Guild Wars 2

There is no tank there so you can spec “leet deeps” and not have to worry about survivability.

So misinformed.

Someone go dig up the 40 second kill video lol.

I would get the popcorn, but I’ve seen this movie 30 times already.

The kitten, of course it is long a tedious if you just stand there and do it that way. I enjoyed this fight, 3 people activate laser, all 5 go do damage, run back up do again. Can’t just run around saying “We cheesed it and it was boring and tedious.”

Learn the ropes in story mode, apply what you have learned to Explorable mode. Try doing the dungeons in order. Start with AC path 1 do it, go to the next one. Come read forums if you get stuck, look at videos. It’s out there. Different difficulty modes is available in other games if you like that design, personally I don’t really like multiple difficulty modes for the same content though.

The game is for everyone regardless of play style, not ability(i.e. I play 2 hours sessions 3 times a week vs I play 5+ hour sessions everyday) . I would say a much larger percentage of this game’s population is seeing the end game than in any other MMO release. The end game content requires 5 people to complete, which is a much easier number for casual players to put together. To assume that it should be completely devoid of some sort of skill based requirement is to alienate another part of the games population though. As far as getting something for your efforts redirect your disappointment to the people who saw fit to run the same two bosses over and over again in Arah for the way the current system is. At least before you got some tokens even if you couldn’t finish the run, but people had to go and ruin it and force the hand of the developers. Maybe in the future, when you see it happening you will be aware of the consequences on the entire population and attempt to dissuade people from doing these things.

People were in stoned form the whole duration, guardian should’ve been on tear duty. The ranger should’ve been on the back right spark and then getting out, his pet was a constant slowing factor in their spark phase. I think maybe 1 time I saw some people in position for sparks or leave before she went invisible. So yes, if you do that fight like this it is going to take you a long time.

Edit: Also having people stoned during spark transition cannot happen. The sparks are going to just stick to that person once they get near him and she will spend more time healing.

I have yet to get hit by DR’s. I only am running about 2-3 dungeons a day(all back to back) while working on the other parts for my legendary. I think what they want to do is make it so farming all the different paths is more efficient than just continuously doing one. Whether it is working as intended I have no idea. Maybe I am just getting lucky.

I keep trying to tell them that. No one wants to believe me though.

kitten it. MSO’s here we come.

I cant find the first thread, probably cause I got banned from it for raging. Here is another one where I copy paste it.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Arah-dungeon-what-paths-DO-work/first#post267989

Edit: JK the link to the original thread is in there as well, I just can’t view it. Nerf forum moderators.

Another thread where I posted how we did the Dwayana fight and they asked me to do a video of it.

If I had a computer capable of doing a video of this fight I would do it for you Starlink. All I can offer you is what I’ve all ready said though.

Ummmm you didn’t insult a single person, who are you and what have you done with Ruien.

Disinformation mill at it again. Anyone here work for Fox News?

If the fact that 20% of GW2 players are seeing the end game content is true, it is a testament to how much they have opened it up to all levels of gaming.

I’m just telling you what worked for our group, whether you buy it or incorporate anything we do in to how you attempt it is your own prerogative. Our first kill took us about 2 hours of attempts. The actual kill took about 30 minutes, pet aggro killed us on two spark rotations at around ~25% that reset her to ~75%.

We didn’t exploit. In fact I’ve reported every wall jump, buggy event that I have ever come across with detail screenshots and thoughts on what might be making the event bug, so I really am getting tired of being called an exploiter. Copy pasta from the other thread:

It really is no trick, the entire fight is getting the sparks locked in fast. It’s 100% all about the sparks. She will put a blue ankh like buff on her right before she disappears, leave to get sparks then, don’t wait until she disappears the amount of healing she will do in 1-2 seconds is x100( probably less than that but I felt the need to exaggerate to convey my point) what dps you could do in those 1-2 seconds. As far as actually getting the spark in fast, we use 4 people to get sparks and 1 person using water to get people out of stoned form. The spark aggro is extremly jumpy, Im talking it will attack whatever is closest to it, so we have everyone run the same direction around the statue with the sparks so that if someone does pass off aggro they are still going to be going around and into the slots. Frequently, you’ll get four in and have one up, when this happens look for a blue circle on the ground (it looks like a targeting circle except slightly jagged), get the spark in there and proceed to dps. Obviously get a poison up on her as she disappears. Also, pet classes will wreak havoc on spark transitions. If you do have a pet class with you (excluding messmer as they can just shatter their clones) make sure they are on the one that is easy to get in and get out fast with. It is the one that is back and to the right when you first walk up to the statue.

