Archimonde gets Hotfixed in World of Warcraft

In the World of Warcraft, even demi-gods sometimes need a hot fix. The same is true about Archimonde the Defiler, the being who single-handedly destroyed Dalaran merely to prove a point and celebrate his arrival on Azeroth.

Blizzard Lead Encounter Designer Daelo posted the complete details of the changes. He stated that it is being implemented to spread out the changes in a “more expedited manner.” Of course not every planned change to Archimonde could be done as of the moment, so the rest will have to follow with patch 2.2. Here are the changes that have already been introduced:

• Archimonde now casts fear in a bit more consistent manner, roughly every 40 seconds.
• Fear’s cast time is now 1.5 seconds.
• Grip of the Legion now has only a 60 yard range.
• Red Soul Charge now only silences players for 4 seconds.

These changes should make the encounter a little less rough for the players, much like playing rugby with a rhino instead of a T-Rex. Regardless of the hotfixes, we can still expect that Archimonde will be wiping quite a few parties out as they try to take him down.

Via WoW Forums

In the World of Warcraft, even demi-gods sometimes need a hot fix. The same is true about Archimonde the Defiler, the being who single-handedly destroyed Dalaran merely to prove a point and celebrate his arrival on Azeroth.

Blizzard Lead Encounter Designer Daelo posted the complete details of the changes. He stated that it is being implemented to spread out the changes in a “more expedited manner.” Of course not every planned change to Archimonde could be done as of the moment, so the rest will have to follow with patch 2.2. Here are the changes that have already been introduced:

• Archimonde now casts fear in a bit more consistent manner, roughly every 40 seconds.
• Fear’s cast time is now 1.5 seconds.
• Grip of the Legion now has only a 60 yard range.
• Red Soul Charge now only silences players for 4 seconds.

These changes should make the encounter a little less rough for the players, much like playing rugby with a rhino instead of a T-Rex. Regardless of the hotfixes, we can still expect that Archimonde will be wiping quite a few parties out as they try to take him down.

Via WoW Forums