Rumormongering

[Skandranon]

However, I did just experience another stealth change/bugfix.  In stratholme, you now have to destroy all three ziggaurat crystals to open the gate to the Barron instead of just two.  This is the way it was in the beta, but for some reason in retail, you only needed to destroy two crystals.  This was mentioned in the "upcoming changes to Stratholme" post mentioned on the front page.  However, the other changes have not been made.  That is, the crystals can still be remade by mobs, so you are on a strict timetable in that you have to get to and destroy all three crystals in a quite short amount of time.  I suggest that parties clear the paths to the first two ziggaurats before actually destroying the first one.  That way, you can destroy two in a very short period of time and can then work one's way leisurely to the third crystal.
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In my experience, Strat has always been erratic in release. Sometimes you need two, sometimes you need three. The standard raid procedure on many of the raids I've gone on is to clear the path to two of them (Nerub'enkan and Maleki), destroy those crystals and check the gate to see if it's open. If it did, we go in; otherwise, we go for the Baroness.