Hi
First i want to say i am loving the game so far and i understand that the game still needs to be polished and balanced.
My Issue is with the Fire elemental boss in the Asura starting area, for a boss at the end of starting zone i believe it is reallykittenhard, as by that time fore example now players may not compleatly understand the mechanics of Guildwars 2 or MMOs as a whole so may not understand the old Fav “Don’t Stand in the Fire!!” what for this encounter is rather apt.
My issue is with the adds and the boss/adds Aoe attacks, i have fought this boss 2 times now and in both instances the aoe litrally destroys the team before you can even realise it due to the warning ring apearing on the ground about 1/4 of a second before the attack actually hits, and this then causes you to be knocked down and take another 1-2 ticks of damage from the aoe, what in most cases will cause death.
I feel having the ring apear 1-2 second before the attack hits would help so you have chance to dodge out of the way.
Now to the adds, my idea for these is just to make the respawn on these a little longer as i have seen groups kill all the adds and attack the boss and then 10-15 seconds later the adds respawn and destroy eerybody before you realise it.
Ok there is my little rant about this boss over.
And tho i feel as people get better at the game this sort of thing will get easier for thoes whos continue playing but to thoes new players it will still be rather difficult.
I feel that in time this encounter will be fairly balanced but this is just to bring it to the attention of others.
Thanks.