Zoemaester.8072

Today is 3/31 and still only the party leader is getting credit. ☹️

Thank you for the tip about talking to an NPC. I didn't see it on the left side. I did the JP perfectly after many tries and was so disappointed when I didn't receive the gold box. I'll have to do it again. :(

I have the same problem. I hope they fix this soon. I'm bad a boss battles even with the skill bar! I watched a YouTuber working on this battle and they had their skill bar, so it's not happening to everyone...or one of the recent fixes may have broken this?

Thanks for posting the question/report. I thought/did the same thing. Thanks to Inculpatus for the answer.

Whew! I'm glad to see it's not just me. Thanks for starting this thread. I kept thinking I must be reading the description incorrectly. Please fix this, Anet!

I run as Rev and love seeing them two-man it. TY

Thanks for the comments. Had a great time today teaching new people how to do the Voice and Claw strike - took a couple of tries, but got it and they had fun. My comment above is about Boneskinner, not about all three missions, because that was the title of the discussion. The other 2 missions encourage new people to try something different. And I'm not seeing people turned away for anything but Boneskinner. I'll probably advise new groups which are repeatedly getting their asses kicked by BS to wait until one of the other strike missions comes into rotation. I appreciated one of the previous comments a few weeks ago that it seems there are three different levels of difficulty. That helps explain it to new folks.

It's the last day of Boneskinner Week this month and I've come looking for solutions. I read through all the posts to date and appreciate the comments - even the ones that strayed from the main topic - it sounds like people needed to vent and it's apparent the strikes need more work if they are to meet the stated intention. I've participated in Bjora Strike Missions every night, most of them successful, including the Boneskinner. What I'm seeing now is everything mentioned above, and in a negative way. Yes, leaders can choose their 10 team members, but now some are becoming more particular, including telling people to leave if they don't like their choice of weapon. Other groups have commanders with no raid experience and cannot help team members with adequate strategies or advice on which character to bring to the mission. People want to learn. They are willing to switch characters if it will help the team and learn how to better use their skills if they are told how and not scolded or put down. Simple commands like "/gg" are new to them, but they're learning. The tips above on how to defeat the Boneskinner work. I've reiterated them to commanders many times, but a team of 10 inexperienced players rarely succeeds. Instead of offering a place where people can learn from each other, Anet has created an environment where the division between the two groups becomes more evident and sometimes negative. To meet the goal of encouraging more players to try raids and work in groups, Anet needs to develop an environment more conducive to people helping each other and a safe place for inexperienced players to learn. I'm in the middle of the experience spectrum and want to see something positive come from all this so we can get back to having fun killing stuff.

I loved using the griffon and earned the skyscale just for fun, so it surprises me that I use it 95% of the time now and old griffy sits on the sidelines these days. Earning the skyscale was much more enjoyable than for the griffon.