Guild Wars 2

Noticed this yesterday while doing a bit of Dry Top play. For some reason the inquest Mark II golems (the normal golem mobs with the electric shield and rapid-fire attack) are doing insane amounts of damage with their rapid-fire attack. Enough to one shot me if I don’t dodge most of the attack, and typically drain half my health or more even if I do dodge. And enough to one shot themselves if reflected, for that matter. They’re just normal mobs, I can’t imagine they’re meant to have an attack that one shots you like that (and they’ve certainly never been even close to that powerful before), so I’m assuming its a bug.

Not limited to Dry Top.

In Mount Maelstrom also (encountered them today in Whitland Flats).
Their rapid attack with blue-ish projectiles, much more dmg compared to other mobs.

At least one of the skillpoints in Metrica Province does the same thing. It seems like it’s game-wide.

Also affects the asura summoned elite series-7 golem. Try one on a gate for lols.

Yeah, the golems are definitely bugged. I got one shot several times by them.

I can attest to this. I was playing my guardian as I entered the Brisban Wildlands, and went towards the Inquest lab just near the river. As soon as I began combat a Mk II spawned behind a wall and downed me in two hits (from its rapid-fire arm skill). I had a protection boon on as well, so it was a bit baffling. There were no other enemies fighting me at that time, as they were all too far away to aggro me.

Also to note that a couple of the Inquest Engineers did a lot more damage as well. Two of them, with normal auto-attacks, nearly downed me after five hits.

Makes it a fair bit harder to do the kite basket event in Dry Top and keep the bonus when an unlucky spawn of a mob can murder you in the face before you get a chance to interrupt the basket looters.

And yes, it kind of seems Inquest in general are doing more damage, though not to the degree of the Mk. II punchies.

I used to solo the kite basket event no problems, but now I’m frequently barely scraping by without getting killed (though I have learned to watch out for Mk. IIs more!).

Doesn’t seem to be limited to just Inquest Golems.

WvWvW/EotM. Asuran Golem elite skill also does way more damage than I remember them ever able to. Was hit once for 24K and another time for 22K.

Yup, Asura elite golem definitely doing the extra damage, too.

Shtra Quo.1932:

Also affects the asura summoned elite series-7 golem. Try one on a gate for lols.

Yea doing around 17-20k on wooden gates in WvW aswell you are able to 1 shot players with it. Would like to see this bug fixed before the tourney starts or delay tourney till this has been fixed. Already see 1 server abusing this to the max as they did with the Necro Signet back then. Im not going to mention name of that server /coughAM/cough. Oops

This Bug need to be fixed before the Season starts! 5 Asuras can now destroy a gate in WvW…