Curse

whufc89 · Mar 24, 2008, 10:41 PM // 22:41

Please tell me I'm not a noob for party wiping due to this many enemies haha

I was just running along with my party & the next thing I know a group of Wind Riders turn up out of nowhere. I think "hmm there's only around 8 I can take them" so we're in the middle of fighting them & about 30 others turn up from round the corner & just annihilate us.

Seeing as we're all casters there was just nothing we could do against them, it was just BOOM INTERRUPT all over the place

Have any of you had a bad experience in this area?

Squishy ftw · Mar 24, 2008, 10:44 PM // 22:44

this is more riverside material me thinks

(EDIT: Mods are fast again today it seems)

But anyways, yup, it happens whenever I'm too lazy to flag my hero/hench and pull.

Darkobra · Mar 24, 2008, 10:45 PM // 22:45

I have always hated Wind Riders, even in the Maguuma. Can't say I've ever seen THAT many, though.

whufc89 · Mar 24, 2008, 10:46 PM // 22:46

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Originally Posted by Squishy ftw

this is more riverside material me thinks

But anyways, yup, it happens whenever I'm too lazy to flag my hero/hench and pull.

My mistake, although I did ask a question so you could say it has it's place here

EDIT: Thanks whoever moved it.

garethporlest18 · Mar 24, 2008, 10:47 PM // 22:47

Yeah I've encountered them many a time.

Aera Lure · Mar 24, 2008, 10:47 PM // 22:47

That particular area you need to watch the mob patterns for a bit, set yourself back on the middle island, and pull. The picture does a pretty good job of showing why.

PS: If you have talent, you can aggro a bigger mob there too. I think you are missing one, or maybe some died.

KennyC · Mar 24, 2008, 10:48 PM // 22:48

its normal for that area, they do creep up on you dont they

Neo Nugget · Mar 24, 2008, 10:48 PM // 22:48

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Originally Posted by whufc89

EDIT: Thanks whoever moved it.

Your Welcome

Numa Pompilius · Mar 24, 2008, 10:48 PM // 22:48

There's three or four groups roaming that lake, and as they're fast you can end up fighting them all at once. It's actually not a bad place to farm if you're specced to deal with the constant interruptions.

In Mamnoon Lagoon there's an perhaps even larger number of storm riders patrolling a lake, and they all frequently get stuck on a small bridge, meaning you may get to fight them all in one go...

whufc89 · Mar 24, 2008, 10:48 PM // 22:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aera Lure

That particular area you need to watch the mob patterns for a bit, set yourself back on the middle island, and pull. The picture does a pretty good job of showing why.

PS: If you have talent, you can aggro a bigger mob there too. I think you are missing one, or maybe some died.

It's the only place I've seen in the game where things actually circle an island like that, it was pretty cool.

And yeah there was loads more but we managed to get rid of some of them before they wtfpwnt us.

Aera Lure · Mar 24, 2008, 10:49 PM // 22:49

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Originally Posted by whufc89

It's the only place I've seen in the game where things actually circle an island like that, it was pretty cool.

Yeah, actually, it is pretty cool there. I liked it as well.

skanvak · Mar 24, 2008, 11:06 PM // 23:06

The Wind rider are patroling. So if you are in the middle you can take several group.

MithranArkanere · Mar 24, 2008, 11:22 PM // 23:22

Never to me when I'm with H/H.

I carefully watch patrols and how they move so I do not get in the middle of their routes.

In that particular case, I wait for the last group and pull it far from the circle, and I kill them one after another.

mr_groovy · Mar 24, 2008, 11:22 PM // 23:22

Maybe you lagged a lot

Snow Bunny · Mar 24, 2008, 11:24 PM // 23:24

Then you tell your girlfriend to get off your lap because she's preventing you from effectively nuking those mesmers.

whufc89 · Mar 24, 2008, 11:24 PM // 23:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Never to me when I'm with H/H.

I carefully watch patrols and how they move so I do not get in the middle of their routes.

In that particular case, I wait for the last group and pull it far from the circle, and I kill them one after another.

I didn't even realise they were patrolling though as I'd never seen a group of enemies patrol like that before. Obviously I saw them moving, and waited in the circle until a group had past, then I made a run for it, but when I got into the water more groups started turning up. They were like

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snow Bunny

Then you tell your girlfriend to get off your lap because she's preventing you from effectively nuking those mesmers.

Ya that plus mass [skill]cry of frustration[/skill]

ectos taste nasty · Mar 24, 2008, 11:25 PM // 23:25

uhg.. wind riders :/

Kiragi Yagami · Mar 24, 2008, 11:29 PM // 23:29

*sigh* i remember the first time i went there to get a few screenshots (a guildie had mentioned that it was the best place for a desktop screenshot) and i got WTFOMFGHAXRAEP'd by patrolling wind riders. fun times

Gregslot · Mar 24, 2008, 11:37 PM // 23:37

No wonder you died, all casters group?! Get some melee!

Johnny_Chang · Mar 24, 2008, 11:38 PM // 23:38

The moment you see all that red coming at you is the moment you just do a little /dance