Gruul hotfixed, Shatter damage lowered
by Mike Schramm 
Mar 22nd 2007 at 11:39AM
Eyonix brings word that Gruul has been hotfixed on the servers, so in case you've been beating your head against the wall trying to down him, now's the time to try again.The fix consisted of a drop in Gruul's HP, as well as a lowering of the Shatter damage-- Shatter is an AoE Gruul sends out that affects players more or less depending on how close they are to each other. When players are close, it reportedly could do up to 9000 (yes, NINE THOUSSSSAAANNNDD) damage, and if players were able to spread up to 20 yards away, the amount would lower. I haven't done the encounter in the past day, so I'm not sure what it hits for now, but players say it's much easier.
Eyonix also promises that Magtheridon is being inspected by the devs, but there's no word yes as to what changes might come about on that one.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Thrillho Mar 22nd 2007 12:00PM
This is good news. It was silly for an "easier" raid boss to be so freakin' difficult. I'm predicting a lot of server-first kills tonight.
Mayo Mar 22nd 2007 12:13PM
This hotfix definitely helped. Last night my guild (Order of the Raven - Aggramar (US)) downed Gruul for the first time on the server, and was very, very smooth.
Blah blah blah Mar 22nd 2007 12:36PM
awesome, good news for us as we're just getting High King on farm status..
Ardeas Mar 22nd 2007 3:15PM
After killing him the hard way before the dramatic nerf, it was seriously a real challenge. I'm glad that other guilds can finally kill him now, but he's way too easy at this point, we went in with no pots at all, just raid buffs. Needs a small buff, seriously, Maulgar is harder then Gruul now.