DemKin.9063 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 My quest for my roller beetle has come to an abrupt stop with this achievement. Been looking for a group since yesterday to kill this Alpha beetle, been clearing the Far Silverwastes map and making the event spawn, putting my group up in LFG in several tabs, I think there is not a single soul left on this planet who seeks to do this event, even less come to help someone who does. Hell, three quarters of the people on this deserted map don't even know how to get there. Sometimes I see a poor sod asking "anybody on the map?", often left unanswered, makes the wait not only tediously long, but also pretty sad.Been trying to solo it, combat takes forever, and with my light character one mistake is enough to get me killed gg no re. From my point of view, it's perhaps time to switch back this damned beetle to a bronze or silver state instead of a gold one... My two cents.A good day to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 If I'm online and it's EU, I'm happy to camp it with you until you get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooops.8694 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Alpha beetles are just supposed to be that hard. When people still did the collection on masse the beetle was therefore bugged and you had to camp there for a week or more hoping to finally see it spawn :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaFishBob.6518 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 It wasn't bugged, it was getting killed by a huge mob of players trying to unlock the beetle. Anet responded by turning the veteran into a champion. Now the mob is gone, having no reason to fight it so people who are alone will have trouble with this now. The event should have been made to scale with the number of people in the Far Silverwastes instead of being a flat upgrade to champion to avoid this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodama.6453 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 What class are you playing? Maybe it would be possible to solo this one. I did when I was working on my beetle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 @Kodama.6453 said:What class are you playing? Maybe it would be possible to solo this one. I did when I was working on my beetle.Just for reference, the op has completed this now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodama.6453 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 @Randulf.7614 said:@Kodama.6453 said:What class are you playing? Maybe it would be possible to solo this one. I did when I was working on my beetle.Just for reference, the op has completed this nowAlright, thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keenedge.9675 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 At the spawn location for the Alpha beetle, you MUST kill lessers to make it spawn. It'll never pop by only waiting. It was like this BEFORE beetle saddle parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex.3602 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 It was a tough fight but I was able to do it with 1 other person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taril.8619 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I did it solo as Druid.Basically, I ran around in circles spam healing myself for about 40 minutes while my pet slowly whittled it down.Not the most efficient way to beat it... But whatever, it worked xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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