Vulak'Aerr : Defensive Measures

Discussion in 'The Veterans' Lounge' started by Penden, Dec 24, 2020.

  1. Penden New Member

    May i ask if anyone know how to get this achievement.
    I still dont know how to figure out "Block each of the lesser gems power at least once (Personal).
    I got some gems randomly on body after killed dragons. That clicky can use on group members. But i dont know how to block lesser gems power. Need helps.
    Thanks and Merry Christmas.
  2. Szilent Augur

    the click of the blue gem will block the effect of the red sparkles
    the click of the red gem will block the effect of the blue sparkles
    the click of the yellow gem will block the effect of the "clear" sparkles
    the click of the clear gem will block the effect of the yellow sparkles

    All sparkles are active to be blocked during the Vulak`Aerr battle.
  3. Nniki Augur

    More discussion can also be found in these threads:
    The shards aren't randomly assigned. Stand in front of the dragon with the tank and wait.

    Melalafen begins casting Velium Boosted Lava Breath.

    Target: Directional AE (330 to 30 Degrees)
    Range: 1000', AE Range: 300'
    21: Decrease Current HP by 120320
    22: Summon: Fire Infused Velium Shard
    Text: Burning crystals strike you and stick to your skin.

    Honvar begins casting Velium Boosted Chaos Breath.

    Target: Directional AE (330 to 30 Degrees)
    Range: 1000', AE Range: 300'
    21: Decrease Current HP by 120320
    22: Summon: Chaos Infused Velium Shard
    Text: Writhing crystals strike you and stick to your skin.

    Sivar begins casting Velium Boosted Lightning Breath.

    Target: Directional AE (330 to 30 Degrees)
    Range: 1000', AE Range: 300'
    21: Decrease Current HP by 120320
    22: Summon: Lightning Infused Velium Shard
    Text: Static crystals strike you and stick to your skin.

    Cargalia begins casting Velium Boosted Frost Breath.

    Target: Directional AE (330 to 30 Degrees)
    Range: 1000', AE Range: 300'
    21: Decrease Current HP by 120320
    22: Summon: Frost Infused Velium Shard
    Text: Burning crystals strike you and stick to your skin.
    Target yourself before clicking the shard to cast the protection buff on yourself. Look at the description to see which power it prevents (blocks).

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    There are emotes that tell you which crystal (lesser gem) power is being sent to. They cycle in order. The emotes look something like this:

    00:00 The central gem begins to glow.
    00:10 The crystal over the central platform glows and sends power into the red crystal.
    00:30 The central gem begins to glow.
    00:40 The crystal over the central platform glows and sends power into the yellow crystal.
    01:00 The central gem begins to glow.
    01:10 The crystal over the central platform glows and sends power into the clear crystal.
    01:30 The central gem begins to glow.
    01:40 The crystal over the central platform glows and sends power into the blue crystal.

    The crystals being referenced are positioned on the ceiling above the dragons. Each color crystal correlates to the dragon you'd imagine it would. The emotes correspond to power being sent to the respective dragon's location, that dragon pausing, an aura appearing, and that crystal causing a damage effect to anyone standing within its aura.

    00:10 The crystal over the central platform glows and sends power into the red crystal.
    00:10 You hit yourself for _____ points of unresistable damage by Reflected Fire.
    00:10 Fire from the red gem burns you.

    You'll want the protection buff on in time to block that damage effect.

    Upon blocking power to one of the lesser gems, you'll receive a success message:

    The coating protects you from the effect of the gem.
    You have blocked 1 of the four gem powers needed for the Defensive Measures achievement.
    You have blocked the yellow gem effect for the Defensive Measures achievement.

    The coating protects you from the effect of the gem.
    You have blocked 2 of the four gem powers needed for the Defensive Measures achievement.
    You have blocked the clear gem effect for the Defensive Measures achievement.

    The coating protects you from the effect of the gem.
    You have blocked 3 of the four gem powers needed for the Defensive Measures achievement.
    You have blocked the red gem effect for the Defensive Measures achievement.

    The coating protects you from the effect of the gem.
    You have blocked 4 of the four gem powers needed for the Defensive Measures achievement.
    You have blocked the blue gem effect for the Defensive Measures achievement.

    Once you've done all four, complete the mission.
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  4. Svann2 The Magnificent

    Two runs now standing in front of dragons, no breath attacks and no crystals. Not for me and not for the tank even. Do we need to kill really really slow or something? Id think the dragon breath would be before the gem aoe's, but they never did it.
  5. Nniki Augur

    It looks like they're on a 1 minute 55 second timer.
  6. Nniki Augur

    That's including a power cycle with all four dragons alive. I think it pauses the timer for those 20 seconds, so maybe actually 95 active seconds when not including the pause.
  7. Sissruukk Rogue One

    Because of the gems not protecting you at dragon you are fighting, can you disengage the dragon to engage the next dragon? For instance, if we start off with Melalafen (red) to get the red crystal, can we disengage at that point and move to Cargalia where this crystal would be effective at?
  8. Nniki Augur

    Yes, dragons are tethered to their corner boxes. You can leash them.
  9. Svann2 The Magnificent

    So does that mean you gotta click your red crystal BEFORE
    00:10 The crystal over the central platform glows and sends power into the red crystal.
    or is it fine waiting for that emote then clicking?
  10. Szilent Augur

  11. Drakang Augur

    The effect from clicking last long enough that you can click the gem ahead of the emote. They always cycle in the same order. So when the emote about power going to the blue gem goes off you can click red since it comes up next. Pair Melafin and Cargalia. Tank Melafin doing no damage till all get the clicky from him. Run to Cargalia leashing Melafin (have to leash twice to clear aggro). Tank Cargalia till you get his crystal. Run back To Melafin leashing Cargalia. Wait for blue emote. Click crystal. Red emote fires and is blocked. All should get message they have 1 of 4. Kill Melafin. Go back to Cargalia block emote, kill him. Repeat for the other two.
  12. Sissruukk Rogue One

    Question:
    Do all of these have to be completed in one single event, or can you stagger them out over multiple events? For instance, while testing this out, I managed to get one of the blockers in. Will that stay as an invisible flag, or will it reset when the event ends?