Curse

Joe Fierce · Jul 13, 2008, 09:32 PM // 21:32

So, talus chute is one of my last little vanquishes left for my ranger (i only have 7 left) and i was pretty proud of this considering that i've completed almost all the vanquishes h/h (no sab, no bear) and a few tyria and a few elonas are the only thing i have left. So i start a little tour to knock out 3 out of the last 4 zones i have left in tyria today by doing a run through frozen forest, icedome and ending in friggin talus chute, i had completed all of these in less than 45 mins, that is until talus chute, i went through the portal and proceeded to vanquish the entire zone in about 40mins, then find myself seeking a missing group. I thought to myself "ah good tyria, home of the big friggin patrol patterns and glitchy creatures that sometimes spawn in walls", and i proceed to put forth an effort of controlled seek and destroy, the only problem being that side from the occasional poor soul of a black bear I stumbled across in the epic two hours of searching i found absolutely nothing, so i begin to map the entire chute thinking that hey, maye i'll find em if i uncover everything (this is usually something i save for after the area is vanq'd) and proceed to map for about 40 mins and then think to myself, wtf, still no group?

So i do a little search on the webbie about talus chute and this is what the intarwebz tells me "there's a group of ice imps and golems on the eastern stretch of rivers that sometimes patrol up and exit via the icedome portal making you unable to vanq' the zone". I was instantly rather angry, it just blew my top, that i had wasted 4 some-odd hours. And before someone says it, yes i know, i could have prevented this had i done the research before hand and could have camped the portal till they came up or just went straight for all the golems and such first. I realize this as being fully preventable on my part, but at the same time i'm blatantly disgusted with such a simple program error wreaking so much havock on me day schedule =P.

I mean seriously, i would have been less offended if anet had picked up my nana from her house drove her over to mine and proceeded to -slap her in front of me. I am so offended that such a simple program error has gone unchecked.

and even so, at least my grandma would have deserved it, that dumb transient, but anet, baby, what did i ever do to you in this long lasting 3 year-ish marriage to you that made me deserve this?

The Red Messenger · Jul 13, 2008, 09:39 PM // 21:39

wow that sucks. im glad i never ran into that problem when i was vanquishing

Solas · Jul 13, 2008, 09:39 PM // 21:39

Somthing similair happened to be in Sulferous wastes, forgot about the enemies to the very north where you can only access them through jug smashing a pilliar, finally realised where they were only after i killed everything else on the map, and i couldn't reach them because adrenaline is needed to smash it and no enemies=no adreniline.
-3 hours><

wasnt offended jsut disgusted and a bit annoyed.

Mister_Smiley · Jul 13, 2008, 09:41 PM // 21:41

There are few places in Proph that are glitchy, i didn't have the problem there, but i did have a problem in another place, 40mins to kill everything and then another 30 trying to find the last monster. I did finish it and the place was called Diessa Lowlands. I ended up beatting it when i went towards the portal and it gave it to me.

Ultima pyromancer · Jul 13, 2008, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Wow that really sucks

i should really pretend that i vanquish.. but then again im too lazy to even do that

Sarevok Thordin · Jul 13, 2008, 09:48 PM // 21:48

I laughed at the second half of the post.

Gift3d · Jul 13, 2008, 09:50 PM // 21:50

I lol'd. I've only vanquished a few areas, but whenever i decide to i always check up on wiki about it just to be aware of any anomalies beforehand. That sucks though, sorry to hear about that.

Joe Fierce · Jul 13, 2008, 09:53 PM // 21:53

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Originally Posted by Sarevok Thordin

I laughed at the second half of the post.

well at least i can find solace in the fact that my plight can bring forth the laffs on the intarwebz

Squishy ftw · Jul 13, 2008, 09:55 PM // 21:55

Are you sure it was the glitch?

Because I know of 2 patrolling mobs that have a seriously big patrol area. It's very easy to miss these 2 patrols several times.

Joe Fierce · Jul 13, 2008, 09:58 PM // 21:58

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Originally Posted by Squishy ftw

Are you sure it was the glitch?

