hellsqueen.3045 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 This is just cruel. I have only completed this meta ONCE and that was when people were still flooding to the POF maps for their achievement hunts that they wanted finished within the first week. Trying to achieve this meta feels pretty ridiculous considering that you get to the detonation period and suddenly you are expected to fight these Zealots that seem to have stun bars twice the size of the original 5 that you have to find and their health pool seems even larger. Today I commanded a full squad of people and told them to have their CC equipped, we didn't even kill a single zealot no matter how hard we tried. Dragon Stand, Chak Gerent, Octovine and VB Night Bosses are all easier than this. EVEN TRIPLE TROUBLE IS EASIER! Why do we have to wait for TTS to show up and be our only salvation? There needs to be some serious adjustments to make this better. Not enough people do it because the effort you have to put in versus what you get out of it is disgraceful. The detonation phase in particular needs some serious adjustment. Shout out on this post if you are running a decent attempt at it because I seriously need this recording though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrilana.1396 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 http://forums.ttsgamers.com/topic/2989-serpents-ire-guide/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrubySzymek.1362 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Yes, this event is terrible. Not only in terms of overscaling but also awful performance and bloated graphical effects. Be happy you don't need it for chair sitting achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LONGA.1652 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The core of Serpent Ire's meta is a couple of DPS golem with CC test. Just like mount male storm Golem's Mark 2 . Down fast with a correct group . Ultra slow if you get a lot of people who come join the event to just auto attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neutra.6857 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 https://ttsgamers.com/event-calendar/ This guild does the event relatively frequently if you are in NA. Just join them if you can, and you should get it. I have yet to see them fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analogue Kid.3896 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The meta is totally dead whenever i check the event timers. Another achievement ruined by poor design. Same as bounties, can't get a group for love or money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malediktus.9250 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 This event is great, but the rewards are lackluster for the time and effort required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notebene.3190 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 > @"Malediktus.9250" said: > This event is great, but the rewards are lackluster for the time and effort required I succeed at it once, tried maybe 3 times total. It would succeed a lot more if more people would come do it on a fairly regular basis, and the only way to make that happen is to provide more loot. Even if it was just a bunch of big, shiny boxes to open and melt, like AB or some of the other metas, you might get more people to show up. When it worked, it was a lot of fun. As you said, there just isn't a lot of reason for people to repeat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feanor.2358 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 > @"Malediktus.9250" said: > This event is great, but the rewards are lackluster for the time and effort required The concept of the event is good, but it feels like the breakbars are way overtuned. You spend more time breaking them than you do burning the zealots, and it doesn't feel good. Not to mention how often it results in a failed event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelle ossa.9705 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 > @"Malediktus.9250" said: > This event is great, but the rewards are lackluster for the time and effort required they should add something unique... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptAurellian.9537 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 There is something unique, i.e. bags from which you get guaranteed weapons for the specialisation collections. If just the drop rate wasn't close to 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrlyFactor.8341 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 > @"CptAurellian.9537" said: > There is something unique, i.e. bags from which you get guaranteed weapons for the specialisation collections. If just the drop rate wasn't close to 0. That there is the problem, I think. The last time I did it for the backpack collection, I didn't get a guaranteed weapon drop for the specialization collections. The fact that it's a chance and not a guaranteed drop guarantees that I won't be doing this meta ever again. Two successful completions of this meta is two too many for me for what has to be done and what rewards are offered at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Red Arachnid.2493 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I've succeeded at it several times myself. The hardest part is getting a big enough zerg. You have to do this event half an hour before reset, but start forming half an hour before that. The second hardest part is getting everyone to cooperate. Managing the zerg is like herding cats. Nobody pays attention to where they are supposed to go, everyone implicitly believes that "other people" are going to be the ones who bring CC, players either just auto attack or mash random buttons, and this is all in spite of the fact that areas are clearly marked and I've been giving instructions in squad chat continuously for an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunateric.3708 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I want to get rid of all the recordings I got for the back but this meta is single-handedly blocking my progress, haven't found a group that is able to finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malediktus.9250 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 > @"CptAurellian.9537" said: > There is something unique, i.e. bags from which you get guaranteed weapons for the specialisation collections. If just the drop rate wasn't close to 0. I would not count those as something special since you can get those weapons in other ways (TP not included) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellsqueen.3045 Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 I completed this event for the second time now and it took me three extra goes after making this post before I got enough people onto the map AND THEN BY SOME SORT OF MIRACLE, a person who joined was the person who wrote the TTS Serpent's Ire guide and lead it for me. Even then it was tense. It most normal circumstances it is not achievable without some SERIOUS coordination. Even Dragon's Stand doesn't take the same level of coordination, DS allows you to make mistakes and still recover. Serpent's Ire is just too punishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 For the CC stuff consider throwing some fruit :) https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spiky_Fruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrimm.5624 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 For others encountering this, would recommend to assume others aren't bringing CC and bringing as much of your own as you can. A full squad helps quite a bit as well so if others aren't advertising your squad, do so even if its just in map chat shout-outs. It makes a difference here especially if the tactic being used is the at least a few on each method. Admit not a fan of this one, nor the map, but if you have to do it, don't assume you can just DPS your way thru it, brings deeps but CC's as well. Good hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrimm.5624 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 > @"Khisanth.2948" said: > For the CC stuff consider throwing some fruit :) > https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spiky_Fruit :) Also see people with: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 > @"TheGrimm.5624" said: > > @"Khisanth.2948" said: > > For the CC stuff consider throwing some fruit :) > > https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spiky_Fruit > > :) > > Also see people with: > https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rock > The advantage of the fruit over the rock is that the fruit can be dropped for other players to pick up. Fruit is also half the price but does twice as much damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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