Guild Wars 2

so me and my friends went there today. we found the place, got inside. heard all her dialogue, but before we even got to the first room (i could swear there were some mobs there), we could see a DE saying that we had to kill Vexa, and she was at 1/3 health.we stood there for a good minute or two, thinking some players were fighting her, and we wanted to play the dungeon from scratch. but her health bar wouldn’t move. we decided to go in.

got to the portals room. is there supposed to be a puzzle here? we couldn’t tell, because for all we know, it was solved by the time we got there, and just rushing in a straight line to the first portal you see would get you to the end safely.

then we got to Vexa. no players around, just us, and she was still there, 1/3 health, already on the final stage of the battle. we fought her (not that she offered much resistance, she’d pop an AoE knockback then go back to waiting to be killed), got our rewards, and walked out feeling completely underwhelmed.

minidungeons are one of my favorite parts of the game, but making them public instead of instanced has caused this situation more than once during my playtime. the difference would be that i’d walk into a solved dungeon and other players would actually be there, but it seems Vexa’s lab only resets once she dies (and then you have to wait a few hours apparently, because we tried doing it again and nothing happened).

i feel the need to bring up, none of this would’ve happened if minidungeons were instanced like normal dungeons. we already have to teleport to get in them, so it’s harmless.