Guild Wars 2

What the hell were the devs drinking when they designed that dungeon ?! Are level 35 even supposed to beat that dungeon in explorable ? Are you guys high ?! What the hell is wrong with you ? I mean Citadel of Flame or even Arah is a cakewalk compared to that.

Eh. I’ve finished AC exp path 2 with a level 35-40 PUG, and got to the lover’s crypt encounter with the same PUG (and failed). You need very different tactics than you use on lvl 85 characters and a lot more communication and organisation.

even level 80 players are scaled down to 35 so its not a big difference being 80 or 35 for ac explorable, other than trait builds and such being more ‘complete’ at 80 (and a few more stats from gear)

If you cannot do it at 35 you probably still cannot at 80 tbh.

AC is really easy if you know what you are doing. Learn the mechanics to the dungeon and it becomes a cake walk.

Actually there is a really big difference, the experience of a lvl 80 player is not the same as a lvl 35 one. If you are 80 and cant clear that dungeon, you should probably start reading on how to do it, or get someone that can guide you.

As the other ppl said, you only need to know how to do it.

AC is one of the easier dungeons. You probably just had a bad team.

Just because you compared it to Arah( where I’ve done only one path) I’ll call this trolling . And the dungeon is beatable at level 35. I’ve done all 3 ways in the 35-40 level range with randoms. It took 2-3 hrs per path the first time around but once you learn the mechanics it becomes much easier. And at level 80 full exotic gear 2 people can alone beat the 1st path.

There is a HUGE difference between a natural 35-40ish and a scaled down 80 in exotics for this dungeon. Literally twice as much damage, and probably 50% more survivability.

Honestly, i’d say just wait until your higher level. Why do you need to farm tokens at 35-40 range? are you going to waste them on the low level rare armors? (really bad idea). Are you doing it for the exp? (kind of bad idea) Just wait till your like 70-80 in rares/exotics, and you will have a much easier time. You won’t waste as much money or time banging your head into the dungeon walls by trying to do it as a low level.

Alternatively, find a party of 4 level 80’s and leech off of them (yes you are leeching, but hopefully not too badly)

Blutkrieg.1320:

I mean Citadel of Flame or even Arah is a cakewalk compared to that.

So a dungeon that can be 3 maned by two 80’s and a 46 is harder than Giganticus?

They even killed Kholer which can be 100% skipped.

A lot of people agree with that.

Dead.7385:

Blutkrieg.1320:

I mean Citadel of Flame or even Arah is a cakewalk compared to that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjCttqquQoc

So a dungeon that can be 3 maned by two 80’s and a 46 is harder than Giganticus?

They even killed Kholer which can be 100% skipped.

Weve also killed giganticus, although it took 5 people.

Ehhhhh… yeah, if you’re saying AC is harder than Arah/CoF I’m guessing this is probably a troll post too. In case you’re serious and you’re really having trouble with AC explorable, then you’d almost certainly benefit from taking a look at a guide video – you’re probably having problems that are common/serious enough that they’re covered. (May I humbly suggest the one in my sig?)

If you’re still having trouble, or if it doesn’t answer your problem, post again – with SPECIFIC things that are going wrong, or specific points at which the group seems to break down – and we can help.

Either way, best of luck to you.

AC Explorable is one of the easiest by far.. I regularly take people 40 or under just cause it’s fine to do so. The ones that die the most tend to be the ones that haven’t done it before. But the dungeon is not terribly hard, I can usually clear all three paths in 1.5 hrs.

The only somewhat difficult boss would be Colossus Rumblus, his howl is worse than the “Howling King” ironic isn’t it? The cone is not just a cone, it comes out of his side too, just standing behind his belly won’t always save you, the best bet is to just stay the fuuck away. Also the scream can go through walls..

Lumines.3916:

The only somewhat difficult boss would be Colossus Rumblus, his howl is worse than the “Howling King” ironic isn’t it? The cone is not just a cone, it comes out of his side too, just standing behind his belly won’t always save you, the best bet is to just stay the fuuck away. Also the scream can go through walls..

