ed: lmbo I have to wait 10 minutes in between each post now
Well basically Brazil and I went and had some shenanigans and each got bans. His related to becoming a catfish biologist, mine relates to poking ‘play how you wanters’ in the guardian forums with Oxxy. In the end he’s on a 300 seconds limit between posts and I’m on 600. Worth it though I assure you ;D
Oh and they confiscated our signatures LOL
sounds like 3 of us are on the outlaw list now.
Ooo! You be Cheyenne Phillips, I’ll be Bobby Sixkiller, and Brazil can be Lorenzo Lamas in our own version of
I would just like the game to reward somehow people who have put in the effort and skill to be very good at PvE. Currently in PvE there’s very little incentive to be good other than less time spent doing a daily dungeon tour. It would be nice to get some sort of pat on the back, even if it was just achievements for speedrunning/soloing.
As it is now, the game, in fact, does not recognize game.
Theory works perfectly fine …. argh why can’t people understand this?
It’s not like there is some kind of paravirtual force in-game that skews the maths !!
Dude theory is only the beginning. We don’t play the game on a spreadsheet. NASA didn’t draw up plans for the Apollo program, sit back and look at the blackboard, then decide that was good enough and went home satisfied. You have to DO the things you’re theorizing about. Which is why we need to develop a clinical trial for
all this stuff.
I dig math as much as the next guy, but you speadsheet lovers need to start working on a way to prove the things you’re saying.
Not being clad in Berserker gear = immediate baddie (or just new?) It shows limited understanding of all dungeon mechanics and that of their own class to wear anything else.
There are bad players in Zerker gear but that first generalisation pretty much trimmed 99% of the fat.
I think new (like, BRAND new) players get a pass on this, because a lot of folks came to GW2 for promises that went unfulfilled and the game is very bad at giving you useful feedback to know how much or how little you’re contributing. But, once you’re past like 200 hours or so, if you’re not already making the move to zerk you’re probably unsalvageable unless you play in a total cocoon. I think a bigger tell is, do you argue against zerk players about what is optimal? Denying the reality of “MORE DAMAGE = BETTER THAN” at any point is grounds to be put on the kittenlist forever, IMO.
I’ve been playing Fractals for a while but haven’t noticed that killing tenatacles damages him.
Does anyone know how much damage killing a tentacle deals?
I’ve played almost daily since head start and I didn’t know it until like a month or so ago.
I think it’s slightly less than a crystal but you can do them faster. I don’t even bother with crystals unless there’s one right at my feet. If you’re wearing zerk and you know how to manage blinds/evades, you can just go off and kill them on your own. in a typical pug you’ll kill a tentacle in the same time it takes the rest of the group to kill one, so you’re definitely doing more damage to the maw than they are.
whoever made up those end reward values knows bugger all about dungeons
At this point I seriously doubt that any single Anet employee has run through all dungeon paths, and on the off chance they have, certainly not in an organized (zerk) group.
They really should ask to ride along on some pro runs.
forgot to mention how CM p2 is a steaming pile of kitten too. p1 and 3 are ok if a little claustrophobic but p2 is just terrible (especially that endboss)
I’d like an official response from anet if it’s ok to sell dungeon slots coz i want to start soloing lupicus with my 250 http://www.gw2db.com/items/63074-jezzas-flamethrower and make 100 g per day from arah runs.
If you really want an answer to that you’ll have to post in the general forums or send a message to support. Perhaps an email to Gaile Grey. No one from Anet reads or responds in this forum, except for the automated program known as M.O.D.B.O.T.
There’s a few of those in the guild I’m in, saying “well it just involves memorising attacks”. Well sure, that’s a big part of it but you actually need to hone your reflexes. They’ve still yet to show me video evidence of their Lupicus solo kills however, since they don’t touch Arah with a ten foot pole.
Yeah exactly, people who go down that route of criticism never seem to have accomplished the more difficult tasks in this game, STRANGELY
congrats, VERY impressive. I thought I might set this as a goal for myself but I quit the whole thing out of frustration on not being able to do mesmer.
:D
I studied your videos religiously, but I could never do phase 1 consistently. Probably 80% of my deaths were in phase 1. IF I got past it, 2 and 3 were cake, but that was a huge IF, which made it too kittening frustrating.
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes. Source: wiki
That was my last post here, if I continue I will most likely say stuff that will get me infracted.
Now run along go solo Lupicus, or whatever you think being skillful means. Oh and I almost forgot, post videos, showing your uberness, that doubles your skill right there! -)
Son, let me help you out here, since you wouldn’t know a clue if it sat on your face.
rT and DnT feature the best PvE players in the game. The dungeon forum regulars are the best PvE player community in the game. We set records.
And please, continue posting, none of us use the report button maliciously, unlike the bads who wander in here and get yelled at. You have nothing to fear from us, except being made a fool of.
congrats, VERY impressive. I thought I might set this as a goal for myself but I quit the whole thing out of frustration on not being able to do mesmer.
Elitists feeling insecure and thinking that "rabble" is trying to handicap them so that they can't clear dungeons faster.
The reality is, nobody cares that you clear them faster. We want a better game, not to make you do things slower.
