Same thing, killed on Mangler with no loot. Did not see the LDoN note either. Like why, by then, the drops are worthless. DBG sometimes needs kicked squarely between the legs.
You should be able to: I solo him as a 61 Paladin but only when I have all the Shaman Buffs (Focus/Boar/Dex etc..) Virtue wasn't enough for me. He does summon, if i remember correctly he does hit in the low 300's but mainly 200's. Ailder-8, A Deadly Blizzard Hunter-2.
i owned this thig sevral times with my 64 enchanter...slow it and let hasted pet go to work..reslow when u must cause it is a long fight...kept uproar on pet at all times. shouldnt have any issues if u do it right.
Just to confirm, he ALWAYS drops 2 Broaches UNLESS he drops a fetish, in which case, he also drops 1 Broach. I've killed this mob probably 100 times and it's never varied.
I solo him as a 65 Cleric with no problem whatsoever, just ds him and stand toe to toe. Easy fight, just a little tedious.
Took the DBlizzard Hunter today. It dropped the broach and the Ice Fetish; hits fast and over 200; located on "Top Shelf" on opposite side of enterance ramp (where Blizzard Hunter Spawns). A 57 Druid, 57 Pally (me) and a 60 Cleric took him pretty easily. However, I had over 3800 HPs /1100 AC and the cleric had to CH me 3 times.
Myself and my Cleric friend were able to duo him fairly easily. Both of us are level 58 and we killed him in a few minutes. Dropped two Gilded Broaches, and spawns near frenzy camp, but not in.
He doesn't pop in the Frenzy camp. He pops at the far east end of the shelf above the Frenzied Velium Broodling spawn. His place holder is a Blizzard Hunter, and his spawn point is easy to identify as it's always either the Deadly, or a regular blizzard hunter that spawns there. His loot table may be bugged, too. So far, I have killed him twice, and each time, he dropped 2 broaches. BTW, I can't solo him yet. Level 65 pally with 1400+ AC and 61% haste. I also have ND3, PE, CS2 and CA2 AA's. It's a close fight. I'm thinking when I get CA3 and CS3, I'll be able to take him alone with just my own buffs.
I'm a little iffy on why you couldn't solo this mob. He hits for a bit over 100, but I have less than 1400 AC, self haste and pally haste belt from Plane of Sky, my only applicable AAs are CF3, and I had no trouble soloing it. I put up Breath of Tunare and had to cast Supernal Cleansing maybe 4 times, but he wasn't that big of a deal. Certainly no different than taking on a couple of crystalline spiders at one time.
I also got two of the broaches...made some random druid in zone pretty happy. ;)
You got the pally haste belt from PoSky? I HATE you!! I killed that damned red turkey over 90 times (no lie, months and MONTHS of raiding there) and never saw one single ivory sky diamond drop. Ya rat!
As I said, it was a very close fight. I wasn't using Breath of Tunare, so that could be one thing. Also, you have 5% more haste than me self buffed. And maybe, the level has a range to it. They are dark blue con, and that doesn't say a lot. He was hitting me for 130-180 with a pretty furious attack speed.
For a long time the ivory sky diamond was broken, so I understand your frustration. I held on to the other piece for probably 2 years with little hope before we went back to that island and we had 3 drop. Problem is so few people go there so there aren't a bunch available to MQ.
Breath of Tunare makes a HUGE difference IMO. And sometimes you just have to get lucky with the game letting you hit better. I've killed him twice with just heal over times and once I had to use LoH.