Guild Wars 2

Just did p2 today w/ a pug and my guard can’t get out of the crystal during the last encounter w/ Subject Alpha using Judge Intervention. I’ve tried it many times & it didn’t even work once. If I recall correctly, it was working before the very recent patch. Is this an unintended “new feature” or can anyone confirm it one way or another?
And also there is a bug at the wall of the 1st room w/ Alpha on p2. I used GS leaping skill onto alpha where he was cornered to the wall & I stuck inside the wall. He can still attack me for awhile then walk away (my pugs are all dead). We have to log off, break up the party to do it all over again or he won’t reset.

PS: I turned off auto attack skill & also auto targeting. I’m sure he’s my target.

If you are in melee range Judge’s Intervention won’t get you out. Target a tentacle or any other mob that’s far from you.

I can confirm that it still works.

All righty, guys. Thanks for the info.

If you are doing Alpha the ‘right’ way, the crystal should not even be an issue. Stack on Alpha (everyone) and stay within melee range. Time your evades on the earth spell he casts and keep him in a corner. Pull him with everyone out of LOS if you can to bring him to your stacked group. The crystal should go down so fast, it’s sickening.

In the first encounter in the big room with him, you just keep him close to that item that you interact with at the far door where he stands. You don’t have to keep him slammed into a wall in this room, as he will only travel out and about if someone is running around like their hair is on fire and looking for water.

Unfortunately, the pug situation in CoE is so sad and I don’t find competent players whom I know of, doing CoE so I can join. In 3 out of 4 pugs I joined lately, they all died within the 1st few minutes and I have to solo alpha all the time. The 4th one is like a breeze (guard, war, mesmer, thief & ele). My experience of CoE is exactly 4 times but I am also a utube watcher.

It takes a long while for my girl, a guardian to kill alpha alone in the first encounter. The 2nd one is tougher because I didn’t know about JI skill that well (now I know). But that shouldn’t be the issue the next time.

In case of my JI is in CD, anyone know if the Sword/Scepter teleport skill could break me out of the crystal too? And how warrior breaks out of crystal alone? It’s not for me to soloing alpha. Just in case, I have to do it reluctantly.

If you’ve got good timing, it’s dodgeable. You can also use stability before he casts it and walk right out. If you cast stability afterwards, it will not work. It’s got roughly a 15~20s CD so if you get the hang of the timing, you know when to expect another crystal.

Yeah if you`re in melee range, teleport skills won`t work. Unless I`m mistaken, warriors, engineers, and rangers can`t get out of the crystal prison alone. And if I recall correctly, I don’t think Flashing Blade works…or rather it’s more like you can’t use it while you’re in the crystal.

And as you may already know…I do like to run CoE, so if you need another member, feel free to pm me if I`m online.

Thanks Ioflux for the tip about dodging & CD between crystal attacks. I think I have 1s to dodge the crystal once the guy jumps up. And stability skill also have 8s duration, so I think have some leeway there.

Lyze, yeah I saw you run CoE w/ your group, so thanks for the offer. Likewise, if you need 1 more player, I am there for the taken.