Guild Wars 2

So, the patch is about a week old now. We’ve seen the new story mode, and it’s depiction of the reactor’s last moments. However, I’ve seen not a scrap nor a rumor of what I considered to be the most interesting part of this patch- namely this: “Thaumanova Reactor: Embark on a brand-new historical adventure, and travel to the ill-fated power facility moments before it explodes. As the fractal scale increases, more potential outcomes will unlock.”

So here is the purpose of this thread- I am imploring any and all Fractral veterans to hunt down the Thaumanova Reactor at a variety of levels, and report back here what they find, with screen caps if possible. I would do it myself, but my grand moment of triumph today was reaching Fractals level… 11. To all those who will choose to accept this challenge, good luck and happy hunting!

This likely refers to the Fractal’s own version of the scaling up in actions must be done like in other fractals – for example, in Uncategorized as you gain levels the harpies gain a launching lightning ball attack and at Old Tom you have to start using Tears of Dwayna to power the fan’s two consoles.

On the wiki page (discussion), it seems starting at around 30 you have to do 4 rooms as opposed to the 3 that you do in story mode (ooze, maze, and lava).

Konig Des Todes.2086:

This likely refers to the Fractal’s own version of the scaling up in actions must be done like in other fractals – for example, in Uncategorized as you gain levels the harpies gain a launching lightning ball attack and at Old Tom you have to start using Tears of Dwayna to power the fan’s two consoles.

“Potential outcomes” sounds a lot more like Swampland or Underground Facility, where the ending can vary, than Uncategorized, where past level 10 a small addition is always made to the mechanics. Seeing as there’s an entire area that is uncompleteable in story mode (the cooling chamber), and that Dessa’s dialogue indicates something we don’t see in it (turning off the colliders in order to speak with surviving personnel), and the fact that there’re mentions to a place that is entirely inaccessible in story (the dormitories, which I’m hoping is what Mystic was referring to)… I’d say all of that is enough to make it worth looking into, don’t you?

Wasn’t saying it wasn’t worth looking into or that it was only just small stuff, but rather that it is likely to be level-dependent stuff, which Mystic seems to have confirmed (unlike the Aquatic, Swampland, Battlegrounds, and Underground fractals which hold either different end-bosses or different paths to the end-boss).

I think there is potentially something there. You do need to complete more rooms as you go up levels. I’ve rescued some scientists who say they’ll help but don’t do anything yet. I guess someone needs to complete 50 and tell us.

Well, there is the dorms, its an additional room that wasn’t in the story mode. I’ll take some screens for you next time I’m in there.

there are indeed 4 rooms
1) maze
2) ooze
3) dormitories
4) reactor room (you have to put in two cooling rods and make it to the end of the room[Mesmer portal is very beneficial here])

The Inquest scientist whom you are freeing in dormitories and say that they will help you, they do.

They give the “overcharged” debuff to the anomaly, I’m not sure whether you need to talk with them before boss fight or not.