Vanquished! Tyrian Day 7, 8 and 9

.: Weekend Edition :.

Areas Completed:

• Traveler's Vale
• Talmark Wilderness
• Tears of the Fallen
• Twin Serpent Lakes
• Regent Valley

Traveler's Vale

This is a very manageable area if done using the terrain and pulling (oh and without any quests). The patrols here were a problem but after the first one caught us we started pulling pretty far and didn’t have a problem after that.

Regent Valley
Party: W, E, Razah, Tahlkora
Foes: 155
Time: 1hr 24min

The more I play in the 4-man areas the less I want to. These areas can be extremely difficult. The abundance of Grawl Ulodytes was the largest aggravation here. Most of this area was fairly simple using the terrain and pulling, but when 2 Ulodytes aggro, it’s nearly impossible to take them down with 4 people.

To kill them, separate them. They have a very strong Heal Area and it will keep them both up through multiple Meteor Showers. Luckily, I was running a damager build so we split chores. I charged adrenaline on one then quickly switched to the second while Lyne (E) dropped Meteor Shower on the first then turned her other spells on my target. This seemed to work quite nicely for us and we were able to cruise along once we figured it out.

Talmark Wilderness
Party: W, W, E, Mo, Mo, Razah, Sousuke, Margrid
Foes: 227
Time: 1hr

Imps here are pretty powerful but other than that not too much to worry about.

Tears of the Fallen, Twin Serpent Lakes
Party: W, E, R, R, Mo, Mo, Razah, Norgu
Foes: 72 (Tears), 181 (Twin)
Time: 22min (Tears), 55min (Twin)

Warning: You are now entering hex country.

These area were nothing but Scales and Mergoyles. Both come in two flavors. The Scales come in Spiteful Spirit and Tainted Flesh while the Mergoyles come in Power Block Mesmer and Water Elementalist. As a warrior, I felt like I do when I’m tanking in DoA: all meat shield with no other duty to the party other than holding aggro. The SS scales run Spiteful Spirit, Price of Failure, Soul Barbs, and Life Siphon. The Mesmer Mergoyles run Mind Wrack and Spirit Shackles. I spent most of the time in these zones unable to attack without paying for it.