Guild Wars 2

Dark Catalyst.1028:

Yeah, that’s great. Look at how you churned out all of the achievements! GW2 is made for people like you! And in a couple of weeks you’ll get to churn out another 50! Wow, so fun!

Every time I try to do this on Borlis Pass, I get dumped into overflow with 20 people. Though honestly, I think I prefer that when considering the fact that I’d have to sit in Sparkfly Fen for an hour doing nothing if I really cared all that much.

Someone’s bitter.

Galtrix.7369:

Avatara.1042:

Nice.

‘One-shotted’ him? How does that work? :P

Basically he’s saying they killed him without batting an eyelash.

Wouldn’t say that. A week before yesterday we killed him as a server for the first time. Yesterday was our 2nd organized kill and we got him in our first attempt of the night and it was glorious. Such an amazing encounter and I can’t wait for the other bosses to be revamped. And what’s September 17-18 gotta do with anything?

And am just now posting it today :S

Darkhaven 1 shotted him last night, we’re really getting the hang of this dragon. Props to everyone on the server who made it happen and ArenaNet, keep up the great work and adding more challenging content that brings entire servers together!

scootshoot.6583:

Nicely played, great video btw. Will be forever in memory to watch over and over again.

Darkhaven is one of the lowest populace servers and I wager you guys get little to no guesting just to tackle Tequatl so you accomplished this feat amongst your server brethren only. Just goes to show, a little organization goes a long way. It’s not easy leading a group of random players with all sorts of guild tags, casuals, etc. etc., particularly for a tough boss like Tequa, great job by Swifty in taking the intiative to organize….

/respect DH

Thanks Scoot really do appreciate it. I mean just look at about every thread on the forums. We were always listed as one of the servers that would never kill Teq.

Silent Nymph.3526:

It. Was. Awesome! Was there for all three runs. Amazed my wave of “When my work is finished, I’m coming back for you!” made it in the video.

Was soooooo awesome and loved that it was recorded, it was like we knew he was going down that time. Bottom of the ninth inning, 2 strikes against Darkhaven. Here comes the swing …… IT …. IS ….. OUTTA THERE! TEQUATL IS DOWN. TEQUATL IS DOWN!!

Haha I had every minute since 7pm recorded, but figured the important part was the kill so I cut the stream footage down to fit the video =)

I plan on running the event as much as possible. The problem lies with the hours of coordination and preparation that go along with the fight itself. If it didn’t require 2+ hours of my day to even PREPARE for the boss, I’d be doing it every night but the fact remains that many of us do not have the time to do this more than once a week because getting 120+ people in voice chat, getting people coordinated, and having a successful attempt is not something that can just happen on the fly.

Wallace MacBix.2089:

TehPwnerer.7215:

Aisa.2817:

So not fair. :’( I was trying to get in to work on it last night, but I kept getting stuck in overflow. I have such bad luck. lol
Are they going to do it again tonight?

From the sounds of things in Teamspeak last night it looks like the next attempt with this same group of people will take place next Saturday night at the same time. Too much coordination and effort going in to too little rewards to do it every night. It was a blast, it was great fun, but once a week is enough for a lot of us.

I’m sure another commander can pick up and rally everyone like Swift did if Swift isn’t there.

Yeah and 4 hours is a lot of time to devote to this on a week night. Heck even if you got organized and did it in 1 go ~2 hours is somewhat long for most people that only have 2-4 hours a night for “free time.” I think by now the people that want to know how to beat Teq already know, so it’s just a matter of advertising and getting 100+ people into teamspeak and willing to not leave after 1 failed attempt.

And the rewards are pretty garbage, I think out of all of us (~120 people or so) 1 person got a rare light aqua breather. 2-3 people got the new Superior Runes. And I think one person got a zerker ascended weapon. The best thing I got was ~150 luck from salvaging. I’m pretty sure I got better drops from defending a battery from mobs (which shouldn’t be dropping any loot) than from Teq himself..

Everything he said is true. It took a lot of effort to get the one kill we got and while most of us agree that the fight and killing Teq are reward enough, it’s not worth doing it every night just because of how long it takes.

Thanks Scoot! And no I don’t think it is. His name is Swiftplus but I just got in the habit of calling him Swifty.

