Harfang.1507

I have already done Defense of Amnytas many times, but there are still a couple of things I don't get about this meta. First, once we reach the top platform, we have four tentacles to eliminate before targetting the boss. They need to have some kind of armor buff removed. I gather it is from one of the golems. Which one to head for? Or am I missing something else? Second, "Help stop the tentacles from damaging the spire below." I gather I need to shoot tentacles with my skyscale's fireballs. Where are those tentacles? I see nothing targettable. Third, as a bonus: when I first ran this meta, I usually got 200% participation by the end. Now I have trouble going past 125% and I am most definitely not going afk. I do not know what I may be doing different. Thoughts?

Update: I kept trying to progress Artisan of Arms: Elementalist's Pistol in Gendarran Fields. Attacking mobs when attuned to fire: little to no progress. Not only that, it appeared to stall progress in any attunement until I move well out of the immediate area. Attacking mobs when attuned to air: progress, especially when targetting ambient mobs like rabbits and frogs. I managed to complete the first tier of the achievement.

I have been using the pistol on a condition tempest. I managed to make modest progress (8-9%), but definitely not satisfactory. Having figured out condition damage might be an issue, I switched to air. Even only using air autoattack, landing the killing blow, not using overloads, off-hand weapon skills or slot skills, progress is still stalled at 9%.

Battle for Lion's Arch is not easy for a someone likely to be a newbie. Most truthful anwer: whatever profession you click with. More general answer: pet classes are good, namely necromancer and ranger. Guardians don't have a pet but can be quite resilient.

Re: boss encounter design, what do Vale Guardian, Gorseval, Matthias Gabrel, Keep Construct, Soulless Horror, Cold War, Boneskinner, Whisper of Jormag, Molten Bosses and countless other GW2 instance bosses have in common? Open World is and always has been ArenaNet's strength, not instanced content. Years ago, I had the time of my MMO life in vanilla and BC WoW dungeons. The last time I played WoW was at the end of BfA and it still outclassed GW2 for instanced fun. I've only gotten into GW2 raids in the last year. Learning and progressing through one of the most challenging contents the game offers was a great experience. Nevertheless, once it is done, replayability comes from the exclusive (LI, shards) and/or efficient (strikes) rewards provided, not from the actual fun the experience provides.

I am a PvE player. I dabbled enough in WvW to get the legendary ring a few days after the AV came out. I am so glad that's done! The new system has basically killed WvW for me. I am happy with a cap to how many dailies or weeklies you can complete, but I resent having to choose between PvE or a PvE/WvW combo that has too many WvW requirements. This being said, the AV reward system is better than the old one. I like the new big picture, but have issues with some of the details.

+1 Really annoyed.

I did it successfully for the first time today. You can ignore the very first beacon on your way north. Using mount stealth right before landing next to a heavily-guarded beacon is also a good way to avoid undue aggro, literally.

Funerary Incense! Do not forget Funerary Incense. Time-gated. You can buy one per day per renown heart in Vabbi. You need 100. Also, buying a Brandstone Node for my home instance was one of my best investments in the last six years. I must admit that with lower prices for Powdered Rose Quartz make it less appealing, but if you are planning to do this over several months rather than a few weeks, it may still be the way to go. Doing Istan dailies when they are on the S4 rotation is also good.

Update: I tried it a third time this morning. It worked. I made sure to close Firefox in the background and dismiss my mech before the cinematic launched. I have no clue whether that actually was a key.

I tried to complete Mabon's Fate in the SotO storyline tonight. I had already completed it without issues on two other characters some weeks ago. Tonight, the game crashed when I tried to skip the closing cinematic starring Zojja and Dagda. When I came back, my character had to restart the whole mission story from the beginning. This time, I let the cinematic play to the end, at which point the game crashed again. When I came back, once more, I had made no progress and needed to redo the mission from scratch. I quit in disgust.

That is sadly not fitting what I was hoping for, but still worth asking. Thank you for the prompt reply.

I have a neutral impression of the expansion. 🌻 Interesting new masteries. Intriguing characters in Mabon in Lyhr. A surprisingly likable Zojja 2.0, the first asura in years I have not felt like silencing one way or another. ANet listened to the feedback about the Arcane Vault. The EoD mini-dungeons are not that great solo, but when they are dailies, I actually enjoy them with all the other players preent. Skywatch archipelago is cool and fun to navigate. Finally a way of making legendary armor from open world activities! 🪴The story does not reel me in and I got confused more than once. Too many new characters and plot elements in too short of a time. I loathe gate keeping access to new zones with story missions. I started raiding several months ago, so the new legendary armor did not excite me overmuch. Now that I heard about the attending grind in guild chat, I need to find a raid static, SOON! One of the best thing I was hoping to get by getting out of EoD was the End of Research Notes Grind . . . 😢 The reworking of WvW daily rewards caused me to entirely drop that game mode. Rift hunt is boring and repetitive. Amnytas and the Wizard's Tower hit the uncanny valley for me: they look like a cross between the High Heavens of Diablo 3's Act 4 and Silvermoon City in WoW. Plus, Amnytas' bastions are hell to navigate, making the skyscale a chore rather than a pleasurable convenience. Weaponmaster training? Unsure. Power creep and monkey wrenches galore. I am waiting for the dust to settle. But before it does, we'll have new weapons for each profession. To be continued . . .

Do you have regular raids scheduled? If so, at what time in the week?

I do not remember having issues with my first character running through the story, but to day, my second one did, as described by the OP. I managed to figure it out on my own and managed to finish the fight UI-blind. The worst was when I was supposed to take the portal back to the Wizard's Tower. No way to interact with the portal. I had to log out and then back in, then use the WT Teleportation Scrool. There was fortunately a green swirl within the WT where I could pick up the mission where it stopped.