Prime Hologram fight + concerns
I wanted to try to constructively share my problems/issues/bugs in achievement-chasing during the Prime Hologram fight:
The first two times I did the fight, the second I zoned in to the area, I landed right in the middle of the floor laser scorch line thing and was insta-downed. My chances at the “No More Tricks, Scarlet” achievement were over before I could even start. Twice. The third time I tried the fight, the second I zoned in I got the bug (along with about 5 others) where I was stuck in the air in the falling animation. Mist form, teleporting, dodging, activated dodge skills, nothing worked. The only thing that got me moving again was, yep, getting hit by the laser to downed state. (I’m also really sure I did the In Tune requirements correctly, but got no credit… but I’m not 100% sure on that so I’ll keep trying.)
Finally, concern-wise, I’m wondering how long people will be trying for the “Six Minutes to Knightfall” achievement, as the strategies I’ve seen so far involve splitting up… which has led to some unfriendly comments about getting all the Knights’ loot being more important than working toward the achievement.
That being said, I really enjoyed the story that came from this update! I was SO sad the day Lion’s Arch was attacked so it feels good to get to fight for the city. And that final cutscene…
it’s very buggy imo and the fact that u can’t skip the cutscene, man that kitten ain’t cool either…
Are you Shpongled?
My issue with the Hologram fight is that if you are in a party and you don’t get to the same instance (which is very common in this game) and some of your party members defeat THEIR Hologram, you will get the personal story – like count down to enter the instance yourself. This means, that if many people enter the fight in groups (and end up separated) lots of people in active fights will also disappear, making the fight nearly impossible for those left behind.
Solutions:
A) Fix the system so parties can finally play together
B) Don’t allow party members to join instances of others for this encounter
Yup, this happened to me. I got the popup from another party member who’s section defeated Prime early, not realizing they were in a completely different battle (cuz you can still see their portrait, and the Zerg is huge), I thought this was a continuation of my fight and joined him. Lost out on achievement and loot.
As an aside, Archdruidess, I was able to get out of the floating/falling condition by using a quaggan tonic rather than having to get downed by the lasers.
As an aside, Archdruidess, I was able to get out of the floating/falling condition by using a quaggan tonic rather than having to get downed by the lasers.
Oh, man, really? I tried my town clothes, but I didn’t even think of a quaggan tonic. Thanks for the tip! Ideally, I hope this is somehow fixed altogether, but should it happen again I’ll try it – thanks for sharing!
Well if you’re all fighting together then there should be no issue with with fighting the hologram together. You are not randomly sent to one of the three platforms. Out of six times, I’ve always been sent to the one closest to the portal I used. While six may not be a large sample size, it still leads to believe that this is potentially how people get to each platform.
You have roughly 20-30 seconds from when the first person enters before the hologram starts using the laser attacks. If you’re taking your time to get in there then that’s a risk that you personally are taking. I’ve always had no issue getting onto the platform.
If you get stuck in the air, do an emote that causes your character to move such as /sit. I’ve ran into the same problem and this is what has always worked for me.
Emoting did not work for me, sadly. :/
It definitely did not take me 20-30 seconds to run into the portal for the two times I got insta-laser-downed, so I’m not sure what happened, there. Didn’t take my time… loot grabbed and sprinted, frothing into the shiny thing like the rabid achievement-chaser that I am.
That’s odd since I’ve looted the knight, ran through the circles, and still been able to enter as the hologram is doing its spawning animation.
I guess you’ll have to keep some quaggan tonics on you in case you get stuck again. It’s a shame you have to resort to that but it’s all you can do until they fix that bug.