Guild Wars 2

Divus.3175:

I was part of Cobalt keg runner team. It was constant fight with our capabilities. Strategy is one thing, but the most important thing was our experience. We was doing this for about 3 days in a same 150 – people group, together on teamspeak, few times being really far from winning and getting really upset.

Our dedication is the real thing here!

Our dedication is the real deal! Amber thief here, yes. This was an amazing experience, same people each and every day. We finally got it!

Amazing effort. Especially love the people at the Crimson team. Great leadership and epic focus. I am however rather tired. Doing this for a few days in a row was pretty difficult xD

celebration speech of Sourunji

was part of Cobalt keg runner team. It was constant fight with our capabilities. Strategy is one thing, but the most important thing was our experience. We was doing this for about 3 days in a same 150 – people group, together on teamspeak, few times being really far from winning and getting really upset.

BG is trying their best to get the same people but it’s very difficult. Big congrats for being able to pull that off.

Anyone have Crimson footage of the kill?

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

/cheer)))) thx all for 4 days of madness! Thanks commanders who lead us! Thanks all who were with us during these days, dpsers, kegrunners and all of crimsons, cobalts and ambers guys!!! And SPECIAL THANKS to my condition cobalt necro party and to all the necros with whom I ran this event!!! It was awesome! :-*

MassDelusion.9130:

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

Oh it’s you.

MassDelusion.9130:

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

lol @ your ridiculous assumptions like the 250g mini and 5g loot anyway (lol, just lol at that “math”) to justify your truly asinine claim that the loot was at all commensurate with the effort this event took.

Kilandros.2098:

MassDelusion.9130:

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

lol @ your ridiculous assumptions like the 250g mini and 5g loot anyway (lol, just lol at that “math”) to justify your truly asinine claim that the loot was at all commensurate with the effort this event took.

Look at the loot received, and the first one already sold for 675g.
Also, listen to the people that just beat it, they’re probably happier than you have ever been in GW2.
If you’re doing this boss now, it’s not for loot.

Taisia.2813:

Oh it’s you.

He does have a point though.
The actual time the event takes and the actual challenge, isn’t really that high, it all comes down to people being able to listen, and thus the rewards shouldn’t be much bigger than they are.

It would after all be quite silly to have 10 times the rewards for doing a 25 minutes event compared to a 1 hour dungeon.

Come on, don’t start again the debate about rewards.
You said the same about Tequatl, which is beaten every day now.

lordkrall.7241:

Taisia.2813:

Oh it’s you.

He does have a point though.
The actual time the event takes and the actual challenge, isn’t really that high, it all comes down to people being able to listen, and thus the rewards shouldn’t be much bigger than they are.

It would after all be quite silly to have 10 times the rewards for doing a 25 minutes event compared to a 1 hour dungeon.

That would make sense if the event were as faceroll easy as the dungeons. Or if it required 5 pugs rather than 150 people on a voice server. Or if it required no preparation at all and you could find a group using the lfg tool.

lordkrall.7241:

Taisia.2813:

Oh it’s you.

He does have a point though.
The actual time the event takes and the actual challenge, isn’t really that high, it all comes down to people being able to listen, and thus the rewards shouldn’t be much bigger than they are.

It would after all be quite silly to have 10 times the rewards for doing a 25 minutes event compared to a 1 hour dungeon.

I just suggested a token system where unlucky people can also accumulate tokens over time to gain access to the unique minis and armor/weapon skins. Anyway, I won’t feed that troll

MassDelusion.9130:

Kilandros.2098:

MassDelusion.9130:

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

lol @ your ridiculous assumptions like the 250g mini and 5g loot anyway (lol, just lol at that “math”) to justify your truly asinine claim that the loot was at all commensurate with the effort this event took.

Look at the loot received, and the first one already sold for 675g.

I’m sorry, does that mean the mini will hold it’s price at 250g? Is that what that means? Oh right, that’s not what it means. You made up a number and then pretended that number had some basis in actual fact to try to make a point. For all we know the mini plummets to 10-15g in a couple of weeks. The point is, neither you nor I know and your claim of 250g is beyond ridiculous.

To say nothing of your claim that a couple of yellows and a green is worth 5g. Unbelievable.

MassDelusion.9130:

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

That mini was just sold for 1,7k.

MassDelusion.9130:

Kilandros.2098:

MassDelusion.9130:

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

lol @ your ridiculous assumptions like the 250g mini and 5g loot anyway (lol, just lol at that “math”) to justify your truly asinine claim that the loot was at all commensurate with the effort this event took.

Look at the loot received, and the first one already sold for 675g.
Also, listen to the people that just beat it, they’re probably happier than you have ever been in GW2.
If you’re doing this boss now, it’s not for loot.

