Guild Wars 2

Personally, I found the availability of open Nightmare Chambers to be rather bad mechanic.

As I progressed through the tower I passed by five of them before any of them were open. I grouped up, went inside with a team of four other players, only to have the chamber bug out (we killed the initial spawns but no enemies spawned after that and the next area remained closed). When we agreed to leave and come back…we were in another overflow with the door closed. We found the experience very frustrating.

Of course, what I learned from this experience is that different overflows have different chambers open at all times, so from then on I finished every chamber (on my own) in order simply by relogging up to three times to change overflows.

I don’t understand the need for this gated mechanic. Being on a high-population world (Yaks Bend) I have only ever once not been in an overflow, which meant that every time I did an instance I’d likely find myself in different overflow with the events in the tower in a completely different state. That’s fine, but it does not engender teamwork so much as selfish running between chambers followed by hitting the F12 key.

I had the same problem occur with being unable to advance in a chamber. I killed three Molten Alliance hallucinations in the first room and the UI updated to show me that I had to move on but the path was blocked by three small clockwork portals and vines behind. Touching one of the portals immediately one-shot downed me. I exited the story instance, figuring it had bugged out, and the tower map I ended up on still showed it as available but it would not allow me to enter again, even as I watched other people go into it.

There is obviously a lockout mechanic on top of them cycling open and closed throughout the tower. I logged out and waited for an hour or two and logged back in and still could not re-enter, even though people were still going into it, so I just gave up and logged out again. After managing to fight through the tower to get to them, it would be nice if they worked properly.

SoulCrystal.2186:

I had the same problem occur with being unable to advance in a chamber. I killed three Molten Alliance hallucinations in the first room and the UI updated to show me that I had to move on but the path was blocked by three small clockwork portals and vines behind. Touching one of the portals immediately one-shot downed me. I exited the story instance, figuring it had bugged out, and the tower map I ended up on still showed it as available but it would not allow me to enter again, even as I watched other people go into it.

The three portal thingy is part of the mechanic. Two portals one shot you, one teleports you forward. There are no mobs around them so just heal up from downed and try another one.

Ooh, they were portals… Could have been a little more clear. I’ve been sighing at and exiting about six rooms now.

Many of these “bugs” are resolved if you just listen to the NPCs that are talking with you inside the instance. (or read the chat, their lines appear there).

The portal thing is not a bug, its a lottery between 3 gates, one will take you forward the other 2 will get you downed (until you use #4 to get up and try another one).

Mesket.5728:

Many of these “bugs” are resolved if you just listen to the NPCs that are talking with you inside the instance. (or read the chat, their lines appear there).

The portal thing is not a bug, its a lottery between 3 gates, one will take you forward the other 2 will get you downed (until you use #4 to get up and try another one).

You don’t have to get downed to figure out which one either. An ambient spider walks into the right one but you’ll probably have to look over at the portal as soon as it updates telling you to go forward. I was able to see it in the first chamber but not the second.