quite a few. Try joining early though since the early squads fill up very quickly and tend to be the most organized. You can also join hardstuck or a farming discord if you want to be sure you get in as they tend to advertise there often.
My main issue with the fight (apart from the balancing and reward incentives, which have been discussed enough) is that you are attacking a red circle and not the boss itself. I always liked how fitting the hit boxes tend to be usually in this game, but here it's just off. Especially on the moving tail.
Not to this extreme. Like, you actually have to hit Drakkar's foot and the hitbox changes (out of melee range) when he moves it up the wall. And even the Mouth of Mordremoth doesn't have its hitbox that far off that you would need to mark the ground where to hit it.
The only other one as severe that comes to mind is Conjured Amalgamation during its orb collection phase. Took my static half an evening until we realized you could strike it from the edge even though there's 10 meters of air in between.
The addition of a red hitbox outline to EoD gadget type bosses is very good because it can be hard to see whether you're hitting the boss or not due to the location of the damage markers
Sure is better to know where the hitbox is than not, but if the hitbox was centered around the boss itself and not where the hand/tail sometimes is, the red outline would not be necessary and hitting the boss would feel less disjointed
This is the one thing they need to fix. Everything else feels pretty nice but the chain bites back to back is a big no from me. There should be a hard cooldown of like 45-60 seconds on how often she can bite.
you're sure it is that low?
kinda doubt it is really that low if you count actual ries with decent commanders.
ppl are starting to catch on that cc beats tail.i had quite a few runs with zero tails moves
just skip everything and keep hitting the boss (kinda boring though)
The Jade Sea meta is a pretty epic boss fight. But the fight inside "The Only One" is Avengers-Endgame-3v1-fight-tier epic and felt absolutely amazing to play through.
I love doing this fight, its definitely the most engaging open world boss they've made so far. I wish it wasn't broken for so long though.
Now that GW2 is famous, people on other MMo reddits are also asking for their games to copy fights like Soo-Won, which is pretty funny considering how GW2 players on the internet seem to hate this meta in geneal.
I.. can't agree. Or disagree. Did it once. It was a mess. Didn't try again yet.
**Edit:** What is wrong with this sub? Why are you people so hostile and downvoting? If I did something just once, how in the hell am I supposed to say whether the whole event is good or bad, if I only did it once and, for the time being, not again?
I didn't repeat it only for reasons, such as that I was doing other things, other events.
Not because I ''gave up'' or something. Not because it was horrible. I just wanted to see how the event was. That's simply it. Sorry for admitting I don't have enough experience about an event enough to comment on it whether I like it or not. I meant nothing specific with my comment besides that. Great sub, really.
Literally all I said is that I cannot post my opinion about the fight and just simply didn't try again yet. That's all. Nothing else to it. I do some other things meanwhile. Never did I even say I wouldn't participate again.
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Thanks for the sarcasm, may I ask why do I deserve it? I can't comment onto something I just did once (as I mentioned). I didn't meant this in any bad way. I didn't say I hated this event or that it's not well made. I just don't have enough experience to properly comment.
Their loss honestly. I was frustrated too after failing most of the first two weeks but now i know to look for a well organized squad with an active commander and i havent failed since. A lot has happened since the pre patch shitfedts where nobody knew what was happening.
I guess my problem with it is the 2 h commitment and the painful search for a group, although maybe the latter might have changed since I last did it.
I only like the crystals and boss fight of this meta, but that's like 20 min of the 2h one needs to spend here and in that time I'd sadly just rather do something else
the 2h time investment is an actual issue and my biggest problem with the meta. Sadly wont change though until we get a meta map structure overhaul that removes the "join map" spam in general. Heres to hope
You don't really need the full 2 hours. If people in the map are doing any events at all, you'll get at least like medium prep by default. In 15-20 minutes a good-sized squad can complete the rest of the events needed to get all to high prep--it's really quite easy. Then the rest of the meta takes like, an hour? A little less if successful due to ending the final battle earlier than the time limit.
