April Fools 2011

Huh, quest is repeatable, nice! Gonna get me some vanguard rep and finish that title on one of my alts.

Awesome content! Best April Fools to date. I wish it wasn't for only a day.

The Annihilator Golem annihilated me twice before I could annihilate him!(I love that word)

I wish the Apache was Blackhawk, because it's a Moahawk...needless complaint though :P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache

I have yet to try this out but a friend of mine was told by some guildys of hers if you wander from the quest some new storyline shows up. Don't blame me if this isn't true.

SORRRY I really dont like playing solo missions (wasnt a fan of the bmp or the keiran stuff).
so no, I find it lame.
Yes we cant all be fanboys of gw....you cant please all of the people all of the time. I was hoping for something that was more like the previous years...not a lame mini-game/quest thing.
Yes I did try it....and completed it on my first try.

I am having a bit of trouble with it Cosy, got any hints?

Yeah I would rather have something I could do with my guildies but this is still fun

If you head right to the south eat of the explorable you get a little extra dialogue.

Character: "Wait, if we're back in time, before the Searing, couldn't we just prevent it from happening?"

Bane: "Searing Day is inevitable."

Rebecca Black referrance? ;P

Good job ANet, I lol'd at this April Fools. I'm also kind of pleased the quest is repeatable, makes for easy Vanguard farming for some, and it's a way to pass the time.

Wished it wasn't a solo mission (especially since it's also in Embark Beach of all places), but it's better than nothing.

For the first area, as long as you let the Krytans and Ascalonians aggro each other you can run past them as a safe way to skip it. Otherwise careful application of Tango Down and Riot Shield allows you to skip the zone entirely.

When you reach the Annihilator Golem, careful kiting helps quite a bit. Let Corporal Bane tank it, since he'll revive if he dies. Just lay down your Land Mine, use the Fragmentation Grenade for quick bursts of damage and use Stun Grenade for it's Blind, as well as the fact it'll interrupt mostly anything the Golem has as an attack skill. You can also use Stun Grenade + Club Strike + Bludgeon for an easy Deep Wound and KD while you're at it.

Sorry, but my vote goes to "Don't Daze Me, Bro!" I'm still laughing, but feeling ashamed at the same time, because what was done to that tazed guy was not funny. Classic black humor.

I came back after being afk, saw there was a new build. I restarted GW, now I can't even connect. I am in Europe. But I can't remember if I was in EU or AE dis.

Another easy method to beat the golem is to find the hut with the small orange bush, and circle around it when low on HP. Since there is a dead guard nearby your "Tango Down" should regen you quite quickly.

yeah let bane take the damage and just pull back if you are getting hurt (use skill 8)....bane can die so no biggie......just keep using the ranged attacks...and regen if you need to--no reason NOT to since the golem will still be there and his regen is slower than yours......take the suggestion of the stun grenade over the reg one--though both do damage .....I just stayed back and hit him from ranged (my ranger was playing so that is my usual style anyways)....and bane tanked (died a few times)....

It was cute and different, and I liked it. I was expecting something more intense from the community response, though. Was I missing something, or are people just that thrilled about the assortment of pop culture references?

As for tactics, the monks have Restore Conditions, which can't be used on themselves. As long as you kill the monks first, you can mindlessly spam your skills on recharge on every encounter up until the boss. If worst comes to worst on the boss, you can just kite and trap it to death.

i agree. im sorry but that stuff sucked. this isnt gw like! this is blackops. and it isnt something i would consider "funny". now all the stuff said in the list,that stuff is funny even the error codings but not this.

Good update.

I'm amazed that nobody even mentioned the obvious graphical clipping in the Guild Wars 2 Commando videos. I guess that this means we'll all get to look forward of armor clipping, weapon clipping, hair clipping, etc. in Guild Wars 2.

April. Fools. Their one chance to do something utterly silly and out of place for teh lulz.

As for whether or not it's funny...humor is a subjective thing, but I think anyone can see that it certainly struck something for the majority of people here. Target audience, y'know.

This April Fools beats the ever-loving crap out of simple gender swaps or stick figures, IMO. Way to set the bar waaaay higher for next year, ANet.

/facepalm

1) You really, really think they're going to put as much effort into some one-time-use models for an April Fools video as they will for models that we'll actually play in the game?
2) I honestly didn't notice. I was too busy laughing my ass off.
3) Chill out.

Overreacting much? So they took a little time off from Winds of Change to follow through with the tradition of April Fool's. I don't see the problem here.

They just released the major content update of Merc/7 hero teams, Embark Beach, and the Dervish update. And you're complaining that they're not working on any Beyond content? Stumme and his extremely small dev team have been hard at work and have consistently delivered everything Stumme has announced. They deserve to have a little fun.

Be grateful that they've made April Fool's content that is actually playable, and not just a visual joke limited to outposts.

In any case, this and the GW2 prof are some really amazing updates. Thanks to Anet for these.

I hope this is not only this day. I like the quest. And the look of the commander.