Guild Wars 2

@Xalugami – I noticed at the end of your 2nd vid that the WP cost was 0 – how is that possible lol? (It’s 1.11s for me on my level 80s)

Esplen.3940:

I have fought her about 200 times (at least) and have never seen this.

I have beaten both her and the Light Up The Darkness.

Could you provide video proof of this? (Preferably at high resolution.)

Here’s my Light Up The Darkness vid where you can see it happen 3 times at 1:15, 1:33 and 2:02 (1:33 shows it best):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy56fSJ4dqw

And yes that skill is quite frustrating!

I got it this morning:

http://youtu.be/gy56fSJ4dqw

Absolute craziness how many times I was on the verge of death and especially how I finished off Liadri as I was falling out of the Arena (lol!)

However, as I posted in another thread here, either the achievement tooltip is bugged and you only need 7 orb hits; or the achievement itself is bugged as I clearly missed hitting her with the 4th orb (as a vulnerability stack didn’t appear on her).

Or perhaps I did hit her but only ‘direct hits’ register the vulnerability stack?

I’ve since watched a few other Light Up The Darkness vids where folks miss her with orbs as well, and so something is going on…

@Berserker – did you hit her all 7 times though? In the heat of the moment it may look like you did – however, perhaps you missed one? (did you make a vid?)

Either that – or does the achievement simply count 8 orb throws as 8 hits? (regardless of whether or not they actually hit her?)

Although, the first 3 throws must hit her so she’ll enter Phase 2 – I know that for sure.

Ok so someone in the Queen’s Jubilee forum says that the achievement tooltip is wrong and that only 7 orb hits are needed – not 8.

So which is it – 7 (and the achievement tooltip is wrong) or 8 (and the achievement is bugged)??

Kagamiku.9731:

Actually, currently, you only need to hit Liadri with 7 orbs to get the achievment. The tooltip is wrong. Not sure if it was intended to be 8 or 7, but all you need is 7.

WOW – this does sound like the likely issue.

Can a dev PLEASE look into this asap? Needing one less orb makes an absolutely HUGE difference when it comes to this achievement – HUGE!

I’m sure many others out there chasing this achievement would like to know if 7 or 8 is intended!

{I’ve changed the thread title to more accurately describe the potential issue.}

I posted this in the bugs forum but thought I’d post here too for feedback.

After many, MANY hours and tickets, I finally got this achievement by the absolute slimmest of margins (I literally killed her as I was falling out of the arena!)

So upon completing an extended period of screaming and fist-pumping, I watched my video to relish in my victory.

HOWEVER

I noticed that my 4th orb throw didn’t actually hit Liadri! (in my vid you’ll note that she’s not given a vulnerability stack i.e. no hit). But it does look like the orb hit one of her Visions.

So, either hitting the Visions count as a Liadri-hit OR the achievement is bugged (perhaps simply throwing the crystal during Phase 2 – regardless of hitting Liadri – counts??)

Needless to say – after so much effort/gold/frustration – if this is a bug then my ‘achievement’ feels pretty hollow. Further, I’ve watched a couple other Light Up The Darkness vids where Liadri was also missed by orb tosses (as you can’t see a vulnerability stack applied to her afterwards).

So – currently bugged??

Here’s my vid (if you can’t watch then wait a bit as it’s still uploading to YouTube):

http://youtu.be/gy56fSJ4dqw

Well after too many tickets to count, I finally got Light Up The Darkness – but o.o

After watching my video I noticed that my 4th orb apparently didn’t hit Liadri as I didn’t see a stack of vulnerability applied to her. But it did hit a Vision.

So my question is – is hitting a Vision with the crystal supposed to count as a hit on Liadri? Or did I actually hit Liadri with it? (i.e. is the vulnerability stack always applied on a hit – or just sometimes applied?)

