
Give a rating out of 10 for the state of the mechanics in the raid
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Overall comments on tuning
Trash is actually interesting to deal with. Shadowy Necromancers are a bit strong right now, need coordinated focusing and CC. Abominations are quite strong also, but nothing even the more casual raids cant deal with. Flying adds in horde camp are annoying but that is how they always were.
Boss hp might be changed here and there. Not much point in having first 4 bosses having the same hp but not a deal breaker either. All bosses basic attacks do good dmg and we dont feel they need changing.
Give a rating out of 10 for the state of the tuning in the raid
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