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Magna_Roc_E_N

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WOW really was far from impossible!

HEY WATS UP everyone. today was a good day for me in making progress in GW. i finally reached level 20(feels SO IMPOWERING when your a lvl 20 character) anyways i finally completed dunes of despair and boy was swamp fox right that mission is far from impossible, i just guess GW has some very sh1tty players since i couldnt complete it so easy before.MUCH thx to singing steel(swamp fox)for accompanying me as well as the other players.we made that mission look like it was the easiest one in the game. i must admit i had a pretty beastly team. well after finally completing my ascension i was able to fight my mirriored counter part (dopleganger was his name) this right here was about the easiest 50,000 exp gained for me at least. before i even fought him i knew i was in for something so right before the cutscene to fight him i boosted up my defense then i unleashed hell on him.i was actually surprised i completed it on my first try. from there i was brought to the dragons lair i was like great im in a new place but the mission herre def not easy IDC who thinks other wise even though i completed it on first(monks=dont leave home wit out em) try going threw all those dimensions is pretty annoying and having to deal with a new affect that each dimension throws at you to make it hard. the last one was by far then most annoying since your entire team was knocked down for a hot second.my heart was pretty broken when i couldnt defaet the female dragon for the bonus but im kinda happy i took away 25% of her health but wen u have a monster who is capable of killing u in 1 hit well dont expect to win(if u can beat her let me know cause i wld sure like to defat her lvl 31= a whole lotta dam exp to be earned). well i lost to her but i was soon cheered up when i saw DRAKONARS FORGE XD im so excited to get some new armor cX. well i think i said enough.remember guys hit me up on GW---------------->MAGNA ROC---------------->LVL 20/E/N

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07/01/05 17:57

Swamp_Fox

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

hmm that mission is far from impossible. imho its the easiest of the ones needed to ascend. have tehy updated it resently or something? i've done it atleast twice with great ease. never attempted bonus though. maybe that was the hard part you were talking about.

will try to contact you ingame to help
(wondering if your caps lock key got stuck)

edit: was around lvl 16 first time completed

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07/01/05 18:06

Magna_Roc_E_N

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

hey swamp fox i was wondering if you can give me some information on your character...lol personally i dont find this mission to be difficult like the way i made it sound to be but then again my characters name is MAGNA ROC not GOD and is not invincible so when you have team mates that dont work as A TEAM then anything can be difficult (mental note to self: start using henches if you cant find any good online players)

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07/01/05 18:45

Swamp_Fox

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

check my sig for information, if you need anything more specific send me a pm

Joined: 04/22/2005, and that I'm back ^^

07/01/05 18:52

LowBudgetGamer

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

I thought the dunes was a far more easy mission than thirsty river was....but like people have said it depends on the team, i remember the auraora glade mission i tried 6 time then finally got into a good group and i hardly had to try.

other than that you can whisper me ingame if you see me ( most likely my character will be Hildroth Horrible (as in sig)

EDIT: oh and constant caps is JUST AS BAD AS SPAMMING

JUST AS BAD AS SPAMMING
JUST AS BAD AS SPAMMING

get the point
(@ Nogame, experiance is the best teacher right?) lol

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07/01/05 20:30

TheArcher

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

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never attempted bonus though. maybe that was the hard part you were talking about

Yeah I've heard that the bonus is over-rated and hard :P

07/06/05 22:23

Leia_Rynaes

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

Feh! Bonus is not easy, I'll admit! good to have human monks though my team defeated her with the two henchy monks and no others :P

Some of us were second prof Monks (me included) All of said had Rebirth on (Dead warp to your point on res)

Strategy - Poison, Blind HELPS SO MUCH. Really good to have a ranger with at least one trap that makes her bleed or blind or set alight... when she stops moving RUN AWAY!! try n make sure shes running as much as poss, stay away from her front make her turn as much as poss, again keep her bleeding/poisoned and blind for as long as poss. She only really heals when she stops and uses that Crystal thinger attack (forgot name) so bash her/distract her if you can, if not run away!!!!
Try and keep comms open, do not just stand there - esp. tanks! you will die uber quick!
When she rises up - run back! She is a slow attacker - use this to your advantage. anything that drains her health is also a bonus - mesmers would be a godsend - steal energy and health :D

