Guild Wars 2

Just spent the last 3 hours doing the Arah explorer dungeon, there were some moderately challenging parts in it, but for the most part it was a good mix of difficulty and enjoyment.

That is, up until I met the gate keeper boss (4th boss, big scary sleeping dude)…Now i understand it should be difficult…but my god….Once the guy gets into phase 2 (which you have about 1 second to prepare for) 90% of the surface area is insta-kill zones…And of course if everyone dies then he resets, and it takes about 30 seconds to walk back to him from the nearest waypoint…Needless to say we failed it numerous times, and it takes about 15 minutes to get him to Phase 2 so after 45 minutes of doing the same boring tedious thing (stand there and kill grubs that he spawns, land a couple of AAs, repeat) we gave up. This was the 2nd time the guy I was playing with has failed at this boss.

It just wasn’t fun to play…And whats a game that isn’t fun? Not a very good game…So I get that he is supposed to be hard…But it felt like he way way TOO hard…Yes, final boss and everything, but we had already put almost 2 and a half hours into the dungeon…So we clearly had spent quite a bit of time on the numerous other bosses and mobs throughout the dungeon, and I do believe there was yet another boss to go.

Has anyone had success in the Arah explorer dungeon? If so, how did you get past this guy?

Well,I just spent 5 hours doing the Arah Explorer dungeon.What I have to say is that in order to kill him you must kite him out of his room (only when phase 2 starts) to that big room full of adds before him (clear adds first).Then dps him,die in the process and run back.If you got him down congratz,turn around and leave while you can.Cause the next boss after that, “Alphard, the Serpent of the waves” is even HARDER.
My group ended up quiting on this boss.
PS: Do not use pets on this battle! That random grub that spawns on a player that can spawn on a pet also, and since the pet is on his melle range the grub that spawns will get insta eated.