Guild Wars 2

puffmouse.7189:

I finally beat this one at level 28. the trick to winning for me was to change how the staff worked. in options change the staff to fire off as soon as you push a number. if you do this while running it will drop a symbol on the ground where you are at. and then you kite and spam your symbols. to take a break, i filled my slots with all pet summons. this time the one time that veteran harpy thing hit me i didnt just instantly die, i had enough hps left to give me the .5 seconds i needed to hit my heal button before the dot finished me off. My pets also seemed to last a little longer so maybe it wasnt a complete scale down? If you run to far away the harpy will suddenly heal itself though. after that harpy is dead the crab veteran that follows is a laughable pushover.

I finished at level 22 with food buff and destroyer potion, and adapting your idea for the engineer by using the bomb kit: in a very similar way I ran away while spamming bombs behind me. Some combination of all this let me finally survive and finish the quest. I was very happy to see that Shodd got auto rezed before the third wave with the crab veteran. Even so this doesn’t seem like a level 14 quest, though to be fair, this is my first character in this game and I didn’t do any pvp. I just made a character, went out and started leveling doing quests and events… then a short 14 levels in I get this. :/

Another small detail: “Beta Test” as a name makes it even harder to goggle strategies on how to complete the quest. >_>

Edit: Oops, I should have written level 23, not 22.

Ozymandias, Tyroki, I found the same moment in the Infinity Ball story perplexing and disappointing. When it happened I felt strongly that my character wanted to say “No way! Get away from me, I want nothing to do with you and your shoddy ideas.”

However, I love the Asura. I originally planned to just have one, now I’m trying not to make all my characters Asura! I really enjoy Metrica and the starting zone. I enjoy the cut scenes. I like that the females look like the males and don’t wear absurd frilly and revealing armor. I enjoy all the details of the NPCs and they stuff they talk about and do — DEL-X99 is one of my favorite NPCs anywhere. Rata Sum is possibly my favorite city: obviously, the Asura win for elegance of design in city planning. They’re adorable, snarky, zany, and they’re a lot of fun to play. I’m kind of neutral on the Engineering class… I don’t love it or hate it so far.

puffmouse.7189:

I abandoned my story for this very reason. The asura quest ‘beta test’. Every now and then as I complete other lands, level crafting, get new gear, etc. i stop by to see if it is any different. The second flying veteran thing one shots me every single time. I am starting to wonder if the leveling mechanism is just going to make things worse and worse as i go along. Someday in the far future when im in a big guild we will treat my personal stuck story as a big raid event and see how huge it will scale.

I am stuck at the exact same spot in Beta Test. It’s listed at a level 14 quest — at level 20, I cannot complete it. I’ve purchased armor and weapon upgrades, chosen different utility skills, and each time I have no chance of success. Just hit level 21, and I plan to try again with a food buff and potion, we’ll see, but at this point given the number of times I’ve easily died I don’t hold much hope. It’s so bad I’ve started leveling other characters, and have told myself that on my engineer, I just won’t be able to progress in my personal story.

Right now, I’m not in a guild and I don’t know anyone else in game. I assume if I found some people willing to go with me to this quest, we’d be able to finish it — but I strongly feel, for a personal story, I should be able to complete it solo. It’s my personal story, not the story of a group of adventurers! I almost wonder if this is designed to make solo players go out and find guilds or people to group with…

Same problem. Only that one asura hairstyle is bugged, the rest are fine. The face color is determined by the hair colour — they roughly match.

I’ve found vanilla beans by gathering level 1-15 plants. Not found any chili peppers, but since they’re plants, maybe they’re found with higher level plants. Chocolate I’ve found in bags dropped by mobs. You’ll also get some cooking drops from chopping trees.

I’m an engineer and I can’t finish a level 14 personal story quest — and I’m level 20. I’ve tried different weapons and different utility skills, even purchased upgrades from the TP. I’ll keep trying each level I get, but if there’s really level scaling, I’m screwed. So, until they make some kind of change, I can’t progress my personal story. Unless I find a guild or someone willing to help me out — but I peevishly believe that for your personal story you should be able to finish the story solo. Right now, that’s not the case.

I guess my tip is go do something else, and maybe later things will be different. If you’re lucky, you might have a friend who can help you, or guildmates, since it’s clear some of the more difficult personal stories are not solo-able.