Guild Wars 2

We attempted Arah path 2 last night. One party member had done different Arah paths before and the rest of us were newcommers to Arah explorable. I figured I had up to two and a half hours with someone who did it before, so I had plenty of time, right? Nope, not even close. While our experienced person was not always good at explaining things and parts lacked instructions (trial and error were required to get through the spider cave – it had changed since he had last done it), even with better guidance it would have taken a long time. We were all adults with jobs in the morning and 3 of 5 were married with kids and did not like accomplishing nothing in almost 3 hours, not getting enough sleep and irritating those we live with (in a game advertising itself as friendly to casual players). This could all have been avoided if we had any guidelines about how long it was expected to take the first time.

Are there any guides on this forum that will help us avoid this situation in the future? If it is expected to take >2 hours, we really need to know that.

here is a link to a video guid for every dungeon path.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Video-Guides-To-all-Explorable-Mode-Dungeons

as for the time it takes. that all depends on group makeup, gear level, and path knowledge. i know it can be frustrating but arah is meant to be a challenge.

i do know path 4 in arah will take you about 3 or 4 hours so be prepared.

shambo.3842:

here is a link to a video guide for every dungeon path.

Thanks, but you are completely misunderstanding the nature of the problem. The problem was not how difficult it was, per se. The problem is that we get on when job/family obligations allow and would rather not spend hours doing something only to learn we did not have enough time to complete it. Time is what I need to know.

One guy had problems with his wife because she did not expect him to be on for over 2 hours, but he did not want to leave us high and dry, either. Spending time with friends on a video game should never be the cause of a family argument. The whole problem could be avoided if we had an idea of how much time it would take.

We were blindsided by the time requirement. The long F/F path of Twilight Arbor, when none of us had done it before, did not take that long. He tells his wife “I will be done in 2 hours, 2.5 tops” and thinks he is telling the truth based on experience. I told people at work I would meet them early. Who knows what other problems the other 3 had. This is unnecessary and part of what gives video games in general and MMOs in particular a bad name.

Note I do not mind that it takes a long time. We can plan for that, but not if every thing we have seen says “under 2 hours” and we are over 2.5 hours in and no end in sight.

your first time through a path will take longer than the average. i would just plan on 3 hours on a new path till you get some experience in it.

i don’t think there is a set time for a dungeon because you have to many factors to add in. like i said before

gear
knowledge
party makeup

are all big factors in how fast (or slow) you can finish a dungeon. if you find your going over the dungeon average time, remember thats someone elses average time not yours.