Guild Wars 2

they finally done it, gave us impossible achievements.

from here:
http://dulfy.net/2013/08/05/gw2-queens-jubilee-patch-preview/

There are achievements for putting on a maximum of 5 gambits on yourself while defeating third tier NPC encounters, which can be almost “impossible”.

and here:
http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/editorials/first-impressions-queens-jubilee

It must be said that no one has completed the highest tier difficulty with 5 gambits active,

some of the gambits:

Here are some of the available gambits.
On Fire: A burning debuff will be applied to you
Exhausted: You have no endurance and cannot dodge roll.
Frailty: Takes increased damage from attacks.
Squeamish: Deal reduced damage
Tremors: Earthquakes occasionally affect the arena, causes knockdown?
Hamstring: A crippled debuff will be applied to you.
Crowd Favorite: Face an additional opponent in the arena at the same time.

there are other gambits?

The devs have confirmed that that information in inaccurate. You don’t need 5 gambits to get the achievement.

Lily Miranda.5407:

The devs have confirmed that that information in inaccurate. You don’t need 5 gambits to get the achievement.

You don’t need 5 gambits to get the mini. I’m fairly certain there is an achievement, however, where you need to beat a tier 3 boss with 5 gambits on.

Doesn’t really matter too much though. Colin said they are planning on having the Gauntlet return at a later date, and maybe some people can finally get over their achievement OCD.

i think beat tier 3 npc, not beat tier 3 boss.

beat tier 3 boss = achievement + mini
beat tier 3 npc with 5 gambits = achievement

maybe all those boosters i have been saving up will have some use now.

Provided that food/boosters actually work in the Gambit.

I just hope that the Gambit isn’t as hard as T3/4 Trials. (Trying to complete it normally, I mean, not using the cheesy hide-up-the-back-and-pull-Plunderers method.)

It seems that this will be easier for classes that have easy access to stability and that can usually take more hits. Like, well, guardian.
I would take my guardian there and pick Exhausted, Squeamish, Tremors, Hamstring and Crowd Favorite, I guess.

with the introduction of the super hard t3 / t4 achievements in cutthroat politics i feared something similar may happen …

and it happened …

t3 and t4 is impossible to be completed normally, at least for me.

Gabby.3205:

It seems that this will be easier for classes that have easy access to stability and that can usually take more hits. Like, well, guardian.
I would take my guardian there and pick Exhausted, Squeamish, Tremors, Hamstring and Crowd Favorite, I guess.

i think both dps and survivability matters here.
crowd favorite?

do we need to kill 2 npc? or just the original 1?

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

t3 and t4 is impossible to be completed normally, at least for me.

And why do you think that’s a bad thing?

A lot of people have been asking for challenging content. This is a nice way to add challenging content, giving a reward that you can actually get somewhere else as well (the Achievement Points).

Unless you think you need to have every single AP in the game (in which case, OCD much?), having different degrees of challenge for different players is a good thing.

challenging content is fine by me if it is not temporary.