Magister's Terrace videos
by Eliah Hecht 
Feb 12th 2008 at 5:00PM
Spoiler alert: this video shows a successful kill of Kael'thas, the final boss of the new 5-man Magister's Terrace in patch 2.4.
It looks like quite a fun fight, although that Gravity Lapse thing will probably annoy the hell out of me. But hey, he drops an epic and a rare, even on normal mode! That's worth something. Check out Blizzplanet for a text description of the fight and strategy. And finally, below are clips of the rest of the fights in the dungeon. Overall it looks like a cool place.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
cpsethgt Feb 12th 2008 5:23PM
I'm confused. How is Kael'thas the boss of both a 25-man raid and a 5-man instance? He's in two places at once.
Am I missing something here?
Meira Feb 12th 2008 5:30PM
Remember Onyxia and Thrall: they can be at two places at the same time... for us. You should be aware that lore-wise the Kael'thas from The Eye is chronologically prior to the one in Magister Terrace, like the Onyxia in SW is prior to the one in her lair.
cpsethgt Feb 12th 2008 6:20PM
As far as the "being in two places at once" thing goes, it does make sense when we consider Onyxia and Thrall.
It's still weird to me, though, that two different versions of the same person exist at once. With Onyxia, she's in her human form in Stormwind and she drops that guise in her lair, but it's still supposed to be the same person (or dragon) in both places. Yes, the Stormwind version is chronologically prior, but only slightly. With Kael'thas, though, he's a very powerful 25-man raid boss in one instance, and a regular 5-man boss in another. It becomes hard to believe that he's supposed to be the same person existing in the same time period.
It may be true that the Magister's Terrace version is supposed to be chronologically prior to the Tempest Keep version, but this isn't a simple case of "he was over there before, now he's traveled here" like Onyxia and Thrall. The large difference in his strength indicates that a pretty significant amount of time has passed.
Maybe I'm thinking about this too much, but inconsistencies like this bother me.
Mike Schramm Feb 12th 2008 6:25PM
I know exactly what's going on here. We killed Kael in the Eye as a 25 man boss, and he's back as a 5 man boss. Just like when players die, and come back a lot weaker.
That's right-- Kael is rez sick. He should have just run back.
Timothy Bower Feb 12th 2008 7:35PM
Well, once you defeat Kael in the Eye, there is a small event when you turn in the quest at Shattrath where he announces he's not yet dead, and he plans bigger things. And his new model is him near death, with a crystal through his chest, like his life-support. So he is a lot weaker yet, he's not really doing much other than overseeing his operations, hence why he's just a 6-man boss, and not down there in the 25-man.
Balasan Feb 12th 2008 7:15PM
You're seeing it wrong cpsethgt, the 5 man kael is the one AFTER the 25 man one. He's been severely weakened, this version is just a mere (mind the pun) skeletal form of his former self.
After being hit by legendary stuff I'm surprised he's still alive.
So yeah, chonologically 5 man Kael is after the 25 man one.
hpavc Feb 21st 2008 11:51AM
What your missing in this 'chronology' is the attunement process. Your doing the quests/attunement your in your own timeline and when doing that instance your sharing that with the other players.
This gets pretty stupid when they remove attunement (though if they keep the quests thats fine)
hpavc Feb 12th 2008 5:25PM
Long live Thunderfury? Damn that thing gets some mileage.
TeragX Feb 12th 2008 5:29PM
Lemme just say this...Kael'thas fight doesnt look hard (granted that group looked really well geared) but it looks EPIC AS HELL! The Kil'jaeden fight better be that epic! No, MORE EPIC!
Adam Feb 12th 2008 5:34PM
I like how they reused a few of his abilities from the 25-man version of him. Gravity lapse is a really fun part of that fight and it looks like that gravity lapse is fun too. The room just looks a little small so there's less room to fly around.
Mogwell Feb 12th 2008 5:35PM
So from your comment "But hey, he drops an epic and a rare, even on normal mode!" does that mean he isn't an heroic only boss, as was previously thought?
Eliah Hecht Feb 12th 2008 5:39PM
As far as I can tell, he is the final boss in both regular and heroic mode. In fact, according to WoWWiki, you have to kill him in normal mode to gain access to the heroic mode.
Shadowhaxor Feb 12th 2008 5:49PM
Yeah... 25 man boss dropped to a 5 man.
Plus, I wish I knew what castlevania remix that was :)
JasonTerminator Feb 13th 2008 12:21AM
It's from one of the Perfect Selection - Dracula Battle discs. I can't remember which one.
Ayalafatalis Feb 13th 2008 12:53AM
I am 98% sure that's a remix of 'Bloody Tears'.
Lunnale Feb 14th 2008 12:58AM
Wtb Shadowhaxor back on Alleria, even if it's just to say hi. (Name has been changed to Polymath, come visit sometime!)
Matt Feb 12th 2008 6:28PM
looks like a fun fight!! cant wait!!
Kyle Feb 12th 2008 6:35PM
It's like a mini The Eye. Kael and A'lar are both there. Next thing we know, he'll spawn a VR and have a second mage pop outta nowhere and pyroblast everybody!
Slayblaze Feb 12th 2008 6:38PM
Videos with bright red text over a bright red / purple / orange background FOR THE LOSE
Sibe Feb 12th 2008 9:16PM
Zzz, Blizzard has Kael as one of the hardest bosses in the game (and some it not most thing the hardest), and now he can be beaten by any random and a fight that is a sub-par version of the old one.