Guild Wars 2 - Spelunking Club (The Arah Initiative)

The trick to the lovers is to have one person continuously chuck rocks at one of them while the rest of the party takes down the other. Once you get the rock target up against a wall, they'll get knocked down, but not back, so you can use the same rock over and over (the rocks that spawn for the lovers shouldn't* disappear after they've been thrown like they do in normal pve). Last time I did it, I don't think anyone even went down, and I know that no one died.

*they didn't last time I did it, several weeks ago, not sure if the dev's have fixed this, or plan to. If they do, it should still be doable, but would probably require multiple rock throwers, and depend on how fast and how far away the rocks spawn.

Well the fight is now sorta scripted where Relena calls for what's-his-name and he teleports to her on a set timer no matter how well you have him pinned.

Plus adding just one more person to rock throwing duty means one less person on revives and one less person knocking down the pesky illusionary mages. (though they seem much easier to kill now)

fangblackbone wrote:

Well the fight is now sorta scripted where Relena calls for what's-his-name and he teleports to her on a set timer no matter how well you have him pinned.

Supposed to, but I had what's-his-name too busy eating rocks to do anything (seriously, he never even got a chance to fully stand up).

fangblackbone wrote:

Well the fight is now sorta scripted where Relena calls for what's-his-name and he teleports to her on a set timer no matter how well you have him pinned.

Plus adding just one more person to rock throwing duty means one less person on revives and one less person knocking down the pesky illusionary mages. (though they seem much easier to kill now)

True but when they are together the AOE is much more painful. It is best to keep them separated, and then separate them again when he teleports over.

No, that was my point. I was saying that I thought it seemed scripted now where no matter what you try to do to keep them separated, at one point he will magically blink to her. That may not be true apparently but it certainly seems like it.

Besides, that was my ranger with you on that last AC story run =)

fangblackbone wrote:

No, that was my point. I was saying that I thought it seemed scripted now where no matter what you try to do to keep them separated, at one point he will magically blink to her. That may not be true apparently but it certainly seems like it.

Besides, that was my ranger with you on that last AC story run =)

I think he's supposed to, and that the constant rocks could be considered a bug. They could probably fix it by giving him a stun-break & stability skill to use right before he teleports.

Yeah, I would not be surprised if they gave him a temporary immunity just before the "scripted" event.

If anyone is intrested, I am hoping to run CM explorable tomorrow. I will amke sure to read up on it and will be on between 7:30 and 8:00 PM Central.

I have had really good experences running with GWJ people and hope to do more.

My highest character is only 50, but I'll be on tonight and would enjoy doing any of the dungeons that I can run with you guys.

Javamancer wrote:

My highest character is only 50, but I'll be on tonight and would enjoy doing any of the dungeons that I can run with you guys.

Hehe you might not enjoy CM explorable, but if you try, keep in mind that there are some rooms that you're just intended to run through and not fight.

Tenebrous wrote:

If anyone is intrested, I am hoping to run CM explorable tomorrow. I will amke sure to read up on it and will be on between 7:30 and 8:00 PM Central.

I have had really good experences running with GWJ people and hope to do more.

I should be on. I've yet to complete any explorable modes but I've only tried 1.(AC and apparently we picked the most difficult option)

Depending on what time I get home from dinner tonight I might try to do the story mode for TA(50) or SE(60) with my Thief.

GrandmaFunk wrote:

Depending on what time I get home from dinner tonight I might try to do the story mode for TA(50) or SE(60) with my Thief.

If I'm on I'd be very interested in TA story. Most likely with my lvl 80 Guardian, Patchen Moonlight. My Mesmer, Knot Phair, is at lvl 49 and 3/4ths and might be able to attend instead - although I'm not sure everyone would want to carry me through as that character. It seems to me mesmer is pretty gear dependent and currently my gear is lacking for my level.

Great CM run last night guys. Thanks.

Tscott wrote:
GrandmaFunk wrote:

Depending on what time I get home from dinner tonight I might try to do the story mode for TA(50) or SE(60) with my Thief.

If I'm on I'd be very interested in TA story. Most likely with my lvl 80 Guardian, Patchen Moonlight. My Mesmer, Knot Phair, is at lvl 49 and 3/4ths and might be able to attend instead - although I'm not sure everyone would want to carry me through as that character. It seems to me mesmer is pretty gear dependent and currently my gear is lacking for my level.

