Undocumented ZG boss tweaks in effect
by Mike Schramm 
Sep 28th 2006 at 1:08AM
You alert players have noticed a few undocumented changes in Zul'Gurub lately. Reader Ajax (or "Ajaxthegreat," his choice, I guess) writes to say that his guild noticed tonight that the bat boss seemed buffed. Actually, that's not new as of 1.12.1-- my guild went in there a few weeks ago after 1.12 came out, and noticed exactly what Ajax did-- that High Priestess Jeklik had a little more bounce to the ounce. She's got more HP for sure, her mind blast seemed harsher to us, and Ajax's guild guesses that there's more bat spawns coming out with each wave.But the newest news is this: with 1.12.1, the bats leading up to Jeklik are now exploding again. That's right, one of the great joys of running ZG-- avoiding the exploding bats-- got nerfed on a previous patch, but apparently, according to Jenn over on lj, the bat-splosions are back. OMG run away from the bats! You have to love the exploding flying rodents.
Makes you wonder if the whole non-exploding thing was really a nerf or just a bug. The only other unlisted change I can think of lately is that hitting V no longer works to find the real Jandice Barov in Scholo-- you've got to use a macro ("/target Jandice") or just hit Shift+Tab to focus on last target. Anyone else notice any undocumented mob buffs or nerfs, in ZG or anywhere else?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Damphir Sep 29th 2006 7:14AM
Chain mindflay is another added affect from her. Not to mention the increased dmg from fire bombs, and the fact that the bombs dont need to come from bats flying above you. Last night, after getting twatted by 3 bombs hitting me at the same time, I watched as the boss herself threw her hands up and bombs started flying at the players she pointed at.
Also, Tiger boss seems to hit a bit harder in phase 1 as well. Either that or he just got really really lucky o his crits the last 3 times we did him.
Norlina Sep 28th 2006 9:16AM
Noooooooooooo. I hate those exploding bats.
Andy Sep 28th 2006 11:03AM
Yeah, I'll second the exploding bats thing. My guild just ran ZG last night, and the bats are indeed exploding again. We just assumed that it was bugged, and now fixed.
As for Jandice in Scholo, that trick stopped working a few patches ago. I think that you can put a raid icon on her, though, so that the real Jandice can still stand out.
Finally, I've noticed over the last few days (since 1.12.1) that the Paladin talent Divine Favor (get the mana back when you crit Holy Light, Flash of Light, or Holy Shock) isn't working for Holy Shock. I opened a ticket for this, and the GM said that they are aware of the issue, and that it is only a display issue.
Cyris Sep 28th 2006 3:25PM
Well funny thing is, my guild did jekklik the other day (Monday night) and she went down fast, before the bat's bombed us and as a result...they bombed us after she was dead for about 10 min! it was utter mayhem for our guild, it was like d-day! members dropping left and right people screaming over TS it was hilarious but kinda annoying : /