I disagree still. With the way they’re set up, everyone willing to participate on the server has a shot at doing so if they get there earlier enough. They need to fix the overflow system and then it will be fine.

Add an inactivity timer to events (which, by the way if you remember people that are AFK don’t get rewards and don’t upscale events), adding an inactivity timer to the turrets in some way and fixing the overflow is fine.

Lucky.9421:

TehPwnerer.7215:

Didn’t you guys disband when you were on Darkhaven too?

That was Thesis.

No I definitely remember a guild that would recruit with the tag RE and named Rethesis. They were definitely on Darkhaven before and they transferred off. And I’m pretty sure before that happened there was a disband.

Atrophied.8725:

I don’t think we’re counting TC’s Teq kills any more. I lost count yesterday somewhere in the 30s … we fail maybe 1 in 4 attempts during the time I’m online, and the TC Teq mumble channel always has at least 50 people in it.

Aren’t you guys hardcore.

dcypher.2590:

i’ll say it again i don’t think this content needs to be nerfed, however I really feel they need to fix the entire overflow system and make tequatl either spawn more frequently or be able to be summoned. Hours in between is definitely the worst thing about this fight, easily.

This this this this this this thisx1000000

I don’t agree. They need to fix the overflow system to prioritize people that are ON that server before people that aren’t.

Aisa.2817:

So not fair. :’( I was trying to get in to work on it last night, but I kept getting stuck in overflow. I have such bad luck. lol
Are they going to do it again tonight?

From the sounds of things in Teamspeak last night it looks like the next attempt with this same group of people will take place next Saturday night at the same time. Too much coordination and effort going in to too little rewards to do it every night. It was a blast, it was great fun, but once a week is enough for a lot of us.

I’m sure another commander can pick up and rally everyone like Swift did if Swift isn’t there.

Didn’t you guys disband when you were on Darkhaven too?

I hope not, it’s a very fun event.

Ok you can’t count the timer glitches as official time cutoffs. Nice try though.

This content is not for you. Plain and simple. Plenty of other things to do in the game that you may enjoy.

Ahhh no I can’t wait to run him again. My server is jazzed up about content like this that’s actually challenging and fun. Can’t wait for more. We will be doing at least weekly runs on Teq.

His name is AntiGW. I wouldn’t take anything he says too seriously since he is probably here to rile people up.

I say yes. Been trying this since it came out, well over 14 hours put into planning and prep before we finally killed it tonight. The rewards itself were nothing to brag about. Couple of blues, 2 rares, and someone got an ascended weapon. One person.

All in all the loot was crap, but as I posted in another thread, the server banding together and beating a dragon together, it was well worth it to finally see it die. Even if the tangible rewards were kitten .

Nick.6972:

Overcoming challenge is more rewarding than the reward itself.

Challenges and difficulties make content more rememberable – I still remember grinding a whole month in GW1 just to get max Lightbringer and Sunspear to have a chance of wining Mallyx and completing Domains Of Anguish.

Agreed. This is what all of my server mates and I were saying all week long. We finally beat Teq tonight and yeah, rewards were bad.. Really bad. No noticeable loot to speak of on anyone. But the fight, and banding together as a server and finally defeating him was worth it and reward enough.

Thanks Brownie, it felt great to finally kill him after so many hours standing there getting ready. Coordination is definitely key, it was amazing. I cut out the first couple of hours and just uploaded the kill video.

Agreed. Very fun stuff!

Swiftplus.5396:

Great job everyone. We started with no clue what to do and ended up with a nice big shiny chest ^^. Once again DarkHaven shows that we’ll bounce back from the losses we’ve had and have fun doing it! So thank you all for putting some faith in all of us and sticking it out through it all. We as DarkHaven killed this monster and will slay anything that decides to cross our path!!!

Swifty you are the man, seriously. Great job coordinating everything for the last couple of days. People like me who’ve been doing this with ya since the beginning really appreciate the work you put into it.

I look forward to more Teq and other future encounters with you and the rest of Darkhaven on TS. =)

Darkhaven has killed him

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/tequatl/Add-Darkhaven-to-the-list/first#post2890713

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/tequatl/Add-Darkhaven-to-the-list/first#post2890713

=) nice job tonight

http://www.twitch.tv/mdogg2005/c/2971856
^—-Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B80aE_q37eU
^—-Video on Youtube

1:59 remaining. 110+ people in TeamSpeak made it happen.

