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I’d urge anyone to keep trying for completion, even if it seems insurmountable. There’s a couple of threads going around of late of this nature (they come in threes or more like buses), and in some of those, there’s likely some other advice, maybe better advice, of how to tackle your WvW completion coming in from a PvE perspective. I believe one such piece is to try and get things just after reset. Also, if you know anyone from your server who’s walking around with a big old star next to their name, maybe you could ask them how they managed it.
I would advocate taking time, too. This isn’t something you can get in a day, unless you’re very lucky. If you’re already 80 and have done all the other maps, I’d advise doing a small bit of WvW, then finding something else to do (preferably something that doesn’t make your gnash your teeth!).
If you’ve just hit 80, chances are you don’t have all the PvE maps either. So, I advise starting any gaming session with a small bout of WvW - try to get a few vistas, PoIs, and maybe a skill point. Don’t do more than that, unless your map is looking good, or you run into a productive zerg. Also, don’t worry, fuss, bemoan, or otherwise besmirch a zerg. It’s a means to getting things done, and if you’ve been failing on your own, perhaps safety in numbers will get you what you’re after (and you’re also then contributing, and not screwing over someone in the queue). Ensure you have supply for this sort of thing. If it’s an enemy zerg you’re worrying, fussing, bemoaning or otherwise besmirching, go ahead. That’s quite fine.
Waypoint back to start and go in the other direction. Fast. Or try a different map. It’s okay to quit if you start to feel the day is lost. Then go and do something else (preferably something that doesn’t make your gnash your teeth!).
If you’re not level 80 yet, start WvW now! Okay, you’re not *quite* so powerful, so you may well want to think twice about engaging anything you see. That’s okay. This is a good time to join a local zerg, if there is one. If not, ensure you have a reliable speed source, and just get the nearest stuff, as quickly as you can. I advise a revisit just after reset on Fridays, if you can make it, if you want to try going a bit further into the maps.
For all of the above, if you find a commander who’s getting stuff done, follow them. If your server is using TS or other voice coms, use it. You don’t have to say anything, but you might be more effective. People will often tell you where enemy scouts are and you can avoid them. Map chat may also do this.
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Remember, this is a softly, softly approach. You may even learn to enjoy what you’re doing, and if you don’t? You’re not doing it for a particularly long period, and you’ll be doing something you consider fun afterwards. This is how I learned to stop worrying and love WvW.*
So, I sincerely wish everyone the best of luck with getting their completion - I believe everyone can do it, even if they presently think otherwise!
*will not necessarily work for everyone, but I advise checking out the myriad threads on this topic for other solutions.
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*bump* This thread should be stickied on the front page! Please make it happen, Anet!
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at the end of the day I’m the best there is because Zera.
I loved your post, but I loved this especially.
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Heehee, I’m not offended. Like I said, my husband had to call him Penhydrant. It doesn’t bother me.
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I might have bought a booster at some point, I don’t recall. My answer may as well be no, in that case.
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Good idea! I too have been stuck with Slayer for some time, and it’s not really happening.
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Hi! I just wanted to say I’d been to look at your site, have registered, ankitten ow waiting approval to make an application! I’m also on SFR, and you guys could be the guild I’ve been looking for!
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Love it!
I think those unicorns should be pink and fluffy, though. Clearly that should be addressed in a patch some time.
I haz more!
I present: dramatic running away from things that are actually quite far away.
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If you want another go at it, Taygus, pop me a pm or look up Geirionydd in-game. I won’t be perfect, but I might be able to help out. I’ve done the instance twice now - the first was horrendous (yet I just about managed it), and the second I only went down once and managed to get back up again without too much trouble, since the mesmer downstate got fixed. I was also in that other thread you posted in on this boss, and did find some of the advice there very helpful - even if sometimes the delivery leaves a lot to be desired.
Again, I can’t promise to be perfect, but I can try and help out.
Edit: I should say, I pop number 2 on Krestfallen’s list above, so I know there’s every chance things won’t work out for me. It’s still annoying though! That’s why it’s good when the forums give advice from people who have completed things (again, even if the delivery sometimes leaves a lot to be desired). It’s definitely my go-to as a solo player.
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Speaking about photosensitive epilepsy – or maybe just epilepsy in general – anyone else bugged by the lighting involved in the LS encounters with mordrem? I had a very near miss in the last Camp Resolve instance where I stupidly got stuck under a ramp, and the resulting graphic really wanted to kill me. Somehow managed to get out of it, but I’ve found the lighting to be rather disturbing, though it could be because I have to have the screen much darker than standard (same sort of issue in the Labyrinth as well).
