Guild Wars 2

Talizorah Vas Neema.6903:

Here is my Norn Thief called Ash Sroka on the Gunner’s Hold server

OMG! a Norn thief! Awesomely rare…wait…is that Sasquatch is the background?

Does that hair add extra conditioner damage?

Zacchary.6183:

“I saw a perma-stealthed thief…”

LOL…I saw what you did there…or maybe I didn’t. Hmmmm…

CrazyPhilosopher. Dungeons in GW2 requires you to be a certain level to access them. As you gain levels you’ll open up more dungeons. First you’ll have to do the dungeon in story mode and then that dungeon with open to explorable mode with more content available. Explorable mode is a bit higher level (5 levels I believe) so you’ll need to lvl up a bit more before attempting it.

Example: Ascalonian Catacombs is the first instance you can run and its at lvl 30 story mode and lvl 35 explorable.

All good tips. My PUG killed Slick first but there is more than one way to do this encounter. I’ll try the kill Sparki first method next run. Seems logical that it would free up some elements that I wont have to worry about while focusing down Slick. Thanks for the advice.

I was curious about this as well. My 80 never seems to get any drops in Orr and yet I figured that would be the place to get them the most. I might just be unlucky and I suppose I’ll just buy them later if I don’t have enough.

Agreed…it’s very frustrating.

Congratz on the OP!

To the OP. I don’t see anything about how the other players where holding up their end of the bargain on this run. It reads like you’re blaming yourself for all the challenges that the group was having and I would encourage you not to do that. Sounds to me like the entire group was not really getting the job done.

Hey, at least you know the instance for the most part and it looks like other Mesmers are offering up some sound advice. Take it, improve, and kick butt next time you’re in there.

We need a more defined language to determine what your looking for in LFG.

How about:
1. We are Elitist: Don’t join unless you solo’d the new Tequatl
2. Experienced only: We’re slightly below 1 (but not by much)
3. Pretty experienced folks: We’re kinda cool and don’t mind a few wipes
4. New to explorer mode: You might want to bring some drinks
5. New to story mode: You definitely want to bring some drinks
6. We’ve been smoking pot all day: Wipes…who cares mon!

Durzlla.6295:

1. reason I love playing my support ranger… Elitists don’t come within 2000 feet of me =D.

Haha! I love it! Are you sure it’s not 2500 feet though? What’s a few hundred more feet. :)

Acerola.6407:

This dungeon is not even close to something that could be considered “hard”. Period. It’s not the easiest thing in the world, but when you understood the mechanics, it’s no big deal really. Even the ooze pulling is very fine imo. The only spot where the horrible AI can get in your way is in that annoying electro field puzzle.

Lightly.6843:

p.s.s. This not WoW. You actually have to think about what you’re doing.

I really wonder how you manage to do high level raids without thinking

Ok, point taken, but WoW even at “high level” really isn’t very challenging anymore. The days are long gone where it would take a dedicated guild months to clear an end-game raid.

So I ran this for the second time last night. When we got to the ooze door we were having some challenges and two players were constantly complaining and screaming for resetting the ooze to start the run again. They rage quit after about 4 tries and we get two new players, explain the mechanics and get it done on the first shot. I then understood where our weak link was.

Point is, rather then complaining and raging, figure out the mechanics and git ’er done!

p.s. This was a PUG that we took all the way to the final boss. The dungeon is not too hard if you pay attention and contribute your grey matter to make your team successful.

p.s.s. This not WoW. You actually have to think about what you’re doing.

All I have to add is that I PUG’d this last night with great group and got to the final boss. It took us a few tries with the ooze to open the door but once we sync’d up it was fairly straight forward.

We literally got the final boss to 5% and got unlucky with a DC. This was after several attempts. I know any PUG can do it because I did it and most certainly I will go back in to make sure I kill this boss.

Frankly its nice to see content that is challenging. For me personally I really have to think about my profession and ask myself “what can I do better to help my team?”.

If this kind of content is not for you then don’t do it. Simple as that.