For the past 5 days I’ve been doing pretty much nothing but this. It took me everything, everything I had to do this fight (i.e. I literally killed her as I was falling out of the arena) – and now to think that I potentially got the achievement via a bug is really making me quite upset and ‘letting the air out of my balloon’ big time.

Can a dev please answer this?

Here’s my video where you can see the 4th orb toss clearly misses Liadri (if you can’t view then wait a bit as it’s still uploading):

http://youtu.be/gy56fSJ4dqw

Apparently this is due to WvW bonuses resetting :/

This morning while doing the Queen’s Gauntlet my health was 19,248 (I recorded several videos). However tonight it’s at 18,000 and I have no idea why.

I have not changed armor/weapons/traits or used any consumables which would have boosted my health.

Any idea why this happened??

@Durzilla – thanks for the insight!

So what would be the best armor/accessories/weapons/runes/sigils?

I’ve beaten Liadri with and without post processing enabled, and for me at least it’s much more difficult with pp turned on. And trying for Light Up the Darkness seems nigh impossible with it enabled (hence why I’ve yet to see a vid of getting the achievement like this).

So I’ve been trying to get Light Up the Darkness on my Mesmer and am having a ton of difficulty due to cripples/damage/lack of endurance (yes I cleanse the cripples but she just puts it right back on).

I thought about trying my Ranger but was concerned about my pet immediately dying. But the more I think about it, Ranger might be an optimal choice due to its passive speed boost signet, short bow # 3 evade skill, trait to up endurance gain (does it stack with the orrian stew?) and short bow attack to cripple Liadri.

But – what about condition removal? I know there’s a signet which moves conditions to your pet, but anything else?

@Helios – I tried to look at your build but the linked page gives me an ‘access forbidden’ error. Do you mind posting it here?

Also, how do you ‘constantly heal to maintain swiftness and for reflection?’

@Yeah I’m pretty sure I tried that but she just reapplies everything really quickly. I’ll try it again though as perhaps I didn’t give that strategy enough chances.

I guess turning off post-processing must be ok since 99% of players seem to be doing it. I mean it can’t be intentional to blind the screen for 2 seconds every 30 secs, right? (especially during phase 2?)

I know it’s coming back down the road, but when does it go away – next Tuesday or 2 weeks after that?

So I’m working on ‘Light Up the Darkness’ and am having troubles with cripple on Phase 2. Basically, even though I am cleansing it with Mantra of Resolve (3 casts) she just keeps putting it back on and basically I end up perma-crippled.

Any suggestions to mitigate this? It’s basically to the point where I don’t see the need to equip a condition-cleansing skill since she just puts them back on me.

Also, I saw one Mesmer who got the LUtD achievement while using 6 ‘Superior Runes of the Earth.’ However, looking at their stats I wasn’t too impressed – thoughts on those runes guys? (Obviously they worked for him, but I didn’t want to drop 8g on them until I got some feedback first).

Mak.7625:

If the bright screen effect is intentional, whats the point of it when turning off shaders/posprocessing effects could remove the brightness…………

I have a question related to this which would be great for a dev to address.

This ‘brightness’ occurs at 30 second intervals and lasts for a couple seconds (and is pretty darn annoying – especially during phase 2). Is this blinding of the user’s screen intentional?

If so, then turning off post processing to remove this ‘feature’ almost seems like a cheat to me since you’re removing something purposely put in to make the fight harder (i.e. I’m not sure I’ve seen a ‘Light Up the Darkness’ vid with post processing enabled).

{I detect a bit or troll/sarcasm in this post, but anyways..}

I see no issue with your methods – pat yourself on the back for beating her! Sounds like you went through much trial and error to do it – congrats!!

So trying this tonight with post processing enabled – for me I can definitely say it makes phase 2 much tougher.

Is the random blinding a bug or supposed to be there? I know I can turn off post processing, but if the devs intended the blinding to be there then I guess it just ’wouldn’t feel right’ to do so.

It would be interesting to get a dev response to this. I’m going for the 8 orb achievement and would feel bad getting it with post processing off if the blinding stuff is really supposed to be there just to make the fight that much more difficult than it already is.

