Prior to the patch the ice elementals used to break into 3-5 pieces of ice anyone could collect off the ground in addition to it being a part of their loot table. Now no ice bits drop at all and you can only get them individually from loot off their bodies.
This in itself wouldn’t be so bad if the event didn’t seem to need a lot more ice to complete than it did pre-patch. Plus, the elementals die so quickly it’s not always plausible for multiple people to be able to get hits to loot them, which is a further detriment to collection.
The past few times I’ve done the event with just 2-3 people we’ve had to clear out the entire cave about 3x to get enough ice and that was with us trying to let everyone get loot rights for more ice. It also doesn’t help that the respawn on the elementals is not enough to keep up with the demand of the event.
This is in Wayfarer Foothills, by the way.
Did you report it as a bug?
Wayfarer Foothills
Ulfred’s attempt to fool the grawl has been divided into two events: collecting magical ice for him and defending him while he sculpts the ice.
Since the patch notes don’t say anything about reducing the amount of ice dropped by the elementals, it makes me think its a bug.
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