Hope I helped anyone that reads this in the future :)

07/11/05 21:03

kizu

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

I found a way that might work to beat the dragon. My first time doing the mission after being killed in a matter of hits i realized that I was really happy I brought Protective Spirit. At lvl 12 protection prayers it last 19 seconds. So after casting that she would hit me for 49 or less depending on current dp. With a competent healer and a tanker having Protective Spirit on them it is possible. From my two attempts at this, both of which got her down to 1/3 and 1/4 I would say that it would take a bit of luck to get her to attack the right person and stay there then she can be beat.

07/12/05 21:09

navymrgoodbar

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

It took me 9 times just to beat Dunes. /catchbreath

I heard it's impossible to do the bonus in Thirsty River, so I never tried it since my team urged me not to. Thirst River is looooooooooooooooooooong! So prepare for a couple of hours of gameplay. ;)

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07/12/05 22:57

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

Thirsty River isn't too long, in actuality the way to get the bonus is to finish Thirsty River in under 9:30 minutes (something like that) which basically means you can only integrate 1 extra timing period between sets.

The last time we finished Thirsty we got the bonus. Having done it multiple times I will say that I've only got the bonus once, but each group was a pickup group not a organized guild group. Being a more organized and comfortable group I'm sure the bonus is a walk in the park.

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07/12/05 23:22

Leia_Rynaes

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

Thirsty River?
You have to take the left path at the start and then the king talks every now and again - we ended up doing it without realising lol

07/24/05 16:37

Xtf

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

What am I supposed to be killing on dunes of despair bonus, just got sick of 1 or 2 party members causing a mess and losing ghost so tried with 5 henches, got mission and killed 4 named monsters (two ancients, two skeltons) and want to know which I should be focusing on, or should I be looking for something completely different.

The quickest way to a man's heart really is through his stomach, because then you don't have to chop through that pesky rib cage.

09/10/05 07:07

Origin106

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

well first off congrats on the ascention

but u got another thing comming when u get to thunderhead keep if u thought dunes was tough =\

its kinda the same type of idea between the two missions..

in dunes you have a hero in the middle and people come in from 3 sides, and in thunderhead u got people comming from 2 sides comming for the king.

09/10/05 08:33

got_lah

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

glint is easy actually =p

well, congrats on being ascended anyway =p

09/10/05 08:43

Damienomical

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

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never attempted bonus though. maybe that was the hard part you were talking about

Yeah I've heard that the bonus is over-rated and hard :P

I spent 20 minutes comming up with a team of the perfect Glint killers, dealt with suicidal idiots wasting my time, spent 10 minutes doing the mission with henchman, and 5 minutes on killing glint.

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My strat is way easier.
4 Skills on a tank
+
Healer
=
Pwnage
Bonetti's Defence+Gladiator's Defence+Savage Slash+Endure Pain

Use Gladiator's right away, go up, and just start hacking away. Whenever Gladiator's is out, you should have enough adrenaline to use Bonetti's. I mention Endure pain (you could use Defy, I guess) due to the fact that if you're taking more damage than the healer can heal, you can pop on a quick heal. If you ever see her starting to cast Crystal Hibernation, use Savage Slash. By the time she tries to use the skill again, Savage will already be recharged. If she never gets Crystal Hibernation out, she's nothing.

You can take whatever else you want if you want more in a party. The only reason I see in getting other people is to get to her faster.

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glint is easy actually =p

As proven above.

09/28/05 16:59

Sainty

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

Dunes of Despair is a mission you can actually do with henchies.. easilly. There are a few things that are nice to know though.

1: Let wurms be.. they take too much effort to kill, and once you run by them they cause no harm anymore.

