Guild Wars 2

Question -

As I appear to be incapable of making the jump down the waterfall without dying (having tried this 20-25 times now), and every time I die I have to go back to get the gun, is there any chance Arenanet would be willing to let us keep the gun after a resurrect from other players? It really is maddening having to attempt this over and over and over. I know, I know git gud learn 2 play and all that.

Did you trait fall damage yet? Also go with a team, include at least one Mesmer. On Sharkmaw, stand between the two middle teeth and slide down. There are walkthru vids on Youtube for SharkMaw Caverns JP and Lion’s Arch Exterminator.

I feel your pain. I had to get one of my guild’s mesmers to help with that dreadful jump (I’m not even good at jumping on my main in the first place) and he had to try several times before he could (1) survive and (2) set up a successful portal.

As a warrior, not sure I am seeing a fall damage trait to enable. And I have watched videos and read tips on how to survive the fall. Oh well, guess it’s back to dying and trying it all over again

its annoying yes
they removed a rock or something that stopped you from gliding all the way down when you jumped in at the right…

ofc no problem with falldowntrait

Potentially helpful. On my Elementalist with Soldier gear (~2250 Toughness and ~15800 HP with some food) : go in from the left side of the mouth. Jump diagonally to the right side edge of the slope. My character got caught by a spike along the right edge of the fall. She was almost dead. I healed back to 100% HP, and then jumped forward to fall down the rest safely.

They changed something this patch, I used to do it every day without fail and now it seems impossible to get in there without mesmer tricks or a revive orb <_<

Use the rocks on the right hand side like a jumping puzzle and use the spikes to catch your fall. I did this on the second run (like the rest of you, I died trying it the old way) and I made it down just fine without traits, health food, etc.

There are way too many spikes and other things in the way to kill you, you have to use the terrain features to your advantage now.

I did the jump this morning. I went from the low tooth – it’s like a hanging tooth, placed lower than the rest – of the skull after watching a few people jump from the usual spot. And was surprised I made it my first time (usually I just jump after everyone else and they raise me back up again)

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Potentially helpful. On my Elementalist with Soldier gear (~2250 Toughness and ~15800 HP with some food) : go in from the left side of the mouth. Jump diagonally to the right side edge of the slope. My character got caught by a spike along the right edge of the fall. She was almost dead. I healed back to 100% HP, and then jumped forward to fall down the rest safely.

Shouldn’t have to change gear for a jumping puzzle. Traits, possibly, but no way should you have to get a complete new set of gear for it!

Trait fall damage and fall on the right side.

It is possible to do without changing trait, but you need to know where to fall, you do not go all the way done all at once but kinda jump across to the the sticking out rocks.

You shouldn’t have to change gear at all, just select the fall damage trait and slide down the right side. You’ll get caught on the stalagtites on the way down and end up with about 10% HP. You’ll autoheal back to 100% and you can jump in the middle and slide into the pool of water at the bottom.

So they did change the puzzle? I thought I was kitten ing, first time trying to go down the gullet, died. I was like, ‘I know it has been a few weeks since I last did this one, but surely I didn’t forget where to fall.’ Second time down I kept hitting rocks and stopping and eventually made it down. I was like, whatever guess I’m rusty, heh.

That’s not the Karka JP I’m raging over. I think I finally regained feeling in my right hand after last nights fun at Urmaug’s Secret.

I also fell victim to this. I died like 8 times in a row before I got it. I honestly wondered WTF is going on, then someone pointed out they must have added a rock in there. I think I died maybe once on that slide in 2.5 years, and that was a total fluke at that.

fall damage is a percentage of health i believe, so changing gears does nothing. Just put on the fall damage trait and you’re good to go

There is a small rock shortly after you start your glide, aim for that. After that, keep right, you’ll crash again against some spikes, but not hard enough to die. And then you’ll be able to slide down without any problems. It took me a few tries to find the spots again, but once you’ve found it, it’s really handy to remember :p