Guild Wars 2

so i’ve worked on the precursor the legend for a while and im stuck in same situation as alot of others are atm, and have been far before me. trophy called “experiencing the crystal”

in short for this trophy, you have to be turned into a crystal, by the shatterer.

it doesnt sound too diffucult in words, but the way the boss is now its near impossible.

the boss can be blinded for some odd reason constantly, he only casts it to 5 people a time, with blind who knows how many, only to 4 the least -if- he gets to cast.

im not sure if this part is true but i’ve been told that the crystal cast it self can even be interrupted.

now you got about 50-80 people on the event, add pets that makes it easily to 70-100. now add all those mesmer phantasm’s to it wich makes it easily 90-120 targets,per event.

this makes the chance for you to be turned into crystal, assuming he doesnt get interrupted if thats possible, assuming blind only prevents the first target of the skill and not all 5, roughly 3.3% – 4% every 3 hours.

im sure everyone would be far more happy to even grind some 1% drop from monsters, than be stuck in such a rng fight that even occurs so rarelly.

like maybe add trophy drop to the branded creatures, some crystal that has rare drop chance to get that we could atleast try to farm and make it like the rest parts have been about effort, and not about insane luck.

i dont mean to make it easier than it is, i just want it to be “more fair” to get done. not some rng fest every few hours :I

The Shatterer has been my pick for “worst world boss” for a while now, which is a shame, because he looks incredible. Even pre-revamp Tequatl was more interesting to fight.

Players can cheese him from total safety, and just ignore all of his mechanics. It was awkward enough to have the achievement for being caught in crystal, but needing it for the precursor hunt just spreads the badness further.

“Revamp Shatterer” might be asking a bit much at the moment, but surely they can do something with his crystallizing attack to make it more common, or else replace that part of precursor hunt with something else. It can’t be a great experience.

I haven’t seen the Crystal attack thing since……. I don’t even know when. Probably back before megaservers and the crazy numbers of people at each boss now. If that’s a requirement, they need make it happen for sure each time he shows up.

yeah, i honestly got no clue what anet was thinking when designing this specific trophy. i get the idea behind it, but its almsot as if they never actually saw any shatterer kills done since mega servers.

the mechanic it self doesnt work enough well with the current mega server stuff to be even closely reliable to be worth of a trophy, let alone such important one as precursor considering how populated the vent is, even if you try to find an empty’ish map :I

i somehow managed to get it by standing between its legs, not under the stomache but under its jaw area 3 in the morning..6 in the morning might be easier 1 to get with less people.

first time i saw the crystals in my semi active playing since mega servers.

Redenaz.8631:

The Shatterer has been my pick for “worst world boss” for a while now, which is a shame, because he looks incredible. Even pre-revamp Tequatl was more interesting to fight.

Players can cheese him from total safety, and just ignore all of his mechanics. It was awkward enough to have the achievement for being caught in crystal, but needing it for the precursor hunt just spreads the badness further.

“Revamp Shatterer” might be asking a bit much at the moment, but surely they can do something with his crystallizing attack to make it more common, or else replace that part of precursor hunt with something else. It can’t be a great experience.

At one point in time it was their plan to revamp all the world bosses to be as challenging and unique as tequatl.. I’m not sure what happened to that idea though.

maybe shatterer is next up on their revamp list… heres hoping anyways

Or maybe they could add some way to guarantee that you will be turned to Crystal, maybe some trophy you could hold in your inventory of some buff you could pick up from an NPC. I dunno.

Blaine Tog.8304:

Or maybe they could add some way to guarantee that you will be turned to Crystal, maybe some trophy you could hold in your inventory of some buff you could pick up from an NPC. I dunno.

That’s a really good suggestion. As it stand now, this part of the collection is absolutely ridiculous. Counting clones and pets, there are 150+ potential targets for the crystal prison, giving you a 1/30 chance of getting hit. Since the Shatterer is not even immune to blinds, he is pretty much permablinded by the zerg, causing the entire crystal prison to miss and not hit any players.

Me and several others tried all weekend, and not one of us was imprisoned. At this rate I’ll probably drop the precursor before I complete the collection.

I agree with most players that there shouldn’t be that safety hill that people can just cheese Shatterer from; and that the Shatterer needs a revamp to match how epic it looks.

However, for the time being, there is a workaround to this problem of getting the trophy:

Go to a late map and stand just right under the Shatterer.

Trust me, I’ve gotten crystallized dozens of times for being late to the map and insisting on being the only person at the double damage spot where the grand chest will eventually spawn. If you’re on a late map, everyone else will just attack from the cheese spot leaving you vulnerable to the crystals. Hope this helps.

I really wish this guy would not just stand there and “take it”, rather, move around and stomp people. To death.

Garrisyl.7402:

Blaine Tog.8304:

Or maybe they could add some way to guarantee that you will be turned to Crystal, maybe some trophy you could hold in your inventory of some buff you could pick up from an NPC. I dunno.

That’s a really good suggestion. As it stand now, this part of the collection is absolutely ridiculous. Counting clones and pets, there are 150+ potential targets for the crystal prison, giving you a 1/30 chance of getting hit. Since the Shatterer is not even immune to blinds, he is pretty much permablinded by the zerg, causing the entire crystal prison to miss and not hit any players.

Me and several others tried all weekend, and not one of us was imprisoned. At this rate I’ll probably drop the precursor before I complete the collection.

Well, it’s not like it never happens. I’ve been frozen in crystal before while not specifically trying for it. So until ANet comes up and with a fix, we might as well come up with some kind of strategy.

The best option would probably be to focus on catching the Shatterer during off-hours with less of a zerg, so either late at night or early in the morning for your region. The other option might be to attempt to catch a low server population by jumping into the map early and waiting everyone else out.

Blaine Tog.8304:

The best option would probably be to focus on catching the Shatterer during off-hours with less of a zerg, so either late at night or early in the morning for your region.

But most people with work and family responsibilities wouldn’t have this as an option. A better idea would be to have another mechanic trigger the effect, one that isn’t reduced by the large numbers of people playing the content.

Or simply remove this as a part of the process.