Guild Wars 2

As in title new WB system is totally crap.
1.
To make boss u have to camp for him, for example in order to make Lysa i had to w8 3 horus till it fail and then w8 another 1h to make this(and don’t say me taht i was w8ing for farm, it is necesary for 1 of new traits).

2.
Ppl can’t even track WBs or even guess next WB, another example, I spend about 1,kitten WB hunting, jumping form wp to wp and when i had hope that i found some it was already down before i got to boss from wp due to massive blobs of players.
2.1.
“The following standard world bosses will activate on the hour and 30 minutes past the hour in this rotation:
The Shatterer (Blazeridge Steppes)
Modniir Ulgoth (Harathi Hinterlands)
Golem Mark II (Mount Maelstrom)
Claw of Jormag (Frostgorge Sound)
Admiral Taidha Covington (Bloodtide Coast)
Megadestroyer (Mount Maelstrom)
Fire Shaman (Iron Marches)
TBD / Space Reserved for Future Event”

How am i able to guess which WB is up? Do i have to count form midnight PDT to actuall hour?

3.
Another issue is TIME of special WBs

“The following extra-hard world bosses will occur at specific times, interrupting the standard rotation:
Karka Queen (Southsun Cove)
03:30 PDT – 12:30 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time
09:00 PDT – 18 gmt+2 – Comming back from work time
19:00 PDT – 4 gmt+2 – Sleeping time
Tequatl the Sunless (Sparkfly Fen)
04:30 PDT – 13:30 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time
10:00 PDT – 19 gmt+2 – finally can do this!
20:00 PDT – 5 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time or sleeping time/standing up to school/work
Triple Trouble (Bloodtide Coast)
05:30 PDT – 14:30 gmt+2 WORK/SCHOOL time
11:00 PDT – 20 gmt+2 usually people have guild missions/guild raids(like me in HC WvW/GvG guild)
21:00 PDT – 6 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time or sleeping time/standing up to school/work”

So tell me Anet when i’m used to make these bosses? Expecially Karka Quinn which is needed for new traits. I thought that U stopped with time restrictions after The Lost Shroes and now I guess that I was in wrong.

ps. i know my English is really poor and it is hard to understand but i think that i typed everything as much clear as I could. Also my errors can be caused cos i’m totally kittened by game that i used to like.

Or you can download an app on your phone that shows when they are up…

the api for timers doesn’t work anymore so that would include the phone apps

Don’t forget you get to fight a bunch of champs that spawn around then…

except those champs don’t drop loot bags. So… nm

go here https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-megaserver-system-world-bosses-and-events/

it has the time for every world boss for when they are showing up.

world bosses were always crap since they are stack and spam (except tequatl and wurm). now they made them even more with the new time system

Thank you so much for posting that, jktorres! I read that post when it came out, then totally forgot about it. Running the World Boss Circuit is one of my favorite things to do in-game, so I’m glad it’s still doable.

Heck, if the times are accurate and reliable, I might enjoy it more, personally. Logging in and never (or almost never) being more than 15 minutes away from a boss sounds like an improvement.

So long, Frostgorge Sound overflow.

So long, obnoxiously long spawn window for Frozen Maw.

Not enough experience with the timing yet to form a comprehensive opinion, but I will say this. I logged in to a character parked near the Frozen Maw to see the Sholar Brogun escort was just starting. Followed him until the idol was destroyed, then he just … walked away. Sad days.

Confusing as that is, it’s working as intended. Apparently, they want Scholar Brogan’s event sequence to go off more than every two hours (the schedule for Frozen Maw,) so he’ll go off occasionally even when the Shaman isn’t around.

Release Notes

Svanir Shaman Chief

Once the boss is activated, a message will appear in the meta-event UI indicating that a powerful Sons of Svanir Shaman has been spotted in the Maw. If the event chain that involves protecting Scholar Brogun as he investigates the grawl tribe is not active at this time, it will begin immediately.
Scholar Brogun will only wait five minutes for player assistance, instead of forever.
If Scholar Brogun dies and is not resurrected by a player for a total of five minutes, the event chain will fail.
If the event to destroy the dragon totem has succeeded when the boss is not activated, Scholar Brogun will declare victory and return to Krennak’s homestead without fighting the shaman.

