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Guild Wars 2 (2012)

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This is the nerfed version of the last boss in Confessor's End. I feel it was owed since I originally skipped to the end in the last video. Yes I am playing on my Ranger but that's since I really can't swap to a good alt build for my Mesmer for a fight like this. It's an old outdated Beast Master build but is better than being squishy.

The changes are: 1.Increased the length of time that the Counter Magic skill is available prior to Caudecus using his “Make way for the Confessor!” skill.
2.Reduced the frequency of knockdown on Caudecus’s Throw Unstable Bloodstone Fragment skill.
3.Removed immobilize from Caudecus’s Body Shot attack and increased its vulnerability duration.
4.Decreased the recharge on Caudecus’s Body Shot attack from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.
5.In the final fight, the jade bow has been replaced with Carnival Sharpshooter.

These changes have made the boss much easier. Though I still hate the Jade Armor but it was honestly the only real hurdle left, kill it and you'll have no further issues now. There is now plenty of time to use counter magic as well. Would have been smoother running as a Druid though.

All this fight is is just killing the adds, throwing shards to take out the barrier and defeating the boss himself. No crazy mechanics here. The spinning and small room size might be annoying. Stun breaks good healing moves,stability and condition removal abilities are still good to bring.

Either way, sort of impressed. A-Net acted in a very timely manner to balance out the fight. It was a good choice IMO. Doesn't need any further changes.

Now I just hope this serves as a lesson to them though. So they'll play test these fights to make them challenging but not overly frustrating or overtuned. It is sometimes a hard thing to do but games have accomplished such a thing. They can look at many other games that do this with boss fights.

Also, on my third try I did it with no deaths. I sorta regret not recording it but I didn't expect it, it was odd, no Jade spawned. I don't think the fight changed again but I swore they always come in when his health reaches a certain percentage..

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