2: Get the slow totem (over the bridge, walk 100yrds, go right.)

3: Try killing of the enchanted bows with some range spells before the fort bridge lowers.

4: Slow totem in the alley and let the Enchanted come to you. The alley provides great means for AoE spells and makes sure the Enchanted don't walk out of reach.

5: AGAIN let the wurms be! When you wait at the little slope before the ghost platform, you're (almost) out of reach of the wurms and take 21 damage max.

6: Place the slow totem just before the right stairs. This is where the Enchanted hammers and swords get up the stairs.. the forgotten mages are not too much to worry about.

These few tips helped many complete Dunes of Despair.. and I hope might be of some use to you guys :)

Sainty Salvation || Sainty Battle || Sainty Nature || Naughty Sainty

09/29/05 04:25

DexAholic

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

As someone mentioned earlier, I think that Dunes is the easiest of the ascension missions. I've never once been with a group that's failed out of the 5 or 6 times I've been through it.

As was mentioned, ignore the worms at the end. I don't think there's any harm in killing the ones up until the end, but it's your call. I usually wait until all of the threats are eliminated and then see if we can take a couple of worms down before the time runs out for fun.

09/29/05 17:17

Tribina

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

Dunes : last 3 minutes that kingghost needs to complete his ritual..
no mobs attack no more
so if ya have a good team.. 2 monks.. devide in 2 groups and each group kills a worm
after both killed worm, all go get 3th worm
and bonus is done

Thirsty : every 2 minutes priest rezzes all dead mobs
so start attack groups at 10 secs before X x2 minutes
(1:50-3:50-5:50)
kill all cursebearers and sages first then attack priest, kill bossmob as last
1st town: start on the left
2nd town: start on the left as well (make sure you dont lure right side mobs along)
3th town: start on the right by killing priest first, kill other mobs, choose left side then (make sure to start kill priest in time coz bossmob is a monk boss) then get the middle part
Done it loads with guildmates... don't know what bonus is but got it every time...

hope this helps some desperate players
GRTZ

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10/10/05 16:53

Trist

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Re: ON A MISSION THAT SOME SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!

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the last one was by far then most annoying since your entire team was knocked down for a hot second.my heart was pretty broken when i couldnt defaet the female dragon for the bonus but im kinda happy i took away 25% of her health but wen u have a monster who is capable of killing u in 1 hit well dont expect to win[color=yellow](if u can beat her let me know cause i wld sure like to defat her lvl 31= a whole lotta dam exp to be earned).---------------->MAGNA ROC---------------->LVL 20/E/N

The bonus you are referring to can be difficult with a PUG (Pick Up Group), however with a decently mixed party it is managable with little to no frustration.

You first priority is to make sure that your party is well informed as to what is to take place. Hold up before you first talk to Glint and have a short Pow Wow with everyone to discuss your stategy.

Hopefully you have a decently mixed party for this Bonus. A mix of 2 Melle, 2 Nukers, 2 Healers and 2 Other should suffice.

With the recent updates, it is easier to see when your opponent is using a skill and what it is they are attempting to use. This gives you the opportunity to capitalize on your counterskills and interrupts. ie.. interrupt Glint's Healing Skills....

What I would suggest, only since it has worked for me in the past a few times, probably isn't the only way to complete this but like I said, it works for me....

After briefing your party... have your best armoured Warrior grab an egg and run around in tight circles for a bit... doing their best to keep Glint's Aggro. There will come a time where Glint stops using her heavy damage skills (I don't remember what exactly it is) however at this point your Egg carrying warrior can just engage in melle and tank the best they can.

Meanwhile, your 2 monks will concentrate solely on keeping this 1 warrior alive (which is easier than keeping the whole party alive if agrro is all over the place). Now while the rest of the party is unleashing hell on Glint while doing their best to interrupt her skills.

After about 5-7 minutes you should be done !!! Celebrate.

Hope this helps.

10/13/05 21:18

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