Rumormongering

[MongoJerry]

In my experience, Strat has always been erratic in release.  Sometimes you need two, sometimes you need three.  The standard raid procedure on many of the raids I've gone on is to clear the path to two of them (Nerub'enkan and Maleki), destroy those crystals and check the gate to see if it's open.  If it did, we go in; otherwise, we go for the Baroness.

Yes, but I'm pointing out that with the patch, it's a consistent three crystals now, so you should plan on that from the beginning. Also, if you do get a message that a crystal has been repaired, you do actually have to go back and destroy it again. (Last night, a couple of our rogues stealthed through and killed the accolytes in one of the ziggaurats that had its crystal repaired. It saved us from having to plow through a bunch of respawns). I'd clear partly to Nerub'enkan, turn around, hit the Baroness, come back, actually hit Nerub'enkan, and then make my way to Maleki. This path avoids the Alley of Death between the Baroness and Maleki. OK, maybe that's a strong name, but that narrow alleyway seems to have more danger of wiping than the wider streets along the other path.