Dragon Soul Difficulty Change - 25%

Dragon Soul Difficulty Change - 25%

At the completion of scheduled server maintenance during the week of June 5, the “Power of the Aspects” spell will grow more powerful, reducing the health and damage dealt of all enemies in the Dragon Soul raid by 25%. This spell has grown progressively stronger over time to reduce difficulty and make the encounters more accessible. The spell will affect both normal and Heroic difficulties, but it will not affect the Raid Finder difficulty.

If you don’t need the help of the Dragon Aspects, the spell can be disabled by talking to Lord Afrasastrasz at the beginning of Dragon Soul.

We hope you continue to enjoy Dragon Soul, and that these changes encourage you to attempt a higher difficulty, or just keep pushing to take down that next boss.

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Gigatotem
Ghostlands
Gigatotem
08/06/2012
From what I've seen on Wowhead, There are spells called "Power of the Aspects" ranging from 5% to 35%

So I'm presuming 35% is the highest the nerf will go to.
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Reyzwa
Terenas
Reyzwa
07/06/2012
I doubt we could have killed it without the nerf (10%) and now we can farm it quicker. People who complain should post the date of their hc Madness kill tbh :)
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Annieuni
Sylvanas
Annieuni
07/06/2012
I like that all the people that is sitting here and crying and saying that it's to easy, they havn't even clearen normal DS.. and then when you look at other people, that hope for more progress.. they have only killed morch.. so if you get some bonus out of it, i don't think that you should cry about it!
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Voldam
Mazrigos
Voldam
07/06/2012
My god i thought Dragon soul was easy enough -25% is -30 mins on the raid
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Braafboertje
Ravencrest
Braafboertje
08/06/2012
@Voldam: you my friend didnt even completed the normal version.... you only downed morchok NORMAL. i guess that -30 min is the 2 hours you play to down the normal version of morchok? hahahaha
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Daartyyh
Ravencrest
Daartyyh
07/06/2012
The game is already easy enough without Blizzard constantly making huge nerfs. Tired of the seeing these nerfs come so quickly...
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Henrikjensen
Turalyon
Henrikjensen
07/06/2012
@Daartyyh:
Stop whining.. If you look closer, you'll see that they'll only change the buff. WHICH CAN BE DISABLED!!
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Reun
Frostwhisper
Reun
07/06/2012
@Daartyyh: yea an other whiner what didnt even clear ds on normal.....
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Theendisnear
Terokkar
Theendisnear
08/06/2012
@Daartyyh: Why do fails like you care about this? You're not even on heroic content yet and it's 25% nerf...
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Gigatotem
Ghostlands
Gigatotem
08/06/2012
@Daartyyh:

Disable it and stop whining.
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groups without buff should have bigger loot.... or chance to have bigger loot (more item to loot)
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Linaril
Ravencrest
Linaril
07/06/2012
@Luo: Good point. Maybe it will be better to have more chance for a mout drop etc then more items. But good point anyway.
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Wurdah
Outland
Wurdah
07/06/2012
I can't believe that people that didn't complete Herioc mode yet are complaining about nerfs, crying about that it's too easy. Knock it off you're not some internet hero.
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Linaril
Ravencrest
Linaril
07/06/2012
@Wurdah: Absolutely agree. getting really tired of ppl who know only how to complain.
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Kuzgold
Kazzak
Kuzgold
07/06/2012
haha are they going make 5 years old kids do this or what ?
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Wurdah
Outland
Wurdah
07/06/2012
@Evoz: No they just want to enchance people's experience from DS - yours for example.
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Linaril
Ravencrest
Linaril
07/06/2012
@Evoz: Turn off the buff ffs and stop crying.
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Braafboertje
Ravencrest
Braafboertje
08/06/2012
@Evoz: well i see that you are 5 then i guess cause you only downed 1 boss in the normal version... sad....
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Soldrethar
Xavius
Soldrethar
22/06/2012
@Braafboertje: said the 4 year old.
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Zerkaahd
Haomarush
Zerkaahd
07/06/2012
THIS IS THE FIX: Use the debuff for Normal and Heroic not Raid finder but Poeple that can kill bosses without buff gets some kind of achi or reward.. or make a system where we can see if someone killed the boss with only a 5% debuff instead of 20%
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Eleman
Outland
Eleman
07/06/2012
why they thinking ever1 must do hc ?
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Alexzandra
Silvermoon
Alexzandra
07/06/2012
Raid Finder needs nerf too, i have had to many fail too often.
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Theendisnear
Terokkar
Theendisnear
08/06/2012
@Alexzandra: Did you just ask for raid finder to get nerfed...oh...dear.
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Gigatotem
Ghostlands
Gigatotem
08/06/2012
@Theendisnear: I think she did.

