Guild Wars 2

tralon.2135:

I noticed when I got to level 8 and was following the “chain quests” as instructed, but enemy in each of those quests got to be 2 levels higher than me? I am a hunter at level 8, but the enemy ranges anywhere from levels 10 to 12? I don’t stand a chance. So how do I deal with this problem?

Kite them, keep your distance and try not to stay directly in front of them. When I pick fights with mobs/groups that are a little big for me to chew, I keep moving to try and keep their backs to me. A lot of their attacks are going to be directly in front of them, so try to at least be at their sides when they attack.

Keep your distance, a lot of mobs attack primarily close up. Stay outside of their melee/short range attack distance.

Use the environment around you. One of my storyline quests had me soloing waves of 2-3 practically Veteran difficulty mobs. Luckily, it took place inside of a dredge mine with a watchtower and a ramp leading up to it. Mobs can’t jump, so I kited them with my range weapon by running up the ramp, waiting for them up the watchtower and then jumping down when they got close(I jumped back on the ramp to run up to the tower when they got down, so lather, rinse, repeat). So long as I stayed close by they kept trying to chase me rather than resetting. Eventually, when it got down to the boss, he was slow and it allowed me the time I needed to revive my combat NPC after about 3 passes.

Be mindful of your surroundings when you’re shuking and jiving. The last thing you want to do is aggro more mobs, because you weren’t paying attention to the spawns around you.

Try the river drakes in Queensdale for Tiny Scales and Tiny Claws. That’s where I went to farm.