During the Liadri fight, is that ‘blinding effect’ a bug – or intentional to make the fight harder? And if the latter, does turning off post processing then devalue the achievement a bit since you’re taking some intended difficulty out of the fight?

/discuss

Btw – what causes the blinding effect – touching vortexes?

Finally did it after 140 attempts or so on my full zerker Mesmer.

20 (III,X) / 20 (II,X) / 0 / 20 (VI,VIII) / 10 (III)

I used sword/pistol for the first phase and put up clones/reflects. For phase 2 I started off with phantasmal warden and then switch to GS for the remainder of fight. I also used Polymorph Moa on her at the end.

Not sure I want to go through the hell of the 8 orb achievement anytime soon. Big congrats though to those who pulled it off (especially with Mesmer!) And ofc a vid would be much appreciated

YEEESSSS!! Finally did it!! (only 140+ tickets or so lol!)

And forget what I said about bad orb-pulls. An orb pull there actually SAVED me lol – pulled me right out of trouble

And yes I did use moa!

Oh and what Mesmer elite is recommended? I don’t see anything that really looks too appealing tbh.

^Does anyone have a vid showing the above strategy?? And like do you melee her down with this method – if so what about the one-shot clones??

So 100+ tries and I’m getting close guys – had her down to 25% on a couple occasions.

Any good tips for phase two?? Is there anything concrete on that phase or is there some RNG that just can’t be avoided? (like orb pulls – that doomed me one time qq).

I’m running Mesmer btw.

Just wanted to thank the op for this vid! Finally got my 5 gambit achievement done because of it!

Now on to Liadri (I’m scared o.o)

Can someone please let me know some good consumables which will help in the Queen’s gauntlet – specifically for zerkers? (which seems to be favored since killing quickly is a necessity?)

Like I’m using the ‘Bowl of Seaweed Salad’ +10% dmg while moving, but how about a good potion?

I have unlocked all 7 gambits – but for some reason I can’t see/choose the knockdown one. Anyone else have this issue?

After many tries I finally beat him by using Signet of Domination immediately after he teleports and then bursting him down with sword inside Time Warp. I had a full Zerker set and sword as well.

ArcTheFallen.7682:

If you gotz monies, you can buy sprocs from the TP and do the 15 sprocs + 20s for 5 tickets. I got lazy farming and did that to do my many attempt at Liadri

Ah – I knew there had to be another, quicker means to get these tickets – thx for the info!

(Now, am I doomed to pull my hair out trying this on my Mesmer or should I do some other profession like Warrior? lol)

Besides getting the 5 free tickets via mail and killing enemies in the Gauntlet area below, is there any other way to get tickets?

I ask as I see that folks have tried 70+ times within the first day – and so I’m wondering if they got these all via the above two methods or some other way?

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Kal Spiro.9745:

I actually figured it out on my second try because when you look at the LS torchbearer achievement it only shows you the one in the central plaza as being for the achievement.

When you look where it shows you what?

As Pixelpumpkin said – where did you see this on the achievement??

Derina.6584:

you need to do that one on central plaza, or how the center of town is called

O rly?? I also was confused by this last night and thought I had to do all 4 beacon runs to get the achievement (although the last one I did was Central Plaza).

How did you know that only Central Plaza was needed?

Meriem.3504:

Legenfleet.4603:

Where does thou find this hobo tron?

Bottom of the stairs where you zone in to meet the queen. He is there on and off as a guard chases him away.

I guess if you’ve already done the instance then you can’t see him? Or can you do it on another char?

Are you able to start at the last boss you couldn’t defeat – or do you have to fight all ‘pre-bosses’ first again?

I ask because in the Guild Wars 1 ‘Magni the Bison Tournament’ you had to fight everything again in order to get to the final boss – so just wondering what this is like.

In case anyone is still trying to do this on a mesmer, here’s my latest build for the T4 trials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNz3ENKq44

Hope this helps!

