Guild Wars 2

WhiteWolf.5140:

I would consider myself more than a casual player. I have beaten all the dungeons before this on both story and explore. They are difficult but not too the point of frustration that this one boss has caused.

Are you on a US or EU server? I can do it with you. This fight is nothing compared to Giganticus Lupicus. Just need the right people. My Characters name is Nihilus Aurelius.

Dragonbrand!

Its cause we’re Perfect.

Someone in Wvw was chasing me with his gun underwater, I didn’t really care I just wanted to get to the Quaggan camps, It finally got annoying so I turned around and pressed 2 and 5. He ran with his tail between his legs. – Warrior underwater, He still has nightmares.

Should it be buffed to insta kill?

I haven’t seen the Join Button since the Headstart.

When the Fiery Dragon Sword is sheathed it shouldn’t be flaming. It would be really cool to see it flame up when you take it out. Just like in this preview in the Attachment. Shouldn’t be hard to fix.

MRA.4758:

I remember an old interview or blog post (sorry i don’t know the exact source) where a developer stated that they actually want the commander icon to be used in PvE, too (e.g., commanders leading attacks in events). So this might be working as intended.

Nevertheless, I agree that the commander should be able to switch his icon on and off. If this is currently not implemented (i don’t know, i am no commander) then it should be added.

~MRA

I believe they can switch it off.

I traveled from a Nighttime LA with the glow to a Daytime Ashford Abbey, glow was gone. I went into the AC Dungeon it was glowing again. True Story.

I sent a in game bug report but wanted to post it here as well to see if anyone else encounter this blocking in Arah Story. When we boarded the first Ship we were in the middle of fighting when the cutscene started and the ship stopped moving. We cleared out the trash and waited for the ship to move but it didn’t. Usually the cutscene starts after the fighting is done. The Attachment shows you how far we are from it all while I cheer for the photo

1 , My impression of the Zhaitan fight, 222222222222222222222222222222222222222222

Apparently his attacks were fixed in this last patch, all he really does is spawn snake heads. I can see us using turrets to take down the other dragons too. Sad stuff.

Yes! I don’t buy weapons or armor on TP for this reason.

The 5th skill is actually a Great idea.

whats up with everybody saying kitten.

I have 42g, I still don’t want to pay 4s for a long travel. Map Quick Travel shouldn’t have a cost anyway. First and only game I’ve seen with this.

Gulbrandr.9047:

My theory, which has no basis whatsoever in reality:

So, let’s presume that you beat Nightfall with a Prophecies character. There’s just under a decade from the Searing to the end of Nightfall. That means that you’ve gone from barely holding back and eventually retreating before the Charr armies, to straight-up murdering a god that even the Gods couldn’t permanently defeat in less than ten years.

Now what’s to stop you from pulling a Kormir or a Grenth and taking their power? Oh, right, some distance. So they ran, not from the Dragons, but from us.

Right, whats going around killing Gods and Elder Dragons, we are. We’re more powerful than they are. They ran with their tails between their legs.

Mechos.5640:

Well, Konig, he is the Elder Dragon of death; it could just be he’s always been ‘dead’, so to speak.
I actually do hope that Zhaitan isn’t dead; him being killed by a bunch of yahoos with lazer cannons seems… well, anticlimactic. We were questioning whether they even -could- be killed, much less taken down by a single airship.

So, if I were ANet? Just have it so that Zhaitan has gone back to bed and leave it at that. Can’t kill ED’s, just like you can’t kill earthquakes; you can just silence them for a little bit.

We take down everything with ease. 2 gods, Abbadon has been killed, Dhuum has been defeated. The most powerful things in Tyria aren’t gods or Elder Dragons, its us. Sad sad stuff.

CC Eva.6742:

Hi everyone.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
I will forward the feedback to the team today.

