TeramonaConsulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
Nah, it's okay. Aalonz had an emergency so the dungeon kind of fell apart. Next Tuesday, though, guys. I'll be running regardless of who's with me.
Now, WHO'S WITH ME?!
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TeramonaConsulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
edited December 2012
Hokay, So... there is the Tyria. It's chillin'. Dang, that is a sweet Tyria you might say. FLAT!
All right, Ruling out the ice bears melting, dragons becoming smashed in to us, render distance leaving us, and the server exploding... we're definitely going to aggro ourselves up (PEEEEGHW).
Hokay, so basically we have @Aalonz, @Thrax, @Wax, @TiberiusLazarus, @fatcat, @cannonfodder, @Myrmidon, and... Me. With bees. I've got about 2,600 more than anybody else... Whatever. Anyway, one day I decide those @Aalonz sons of a bitches are going down. So I launch some bees at Aalonz, and while they're on their way Aalonz is like "shit, shit, who the fuck aggro-ed bee town?" "Oh well, fire arrows!"
Then Thrax is like "Shit, guys... there go the bees. They are coming. I am a guardian, and this will kill me... Fire our scepter!" "But I am le sick and busy..." "Well, then wait until Tuesday or Thursday, AND THEN FIRE OUR SCEPTER!"
Meanwhile, Cannonfodder's down there, like, "WTF, guys?".
NPCs, Bosses, and lame ass Trehearne launch their arrows, and now we have arrows just flying everywhere passing each other.
Myrmidon's all like "AH, IOWA!"
Tiberiuslazarus is like "Bout that time to play LoL, ey chaps?" ... "Righto."
So now, I'm like... Fuck, I'm a dumbass.
Thrax is like "What's going on, eh?"
Cannonfodder's still like "WTF?"
WoW is laughing at us... and some huge dragon's, like, "Well fuck that..."
So, now we have Guild War 2 winter. Everyone's busy except for Cannonfodder, and he's still, like, "WTF"... but he'll be busy soon. Fucking Cannonfodder.
But, assuming we don't aggro the fuck out of bee town, us GW2 players are going to break off from being lame and go run dungeons in Orr. You guys can come, too.
THE END
P.S. Ironically enough, Dan and I can't play tomorrow because it's my brother's birthday and we will be indulging in food and cake tomorrow night. But, for the love of God and everything right in your SOULS, be there on Thursday.
ChoochK-Pop authority™, Pho KingMadison Heights, MIIcrontian
are we still on the same server and what time are the raids?
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TeramonaConsulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
Same server. Raids are on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 6pst, though we haven't done it for a while, because people have been sick and pretty busy, and tomorrow Dan and I won't be around... but, yes. Indeed.
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ChoochK-Pop authority™, Pho KingMadison Heights, MIIcrontian
also did anet implement "guesting" yet? I'm not on Anvil Rock anymore
6PST, and I'm not sure which dungeon at the moment. I don't think they've implementing guesting yet, though. :/ I'm going to log in in a bit and check that out.
TeramonaConsulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
edited January 2013
Oh, right. We did this last night... I followed Aalonz off a cliff in the last fractal, which he managed to survive, and I did not. After some foolhardy attempts at rescue, I was left to sit the battle out. I watched with popcorn as @Myrmidon, @TiberiusLazarus, @Thrax, and The Snare King braved on in the virtual blizzard.
Also, the hoard of badly named enemy robots (i.e. Mittens, Snuggles, Mr. Meow, etc...) Was something that Spencer totally would have gotten a kick out of.
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TeramonaConsulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
So here's something you may or may not believe, today I hit my first dungeon along with @Bladephoenix@P_is_for_Paradox and @Falathel a charr who happened to hop in our party.
The dungeon in question was the Ascalonian Catacombs and I don't think any dungeon ever has irritated me as much as it did. For hours on end we trudged through constantly waning between pushing forwards or quitting and doing something more productive. (I personally could've gotten up 6 or 7 levels in the time it took to do this) During this time we had 5 different people fill in our 5th slot with each leaving after 1 or 2 failures against the various bosses.
As time progressed we managed to get a thief in our group by the name of Prince Charming and for some reason our luck began to change over the last hour we progressed through the dungeon tackling each boss with little to no issue until we reached the King of Ascalon.
Here's where it gets silly.
Tired of multiple attempts at each boss and having noted that boulders are capable of knocking them down when nothing else affected them I suggested that we each grab a boulder and throw it at the king in turn. What it fell down to was 4 of us standing across from each other returning bolders in the direction of the king.
Over half an hour we quite literally stoned the king to death. Every moment of wanting to quit, all the built up frustration simply melted away into side splitting laughter as we pelted this 'dungeon master' to death with a weapon we had, until this point never considered a worthwhile replacement to our own gear
I'm currently sitting here trying to think of how we could possibly top this...and I'm coming up short.
Ascalon is brutal, and I'm surprised it's still so overtuned for new players. That said, you have discovered the leet boulder strat, which makes you guys the perfect players for GW2! There are quirky solutions to fights like that all throughout the game.
I'm glad nobody spoiled it for you.
