Guild Wars 2

Phaedrus.7159:

Alternatively, the slower but safer way may be to equip signet of air and circle-strafe kite while blasting him.

This is definitely good advice. Signet of Air was the only thing keeping me out of the big guys’ way and I’m not the most skilled player, so this should definitely help you. It also helps when you’re fighting Mazdak. He’s worse because all of your spells are replaced with lolsword skills.

When you get past the abomination and on to Mazdak, just spam the second skill on him, keep your distance and keep moving. The second skill is pretty much Air Attunements first spell, so you’ll end up taking out most, if not all, of his little rotten buddies while you’re focusing on him.

Good luck!

I’m glad I read this. I had a feeling the sylvari storyline was going to go downhill after Mazdak’s quest. This is extremely saddening, I think that the sylvari had the most potential to have the best, more immersive storyline. -_-

Can this even be fixed now…?

I have to agree with the TC. My Mazdak quest is Dead of Winter, and this has to be one of the most unnecessarily difficult quests I’ve ever had the misfortune of doing. It’s bad enough that the traps are incredibly strong and one mistake can kill you (or your allies; Caithe died on the spike trap and I couldn’t revive her without getting myself killed), but the monsters hit so. Freaking. Hard. I agree that whoever designed this quest had to have completely forgotten about caster classes. You know, the squishy people? I understand that warriors and guardians are popular, but it’s hardly fair to just throw EVERY class into a melee situation.The final and hardest slap in the face was being forced to use the weakest “epic” sword ever.

Not only are you thrown into the fight without being given a chance to at least go over your new skills, it barely even dents Mazdaks’ HP. I actually face-palmed when I whacked him with it and it did about as much damage as a stick. THIS is what all the fuss was about? Riannoc would have gotten owned with or without the sword, it’s terrible and the Pale Tree should be ashamed and embarrassed. Also, why do your allies do absolutely no damage? They’re slightly helpful during the previous quests, but I think this is the first quest where they’re completely useless.

Thanks to those who offered tips and advice, I’ll definitely be giving them a try. Hopefully I can get past this awful quest tonight.

I’m extremely curious about this as well. The main reason I made a sylvari mesmer was for that outfit. It’s beyond gorgeous.