Guild Wars 2

So I’ve been back for a week, probably my third time logging in and decided to take my lvl 14 human ele to Diessa Plateau for a change of scenery where I saw a big mysterious gift box so I strolled over and poked at it, to my surprise 5 lvl 15 mobs jumped out and wailed on me good and proper. The first time it was kind of funny, I double checked my gear durability and tried a couple more times only to walk(well more like run) away unsuccessful and annoyed. Is anyone having trouble with this?

The difficulty is dependent upon the type and level of the mob.

The centaur toys and epsecially princess dolls can be very tricky, and their mechanics (spammed range and ice aoe for the centaurs, stacking confusion on you and boons on themselves for the princess dolls).

If you don’t have a full set of traits to deal with things like this, (e.g., if you’re a lowbie rather than a scaled-down 45 or higher), you’re best grabbing the present and dodging out.

As a mesmer I found the princess dolls to be the most challening (but fun). They stacked confusion to 15 and they have protection, regen, and fury all the time. I’d have to spec boon-strip on shatter specifically for them to make them easy.

I do think the centaurs and princesses that spawn in under-40 zones could use a tone-down though.

I got those pocket sized Charr, toy soldiers I think. I was element switching, tried different skill sets but I was just too squishy. The Ranger (lvl 17) across from me didn’t seem to have trouble with his box and neither did the Warrior which is what prompted me to try again and again. It was such a bummer, I ended up closing the client. I think I need to comb through anything Ele related in the past patch notes because I felt like I brought a pillow to a gun fight.

The Princess Dolls are just plain evil. If the mini-pets had some functionality equal to the lil’ evil things in the present box…. I’d buy one. JK :P
Otherwise they are just creepy and a reminder of my sensless death at lvl80 when I first encountered what looked like innocent easy kill dolls.

Hi! I moved this thread to the wintersday forums.
Thanks for your understanding.