Guild Wars 2

Hey i know you, you’re that guy on my friends list that I run fractals with =O. Seeing too much of you lately, even in gw2 guru threads lol. =P

Ruien.9506:

Rezz.8019:

Ruien.9506:

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Actually.. NO
“Exploiting” has nothing to do with player skills. Also there are different categories of exploiting. The one we’re talking about here in fractals is simply skipping some smaller parts of the dungeons to make endless level grind less boring and repetitive. Also, time is very important as reconnecting is not available. I don’t think it can even be called exploiting, as it doesn’t harm anyone in any way, it actually doesn’t give any advantage over the other players, as the “exploits” are minimum.
The bad type of exploit would be duping items (I saw someone pinging a stack of coagulated essence few days ago) or anything similar that would give you the advantage over the other players.
Back to your post, I saw many good players “exploiting” these fractals bugs. And you know why they do it? Because they’re good, because they’re elite and they don’t want to put with the same pile of —-- that takes way too much time. But they do want to advance and get to hard levels (19 is just a silly level, you don’t even need an infusion to get there). Of course there are unskilled players who will “exploit” but point is: not being able to read Anet’s mind and know their rules has nothing to do with the player skills.
I personally wouldn’t mind skipping a really annoying group of mobs if I repeated it over 50 times, because I know I would be able to do it proper way, as I did it tons of times already. It just takes too much time, it’s pointless grinding. However, I would mind getting any advantage from doing similar things, I wouldn’t go get any extra items or gold or ranks or anything, I just want things to be fair

Exploit = scrub. Blaming something or someone else for your decision to cheat is the standard of cheaters. It isn’t smart, or cool, nor is it “playing to win”. That again is just your reasoning why its ok. Doesn’t make it so. I beat the content the way it was obviously ment to be beaten. I am better than you.

^ whatever boosts your self esteem.

Cause the pro’s can do these runs flawlessly and make 5g+ an hour by skipping these garbage trash that we already know we can kill. The only problem is when you bring pugs into the group and start doing it w/o making sure everyone is on the same page.

Does anyone know if you put a simple infusion on a piece of gear, if you can infuse it again with a statted version of the infusion?

Not sure if devs are aware but its annoying the crap out of me how every transition to a new fractal is a chance of me losing my food buff. Im getting tired of having to pop my food almost every fractal instance because of this. Please confirm if this is suppose to be intended.

Tiltos.8091:

Heliox.8632:

1st: Completing a 5th run within 2hrs of the 1st Dungeon Completion (from the time you get your tokens.

To confirm, you are saying you will hit DR if 5 unique runs are done in 2 hours?

yes 5 different runs (paths/dungeons). So if you run Cof 1 cof 2 AC1, 2, 3 , the 3rd path of AC will receive 45 tokens.

refer to my DR explanation in the thread below:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Dungeon-DR/first#post662001

ilr.9675:

Heliox.8632:

Been dodging it everyday, not sure if you’re timing your dodge right but it is “evade-able”. The only problem with them is that their knockdown radius is incredibly larger than their sprite/pixel.

Which again… underlines the fact that it can’t simply be “dodged”, read: EVADED. The definition of a Dodge is to evade an Attack. Your definition in this case is to LEAVE THE EXACT AREA OF THE ATTACK fast enough that the lag-monster can’t reach you. …which is more like a “Blink” if we have to use lol-terms.

Also: Sprite-Pixel is for Particle Effects, not Model Animations (and very poorly Kinimatized ones at that!). If you’re claiming to have programming experience here then you should probably brush on these terms a little better.

Sorry but I can run right through every scavenger in the whole dungeon with proper timing dodge roll along with everyone I’ve taught how to properly time their dodge to avoid getting hit by the jump+knockdown attack. If you want a video of me doing scavenger dodges all day I’ll be glad to record it just for you.

I do not claim to have a programming background but if you want to be “purely” technical and nitpick on my terminology, then yes what I stated may not be accurate. What I do refer to however is the fact that even if you are not “physically” touching the model of the scavenger attacking or even remotely close to it, it will still hit you while it is using the channelled “nomnomnom” attack that knocks everyone and kills anyone w/o a stunbreaker/stability.

I personally want meters because I constantly like to improve along with my friends. Almost everything in life has a form of measurement. It’s how we become more efficient and better at our tasks. The only problem with the meter is that some people use it to discriminate instead of using it for good purposes.

ilr.9675:

spreadsheets.9805:

Their jump is VERY telegraphed and easy to dodge.

Actually it can’t be dodged. They’ll knock you down mid-air. You can only try to Dodged backwards out of its (350m?) range. And if you put up a ward or bubble between you or Immob them right before they do it… the activation still takes place and their “Attack” just gets magically summoned wherever you’re standing if you’re still in range and will kill you instantly if you can’t move any further back. It’s pretty hilarious.