I don’t have epilepsy but I’m hypersensitive, and I’ve found the lighting in some scenes to be very difficult to look at. In chapt8 the scene in sw where you’re fighting all the modrem and it’s smoky …HORRIBLE. Towards the end of it my eyes were actually hurting.
I also have similar trouble during the sandstorm in drytop. Would like if these could be turned off. I avoid drytop completely during the sandstorm.
Yep, that lighting in Camp Resolve was difficult (and any other time it appears, like with the dragon instances). Thing is, I know it’s atmospheric, makes it a bit more than if it was just the creatures and you saw everything perfectly. Same with the sandstorm – I’ve been out in it for brief pockets of time, but there’s no joy there for me. But! at the same time, it adds interest to a zone, and I don’t think it should be removed.
So yes, the ability to turn stuff off would be nice, or rather, really lessen up on the particles and things gusting about – for example the snow in some places is bad. That said, I’m not sure it’s possible to do something with that, and there’s always the chance it could be used for an unfair advantage.
Photosensitive as well, though less for recurring flashes, mostyly big intensity changes are the main trigger, I can watch into a strobe and keep standing, but lightning or flashphotography can down me quick.
I still notice most problems in the temple events in orr. Dwaybna and Lyssa are problematic…
I run lower intensity screens nowadays, and screen backlighting to lessen the intensity of changes, which tend to solve all but the worst problems. And I haven’t suffered a serial TC attack in the last 4 yrs now.. leaving me hopefull I’m only having PC and single TC attacks nowadays.
Hello! It’s great to see another PSEr! I love that we can get on games and play these days with a lot less worry. I personally don’t do strobes, yet enjoy lightning, but camera flashes are nasty. I usually tell people I don’t turn up in photographs – because I duck out of the way!
I’m with you on the temple events, though for me it’s always Dwayna more than any of the others. Other areas have presented some minor issues too, like off-kilter platforms, say in HotW, or parts of Ascalon. Though whether my poor depth perception is a result of epilepsy, or just something that co-exists up there, I don’t know. It’s a thing, anyways.
I’ve played a little with my monitor’s settings so things are duller, but in instances like the Labyrinth in the Silverwastes, I think that made it more problematic. Same with that mordrem lighting. I’ll keep tinkering to see if I can’t find a better setting.
I think your epilepsy is more severe than mine – I don’t think I’ve ever had serial attacks, and I’ve not had a single tonic-clonic for some years. I tend to avoid a lot of things that bug me, though let’s say I do get distracted sometimes, so those absences are something that persists. I’d never make a surgeon! Flat screens do make a difference, and I’ve not seen a strobe in person for years – call that getting older and no longer going out to nightclubs. XD Mind, I live in the back of nowhere in Norway; I wouldn’t have the first clue where the nearest nightclub was! If there’s strong sun on snow, that does annoy me, so I have wraparound sunglasses on standby at all times.
Hope you keep well and take care of yourself, Pax, and the game treats you well.
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Hello, OP!
Every now and again, a thread like this pops up - and we find there’s a lot of us with different conditions, disabilities, and other difficult circumstances, all enjoying playing GW2. It’s always heartening to read the messages, and to hear people really do find comfort and meaning in a game, and the social interactions it brings, though I have personally cut my social behaviour because I "don’t play well with others". Though, it’s just a game, and that seems silly to some, it really doesn’t matter. It also doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about it, either.
For me, parts of the game are sometimes a little difficult owing to my photosensitive epilepsy, but there’s more than enough here to keep me happy. I can’t wait for hang gliding in HoT, however it turns out, considering that’s something I’d never be able to do in real life. Of course, none of us are going to be asura or sylvari, charr or norn, or even humans wielding magic - none of us, wherever we are on any scale, are going to kill a dragon today. A game such as this gives all of us common ground at the start, and no one should be picking at anyone for finding it a release.
Speaking about photosensitive epilepsy - or maybe just epilepsy in general - anyone else bugged by the lighting involved in the LS encounters with mordrem? I had a very near miss in the last Camp Resolve instance where I stupidly got stuck under a ramp, and the resulting graphic really wanted to kill me. Somehow managed to get out of it, but I’ve found the lighting to be rather disturbing, though it could be because I have to have the screen much darker than standard (same sort of issue in the Labyrinth as well).
