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Posted by: ilr.9675

ilr.9675

FINALLY I can post this screen
BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

not sure if pr0n…

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Posted by: Broadicea.8294

Broadicea.8294

@Broadicea: I know. Thats actually the only reason why taking rangers into dungeons isn’t like “the worst” choice. Still, in AC you’re better adding an ele or a warrior (or a guardian for path 2), for arah you’re better adding a warrior (p1, 2, 4) and for TA, you probably want a thief, guardian or mesmer. Ranger sounds good in theory, practically you better first get perma 25 vuln and might without too much effort before thinking about a ranger buffs. Not to mention utility and overall effectivity.

Well they’d be filling a DPS slot, they wouldn’t be bumping something like guardian for TA or mesmer for Arah or even the ele for AC. But I agree with results more than anything else, and that would be a group-by-group basis. Personally I can’t stand taking mine into Arah because I feel useless on Lupi. But maybe that’s an L2P issue, who knows.

Retired. Too many casuals.

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Posted by: Chryzo.8906

Chryzo.8906

you can protect your group from aoe projectiles on Lupi though P3 protection is really hard to pull ^^

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Posted by: Broadicea.8294

Broadicea.8294

I tried Whirling Axe last time I went it and I still got clobbered by AoE. Could have been due to people not stacking perfectly on me though. I thought maybe WA is a ring-type area and you need dome-types (or wall-types that are tall enough) to truly protect you.

Does a traited Temporal Curtain reflect as well?

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Posted by: spoj.9672

spoj.9672

I tried Whirling Axe last time I went it and I still got clobbered by AoE. Could have been due to people not stacking perfectly on me though. I thought maybe WA is a ring-type area and you need dome-types (or wall-types that are tall enough) to truly protect you.

Does a traited Temporal Curtain reflect as well?

It does, but I dont think its very reliable at keeping you from getting hit.

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Posted by: SkyChef.5432

SkyChef.5432

Pugs think Legendary Shoggroth is hard?
I always thought pugs don’t do this path because they can’t do the skips.
Still waiting on any arguments why path 1 is easiest and fastest path, btw.

His clock isn’t working and this time the goo doesn’t stick.

People are too serious of their knowledge.

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Posted by: Chryzo.8906

Chryzo.8906

it does, look at the video from Sandy, he uses it at P1 transition but like spoj said, don’t rely too much on it ^^

and for the axe thingy, you need to start right when he starts the animation because the first half second, you don’t protect from anything, look closely at the spell bar

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Posted by: Dub.1273

Dub.1273

Don’t forget turrets!

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Posted by: Guanglai Kangyi.4318

Guanglai Kangyi.4318

I don’t think you can see how skips are from the eyes of the usual pugs. If p3 had the “hardest skip” then why is p3 pretty much the only path they run ? p1 boss fights are a lot less tedious in low dps groups than the Crusher+Hunter combination. You can’t really trust the pug to cycle enough reflection to prevent the immobilize from Hunter, and in a low dps group you don’t really want to stand in melee inside the poison field either. And sometimes you’ll get a really, really bad pug that will pull them and make the crusher revive the fabulous group of mob at the gate, because that’s exactly what all pug groups need. This fight is a lot harsher in pugs than any of the Path 1 boss.

You can always pull first group far enough and then separate Crusher and Hunter (pull them back, range Hunter and he resets when Crusher revives him).

For path 2 and 3 you can solo every boss legit and don’t need to carry via portals. Also the skips are “easier”.

P3 has the hardest skips IMO. P2 is mostly just Deadeyes and P1 is just Oozes. I’d much rather deal with those than Risen Illusionists.

Abom is also kind of a pain in the kitten to solo legit. Alphard too if you’re not a mesmer.

When was the last time you ran P1? It has Risen, Oozes, Drakes and Spiders, even some Gorillas.

You can avoid pretty much all the Risen in P1 except for that one small group after the Legendary Ooze, which you can just block/invul/stealth through since they don’t really follow you. Spiders are a non-threat because they are melee. Oozes are also fine so long as you don’t run straight through them. I’ve never had a problem with drakes, either, they just spit poison which you avoid. I suppose there are a few annoying Risen in the very last run (with Korga) but only one person needs to make that run to finish the dungeon.