Do not nerf Gianticus Lupicus. I really want him to stay as powerful he is. I really enjoy this fight, its the best in the game. Except when he goes after me 100% of the time. But other than its really fun to do. I won’t enter this dungeon again if he is nerfed

Cirth.1543:

Nihilus.3015:

The Arah Explorable Path Forgotten tells you how Glint was freed from Kralkatorrik.

Actually it doesn’t all that path tells you is that they help glint get her freedom.

It does, and it tells you how. And its even tested in the end on a chicken. The Chicken gets freed from Zhaitans power like Glint from Kralkatorrik’s.

Cirth.1543:

This would be hard to tell as well interesting. Id like to see both Jormag and Kralkatorrik. Jormag since the Pact has a foothold on his territory. Though it would be nice to have Kralkatorrik next since we would be getting more info about Glint and how she escape from Kralkatorrik’s grasp.
As well her offspring and (spoiler alert if you haven’t read the book) I don’t remember if one of the Destiny’s Edge members grabbed it or not and take it with them. Glint gave them a spear that could kill Kralkatorrik and maybe the other Elder Dragons. If no one picked it up that would mean it’s still in the Crystal Desert, which could be very useful in the upcoming battles.

The Arah Explorable Path Forgotten tells you how Glint was freed from Kralkatorrik.

bwillb.2165:

If the fight’s anything like the Zhaitan fight, I hope we don’t touch the other elder dragons. Leave them a little dignity.

Yeah, they gotta design better epic end battles. Kinda sad that the most powerful things ever are being beaten with ease by us though.

What Elder Dragon do you think is going to be next on our Hit list? I think it is Primordus. Because if the Inquest’s 6 Dragon Rooms are read clockwise he’s next in line.

Rosen Myst.7641:

I didn’t see Ogden Stonehealer yet. Where did you see him? And he obviously should remember our hero from GW1 since we fought the destroyers together. So I do hope that somewhere along the way more will come to light. Maybe the Durmond Priory will discover our Hall of Monuments and restore it. =)

Ogden is in Arah Explorable.

The Fiery Dragon Sword is super oversized. Its bigger than a super massive behemoth cave troll.

I agree, 222222222222222222222222222.. That’s impression of the Zhaitan fight. haha

Were Zhaitan’s attacks fixed in this 9/25/12 update?

dulfy.1493:

Hey there, after the recent COF buff, alot of people are looking for other dungeons to run for cool armor and legendary weapon components. I have being running Twilight Arbor with a couple of my friends for quite a bit and I thought I would share some of my experiences farming/running this L55 explorable dungeon.

General things to keep in mind

• This dungeon has very little waypoints, you won’t unlock the second waypoint until you kill the 3rd boss. It is a very long run back if you die
• Condition removers are a must here if you have them, alot of things here (i.e. blossoms) stack poison or confusion so getting them removed here will make your life eaiser
• Volatile Blossoms are your friend- if you get downed and there is one nearby, hit it for instant rally

Path Selection
You can pick paths after you defeated the Greater Nightmare Vine (shared boss for all 3 paths). One path is a bit overtuned while the two others are similar in difficulty

• Up (some nasty spider trash but the bosses are fairly easy, especially last boss – 25-30 mins)
• Forward/Forward (Highly difficult path, nasty trash that does knockdown and bosses are difficult, 1-2 hrs)
• Forward/Up (Trash a bit easy but the bosses are slightly difficult, 30-35 mins)

Token Farming
You get 30 tokens for the first time you run each path per day (daily reset at 5 PM PST) so it advisable to run path 1 and 3 (Up and Forward/Up) everyday so you get 60 tokens. Running the same path before the daily reset will only reward you with 20 tokens.

Specific boss strats (w/videos)

• Shared
• Path 1
• Path 2
• Path 3

Enjoy!

Forward Forward with an experienced group with actually the fastest. Done it many times, Im in full Nightmare.