Incidentally, I found a baby Colossus Rumblus

Nethelli.4023:

Incidentally, I found a baby Colossus Rumblus

Very cute! Make me chuckle..

This is also relevant to your post, Lumines

What?!? I have the AC gloves and Staff, which is roughly 570 pts, and i got that in less than a week, doing a random 2 paths per day… I never had trouble at AC, ARAH on the other hand, I tried for a week and I’ve only been able to complete it twice after trying four times…

And god kitten I’m so proud that I’ve killed Giganticus the legit way.

AC explorer is very easy actually. Best dungeon to farm gold at currently.

I run AC 3 times a day (1 each path) under 1 hour. It is by far the easiest dungeon if you are talking about all 3 paths together. Once you learn the dungeon you’ll realize just how easy it is. I hit DR last night and got 45 tokens on the 3rd path because we were running it so fast.

I already have my 500 token gift, the mace, the shield, the staff, and almost the GS (which I’m only buying to transmute onto my ugly pearl explorer exotic since I already have CoF GS) and still continue to run out because it’s awesome money and I get tokens for future alts.

I can’t believe someone would actually compare Arah to AC.

AC ex is the easiest one to do all paths on. It has been my daily routine to speed clear AC ex for cash and extra tokens. I’ve been doing it too much that I have full set (needed the precision/vitality/healing for my other build), the gift, and 5 weapons (4 of them are two-handed). That’s around 3500 tokens.

Nethelli.4023:

Lumines.3916:

The only somewhat difficult boss would be Colossus Rumblus, his howl is worse than the “Howling King” ironic isn’t it? The cone is not just a cone, it comes out of his side too, just standing behind his belly won’t always save you, the best bet is to just stay the fuuck away. Also the scream can go through walls..

Incidentally, I found a baby Colossus Rumblus

That is not a gecko that’s a very upset azura!

Ac is my fav EM dungeon the first boss and the spike traps are decent designed. 2 of 9 bosses isnt saying much but better than most. The dungeons are a silly mess

Hmm, it must be your group and you mate, i know it is a hard dungeon but i have run this many times on alts who aren’t even 40 and we go through all 3 paths without to many problems, even with first timers

AC story is hard for first timers but one you get used to it, its easy. Explore mode on the other hand, path 2 do is doable with levels 35-45. Path 1 and 3, its almost a requirement to have level 80s WITH good equipment, a level 80 with green equipment when scaled down, has worse stats than a level 35 in green.

I have done AC exp with both my guardian and warrior on all paths, (their lvls atm is 43 and 41 respectively, also my highest lvl chars) with pug groups of lvl range i 35-50. Are they hard, yes ofc. But certainly doable.

I have absolutely nothing good to say about the dungeons in this game. Whoever designed these needs to stop designing and actually go play a "real" game’s dungeons.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/The-biggest-problem-with-Dungeons/341547

This link might help those who are having problems with dungeons.

One of the worst thread i ever read linked there…

Think just the difference between me and you:
I want to play dungeon (any) to chill out with guildmates, friends and maybe make new friends…

you state clearly its a way to farm equip (and gold)

I repeat people just think when played your first character, what was your skill level at 35 but also at 60…and ask yourself if you were easily able to do AC with random people & no guides……i can see that with your alt after months of play you can do them all……

Don t even tell me ….i know i m bad and everyone else is a smartkitten>:3 able to do combo fields at will and any sort of combo with strangers when they were lvl 1/2 but ….just ask yourself in your head…..and try to remember….before posting again that people is bad because tehy find a lvl 35 catacomb hard.

The thing is they are suppose to be hard. If you wanna chill out and relax with guild mates there are jumping puzzles and tons of events out there. Dungeons should be challenging in exp. mode.

@LordByron i can clearly remember when i was lvl 35 since it was two days ago. I bought the game 2 weeks ago, leveled two char to lvl 43 and 41.

Was the dungoens hard? yes ofc. Were they fun ? yes. And i pugged them all with no problem. Of course we wiped. But it was challenging and they teached me alot about the gameplay.