Kill Zhaitan!
By: Kemwer
Yesterday me and a few other family members got to have our first run on Arah to complete our Personal Stories. After hearing so many talk about how hard this dungeon is, I found this dungeon to be quite... disappointing.
Difficulty was really not up to par. Sure, we had a few deaths, but the content is so "on rails" that deaths come more from a player or another being suddenly overwhelmed than really from a lack of strategy or skill.
But the part that bothered me the most was Zhaitan's fight itself. A two-part fight that, while visually impressive, it's the most boring combat we ever faced on Guild Wars 2.
On part one you avoid a few black marks on the ground while killing the easiest trash mobs of all dungeons I played. On second part, you control a cannon, select between one of the 3 possible angles of attack, and then hit the Attack skill repeatedly until Zhaitan dies, while he screams at you. The fight with the previous bosses, such as the Mouth of Zhaitan or even the in-flight combat with the lieutenant dragons were all most intensive and challenging.
Overall, it was a really down point to the game.