Guild Wars 2

For the new F&F dungeon, lately I see that groups want to first kill the Dredge Firestorm boss and then stack directly under (i.e. inside the red ring) the Charr Berzerker boss as his deadly AoE attack won’t hit you there.

Is this an exploit – or intended?

It would be great to get ANet’s feedback here so I can tell folks ahead of time (if a bug) that I don’t want to employ this tactic…

Sounds to me like very much of an exploit.

I wouldn’t really say that’s an exploit (my personal opinion), his aoe attack which is a shockwave has an epicenter, and much like how earthquakes and tornados have safe and quiet epicenters so is this so I’d say it’s really cool and fair. Also the berserker is quite strong in melee and his normal attacks can kill you easily so I don’t see how everyone going in really close can make the fight all that much effortless, I think it’s a valid tactic to negate his aoe but deal with his regular attacks, while ranged fighters can avoid his melee attacks but need to deal with his aoe shockwave, seems perfectly balanced to me.

Dunno. Seeing as you already have 3 methods to evade that attack (jump over it, use dodge, get out of range), I don’t think this would be implemented on purpose.

I don’t think any harm comes from doing this btw, but I personally would avoid doing so.