@liefbread – I’ve also been farming the heck outta T4 (getting 2 & 3 bags) – and I can unfortunately confirm that I’ve yet to get a single weapon skin qq.

Has anyone gotten a weapon skin in the last 4-5 days?

Veplerion.3921:

Day Trooper.3605:

^What BlackIsleDragon says above pretty much sums up my solo strategy as well.

And here is a vid of me doing this on my Zerker Mesmer (no treasure taken xD):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zwNg5Ob9w

I really don’t understand how you did this. Every single time I aggro even one mob like you do, the ENTIRE group comes after me and won’t leash until I’m much further away than you had to run. Then they just hang out around the spawns and don’t go back to the treasure like they do for you, so every time I try to kill plunderers after that they aggro again.

Is it just luck? Do I have to do this a hundred times until I get that lucky spawn or something?

It’s hard to say what your problem is without seeing a vid. I will say that the first time I completed this I only had 500 treasure left, but I’ve kept working on different builds and found it’s gotten easier through repetition/practice.

Basically DPS is your friend as the faster you take the plunderers out – the faster you’ll have a chance to not aggro the vets.

@Knight – on the surface it may seem that thieves and warriors have an advantage, but I bet any class can do this provided they use the correct weapons/skills/traits/etc.

For instance, you mention you are trying this on Guardian – the great thing about that class is the GS skill #5 which can be used to pull the plunderers right to you. Use that efficiently and I’m sure you’ll eventually be able to do this – and I’m sure there are vids out there of Guardians completing this using that approach.

I didn’t think I would ever finish this either – until I watched other’s vids and then went in numerous times to figure out a setup I was comfortable with. As the saying goes ‘practice makes perfect’

Per thread title, has anyone done a detailed comparison of the two?

On the surface it doesn’t seem like too much of a difference except for the rune’s +10% damage while > 90% health. And given the price it seems like ruby orbs are a no-brainer if the difference is indeed small.

Thoughts?

Snowblind.4371:

Day Trooper.3605:

^What BlackIsleDragon says above pretty much sums up my solo strategy as well.

And here is a vid of me doing this on my Zerker Mesmer (no treasure taken xD):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zwNg5Ob9w

Used your method and it worked. Feels good to get it done

I used traited mantras to get 3 of each, and higher dps when mantras are up. All Power and Precision and Greatsword for maximum range.

Awesome – that’s great!! (Also, I just realized that my healing skill should have been Mantra of Recovery as that would add another 4% damage due to the ‘Empowering Mantras’ trait)

^What BlackIsleDragon says above pretty much sums up my solo strategy as well.

And here is a vid of me doing this on my Zerker Mesmer (no treasure taken xD):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zwNg5Ob9w

@liefbread – how do you get 3 loot bags? Do you have to protect all treasure? I’ve gotten silver (25 kills) a few times but only see 2 loot bags.

Baladir.2736:

Depends on your class, build, and weapon set ie. skills.

To clarify, I’m wondering this from the standpoint of a full zerker mesmer using a greatsword and a sword/sword (during daytime).

In addition, are there any sigils which do bonus damage at melee range?

Singer.8740:

yes, they count as outlaws like any other pirate and/ or bandit.

Thx! I guess the wiki needs to be updated then as I didn’t see pirates listed on the ‘outlaws’ page.

What are the best damage sigils? (excluding those which do extra damage to specific mob-types i.e. ‘Superior Sigil of Ghost Slaying’)

Like how does ‘Sigil of Force’ compare overall to ‘Sigil of Bloodlust’ (at 25 stacks)?

Input appreciated – thx!

Simple question – are aetherblades considered by the game to be ‘outlaws’? Like do potions of outlaw slaying increase your damage to them?

And if not, I take it there aren’t any ‘potions of pirate slaying’, right?

Lastly, what would be a good potion to increase damage to mobs which don’t have damage-specific potions?