Could the statue graphic use a better indicator? Yes. Could the sparks be melee instead of ranged to make it easier to maneuver them? Yes. Is the fight bugged and can only be done by exploiting? No.

As a side note I’m pretty sure I’ve been banned from viewing this thread but not posting in it. So any other question will have to go to PMs.

In celebration of my first GW2 mod telling everyone to calm the kitten down here is what I wrote one of the PM’s.

It really is no trick, the entire fight is getting the sparks locked in fast. It’s 100% all about the sparks. She will put a blue ankh like buff on her right before she disappears, leave to get sparks then, don’t wait until she disappears the amount of healing she will do in 1-2 seconds is x100( probably less than that but I felt the need to exaggerate to convey my point) what dps you could do in those 1-2 seconds. As far as actually getting the spark in fast, we use 4 people to get sparks and 1 person using water to get people out of stoned form. The spark aggro is extremly jumping, Im talking it will attack whatever is closest to it, so we have everyone run the same direction around the statue with the sparks so that if someone does pass off aggro they are still going to be going around and into the slots. Frequently, you’ll get four in and have one up, when this happens look for a blue circle on the ground (it looks like a targeting circle except slightly jagged), get the spark in there and proceed to dps. Obviously get a poison up on her as she disappears. Also, pet classes will wreak havoc on spark transitions. If you do have a pet class with you (excluding messmer as they can just shatter their clones) make sure they are on the one that is easy to get in and get out fast with. It is the one that is back and to the right when you first walk up to the statue.

I say let them keep the gear, but give them a giant mark of shame. Like the 100% map completion icon, but a big thumbs down.

That comment would work….before you called me an exploiter.

Kk guy have fun figuring it out, or in your case waiting another week until someone spoon feeds you it. DKP if you would like tips, PM me, on the condition that this guy never knows, I will gladly help you out.

If buy exploiting you mean we did the encounter the way it was supposed to be done then sure. As far as sharing secrets, after that comment explain to me why I should tell you how to do it?

Edit: I fully believe there are not more guides out there because people like myself came to this forum to give you guys tips on stuff you were having a hard time with weeks ago, not full out guides but tips, and we were berated and called elitist jerks. When you sit down to write up a guide and recall those comments, you really just lose all motivation to do it.

I’m right here.

Ive killed her 4 times, spark timing at 50% is the whole fight.

Ive decided that we should just change the words your and you’re to ur. The casual language users of the English language seem to prefer it this way therefore it must be correct!

Enaruki.4382:

Simply finding a group that would be able to farm those dungeons with a reasonable attention span and intelligence level is impossible for me.

FTFY!

Ouch, get that man some Aloe!

A lot of the time he will summon two grubs when going into phase 2. The damage he does with 0 stacks is noticeably less. Auto attacks 9k AoE 8.5k on a messmer with ~1400 toughness, so killing grubs will help.

I think they tried to go in a direction away from the things that were making MMO’s stale. But sure I get it, I hate things that are different too.

Different day, same kittens.

^ on the real. I attempted to give some general tips and things that work for me with PuG’s, got blasssssssssted by some people, so enjoy arguing yourselves in circles. I’ll continue to post useful things such as how to find groups and get around buggy content (example: how to finish CoF 3 before it is fixed). As far as attempting to point helpful things out or discuss mechanics on these forums, I would rather dry hump a pile of broken glass.

Even better. Add me Gies.3824 and we can work on getting them merged so everyone is in the same spot.

So someone on JQ started a LFG guild. All players can invite and the chat is used like a chat channel to find people/groups for dungeons. Pretty neat idea to tide people over until the changes are implemented, thought I would pass it on.

I feel like you might still be missing something, very rarely do I have bosses just running around doing whatever they want. I am blessed with having an amazing guardian and warrior friend, so I’ll just ask them to come kick out some of the things they do that work. That being said we are still able to blind/daze/weakness a few fights when they get out of control near a squishy. I do think that melee theifs are being punished by a lot of these encounters, but that could be reworked in the class.

/sigh Can we just get these guys a rant sub-forum? Every time I open one of these threads I say to myself “Sweet lets have a talk, maybe I can point somethings out that will help.” Yet, a lot of the time, I just get “Dungeon mob killing me, change mechanics.” Perhaps, which mobs are doing this to you, or even just the dungeon these mobs in would lead to a lot more productive conversations and possibly changes. Such as “X mob in X zone is really annoying, anyone have any tips? Or is the mob just super annoyingly designed?”

