Guild Wars 2

Ascalonian Catacombs – Story Mode

This is a guide to the surprisingly difficult first dungeon that you encounter in Guild Wars 2 – the Ascalonian Catacombs. This covers the story mode, which is available beginning at level 30. I love how challenging the dungeons are, and I plan to make more guides as I progress. Let me know what you think!

Find me in game as Keldrig on Darkhaven, part of the Eternal Dominion [ED].

Nice video, I will be looking you up next time I’m on as my server is dark haven also. I’m a Lvl 33 support Engineer.

Thanks! Have you tried the Catacombs yet? What do you think about the skill level needed to complete it?

for mente, the archer boss, melee should run up the board to get up on his platform to engage hand to hand.

Also i cant emphasize enough how important it is to heal downed members.
one or two people helping will get someone up in seconds.

Konkle what time zone are you in and what days do you usually play? I added you to contacts in game but you were off line. I am interested in ED and would like to discuss a bit more about them.

Also I think the learning curve is just right IMO…I believe people just need to take a step back and strategize. A lot of folks seem to just want to Zerg everything down like they do in DE’s but that doesn’t work so well in dungeons.

I would like if ANet had some tutorials or something on using combos…I believe they are not being used (on purpose) the way that ANet thought they would be used.
Happy gaming!

Tharjax.9068:

Konkle what time zone are you in and what days do you usually play?

I’m in US Mountain Time and I’m on almost every night, usually starting at 8 or 9 pm but often earlier.

Tharjax.9068:

I believe people just need to take a step back and strategize.

I completely agree. I think people are used to dungeons being the easy-mode group content, and that is thankfully not the case here in Guild Wars. As for combos, I’ve seen some decent tutorials on YouTube. I agree, though, a lot of people aren’t even aware of them. They’re certainly not being used like they could be.

bkonkle.3849:

Tharjax.9068:

Konkle what time zone are you in and what days do you usually play?

I’m in US Mountain Time and I’m on almost every night, usually starting at 8 or 9 pm but often earlier.

Tharjax.9068:

I believe people just need to take a step back and strategize.

I completely agree. I think people are used to dungeons being the easy-mode group content, and that is thankfully not the case here in Guild Wars. As for combos, I’ve seen some decent tutorials on YouTube. I agree, though, a lot of people aren’t even aware of them. They’re certainly not being used like they could be.

As for me, I am usually on at 8:30-9:00 PST. I usually am up pretty late so maybe I’ll see you on sometime. Also what do you think about the whole dungeon debacle going on right now with the latest patch?