Been dodging it everyday, not sure if you’re timing your dodge right but it is “evade-able”. The only problem with them is that their knockdown radius is incredibly larger than their sprite/pixel.

refer to my DR explanation on post https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Dungeon-DR/first#post662001

There is no minimum time requirement to avoid DR. Ive run 8min to 10min CoF runs and not DR. To my findings, there are 2 set of DR’s set into the system.

1st: Completing a 5th run within 2hrs of the 1st Dungeon Completion (from the time you get your tokens. Example – If you finish Dungeon Path #1 at 12:00PM, and finish 3 more different paths/dungeons before 2:00 PM, you will NOT hit any DR regardless of how fast you do them. If you complete your 5TH dungeon run by 2:00PM, that will hit a DR of dropping you down to 45 tokens. The way this DR works is that “you cannot have 5 dungeon completes in a given 2hr time period at any given time or else it will kick in DR”. This particular DR is account wide and affects all characters regardless of whether you swap toons or not.

2. This DR is exclusively character bound for a particular path. You cannot run the same path of the same dungeon within a given time frame. (I’ve tested this with Toon A then completing the path again with Toon B within 30minutes, then 1hr and still obtained DR). I believe this arbitrary time limit on this one is also 2hrs, but i havent quite gotten to test it yet. The DR on this particular circumstance will drop you to 30 tokens if you run the same path, different toon within that time frame. Example – run CoF path 1 (60tokens) -> switch toon -> Finish CoF path 1 again within said arbitrary time limit (30tokens). I then ran the path again 5-6hrs later and got 60 tokens on another toon. All of this was done before server daily reset. This arbitrary time limit still needs testing on my part but i do believe it is 2hrs as well until i can confirm or if someone else can.

Have everyone go range. The aoe is a lightning ball that shoots at you. If it connects, it explodes into an aoe. As long as you’re dodging that, you should be fine. Just have 1 person keep aggro on the other golem while you guys beat on the other one while alternating dps between the two.

Sorry, but I like the fact I can make 5g a day just from doing dungeons (excluding yellows, lodestones). Also nice that I’m not spending any gold to gear up my other toons the moment they hit 80 with crafted armors. They also allow me have multiple armor sets if I want to expirement without spending any gold WHILE making gold. It’s a great source of “guaranteed” money as long as you know what you are doing.

shoshu.7416:

ok so why dont you try running the dungeons with less than 3 heavy classes and let me tell you on my engineer i take aggro from the best of them and i cant tank only evade and that doest work when mobs can perma stun/daze or root you in a game where every 1 sec can mean death being stunned/dazed or rooted for mor than 3-7 secs is rediculous and even though i get 2 things that can crear the conditions because mobs have no cool downs the root/daze or stun you instantly after clear the contition and if you run a group with less than 2-3 heavys theres gonna be alot of death and the dungeons arent fun ive gottin to 80 and got 100% of the map cleared and ive tryed every possible combo of sigils/runes/trait setup and spell combos and there are still classes i cant compete with witch is why im asking for a refund plz gw2 give my money back your games dungeons are horride.

I normally don’t post on the forums but I cannot even begin to describe the horrible grammar in that whole post. I see 1 “period” in that whole paragraph of a rant. Did you even re-read what you wrote or even go to school?

On a side note, dungeons are fine. I like these “obstacles” cause it’s a change of pace from see boss, kill boss, get loot. If these obstacles frustrate you, then simply don’t attempt them. Not everything is for everyone. People need to stop speaking as if everything should be by “their” standards and not by the developer’s standards.

Bump, ready to run as of now LF 2 more for party

Update on this post-

Since path 2 was consistently bugged with the door before lupicus opening, I had decided to refrain from running this path.

I have heard the bug has been fixed so I would like to give this path another go (hard to find a group to run this path since everyone that runs arah only wants to run path 3).

I will be available to run dungeons after 5pm PST (GMT-8). Voice chat is mandatory (does not matter which, skype/ventrilo/teamspeak/mumble/etc). I would prefer ventrilo as I have my own server, but I am willing to use any of the above mentioned VoIP’s.

Please do not message me if you are too shy or cbf’d to use voicechat. Part of enjoying the run is bonding with your party, interacting, and communicating.

If you are interested either pm me on the forums, mail me in game, or send me a whisper after 5pm PST.

I am still looking for active solid players to do this dungeon with. I will continue to run the dungeon even after obtaining Dungeon Master.

Looking for serious experienced players who are willing to do Arah Explorer. PM me in game if interested.

Preferred Time Zone: 5pm – 12am (GMT-8) Weekdays, Anytime Weekends
Must be willing to use voicechat: (Ventrillo, teamspeak, mumble or skype).
Wearing Full Exotics.

(I am currently 30/33 completed with Dungeon master, Missing Arah paths 1,2,4. I have lvl 80 Ele, Guardian, Warrior, Necro all in full exotics.)

Editted—- I only need 1 more Arah path for Dungeon master. I have successfully completed path 1 and 4 as well. Only missing Arah Path 2 now.