MOGS

Ulduar

With PTR’s up and testing begining for the upcoming release of Ulduar, speculation is high about what the next tier of raiding will bring. Blizzard has stated that if Naxx was an introduction to raiding then Ulduar will be more of a “second year” of raiding. The forums have been awash with blue posting touting the difficulty and “hard mode” encounters contained within. There are currently 14 bosses slated to be in the instance, with 11 of them having a the “hard mode”. Think Sartharion style encounters, where if certain objectives are left intact the difficulty will increase along with the quality of loot. If these objectives/adds are destroyed/killed the encounter will become less difficult with a comparative drop in loot quality. On the topic of loot quality, you can expect 10 man Ulduar to drop gear equal to average 25 man Naxx gear with the end boss dropping items on tier to 25 man Kel’Thuzad/Malygos loot, with gear scaling up appropriately from there.

There aren’t currently a lot of details out, check back later for more developing info as testing progresses.

-Tom