Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

we just did the AC Explorer Mode for the first time and it went pretty well. Many guys complain about the difficulty, and it was difficult but very fun – I really enjoyed it! We had to think, read our skills and strategize. So we found out, that the ghost that pulls us to his and slays us down (cant remember the name, and cant find him on the wiki), if you catch him in the Reaction-Field from the mesmer, he cant pull us. Or if you shatter the illusions for distorsions, he doesn’t pull us as well.

BUT – we finally arrived the step, where you have to protect Detha Tremblebones from the ghosts, so she can repair the canons. We managed to get one canon repaired, but after that, there where just too many, too strong ghosts for us to manage.

So we developed the plan, to pull them aside with our elementalists skills, and slow them with the shoot from the first repared canon. I resurected Detha tremblebones, and we expected her to start reparing the canons again – but instead of, she just attacked the ghosts, though she stood directly in front of the canon!

So I found this article on the official wiki: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Detha_Tremblebones

cite: "She is bugged, and you cannot complete the exploratory mode pass the part that is called “Help Detha set a trap to kill the patriarch.”

Is that true? Or did we do something wrong? If so, what about the other paths? Are they bugged as well? Thx for your help!

The wing you discuss is the only wing I’ve completed with my guild. The human wing, we get to the end, kill the patriarch, and the npc doesn’t talk or continue the quest in any way. No chest, use the waypoint to walk out. The asura npc path bugged for us at the lovers room (after we wiped a few times, he wouldn’t set up the hardware again).

As for the charr npc wing, it doesn’t sound like you did anything wrong. Either we got lucky or the logic was fixed up a bit since you attempted it. If the npc is following you and you’ve killed everything, walk them around a bit in the middle of that room and they may remember to talk to you…

But thats the point – it was just unmanageable for us to kill them. The first who got the aggro of the mobs got killed almost instantly. (1 ghost Ranger, 2 ghost Necromancers, 2 Ghost Warriors).

I guess we just won’t be able to do the middle path until we get some kind of official ANet feedback for my question here

Thx for your answer, it really helps to know we weren’t that bad – cause we managed all other bosses with no big dificulties. Okay – we wiped at least one time, but we got together strategized a little bit and then it worked, very well.

This part is the hardest one. However its not impossible. I would even say that this is the easiest path for AC exp.
First of all you need someone to tank the damage (or at least get focused by ghosts :P) and someone to CC ghosts which are attacking Detha. You should also decide which type of ghost deals most of the damage to your team and kill them first. My guild priorities:
1. Rangers
2. Elementalists
3. Warriors (We got pretty squishy team)
4. Monks (spawn on last gun and heal others so use poison)
5. Necromancers (avoid their AoE and melee shall bring some stun breaks)
6. Mesmers (they do anything but shields?)
Good strategy is to gather them into group so your AoE will bring them all down. If Detha dies dont revive her becuase more mobs will spawn and she wont be repairing the guns. Revive her after you kill all mobs.

Pro tip: on last gun protect her as long as you can because if she manages to repair whole gun ghosts will disappear.

I ran into this issue today. We took her to the mortar room and she simply didn’t react. We actually and went back to clear the other set of stairs, walked her all around the room and nothing. We just had to quit.

1. 1st time i complete Detha Path, it was so easy. When Detha started to repair the 1st mortar, 4 ghosts spawned and we kill them. After 4 ghosts died, no more ghosts spawn at that time until Detha finished the 1st Mortar. Then Detha repaired the 2nd mortar, 4 ghosts spawn, we killed them, no more ghosts after that until she finish repairing the 2nd mortar, etc… till we clear the dungeon, so easy.

2. 2nd time i run Detha Path, im so frustrated!! When Detha started to repair the 1st mortar, 4 ghosts spawned, we killed them, AND 4 GHOST SPAWNED AGAIN and Detha still not finishes with the 1st mortar. It was like an endless wave of ghosts coming at us and Detha, and the very worst part that Detha keep fighting the ghosts, not repairing the mortars.

So which one is bugged, point .1 or .2 ? >_< Anet please fix this.

we went path one a few days ago, and it went very well.

just tried this path and its bugged nothing happens when u bring her to flooded temple X_X