lujate 575 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ascalonian Catacombs, Story mode 15 Sep 12, 11am CDT Five level 30 characters Rooster: lujate Scleameth Wygram Kiyeri Link to comment
gogoblender 3,068 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Oh man, I wish! But soon, soon... good luck you guys, I would love to hear how a dungeon in this game plays out... don't forget the cameras! gogo Link to comment
Scleameth 19 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 yes, camera's please so I get to experience the dungeon in better quality afterwards Link to comment
Wygram 23 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Do we have a fifth yet? I will have one at my desk when we start this adventure and it might be finished before we are done - depending how hairy it gets. Link to comment
lujate 575 Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Fear not gogo, your time will come. I will try to remember to record the dungeon run. Now that I can tether my 4G phone, uploads will go a lot faster (if only I could get it to work with C3 ). Do we have a fifth yet? I will have one at my desk when we start this adventure and it might be finished before we are done - depending how hairy it gets. Hopefully we will not need that kind of fifth . If no one comes forward, we will just have to pick up someone on Saturday. Link to comment
lujate 575 Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 We managed to pull it off, barely. We picked up a volunteer to fill out our group, but he went AFK (unannounced) less than half way through, so we finished it one man short. The difficulty seemed ridiculous. We finished it simply by continually respawning. I was afraid the repair costs were going to exceed the rewards (which were not all that great). I did however manage to make just a little bit of silver. Right now I am disillusioned and not sure I will be doing any more dungeons. I have a vid that I will try to upload overnight. Link to comment
Kiyeri 34 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I think it would have seemed more rewarding if we were level appropriate. Since the rewards were too low for us to use. Think I spent a total of about 35s in repairs, the last repair after the last boss cost me over 6s. As for picking up outsiders... yea NOT Link to comment
Scleameth 19 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I'm glad it's done. We were stuck a little with only 4 players trying to get past 2 rangers and 1 elementalist, but perhaps that's Anet's way of saying "this is not the way"... the mobs certainly seemed an impossible challenge at times. I don't mind that mobs and bosses have such a huge amount of hp, but I think for story mode, they should decrease the damage done a little. Felt like lemmings a lot of times and looking at the map, you just see this steady stream of blue dots (party members) running into battle from the closest waypoint. I've encountered a number of serious boss battles in PvE and most times I can take the heat with a number of shields to my disposal. When things get real tough, I have an invulnerable state I can go into to escape and recover, but in this dungeon, I felt a little to fragile. All I know is, next time, skip as many mobs as possible since the drops were not special enough to go through the pain and frustration of killing them... Link to comment
Flooxim 49 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Wow, seems like you had a tough time, sorry for not being able to make it. If you want to make another run next weekend, I'm already 99% sure I will be able to make it. Too bad it didn't go that well with that volunteer/outsider. Max Link to comment
Kiyeri 34 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Tis ok Max, you always run the risk of flakiness when using a pug. Sometimes you get lucky and find a forever friend, but those are few and far between. They really do an incredible amount of damage, its not fair that rangers can place their traps anywhere repeatedly, and I can only place one at a time with a cool down. And only my Mud can I choose where I want to place it ><. Also they were hitting me in one shot for 50% of my health, that is just insane. I h ad fun anyway.. its only a game, I care more about playing with my friends then I do dying. Link to comment
lujate 575 Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 This just in from ArenaNet: ...We also reduced the rewards of completing story mode, once you have already completed it, because the rewards for story mode were never intended to be a high as they were. ... Not sure what dungeons he was talking about, but it sure was not the one we did. Link to comment
Wygram 23 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 This just in from ArenaNet: ...We also reduced the rewards of completing story mode, once you have already completed it, because the rewards for story mode were never intended to be a high as they were. ... Not sure what dungeons he was talking about, but it sure was not the one we did. OMG I did not get anything worth a darn on that first run, other than a big repair bill. (And the fun of playing with you guys.... ) Link to comment
lujate 575 Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 I have been trying to upload a video of the last two boss fights since Saturday. The video is longer than anything else I have ever uploaded. I can now tether my 4G phone to my PC, and its upload bandwidth is several times greater than my DSL. I thought that would be enough to make the difference, but it appears my ISP throttles my 4G when I try to use that much bandwidth. Last night I split the video in two. The first video is so large I am not sure I will be able to upload it via DSL. Here is the second video though. Link to comment
Kiyeri 34 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Hehe yea Lujate, I was wondering if they would throttle you. I have no limit on mine at home, but they throttle the heck out of us towards the end of the month. Link to comment
Flooxim 49 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Wow! Now I understand why this run was a pain, especially with one man short. I guarantee this won't happen when I'll be there. Max Link to comment
lujate 575 Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Hehe yea Lujate, I was wondering if they would throttle you. I have no limit on mine at home, but they throttle the heck out of us towards the end of the month. It is not really a surprise that they throttle me when I am trying to upload a 2.74GB video. Wow! Now I understand why this run was a pain, especially with one man short. I guarantee this won't happen when I'll be there. Max Keep in mind that was one of the easier fights. Link to comment
Wygram 23 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Wow! Now I understand why this run was a pain, especially with one man short. I guarantee this won't happen when I'll be there. Max Keep in mind that was one of the easier fights. Actually this one was easy, in the relative terms. Those darn Lovers were a real pain.... Link to comment
lujate 575 Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Wow! Now I understand why this run was a pain, especially with one man short. I guarantee this won't happen when I'll be there. Max Keep in mind that was one of the easier fights. Actually this one was easy, in the relative terms. Those darn Lovers were a real pain.... Particularly the male Mesmer. His illusions often went unnoticed until it was too late. One player should probably be tasked with killing all the illusions as they appear. Link to comment
Scleameth 19 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Nice vid Lujate! Those dang Area of Effect rings hurt if you can't get out in time! Funny to see how my tactic suddenly changes from trying to CC at the start to mostly ranged at the end... At least I got a few of my virtues off and was good to see in the vid what the range was. It sometimes felt like I was running all over to get close enough to you guys so the effects can apply to my team also. I'd just get close and someone would dodge roll further away The Virtue of Courage applies a Aegis (passive block) on me every 40 seconds, but if I activate it, it applies to me and my team mates. I have an elite that would make me invulnerable for 3 seconds after which all virtues are recharged, so that's another free round of Aegis. But it felt so useless in the dungeon - not like PvE where it saves my skin a ton of times. Link to comment
lujate 575 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 I had to chop the video in half again. Here is the first of the two lovers. Link to comment
Flooxim 49 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 This one took you some time to defeat, but I'd say you pulled it off pretty well compared to the King. Ma Link to comment
Scleameth 19 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Nice to see the other angle on this fight. Max, these two have to be separated, because if they are together (you'll see hearts flying around when they are) then they just cause a world of pain. I was at the other end keeping one of them busy. Link to comment
lujate 575 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Like Scleameth said, there were actually two bosses you had to fight at the same time. The overall fight was too long, so I had to split the video. Link to comment
Kiyeri 34 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Hmm, is it just me, or does it appear to look easier on the video then it actually was? Link to comment
lujate 575 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Hmm, is it just me, or does it appear to look easier on the video then it actually was? Wait until you see the rest of it. The second half is where things turn ugly. Link to comment
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