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TeramonaConsulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
@Thrax, is this the dungeon we ended up abandoning that one night? I can't remember which one that was.
Also, @Ilriyas, you have yet to battle nightmare vines in a field of volatile blossoms. Only then will we see where your true skills lay.
So, on a more serious note, I really wish I could figure out what it is about this game that isn't holding my interest. There's just something that makes it a chore to try to get back into the game.
Is it the combat? The whole 'get downed, get back up, get downed, die, run back, get downed, etc' feel of dungeons really isn't much fun to me. Are we just bad and doing it wrong? Is that how the game is supposed to be run?
Maybe I've been playing the wrong class? I've tried thief and elementalist, which are both very unique in their playstyle compared to the other classes. The idea of leveling up another character sounds even worse than just playing one of the ones I have...
I think that's what burned me out, too. The die-constantly-as-a-matter-of-course-even-if-you're-not-doing-it-rong playstyle gets cumbersome. I hated WoW's gear treadmill, and love GW2 for abolishing it, but I did like WoW's skill-makes-might-and-avoids-getting-dead playstyle.
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Now, WHO'S WITH ME?!
All right, Ruling out the ice bears melting, dragons becoming smashed in to us, render distance leaving us, and the server exploding... we're definitely going to aggro ourselves up (PEEEEGHW).
Hokay, so basically we have @Aalonz, @Thrax, @Wax, @TiberiusLazarus, @fatcat, @cannonfodder, @Myrmidon, and... Me. With bees. I've got about 2,600 more than anybody else... Whatever. Anyway, one day I decide those @Aalonz sons of a bitches are going down. So I launch some bees at Aalonz, and while they're on their way Aalonz is like "shit, shit, who the fuck aggro-ed bee town?" "Oh well, fire arrows!"
Then Thrax is like "Shit, guys... there go the bees. They are coming. I am a guardian, and this will kill me... Fire our scepter!" "But I am le sick and busy..." "Well, then wait until Tuesday or Thursday, AND THEN FIRE OUR SCEPTER!"
Meanwhile, Cannonfodder's down there, like, "WTF, guys?".
NPCs, Bosses, and lame ass Trehearne launch their arrows, and now we have arrows just flying everywhere passing each other.
Myrmidon's all like "AH, IOWA!"
Tiberiuslazarus is like "Bout that time to play LoL, ey chaps?" ... "Righto."
So now, I'm like... Fuck, I'm a dumbass.
Thrax is like "What's going on, eh?"
Cannonfodder's still like "WTF?"
WoW is laughing at us... and some huge dragon's, like, "Well fuck that..."
So, now we have Guild War 2 winter. Everyone's busy except for Cannonfodder, and he's still, like, "WTF"... but he'll be busy soon. Fucking Cannonfodder.
But, assuming we don't aggro the fuck out of bee town, us GW2 players are going to break off from being lame and go run dungeons in Orr. You guys can come, too.
THE END
P.S. Ironically enough, Dan and I can't play tomorrow because it's my brother's birthday and we will be indulging in food and cake tomorrow night. But, for the love of God and everything right in your SOULS, be there on Thursday.
What are you guys thinking?
(reference for those who missed it)
Also, you sold me your soul... and this Tuesday, I am coming to collect.
also did anet implement "guesting" yet? I'm not on Anvil Rock anymore
Also, the hoard of badly named enemy robots (i.e. Mittens, Snuggles, Mr. Meow, etc...) Was something that Spencer totally would have gotten a kick out of.
The dungeon in question was the Ascalonian Catacombs and I don't think any dungeon ever has irritated me as much as it did. For hours on end we trudged through constantly waning between pushing forwards or quitting and doing something more productive. (I personally could've gotten up 6 or 7 levels in the time it took to do this) During this time we had 5 different people fill in our 5th slot with each leaving after 1 or 2 failures against the various bosses.
As time progressed we managed to get a thief in our group by the name of Prince Charming and for some reason our luck began to change over the last hour we progressed through the dungeon tackling each boss with little to no issue until we reached the King of Ascalon.
Here's where it gets silly.
Tired of multiple attempts at each boss and having noted that boulders are capable of knocking them down when nothing else affected them I suggested that we each grab a boulder and throw it at the king in turn. What it fell down to was 4 of us standing across from each other returning bolders in the direction of the king.
Over half an hour we quite literally stoned the king to death. Every moment of wanting to quit, all the built up frustration simply melted away into side splitting laughter as we pelted this 'dungeon master' to death with a weapon we had, until this point never considered a worthwhile replacement to our own gear
I'm currently sitting here trying to think of how we could possibly top this...and I'm coming up short.
I'm glad nobody spoiled it for you.
Also, @Ilriyas, you have yet to battle nightmare vines in a field of volatile blossoms. Only then will we see where your true skills lay.
Is it the combat? The whole 'get downed, get back up, get downed, die, run back, get downed, etc' feel of dungeons really isn't much fun to me. Are we just bad and doing it wrong? Is that how the game is supposed to be run?
Maybe I've been playing the wrong class? I've tried thief and elementalist, which are both very unique in their playstyle compared to the other classes. The idea of leveling up another character sounds even worse than just playing one of the ones I have...