Guild Wars 2

So I’ve been trying to help capture the temple for a pretty kitten long time, and never been able to pull it off, if only because of the escort mission leading up to it. I play a thief, have no other 80s, and have no intention of getting a new one in the near future. Note that this isn’t a rant against the event itself. I like the difficulty, I just want to know how to manage this monster.

1. How on earth am I supposed to defend every single NPC at once? I have Smoke screen, Shadow Refuge, and Blinding Powder to help, but it’s not enough. NPCs can’t dodge roll out of obviously painful geysers, and tend to rush in like complete idiots.

2. Does having more troops in the escort make the event any easier? As I understand it, this will only make more enemies spawn, which are more likely to get a cheap kill off one of the NPCs. In theory, the absolute easiest way to do this would be completely solo with only one invasion force.

3. Why is it sometimes the firestorms turn completely off, even when the temple is contested? I can remember quite a few occasions where we would have had the event in the bag if the NPCs would be smart enough to move out of the fire, but sometimes the fire isn’t even there!?

the evnt is very complex if youwant a easy time doing it. you need all 3 parts to meet in middle. in order to do this you need all 3 parts escortng there at same time or chian them by starting one before other finshing. just as long as one doesnt finsh til one of the others start. that way you have more npc for the final escort.
best two have 3 groups do the evnt together and sync the escorting