I’ve been PvPing with him for a few days with decent success, although it is critter week which means it isn’t just the usual Anomalus/Pyreclaw and triple Sandstorm teams.
He’s the first pet to be able to have both a time bomb attack and shattered defenses or haunt and an insane speed buff. Zoomies is broken giving Arfus a permanent speed increase like Powerball despite the fact it’s supposed to be a 2-turn buff. Being able to get a 341 power pet up to 390 speed from 260 off of a Decoy-breaking attack in a single turn is silly, but unlike Powerball there doesn’t even seem to be a cap.
Just neither Ice Tomb nor Haunt are particularly effective against Anomalus AE or major weathers.
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240 attempts and didn’t get it. Like that was my entire evening for two weeks straight.
I hate everything about this, these type of events are the specific reason that I focused more on pets and toys than collecting mounts. Even though the increased drop rate on the first kill was a welcome change, adding this kind of method to obtain pets just plain feels bad.
Now there’s three remaining pets that are obtainable for me (Bucketshell and Sir Snips are an entirely separate issue), and I get to wait a whole year to find out if I’m just going to get screwed again. Hoping they add some kind of bad luck protection or cap to drops.
I burnt out for it so bad that I wasn’t even excited for Blizzcon. Feels better at it looking back, but this whole situation sucks.
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There was no increase for anything but the mount. Same for the curses.
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still no increased in drop this year?
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Since they allow level 10 and up to do this dungeon can lower levels then 80 still have a chance for Arfus?
Yes, Blizzard made it so all levels get the epic chest from event dungeons now.
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You’re welcome. Best of luck on your drops.
Does it have a higher chance of dropping in hard mode? Is hard mode still a thing for this boss? I haven’t noticed anyone doing anything special.
Last night, exhausted and annoyed, realizing I had to run the HH on so many toons, log onto a 77 toon, joined the queue, and saw that I had Arfus sitting in my bags! I must have gotten it a day or two ago and didn’t notice. So happy I don’t have to spam HH! I am the Lick King!
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I finally got it last night, on a level 10 character.
It took 355 attempts altogether (240 last year, 115 this year). I don’t know anyone who really tried to farm it that needed more kills, I might have been super unlucky, but that’s an awfully bad drop rate attached to a limited duration event.
Hugely relieved to get done with this and back to anniversary event though.
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Sigh still working to get Arfus…I am on #304 in sinister squashlings now LOL…
Just got got that elusive little pooch! Now no need to run that event until Blizzard adds something new.
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not into the transmog set?
Got the drops, not the vendor stuff though
I have had 180 attempts according to rarity on this pet in 2 years. I have had more brooms, masks and sinister squishlying then I can count. I have also gotten the Horrific Helm and the sword a few times to but still no dog. Today is the last bit of time to try and I just don’t think my heart is in it anymore.
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Yeah, didn’t get lucky this year either, maybe next year. At the very least he should have a chance to drop from the buckets, same as the Squashling.
And unfortunately it looks like we might be going through it again with Winter’s Veil. There’s a new pet that drops from the bag you get for fighting the Greench;
Try having over 700+ tries for Arfus in a two year period…that is what I have been though now …did my last HH run today and nothing no Arfus…I got enough pet Squashing to cover all of Azeroth now in them…brooms out the ying yang…
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Oh Lord not again with Christmas sigh…
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About 200 runs. Finally got the Horseman’s Reins, enough squashlings to make several tons of pumpkin pies and all of the transmog gear that dropped.
No Arfus… siggh