Guild Wars 2

The ‘Gatling Fists’ skill of Mark II Golems seems to be doing a lot more damage than before the feature pack patch.

For example, on my half soldier/half zerker level 80 guard, a full channel of a veteran Mark II Golem hits for around 20k damage, downing me easily if i don’t dodge fast enough.

I noticed that too with those golems in Dry Top. On my warrior with full exotic gear I was downed in a matter of seconds from them and they weren’t even veterans. In fact, it seems a few types of non-veteran and veteran enemies in Dry Top at least do way more damage then they did before the feature pack, though I can’t remember which enemies specifically other than the Mark II Golems. Although, when I went to fight the Skritt queen with a group of players I and everyone else kept getting downed/killed in 1 or 2 shots. At first it was just 3 or 4 of us it was happening to then more players showed up. It was as if the queen was scaled up high when there weren’t very many players there.

3-toed Tootsie does massive damage too. That bird is annoying. While fighting a salamander enemy it ran straight into me at rocket speed and I hit it. It then started attacking me and took half my health in 1 shot and I have close to 20k HP on my warrior.

Overall the enemies in Dry Top and the Living Story content are way to powerful and sometimes cause massive condition damage. Moldern Thrasher things cause huge stacks of torment in a matter of seconds in various parts if you try to attack them with a melee weapon. It’s annoying having to use my longbow on my warrior for fighting 75%+ of the enemies in LS/Dry Top.

Another golem issue: I noticed this with one of the skill point challenges in Metrica Province (the one in the far NE corner, at the Inquest Complex). It’s a level 13 veteran, I think. My level 15 character was killed during that attack; I dodged the first couple of hits, but then my endurance ran out. So, I came back with a friend (on his level 80, fully geared mesmer). My friend and I were BOTH downed by the attack.

I think the Vet Golems in Dry Top seem to have this issue the most. Before the patch I managed to solo both of them with my guardian. I tried with my warrior today and the gatling fist instantly downed me. No chance.

This also affects asura-elite-skill-golems. I can hit WvW-gates with 20k dmg with my 7-Series Golem. Anet has to react pretty soon or the season will be ruined :P