Guild Wars 2

Making a food like this that is really only used in content such as raids a sub-optimal choice is pretty much as good as removing it from the game. Players will shift focus to the next best option. Some testing is probably still to come but if it is worse than ‘Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup’ for example, then people will just use that.

I think you guys are missing the entire point of the “Penalty Box” as you so put it. This encounter is intended to be challenging and introduces the concept of defeat without the chance of resurrection (just like what happens in raids – the content that follows from there). It also fit’s thematically in my opinion as well.

I think the better question is if you were doing it with a friend who has done it multiple times why they didn’t show you where to stand.

Green circles not appearing isn’t a bug, it happens due to poor group DPS.

The SA Key channeling yet moving u nowhere and going on CD is fairly common. In my experiences seems to be associated with lag.

Getting to green circles is not difficult. He does 3 attacks that spawn them.
1) He spawns circles of 3 different sizes requiring a specific number of players to be in them at the completion of the attack. The number of required players can be seen from the physical size of the circle and the number of green dots showing above it. (1 , 2 or 4 players required). This attack has a long lead up time and unless you are down there is no reason you shouldn’t be able to get to one using the special action key. By default try to go to the smallest size of circle possible.
2) He swings his sword around the platform. Immediately after he will summon large green circles. Go to any of them. This is the most dangerous due to the short amount of time to actually get to a circle, but is always telegraphed by the sword spin, so you know it’s coming. Generally this will only cause an issue for you if you are hit by the sword and downed (learn to evade the sword) or if you lag out (not much you can do there).
3) He will teleport across the platform dropping green circles as he goes. Before 100-50% HP he will drop a circle in the middle. Easy to get to, wait until after he’s done most of the circles before going to one of the outside ones if that’s where you are going (players with agony should be doing this). 50-0% HP he will no longer drop a circle in the middle. Don’t get in the way of his charges and don’t go into a green until he has dropped most of the circles.

Above all MAKE SURE you are using your special action key to get to a green, or a similar fast movement skill (Example: Mesmer – Blink, Druid – Ancestral Grace).

samer here, only toon i have been able to get on is my lvl 48 bag opening toon that is permanently camped at a crafting station in wayfarer foothills.

Update after 2 mins in game that crashed too.

Yah ditto so far each toon I have tried game crashes immediately

I have to say that I played this mission many times for achievements on my warrior and I did not once fail a single time, I even took numerous players who were struggling through one at a time so that if they died it was still really soloable (the last phase break bar scales with more players making it tough if you have to solo it). Following this i completed the extreme mote with a group (couple tries and we found extreme pale tree easier than eir) and have done it on my ranger and mesmer solo as well. The mesmer i found slightly harder due to a lack of stability in my condi build. Admittedly I had read on the wiki beforehand about the vine which trivializes the flight phase.

Basically the crux of all this is that I have soloed all of the hot story content bar I think 2 achieves. Some things are harder others easier but it is ALL soloable. In fact I found most of the standard content not too difficult at all. I’m not trying to say I’m amazing or anything, in fact I’m an aussie with bad ping and shaky net, but if I can do it so can you. The other thing I want to say is that if people need help with hot, my name is on the side, ask me, I have currently completed every achievement available in hot other than shooting gallery adventure gold (tricky) and the 100 tarir fights (only been playing again about 2 months – that’s when i bought hot too fyi). Otherwise use the wiki people instead of bashing your head against the wall find out the fight mechanics and tricks beforehand!

EDIT: I failed to note that with warrior I used almost exclusively great sword melee for the whole thing