As an alternative to how Wethospu does it in his p2 solo, until they fix it Belka can be engaged from 1200 range without her aggroing, so that’s the easiest way to do it.
I heard a whisper that the spider run after Belka has a safe spot you can use to drop aggro, but for myself I just tough it out. Rush moves, leaps, condi cleanse for the cripple and whatever invuln or stealths I have are usually enough to make it through.
The Abomination also has a safe spot, but he’s easy enough if you just stack a few sets of tranq guns before hand (I usually go for 8-12) and just pull him away from the area with the inquest.
Did any Anet employees play City of Heroes at all? Cause they were doing “Issues” before Living Story was a twinkle in Colin’s eye. Living Story isn’t groundbreaking, it’s just a gimmicky way to funnel content into the gem store and force people to log in daily/weekly to get things before they go away.
Oh any by the way, Co* Issues brought permanent content. Just FYI.
Agreeing with what u guys said.
But arena said no Holy Trinity and everybody can enjoy.
And if we avoid dungeons for slower players, arena net shout not put in update with more dungeons, which, many would avoid, which means, the updates are kinda useless
Example the dungeons in LA with aetherblades, slower players can’t get up the boxes on time while running and avoid the lasers ….
Any strategy other than running up the boxes?
The strategy is to go do easier content.
Then it just means that slower players cant enjoy the story or content fully ….
Content is not designed so that every single player can enjoy it! I don’t like PvP, so I don’t play it! I don’t like WvW, so I don’t play it! I don’t like open world PvE, so I don’t play it! I don’t like content that’s too easy, so I don’t play it!
Why can’t you people just NOT PLAY IT if it’s too hard?
Agreeing with what u guys said.
But arena said no Holy Trinity and everybody can enjoy.
And if we avoid dungeons for slower players, arena net shout not put in update with more dungeons, which, many would avoid, which means, the updates are kinda useless
Example the dungeons in LA with aetherblades, slower players can’t get up the boxes on time while running and avoid the lasers ….
Any strategy other than running up the boxes?
Builds like those taught me more about the value of damage builds vs. anything I have read on these forums. It’s too bad more people don’t learn things for themselves and just used the builds they were told were the best like a good followers. What did they learn from that? How to semi-retire, troll forums and quit the game because of bads?
the point is he and the other 3 players are looking for free pass by leeching off a group they know can do thing quickly and I can assure you, there are more of them then there are the people you called elitist.
Again, I’m pretty sure most of these people did read the advertisement, and because they do they know the run will most likely be fast so they try to fish their way in. When they’re found out and get kicked, they come to the forum and complain about other being elitist (of course without mentioning the fact that they wish they can leech of a run of said group).
We used to have field tests, they were speed clear videos.
Testing group dynamics is also kinda important because the contributions of others shift the value of things like more vuln stacks or the efficiency of power vs precision food.
Yeah but running a full dungeon with your whole team contributing adds tons of variables that muddle the tests too much, unless the result is far and away better than the control setup. The field tests should be as controlled as possible. Groups should be present to provide buffs and vuln on enemies, preferably while dealing as little damage as possible (though as long as they do it consistently across trials it doesn’t matter too much).
If you’re not running reflects on Malrona you deserve a fiery agonizing torment for all eternity in the depths of Hades
and an insta-kick, of course
Why should he have to change his utilities so that it will save the group from getting hit and damage the boss more. Are you so elite that you can’t let him play the way he wants to play? Why should the boss die 5 min faster just so you can farm gold?
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Careful with that sarcasm, Ethics.
“He who fights with bads might take care lest he thereby becomes a bad. And when you gaze long into a casual the casual also gazes into you.”
If you refuse to respect others because they don’t use the “best” skills/gear/weapons, then you are a bad player. And a jerk
What blows me away is that people in this game call themselves casual and wear it like a badge of honor as though playing badly and making mistakes are something to be proud of. How many times do you hear “oh i know the best spec/gear/etc but id rather play …”? They are making a conscious decision to play worse then they are capable of being.
and the thing is they talk down to those of us who work on being better on playing better on becoming the best of the best. They tell us we aren’t allowed to dictate how they play. Its their game too and its their choice, but don’t you dare kick them from a group or they will start posting to reddit about how you scammed them out of their tokens.