Props to Swifty, the commander who held us all together the last few days. Couldn’t have done it without him. Great job to everyone else who was on turrets, fingers, and everything else. Phase transitions went PERFECTLY.

Oh man Domain of Anguish. That was the stuff. Agreed OP.

ThePedroKid.2580:

Come to Darkhaven. The last three times I went to Tequatl (several minutes after the announcement, in fact) I’ve landed on our main server still.

And… It’s not that crowded!

Only hit overflow for Teq at extreme primetimes now and even then it seems to be dying down. Literally joined 4 minutes before the end of the event timer last night around 8’ish Pacific and ended up on main server (Teq gets to about 80% and never lower on DH).

I use Teq as an example; however, I realize this is about Jormag. Ironically, I’m getting more overflows on DH trying to get to Jormag in the first couple spawns after reset than Teq!

You sure? Every time I’ve done it with the Darkhaven Public TeamSpeak we’ve had ~100+ people in TS and working together. We got him to around 55-60% last night and that’s the best we’ve done as a server so far.

Shelledfade.6435:

TehPwnerer.7215:

Shelledfade.6435:

TehPwnerer.7215:

Change it to what?

To something that a bunch of random people with limited communication, can actually accomplish.

Plenty of events like that in Queensdale. Also the Shatterer and Claw of Jormag are still fitting that criteria before they get revamped so just enjoy those before they undergo Tequatl maintenance.

I don’t think they will undergo any maintenance once ANET realizes its mistake. They put something where it doesn’t belong, everyone can agree on that. Like I said, if it was a 100 raid dungeon, or a guild mission, it would be fine, but this is not for a public event.

I think it’s safe to say that the intent of dragons is not for them to stand there and be loot pinatas. I can almost guarantee that they will eventually undergo change in a similar way.

Electro.4173:

Probably because Orr already has the temple events which are time consuming and in many cases difficult, and they don’t feel they need another boss there.

True but that would be like them adding Jormag to the Ring of Fire because the Shiverpeaks have too many events.

Fungalfoot.7213:

TehPwnerer.7215:

Honestly, it’s inevitable for longevity and to ensure the event is even attempted weeks after this event, but the worst part about all of this is the elitism it will bring. The few servers who did down it before it eventually gets nerfed are going to just gloat and talk so much crap to everyone else it’s not even gonna be funny.

I’m from TC and while we did down it it was a Pyrrhic victory at best. A large portion of the participating players, including myself, ended up crashing just seconds before the kill due to server issues no doubt caused by players from other servers attempting to mass join

So yeah, I’m all for changes. The few servers who can do this now are pretty much all being swarmed and it’s causing huge issues for the native population. I talked to somebody earlier who had been waiting five hours just to get into his own server instance. This is not enjoyable gameplay.

Agreed. Something does need to be done to fix the issues but it’s day 2 of the patch, we can just keep relaying thoughts and issues to ArenaNet and hope they get addressed.

SynfulChaot.3169:

TehPwnerer.7215:

Honestly, it’s inevitable for longevity and to ensure the event is even attempted weeks after this event, but the worst part about all of this is the elitism it will bring. The few servers who did down it before it eventually gets nerfed are going to just gloat and talk so much crap to everyone else it’s not even gonna be funny.

Nah. Only the elitists in those servers will be doing that. There are plenty of us that have completed it that won’t be gloating or talking down to others.

Well props to you then for that attitude, wish more had the same idea.

Shelledfade.6435:

TehPwnerer.7215:

Change it to what?

To something that a bunch of random people with limited communication, can actually accomplish.

Plenty of events like that in Queensdale. Also the Shatterer and Claw of Jormag are still fitting that criteria before they get revamped so just enjoy those before they undergo Tequatl maintenance.

Lostwingman.5034:

TehPwnerer.7215:

Change it to what?

What it’s apparently designed to be, an event for people all intending to work together. ie a guild event.

I do agree that it’s a bit much for the average casual MMO player. Something like this that requires a lot of coordination and communication is not something that casual gamers want (and I mean the term casual in no disrespect, I mean it in the actual sense of the word).

