Guild Wars 2

Anyone know a workaround for the mystery cave dragon issue? (dragon doesn’t take damage 99% of the time during damage phase)

I’d like to know this too. I had the stupid dragon in the damage phase 5 times, and didn’t manage to do any damage to it. it was targeted the whole time, so this was extremely frustrating.

Hmm is this a new version of that bug? I found using a single target ranged weapon worked. Try that? I had the issue once a couple weeks ago when I was trying to help some people get it done.

I’m a guardian who is more or less limited to melee weapons, but I tried switching out my sword for a staff and standing back, and it did nothing.

Use the Scepter.

tried staff, great sword and hammer to no avail , will buy as septor and get out the shield and try that

scepter works great for that fight , seems a shame to have to buy one just for one fight tho. you’d think all weapons would do it.

I’ll have to try buying a scepter. i was using a greatsword, short sword w/torch, and a staff, none of which worked.

Drachenjager.7420:

scepter works great for that fight , seems a shame to have to buy one just for one fight tho.

Yep, it’s a shame, because any decent guardian should have a backup scepter/focus already They are just too useful not to have them.

Astralporing.1957:

Drachenjager.7420:

scepter works great for that fight , seems a shame to have to buy one just for one fight tho.

Yep, it’s a shame, because any decent guardian should have a backup scepter/focus already They are just too useful not to have them.

It’s less as such that they’re useful and more as such they’re the only ranged option guardians have, which is quite terrible really. But hey any range is better then no range I guess.

I find the dragon often says invulnerable, but it still takes damage. Most Ive ever had to do was 3 rounds to kill it.

Drachenjager.7420:

scepter works great for that fight , seems a shame to have to buy one just for one fight tho. you’d think all weapons would do it.

Hitboxes for structure bosses were messed up in the tuesday patch. But a single target range weapon will automatically aim its projectiles towards the correct spot. This may be why it works?

Lord Kuru.3685:

Drachenjager.7420:

scepter works great for that fight , seems a shame to have to buy one just for one fight tho. you’d think all weapons would do it.

Hitboxes for structure bosses were messed up in the tuesday patch. But a single target range weapon will automatically aim its projectiles towards the correct spot. This may be why it works?

This fight has been bugged on and off for a long time, not just since Tuesday. I have a feeling it is not intended and will eventually be fixed.

the scepter worked. it still took about 5 or 6 cycles, but i killed him.

I just checked it. Ranged single-target projectile skills work. But the really interesting thing is that you can see they put the hitbox at the dragon’s head (your projectiles fly in that direction).

So :

1. Skills at ground level don’t hit (for example melee skills and longer range skills hug the ground like ele fire dagger 1).
2. The dragon’s head (and thus hitbox moves around wildly so if you’re using an untargeted skill, it’s practically impossible to get a hit.

It’s a pretty big fail because this means you’re severely restricted in what weapons you may use in this encounter.