Guild Wars 2

Bukkebruse.2810:

You might want to state whether you play on an US or EU server. That being said, good luck. Personally I think path 1 is harder than path 4, but that might just be me.

Anyway, about Randall bugging out. The thing Robert stated about the bloodstone (Randall dying, being interacted with etc) can also happen at Giganticus Lupicus. Try to keep him alive.

I am on US server. However I would like for this thread to benefit the community and not just myself. I know a lot of people still need this path. With the patch coming to fix some of the known issues, I figure this would give others the ability to find more for their groups.
For the path 1 comment I was lucky enough to run it with Obal and some guildies he knew that needed to finish it for DM title as well. Obal is a really great guy and does Arah path 3 twice a day for people interested in the armor and/or completion:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Arah-Vet-here-to-help-you-with-Arah-runs/first

Randall bugs on Lupi if he dies in the room before the boss and you enter the room without ressing him. So, anyone attempting this path; best to clear the room or at least a side where the npc stays safe and/or rez him before you enter Lupi room.

There are people in the game willing to teach others. Plenty of good guilds too that are able to take in new people and show them the dungeon paths. There is no need for anyone to pay this much money for tokens or path completion.

Hello all. This thread is for people that still need to complete Arah path 4.
This path is by far more of a challenge than any other in the game.

Most of us want Dungeon Master title, or at least most of us do.
Several people still need to complete this path in order to get it. I feel the only real way for people to come together that are dedicated is through meeting in game or a forum discussion. Now, most of you have either attempted it and could not finish due to time or lack of dps on Simin. I propose those of us that still need it make a general post here. Let’s be honest, yes the group website will help you get all the other paths done for the most part. This one in particular is not so easily obtained.

I attempted this last night with a few people I have met in game that still need it. NPC Randall bugged on the last boss. After spending over 5 hours on this path, I personally am brokenhearted.

My 80s (full exotics and both can be glass cannons): Warrior and Engineer.
- I am willing to bring who ever is in my group into Teamspeak 3 for this path.
The next time I would like to attempt this is Feburary 1st or 2nd. After the Janurary 28th patch that is coming to fix some known bugs in this particular path:
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Robert Hrouda.1327:

Hey folks, here’s an update on the situation that you will soon see in an upcoming content patch:

I made it so that the sparks will better follow players. They will try to get closer to the player before using their skill, and their skill recharges faster, so they will spend less time standing around after using a skill. I also made them prefer player targets so that they won’t just attack a minion/pet/npc if a player is nearby.

While her healing is a factor, I felt the main problem was the spark behavior. The changes I described above make them better follow the player, which is in line with the mechanic of the fight.
I’ll be keeping an eye on it though.

Robert Hrouda.1327:

Haley.2390:

I don’t believe spark aggro behavior is all that needs to be fixed, though. Often multiple sparks appear in one circle and not all the circles that are occupied have sparks in them — this confuses groups where not everyone is aware which spots have been taken. And I don’t think this was intended.

I’m looking into this as well.

Robert Hrouda.1327:

Kharon.6239:

For the bug I’m talking about see:Arah path 4 broken.

So any chances of a (quick)fix for this problem coming along the spark fix in the next patch?

I did find a scripting issue where if Randall died, resurrected, or was interacted with on his way to the bloodstone he could be broken. I fixed that and a bunch of other scripting issues involving events with the explorable dragon dungeon on all paths. I’m hoping that will resolve a lot of the issues players have been having when events break and don’t start throughout the dungeon.

Original posts can be found here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Arah-dungeon-seers-path-is-impossible-to-finish/page/4#post1163588

Thank you all for your time and attention! Good Luck!

I really wish I would have read this BEFORE I spent over 5 hours doing this path. Only to get to the end and we cannot kill the last boss because the NPC is bugged.

Simin is ridiculous. Try testing it with lower end DPS classes. I bet you won’t get her down. It’s not designed to allow every type of group make up to kill her. Which to me, is bias and will keep people from inviting certain classes. Even, only allow 1 lower end dps class in their group.

In any event, I hope the Randall NPC is fixed in January 28th patch. I will run this path AGAIN for DM title. Hopefully all goes well.

Edit: Players that are still looking for a group to complete this path, please read this thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Arah-path-4-Need-for-Dungeon-Master/first#post1252610

For anyone subscribed to this thread:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/So-I-just-saw-a-teleporting-hacker

Moderator responded and said to continue to report the bots/teleporting hackers.

Aragorn Son of Arathorn.4015:

Because this gear gives no advantage in PvP, and very very very minimal advantage in WvW (your skill as a player will play a much more crucial role), and that current content is really very easy if you understand profession design and play content at intended level requirement, then stat increases can be neglected. With that understood, then the purpose of ascended gear can be argued to be for the Fractals of the Mists dungeon.

