In the patch applied to the beta server on the 3rd of November 2006 the model used by the Fel Reaver which patrols Hellfire Peninsula (others seem unaffected) was replaced with a black bear. The hilarity which has ensued is epic in proportions. The screen still rumbles as it approaches, and it still sounds like a giant train. It also retain the power to annihilate anyone in 1-2 swings, but ... it just looks so cuddly now! Bear puns are rampant and Hellfire Peninsula's general channel verges on total collapse!
Even before the change the Reaver was a menace to unwary players, but this has added a new level of terror to an already overwhelming foe. Formerly, the Fel Reaver, being a good five stories tall, was visible from a fair distance away and easily avoidable to anyone aware of the danger. Now, however, the first warning of its presence is the terrible rumbling of its footsteps and the tortured metallic scream which precedes it. Many heroes have fallen to this new menace, frozen in panic as they try to determine which way to flee. Truly, our greatest enemy is upon us.