Because I know of 2 patrolling mobs that have a seriously big patrol area. It's very easy to miss these 2 patrols several times.

well m8 i thought this at first as well, and i circled every area of the zone both clockwise and counter clockwise, i don't know how i was able to miss them considering that, but hell, if you have any insight that you still may find beneficial for me (i.e. a u map with circles on where you think they are) that'd be great

Squishy ftw · Jul 13, 2008, 10:04 PM // 22:04

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Originally Posted by Joe Fierce

well m8 i thought this at first as well, and i circled every area of the zone both clockwise and counter clockwise, i don't know how i was able to miss them considering that, but hell, if you have any insight that you still may find beneficial for me (i.e. a u map with circles on where you think they are) that'd be great

Something like that if I remember correctly.

Left patrol are giants, center one is an avicara mob(I vanqed this area 3 times, missed this mob 3 times aswel).

Joe Fierce · Jul 13, 2008, 10:06 PM // 22:06

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Originally Posted by Squishy ftw

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Something like that if I remember correctly.

mkay man, i'm goin back in again, hopefully thats what occurred, would make me feel dumb, but hell at least i know i don't gotta camp the portal before hand like the intarwebz suggests.

makosi · Jul 13, 2008, 10:07 PM // 22:07

I feel your pain. I'm so glad vanquishing is a thing of the past for me now, for the reasons you stated.

It's frustrating spending 45 mins on 98% of a vanquish and another 30 mins on the last 2% and learning that it's a game bug all along... or stuff that spawns behind a portal (Deldrimor Bowl).

Feels more like a chore than fun.

FengShuiDove · Jul 13, 2008, 10:10 PM // 22:10

Mm. I hate Prophecies in general. My girlfriend and I are like 10 missions away from Leg Guardian and we've done all the RoF missions and Desert missions so now it's just getting the time and motivation really. Sad thing is, last two missions in a row have bugged out on us. We got one in the jungle where the gate wouldn't retract halfway through and one where you have to get to the Confessor or something and save him but ALL of the groups attacked without waiting for the first wave to be killed.

We're still like 10 missions short and we could easily be done by now. Don't you hate it when the wind gets knocked out of you?

bel unbreakable · Jul 13, 2008, 10:22 PM // 22:22

brings back a few bad memorys that one

blackknight1337 · Jul 13, 2008, 10:44 PM // 22:44

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Originally Posted by Squishy ftw

Something like that if I remember correctly.

Left patrol are giants, center one is an avicara mob(I vanqed this area 3 times, missed this mob 3 times aswel).

The avicara are a pain to catch, since they have speed boost in nm and its twice as bad in hm.

When i did this we were literally on the verge of 60dp half the zone, back before powerstones. we tried waiting, wasn't working. so we finally split and went back around both ways, and the patrol was stuck on the south part of the loop against some trees.

The area is more of a pain than snake dance imo.

xPIMPx · Jul 13, 2008, 10:55 PM // 22:55

Thanks for the heads up! ^.^

zelgadissan · Jul 13, 2008, 11:14 PM // 23:14

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Originally Posted by Joe Fierce

i would have been less offended if anet had picked up my nana from her house drove her over to mine and proceeded to -slap her in front of me.

Quoting this line of beauty

I personally haven't gotten around to vanquishing Talus Chute yet but I remember hearing stories of a similar tale. Eventually had to simply run in and out of Icedome while leaving a hero posted at the gate to know if they were escaping or not. Ridiculous. Why does enemy AI even allow for this to happen?

Kanyatta · Jul 13, 2008, 11:16 PM // 23:16

Stuff like this is a big reason why I don't vanquish often. The biggest reason being the God-awful H/H AI, and the even worse "Average-PUG" intelligence.

Off topic:

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Originally Posted by Miss Drops Az

If you hate it, don't do it. End of discussion

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Originally Posted by Age

Then we can get rid of loot scaling which everyone hates.

Ownt.

Joe Fierce · Jul 13, 2008, 11:49 PM // 23:49

well i went back in again from the dome as a startoff, started killing a mob and then saw them running up behind me ad aggro'd them, they continued through the portal, went back in icedome, restarted, and am now back in the vanquish again, but this time i let my pc camp there till hey decided to flee, hero body block flag formation ftw. So now my vanquishes are becoming more perfect as they get closer to the end, if only i would have found somone to tell me the plot synopsis of major movies as i did my work kinda like peter griffin does at his office on the previous vanquishes.