[10 but also 25] Flame Leviathan Hard Mode

[PsiVen]

Titanguard (232) is a standard drop, all Ulduar '226' weapons are actually 232.

How many badges did you guys get for Heroic: Orbit-uary? I think the 10-man groups actually got 2x Conquest, which makes me think perhaps the towers add/upgrade those in some way like:

1x = +1 Conquest (or Conquest instead of Valor)
2x = extra loot
3x = +1 Conquest
4x = extra loot is higher level

[Macavity]

Point is, hard mode is not solely decided by leaving the turrets or tearing them down.

Start the fight by speaking to Brann and you set the mode to easy, destroy the towers and you make the fight harder.
Start the fight by speaking to Norman and you set the mode to hard, destroy the towers and you make the fight easier.


Tricky

[Taragon]

Ah, makes sense psiven buddy.

We had 3 conquest.

[Andox]

Point is, hard mode is not solely decided by leaving the turrets or tearing them down.

Start the fight by speaking to Brann and you set the mode to easy, destroy the towers and you make the fight harder.
Start the fight by speaking to Norman and you set the mode to hard, destroy the towers and you make the fight easier.


Tricky

Is this really true?

We spoke to Brann when we did 10 man yesterday and we destroyed every tower + every beacon. We didn't fight him in hard mode. Isn't it so that Brann = deactivate towers, so you don't need to destroy them. Norman = activate towers, destroy the ones you want down.

[Sarevok]

Waaaah the confusion...

So which is which? What activates hard mode?

[Passionario]

So which is which? What activates hard mode?

Easy Mode: Speak to Brann, ignore towers.
Maximum Hard Mode: Speak to Lorekeeper, ignore towers.
Intermediate Hard Mode: Speak to Lorekeeper, destroy some of the towers.

[Sarevok]

So which is which? What activates hard mode?

Easy Mode: Speak to Brann, ignore towers.
Maximum Hard Mode: Speak to Lorekeeper, ignore towers.
Intermediate Hard Mode: Speak to Lorekeeper, destroy some of the towers.

Thanks

Hmmm so what happens if we speak to Brann and destroy all towers? Still easy mode I guess?

[Soliro]

Yup, still easy mode - just gets the hassle of having to kill the towers out of the run up to FL and takes out a bit of time that would be wasted doing it if you want to get to a further boss much quicker