First of I wanna say amazing fight, the Spark Bot mechanism is new and refreshing and I love to see things like this
When bosses are tested during PTR and Beta blizzard says they want to know what kind of raid group you are in
So im speaking about this from a Pugging with random players perspectiv only (I have managed to pug all bosses on Heroic)
Even tho testing for this encounter is over I still feel that the fight needs to be adjusted ON HEROIC MODE
The reason behind this is not because im crying that I cant defeat it, its because when you do heroic, the difficulty of the Spark Bot heroic mechanic makes this boss the end boss when its supposed to be Jaina
Spark Bot Heroic Mechanism: Only people inside the Spark bots can see the colors
In my opinion there should be a smooth difficult line that increases the further you progress inside a raid (First is easiest, last is hardest)
In normal BoD I would definitly say that it felt that way
But on Heroic the difficulty peaks insanely high on Mekka and then lowers back to the normal curve when you reach Stormwall Blockade and Jaina after
Solutions:
Remove the Heroic restrictions and throw that into Mythic Only
Let everyone in the group see the colors
Increase the amount of bots spawned by 1 and increase the players shrank by 1 in phase 1 (You can have this last part in normal also)
The reasons behind this is, because of how new this mechanic is it takes time for people to adjust.
Obviously for guilds it goes insanly fast but for Pugs that have to deal with all kinds of no mic, no sound kind of players
This will let more people test the mechanic and get used to it and will let them do is more easily. It will be easier for raid leaders to lead a pug aswell as they can have a better view of the whole fight progress
This kind of mechanic is definitly something I want to see again in futher raids but for now I feel that it needs to be adjusted abit more easily in the game
Thank you for reading and cred to the Raid Developing team this expansion
I know is still means pugs have to d/l Weak Auras 2 and share the WA itself but it does make things easier. Or just use the in game chat feature even if it’s just for that boss.
Honestly,the best way to do it is have your raid leader call the name of one of the three people in the bots as bot leader,and have them handle the majority of the callouts.
Of course,that’s a solution that works mostly for guilds,but heroic and upwards are designed for guilds,not pugs,and making the bosses easier so that pugs can kill them is a bad idea imo.Finding a guild genuinely isn’t hard,and it’ll make your life much easier and pleasant,as you won’t have to deal with the pug life
I have to say that I’m not a fan of having a weak aura trivialise the main mechanic of the fight,feels dirty,and feels insulting towards the team that made that mechanic,with the specific intention of making it rely on voice comms.
99% of players won’t care about the latter of course,but still,what’s the point of raiding if you’re going to bypass as much of the raid as possible?
Even tho Mekka on HC has been nerfed I still feel that the nerfs that went thru was done on the wrong things (HP and WInd Up)
I still feel the Spark Bots mech is the problem on heroic as there are no other difficult mechanism that makes the encounter feel that it shouldnt be a Heroic Encounter
Having only the people inside the bots see the colors is a Mythic Difficulty mechanism to me at this point in the game because of how new it is
I get that not everyone sees it this way but you have to take into consideration the casual players that doesnt have over 20k achievements points and doesnt have the text written in green on forums, those that might not have any good speakers, any mic or suffer from anxiety with talking over voice etc
Increasing Bots by 1 and the amount of Shrunk players by 1 on Normal and Heroic and let the leaders see the colors will make a lot more players feel more welcome to this mechanism which is a good addition to the game
Just use ingame voice chat? They added it, its working for 99% players and most people that are raiding have headsets. And if pugging this boss is too hard i suggest you finding guild.
It’s just organised content. There are some bosses that require good communication. Calling out three colours isn’t a hard task. People soon get used to it. We use a weak aura that constantly says the name of the person inside. But you can also use add-ons that put marks on the bots.
Calling out over chat is the easiest IMO. We use discord but in game chat works fine too.