Considering how long his window used to be, every two hours seems much more accessible. I haven’t starting running bosses again since the update, but I’m…cautiously optimistic?

The Orr events and temples are not represented in this change. It wouldn’t be that big of a deal except for the fact that every time I tried to get into a Balthazar run today I would zone into Straits of devastation and the event would already be over. I’m guessing that what is happening is as people drop from the full zone that just finished, newcomers are added to it to fill it back up.

SoM and CS aren’t on the megaserver list yet but I have a feeling this is going to be a much bigger issue once they are added.

As for punching a time clock for the other megas I guess it’s what’s best for the population as a whole, unfortunately I will miss Teq and Karka every day except for weekends unless I want to wake up at 4:30am.

World bosses for me are still absurd. We must to change our personal life to be able to do some bosses as the Karka that only spawns during my work.

Not to talk about how events now are done by zergs everywhere, as people run to the bosses afraid they can’t do it anymore in the same day due the high spawn times.

IndigoSundown.5419:

Not enough experience with the timing yet to form a comprehensive opinion, but I will say this. I logged in to a character parked near the Frozen Maw to see the Sholar Brogun escort was just starting. Followed him until the idol was destroyed, then he just … walked away. Sad days.

Yeah VERY STUPID rework of the WBs to leave the pre-events up that USED TO signal the eminent arrival of said WB only to see it’s not so, these pre-event SHOULD HAVE been put on the same timers as the new schedule, very poor design on that part.

Soon guilds will start spawning the the large bosses at their leisure anyways…

Amok Threeohthree.8501:

Soon guilds will start spawning the the large bosses at their leisure anyways…

They CAN’T be spawned at anyones leisure, they are on set timers now as dictated here; https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-megaserver-system-world-bosses-and-events/

If you read the whole thing you would see that guilds can gain access to spawning the big bosses any time as long as he isn’t about to spawn within an hour anyways….

Amok Threeohthree.8501:

If you read the whole thing you would see that guilds can gain access to spawning the big bosses any time as long as he isn’t about to spawn within an hour anyways….

Ahhhhhhhh, Fortunately for you, we’re introducing a very exciting feature with this change that will allow guilds to activate some of these events at their leisure!. Thank you and sorry for trying to shoot you down only to shoot myself down.

this AWESOME thingy called the “internetz”

http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/events.php?serverKey=208&langKey=en

Redenaz.8631:

Thank you so much for posting that, jktorres! I read that post when it came out, then totally forgot about it. Running the World Boss Circuit is one of my favorite things to do in-game, so I’m glad it’s still doable.

Heck, if the times are accurate and reliable, I might enjoy it more, personally. Logging in and never (or almost never) being more than 15 minutes away from a boss sounds like an improvement.

So long, Frostgorge Sound overflow.

So long, obnoxiously long spawn window for Frozen Maw.

You do know that Maw spawns every two hours, right? So….you have to wait as long as the maximum amount of time with his old spawn window, right?

Lalangamena.3694:

this AWESOME thingy called the “internetz”

http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/events.php?serverKey=208&langKey=en

You do know those don’t work anymore?

The schedule is actually pretty solid. It just wasn’t worded properly by Anet, but if you look at Dulfy, you can see tables for exactly when each boss will be up. You don’t need anything special – just the schedule.

Current system is great. Sure, you can’t run a “full boss train” anymore, but with the exception of a few gaps (caused by fields not being in Megaserver yet) I’ve been able to hop on and join in on a world boss any time I want and move on to the next one at approximately the same pace as before with zero risk of missing a boss. The only problem is the rare spawns that might not go up at a convenient time.

I personally don’t see that as any different from how it was before. I’m on a server that did a regular boss train from reset to about three or four hours later, hitting whatever world bosses were up. There was no telling when exactly the train would attack Karka Queen, and it was entirely possible for another group to beat KQ while the main train was busy with other bosses. And if I missed that encounter, I was pretty much out of luck until the next day. At least with the current system, it’s predictable WHEN people will be attacking Karka Queen or any other world boss, and success rates are high throughout the day.

Plus, I love that the new system actually encourages people to do the pre events.

