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Electro

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Escort Missions on Test Server

I've been playing around on the test server lately and checking out some of the coming changes. One of those is an update to some missions so that you have to escort the hostages. Everyone probably remembers the low level mission to go down in the sewers and find the homeless people? They changed that one to an escort mission and it went something like this... You free the hostages, same as before, but now instead of them thanking you and running away they follow you. After you've freed the last one you have to escort them out of the sewer. But don't think that you can just waltz out of there because you've already cleared out all the bad guys! They start wave after wave of ambushes. I never made it out because I lost my connection (though I was about to die anyway -- I was playing an Archery Blaster so got to try out Defiance -- not bad).

07/22/05 22:36

jf007

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

Yah, Those kind of missions don't really help if you're gonna be fighting Trolls :P

What I like is when you have another hero fighting alongside you. The Devs worked really hard on this, I think, because of his/her smart A.I.

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07/23/05 00:39

RonJ73

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

Unfortunately the AI isn't that smart. They aggro mobs constantly. It's annoying. I really really dislike the escort missions.

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07/23/05 01:04

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

So far, I've only done the missions in the new zone and the escort missions aren't that bad...the only hero is the first escort mission you get, and I discovered a little secret on the second time around.

If you have stealth and speed, run to the final objective, the hero in the cavern room, put down all the villians in the room and talk to the hero. The ambush starts, but, they can only come from the direction you just came from and it's easy to take them down with the archer's help and it's only one ambush. Once that ambush is taken care of, there is no more because the rest of the villians are still left through out the cavern. Run ahead of the archer (he's slow) and set up your attack on the mobs you come to before he can aggro them and they are pie in your plate.

And the best thing is, when you get the archer to the door, he gives you his bow and a quiver of 75 arrows as a temp power!

For the missions that have multiple hostages, even though it takes a long time, I've discovered that if you clear a path back to the gate and rescue one hostage at a time and then go after another, it save you plenty of heart palpatations. Once you take down the pair threatening the hostage, you get attacked by 2 or 3 waves of villians and half go for you and the other half goes for the hostage. And trust me on this, if you lose a hostage...the mission is over.

One final mission comment, one of the last esort missions in the new zone is rescuing 3 mystics and protecting them and a Stone Hedge look a like from Red Caps (steroid elfs).
I have found out that you can lose the pillars that aren't being protected by the mystics...the pillars they are facing are the ones you need to make sure aren't destroyed, and the Red Caps can destroy the pillars fast, so be careful when you do this mission.

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07/23/05 01:49

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

Eh, the Escort Missions sound like a pain in the rump! I'm glad I got my guy to high levels so I have my wide range of abilities, though the defense drop... KHAAAAN!

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07/23/05 13:02

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

I don't mind the hostage escort missions, they're time consuming, but they don't attack, so they're not drawing all sorts of aggro.

It's the one with the archer I don't like, although now that I know there's a temp power involved, I'll pick it up. :)

That final "3 mystic" one was a piece of cake for me and the guy that I was teaming with. He was a tank, I was a blaster. He would taunt the wave of baddies that came in, I would AoE them then we would both clean up. Then wait for the next wave. None of the stones were ever touched.

07/23/05 13:24

KraZeDKaoZ

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

They aren't so bad when in a team.

07/25/05 16:06

Red_Scout

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

I just hope they're not timed missions. Those another mission I'm sick of.

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07/25/05 17:32

StevieG

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

The only timed event in a mish is the last part of the 3 mystics mission when you help them defend the stones...you have to fight off the Red Caps for 3 minutes to complete the mission.

Now I'm doubting myself, but, I think that's the only timed escort mission I did...in the new zone at least, don't know what the other escort missions in the old zones are like yet.

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07/25/05 17:45

RonJ73

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

Actually, I think that was the only mission with any timer AT ALL in the new zone.

The timer in that one is to designate how long it's taking the mystics to complete their ritual. So you have to fight off red caps for the 3:00 minutes while they're doing their chanting and the like.

07/26/05 00:30

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

Ran into a little problem on one escort mish. 2 words, VOID STALKER(or one of the voids). was playing my PB and it's hard to defend your hostage when you are fighting for your life. Might be nice if there weren't Kheld killers in the waves.

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07/26/05 11:03

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Re: Escort Missions on Test Server

Oooo. That makes them kinda rough, huh? :)

07/26/05 13:21

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