Guild Wars 2

So I’ve been achievement hunting for Teq for 4 days now and have everything except the “I found it!” achievement. I’ve looked up youtube videos of people doing it and even switched to range on a couple attempts just to be able to see the whole battlefield to maybe spot one so I have a better idea where and when they spawn. But I have yet to ever see a whirlpool at all on any Teq attempt.
Do you think perhaps having my graphics settings at max would prioritize player models over the whirlpool models or something?
Any suggestions for what I could do to be able to see them and therefore get the achievement?
Thanks in advance!

The whirlpool is an actual attack that Teq starts dropping around 75%. In good megaservers, he simply never gets a chance to use the attack. Keep trying. Took a friend of mine 2 months to be lucky enough to get one.

They spawn right before Teq takes off when the first defense phase starts. An NPC even yells something to the effect of “Watch out for the whirlpools. Don’t get sucked under!” when they spawn.

Just watch for the swirling orange circles of death.

Kreejaffa.3682:

They spawn right before Teq takes off when the first defense phase starts. An NPC even yells something to the effect of “Watch out for the whirlpools. Don’t get sucked under!” when they spawn.

Just watch for the swirling orange circles of death.

Not always. It’s an AI attack, not scripted, so there’s always a (large) chance that it will not happen with a good run. Right before first takeoff, and during later phases is common on a moderate ze4g, but fast zergs almost never have whirlpools.

Well, let me put it this way then. I run Teq every single day, and have done so for many, many, many months. I get there about 15-20 minutes before reset every night, and I can count on both hands the number of times whirlpools have not spawned.

So, use the time I normally get there, and you are almost guaranteed whirlpools.

I’m with Kreejaffa. I don’t do Teq every day but have done it 40-50 times or so, and I can’t think of any time that whirlpool hasn’t occurred. I don’t always get pulled in, mind you, but it takes place practically every encounter. So just be patient! When I have been pulled in, I feel as though I was in the DPS zerg, so maybe be sure to be in the stack.

Kreejaffa.3682:

Well, let me put it this way then. I run Teq every single day, and have done so for many, many, many months. I get there about 15-20 minutes before reset every night, and I can count on both hands the number of times whirlpools have not spawned.

So, use the time I normally get there, and you are almost guaranteed whirlpools.

Wow, we ended up on different maps. I can count on one hand the number of times there were whirlpools.

Anyhow, this misses the main point: the whirlpools don’t happen all the time; you have to keep an eye out for them and remember to move towards danger (instead of away). Once sucked down, you also have to remember to run away from the surface, instead of to the safety above.

It’s a scripted attack before he takes off at 75%.

After the 1st cannon, it becomes an AI attack. But usually zerg burns it so fast that it never gets a chance to use.

So your best chance is at 75% mark, watch the ground for aoe. Watch for a sudden number of red aoes and listen to the npc