Guild Wars 2

Wasted 2.5 hours because player gets kicked due to connectivity issues. We can’t replace our war, and we’re unable to continue. I don’t think this path was even worthy of an hour, almost all padding, gimmicky mechanics, and generic boss encounters.

They quit at Grenth? Ouch. Did you even make it to Simin?

We didn’t quit at grenth we couldn’t even get past the wraith you need to kill first because we had lower dps and he kept resetting

You are supposed to have one person stay in each of the circles. He teleports around between them. You shouldn’t really need high DPS for that part.

Atleast you gave me a good laugh Michael!

But seriously what are we supposed to do with this post of you? You are clearly frustrated you didnt finish path 4. Like many have been before you and are with you :P. But to be honest player connectivity issues? Uhm tell the player to fix it. What are we or Anet supposed to do about that?

Can’t find a replacement for the warior. Well path 4 isn’t exactly popular. As long as you haven’t killed Simin yet people propably won’t join. When entering path 4 make sure everyone has atleast 3-4 hours. If not don’t start path 4. As the change is very high you won’t get a replacement.

And on top of that make sure you know what to do. Read the forums or watch movies on youtube. If you were really wondering why the wraith resetted every time, you weren’t supposed to finish the dungeon anyway. And watching the screenshot the group didn’t have a clue what to do. You guys got wiped out by trash mobs not the boss. Besides the wraith is actually the boss :P.

Before entering get a group on Mumble, Teamspeak or whatever to be able to communicate a lot easier. Make sure everyone has foods and potions on them. No excuse not to. If you can’t spend 20s on some foods you won’t finish path 4.

We all know path 4 is hard, long and for many very very frustrating. No need to add another post for that.

If you need help on path 4 ask that instead and we can provide tips or help you finish the dungeon. You just added another troll post.

huh? we did path 4 in our small guild two weeks earlier for the first time ever and did not find it that hard, after we figured out how the bosses work. so with breaks and youtube vids and guides it was almost 5 hours, but didn’t have any bigger troubles. My hint: if you’re new to path 4, make sure, everyone has plenty of time. It IS a very very long path, but doable 100%, even for newcomers.

btw had that issue that grenth’s resetting too…some guides brought light in the dark: as soon as he enters your circle, you need to do dmg on him IMMEDIATELY! that means: instant spells, if you wait more than a second, he resets. not a bug but game mechanics.

good luck

Players are not entitled to finish every dungeon path that they start. Arah 4 always was the toughest path so needing at least 2 visits to learn and complete the dungeon isn’t unexpected.

I disagree entirely with the philosophy that everyone should use net resources to learn dungeons. Players should always be able to learn the game within the game.

Stooperdale.3560:

I disagree entirely with the philosophy that everyone should use net resources to learn dungeons. Players should always be able to learn the game within the game.

Everyone is able to learn within the game. But as he’s already saying 2,5 hours is long and they keep failing at a boss that is bugged in his eyes. Which the boss is clearly not. He better uses the net.

I find it more fun to come up with my own tactics and strategies aswell for encounters. But it will always take more time then when you read up in front on what to do, no exceptions!

Besides exploring a dungeon your own way isn’t gonne work when he sees the dungeon as frustrating is it? He’s after a fast clear of path 4 without to much effort. He propably is gonne finish the path once to never return there.

I love that this community attacks anyone who has any kind of criticism of nonsensical elements of the game. Firstly, I know you’re supposed to stand in the circles to down the wraith before he resets, I never said it was bugged. But we were already down players, and the new build prevented us from getting replacements, and then we couldn’t clear the trash guarding one of the circles.

Michael.7943:

But we were already down players, and the new build prevented us from getting replacements, and then we couldn’t clear the trash guarding one of the circles.

Unfortunate timing, really. I’ve beaten a FotM L48 before with only 3 players against Cliffside boss because of a similar situation, but that’s just how it goes. Either make it happen or quit and try again after updating to the newest patch. It’s not ANet’s fault; no matter when they put up a new patch they will interrupt someone doing something.

Rising Dusk.2408:

Michael.7943:

But we were already down players, and the new build prevented us from getting replacements, and then we couldn’t clear the trash guarding one of the circles.

Unfortunate timing, really. I’ve beaten a FotM L48 before with only 3 players against Cliffside boss because of a similar situation, but that’s just how it goes. Either make it happen or quit and try again after updating to the newest patch. It’s not ANet’s fault; no matter when they put up a new patch they will interrupt someone doing something.

I suppose that’s true. I probably wouldn’t be so frustrated if more players were actually willing to do path 4, or anything aside from cof farming.

Yeah CoF is to easy to grind money. Other dungeons should get higher rewards to match their difficulty and time needed for it. I think.

But try gw2lfg.com it really helps getting groups for a dungeon. Not arah 4 though. But if that’s the problem I’m happy to help you in arah 4. Got some friends that want to join no problem. Got no one also no problem and I ask some friends. I don’t care what class you play or what build you use. But it will take 2 to 2,5 hours. I can’t make it shorter sorry. But I can almost guarantee you will finish the dungeon.

I had the NPC bug out once on the last boss. He didn’t activate the crystal. So that’s why I don’t dear to guarantee hehe.

But what server your playing on NA or EU. I’m on EU servers

Hey, it happens a lot in Arah PUG.
I tried path4 3 ot 4 times. Each attempt wastes more than 2 hours. First time, we met a bug. Second time, game updated. When one member d/c, he got auto update and cannot join the dungeon again. Third time, don’t remember what happened. But the forth time, I joined another PUG and we all stayed. It takes more than 4 hours for the whole path. *Heard it nerfed a lot, might be shorter now.
Path 1 is another pain. I had to reset the ad on gw2lfg again and again. Regrouped at least 5 times. Some PUG members have no idea what arah is, quit after their first death. Although I added detailed notice on the ad: serious player only, those noobs just keep coming (maybe should call them newbie cause they know nothing what they are doing). We even regroup twice at lupis. At the end, when finished, including me, only 2/5 were the ones who started from beginning.

It happens. The first Arah path 4 I did was back when the gates were glitched and players were not allowed access to a dungeon with contested gate even though his/her teammates are in the instance already. Needless to say, we wasted a few hours. Ironically at Grenth too.

Michael.7943:

I love that this community attacks anyone who has any kind of criticism of nonsensical elements of the game. Firstly, I know you’re supposed to stand in the circles to down the wraith before he resets, I never said it was bugged. But we were already down players, and the new build prevented us from getting replacements, and then we couldn’t clear the trash guarding one of the circles.

So what’s the point of your thread?