Guild Wars 2

At first I was annoyed by Scarlet. Really, studied at all three Asura colleges, and is better than the Asura at all of them? I couldn’t stand her or how she’d pop up, say something cringe-worthy, and then teleport away again.

But then in her dungeon, when she was killing herself on explosive barrels that just happened to be lying around, I realized something: she’s a Saturday morning cartoon villain. That may not sit well with people who want a serious story, but once you realize that Scarlet is on the same level as Skeletor or Team Rocket she gets a lot more tolerable.

I’m colorblind and was able to complete Liadri, however it was a massive pain and way harder than it should have been because of my colorblindness. I had to spend 10-15 rounds learning where to focus my eyes so that I could see the vague flickers of movement, then more memorizing the pattern in phase 1. I died probably 20 more times because it looked like I was outside of the AoE but wasn’t. Once phase 2 started it was basically 50/50 whether I’d be downed immediately when the AoE hit again. If downed, then try again, if not, go where it just was.

I was able to complete it, but do agree that GW2 should be more colorblind-friendly. Outside of this event I’ve had multiple instances where I didn’t even know something was incoming, for example in Honor of the Waves.

Did it on a Necromancer, 30/30/10/0/0, Rabid gear with Runes of the Undead. Scepter/Dagger and Staff, all condition damage spec, with Consume Conditions, Well of Power, Blood is Power, Epidemic and Avatar of Grenth in the slots, though I’m not sure I actually used the elite. Epidemic came in handy for rallying off a Vision of Mortality when it hit me (I guess that’s what happened). Basically I loaded her up with conditions and ran around while my Regeneration booster and Mango Pies kept me from dying.

It took me about 100 tries, 10-15 of which were just me figuring out how to look at the screen so that I could see the red circles well enough to learn the pattern and dodge when needed (I’m colorblind). I won’t be going for the 8 orbs of light achievement for sure.

I’ve been downed several times when I was clearly outside the radius and there were definitely no visions anywhere near me. In once instance I was downed while “in” the effect, and then the next batch of red circles appeared with me very much inside them. It’s incredibly frustrating to be safe and still die.