Mr. Noell! We run dungeons nightly based on what people need for their legendary weapons, pm me a list of what you need to finish and I’ll try and squeeze you in.

Had the same problem, got it to finish by leaving the NPC out of the fight so she does not die. Required us to do the fight with four people, but if this holding you back from an achievement you can do it this way.

It is in, I achieved a few days ago with a friend. SPOILER ALERT: There is no reward except the title, so keep that in mind, it is only an ego fluffer title. I enjoyed it, it does not seem like many others are enjoying it.

Cannot edit post for some reason so here is a side note. It is things like trying to kill the birds and not realizing it was a debuff that lead me to say people are not understanding the mechanics.

SE Grenadiers: If you are talking about the inquest one trigger their spawn and waypoint out they will run all the way through without attacking anyone and despawn. If you are talking about the dredge scorpion wire or split up the mobs on a pull.

Subject Alpha’s spammy rock spikes that WILL eventually hit you: Wait a few seconds in the AoE then dodge you will still be in the circle and evade everything. Also the spiky rocks have huge holes in the middle that you can just stand in.

Subject Alpha encasing and simultaneously slamming you with an AoE.
Have whoever in your group that is not reliant on condition damage killing crystal when they are up, there is a few seconds before the AoE. Most importantly don’t have multiple people go into downed state over one crystal if someone does get hit in a crystal just get them up.

Subject Alpha’s 10 minutes of health (can you tell I don’t like him yet?): Less time dead and running from waypoint = mobs dieing faster.

Kudu’s killshot: I’ll give you this one, this was a silly silly mechanic.

The boss in HotW with the birds (Butcher?). If you go under water the bird debuff is dropped.

Rumblus:Get a guardian or warrior who can control a mob, circle around him move when he turns.

Giganticus: Im assuming you are talking about phase 2 here, when he goes to phase 2 he has a tendency to summon two grubs, so make sure to get those while splitting up. Keep moving and spread out, dodge when he shadow walks at you, make sure to dodge/blink through to areas that are not covered in red circles. Wait for the poison condition to come off on his auto attack before healing(obviously heal if you are going to die). If you keep moving a lot of the time his auto attack will just miss you. It can be reflected with crystals but it will do no damage to him, so if you are constantly low try to keep a crystal in the room. Do get downed to get another person up, wait for the AoE to go off and then send whoever he is not shadow walking to over to get there person up.

The other fights I can’t remember off the top of my head, but when the come to my memory Ill let you know.

I am a Mesmer running around with 13.7k hp doing all this if that will shed some light on how strong toughness is. I only have 20 points in toughness( mostly for a 20% staff cdr skill) and I have 6/13 items with toughness on them so I’m not stacking insane amounts of toughness either.

A) Why so mad, I was giving you legitimate tips.
B) If I thought it was a reasonable career choice I would.
C) If you have questions about a fight PM me, Ill gladly point things out to you.
D) The rest of the world and the most vocal part of a sub-forum are two completely different things.

I wasn’t talking about CoF and I am rocking a Dungeon Master title….

To everyone getting 1 shot and encountering unavoidable mechanics, you are doing things very wrong. Either your stats are just all in the wrong spots for dungeons or you are having a really hard time processing a mobs attack animations/attack patterns. Try dropping vitality, picking up toughness. Stop spending 90% of an instance on yourkitten and complaining that mobs have so much health. You will do a lot more damage dropping that 95% crit damage build and picking up some toughness, because you will actually be alive. Keep your conditions and boons stacked. Use consumables, both potions and food, they are dirt cheap and if you are farming dungeons worth the investment. Sure there are some fights where health is a wtf factor as the mobs lack any interesting abilities, but they are mostly all in the same dungeon, in which every run can be done in less than 30 minutes.

There are multiple kitten murderers/ console cheat code using posters in this thread.

If you going in to dungeons in full power precison crit damage gear, you are going to have a bad time.

I don’t think there is a boss fight in the game that take more than 5 minutes. Sure there is when you are learning it, but at that point not everyone has it down.

Where are these supposed one shot mob mechanics? The only one I can think of is the rifle men in CM, who literally tell you what they do and mark when they are doing it. That and the kill shot mob at the end of CoE SM.

Keep the NPC out of combat on the last boss, it seems to bug out when she dies/ is dead for when the quest is supposed to finish.