Cataclysm’s general removal of group quests and elite mobs sure has made questing a lot easier, but man, Nagrand just does not feel the same anymore.
For example, take the final “bosses” of Nesingwary’s slaughter quests, Bach’lor, Banthar and Gutripper. These formerly-elite beasts always felt like the perfect foes to wrap up the questline – too strong to just take on without some strategy, but definitely soloable if you put some thought and effort into it. But nowadays, you don’t even break a sweat taking them out.
And then of course, we’ve got the big guy. Durn? Freaking Durn the Hungerer is soloable now?? You can see this guy from a mile away, and he’s scary-looking as HELL, but you can just walk up and smack him around? It just doesn’t feel right! Granted, it can be pretty hard to find a full 5-man group in Nagrand these days, so perhaps he did need to be tuned down a little. But I think Blizz went too far – poor old Durn is just a shadow of his former self.
Poor little Gronn.
GRONN NIPPLE!!
Is that Lantressor’s Warblade? Or a different sword?
A few people recognized it! It’s Hellreaver, a polearm.
Peckish is a great word 😀
I think it’s Hellreaver from Ramparts: https://www.wowhead.com/item=24044
It’s Hellreaver if I’m not mistaken.
*dies* I giggled irrationally loud at this.
Cyn, that looks like Hellreaver.
I feel pity for all the old elites, as well… but on the other hand, some of them (I’m looking at you, Thrym The Hope Ender and especially at you, f***ing Fel Reaver) killed me so often, I now feel killing them at every possible occasion is justly retribution at this point.
“You killed me when I was a squishy? Tell how how it feels now that *you* are the squishy!!” >;-)
Lolz I hear you the tuning of old group quests just doesn’t feel the same anymore.
Wait, he’s SOLOABLE NOW?
/facepalm
Awesome comic, guys!
HE IS!! He’s no harder than your average run-of-the-mill Nagrand talbuk. :\
Poor guy. Looks really can be deceiving…
I just did the nessingwary lot yesterday. It used to be an awesome marathon, its a bloomin sprint now, kill 12 rather than 30 of each. Easy as pie end line mobs, even Tusker got nerfed. Poor girl couldnt get near my frostmage. /endwhinge
How long till they do the same with the ring of blood out there?