I suggest pressing V to dodge

I disagree. Non of the Explorable modes are insanely difficult. Just gotta get used to the fights. Arah Explorable mode, The Giganticus Lupicus I thought was unbeatable. We took him down just by working as a team. Very satisfying, if he was made easier it would kill the experience. One of the easier Explorables is Twilight Arbor, I suggest this place to build up your soon to be mad skills.

Scarlett.9256:

And that is saying a lot of such a beautiful game. I can honestly say, that the time I’ve spent in GW2 dungeons have been the most frustrating, least rewarding, head banging, face palming experience in ANY MMO to date. As primarily a PVE player, with limited interest in PVP and exploration, dungeons are by far the content I like to do the most.

That alone, makes this game not the game for me. I wish you the best, the game is free – I’ll try again in a couple months.

You didn’t really say what the problem is, are they too hard?

I agree, I waited for this fight for a long time. I know we weaken him and all and I understand that. But after hearing of this guy for 3 years, The Elder Dragon made out of Dragons! How his power rivals the gods and the Elder Dragons are the most powerful things in Tyria! So much hype so much suspense leading up to it. And, he just sits there. Again, I know he’s weaken but he just sits there.

Skyrant Kangaroomouse.7458:

ryokoalways.3450:

Basically, grow a pair of balls, rework your build, and instead of just trying to clear the dungeon, find legitimate ways to clear it more effectively instead of exploits/work-arounds.

I say it again, since you seem to fail to understand or are not able to read. I have no problem with it, i know how to clear a dungeon effectively.

I have reported issues that came to my attention running all the dungeons available.

The majority of players however does have an issue with it and that reduces the number of people wanting to do dungeons which puts me in the awkward position of having to replace and find new people that are willing to do it.

I am in a guild that has 3 guilds because we are 1500 people on one server. From a pool of 500 i have a hard time to recruit 5 to do the dungeons. Most are just not willing to do them for the bad rewards, difficulty or simply playing style required (tank/spank).

I’m a Warrior, I consider myself pretty good. I have no problems with going melee into a high damage fight. I melee’d Gianticus Lupicus, one of the hardest hitting bosses in the game with insane Aoe damage. As for tank and spanking, Good luck Tanking the Arah Giant :D. Give this message to your friends or people complaining about not being able to melee in a high damage fight, Pressing V makes you dodge.

Gies.3824:

I don’t think there is a boss fight in the game that take more than 5 minutes. Sure there is when you are learning it, but at that point not everyone has it down.

Gianticus Lupicus, its like a 10 minutes fight. Guy probably has the most Hp in Gaming History.

If you read the hexagon in clockwise order, it would be. Zhaitan, Primordus, Unknown Green Dragon, Jormag, Kralkatorrik, Deep Sea Dragon. Maybe its the order we take them out in. Also, I noticed in most room there’s an item to pick up. Kralkatorrik’s room there’s a Crystal Shard. Zhaitan’s there’s a undead arm. In the Deep Sea Dragon’s room I found a Inquest Golem Arm, That is pretty intriguing.

Yes they do know. When celebrating the defeat of the pathetic Zhaitan, there’s a women to the left of Destiny’s Edge. She says, “We’ve finished one fifth of our goal.” So they know of the Deep Sea Dragon. Anet probably doesn’t want to give away the name so they didn’t have Eir name him.

After 3 years from that first teaser trailer, I started to get excited as I was leveling about finally facing Zhaitan. The Elder Dragon made out of Dragons. The suspense was killing me. Stories of how he’s made out of hundreds of dragons and how his body stands above the clouds. And then I see him. Compared to his concept art, he’s as big as his Concept Art Head was. In his art He stands towering over the Arah towers. In the game he holds an Arah tower while watching himself die.

I like the challenge of Explorable Modes, its a lot of fun trying come up with a strategy with your friends. I do think Arah should have been harder. Especially an Elder Dragon, I think each Elder Dragon fight should be near unbeatable. Zhaitan was a disgrace. He didn’t really do anything. Except watch himself die.