I
swear I remember playing an early pre-1.0.0 beta version that didn't have those half dozen or so thrice-damned rares/elites/randbosses/whatever-the-right-term is on every. single. frakking.
level of the Orc Prides. A historical source dive doesn't support me on that, though; perhaps a bug elsewhere in the code that was eventually fixed?
At any rate, what I remember of those old Prides I remember fondly, so I decided to try whipping up an addon to reproduce the effect. Verdict so far? Doesn't help much, but it helps some. And so, as my humble contribution to the
latest iteration of the perennial "what to do about the Orc Prides" thread,

I submit my new
Pride Goeth addon, which prevents randbosses from spawning anywhere in the Orc Prides.
[And no, obviously this one is not a candidate for inclusion in ZOmnibus.

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[Technical info:]Code:
Superload:
mod.class.GameState:
entityFilterPost() [to suppress randbosses in the orc prides]