Nerfing Raid Finder? LOL
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Margor
Draenor
Margor
07/06/2012
Hurray :D
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Deathmourne
Spinebreaker
Deathmourne
07/06/2012
Just abit more and imma solo it......
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Huntsman
Mazrigos
Huntsman
07/06/2012
PLEASE STOP WHINING ABOUT HOW EASY IT IS! If you don't want the debuff, talk to Afrastrasz and turn it off, simple as. This buff is, as Blizzard states above, meant to encourage players who aren't proficient raiders, or those who don't raid very often to "attempt a higher difficulty, or just keep pushing to take down that next boss."

Furthermore, very few of those that are claiming that Dragon Soul is too easy haven't got Savior of Azeroth, and therefore HAVEN'T finished the raid and cannot comment on how easy/hard it is.
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Rhand
Quel'Thalas
Rhand
07/06/2012
@Huntsman: @Huntsman: I think what Huntsman is saying is totally right. It is true that Dragonsoul is getting nerfed quit alote lately but why would you simply care. Most of you never had seen Deathwing heroic before the nerfs and might even never had set a step into Dragonsoul Heroic. The people who killed Deathwing unnerfed can be proud on there hard work and achievement but as always life goes on. Things get easier to simply make it available for a larger crowd. I think we all dont need to forget that the game already exists for over 7 years and that we slowly lose more and more players. What blizzard is trying to do is giving newer players a chance to get on the same level as most of us at MoP. I dont think thats a bad idea since we all need new raiders in the new expansion dont we ?

Its true that there are times like this where you cleared Heroic DS and you never ever want to see a Hour of twilight heroic again since you already did that 1000 times, And there's basicaly nothing more to do then getting yourself some achievements or doing some PVP.

But dont forget that it has always been that way since the second expansion. I'd rather see all the raids we have right now then doing Sunwell of BWL 4 years later when im 20 lvl's higher then im supposed to be.
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Whiskybob
Drak'thul
Whiskybob
07/06/2012
WHAT ?? WHY ??!!
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Owlcapon
Kazzak
Owlcapon
07/06/2012
Why the !@#$ing hell are u doing dragon soul easyer ??? !!!!! its like a grp off ilvl 340 coudt go in and rape all the bosses. u have done dragon soul way to easy in this patch plaess notice these commends els u will get alot of pvers who doesent like the next game
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Zerkaahd
Haomarush
Zerkaahd
07/06/2012
@Owlcapon: dont say its easy when u cant even do it with a 20% debuff
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Wurdah
Outland
Wurdah
07/06/2012
@Owlcapon: Quit crying when you haven't even completed it yet
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Insufficient
Burning Legion
Insufficient
07/06/2012
weeeee now I can solo it!
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Theendisnear
Terokkar
Theendisnear
08/06/2012
@Insufficient: You've not even completed all of normal...
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Ripseh
Sylvanas
Ripseh
11/06/2012
@Theendisnear: Probably was a joke.
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Ikudu
Ravencrest
Ikudu
07/06/2012
Breaking news: raid composed of LVL 70's finishing DS in 20 min.
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Slaccker
Magtheridon
Slaccker
07/06/2012
/facepalm - after 2 - 3 weeks next nerf goes on 30%... so when MoP somes out - DS will be nerfd till 60%-70% :D :D
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Feals
Silvermoon
Feals
07/06/2012
yey more nerf ty blizz we will finish a raid in 1 hour and half now
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Sam
Blade's Edge
Sam
07/06/2012
Nooooooo stop the nerfs! its already far to easy! - Offical sad worgen.
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Sogib
Thunderhorn
Sogib
06/06/2012
I think we can expect on yt sth kind of "DK solo Hagara 10man norm"