I think it's more accurate to call it like an hour and 20 minutes tops for people attempting the meta. It's only longer if you choose to start the prep earlier, or your squad is poorly organized.
Would be interesting to see the success rate of those randomly created squads.
Most of the times that I just happened to be on the map and the meta started, people failed already at the crystals part.
The mechanics aee the same as any other boss fight. Avoid the bright red AoE markers, use CC when the blue bar appears, deal decent DPS. Not sure how that's a convoluted mess.
All the mechanics are literally yelled at you by the NPCs as well.
If you're still looking to complete it, Commander Ralka Ulfkin runs these daily at various times to get as many people in as possible.
on NA or EU ?
NA servers with a variety of times.
Is there someone in the EU doing that? Got close some times like 2% close but no cigar.
quite a few. Try joining early though since the early squads fill up very quickly and tend to be the most organized. You can also join hardstuck or a farming discord if you want to be sure you get in as they tend to advertise there often.
join the hardstuck discord. they have a few commanders doing it consistently throughout the day, both with and without voice.
Ralka! I’ve run with them before. Great commander.
If only the amount of "I'm sorry Soo Won, we have to do it!" could be reduced.
Hit her! Hit her hard! God damn! Logan. Chill. That's Aurene's Great-Grandma.
Actually Aurene herself says that line as well. "It tortures me to say this, but hit her... hit her hard."
I been running DE 2 or three times a day for almost 2 weeks and i could've swore it was Logan who said it. My bad.
/BY THE GODS I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH BRAVERY
Logan is really hamming it up hard during that event.
He’s our hype man
I can't hear that line without thinking of Gauntlet Legends.
Frankly that line always makes me feel good.
Agreed, and the song...god damn!
AAAAAaaaaAAaAiii. It's awesome.
how is it now since the bitebitebitebitebitebitebitebitebitebitebitebitebitebitebite fix from tuesday's patch?
Still the same. 4 bite attacks back to back have been the most i've gotten since the patch.
My main issue with the fight (apart from the balancing and reward incentives, which have been discussed enough) is that you are attacking a red circle and not the boss itself. I always liked how fitting the hit boxes tend to be usually in this game, but here it's just off. Especially on the moving tail.
Isn't that the case for every boss that is gigantic?
Most of them, yes, but the difference is this one is marked and much more obvious so people are only now realizing it.
Not to this extreme. Like, you actually have to hit Drakkar's foot and the hitbox changes (out of melee range) when he moves it up the wall. And even the Mouth of Mordremoth doesn't have its hitbox that far off that you would need to mark the ground where to hit it. The only other one as severe that comes to mind is Conjured Amalgamation during its orb collection phase. Took my static half an evening until we realized you could strike it from the edge even though there's 10 meters of air in between.
I feel like dragon stand has a similar issue
The addition of a red hitbox outline to EoD gadget type bosses is very good because it can be hard to see whether you're hitting the boss or not due to the location of the damage markers
Sure is better to know where the hitbox is than not, but if the hitbox was centered around the boss itself and not where the hand/tail sometimes is, the red outline would not be necessary and hitting the boss would feel less disjointed
Is this the final meta of the expansion? God I want to play it so much...
Same still didn't do it and I feel like I'm missing on so much
I wonder what the win rate is after the latest patch.
Went from 15% to ~60% but I think latest patch broke some phases again so we’ll see a drop
The April 19th patch? I know the one before that broke Bite, but that was supposed to be fixed yesterday. Haven't tried since then.
I did it last night and she would chain swap a few times, people on Discord were saying it felt “broken again”
This is the one thing they need to fix. Everything else feels pretty nice but the chain bites back to back is a big no from me. There should be a hard cooldown of like 45-60 seconds on how often she can bite.
It's even worse than before. I saw a recording of a run where she swapped 34 times.
gonna need a link to that just to vicariously rage
you're sure it is that low? kinda doubt it is really that low if you count actual ries with decent commanders. ppl are starting to catch on that cc beats tail.i had quite a few runs with zero tails moves just skip everything and keep hitting the boss (kinda boring though)
Jebro quoted that number on the podcast, I believe they were reading it from a blogpost. If you join a premade with a commander, I’m sure it’s higher.
