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07/08/06, 6:50 PM
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Glass Joe
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I'm not well versed on the subject of boss coding, but I have an incident to report which yields some evidence.
On one occasion when my guild was running BWL, I was getting that bug where mobs appear as "unknown". The problem occured in the suppression room and when we started fighting the Broodlord Lashlayer, I saw him as "unknown level 62."
Has anyone else seen the true levels of other bosses? It would be interesting to compile a list.
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07/08/06, 7:06 PM
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#2
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Mr. Sandman
Orc Death Knight
Mal'Ganis
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They're 63 almost across the board.
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07/08/06, 8:50 PM
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#3
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Don Flamenco
Quit the game
Murloc Rogue
<Quit the game>
No WoW Account
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Are there any exceptions to the rule?
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Gur - Level 64 Undead Warlock on Hellfire
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07/08/06, 9:12 PM
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#4
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Ask me about cleave chains
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You can see some boss levels as ghost entries in thott from the days when it wasn't completely masked, but none especially spring to mind. All the important ones are 63 anyway.
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Originally Posted by Fric
Fingering a girl while she argues with her husband-to-be is perhaps my new low point morally in my horribly debauched life
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07/09/06, 4:25 AM
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#5
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Glass Joe
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Define important? I consider Bloodlord Lashlayer to be important but he's 62, not 63. For that mater, the boss of Uldaman couldn't be much more than 50 elite (although I don't consider him important).
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07/09/06, 4:37 AM
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#6
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Don Flamenco
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Originally Posted by Curly
Define important?
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AQ and Naxx basically.
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07/09/06, 5:05 AM
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#7
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launching probe
Malan
Tauren Shaman
No WoW Account
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Crushing blows are done by mobs 3 levels above you. Since all the raid bosses deal crushing blows, you can safely assume that they're all 63.
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Shitting up every single thread on EJ since '06
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07/09/06, 5:28 AM
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#8
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Glass Joe
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Originally Posted by Malan
Crushing blows are done by mobs 3 levels above you. Since all the raid bosses deal crushing blows, you can safely assume that they're all 63.
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Er, Crushing blows happen on you from mobs equal level and above.
I remember Luci wasn't marked for a while and was only level 61 (maybe 62), but I was shocked to see he had become Bossmarked when I revisited MC after a while.
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Ingredients: Blood, Sweat and Caramel.
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07/11/06, 12:17 PM
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#9
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Von Kaiser
Dwarf Priest
Stormscale (EU)
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Originally Posted by Rebi
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Originally Posted by Malan
Crushing blows are done by mobs 3 levels above you. Since all the raid bosses deal crushing blows, you can safely assume that they're all 63.
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Er, Crushing blows happen on you from mobs equal level and above.
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Only mobs 3 or more levels above your level can land crushing blows1. Players never land crushing blows
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(source: http://evilempireguild.org/guides/ their information is apparently from a official "blue" post, check the site for further info)
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07/11/06, 12:18 PM
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#10
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Mike Tyson
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Here's a fun mystery:
Has anyone noticed that Patchwerk cannot land crushing blows with his melee attacks?
Yet he resists spells like a level 63....
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07/11/06, 12:22 PM
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#11
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launching probe
Malan
Tauren Shaman
No WoW Account
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Originally Posted by Rebi
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Originally Posted by Malan
Crushing blows are done by mobs 3 levels above you. Since all the raid bosses deal crushing blows, you can safely assume that they're all 63.
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Er, Crushing blows happen on you from mobs equal level and above.
I remember Luci wasn't marked for a while and was only level 61 (maybe 62), but I was shocked to see he had become Bossmarked when I revisited MC after a while.
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Negative Ghost Rider. You can still find the original Blue posting on this over on the Euro boards. Devs responded to the CMs about how crushing blows worked, and stated that mobs 3 levels above you will deal crushing blows. ie, a lvl 1 noob wanders into STV - he gets dealt crushing blows by every single mob in the zone.
It would be absolutely insane if equal lvl mobs dealt crushing blows to you - how the hell would anyone lvl up?
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Shitting up every single thread on EJ since '06
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07/11/06, 12:27 PM
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Von Kaiser
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Originally Posted by Praetorian
Here's a fun mystery:
Has anyone noticed that Patchwerk cannot land crushing blows with his melee attacks?
Yet he resists spells like a level 63....
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He can be glanced though, correct?
Maybe they just disallowed him to crushing blow for whatever reason.
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07/11/06, 12:33 PM
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#13
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Great Tiger
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"OMG Amnennar the Coldbringer is level 500!"
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07/11/06, 12:33 PM
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Mike Tyson
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Right, it seems that he's a level 63 mob who has 310 instead of 315 weapon skill, to put it in those terms. It's interesting because I know no other mob for whom this is the case.
It's clear why it was done. Patchwerk hits for ~2k and attacks every 0.8 seconds. A decent tank will never be crit by him and without crushings, it becomes a very steady (albeit high) stream of DPS to heal. If he could crush, the potential for horrible damage spikes would require far more full-time healers on the MT and probably make the encounter impossible without stacking healers.
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07/11/06, 12:34 PM
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Von Kaiser
Dwarf Priest
Stormscale (EU)
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Hm interesting, the only thing I could think of is that his "weapon skill" isnt equal to that of a "normal" level 63 mob. If I understand correctly, it's not the level of the mob that decides if something can deal a crushing blow but the weapon skill of the mob.
So by lowering his weapon skill to (for example) a level 62 mobs, he cannot deal crushing blows. I'm just guessing here though, so please correct me if I'm wrong.
EDIT: what Praetorian said.
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