Would you rather have a fast train that only operates on peak hours, or a slightly slower train that operates 24/7?

OtakuDFifty.2965:

Would you rather have a fast train that only operates on peak hours, or a slightly slower train that operates 24/7?

Deso had “fast train” that operated non stop, i would rather go back to it.

Becka Williams.4978:

Lalangamena.3694:

this AWESOME thingy called the “internetz”

http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/events.php?serverKey=208&langKey=en

You do know those don’t work anymore?

have you clicked the link?
they changed the page, it actually shows ALL world boss events by their timer, and place them in que so you know every time which is the next event.

Did you really expect A-net to hold you personal life-schedule in consideration? Really ?
And besides..the bosses are on rotation..if even this recurring schedule doesn’t fit for you…well..maybe make some priorities about whether to play the game or not me thinks..

Amok Threeohthree.8501:

If you read the whole thing you would see that guilds can gain access to spawning the big bosses any time as long as he isn’t about to spawn within an hour anyways….

Only the three big ones – wurm, teq and karka. And 20 merits 50k influence for one spawn is hardly “at your leisure” anyway.

Kasteros.9847:

As in title new WB system is totally crap.
3.
Another issue is TIME of special WBs

“The following extra-hard world bosses will occur at specific times, interrupting the standard rotation:
Karka Queen (Southsun Cove)
03:30 PDT – 12:30 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time
09:00 PDT – 18 gmt+2 – Comming back from work time
19:00 PDT – 4 gmt+2 – Sleeping time
Tequatl the Sunless (Sparkfly Fen)
04:30 PDT – 13:30 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time
10:00 PDT – 19 gmt+2 – finally can do this!
20:00 PDT – 5 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time or sleeping time/standing up to school/work
Triple Trouble (Bloodtide Coast)
05:30 PDT – 14:30 gmt+2 WORK/SCHOOL time
11:00 PDT – 20 gmt+2 usually people have guild missions/guild raids(like me in HC WvW/GvG guild)
21:00 PDT – 6 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time or sleeping time/standing up to school/work”

Totally Agree! those with jobs or school in the EU get screwed over by this during the week, so now this is only possible on a weekend.

ymor.7985:

Kasteros.9847:

As in title new WB system is totally crap.
3.
Another issue is TIME of special WBs

“The following extra-hard world bosses will occur at specific times, interrupting the standard rotation:
Karka Queen (Southsun Cove)
03:30 PDT – 12:30 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time
09:00 PDT – 18 gmt+2 – Comming back from work time
19:00 PDT – 4 gmt+2 – Sleeping time
Tequatl the Sunless (Sparkfly Fen)
04:30 PDT – 13:30 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time
10:00 PDT – 19 gmt+2 – finally can do this!
20:00 PDT – 5 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time or sleeping time/standing up to school/work
Triple Trouble (Bloodtide Coast)
05:30 PDT – 14:30 gmt+2 WORK/SCHOOL time
11:00 PDT – 20 gmt+2 usually people have guild missions/guild raids(like me in HC WvW/GvG guild)
21:00 PDT – 6 gmt+2 – WORK/SCHOOL time or sleeping time/standing up to school/work”

Totally Agree! those with jobs or school in the EU get screwed over by this during the week, so now this is only possible on a weekend.

You serious? I have a fulltime job, a wife, a kid, lots of music activities and play gw2 around 3-5 hours a day…and yes..I DO sleep at night around 7-8 hours
It is called planning and prioritizing, it can be learned

Super serial.
I understand ANet can’t cater for everyone, but I think the times would be perfect if they were like to like with GMT/BST so for example KQ pop at 03:30am BST 09:00BST and 19:00 BST, that would be fine.
Also granted its not as bad as the FFXI days…. camping a dragon for 72 hours only for another linkshell to kill it ><

Well… you OP are missing barely one event during the business week then, the Karka. Other two
1. Have one spawn within rush evening hours
2. Needs an organised group anyway, and at the same time can be spawned by this organised group

Apart from that, did you really expect ANet to guess your personal schedule?

Hey there, since we are getting a lot of feedback on this topic right now, we are collecting it all in dedicated threads. You are very welcome to repost your questions comments and concerns here “https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Game-Updates-World-Boss-Synchronization”