Skill issue.
I miss the mop rares that were actually interesting to solo. These are just health sponges and 99% of the time you can just stand there and do dps rotation
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I don’t think rares were ever intended to be soloed by DPS? They are mini-bosses. So unless you outgear them, you group. That said, groups are very easy to find so I’ve never had it slow me down.
What do you people even want anymore?
Rares to die fast
Or
Rares to die slow
Or
Let others have a chance to make it and kill it
The zone seems to be completely dead on my server group, even the rares that drop a mount or pets i have to tell people in general chat, even then it’s like 50/50 as to whether or not anyone will show up to help. Fortunately i can solo the mount/pet dropping ones, they just take a long time and it can be pretty rough, definitely not a fun time for non tanks/pet classes.
I think even if they did the right thing and dropped their health pools right down, the damage has already been done and nobody will be there to kill them anyway. This is the odd thing that gets me with Blizzard, it isn’t that they can’t make good content, they just seem to be hellbent on ruining it by tuning it wrong or creating a ridiculous (or non existent) reward structure that turns most people away.
I know this isn’t true, but so much of Blizzards behavior on WoW decisions makes me think that they have a saboteur in their ranks because they always seem to be self-sabotaging 
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They already have a mechanic in place so that people have time to get there before they can be attacked, so making them easier to kill won’t make it so that people miss kills like they did in other situations.
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Any Rare that’s level 70 is soloable. Anything 72, not so much.
I feel for you when trying to get keys, however, I remember at least one week when opening a Zskera Vault door was part of the main weekly quest which made it a great time to farm keys. That’s bound to come around again, so…
The rares in DF are a fascinating study of a system intended to bring people together in the open world completely failing at that goal.
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I think people are just tired of the “rare” spawn loot treadmill. They stopped being interesting when they lost value by being rng pinatas. Maybe if it was more timeless isles it could be good again.
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What about the coming HP and Damage buff to all rares due to player feedback?
I think adding a path to be able to solo things when they reach tail end of being current (ie when people aren’t around to group up anymore) makes sense. The hunts with the pet, special ability, and buffs earned through rep come to mind. But even stronger than that.
Also apply some technology which groups shards together for higher population density. This could help make that tail end longer.
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10-14M /30s = 333-467k DPS. I really doubt anyone is doing this kind of damage.
And the HP is the smallest of the issues.
They are simply impossible to solo on some classes due to the stupid high damage they do (some Elites have this very same issue), and very boring on the few specs that are able to solo them.
Obviously.
Rares should be like MoP rares. They were soloable, farmable and dropped really useful stuff.
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Lies! Citation needed!
Have 72+ extra keys, i do not see a problem on my end, but do on other players for sure! GL getting a group!
“Casual”: Make rares easier!
“Casual 2”: Make rares harder!
“Casual 3”: More engaging open world content!
“Casual 4”: Easier open world content!
Ain’t nothing gonna make you happy other than maybe, just maybe getting good.
It’s the white knight trolls on the forums they listen to, apparently.
See here exhibit A.
And exhibit B.
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The problem with ZC is the rares have an obnoxious amount of hp with very little reward for killing them. Cut the hp in half, make some of the mechanics interruptable and throw Wyrm crests on the loot tables as super rare drops and you might start seeing people down there.
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idk spicy mayonaise is exciting.
laughs in BeastMasterian
Agree with this.
I can’t finish the weekly quest because I can’t get into any groups in ZC, mainly because there are hardly any & the ones that are there turn me down because I’m low geared at 400 ilvl (my warlock) so this is frustrating.