Anet should make an addendum to their statement “Play how you want, but don’t expect others to put up with you.”
Yup, exactly, and it’s why I say GW2 has the worst playerbase ever, dungeon forum posters excepted. Never seen people so proud to be so bad and so hateful of people who strive to be better.
I’m planning on doing some vet giant tests come next balance patch. I like having an idea of how much might/vuln/etc. a build can provide on its own anyway. I also have a small bit of data around featuring magecrusher.
But if you’re volunteering to be part of that CoE team, Broad… well I’ll see you later
I think Spoj has it right with the Ooze. And yeah I’ll volunteer as buff-bot
Or the ooze. Sit on the coral and you dont have to worry about dodging attacks or anything.
Oooh yeah, that’s pretty good too. The Abom on the safe spot would also work but it’s harder to set up with the whole team. The ooze is the first boss though, I’d probably pick that.
My point is, do a kittening field test, god this spreadsheet bullkitten is so boring.
Why does this community seem so allergic to performing and publishing field tests of these numbers?
Get a team in CoE/3 to hit the lasers and head down to the Destroyer platform to provide needed buffs, but let the ele do all the damage to the Destroyer. Do it a few times just for averaging’s sake and to smooth out discrepancies in rotations. Publish the results. One build does it in 2 shield drops plus 10 seconds, the other build does it in 3 shield drops plus 4 seconds. Boom, numbers verified.
You could probably do the Abom in Arah p2 or one of the giants at the end of p3 as well.
This is so annoying. The only cure for this disease is to join the selling party with a friend and kick their leader, so you discourage them to repeat it again for some time. I’ve sent to ArenaNet a folder with screenshots describing and showing every possible Arah skip I know. Nothing changed yet. Especially I look forward to fix the skipping to lupicus (jumping on the coral on wall to the right of couple of risens, when you start P1).
What about people who can solo/duo the path legitimately, without skipping anything except normal trash runs? Should they not be allowed to sell the remaining slots?
Hard to say, I never really paid attention. I guess someone could take a look at old videos and see if the damage is still same. But I would say that it has been like this since the launch because I don’t recall any changes to potions.
Either it’s a bug or an unannounced change, gg anet.
No, skipping is not a game at all. It’s a path of least resistance. Don’t tell me that anyone does it because he simply likes skipping mobs.
The thing is, why do something that you consider to be a big enough chore to justify skipping it? Because it gives you a lot of loot. If there was no loot, you wouldn’t be there at all, skiping or not.
Skipping is often harder than clearing. It takes much more skill to skip some of the encounters expert dungeon runners often skip than to slowly and methodically clear all the mobs out. It’s higher risk for high reward.
Clearing everything is like laying up short of the water with your iron for a safe, conservative wedge shot to the green. Or, you can put on your big girl/boy pants, take out your 3W and send that motherkittener home.
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probably won’t unless it gets great reviews, I don’t like subscription games. I’ve been getting back into D3 since the big updates are coming early next year.
I gave the game away to my son so I need to get him another copy. My Battle tag is ToothFairy#1190. I’m also waiting for the release of Bungie’s Destiny.
Awesome, added! broseidon#1426 for anyone else interested!
just think, as bad as most pugs are, you would have been one of those few guys who left people thinking “hmmm, that was a smooth run” (i wonder why, probably my cleric heal ranger lol)
sorry man. pugs are getting too bad to tolerate and I just
have you checked out wildstar yet?
probably won’t unless it gets great reviews, I don’t like subscription games. I’ve been getting back into D3 since the big updates are coming early next year.
just think, as bad as most pugs are, you would have been one of those few guys who left people thinking “hmmm, that was a smooth run” (i wonder why, probably my cleric heal ranger lol)
sorry man. pugs are getting too bad to tolerate and I just
Why would you ever want to use PVT?
Also, Rabid and Rampagers are usually better than PVT or even Knights.
