Guild Wars 2

It’s my understanding this fight goes,

- Kite her into the electric shots/aoe
- Repeat until the shield debuff is gone
- Attack her
- do this 4 times (25% each)

It’s not the general idea that I see a problem with but with how aggro works in GW2.
It’s that hectic that I really can’t see why this idea was actually made.
In my opinion, instead of fighting against the boss, you’re fighting against the GW2 engine to try and magically get her to follow someone.
Now, I’ve managed to kill her but it took much longer than it should of compared to say if a classic style of aggro was implemented into the game.
I think it was a mistake to rely on kiting a boss when kiting and aggro do not really go hand in hand.

Good job on the 1st boss however. Finally seeing scripted bosses is a step in the right direction to bringing players like myself back.

Immobilize is your friend.

Vahkris.6847:

Immobilize is your friend.

yeah, it’s not like she constantly teleports around or anything.
on top of that, she totally always stands right in the static fields;
it’s clearly a l2p issue!

to the op: yes this was exactly my impression as well.
the first boss was tough and the pulling aside, quite fun, even if i think the low barrier (which gives them invul) should be changed to something different, like the big one, that gives i think 25 stacks of might.
the fight is overly gimmicky and i just felt like fighting the engine, as you did too.
with a classic tank-hate fighting system this would have worked quite well i assume
but the fight, as it is, is just a joke

I’ve done it. Loads of other players have done it. It’s not impossible so you can do it, it takes time is all

SnoodBeAR.5286:

I’ve done it. Loads of other players have done it. It’s not impossible so you can do it, it takes time is all

the op said, he already finished the dungeon and so did i.
this thread is about the general mechanics, not a whine about how we can’t finish it

Yeah just stack on her if you can’t immobilize. You can stand in the fields a while, they don’t hurt much.

oh well that might work well, i’ll try it out when i have a good group together;
just want that speedkill achievement

I don’t like how if you kill the Male NPC first you don’t get any notification that the mission is now impossible to finish without wiping….

One, defiant plays an issue ALOT in this fight. Remove defiant from the game and then it would be a different fight all together.

Two, it’s not the AOE that does damage, its Mai. Try and stand in the AOE while you have aggro and are unable to move out because she will. Her attacks do a lot of damage. Not complaining about that, but again, if defiant wasn’t there then it wouldn’t be a problem.

I’m pretty sure defiant was there since most of my knockbacks and CC’s did nothing. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think I am

It’s perfectly doable if you take your time and take it slow. Yes, she sometimes teleports out or runs away and that would be fine if not because of that…

15min achievement, that’s something different entirely.

BlueSoda.6297:

I don’t like how if you kill the Male NPC first you don’t get any notification that the mission is now impossible to finish without wiping….

Mai is supposed to go rez him if he dies mid-fight, so there’s intended to be a catch for that situation.

kipz.8701:

One, defiant plays an issue ALOT in this fight. Remove defiant from the game and then it would be a different fight all together.

Two, it’s not the AOE that does damage, its Mai. Try and stand in the AOE while you have aggro and are unable to move out because she will. Her attacks do a lot of damage. Not complaining about that, but again, if defiant wasn’t there then it wouldn’t be a problem.

I’m pretty sure defiant was there since most of my knockbacks and CC’s did nothing. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think I am

She’s Legendary, so she definitely has Defiant/Unshakeable.

1. learn 2 stack
2. learn 2 defiant
3. ???
4. Profit

The last boss fight is easy, except for dodging the canons.

Fighting fritz- is mad. Haha, that was fun.

So… if friends had difficulty in this dungeon it is because of;

1. learn to play
2. bad items
3. no team work.

just saw that the “speedkill” achievement is for under 15minutes lol
in that case the encounter is easy enough.
if what dulfy says is true and you get the other achievement
for not getting hit by aoe only during the “horrik only” phase then that’s even better.