The latest raid of World of Warcraft is reportedly too difficult. Many players are dying – and that more often than intended. Blizzard is making adjustments.
The Mausoleum of the First Ones is the latest raid in World of Warcraft. 8 of the 11 bosses are already accessible on normal and heroic difficulty – and are causing many groups problems. Especially Anduin Wrynn is currently making quick work of many groups. Therefore, Blizzard is now responding with some direct nerfs.
What was the problem? Especially Anduin Wrynn is causing issues. He is the 8th and thus the provisional last boss of the raid – at least for this week. He is indeed intended as a “mid-boss”, but Blizzard seems to have overdone it a bit with the difficulty. Especially in heroic mode, he wipes even well-coordinated groups. This is not only due to his abilities, but also a few bugs that made abilities hit harder.
What is going to change? Blizzard is currently testing mainly four changes that should go live in the next few days. These are:
- The damage-over-time effect of “Hopebreaker” has been reduced by 10% in heroic mode.
- A bug has been fixed that caused Stained Barrier to absorb 100% of the healing. The spell should now absorb 75% of the healing on mythic and heroic difficulty and 50% of the healing on normal difficulty and in LFR.
- Dark Reflections have 20% fewer health points on all non-mythic difficulty levels.
- The damage-over-time effect of Cleansing Light has been reduced by 20% on heroic difficulty.
With these changes, many more guilds and raids should be able to bring Anduin to heel and enjoy the new cinematic.
Raid will be nerfed automatically: But even if it does not succeed in defeating Anduin despite the nerfs, one should not despair. Over the coming weeks, the raid will be nerfed on its own, when the “double legendaries” and rank 7 of the legendary items are unlocked. This should provide many groups with a significant strength boost.
What do you think of these adjustments? Is it too early to nerf the raid already? Or did you also have strong problems with Anduin and find the nerfs good?
