Undocumented 3.0.8 Raid Changes

by Trouble on January 21, 2010 under Patches

As usual, there’s undocumented changes in this patch. Most undocumented changes get dug up elsewhere, but raid changes tend to not be found until the patch actually goes live because no one is testing raid content on the PTR unless it’s a new zone. Here are the changes, I’ll keep this updated with new finds:

  • You Don’t Have an Eternity: The timer was increased to 6 minutes but you can only have two sparks at a time. This makes the achievement significantly more difficult just due to DPS requirements. I would say that being overgeared for the encounter is now basically a requirement to get the achievement. I’m not entirely sure how feasible this achievement is with the gear currently available.
  • Sartharion with Three Drakes: You can no longer remove Twilight Torment as described in The Twilight Torment Dance. This means you absolutely must handle the huge breaths that can hit for up to 75k with cooldowns. This definitely makes the fight more difficult and places more emphasis on DPS to get Shadron down as soon as possible. This also means that you raid will be taking a lot more damage while Twilight Torment is up because everyone will always have the additional 75% multiplier instead of just having it half the time. This change combined with the nerfs to Wild Growth and CoH should make the fight significantly more difficult.
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3 comments

  1. Senju
    01/21/2009
    3:10 pm
    I do not understand the mala change; the encounter is still significantly easier with dks gripping instead of the tank/raid moving. All blizzard did was remove the requirement of 2-3 druids.
  2. Zara
    01/21/2009
    5:18 pm
    Well, we killed it pre-patch and if it wasn't for some insane lag in phase 2, would have done it today as well. What they removed with these changes is not only druid stacking and tbh. DK stacking wasn't really necessary, 1-2 DK in a raid isn't really stacking, they also removed the stacking of ranged DPS, since you really couldn't afford taking the usual amount of melee especially if you're raids tend to be more focused around melee. With the way it currently is, it's a lot more focused around sustained high DPS over the whole fight then just relying on stacking 4 sparks and the encounter being based around if you can get him to 0% during p1-p2 transition and pull of a clean p2.
  3. Senju
    01/23/2009
    12:12 pm
    Ah, haven’t done it this week yet, lag monster is horrible on our server. Nice info, thanks for the heads up. We run a relatively small roster 28-32 so it would be the same people either way.

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