In the last livestream, the developers of Guild Wars 2 presented the next boss of the upcoming raid wing – a gigantic sloth.
New Raid Boss: The Hellish Sloth
In a stream, one of the game designers of Guild Wars 2, Crystal Reid, talked about the upcoming raid wing that will open in the near future – at least about the first boss that awaits players there. In the “Salvation” wing of the raid waits a gigantic… sloth. From hell.
And because Slothasor alone wouldn’t be scary enough, he also brings his larva “Slubling” with him, which has a similarly disturbing and gruesome “face.” Slubling counts as a typical “add” of the fight and spits various negative effects on players, as there are four different types of it. Even in death, he still spreads his acid.
The developers sound like they had a lot of fun designing the boss, with one claiming he had to watch the Discovery Channel all day to develop cool effects and animations for this boss.
In terms of difficulty, the bosses of the new wing are said to be comparable to “Spirit Vale”, as they want “the fights definitely not to be so challenging that they are impossible, because that would reduce their accessibility.”
Regarding achievements, the “Salvation Pass” is supposed to work a bit differently than before. There will be no simple “avoid X and then kill the boss” achievements, but they should “drastically change how you approach the boss fight.” Possible achievements could include something like “Kill Slothasor without killing Slubling” or something similar – but this is still just speculation.
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