First Impressions of the Patch

[MongoJerry]

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Here's one of the minibosses in the highest level part of Dire Maul. He wasn't that hard, though.



To get to the final boss, you need to kill the arcane elementals around five crystals spread over that part of the instance. You have to destroy the crystals to release the demon that provides the power to the prince. The elementals themselves hit hard -- particularly casters, because they have a harsh mana burn attack. Also, some of them have an aoe arcane missles attack. Prayer of Healing counters that easily, though. They only come two or three at a time and don't have a lot of hit points, though, so they can be taken down.



You can see the demon to the left.



Here's the demon. He doesn't take much special to kill him. He releases these eye of kilrogg looking things that teleport players to underneath the dog. The eyes can be killed easily, though.



And here's the prince. He's a simple night elf who fights melee. He knocks people around a bit, but otherwise doesn't do anything special or require any special tactics.

In summary: Dire Maul has nice artwork but is a pathetically easy instance. Also, the drops are insanely rich and way too strong for how easy it is.