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All new stuff in dungeons is going to be hard for the first few days. We see it all the time with new content – people fail and get knocked down when they aren’t used to that sort of thing, and they claim it is too difficult.
Give it a week or so for everyone to develop strategies, learn encounters, and build fundamentals, and they will claim it is too easy. Trust me when I say this, the numbers are punishing (but less than they were before), but knowing the mechanics will greatly mitigate the danger.
that’s what i was trying to say, just the difference between the new dungeon and the old one is huge, and players not being used to certain game mechanics makes this “hard”
Time and time again i go from mmo to mmo and I find that devs feel the need to change something that was working or people enjoy, while it will not kill GW2 these kind of action tend to anger the player population as a whole.
I have seen way too many mmo’s go under with poor decisions made by devs I hope that gw2 devs are not heading the dame direction with poorly though out decisions.
I mean going through on path 2 na having ghost eater just stand there not moving for 2+ minutes was frustrating to say the lease.
The devs aren’t making bad decisions, they are fixing exploits in the game. Skipping trash mobs aren’t exploits, but tricking into walls and such are. AC did not have too many exploits, but some none the less. Dungeons are not supposed to be a walk in the park, they are supposed to challenge players, to learn the mechanics and use that knowledge to beat this dungeon
I will miss the casual runs of AC, but with time, new strats will be developed and shared making this dunegon “easier” over time
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super excited last night for the new updates, i scan read through the patch notes, changes to dungeons, and AC having the biggest list.
I’m open to change, and, in all honesty, AC was way too easy, FOR level 80s in full exotics. It was also easy to run on my alts.
All in all, AC was not a challenging dungeon if you knew what to do and how to get it done. a comprehension of game mechanics, and boss encounters was a must for survival. Being the lowest level dungeon, it attracted players with hugely varying experience levels.
No one knew, at first, how to run this, everyone had to learn, even those elitists (i find myself being elitist sometimes also, asking only for level 80s at times, wanting an easy run without having to explain what to do)
That being said, AC was easy, if you knew what to do. the new REVAMPED AC is much harder, but not impossible. I ran it at first with my guildies, 5 lvl 80s full exotics, we wiped 4 times on spider queen and they quickely gave up. I then proceeded to inform people in map chat, on how hard it was.
Most just told me to take my shame and leave, its not that bad. Being open to change, and to try again, i ran with some pugs. We managed (after an hour) to do path 1. But we were not a full group of 80s in exotics, they were all below or just around level 50 except for myself (i was playing my guardian, altruistic healing ofc)
Once you are reminded of the game mechanics: condition removal, dodging, healing, kiting, and communication is KEY to being successful.
a full team of lvl 35s, would find this impossible, but with atleast one 80 to carry the group in terms of tanking most of the time. it is POSSIBLE.
After my first attempt of AC with my guildies, i was ready to give up on AC, never to go there again, unless it was scaled back. After the second try, with pugs, my hope was restored. This dungeon is still possible, but a lot harder and demanding.
I encourage those who have given up, to try this dungeon again, dont give up on it just because it is hard
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i have yet to reach 40+ fractals, but i find with my build (AH) to be useful for my survivability but not for my group.
I can see how shield of the avenger can be useful, i have yet to try them out in the previously stated situations.