I am all for the hard content like this and I do love the new Teq and think he’s epic but I do not think the majority of the GW2 players are ready for this.

On the bright side, if events are done like this in the future it’d require more than “AFK SPAM 1” or “AFK SPAM 1 and ZERG” events.

Honestly, it’s inevitable for longevity and to ensure the event is even attempted weeks after this event, but the worst part about all of this is the elitism it will bring. The few servers who did down it before it eventually gets nerfed are going to just gloat and talk so much crap to everyone else it’s not even gonna be funny.

Change it to what?

RLHawk.3290:

Not sure if this affects how you feel about it or not, but the Tequatl The Sunless group of achievements is there to stay — so you have the foreseeable future to get this achievement.

This. I also have no sympathy considering just about every server’s population is trying to guest to Blackgate. I know it’s not your guys’ fault that people would rather take the easy way instead of working and exerting effort for their success, but the fact remains.

What’s wrong is that they shouldn’t include ridiculous references to a video about Furries who can’t google what noise a fox makes. This is a fantasy MMORPG I don’t want to see this crap here. I play this game to get away from garbage like that.

Say my opinion is invalid, say what you will about me – I don’t care. This is a forum and I am allowed to state my opinion and this is how I feel about stupid references like this appearing in GW2. (not aimed specifically at you, Timmy because I do agree with the last 2 paragraphs 100%).

Since the fight is basically tuned for a large amount of level 80, well geared players anyway, why not bring some life to Orr and move the undead dragon to Orr where it can be met by players of appropriate skill level and gear?

The boss changed. He is no longer able to be defeated by players of that level with blues and greens anyway, so why not just commit to the change and move him to Orr?

Just my thoughts.

FlamingMook.8437:

Dear Anet,

Please don’t let the whiners win. It’s only been 1 day and people who REFUSE to learn the NEW mechanics of the Taco fight are only being greedy and selfish by wanting the game to be tailored to their interests.

Agreed. “OMG I CANT KILL IT DAY 1?!! NERF IT!!!”

Enough already. It’s time for games to stop holding everyone’s hand and people actually start learning how to play. I am so tired of seeing zerg spam events go constantly.

People are just too used to Akitteng at the dragon’s arm-pit and auto-attacking. Give them time to break the habit and eventually you’ll see success.

If people want to play their own way and not play coordinated then they shouldn’t screw up group events for others that do care about that sort of thing.

I have an awesome life actually. I just hate that everywhere I go to get away from kitten like this I still get to see it. This is just another youtube fad that in a month when the next one hits, nobody will even remember.

I agree. I am glad to see something that will actually be a challenge in this game. Makes me sick that so many people are screaming “NERF” already, but I do hope they stick to their guns and leave it challenging.

We need more content like this that requires coordination and communication and less “follow the commander tag and auto attack.”

Yeah we need more elitism and bragging rights in GW2 alright. Just kidding there’s enough of that.

The armor can only be worn by that race because A it’s that cultures armor and B because it was only designed with that race in mind. There are no Human T3 renders, for example, on a Charr.

There’s a reason they’re cultural armor sets.

So why is this in this sub-forum? The video is dumb and people who like it probably laugh at watching paint dry. I am tired of these stupid youtube trends like Gangnam style, this new stupid fox video, and the other crap that gets billions of views for no reason.

Arkham Creed.7358:

TehPwnerer.7215:

I keep materials around because I don’t need money but I just haven’t gotten around to crafting on my alts yet.

So then you admit that your bank is full not because of some “screwed up economy” or poor design, but rather because you simply can’t be bothered to actually use those materials for their intended purpose, thus meaning there is no point in actually having them?

Argue semantics. I don’t care. If I sold them to just buy or farm them later I’d be wasting time and money.

Zeldain.5710:

tanto.4217:

first game ever to get complaints about to much content too fast :P

No, WoW is the owner of that title. This past year of updates has been blistering, p;layers can’t even keep up.

Wrath of the Lich King raiders called, they want their year of Icecrown Citadel raiding back.

Content for WoW is not coming out too fast. The quality of the content that is released just gives off that impression because of how garbage it’s become.