Guild Wars 2

What’s the deal with these?

NSP just failed it twice in a row b/c it seems like there’s a lot more of them now.
More importantly, What exactly does Anet expect us to do to stop them?

Even when they DO render for us, they just look like every other mobs so it’s impossible to pick them out of the crowds in these ambushes and so targeting & CC’ing them in time takes an act of the Gods… ShadowStepping Nobles were bad enough.

So really, what are we expected to do here when they’re already scripted to run right past us human players, and they run just as fast as every other unusually quick undead soldier? Is it intended behavior for them 1-shot the entire Pact all at once??

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Literally the only “problem” is the Risen Nobles and they can be dealt with easily enough.

I’ve yet to see the escort event completed since the Risen Nobles were given their symbol skill. I’ve tried dropping water fields on the pact but it works about as well as trying to put out a three-alarm fire with a turkey baster. I’d be interested to hear what strategies are being used successfully.

For the first wave of nobles, stack a couple players behind the NPCs. They’ll eat about 50 symbols to the face and be insta-killed but it takes the pressure off the NPCs. The second time … I’m not quite sure where they come from but just use damage mitigation since the steps are probably the most difficult part to get up.

I’ve seen balth done several times since the risen buff.

Problem is, each one of those times was with a fairly coordinated group of about 20+ players. The hardest part of the event is that you’ll continually be ambushed from behind, and the culling makes it so you can’t see where friendly NPCs are. The solution to this is to have a team standing on rear at all times to intercept incoming risen swarms.

Afterwards, a few healers are necessary for the event to be completed. You don’t need to spec for healing as much as you need to use AoE regen and blast finishers and stuff. You can do it with one, but… you don’t want to know the rotation I had to whip out on my engi to do it.

Boomers can be killed in seconds if players can spot them, while taking down Veteran Risen Acolytes is also priority.

Nobles aren’t the problem. I have ways of redirecting their AI.
I’m talking Plague Carriers and how there seems to be more than 0 or 1 of them now since this Patch. I counted 3 or 4 yesterday. I’ll record it today if my FPS doesn’t fall to pieces attempting it…

EDIT: ARGGH. Couldn’t save the video file! …either ran out of memory, or HD space. This is going to be a PITA, I can feel it….

If there are Vet Risen Acolytes there, their summons include Thralls and Plague Carriers.

The plague carriers should be melting from everyone’s AOE and cleave damage, they don’t have much HP.

You could always read the wiki. Reading is fun!

he first Ambush is as the Pact first begins moving up the hill towards the temple. Two rotmouths and a swarm of enemies will spawn on the uphill slope. This causes players to get pulled to the front of the Pact soldiers. However, the very second the last enemy of this spawn is killed a second wave twice as large as the first will spawn immediately behind the pact and immediately attempt to kill them. It is essential that all players are standing behind the Pact and ready to spam AOE the moment this occurs. Necromancers utilizing plague form would be the most ideal, as they are more defended. The amount of enemies in this ambush is so great, if there are not enough players pulling agro the few brave souls doing so will be killed instantly. It is also important to be standing away from the NPCs, as the ambush fight opens with Casters launching AOE at the players. If the players are standing amongst the NPCs, they will be hit and morale will drop precipitously.