Gruul hotfixed again: Hurtful Strike restored
by Eliah Hecht 
Mar 22nd 2007 at 8:56PM
I suggest that the day between Wednesday and Friday be called "Gruulday" from now on (although it might confuse people into serving you porridge). Looks like Gruul was accidentally overnerfed in last night/this morning's hotfix, and has been hotfixed again:We just fixed a bug that was causing Gruul to not perform his Hurtful Strike ability. Gruul should once again be using this ability.
Now I suddenly wish I'd gone on a Gruul raid last night. Hurtful Strike is an ability that Gruul performs about three times a minute, targeting the second character in melee range on his aggro list (hopefully the off-tank), which does around 12k damage before damage mitigation. Not the biggest stumbling block in the fight, since it just means the melee DPSers have to be a little more careful about their aggro so as not to overtake the OT, but still, every little bit helps. On the other hand, maybe if I got loot from a bugged Gruul, I'd feel guilty about that item forevermore...would you?
Filed under: Bugs, News items, Bosses
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
cheesebanana Mar 22nd 2007 9:53PM
just killed him with my averagely geared guild on our second EVER attempt (with hurtful strike).
Full consumables mostly used but still...he's certianly easier now
Gillman Mar 22nd 2007 11:26PM
You shouldn't feel bad about getting gear from a bug, you should hold it up as proof that you play the game enough to have happened across this during the 24 hours it was happening. Also, you would probably be the reason Blizzard knew about it, so it would be a form of payment.
klink-o Mar 23rd 2007 12:06AM
I wouldn't feel guilty about getting easy loot if I beat him legitimately the next week.
Kazia Mar 23rd 2007 1:19AM
Honestly - I think our healer now have something to do on this fight lol