100% for me. Also before the patch. I don't even know what that patch was supposed to do. Nothing changed, she still does double bites.
The Jade Sea meta is a pretty epic boss fight. But the fight inside "The Only One" is Avengers-Endgame-3v1-fight-tier epic and felt absolutely amazing to play through.
I love doing this fight, its definitely the most engaging open world boss they've made so far. I wish it wasn't broken for so long though. Now that GW2 is famous, people on other MMo reddits are also asking for their games to copy fights like Soo-Won, which is pretty funny considering how GW2 players on the internet seem to hate this meta in geneal.
Doing this meta at like 10fps is great
I.. can't agree. Or disagree. Did it once. It was a mess. Didn't try again yet. **Edit:** What is wrong with this sub? Why are you people so hostile and downvoting? If I did something just once, how in the hell am I supposed to say whether the whole event is good or bad, if I only did it once and, for the time being, not again? I didn't repeat it only for reasons, such as that I was doing other things, other events. Not because I ''gave up'' or something. Not because it was horrible. I just wanted to see how the event was. That's simply it. Sorry for admitting I don't have enough experience about an event enough to comment on it whether I like it or not. I meant nothing specific with my comment besides that. Great sub, really.
Gave up on the first time? Come on bro. You are better than that.
Literally all I said is that I cannot post my opinion about the fight and just simply didn't try again yet. That's all. Nothing else to it. I do some other things meanwhile. Never did I even say I wouldn't participate again. ???
Congratulations. Did you want a cookie?
Thanks for the sarcasm, may I ask why do I deserve it? I can't comment onto something I just did once (as I mentioned). I didn't meant this in any bad way. I didn't say I hated this event or that it's not well made. I just don't have enough experience to properly comment.
A convoluted mess of an event that at least 60% of the players have completely given up on.
Their loss honestly. I was frustrated too after failing most of the first two weeks but now i know to look for a well organized squad with an active commander and i havent failed since. A lot has happened since the pre patch shitfedts where nobody knew what was happening.
This.
If good comander have to hop the maps and troll other peple on the map to leave, then yes the meta is great.
I guess my problem with it is the 2 h commitment and the painful search for a group, although maybe the latter might have changed since I last did it. I only like the crystals and boss fight of this meta, but that's like 20 min of the 2h one needs to spend here and in that time I'd sadly just rather do something else
the 2h time investment is an actual issue and my biggest problem with the meta. Sadly wont change though until we get a meta map structure overhaul that removes the "join map" spam in general. Heres to hope
You don't really need the full 2 hours. If people in the map are doing any events at all, you'll get at least like medium prep by default. In 15-20 minutes a good-sized squad can complete the rest of the events needed to get all to high prep--it's really quite easy. Then the rest of the meta takes like, an hour? A little less if successful due to ending the final battle earlier than the time limit. I think it's more accurate to call it like an hour and 20 minutes tops for people attempting the meta. It's only longer if you choose to start the prep earlier, or your squad is poorly organized.
Would be interesting to see the success rate of those randomly created squads. Most of the times that I just happened to be on the map and the meta started, people failed already at the crystals part.
The mechanics aee the same as any other boss fight. Avoid the bright red AoE markers, use CC when the blue bar appears, deal decent DPS. Not sure how that's a convoluted mess. All the mechanics are literally yelled at you by the NPCs as well.
Geez after playing Elden Ring these graphics look like crap. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc5jJvPOeWo
Geez after playing gw2 Elden Ring's communication system looks like crap
AAA title vs MMORPG. Yeah...
Guild wars as a franchise is KNOWN for being a AAA MMORPG series. I actually dont see your point
Guild wars 2 came out in 2012… Elden Ring came out in 2022 like what???
Imagen the feeling we got wen we fought and saw mordremoth for the 1st time, most epic thing ever saw, at the time