Not sure what this is you are all going on about but it reminds me of the SL Pre-Patch up in Northrend. There was a daily to pick mushrooms parts or something. If you killed mobs near the mushrooms they would grow and reward you more parts. So there I am trying to grow a shroom when some random swoops in and starts killing the mushroom before I can get it to grow. Or better yet someone from the opposite faction tagging every mushroom and standing by watching as we kill them for him in order to reset them
So there is a mob in Korthia that is basically designed for griefing / frustrating players.
When it spawns, initially, it is NOT rare at all, and drops poor loot. It needs to do an RP mechanic where it basically kills a bunch of critters and âconsumesâ them for stacks.
Then at a certain number (40?) He will transform into a non-elite rare, giving slightly better loot.
If you still wait, he will build even more stacks transforming into an elite rare, giving the best loot.
But⊠everyone needs to agree to wait, horde and alliance alike, so that he can do his RP mechanic and build stacks. if you engage him at all he doesnât build stacks, only while he is out of combat.
Now, the saving grace is that this mob has a very short leash. If you have a determined monk or DK, they can taunt the mob over and reset him, and he will attempt to start building stacks again.
But⊠gee⊠if say a warrior stands on where he spawns and starts attacking him immediately every time, the mob canât build stacks.
I think most people are either ignorant of the stacking requirement and/or desperate to fill up their stupid weekly meter so they jump on every starred mob they see.
In Maldraxxus thereʻs that Color mixing slime quest.
For the most part, I try to help build 15/15 red/blue to spawn the purple boss. But, if I am in a hurry and just want to get the WQ done, i will put in whatever damn color i have on hand to finish and move on. Not trying to grief per se, just doing my dailies.
form one, he spawns in
form two, the rare form he gets after 40 stacks
form three, the final form where he drops the most loot.
the people resetting him after he already had the 40 stack form were trying to get him to that final form.
because some chucklehead kept pulling him. he gets stacks by not being in combat and consuming the critters he spawns. when people pull him, it interrupts that process.
Blizzard, for making THIS the mechanic to access the better loot from the rare. We had a hardmode encounter in Mechagon with the rec-rig, but its activation only required someone to do something; it didnât require an entire zone of people to coordinate, with a single scab breaking rank ruining it for literally everyone else.