Wow, what an edit. Now because you can’t proceed on the merits of your original (and poor) argument, you attack me personally by calling into question my happiness as a player and my motive for attempting the boss.

Like Taisia said, you’re a troll. I won’t be feeding you anymore.

Yeah the loot was horrendous, but we knew it would be and that’s not what was driving us over the last few days. Well done everyone who spent hours, even days going at it over and over again, we did it guys!

Congrats guys!
You guys saved the coast! =)

Kilandros.2098:

MassDelusion.9130:

Kilandros.2098:

MassDelusion.9130:

Taisia.2813:

The loot was HORRIBLE yes.. Simply unacceptable for all this effort. ANET should start a token system for these hard bosses

You want to be rewarded extra for failing so much?
The whole event takes about 25 minutes.
That loot probably totals 5g+
There’s a mini that will probably be worth 250g+ for weeks.

What about when it gets done on a daily basis on several servers like tequatl?
Do you expect 20g+ of rewards to everyone?

lol @ your ridiculous assumptions like the 250g mini and 5g loot anyway (lol, just lol at that “math”) to justify your truly asinine claim that the loot was at all commensurate with the effort this event took.

Look at the loot received, and the first one already sold for 675g.

I’m sorry, does that mean the mini will hold it’s price at 250g? Is that what that means? Oh right, that’s not what it means. You made up a number and then pretended that number had some basis in actual fact to try to make a point. For all we know the mini plummets to 10-15g in a couple of weeks. The point is, neither you nor I know and your claim of 250g is beyond ridiculous.

To say nothing of your claim that a couple of yellows and a green is worth 5g. Unbelievable.

I did say for weeks, i didn’t say it will always be worth 250g+
Tequatl held a price of 100g+ for 2 weeks after it came out, and that was buy offers, not sell offers.
This isn’t being completed no where near as often as Tequatl was, so that price will stay very high for a while.

And anyways like i said, if the people attempting it now are doing it for rewards, they’re wasting their own time.

I didnt do it for the loot… i didnt do it for worlds first… I did it for the sheer fun and the community involved!

Jk… i did it for worlds first!

Can someone from deso post the strategy you used? a vague outline is fine. My server still splits into 3 groups and tries to take down each wurm… which I’m assuming is not how you did it.

that is how they did it.

edit: In the most basic way to explain it. There are far more details I am sure but there is a video out for the kegs. Still hoping for crimson video

ZudetGambeous.9573:

which I’m assuming is not how you did it.

We did actually. There’s no elaborate strategy, it’s just a lot of practise and coordination.

Did anyone catch the name of the large chest that spawns by Firthside Vigil Waypoint?

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Can someone from deso post the strategy you used? a vague outline is fine. My server still splits into 3 groups and tries to take down each wurm… which I’m assuming is not how you did it.

That is what we did. Zerging should work as well.

THIS WAS MY FAVEROTE GUILD WARS 2 MOMENT EVER!!!! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND I HAVE TO THANK YOU ALL!

And you are wondering why you are having permanent overflows… Hahaha….

Good job guys! Shame the rewards for you weren’t as good as they should have been, but looks like the victory in itself was more than worth it

How did you find it compare to working out and beating Tequatl? Easier? Harder? More enjoyable?

We were spread on 3 worms too. I was on Cobalt group, so I can quickly write our “strategy”.

4 groups on Cobalt.
“keg runners” about 22 people.
“full condi” 5 full condi necro with epidemic
“zerker warriors” 5 full zerker melee range warriors
“mobs killers” about 15 – 18 people

Condi team was going for husks.
Keg runners was doing what our leader – Alpaca on the last few days. Taking down invul stacks is easiest on Cobalt, so look on video how we did it. Basically we were waiting with last burn phase for Amber (because their thing is the hardest to do), this time Crimson killed their worm first, so we dpsed Cobalt as quickly as possible. Then we took new food buff with power precision instead of power vitality and started killing adds. After that it’s all about being able to dps head.

http://www.twitch.tv/hide89/b/498123159

Randulf.7614:

Good job guys! Shame the rewards for you weren’t as good as they should have been, but looks like the victory in itself was more than worth it

How did you find it compare to working out and beating Tequatl? Easier? Harder? More enjoyable?

It is a much more ORGANIC fight, it seems very messy at first but when you learn the elements to it, it is PURE FUN. I doubt it will ever become as sure fire farm status as Tequatl though. It simply requires a lot of concentration and preparation every single time.. And good specs, good gear is definitely a plus

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Can someone from deso post the strategy you used? a vague outline is fine. My server still splits into 3 groups and tries to take down each wurm… which I’m assuming is not how you did it.

