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Posted: **Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:30 am**

After finally getting Banthy (woop!) I did a quick scout around NE for the lil things I need to do next. First off, to the Basin for Aotona and Krush for the achieve. Neither was up but Loque was! He's no longer an elite?! I grabbed a SS whilst a fellow hunter came flying in from Org to rehome him - will upload SS a.s.a.p!

Logged on in SP this morning to have a looksy for TLPD, and Skoll greets me! Again, he's no longer an elite! Just a rare too...So, when did this happen lol? Again, happily rehomed :3

Also of interest, Vyra's portrait has changed, and I think she has shrunk a little. She didn't look at all impressive when I downed her and mounted up on my drake mount - whilst in the past I've always marvelled at how big she is!

SS incoming....

~ZZ~

EDIT:- SS!

Loque - just a rare now

Skoll too -

My personal fav - non elite Baby Vyragosa with a new portrait! So....is TLPD no longer elite neither?!? Yup checked Wowhead and the most recent image upload shows TLPD as a non elite too now - does this affect spawn timers at all?

Posted: **Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:46 pm**

That means it only takes two seconds to kill them instead of three! (the achievement and loot ones, of course).

Good find. Granted, it's a pointless change, but still an interesting one.

Posted: **Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:09 pm**

King Krush is still elite, but that's cause he's the king!

Posted: **Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:22 pm**

Kalliope wrote:King Krush is still elite, but that's cause he's the king!

QFT. >:D

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:15 am**

I remember spotting this on another rare or two. I think other than a select few (King Krush), they're all non-elite, taming rares and otherwise.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:35 am**

Kalliope wrote:King Krush is still elite, but that's cause he's the king!

Hail to the king, baby!

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:23 pm**

I would of never noticed the difference myself..

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:08 pm**

Was the icon changed, or the icon AND the mob's hp/dmg?

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:10 pm**

The spirit Beasts have always been a Silver Elite, dont see any changes tbh

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:24 pm**

I'm going to guess it's likely to avoid confusion because they can't mark something with both a silver AND gold dragon.

to PetCollector... Silver dragons do NOT mean elite, they mean rare. A gold dragon signifies an elite beast. The only way to tell if a rare is an elite is to hover over it, and it'll say "Elite" after the level.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:28 pm**

Elite mobs have a Gold dragon portrait with a wing.

Rare mobs have a Silver dragon portrait.

Rare elite mobs have a Silver dragon portrait with a wing.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:41 pm**

Oh... shows how much I pay attention... I've played since open beta.. and NEVER noticed the difference between a regular rare, and a rare elite, haha.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:57 am**

Found a picture of how the Silver dragon portrait used to look like on Loque.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:39 pm**

If the mobs' hp and dmg were nerfed, then perhaps they changed the dragon to reflect that. If the mobs' stats were left alone, perhaps they feel the mobs are easy enough to kill/tame that the "elite" tag was scaring off people who could easily kill/tame them.

Posted: **Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:46 am**

Most of the Northrend rare "elites" were never actually elite, they just had the elite dragon and tag. Their stats were not elite at all. Some zones had one real elite (King Krush, Grocklar, Putridus the Ancient) but for the most part they were just plain rares with an elite tag.

Posted: **Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:35 pm**

only 16k.. easy lvl 70 kill... or tame.. haha..

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