Durendil

Some bosses are RNG, but don't take that much time to kill. Bugs and weird mechanics are normal when soloing. Yet for some reason, this particular bug irks me so much, even if I still killed her in a couple of hours, that I somehow feel extremely offended. youtu.be/DFbivt6BQ4c

Second crime of Naazindhri : due to the bug slowing me down, once I reached Araz he was too easy. Although to be fair he's always been mostly a gear check. And the fight is still entertaining even when it's not hard - Manaforge is a good raid. youtu.be/Tvg2ImPO4c8

I wasn't expecting new solos week 1, but since they only buffed damage of Midnight NPCs, suddenly I could survive this hard-hitting boss. youtu.be/jGEL0SKh8vk

Now that I've finished farming celestial dungeons (Wrathion really loved making me farm....), I'll be doing some quick classic videos since I am having a lot of fun redoing cataclysm - far more than I did redoing wrath (I think encounter design really stepped up). youtu.be/qwo1i_xjL2Y

Had some more fun while waiting for 11.1 in classic. As said in a previous thread, I wasn't expecting Cataclysm bosses to be so fun, but they really are a major step up in raid design from WOTLK. youtu.be/tzUWdYsEPVc

Now that I've finished farming celestial dungeons (Wrathion really loved making me farm....), I'll be doing some quick classic videos since I am having a lot of fun redoing cataclysm - far more than I did redoing wrath (I think encounter design really stepped up). youtu.be/qwo1i_xjL2Y

Not that I'm forgetting retail - once I get the Omnium folio talents and Sporefall neck, I should be able to kill a few more bosses.

Any wow combat design nerds out there ? I have a question. So, at 476 ilvl, in classic, I re-solo'd Wrath bosses. It was disappointing - music and visuals were awesome, but bosses were boring. Then, at 500 ilvl, I decided to solo cataclysm again - and had a lot of fun (1/) youtu.be/YQBtkIFiF-s

Last thing : what has improved over time is that there seems to be more and more stand-out bosses, but there have been some in every expansion. Or maybe I'm just riding a high after soloing 16 bosses and trying 3-4 others, since quite a few of them were really really good (end)

Any wow combat design nerds out there ? I have a question. So, at 476 ilvl, in classic, I re-solo'd Wrath bosses. It was disappointing - music and visuals were awesome, but bosses were boring. Then, at 500 ilvl, I decided to solo cataclysm again - and had a lot of fun (1/) youtu.be/YQBtkIFiF-s

Note that there is a difference in retail : far more complex self-healing, but this thread is about bosses. And of course in raid settings Mythic improved a lot when it comes to group raiding. And I'm intrigued to see if Midnight bosses feel different to solo with the new approach. (5/)

Any wow combat design nerds out there ? I have a question. So, at 476 ilvl, in classic, I re-solo'd Wrath bosses. It was disappointing - music and visuals were awesome, but bosses were boring. Then, at 500 ilvl, I decided to solo cataclysm again - and had a lot of fun (1/) youtu.be/YQBtkIFiF-s

And, most importantly, they felt like current bosses. Seriously, it feels like I'm soloing in retail, unlike Wrath where I thought "it just felt better at the time". They are as complex from a strategy conception/execution point of view as TWW or DF bosses. Same with Wotlk and Legion, in remix (3/)

Any wow combat design nerds out there ? I have a question. So, at 476 ilvl, in classic, I re-solo'd Wrath bosses. It was disappointing - music and visuals were awesome, but bosses were boring. Then, at 500 ilvl, I decided to solo cataclysm again - and had a lot of fun (1/) youtu.be/YQBtkIFiF-s

Stix enrage in Normal : 10min20 Stix enrage in Heroic : 8min00 Stix enrage in Mythic : 6min30 ....This boss is frustrating, every time I figure out how to survive the bombs he just enrages and slaps me.

I had this strat where I stay on the ball while everything explodes so I take 75% less damage, but now if I lose 22 seconds of dps I won't meet enrage. I'll go farm Mythic weapons + voidcores for my 3rd spec next week.

After two weeks of Mythic, Soul Hunetrs heroic are still too hard - but I got my first Mythic TWW bosses. There's a massive jump between the first 5 and the rest though, I'll need to get fully geared before continuing. youtu.be/F6hwnG82S4o

After one month of farming - and upgrading my tank trinkets with voidshards - I'm now ready to continue, starting with bosses doable in BM. Undermine is still among the most fun raids ever to solo, and in every difficulty I have to change my strategy. youtu.be/2GtKThoODfQ

After two weeks of Mythic, Soul Hunetrs heroic are still too hard - but I got my first Mythic TWW bosses. There's a massive jump between the first 5 and the rest though, I'll need to get fully geared before continuing. youtu.be/F6hwnG82S4o

Well, in this first week I got to 256 ilvl, and so I went back to MF Heroic to see if I could survive Araz. It worked, barely. Next week I will get the delve trinkets, and my hps should shoot up. youtu.be/sM1qZO948nY

Fractillus was next. It's a good boss for testing dps and hps and get good data - he has a short enrage and hurts a lot. youtu.be/7WUXhAmVBSo

Pre-season soloing : got the easy bosses, but as soon as I reached Araz Heroic I was told in no uncertain terms to go get new defensive trinkets. Which seems will take several weeks of delves, let's hope they have good trinkets. Plexus was simple, but his soak hurt quite a bit youtu.be/pEt4wxc4mhk

Next up is Naazindri. Due to its self-healing and damage, I've been playing Survival a lot for soloing. But, after a few tries on Naazindri, I can confirm that BM is still best for pet survival. So I'll have to make choices on each boss from now on. youtu.be/pjF89LTlzVs

So I've been crossing the "easy" solos off my checklist. First is the final missing boss of Dragonflight, Fyrakk Mythic. In Heroic and Normal it was possible to manage phase 2, which made a fun challenge. In Mythic P2 was too hard, so it's sadly a zerg. youtu.be/ZgtAqv1ypo4

Then there is Stix bunkjunker Heroic. He hadn't been solo'd at all last expansion due to his short enrage time (8 minutes). This expansion I had enough dps. youtu.be/zIjSehHq8Y4

Well, seems soloing is over for now - for me at least. Before the prepatch, this has been the further we have gone in a season 3 - as soloers, we went as far as we did in the previous season 4, which was clearing the first two raid in normal. However, we also cleared Nerub'ar in Heroic in 11.2.

And, the greatest novelty of pre-patch, manaforge omega has been solo'd 7/8. But Dimensius is sadly a "bad" boss to solo. We can avoid devour, but nothing can avoid his reverse gravity. Therefore, the strat will be to overgear and zerg him - no fun or challenge :(

Well, seems soloing is over for now - for me at least. Before the prepatch, this has been the further we have gone in a season 3 - as soloers, we went as far as we did in the previous season 4, which was clearing the first two raid in normal. However, we also cleared Nerub'ar in Heroic in 11.2.

Then prepatch hit, and we solo'd a ridiculous amount of bosses. Let's talk about surviving bosses : - Fyrakk Mythic, due to the healing and dps requirements of phase 2. You need to heal up adds and interrupt/kill the screaming souls. Or zerg him before the tree dies. Jailer was killed in S4 of DF