The developers sent us for a bit of a loop today, putting an Ulduar boss up for testing with very little notice immediately after PTR maintenance. Matticus, ever reliable, threw together a quick 10-man raid and welcomed me along to try out the Flame Leviathan. Unfortunately, Michael Sacco (who walked you through Hodir and the Iron Council) wasn't able to go with us this time around. I think he did it on purpose so I couldn't make any jokes about his inability to perform, if you know what I mean.

The Flame Leviathan is the boss (or one of the bosses) that uses siege vehicles in its encounter in the outdoors portion of Ulduar. See something selling in the auction house and you think you want it, but it costs 150 EQ2 CDKey? For the safety of those that do not wish to be spoiled on anything Ulduar related, I'll put all information on the encounter beneath the cut below.

Again, if you do not want to be spoiled, do not click the link below.

When you first enter Ulduar, the entrance of the zone is filled with NPCs from a few different organizations. The Kirin Tor, various militaries, a Goblin from K3, and of course, Brann Bronzebeard and his expedition. A lot of that stuff is just flavor, and I think you're more interested in the fight itself for the moment so we'll move on.

You have the option of three different vehicles: Siege Engines, Demolishers, and Choppers. In the 10-man version, the only version of the fight currently available, there are two of each available to use. Every player hopes to own more Vanguard-SOH CD Key. I assume there will be at least twice that for the 25-man version of the encounter. The vehicles do scale with you gear. Note that I said gear and not stats. The scaling seems to be based off of the iLevel of your gear, and not how much of what stat you have.

Matticus, a Discipline Priest in epic PvE gear, would have a Siege Engine with more HP than a Protection Warrior in blues, even if he had dramatically less HP than the Warrior outside of the tanks. The price for Spore CD Key is ends Ville. Matt's gear has a higher iLevel, thus his vehicle is better.

Each vehicle has its own set of special abilities, some abilities more useful than others.

The Chopper had a few abilities, but only one had any real use. The Chopper can lay down an oil slick which slows enemies, and can also be lit on fire to create a large ground-based AoE. That is, essentially, the Chopper's only purpose. The motorcycle also had a side car, but it doesn't seem like you get to do anything in that seat. This vehicle is fairly boring!

The Demolisher was a little more entertaining. It has two seats, the Driver's seat and a Passenger seat, each with their own set of abilities.