I wouldn’t (now), but if I had to choose between a know-nothing pug in Cleric’s or PVT, I’d choose PVT. PVT gear is training wheels, but at least it’s on the path to riding a bike, unlike Clerics, Magi, Shaman, etc. Don’t be obtuse.
the game doesn’t need trinity, the action-rpg-ish nature of the combat is perfectly fine. But really, all non-power gear should just be taken out of PvE. Leave in Soldier, Knight, and Zerk (obv), and rename them all to line up with an “adept/master/grandmaster” idea that maybe you should start in PTV at a bare minimum while you’re learning how to play, then perhaps Knight’s once you’re starting to get good, eventually graduating to Zerk.
Also, instanced content should just straight up be harder, with the possibility of actual failure. That’s why we loved TAFU so much, because once the spider spawn bug happened it became a straight up pug-buster, even worse than Lupicus (maybe on par with pre-nerf Simin).
If I was in Colin’s position my number one priority would be to beat the horrible idea of out players’ heads that they should be entitle to play the kittentiest builds possible and still complete instances. Also of course I’d can the Living Story bullkitten.
I don’t expect LFG results to stay as bad as they are now. Eventually people will learn what is up with dungeons and it won’t be so painful to pug.
LFG.com has been around for what, 8 months? And the pugs from there are still pathetic if your baseline for measurement is anything above “barely competent”. Now there’s an entire new population of pugs trying to get into dungeons without knowing fact #1 about how the game really works. I don’t expect it to be any different until 2015.
3W/1G/1M isn’t the most optimal comp but it’s probably the most efficient in terms of effort/clear time, not to mention real world time spent learning the classes. If you don’t like it, up thine game and bring ranger/engie/ele/whatever would be the most optimal for that content and claim the record. the record will speak for itself.
wtf man my grammar is impeccable. there’s no one that can match me. my style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I’m just ferocious. Praise be to Allah!
I’ll be honest. Game has gone to complete kitten. It’s wasted away and Anet doesn’t give a kitten. It’s turned into a huge money spin for NCsoft to milk casuals. However. For me personally, I just like hanging around like minded people. The game… I would have quit long ago, but I stick around for the people. I like ‘elitist’ scumbaggery, it’s fun to me. min/maxxing.. it’s the only thing left to do. All there is left is pushing at the envelope, because this game doesn’t give any challenges, it doesn’t give any real new content, that’s something, that we, that players have to unfortunately do for ourselves. If this game was offline, and instead of other players, you had heros that you could modify builds on (kind of like GW1) and there were no forums, how many people would still be trying to make records then? I really wonder. There is a social and competitive aspect which is one of the only things holding this dieing dungeon community together. It’s pathetic, but to hell with it, I’m at least having fun.. even if I have to make it for myself.
I haven’t logged in in days and I don’t miss it one bit. Been having a blast with other games that are much better than GW2 even in their own flawed states.
1. Missing language filters, i.e. Spanish, German, etc.
2. Two Fractal tiers are grouped together
As Lamir mentioned also, there seems to be a long delay when displaying the list per dungeon, but the message displayed when waiting is the same message as if there weren’t any groups at all, which is pretty poor design.
So all in all, it sounds like another typical Anet release. Buggy, partially functional, not very well thought out, and hastily put together.
If only they put as much effort into this as they have into the Super Adventure Box.
Back during the Deadeye Farm craze I had my guardian up at 101% crit and there were still non-crit hits happening. Don’t know if that’s due to a bug with Right Hand Strength (it still doesn’t display in the H panel, you have to just add the 15 yourself) or something else wonky with the crit% calculations.
Just mentioning this to say it might not always so bad to be a little above 100%. If there is a bug, that is.
I thought right hand strength didn’t apply to reflect damage. That’s why you wouldn’t crit sometimes.
I’m pretty sure I was hitting closer to 100% than 85%. That would be the first I’ve ever heard of that.
Reflections are no sword attacks and therefore do not get affected by RHS.
Ahhh, I thought the trait was “Critical-hit chance with one-handed weapons [equipped] is increased by 15%.”
