Guild Wars 2

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

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/Fifteencharacters

Never bothered to buy one.

What did it do?

16c each, spammable knockdown with no CD. Now unusable in dungeons.

Harpy feathers is next!

If Spiky Fruit doesn’t work in dungeons now, I guess the CoE P1 record is not valid anymore, or am I wrong? (looking at you Cookie)

Surely theyve also fixed björns rangebug and npc aggroing in general then.

Rag.3258:

Surely theyve also fixed björns rangebug and npc aggroing in general then.

One can dream!

Jeremlloyd.6837:

If Spiky Fruit doesn’t work in dungeons now, I guess the CoE P1 record is not valid anymore, or am I wrong? (looking at you Cookie)

That’s the idea. Now you have to fight normally

now we have to fight bjarl, such a fun and engaging fight. especially when he gets stuck on a tiny platform and when he stands in place doing nothing for 5++ seconds.

Fear Me into a wall. Chain Ckittenil out. Have Guardian drop a Sanctuary on him. Should be just as fast as with Fruit.

What are these harpy feathers and where do you get them?

Wiki’s your friend: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Harpy_Feather

sssssssshhhhhhhhh

actually the wiki link is wrong, and there are multiple consumables called harpy feathers. the OP ones are a consumable you can buy from an NPC after finishing http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Defend_the_skritt_thieves_while_they_steal_harpy_eggs

they are basically stacking 3s stealth with no cd and blind enemies. 40c apiece. having trouble with trash skips? say goodbye to your trash running troubles with cheap and easy harpy feathers.

They’re getting popular now though so bid your farewells.

Yeah no wonder. Dulfy posted about it on reddit. Carebears will be stacking up on harpy feathers and they’ll get nerfed next patch.

If only Dulfy posted arah exploits on reddit so we could have them fixed.

Jeremlloyd.6837:

If Spiky Fruit doesn’t work in dungeons now, I guess the CoE P1 record is not valid anymore, or am I wrong? (looking at you Cookie)

I’m fine with doing meta ‘resets’ if people actually care. Truthfully; there still isn’t much competition, and I don’t see why there would suddenly be an increase. Regardless, if people want to submit post-spiky fruit CoE p1 times; I’ll make a seperate slot for “all-time” and “current meta”.

Ohhh nooooo. Now people have to play the encounter as intended…

Quickfoot Katana.8642:

If only Dulfy posted arah exploits on reddit so we could have them fixed.

Isn’t that obvious? Anet doesn’t seems to even read either DG subforum or Dg-related bug reports, so as long as things doesn’t become public domain trough the channels that most of the “playhowiwant/casual/carebear/whatever” crowd uses, it’s like it doesn’t exists.

I mean, it’s almost since Spiky Fruits exists that they have been used in DGs, namely Bjarl.
So, umh, since release or shortly after?

guanlongwucaii.3162:

now we have to fight bjarl, such a fun and engaging fight. especially when he gets stuck on a tiny platform and when he stands in place doing nothing for 5++ seconds.

5+? we had a path where we forgot the spiky fruit and thought to ourselves “it can’t be that bad” He sat in one spot for an entire minute we seriously thought he was bugged…. They need to remove his aoe ice circles at least making it so he has no ranged attack and actually has to move into melee range to hit us because right now he will sit there and do nothing but the aoe ice circles for a very long time even when trying to grab his aggor and pull him over. He should have the greatsword swing attack the charge and the great sword knock down.

If Bjarl bugs in one spot, have everyone break line of sight by going behind a pillar or something. He will unbug. Incidentally, same trick prevents his charges so make sure NOT to break LoS when he’s not bugged.

Then again, doubt anyone actually fought him legit enough to even realize that…

Playing the boss as intended means dealing with all the bugs, after all.

frifox.5283:

If Bjarl bugs in one spot, have everyone break line of sight by going behind a pillar or something. He will unbug. Incidentally, same trick prevents his charges so make sure NOT to break LoS when he’s not bugged.

Then again, doubt anyone actually fought him legit enough to even realize that…

The few times i had to do it “legit” and that happened, i found actually easier to run to him and only then stack somewhere else.

The stucking happens because, afaik, Bjarl will lock on a target (sometimes on Spire too, which means that you’ll have to wait for him killing her before getting in the fight again) and follow it blindly until he randomly picks another one. If he charges at said target and the little gap in the middle is in the way, he’ll get stuck on it. Thus best thing is to run to him (cause you don’t really know who is the target, if he’s not charging) so cause him to charge away from it.

Overall, another huge yet simply to solve QA hole never adressed since release, nothing to see here, move on.

I have found that when using Warrior GS 5 towards Bjarl or similar attacks works to unfreeze him.

Pineapple, you will be missed.

hedix.1986:

Pineapple, you will be missed.

Definitely going to change my Sylvari to pineapple hair/face to mourn Spiky Fruits.

Dam Debris still works. A friend of mine was using them for CoE today. They can apparently be bought with karma.

Dam Debris was nerfed like 8 months ago and thats why people started using spikey fruits in the first place.

Tree.3916:

Ohhh nooooo. Now people have to play the encounter as intended…

Ikr? Chaining stuns is so hard for some people.

I’ll just bring my s/p thief for that path.

Nike Porphyrogenita.8137:

Dam Debris was nerfed like 8 months ago and thats why people started using spikey fruits in the first place.

Then it’s probably this: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rock

All I know is that there is still an item that constantly knocks him down. I’ll ask my friend the next time she’s on to clarify which one it was.

Oh no, now you’ll have to spend ~2 more minutes on killing Bjarl! What a travesty indeed!

Black Box.9312:

Oh no, now you’ll have to spend ~2 more minutes on killing Bjarl! What a travesty indeed!

What a high horse mount you are riding. Plz can you tell me where to get one for myself?

Black Box.9312:

Oh no, now you’ll have to spend ~2 more minutes on killing Bjarl! What a travesty indeed!

If the fight worked right to begin with people wouldn’t be as ticked. However he has a tendency to just sit, and sit, and sit, fighting bjarl is like fighting an AFK healing signet bunker warr in WvW he’s not really hurting you but you also arent really hurting him.

Lamir.6702:

Black Box.9312:

Oh no, now you’ll have to spend ~2 more minutes on killing Bjarl! What a travesty indeed!

What a high horse mount you are riding. Plz can you tell me where to get one for myself?

It’s not a high horse, it’s just a blatantly sarcastic response that’s meant to point out how trivial this is. The fight is really easy when done in the intended manner, and when he gets stuck you just tell the person who has aggro to move and he fixes. I’ve done it all the time and an extra couple of minutes on your speed run isn’t going to literally kill you.

Its actually faster to do it without spiky fruit anyway.