By comparison, Illusionists are really dumb because of Chaos Storm being rather difficult to time the dodge for and the big laser thing being, as far as I can tell, totally unavoidable.

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Posted by: Wethospu.6437

Wethospu.6437


I suppose there are a few annoying Risen in the very last run (with Korga) but only one person needs to make that run to finish the dungeon.

I hope you don’t mean that you just start a tea party at Lupicus and let your team carry you…

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Posted by: The Mexican Cookie.3690

The Mexican Cookie.3690


I suppose there are a few annoying Risen in the very last run (with Korga) but only one person needs to make that run to finish the dungeon.

I hope you don’t mean that you just start a tea party at Lupicus and let your team carry you…

You don’t like tea parties?

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Posted by: Dub.1273

Dub.1273

No worries, Level 7 Gîganticus Lupicus is ready to solo Jotun Stargazer!

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Posted by: LordByron.8369

LordByron.8369

its too much to stop to post l2p everywhere and actually read suggestions of what is wrong with the game?

I never failed lupicus…..
Yet it s completely wrong.

Use different grapic, different clues and different stuff because how is now needs youtube and guides to be understood EVEN if you can kill it easily.

Ex if 99% players can t understand that when a grub appears near you from nowhere is summoned from the boss and can be evaded…

Or the projectile stuff that really is wrong…

Its not rockest science to understand why…..

GW2 balance:
A PvE player is supposed to avoid a 1-2 second 1 shotting aoe.
A WWW player is considered uncapable of avoiding a 5,75 second aoe for half his health.

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Posted by: Guanglai Kangyi.4318

Guanglai Kangyi.4318


I suppose there are a few annoying Risen in the very last run (with Korga) but only one person needs to make that run to finish the dungeon.

I hope you don’t mean that you just start a tea party at Lupicus and let your team carry you…

I dunno how you came to that conclusion, but yeah, I usually AFK after Lupi. I figure I’ve carried the party enough up to that point so it’s time to let them actually contribute a bit.

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Posted by: haviz.1340

haviz.1340

Before last boss there are 2 champion spiders, really fast to kill if you have any reflections. Hence running with your team makes sense.

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Posted by: Bismuth.3165

Bismuth.3165

lupis is a funny word, just like only… only, only only lupis… -_-
The p1 endboss is very easy to get to and easier to solo, just evade and pray the reflection crystal doesn’t break .

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Posted by: Kirschwasser.3972

Kirschwasser.3972

It’s not lupis.

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Posted by: Wethospu.6437

Wethospu.6437


I suppose there are a few annoying Risen in the very last run (with Korga) but only one person needs to make that run to finish the dungeon.

I hope you don’t mean that you just start a tea party at Lupicus and let your team carry you…

I dunno how you came to that conclusion, but yeah, I usually AFK after Lupi. I figure I’ve carried the party enough up to that point so it’s time to let them actually contribute a bit.

Maybe I understood word “suppose” incorrectly but I think it is used when you are assuming something. Which makes me think you haven’t really done the last skip.

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Posted by: ilr.9675

ilr.9675

I tried Whirling Axe last time I went it and I still got clobbered by AoE. Could have been due to people not stacking perfectly on me though.

Same thing happened to me while right in his face, something about the physics just isn’t….intuitive. Any other mob would have had every shot thrown right back in their face

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Posted by: Dub.1273

Dub.1273

Whirling Axe must be traited for greater radius to work.

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Posted by: Bismuth.3165

Bismuth.3165

It’s not lupis.

gicanticus lupicus, aka lupi, a latin word that translates to giant jackal.

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Posted by: spoj.9672

spoj.9672

=/= lupis

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Posted by: Kirschwasser.3972

Kirschwasser.3972

It’s not lupis.

gicanticus lupicus, aka lupi, a latin word that translates to giant jackal.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-not-lupus

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Posted by: Chasind.3128

Chasind.3128

3 things to remember about lupi so you won’t have to worry about a thing again other than a closer WP due to convenience:

Only allow 1 person to res a downed player, everyone else must kite – the resurrecting must call out they are helping the downed player (helps with confusion but not matter
Always have stability with you & spread out
Target grubs & unleash all AoE without pushing them towards lupi

Never had a problem with him after learning this on my own & thru random pugging