You seem to be very under geared. Best way to solve that in my experience is in WvW, killing NPCs and grinding mobs gets you decent gear. If you catch me on (Zulegra Tinkertrap) we can go on a bit of a killing spree. I won't be on till after the weekend though.

Also, crafting then dropping your stuff in the mystic forge gets decent stuff.

I've been having a good ole time doing a few explorable runs with my guardians. For now my goal is to get all the paths.

Also looking to get Arah Sory mode done, has anyone here not done it yet? Maybe we can try and get something organized for Thursday?

I would not mind trying TA story, if anyone is interested.

Think we had a couple of good runs on thrusday. TA explore up path was interesting and we dispateched it fairly well.

Seems like this month has a dungeneering achievement track for the monthly. There was also some talk of there being a new dungeon in this month's big content release. All that is pretty interesting.

I unfortunately haven't been able to commit to dungeons lately. I'm still playing a lot, but have had to log off at a moments notice because of family stuff. I'd hate to leave others mid-dungeon, so have been mostly exploring on my own. When everything settles, I hope to get back to partying with goodjers.

Good stuff running HotW Path 1 and TA story tonight. That HotW run was nice and smooth and only 20 mins.

So apparently to finish my personal story I have to run a dungeon? Seems a little odd to bring a bunch of other players into a "personal story" but there you go. If anyone else still needs to do this one just give a shout.

Kehama wrote:

So apparently to finish my personal story I have to run a dungeon? Seems a little odd to bring a bunch of other players into a "personal story" but there you go. If anyone else still needs to do this one just give a shout.

Actually, you can bring people into any of the personal story quests if you are grouped with them

Kehama wrote:

So apparently to finish my personal story I have to run a dungeon? Seems a little odd to bring a bunch of other players into a "personal story" but there you go. If anyone else still needs to do this one just give a shout.

I still need to do it too, but I want to do the story modes of the three previous dungeons first, since I imagine it will finish off both stories.

Stengah wrote:
Kehama wrote:

So apparently to finish my personal story I have to run a dungeon? Seems a little odd to bring a bunch of other players into a "personal story" but there you go. If anyone else still needs to do this one just give a shout.

I still need to do it too, but I want to do the story modes of the three previous dungeons first, since I imagine it will finish off both stories.

It does, and I have a character at level 80 who still needs to complete Arah story mode. We can setup a time for anyone interested.

Tyops wrote:

It does, and I have a character at level 80 who still needs to complete Arah story mode. We can setup a time for anyone interested.

Same here. How about this weekend? Saturday sometime?

Well, I have a level 80 and the only dungeons that I've managed to run are AC and CM. I'd be up for a dungeon run this weekend if anyone gets it organized.

I still need to do the Arah dungeon story mode, so count me in for that, too. I'll be available most of this weekend.

Tyops wrote:
Stengah wrote:
Kehama wrote:

So apparently to finish my personal story I have to run a dungeon? Seems a little odd to bring a bunch of other players into a "personal story" but there you go. If anyone else still needs to do this one just give a shout.

I still need to do it too, but I want to do the story modes of the three previous dungeons first, since I imagine it will finish off both stories.

It does, and I have a character at level 80 who still needs to complete Arah story mode. We can setup a time for anyone interested.

I need to do Citadel of Flames, Honor of the Waves, and Crucible of Eternity before I'd be up for Arah, and I likely won't have time to even log in until after thanksgiving.

Stengah wrote:
Tyops wrote:
Stengah wrote:
Kehama wrote:

So apparently to finish my personal story I have to run a dungeon? Seems a little odd to bring a bunch of other players into a "personal story" but there you go. If anyone else still needs to do this one just give a shout.

I still need to do it too, but I want to do the story modes of the three previous dungeons first, since I imagine it will finish off both stories.

It does, and I have a character at level 80 who still needs to complete Arah story mode. We can setup a time for anyone interested.

I need to do Citadel of Flames, Honor of the Waves, and Crucible of Eternity before I'd be up for Arah, and I likely won't have time to even log in until after thanksgiving.

I need the same hopefully we can get together on this.

Well the end of November is approaching and some of you might be looking to get your monthlies done. We need 5 dungeons and 7 fractals to complete for the monthly. I'll be available to help out on Thursday. Heck with the addition of some unique exotic drops I may even be persuaded to run some of the story mode dungeons just to see.