The interesting thing about Fractals of the Mists is that it actually CAN be challenging content! Yay! But if ascended gear is designed for progression in Fractals of the Mists, you’ll need to get that in order to progress, right? Wrong. Playing in FotM, you will, of course, find ascended rings. These come in normal and (infused) versions. But, agony comes into play after level 10, you’ll need all the agony resist you can get right away so you don’t need to worry about it, right? Wrong, again. If you’ll notice, there’s even a progression for rings as to normal and infused versions. You simply don’t need an infused ring until you’re above level 20, and even then it’s not a big deal. Ahhhh but then you try out level 30, and the agony is just having it’s way with you. Gotta make sure you have at least 2 infused rings now, right? Absolutely correct. But you’ll notice that by game design, you may already have 2 infused rings! Great! Now there is only one item that can be ascended and infused. The back piece. But wait, all this time you’ve been playing FotM, by now you’re swimming in gold and ectos, buy the remaining ectos you need – boom, no problem. Progression. You don’t need the items until you NEED the items.

As a testament to the progression in Fractals of the Mists, I am currently at fractal difficulty scale 47. Using ONLY gold and items looted in FotM, I have: acquired my commander tome (100g), created my back piece via mystic forge (70g for ectos as per OP’s comment + cost of t6 mats), and then some. Maybe you should be more concerned about how easy it is to attain ascended gear, rather than how difficult it is.

Actually these rings that drop AND the back piece can be useful in WvW and general PvE/other Dungeons. Starting with the level 10 daily rewards, or turn in for 10 pristine relics for 1 ring. Those are better stats than the exotics. Depending on your build (lets say damage builds).

Red Ring of Death:
+71 power
+50 precision
+4% critical damage
+32 power
+4% critical damage
+18 precision

Ruby Ori Ring of Berserker:
+67 power
+48 precision
+3% critical damage
+25 power
+3% critical damage
+15 precision

So with a BASIC pink ring, that most of us have collecting dust in our bank, is better than the comparable exotic version. These stats are helpful in more than just Fractals, and it is more than “a minimal difference”.
The back pieces, you will find are comparable difference as well.

As for your level of fractals you are. I’m fairly certain most people in this thread have 40+ as well. They did not feel the need to point out what level they are on. This is a general discussion of 1 specific material required for the back piece at a specific stage in upgrading it.

Completely agree 250 ectos for +5 agony resist upgrade on the back piece is too much.

I believe a random chance item drop from 20+ (in addition to the shard of essence) may be less stressful than 250 ectos. Most people that run 20+ fractals have the 70 gold to spend on the cosmetic glow stage if they desire it. However 500 ectos to get to the glow back piece is a lot to swallow. I personaly want the backpiece, and I have everything I need to get to the glowing stage EXCEPT the 500 ectos. Almost to 250, and I will still wait in hopes that this will be changed.

So far the developers have been understanding with certain aspects of the game. Such as runes of holding were decreased. 20 slot bags were added as a reward to fractal’s dungeon vendor. These are items everyone uses and wants. The agony resist back piece is something players need for progression. This will not change even if accessories are added. Fractals is probably one of the most ran dungeons at this time. There will come a point that if players cannot progress or complete their items, they will loose interest.

Thank you all for your time and attention.

Apparently some other players have noticed odd behavior as well:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Mysterious-Vanishing-Botters/first#post1088936
(The topic is locked so I cannot quote them here)

maxie.9620:

Just found a guy called Kabel Bloodrain (xUndeadGodx.2803) using what appeared to be the teleport exploit. Attempted to communicate with him, no luck. Reported him for Botting because there is no category for Abusing Exploits.

Why not?

Level 80 Charr – 324 achievement points total – appeared right next to me in Frostgorge, harvested 3 logs or whatever from a tree then vanished fractions of a second after the final logswing; did not hear or see any stealth being used and stayed there looking for him for 15s.

Just sayin’.

original post here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/No-Exploiting-option/first#post1095777

.. After reading further, I see that a few Arena Net staff members have replied.
here being the main one: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Hacking-botting-out-of-control-in-pve

Now, the responsibility of reporting these bots on the players is a feasible short term conclusion. However, this is not going to be the ultimate solution. Teleport hacks are very difficult to track, probably why these guys are using them. I’m not sure how GW2 back end works, but I would image it is much like other mmos to some extent. A server kick (check for xyz corr. from server to client) on the back end would probably be one of the better solutions. It seems these players are not running or actually moving to these ‘nodes’ given the few statements made on the forums. That is all, for now.

Love this game Really don’t want botters and hackers to ruin it.

Hello all. This is not a ‘bug’ or really anything I can post a pic for at this time. However, I figured it was worth the time to post on the forms about this.. My suggestion is to look for these players, and let the dev team know about what I saw.. in hopes that it may aid them if needed.

