Arcane Pylon in Broken Fin Hollow unbeatable

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I’m having issues with the cold light cavern one. Like, how long is it supposed to last? Cause when i looked up a video of it on the ptr it wasn’t much more than 30sec but I’ve survived well past the 40sec mark without completing the challenge.

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I was able to complete it.

But it wasnt without bugginess.

Several times when I started the quest, the zapper wouldnt zap, or I would get a whole bunch of zaps all at once and fail.

Eventually it worked after about 8 tries.

My ping is typically 35ms.

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took me a bunch of tries to figure out before I got it, then I did it on 5 characters in a row w/o issue. I think the thing that sucks about this is the multiple orbs. Even when you get the rhythm down, you still might clear two orbs with one pulse. It’s not bad, but definitely feels poorly implemented.

Also, why do you fix the camera then have the guy talk to you (textbox) OVER THE ORBS?!

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Found this and trying it out, but the bar runs out immediately even though nothing hits me right when I begin. (Anyone else having this issue? This is horribly annoying)
You need to be hit 6 times to die from what it looks like but the bar runs out as soon as I start…? I got pretty far a few times, but now it is completely bugging out and dying for no reason. I also have to smash the button for it to actually work and fire a missile. I should have this easy because of my quick reaction time but it keeps bugging out on me :confused:
EDIT: going to relog and see if that fixes anything.
Tried it again, figured out that you need to fire the missles at a certain time so that is going better, but I am still dying for no reason. Nothing has been hitting me, yet I die. Am I missing something…?
As I keep trying this, most of the issues with missile firing are on the left side. Or maybe it is just me, but the others seem to be fine.
Forgot to add, this is the one in Broken Fin Hollow.

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From my experience that is not true doing the Broken Fin Hollow one, no orb hits me, and I die. Am I missing something?
It can’t be my internet speed because it is fine.

It is fun and challenging which I greatly enjoy, but from my experience it is very bugged. See ^^

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So here’s the trick: There is a circle that runs through the 3 glyphs. You need to pull your eye out of focus to make the circle invisible (I’m serious here). Once you are taken out of focus you’ll be able to react fast enough.

Think of the 3d hidden painting images from the 90’s.

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This was horribly bugged for me too, going off too early etc, orbs coming at such a fast rate it was impossible to hit.

Today I only managed to get it by furiously spamming the buttons when it got to the hard part and by some sheer miracle I did it.

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Glad I read this. I am done aggravating myself with this foolish thing.

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Coldlight Caver Arcane Pylon sucks. Nothing else to say xD

Edit: after 3 hours finally completed it!

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Spent a hour, it isn’t possible without sheer luck, Blizzard should fire whoever is coming up with these…

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This game is obnoxious as hell. The fact that it only works when the missiles are close to the targets, but there’s no clear indication when they’re close enough, just makes the controls feel unreliable. Plus, when it gets going really fast I can’t focus on anything any more, so I start reacting to the flashes, which of course screws me over because the missiles are too far away. It feels like it’s either buggy or terribly designed.

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So I tried this a few times and well…I had the best luck clicking the buttons to start the game and then you can use your keys that the buttons are bound to. Counter-intuitive but it might help anyone who is having issues with the game. When I clicked the buttons at the beginning the button would register as opposed to using the key bind where nothing would happen. Hope this helps.

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Its a horribly designed minigame for a MMO. ANY latency and you can’t beat it. 90% of the time the buttons don’t register, and when it starts going to fast Windows sees your rapidly hitting the same key and turns on Sticky Keys.
This game is literately causing problems with a WINDOWS program…thats how bad it is.

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So, I tried this for like four friggin hours after doing the other pylon minigame and it seemed like it was impossible. I would get to the end, the NPC wouldnt even say anything but no chest would pop up. I thought FOR SURE it was bugged (and I think my atrocious latency from playing on a bad choice server might contribute) but I read the earlier comment about the “17 year speed freak” could accomplish it and so I woke up my 16 year old son and this little amazing bit of awesome beat it on his 4th try. It took him less than a few minutes!! Like wtf! Im so impressed and proud of him, yay!!! And I mean, Ive been playing this game for 14 yearsish and Im not like bad… but I think hour 22 of no sleep and age have dulled my reflexes. I am so friggin thrilled he did it for me! Yaaaaay!!! Its not unbeatable after all!

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same here. If it were that simple, tho, the guy would know how it works. I wonder if we have to have something in inventory?

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I finally beat it, but it was very wonky. I knew how to do it, because I did another of these the other day, and it went pretty smoothly. (Was on the top of some building.)

This one, though, the view angle was cockeyed, sometimes it would load with an empty bar, sometimes you could keep on playing with an empty bar, a few times I think I beat it, but it just hung, did nothing, and kicked me out, sometimes one shot would get all the blobs on a side, and sometimes it didn’t. Very wonky.

Though I find these doable, I really do feel like it is a touch too twitchy for a rpg game. I like the untangle the string or bejeweled quests much better. I love untangle the string, in fact, and wish there were more.

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The Coldlight Cavern one is impossible for me. I sat there for 2 hours yesterday getting angry at it…hopefully they hotfix it for fools like me.

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If these were just games for loot, no big deal, but they’re required for the Trove Tracker achievement, which is required for Undersea Usurper, which awards a mount and title.

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oh god…I didn’t know that…

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this is INSANE! there is a reason i dont play games like Guitar Hero, i dont have the coordination to do it! this puzzle ends with like 3 projectiles coming after 3 different spots at once. im literally getting a headache trying to follow it all.

i dont know how this made it past PTR, there is absolutely NO reason for it to be this difficult.

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