Guild Wars 2

This is the last thing I need for the achievment, and I just cannot get the timing right to save my life. Im not even sure WHEN youre supposed to hit each note. I have looked at dulfy and youtube and all information is 3 years old and still doesnt really explain to me how Im supposed to do this. Is there a trick? I have 2 correct notes (by sheer dumb luck?) and I cannot imagine getting 500!

I hit the notes right after the ball/token? passes the white line. I wasn’t very good the first year, better the second, and pretty good now.

Good luck.

The 3 years old info is still relevant because nothing changed since then
As Inculpatus cedo said, use the white line that is close to the center of the arena.

Also, a good tip is to put the camera above your character and looking down, like in the image:

EDIT: In the image, the red note that is in the blue field in the bottom left, is about when you press the button.

I admit I never was able to get bells until this year and now I can finish all the way thru 98% of the time. The above suggestions are good. If anything think that you have more time versus less to hit the note if you error on waiting till the note reaches the line. You need for it to pass the white line and be in the blue before hitting the key.

Another thing that didn’t make sense is that you can heal between rounds by hitting any bell note as long as, and only when, you see the game saying Waiting for more players and the status bar is up. If that never comes up there is no healing between rounds so it might be better to take a couple of hits and ensure you get some notes played versus all. Example from the image above, if in doubt skip the 2 (Red) note and ensure you get good hits on the three 1 (Green) notes if you need to heal some.

I would also recommend finding and trying to play the same portion. Example I prefer the middle part. That way you get used to the songs and have a better idea what to expect once you see the opening notes.

Found most people I know that do better on bells leave both hands on the keyboard over the 1-4 and 6-9 keys. Going that route versus number pad made a vast difference this year versus last. In addition to the above camera views I would also recommend setting your view so that you are looking down the line between the notes that split the 4 and 6 keys so that there is more emphasis on whether the note is in the 1-4 or 6-9 group and therefore right or left hand motions.

There also might be a pattern to the melody that is being played by the game itself versus the player triggered notes but I don’t have that one figured out yet. I would also check to see if you can take more errors on one toon versus another. Example my War seems to be able to take more errors than my necro, but again,haven’t tested to understand that yet or its perception of some sort going on there.

Practice does add up. I went from a bell hater to now being called a fanatic and it can be quite relaxing once you get it down.

Good luck!

TheGrimm.5624:

you can heal between rounds by hitting any bell note as long as, and only when, you see the game saying Waiting for more players and the status bar is up.

So much this. I try to whisper people whose health stays low in between rounds but as I have to type their name out in full, time is limited, and sometimes they have special characters in their names, that’s not terribly practical. I got out of the habit of mentioning it in Map thanks to my several days of avoiding Star Wars spoilers by avoiding Map, too

The first year in Bell Choir I was getting knocked off the stage all the time. Then I stumbled on the healing thing and life was good.

Go for middle or low, as well, the high spot tends to have more notes in more complicated patterns.

TheGrimm.5624:

Found most people I know that do better on bells leave both hands on the keyboard over the 1-4 and 6-9 keys. Going that route versus number pad made a vast difference this year versus last.

haha, I never thought in NOT playing like that, so much so that I have to change key binds to default every time I enter bell choir (I change my heal skill to Mouse 3 and skill 9 to “c”)
The 4 keys in the left and 4 in the right makes it perfect to lay your fingers just like that, that way you can sign each note lane to a finger.

Belzebu.3912:

TheGrimm.5624:

Found most people I know that do better on bells leave both hands on the keyboard over the 1-4 and 6-9 keys. Going that route versus number pad made a vast difference this year versus last.

haha, I never thought in NOT playing like that, so much so that I have to change key binds to default every time I enter bell choir (I change my heal skill to Mouse 3 and skill 9 to “c”)
The 4 keys in the left and 4 in the right makes it perfect to lay your fingers just like that, that way you can sign each note lane to a finger.

:)

I know a number of people that tried just clicking there way thru it as well as trying the number pad so figured better to suggestion it versus not. Know enough bean counters and data entry peeps that are amazing to watch with number pads so that route made more sense for them to try.

If I play where I have good internet, its super easy and I get 590-600.
If I am playing with shabby internet connection, its almost impossible because hitting it right when my screen says to, is bad timing due to latency…

So if you can’t do it, it might be lag.

The problem with lag is when it is not constant.
My ping is about 180~200ms, but it keeps like that, so I can find the spot where I need to press, if my ping were 500ms, but constantly at 500ms then you just need to find that new spot.