Forum:Boss ability lists - 10n/10h/25n/25h

Forums: Village pump → Boss ability lists - 10n/10h/25n/25h
(This topic is archived. Please do not edit this page!)

The current de facto boilerplate for boss abilities is a separate list for 10 and 25-man abilities, but that's really cumbersome with four modes, all with identical abilities. I put together the following table for Jaraxxus' abilities, and the edit was reverted as consistency in article styles is evidently a major aim. I feel this is a much better way to display information for four separate modes, rather than listing out the abilities separately for each mode, as typically the only variance in ability descriptions are the numbers. Do you agree/disagree, and why? If you agree, is there a way to make a template so that this is a little easier to create for a new boss?

Lord Jaraxxus' Abilities

Ability	Description	10-man Normal	10-man Heroic (?)	25-man Normal	25-man Heroic (?)
Health		4.2 Million	Unknown	20.2 Million	Unknown
[Incinerate Flesh]	Burns the flesh off your bones! Absorbs the next X healing received and decreases damage dealt by 50% for 12 sec. If Incinerate Flesh is not removed before it expires it will cause a Burning Inferno, dealing 2500 Fire damage per second for 5 seconds to all raid members.	30000	40000	60000	85000
[Nether Power]	Magical self-buff on Lord Jaraxxus. Increases magical damage dealt by 20% per stack, stacking up to X times.	5	5	10	10
[Fel Fireball]	2.5 sec cast on primary aggro target. Deals X fire damage, plus Y fire damage per second. Interruptable, and the debuff is magic-dispellable.	15400, 6000/sec	18500, 8000/sec	25000, 9000/sec	35000, 11000/sec
[Fel Lightning]	Strikes an enemy with Legion Lightning, dealing X damage. Arcs to up to Y targets, increasing in damage with each jump. Prefers to target ranged.	8500 damage, 3 targets	10500 damage, 3 targets	10500 damage, 5 targets	12000 damage, 5 targets
[Touch of Jaraxxus]	Deals 4000 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 12 sec. Nearby players are hit by Curse of the Nether, dealing 4000 Shadow/1 sec for 15 sec (Curse).
[Legion Flame]	Deals X damage every sec for 6 sec. Also spawns green fire with each tick. Fire ticks for the same amount.	3000	4000	4500	6500
[Nether Portal]	Summons a Nether Portal. The portal deals X damage on spawning to players within 10yd, and spawns a Mistress of Pain after a few seconds.	7000	8500	9500	11000
[Infernal Eruption]	Spawns an Infernal Volcano. The Volcano will erupt three times, dealing 9500 Fire damage to players within 10yd and spawning a Felfire Infernal.

--Lakoto (talk) 16:36, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

I do agree the articles are getting more cumbersome as they add more levels within a place. The table would condense the page and reduce redundancy. Feel free to start a vote. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 19:26, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't think we need a vote for this. The table looks great, we just need to get people making new tables. The treatment of boss pages has been a little inconsistent. --Beware the sneaky smile! Fandyllic (talk · contr) 10:35 AM PST 18 Aug 2009