Guild Wars 2

We need an option to get to the new zones without having to do any of the story steps. There are 3 zones I will never get to see because of the impossible story steps and no one willing to help with them.

Locking acess behind story is a way for anet to lock this content for ppl who dont have the lw unlocked or hot.

What do you mean by impossible story steps? I completed the story this week, with jet lag and a 1 second lag because of either the lousy internet connection in my hotel or the fact i am connected to the european server from Singapore. I found it quite easy, except for the final encounter where i died a couple of times.

Which story steps are you finding impossible, and why? We may well be able to help you through them.

Alternatively if you can tell us which region you’re in (NA or EU) someone could join you in game to help you directly.

If the story steps were truly impossible, no one would be in those zones. Not sure what story steps you think are so hard, but if your’e on a US server, I can help you get to those zones.

Try changing your pve build.

And some of the story challenges are a breeze for certain classes and extremely difficult for others, especially first time through if you don’t know to bring endless condi cleanse or what gimmick you are fighting against.

Vayne.8563:

If the story steps were truly impossible, no one would be in those zones. Not sure what story steps you think are so hard, but if your’e on a US server, I can help you get to those zones.

The very first step of one path ends just takes me in circles. From one mushroom to another and back. Can not even find the hideout, much less trying to solve the puzzles. Also the final boss with Aurene is impossible. The white circles need to be 2-3 times as big as they are and that monster should not have any way to get its health back. At least I did get to Lake Doric, but the 2 zones that go with the above 2 stories are off limits to me. I’m on a US server.

Baldrick.8967:

Try changing your pve build.

And some of the story challenges are a breeze for certain classes and extremely difficult for others, especially first time through if you don’t know to bring endless condi cleanse or what gimmick you are fighting against.

Changing builds does nothing against those stupid puzzles and impossible to get to story steps. When I’m fighting, things actually go well.

For the mushrooms I think the best approach would be to find a video on youtube and copy it – watch them do 1 mushroom, pause it and use the same one, watch the 2nd, do it yourself and so on.

Also remember that you can activate your glider after using a mushroom. If you know where you want to go (whether that’s your final goal or simply a higher ledge with a mushroom/path up) you can use a mushroom to boost you into the air and then glide to your destination instead of hoping to find a mushroom that will drop you there.

The youtube video just showed me why I’m going to consider leaving this game for good. It takes split second perfect timing and lots of luck to do these living story steps and not everyone has perfect hand and eye coordination to do this content. And if you miss 1 time it’s back to the start. They need to so 2 things. Open the zones without having to do LS3 content and or putting a straight forward optional way to do this content. The HOT story line is the same way. I have gone as far as I can because I do not have the perfect coordination this game now takes.

Sorry about double post.

I’m not sure which video you’re referring to, since there’s at least 11 different walkthroughs for this chapter already, but if one said you need perfect timing to get up to the White Mantle hideout then I suggest finding a different one because that’s definitely not the case.

But alternatively try this:
1) Jump on the first bouncing mushroom you come to. That will send you north and you’ll land right by another mushroom.
2) Jump on that one and then mash the jump button until your glider opens. When it does turn left and glide across to the waterfall.
3) Land on the ledge next to a 3rd mushroom. Jump on it.
4) That will take you up to a big ledge with a spider and beyond it a plank leading up to a pipe. Run up the plank, around the pipe and up another plank.
5) On your right, at the back of the ledge is another plank leading up onto the flat section of the pipe. Go up there and then into the cave.

As i remember correctly there is a token u can buy with unbound magic that is account bound and can teleport any of your characters to the respective map without story. I already have these for Bloodstone Fen, Ember Bay and Lake Doric, havent looked into the rest.

zoomborg.9462:

As i remember correctly there is a token u can buy with unbound magic that is account bound and can teleport any of your characters to the respective map without story. I already have these for Bloodstone Fen, Ember Bay and Lake Doric, havent looked into the rest.

Still not doing me any good since it seems you have to have the zones unlocked on the account. I can’t get them unlocked with any character I have because of all the jumping and gliding.

The sheer amount of jumping and puzzles in the new content makes me think Super Mario’s lead designer is moonlighting at GW2.

I wonder if teleport to a friend would get you into the zone?

Baldrick.8967:

The sheer amount of jumping and puzzles in the new content makes me think Super Mario’s lead designer is moonlighting at GW2.

I wonder if teleport to a friend would get you into the zone?

It doesn’t you need to do the story. I recently bought HoT for my son so he could play with me but nope apparently buying the game isn’t enough to be able to play it. All his stories are locked behind a paywall. I tried the teleport to friend way and it wont do it.

Danikat.8537:

I’m not sure which video you’re referring to, since there’s at least 11 different walkthroughs for this chapter already, but if one said you need perfect timing to get up to the White Mantle hideout then I suggest finding a different one because that’s definitely not the case.

But alternatively try this:
1) Jump on the first bouncing mushroom you come to. That will send you north and you’ll land right by another mushroom.
2) Jump on that one and then mash the jump button until your glider opens. When it does turn left and glide across to the waterfall.
3) Land on the ledge next to a 3rd mushroom. Jump on it.
4) That will take you up to a big ledge with a spider and beyond it a plank leading up to a pipe. Run up the plank, around the pipe and up another plank.
5) On your right, at the back of the ledge is another plank leading up onto the flat section of the pipe. Go up there and then into the cave.

That helped a lot but i’m stuck again and I think it may be a bug. I need to kill the 3rd shard but it’s behind a locked door and I have no clue what to do. The wiki said the was supposed to be dialogue there, but i did not hear it. It also said something about a book, but I have no clue what it is or how to get it.

lawfan.7095:

Vayne.8563:

If the story steps were truly impossible, no one would be in those zones. Not sure what story steps you think are so hard, but if your’e on a US server, I can help you get to those zones.

The very first step of one path ends just takes me in circles. From one mushroom to another and back. Can not even find the hideout, much less trying to solve the puzzles. Also the final boss with Aurene is impossible. The white circles need to be 2-3 times as big as they are and that monster should not have any way to get its health back. At least I did get to Lake Doric, but the 2 zones that go with the above 2 stories are off limits to me. I’m on a US server.

I’ll be happy to contact you in game and get you through those missions.

Vayne.8563:

lawfan.7095:

Vayne.8563:

If the story steps were truly impossible, no one would be in those zones. Not sure what story steps you think are so hard, but if your’e on a US server, I can help you get to those zones.

The very first step of one path ends just takes me in circles. From one mushroom to another and back. Can not even find the hideout, much less trying to solve the puzzles. Also the final boss with Aurene is impossible. The white circles need to be 2-3 times as big as they are and that monster should not have any way to get its health back. At least I did get to Lake Doric, but the 2 zones that go with the above 2 stories are off limits to me. I’m on a US server.

I’ll be happy to contact you in game and get you through those missions.

I won’t have much time for the game until next weekend. Will mostly just be getting dailies and a world boss or 2 until then.

I always have the new zones before the story. Not much of a fan of the LS so I just use WP to Friend and go check out the new map(s). And besides the Story is just a filler with like 2-3 combat stages that are fairly easy to get through. It took me like maybe a hour or so to get through all the new LS stuff so…

Wait, so the “impossible” bit is about you not being able to figure out where to go next? How about watching a youtube video? Should be plenty of let’s plays and general walkthroughs out there that would show you exactly what’s up.