Guild Wars 2

I had done Arah story mission 3 times prior to yesterday and that was several months ago. Each time I previously done it, I swore never to do it again. It was messy, chaotic and extremely difficult, especially at the end where you have to make your final stand on the ship.

After reading the patch notes following the last update in January, I decided to give it another go and see what it was like. There were still difficult bits mainly the segment where you have to clear the landing and fight the Mouth of Zaithan. The difficulty was made worse by the fact you could not wp if any of your party members were still alive. We got the Mouth to 1/3 of its health but with 3/5 party members down, we had to wipe and when we got back, the Mouth was fully healed. That was a bit annoying having to start from scratch as it takes a while to dispose of him.

But my main concern being how the next part would play out, I was pleasantly surprised how well balanced the battle on the ship is now. No more endless huge mobs that constantly CC’d you and tossed you about the ship’s deck like a football. There were even gaps between waves of mobs and it actually allowed me for the first time to appreciate just how epic the Arah story really is. This epic feeling continued at the Fort Trinity conclusion and I just want to thank you Anet for changing my mind and now wanting to complete this story on all my characters.
Cheers
and keep up the good work.

Well oddly enough, I went to do the Arah story today on a different character, got to the part where you supposed to board the chopper to clear the landing, but we couldn’t. The chopper seemed stuck some distance away from the ship and we had to abandon the mission. Will try again tomorrow, hopefully it was a temporary glitch or something.

Happy to report done the mission 3 times since the above incident all went well. Just 1 more character needs it, yay!

sadly i was a little disappointed at how easy the story was i expected this epicly hard boss battle and impossible odds.. But i am a dungeon person that says the harder the better >:D i still have not beat arah path 4.. so i will say that makes up for it. I am very glad though that i can actually beat the story. I never did the story mode before the patch so i do not know your pain.. unless it was like path 4 for me. lol

Story before patch wasn’t difficult so much as……so very very freaking long.

Ive attempted Arah storymode several times now, and every time it bugs out at the ship, when you are supposed to board the helicopter. Well, it just sits there far away from the ship. Impossible to progress.

did you guys try mass suicide at that part? lol

Oh yes…………..

Yea i had that problem with the chopper (as stated above) after having successfully completed it just the day b4 and we ended up abandoning the mission but the next day i tried it again and done it 3 times since then, no problem. I wonder if its got something to do with the way it loads certain parts like cinematics or a particular segment of the story?