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I get feared, run half a mile away, fall off a wall, and then spend an eon getting back up to the top because I take the least expedient route possible, and find it’s all finished up top regardless. This takes skill, you know.
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Others may indeed choose to brew up instead of that last step with the running round the long way.
Which makes me think it should be necessary in some way for us to be up top to deliver a killing blow and get a nice Skyrim/Dragon Age style cinematic of our awesomeness. Then someone should hand around tea and cake. Huzzah!
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I do remember (vague memory) having to fight a particularly big foe in that area where all I had to do was sit down and let the npc’s do the work.
Made a nice cup of coffee and watched the screen sitting back. Oh… was that what you were referring to Ceridwen?
Heehee. That’s round two, about halfway through.
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I feel your pain, OP! I remember how frustrating those instances were the first time I did them.
However! Take it as a learning experience. I tend to do the following, which may be of use to your later characters:
At Claw Island, speed buff yourself and leg it to Mira (as Donari says, go around on the left to her, not straight through the risen. I personally jump down the little wall that’s there). Fight nothing.
Make a report. Run for abominations along the wall, try to avoid fighting anything else.
Run for trebuchet, and find the sweet point (IIRC somewhere around a three-quarters of the way, probably a little more, of the bar), and fire. Enjoy watching the bombardment.
Report.
Speed buff, run for beacon, try not to fight anything (you’ll just get weighed down).
Run back down to the courtyard (do not use the way you came, run over the hill a jump a little down).
Now it’s time to troll the risen. Except they’ll still win. Stay near the gate for a smoother exit.
Exit the gate at the appropriate time - and yes, sometimes it does take time.
Ignore everything and leg it back to the ship. All the NPCs will be fine, except for the (spoiler) obvious.
For the Ghost Rite, take a moment before doing anything to check those abilities when you first transform. Then go and burninate, and as Olvendred says, you keep moving (make like a shark. A big, overpowered, burninating shark). Once you get the hang of this, it’s actually really good fun.
You’ll be going back to Claw Island, by the way, if you haven’t already. Pop a reply or PM me if you want tips.
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Please remove Destiny´s Edge, I did not play when they where introduced. And references to Zhaitan, I mean, when I joined the game, it was already about Mordri. And while you are at it: I did not watch the early seasons of Supernatural. Please remove the character of Crowley, I was not there when he was introduced. Hm, now thinking of it, you can scrap Dean and Sam for the same reason actually. Please make everything in general depend on when I joined something. This of cause only applies to me. Every fictional format should revolve about my point of view.
To be fair, though, you can go and pick up Supernatural DVDs or (cheekily) watch it from other sources to plug any gaps. They also give you a bit of information ahead of the episode (Then and Now), which typically gives you enough information so the episode itself will still make sense. Despite having typical series arcs and some concentrated arc episodes, they also still do that monster-of-the-week thing so you don’t have to know all the ins and outs.
I get the point, however.
Previous forum-goers have asked for things like a Tyrian newspaper. I don’t know if anything has come of that, or if we’re actually waiting until the expansion for something concrete.
I personally would just shove an item or two in the Priory archives and direct players there through an in-game mail from some magister or other, though I should think Ela Makkay was a strong candidate (she’s being documenting things, IIRC, and did catch us up a little at one point a long while back during the Tower of Nightmares. Not sure if she still performs that catch up function in any capacity). The mail would mention an artifact that shows pertinent scenes from all that has gone before, or perhaps a book written by a notable Priory member, which details in diary form events that have gone before - whichever makes most sense to get people caught up in an unobtrusive manner. I favour the book, which would maybe have an advantage by showing a clear timeline due to its format, and is perhaps the easiest solution to slot in. It could clarify Scarlet’s role in everything - even if she is rather annoying - which would assist any player, new or old, in placing their own role in the timeline. Also, there should be a book for each season and/or event. No event, however big or small, should be undocumented by the Priory!
There was also a map that showed us where things happened in season 1. I’m rather out of the loop, mind, but the link doesn’t show any more, and I don’t know what happened to it. That doesn’t do much for something in the game itself but for that, there is some small precedent with Scholar (now Magister) Makkay.
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I’ve held off from really commenting in this thread (though I did snark a little earlier). Until now!
