Skipping Commander Ri'mok in the Gate of the Setting Sun dungeon.

[Barnold]

Hi everyone,

After being on this site for a while now I thought it's about time I contributed at least something.
I found this little trick just messing about in a dungeon, and it was actually quite lucky how I found it.

I'd also like to point out that because I don't have friends on WoW that I can redo this glitch with, there will be little (or no) screenshots, so I would like to apologies in advance if it's quite a sloppy guide, I'm going to just repeat the process on what happened.

So the second boss (Striker Ga'Dok) in The Gate of the Setting Sun is near 2 Flak Cannons, these Flak Cannons are supposed to be used to kill some flying mobs that cause problems later on in the dungeon. (They shoot fire onto the ground before the 3rd boss, this fire does quite a bit of damage and makes it almost impossible to pass.)

What happened is that the group I was in didn't use the Flak Cannons (Yes, I slacked too...) to kill these mobs, which meant when we got to the third boss we came to a standstill.

So me being a Hunter, and also an engineer I thought I would mess about and try pull the boss.

As the range between you (the group) and third boss (Commander Ri'Mok) is too far to be able to be pulled, I thought I would shoot one of the flying mobs shooting fire onto the ground to get me into combat, this then allowed me to disengage a bit closer to the boss (You will still probably land in the fire). I am specced Posthaste, which increases my movement speed by 60% for 8 seconds, I also set up a macro that uses my Nitro Boost (A huge movement speed increase for a short duration - Engineers only), at the same time, giving me a large increase on movement speed.

I then ran at a ridiculous speed towards the boss, hitting him. This causes the doors behind him to shut, but as they were shutting I carried on running through the doors. Surprisingly I got through!

This caused the boss to despawn for around 30 seconds and the doors reopened, meaning during this time, the rest of the group can mosey on through and completely skip him.

Now I have only done this once as I don't run many dungeons and I wasn't there to find any exploits.

I can retry this with a willing group (As when I did it before my group just stood there and the boss respawned) however I do not know when I will be able to.

As I've only done it on my Hunter I'm not 100% sure on what exactly is needed.

When I do get a chance to do it, I will more than happily post screenshots (recommended hosting site anyone?).


I've reread this guide, and I understand it, however that's likely because I'm the one who did it so if you need any further help please don't hesitate to ask. I would really appreciate it if someone could try this and confirm it too.

I also understand that people wouldn't want to skip bosses as they drop loot, but I feel it could be handy just for a faster run through the dungeon.


I hope this guide is clear and easy enough to understand, if you have any questions please just ask.

Thanks

[Maccer]

Ri'mok is probably the most annoying boss in the whole game, so this could be useful.
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[Barnold]

Ri'mok is probably the most annoying boss in the whole game, so this could be useful.
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Thank you kindly, once I have chance to run the dungeon again (And actually explain to the group what's going on) I will put some on.

[Felfiend]

If this is possible on challenge mode it would be like a freebie gold! +rep for the awesome find (even if it doesn't work on challenge modes)!

[Barnold]

If this is possible on challenge mode it would be like a freebie gold! +rep for the awesome find (even if it doesn't work on challenge modes)!

Yes I was going to mention this on the first post. It could potentially be used in Challenge Mode however because I haven't done any challenge modes it's a bit of a grey area for me so I thought I'd leave it for the community to decide whether or not this was feasible.

Thanks for the feedback.

[tihifniz]

It cant be used in CM because one of the requirements is that you kill the boss same as you have to kill xx numbers of mobs in the dungeon.

[Barnold]

It cant be used in CM because one of the requirements is that you kill the boss same as you have to kill xx numbers of mobs in the dungeon.

And this was my thoughts as to why it wouldn't be able to be used in CM. I didn't think Blizzard would be stupid enough to make it so it just timed you from start to downing the last boss.

Thanks for clearing this up! +rep.

[Felfiend]

meh... but I solo heroics on my lock for disenchanting mats, I usually skip this dungeon because of how annying this boss is. I can prob just potion of swiftness + demonic leap and maybe add this dunngeon to my soloing route.

[Barnold]

meh... but I solo heroics on my lock for disenchanting mats, I usually skip this dungeon because of how annying this boss is. I can prob just potion of swiftness + demonic leap and maybe add this dunngeon to my soloing route.

Demonic Leap would be useful, how much movement speed does Potion of Swiftness give? My nitro boost was probably the main factor that got me through the door as it closes relatively fast once the boss has been pulled.

[Watcher]

Thanx for sharing +7 Rep

[Barnold]

Thanx for sharing +7 Rep

No problem! Thank you for the rep.

[Pandaslol]

I'd also like to point out that because I don't have friends on WoW

Awww I'll be your friend

[Barnold]

Awww I'll be your friend

It's true :'(

[Turkey11]

If this is possible on challenge mode it would be like a freebie gold! +rep for the awesome find (even if it doesn't work on challenge modes)!

Can you even give rep?

[Barnold]

Can you even give rep?

He did indeed give me rep