TexZero.7910 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Did it in 2 attempts. I feel a lot of people are doing it wrong though. They're trying to get in at the assault phase. Your chance to succeed is much greater if you're on a map from the begining of the preperations phase all the way through to the end of it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebeard.1746 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, TexZero.7910 said: Did it in 2 attempts. I feel a lot of people are doing it wrong though. They're trying to get in at the assault phase. Your chance to succeed is much greater if you're on a map from the begining of the preperations phase all the way through to the end of it. This what I normally have done. The hilarious thing too is that the pre escort can fail with the guy getting stuck. I don't think they've even patched that bug and members of my squad were saying they've seen it before. Edited March 9, 2022 by Firebeard.1746 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin.4568 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Third attempt, but 58 of us were split into 3 organized squads. (2 people were fishing during the whole meta) If everyone follow tag, use Waystation and have 10% increase due to events and full defensive and offensive bonus, it sure makes it easier. But you cannot get this every time (and you should not, this is open world, emphasis on OPEN). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valaraukar.7652 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I think that i did it 4-5 times and fall on a good commander knowing the meta very well. I wasn't in the squad, but he speak in local chat giving order when it was needed. The players was seeming knowing how to play the meta. I think that falling on a squad with people knowing what to do and with a good commander is really helpfull for this meta. Specially when cc was needed to make more damage at the boss. I learned that we can avoid damage when the crystal will be broken with going behind this commander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris goes Frontline.1853 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 This evening first time, finished with little under 3 minutes spare. To be fair, I've joined a discord channel and found a group that was just about to start. I saw some streamers tackle it as well so I was familiar with the mechanics. Everyone was pretty laid back and despite the horrible lag and 15 FPS when all 3 groups were together, it was actually great fun. Yes, I've died a couple times in the end when I saw the telegraphs to late but that only makes we wanna go again and get better at it. I got back for End of Dragons after a long hiatus so by no means am I running the perfect build with the perfect gear. After the looting the commander asked what our win / loss streaks were and over half the people in the squad were first-timers like me, just random people who signed up on the LFG or discord and kicked some dragon butt. I guess having everyone on +10% and have both jade tech offensive and defensive buffs helps a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitybee.3614 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 8 attempts, 8 fails - in mostly all organized groups with multiple commanders, people doing what they're suppose to be doing, all buffs taken, and even swapping to better builds/characters for higher DPS output. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gametaunt.9105 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 just did my 16th attempt... random players having to do raid like mechanics dont work too well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate.3679 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 13 or so runs, 5 successes. 3 successes before the bug fix last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy.2951 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I did 3 trys on the meta, and did it on 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugster.9378 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 5 runs 5 fails, I don't have the time to spend 2 hours for another fail. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dragon.5429 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) My personal experience was 9 fails, 1 success. Some people get it much sooner, and one guy I talked to yesterday failed 30 with no success. It's a bit of a gamble unless you get into an organized group that's not listed on the LFG tool. The OP of the following post helped me with my first success. Really nice guy trying his hardest to actually help. Just be ready to actually listen to advice. Edited March 9, 2022 by White Dragon.5429 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuickFox.3826 Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) 4th failure unfortunately. Commander blames RNG. Going straight for 5th attempt. Edited March 9, 2022 by TheQuickFox.3826 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kettering.6823 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) I was able to do it in four attempts. Like someone else said, the trick seems to be looking for squads that are starting on fresh maps to make sure the preparation phase is done properly and everyone has 10 buff stacks/is actually participating in the meta and not just AFK. That was the attempt I succeeded at (as well as being in voice chat over Discord, with an organized commander). Each time I failed I was looking for squads right as the event was beginning. Organized squads also fill up in minutes, so it can feel like there aren't as many squads in LFG. You need to be constantly watching, and then of course also get lucky enough to actually squeeze into the map. The whole thing is a mess lol. I wish the game's LFG and map queue systems were better. I think that alone would reduce a lot of frustration. Edited March 9, 2022 by kettering.6823 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexona.6452 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 45 minutes ago, White Dragon.5429 said: My personal experience was 9 fails, 1 success. Some people get it much sooner, and one guy I talked to yesterday failed 30 with no success. It's a bit of a gamble unless you get into an organized group that's not listed on the LFG tool. The OP of the following post helped me with my first success. Really nice guy trying his hardest to actually help. Just be ready to actually listen to advice. Thanks for the mention although I'm a lady 😉 We've had 9 wins with the meta group I run, lots of repeats. If you aren't sure how to build something to work with the meta, we have builds and will take you to the aerodome to test them out and get used to it. Alacrity and Quickness builds are ALWAYS in demand. So are druid/ranger spirits and Warrior BannerBaes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuickFox.3826 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, TheQuickFox.3826 said: 4th failure unfortunately. Commander blames RNG. Going straight for 5th attempt. 5th one: Success! Thanks to commander "Feral Catmander" and his gang. /cheer Still I wish that the meta would be more accessible. So if ANet decides to nerf it somehow, I would be happy about it. Edited March 10, 2022 by TheQuickFox.3826 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Monarch.6058 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 well I tend to try once a night, and so far no success, since I'm dependent on 49 strangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProtoGunner.4953 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 1st attempt, but sure was lucky. But don't believe these whiners here. It's horrible, 95% of the complaints in these forums don't exist for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwolf.9571 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 12 hours ago, TexZero.7910 said: I feel a lot of people are doing it wrong though. They're trying to get in at the assault phase. Your chance to succeed is much greater if you're on a map from the begining of the preperations phase all the way through to the end of it. I wish it were the case, it ain't. Even with the event damage boosts, only best run was 20% phase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanosh.2631 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Failed 3 times so far and I do not plan on wasting anymore time on this before it gets nerfed a lot, lol. Just a casual player here, so this is too hard for me at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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