When I first did this boss, I had just been told my grandad had died a few hours previously, and in an attempt to numb that news, I decided to continue the Living Story into the wee small hours and just get it done. This decision was likely not the wisest in hindsight, and certainly coloured how the boss went for me.
Normally I can range from haphazard "Leeroooooy Jennnkins!!" to Really Rather Good! and on to Fingers-Refuse-to-Hit-the-Right-Keys-Because-Crappy-Genetics. That first attempt ended up with being heavy portions of the latter, with some actual tears and some stupid fails, but frankly, I don’t think the fight was entirely to blame. Then I went out of the country to attend my grandad’s funeral, and came back a couple of days ago, ready to give the LS season 2 finale another go.
So today I did went with my actual main character for a go against the dragon. This time it was personal (my main’s a Sylvari), and thanks to this thread, I didn’t die once. I had one downed state incident which was a bit tedious because of the rocks in the centre, but I managed to get out of it eventually with mesmer downed skill 2 now working without a target (at long last!!). I was even muttering out loud, "Come on, Rox, need the fire now!" and for the love of Cheeze Doodles, I’d swear she heard me were that not rather impossible. Braham more or less played ball this time, and the overall fight - though still a little annoying because of lighting and camera (but that may well be the PSE talking, and the lighting has certainly been problematic for me this season) - went so well I applauded myself at the end.
So, in a roundabout way, my grandad’s clan slogan ("Stand Fast Craigellachie!") came true and good, and thus I gave that dragon a good old smack on the nose. I now feel rather attached to this fight and am happy to have given it another go.
Now if I can make a request Anet for the Black Watch tartan to feature in the game and it succeeds, I know there’ll be a crazy Scottish chap laughing himself silly somewhere.
EDIT: OOPS!! Forgot to thank everyone in the thread for giving helpful tips and advice! Thank you!
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I won’t be buying it.
Thanks to a (potentially) lucky release window, it’ll be given to me for my birthday instead! I shall likely ask for cash for gems for some character slots and other bobbins. Despite not liking some decisions made over the last year or so, and despite the "Heart of Thorns" name giving me the impression of a Mills & Boon novel, I still find the game to be enjoyable, even if I don’t play quite as much as I used to. Yeah, I can have a grumble about it every now and then, and I’ll put it down and do something else for a bit instead. The joy of the non-subscription model and all that. The prospect of hang gliding, even in just the smallest measurement, is exciting (since I jacked in ArcheAge, I’ve been missing flight).
Might buy it for my kid, though. But only if I think it’s suitable.
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Evon is the best. He doesn’t always come across as the best thing since sliced bread (which he undoubtedly is), but that’s been his clever masterplan all along.
Even if it doesn’t appear to turn out that way, that’s exactly how he planned it.
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Braham’s bubbles -did- do things, though. They gave you Protection and Stability, meaning that if an orange ring showed beneath your feet while you were channeling, you could just ignore that.
Rox threw the fire into the ring, with an Audio cue so you knew when to look up for it. Kasmeer did what she does best and spammed Time Warp whenever the boss was vulnerable, I ended up killing it faster than my brain could catalogue (I was too busy checking my skillbar for CDs to notice how fast the Shadow’s Health went down).
The only one whos presence I missed was Marjory.
Braham’s stability was great sometimes, but didn’t always seem to work. I wasn’t sure if I was lagging, or just ultimately being rubbish, but I was channeling in those bubbles when the dragon tossed me up in the air on more than one occasion. It is very likely I was being rubbish.
Rox’s fire went in some comical places – for example, in the middle, with the rocks, when the rocks are doing their thing. Thanks, Rox! I mean, her eyes tell me she’s fully caffeinated, but still…
Kasmeer did fine, though I used my own Time Warp too, and Marjory actually was sending bone minions in, though I don’t think they ever lasted too long, sometimes it seemed like they might do.. well, something. Not really sure.
I was pretty awful at it, but I’m not a good indicator of how good/fun/worthwhile the experience was.
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That said, Trahearne’s okay. He did a lot of paperwork whilst I went out and had fun doing stuff. Best was using a golem battle suit during Air Drop. I want that suit with me at all times. Trahearne just had to do boring stuff back at the office. And he never did steal any glory for it, either.
I don’t personally like too much praise, so I just ignore the people I have to hang around with now. I sometimes wonder if they’re sycophants, or if they’re planning to stab me in the back at some point. “Et tu, Frostbite?” I’d say, and be rightly justified.
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