Guild Wars 2

More players can join it, without a (for most) boring waiting time.

As we can probably agree on, Teq is the most difficult worldboss we have right now (especially compared to other world bosses) This is fine as it is good to have a real challenge however, it means that it will take some time with a random group to get things right so we can take him out.

Main problem is that Teq has no pre event and a 30 min spawn window. So basically if you want to make a chance for him, you have to group up way in advance and wait there for him to show. Then if you fail, you learned a bit, but you need to wait around 1,5-2 hours to have a next attempt….

Just giving him a pre event that needs a group to complete makes it better so you can call everyone when the pre is up, so you have a nice group to take him out. This since waiting around the place for him to spawn if fun for 2-3 times but gets pretty boring after that for a lot of players, especially if the chance for success is still low.

It would be even MUCH better, if TEQ with pre event would follow the same setup as the karka queen / orr temples, so that if you fail to kill TEQ, you can redo the pre event immediately and try again. Of course when TEQ is defeated he will need some time to recover and will not spawn again for 1,5-2 hours like now. The pre events however should just continue like with the ones from karka queen/orr temples to prevent farmers from trolling during the TEQ battle (with the 6 turrets playing a key role, trolls are a problem). Make it a meta event and add a notice like we have for karka queen that TEQ is recovering or so, so everyone can see that he will not spawn at the end of the event line.

I think this would at least make it more fun for the less experienced players to join a TEQ fight and it will help players learn it much faster. This would hopefully bring back some more players for this great world boss that now on most servers stands alone or faces/consumes a few pass by and pose no threat to him at all, for 15 min before going back to sleep for 1,5-2 hours.

And I think that also for the lore he earns a pre-event. Jormag has his corrupted shards, The Shatterer is nice and waits till we have gathered our siege weapons to fight him, but TEQ just show out of nowhere.

I hope with this change Teq will get the attention from more players which he deserves.

That’s a good suggestion to help players set up for the encounter. I like the Karka queen setup because if you fail but gained more players towards the end you can try again right away.

Good suggestion, OP. There should be something to do while waiting.

Could actually make the pre-existing events that take over there also affect.

Annoying to see events like escort quaggans to the splintered coast and protect the lab not having anykind of impact…
Especially since these events use same world event tracking window.

Yep, good idea OP!

No i prefer the wait.It gives more excitement.

great idea OP!
Teq is fun but the wait puts a lot of people off- having a pre-event that you can retry if it fails is brilliant

Excellent idea.

Which is why it will never be implemented.

Great idea but… Tequatl is too hard and not fun. I don’t even go there anymore

So… you want the Teq fight require more time to complete? No thanks. I like showing up, and killing him within 15 minutes. I don’t want pre-events that add to the time it takes to do the event.

Just join a Tequatl guild. Best solution to all your problems mate.

Yes, I think the three events, the quaggan, the krait and the risen in the tunnel, should be the pre-events to tequatl. They’re already there, they happen all the time anyway, just link them up. It should also mean they don’t be taking place while tequatl is, which is annoying.