Meh I was in almost all attempts except that last one today -_-

- There is more or less 50 players in each group.
- For Amber, there is no grouping. All players in this group act as one single zerg. Kill abomination, get yellow thing on your head, wait for being eaten without dying. After wurm spit you out, don’t fail to hit it with harpoon and dps. Untill your debuff is gone, clear mobs. Then, repeat.
- For Crimson, there is one -5 people- condition group and rest is fill containers. At dps phase just dps =)
- For Cobalt, just watch the video.
- First phase is more or less depends on Amber group because of “wurm can’t eat you” debuff. For instance, in one of our attempts, we damaged all heads to %3 health and amber needed one more dps phase for a kill. So other groups waited Amber but they couldn’t make it in time and other groups couldn’t kill their heads at the last 1 minute.
- Second phase is just dps race as long as you have enough knowledge about your class and the boss. While boss is moving just use range attacks. When it starts do move like madcows stay away and don’t die. When he stops acting like a madcow, dps hard. As long as most of the group(above %90) stay alive, not even downed state, till the end, you can do enough dps.

so far we are 1 for 1 :P

You realize you just condemned Deso to permanent overflows with this victory, right?

Lol. Congratulations.
And yes, the loot should be better…and less rng based.

Judasmere here (the big orange Charr that helped at Cobalt, lol)
just logged in to say that was hell of a lot of fun, i actually took 4 days off work for this and every moment was really worth it.
this was truly epic and it was a real treat seeing strategies evolve and come together for that kill.
and most importantly is to say thanks to every commander who was there to make everything possible, some real true talents there.

oh and also….
TAKE THAT OTHER SERVERS

Great job deso!! I enjoyed to watch the viedeo. Proud of the EU!!! and have fun doing it now only in overflow because your homeserver will be full as hell ^^

Manuhell.2759:

You realize you just condemned Deso to permanent overflows with this victory, right?

That have been the case since release of the Wurm though

Divus.3175:

We were spread on 3 worms too. I was on Cobalt group, so I can quickly write our “strategy”.

4 groups on Cobalt.
“keg runners” about 22 people.
“full condi” 5 full condi necro with epidemic
“zerker warriors” 5 full zerker melee range warriors
“mobs killers” about 15 – 18 people

Condi team was going for husks.
Keg runners was doing what our leader – Alpaca on the last few days. Taking down invul stacks is easiest on Cobalt, so look on video how we did it. Basically we were waiting with last burn phase for Amber (because their thing is the hardest to do), this time Crimson killed their worm first, so we dpsed Cobalt as quickly as possible. Then we took new food buff with power precision instead of power vitality and started killing adds. After that it’s all about being able to dps head.

http://www.twitch.tv/hide89/b/498123159

I ran in condi group and our tactic was:

Weapons – scepter+dagger/staff
Skills – Signet Of Vampirism(or Consume Conditions if you cant survive w/o it)/Blood Is Power/Epidemic/Signet Of Spite/Lich Form

We split into groups. 3 of us followed “keg kegrunners” and defended them from husk who spawn in kegrunners path. 2 other necro focused on other 2 husks(one for each). When our kegranners approached to arrow we applied [Reaper’s Mark] on it for defend kegs from trashmobs. At DPS stage we used all of our signets and [blood is power] for might stacks, then – [Lich Form] for autoattack, and if we had CoolDown on [Lich Form] we used [Death Shroud]’s 1st attack(with staff in hands) + we used [Epidemic] from wurm to husks if they alive. As well we used [Signet Of Vampirism] for additional 3stacks of might and 150*25 bonus damage per signet.

I think you’re all missing the big picture here….wurms….desolation….crystal desert expansion confirmed!

As one of the OF primary commanders, much congratz to your success. Amazing team work.

Gj Deso, Hoping to get in to complete it myself at some point. <3

great job guys, the feeling after killing it was overwhelming, and this has been one of the best moments in guild wars 2 for me. need more content like this. Thanks to the commanders. and ive spent so much time here with almost the same guys everyday i can recognize most of them.
Deso rules.

I really want to thank you guys. I am so proud to be on Desolation. And special thanks to Arathorian for doing awesome job at Amber. Love you all

As leader of Gandara’s DV, you have my congratulations on taking it down. ^^

great job guys, the feeling after killing it was overwhelming, and this has been one of the best moments in guild wars 2 for me. need more content like this. Thanks to the commanders. and ive spent so much time here with almost the same guys everyday i can recognize most of them.
Deso rules.

Having been there for the BG Teq first kill I know this feeling. I could not agree more, love content like this. Can not wait to see other dragons get revamped etc.

Well done guys!!!!

Congratulations on beating it. Unfortunately this means it’ll never be improved now, but still…congratulations.

Did anyone get any of the new ascended items?

Drainbamaged.1062:

Did anyone get any of the new ascended items?

yeah a guy in guild got a drop, it lets you choose what part you want from it (he took the gloves)

any rifles? And I assume the gloves are account bound? Is it a stat-less skin or are their stats on it?