Bullkitten. Nothing’s stopping you from doing a full clear of the dungeons right now.
You’re arguing for removing the ability to skip mobs, something which you do not want to do. So how would this improve the game for you? It’s precisely about attempting to hinder people who are better and faster, but as many are pointing out, you’re too ignorant to consider the consequences of your requested modifications. We will always be better, and faster, and more efficient. The best case scenario is maybe you close the gap a tiny bit. But anything that slows us down will slow you down even more.
And I should point out once again that NOBODY CARES WHAT WAS INTENDED. Skipping is possible, therefore we do it. If you don’t like it, you think it’s an exploit, whatever, just report people that do it. Do let us know how well that works out for you.
Makes sense, supporting in my (very little) experience is a female thing! (inb4 males that play support builds jump on me, I’m not being too serious)
Lol actually that is an accurate statement. Generally speaking, support is more of a female role, while damage is more of a male role. Simply due to basic human nature. Although, you do find exceptions to every ‘rule’ (which is why male nurses exist for example). I was just poking fun originally, hehe.
what kind of bullkitten kitten kittenin 1950s Mad Men kitten garbage is this
That’s the thing: when Robert talked about skipping, he specifically said he doesn’t condone it. He spends the whole post talking about ways to fix the problem, and how previous game designs just created a different problem. The whole community segregation thing is just a temporary solution until Robert could find a way to please both worlds. But he’s gone now, so gates ahoy!
Elitist vs Casuals it seems. No rules, because there are no enforcers (unless you get butt/hurt and report a post)
I would love to compare the metrics on how often dungeon forum regulars get reported/infracted versus how often it happens to bads that wander in and get yelled at
Elitist vs Casuals it seems. No rules, because there are no enforcers (unless you get butt/hurt and report a post)
I would love to compare the metrics on how often dungeon forum regulars get reported/infracted versus how often it happens to bads that wander in and get yelled at
When he enrages, back up against the wall behind you. It will knock you into the wall but won’t knock you off of your rock. Then you can stand up and continue as normal.
But then you’re out of his range and he’ll come up for you, right? Maybe it’s just perfect positioning, I’ve never been able to get him satisfied with where I’m standing unless I’m really close to the edge.
Chryzo showed it to me, I think it was a bug, he didn’t even move, it was on the top of the ledge and chryzo didn’t lose any hp whatsoever even when it went berserk, he didn’t even use the tranquilizer, I tried doing it but it only worked once but yeah, he akitten melee abomination, according to him, he only uses this method when he’s lazy since abomination is a pretty easy boss.
You still can’t completely AFK from there because he will knock you back slightly with the headbutt, and you’ll scoot back just enough that you’re out of his range and he’ll come up the rock to get you. Also, if you’re using a melee weapon, you’ll be in max melee range, necessitating manually pressing #1 (or AHKing lol). I suppose you could use a range weapon, but dear sweet jesus that would drag that already boring fight out so much longer.
Not sure what Brazil is talking about with getting knocked back into a spot where you won’t actually move, though.
I don’t know whether I’m more impressed by the video or the fact that you managed to find 5 level 80 Rangers with berserker trinkets.
personally, I feel like in a game like this where it’s so kittening easy to max level and gear out (in exotics at least), if you don’t have all classes at 80 you’re a scrubblet
No, GW1 was a game where it was so kittening easy to max level and gear out.
GW2 is a lot worse in that aspect. And it’s not because I’m a scrub, but because I find the leveling process (be it by open world PvE or crafting) so painfully boring it borders with torture.
It takes like a week if you’re lazy about it, or a day if you spend a little gold on crafting (not as realistic now that ascended stuff kittens that up). Game’s been out for a year though. No excuse.
Seriously though as much as we talk about how open we are to trying anything and everything to minmax for speedclearing, there are far too many people who don’t rock 8 80s.
I don’t know whether I’m more impressed by the video or the fact that you managed to find 5 level 80 Rangers with berserker trinkets.
personally, I feel like in a game like this where it’s so kittening easy to max level and gear out (in exotics at least), if you don’t have all classes at 80 you’re a scrubblet
In order of how fast the sparks would aggro to nearby stuff: bears >> spirits >> cats/moas > naked rangers. We actually had to reset a few times because a spark would stick to a frost spirit.
You forgot to add people accidentally using a PTV bow instead of zerk lol
gj
edit: deleted what i first wrote cause it’d point something out which probably nobody would notice and it’d defeat the purpose of the vid unnecessarily. if anyone does notice... pls be quiet for the greater good :)
I meant the bone wall close to the deadeye. Thats where you get ooc if you do it semi legit melee and run out to heal up and remove burn. It makes her reset back to original position, all the barrels stop burning and she stops teleporting around (but her hp doesnt regen). When I just ran to the spot and ranged immediately she always started teleporting, but I could be slightly wrong in how you prevent her from doing that. :P
Ah ok you’re talking about resetting her to do a melee. The afkrange spot is just to run all the way to the back watery area, near where the spider trash run begins. Then you can scoot close enough to her and start ranging, and the barrels won’t even start blowing up until she’s at 75%.