Today, around 12:23pm EST on Maguuma server, in Brisban Wildlands, some of the guild was in group running around. We stopped for a moment at this Heart vendor (Peacemaker klodi), we saw this naked, bot like named player log in (inside) the iron ore node. They gathered it and disappeared. A few second pass.. they then appear inside the tree right next to it..

I did not get a screen shot.. but I targeted the player to show the others and got their name that way before they disappeared. So, I added to friends list and reported. I am willing to bet most other players will not even be able to see the name or respond quick enough to report this player (or others that may be out there like them).

I reported the ‘botting’ shortly after time post above while on my Elementalist. Should narrow it down enough for devs to find the info I hope.. and me not post the person’s account/player name here.

Thanks.

Wow, that was a lot of reading. It would seem most of the community is upset about these tonics / forge.. etc with Wintersday.
A couple statements I noticed while reading several threads related to this
(no I am not quoting people and pointing fingers and who said what):

1. Endless tonics do not affect the market. .. Yes, they greatly affect the market in terms of stuffing and glue. Let us all think about this for a moment. Each account is allowed 5 runs for 100 cogs, 250 stuffing OR glue and the frame for that day.

2. Each player can currently make 3 toys with the cogs from dungeon, tixx reward and the mail we all received. (950 cogs in total)
Stuffing and Glue from dungeon runs: 5 runs, lets say they picked 3 stuffing and 2 glue. This means in order to make all three toys, the player will HAVE TO BUY 250 stuffing or glue.

Now we can take into account the fact that most people want the Endless Tonics. Unless there is some sort of new way of acquiring stuffing and glue.. these prices will only get worse.

Currently, this event is not set up for players to acquire all three toys and endless tonics with the stuffing and glue from the dungeon alone. Also, there is not a suitable means of one player to farm stuffing or glue (pretty sure no one has stated they received glue from a present or box from gemstore..?)

Wintersday Event was a lot of fun, but the limits put on us being able to get 1-5 Endless tonics.. and the three mini pets from the dungeon was heartbreaking.

Flax.4980:

Thanks for the response!

I’m guessing they’re probably going to wait until they’ve made sufficient money from people buying keys to try out the updated black lion chests. It also makes sense that we can’t spend commendations on keys in and shortly after Wintersday as we can currently get commendations for very cheap. Now I just need to decide whether it’s worth the risk and investment to stock up on commendations now with the hope of getting cheap black lion keys later! If they removed black lion keys from Lyns I would be a very sad panda.

Lol, I’m in the same boat. I guess next time we need to get the keys before the event starts

Opened 20 boxes. Received 2 golems.
Now, my opinion on these chest. If account bound minis are in the gem store, they should be a much higher chance of getting all the greens. Something like the mad king thorn event, and make them cost more gems if necessary. Another point; if the minis are NOT account bound then they could be a RNG with lower drop rate. Most people do not want to spend 30-70 dollars/ euros in hopes of getting all 4 of theses minis.
I have to agree with most of the population, that theses minis are somewhat of a let down.

Hello all.

As most of you received your additional 250 cogs today! Most likely you went to check the price of stuffing or glue. The price has doubled in the last 24 hours.

If you take a quick look at the ‘buy orders’ you will notice most of these end in a 0.
Example would be 1000, 250, 350, 500.

Alright, I have watched the market pretty close for various items/materials since playing GW2. The only time when you see a huge buy order list with none really being filled is someone buying up all the mats, creating buy orders to up the price.. and wait to make a huge profit.

At this rate converting gold into gems and buying the pet off the gem store.. is nearing the same cost as buying 250 stuffing and glue to make a pet. I strongly urge people to check gold to gem conversions before buying these mats. At this point, I myself, am willing to buy gems with my gold just to not allow this Grinch to make any gold off me.

Do you use Shift or Ctrl for any movement / comms? both of those will trigger chat box. If your shift key is stuck, it will continuously link everything in there until you fix it.

A few of us have tried to mine this one, but it’s pretty well hidden under these rocks.

Not a huge deal. It is quite entertaining to some of us though.

Hello. I would like to point out, players do receive error messages from time to time and are booted from the game (some days are worse than others). Most of the time, I rarely have any issues. When dealing with dungeon / group events this can be somewhat challenging at times if the group is not allowed to re-join, and no one has purposely left group, changed characters or disconnected.

Example: Our guild group in Fractals of the Mist, four out of the five people lost connection to the server upon entering the second fractal.
Due to the events that took place we had to all leave and restart the dungeon. Now, since we were only doing level 1 or 2 (?) this was not such a big deal. However, I could see players being upset after completing most of the dungeon run and majority of the group disconnecting.

Just some food for thought, for the devs.