Guild Wars 2

Have anyone tried HotW path 1 after the patch? The champion troll, the first boss, have been changed with identical skills as AC troll, those deadly 1-hit leap-stomp, fear and lightning bolts.

Oh wow that’s gonna be a pug killer. Haha xD

So I just went into HotW to check it out. He had regen / the stomp / lightning attack / fear.

I’m quite curious to know who’s actually doing these. At least the direction is correct.

hahah our hotw p1 record was perfect timing :P

I got on a second group (the first one quit after first try lol), we manage to kill it after 2nd try.

The most critical moment to watch during the fight is the 1-hit-down leap-stomp, it’s an AoE stomp with an earth thing projectile after the impact. Melee and range just need to watch this skill and dodge it the moment it lands for a stomp.

Welp, more reason to NOT skip the AC troll now when he spawns, for the sake of practice on the spot.

I think the more interesting question is why he gives Ascalonian Tears from his bag of wondrous goods drop.

I might actually do this path soon for the first time in months :o

Sins.4782:

I think the more interesting question is why he gives Ascalonian Tears from his bag of wondrous goods drop.

Because they probably just copy-pasted the AC troll and changed his model/colour.

dutchiez.7502:

Sins.4782:

I think the more interesting question is why he gives Ascalonian Tears from his bag of wondrous goods drop.

Because they probably just copy-pasted the AC troll and changed his model/colour.

Copy pasting things left and right sounds just about the amount of work they are willing to do to their dungeons.

The minimum standard for QA should be “did you try this even once?” It’s quite impressive how Anet’s QA department continually fails to meet this standard.

That being said the original troll boss was pointless AFK fest so a tougher boss here sounds like a good change.

What should have they tested?

• Run up to top bridge. Kill the dogs if you have thief/ele.
• Stack might, drop fgs and jump down.
• Use Fiery Whirl as an extra dodge.
• Note that all its attacks are unblockable so don’t even try fancy stuff.

Without an ele, I’m not sure how it’s done, but you’re going to need condi removal for the weakness or you won’t have enough endurance to keep dodging. You just have to nail the timings and get as much endurance as you can, it’s completely doable if you can dodge every attack.

No need even for fgs/ele. It can be done perfectly fine with a normal group who can actually see when he goes for the leap/drop. Nothing out of the ordinary.

draconx.3102:

The minimum standard for QA should be “did you try this even once?” It’s quite impressive how Anet’s QA department continually fails to meet this standard.

That being said the original troll boss was pointless AFK fest so a tougher boss here sounds like a good change.

Since they removed the QA department to a third party agency, i’m not surprised at all.

You can solo the troll relatively easy once your team dies.

The only thing that’s obnoxious as all hell to me is how it gets a bouncing CC projectile with every kittening melee attack.

High Lord Orion.9647:

The only thing that’s obnoxious as all hell to me is how it gets a bouncing CC projectile with every kittening melee attack.

Afaik there is no “melee” attack, just the projectiles themselves. It has a ~0.75s windup so it should be easy to dodge, and if 1 person does, it won’t bounce.

Aleth.9630:

High Lord Orion.9647:

The only thing that’s obnoxious as all hell to me is how it gets a bouncing CC projectile with every kittening melee attack.

Afaik there is no “melee” attack, just the projectiles themselves. It has a ~0.75s windup so it should be easy to dodge, and if 1 person does, it won’t bounce.

I assumed it was one because it uses the melee animation all trolls use. My B.

He only gets 3 stacks of defiance. We did him very fast by melee, using hallowed ground and CC every one shot attack. Then you only need to dodge the auto attack a few times when the heat gets too much. (mostly happened to me as a guard and the ele).

draconx.3102:

haviz.1340:

What should have they tested?

They should have tested actually killing the boss, then they would have noticed that he drops AC tokens.

This kills me. GG, hehe.

So is the AC troll gonna be nerfed since there is no reason at all to have something like that in the “first” explorable dungeon in the game?

draconx.3102:

They should have tested actually killing the boss, then they would have noticed that he drops AC tokens.

Fission mailed.

I love it. Now, if only they’d change the boss on the stairs to not be so trivial as well…

Purple Miku.7032:

I love it. Now, if only they’d change the boss on the stairs to not be so trivial as well…

I am all for that but only if they cut the HP on this and the rest of the legendary bosses in HOTW. Even with high DPS parties the boss takes about 40s, in no small part also related to his stupid block phases.

Haha indeed great timing by Snow Crows. The new troll isn’t so bad. I believe the health pool is actually lower than the original boss here. We were still able to maneuver and fear him to the wall but he was quite a shock to encounter today O.O

I only have to wonder why. Of the things that they could change, they just copy pasted a boss and didn’t bother testing him. Few enough people run P2 and P3 of HoTW. We coordinated for him a bit in TS but I wonder how PuGs will fare here. I’m sure most of them will no longer run this dungeon.

Edit: He actually did seem to die faster from rushes today although he was much more trollish

Tested sigils and he is neither icebrood nor son of svanir.

Also found a ranged safespot.

Wethospu.6437:

Tested sigils and he is neither icebrood nor son of svanir.

Also found a ranged safespot.

Can it be facetanked in pvt / clerics?

Just soloed it. Easy even with lots of screw ups.

draconx.3102:

They should have tested actually killing the boss, then they would have noticed that he drops AC tokens.

Great! Maybe they’d unify all tokens.

http://youtu.be/ENl-O_Y-LzY

joey the creator.3587:

hahah our hotw p1 record was perfect timing :P

You mean disqualified

Sins.4782:

I think the more interesting question is why he gives Ascalonian Tears from his bag of wondrous goods drop.

Seriously? That’s embarrassing.

ANet #1 game developer WORLD

GOAT

All others need to step their game up.

I’d like to see Blizzard reskin WoW’s raid bosses without altering the loot tables to prevent dropping epics from the (previous) tier that it was copied from.

This is shameless rofl

I don’t understand.

Can anyone explain to me while they do all these stealth things to dungeons?

Hey guys let just make things more annoying and harder for people but keep the kitten reward! – Anet

deSade.9437:

Can anyone explain to me while they do all these stealth things to dungeons?

Because making things harder is not what casuals want. So it has to be done secretly.

/facepalm

Ariete The Phoenix.8276:

So I just went into HotW to check it out. He had regen / the stomp / lightning attack / fear.

11.318 and still up? DAT PVT ARMOR lol.
I almost feel bad for not running last night, but i got a 2.1 blackthornes and a 14% orb +300 int +300 vit w/some other crap on d3 instead :p

Nikaido.3457:

dutchiez.7502:

Sins.4782:

I think the more interesting question is why he gives Ascalonian Tears from his bag of wondrous goods drop.

Because they probably just copy-pasted the AC troll and changed his model/colour.

Copy pasting things left and right sounds just about the amount of work they are willing to do to their dungeons.

Lol, so funny :-) And sadly it’s also true…

deSade.9437:

Can anyone explain to me while they do all these stealth things to dungeons?

You should be happy that stuff actually gets bit more interesting.

But can someone tell does the AC troll have leap on his jump?

We need to fix the zerker meta:

More 1hitKO will fix it for sure…

Yes, the AC troll does. I’m one of his victims.

Sigh. Yawn. /15 chars.

Wethospu.6437:

deSade.9437:

Can anyone explain to me while they do all these stealth things to dungeons?

You should be happy that stuff actually gets bit more interesting.

But can someone tell does the AC troll have leap on his jump?

Lower the volume if you use headphones. =]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

This looks pretty epic.