Curse

StormDragonZ · Jan 23, 2008, 07:56 PM // 19:56

Besides Augury Rock in Prophecies, Tihark Orchard, in Nightfall, is the only mission in GW that requires you to do it alone.

How did you feel when you found out that you had to do a mission alone?

Darkobra · Jan 23, 2008, 07:58 PM // 19:58

Excited. A mission I can do things on my own without relying on heroes/hench.

Olim Chill · Jan 23, 2008, 08:00 PM // 20:00

I thought it was cool and was up for it. I also like solo quests.

Pyro maniac · Jan 23, 2008, 08:01 PM // 20:01

I like it, however the bonus is a bit silly
Liked having it one in the story line, but please do not add more =)

Chicken Ftw · Jan 23, 2008, 08:05 PM // 20:05

"About f**king time."

You make a lot of threads, btw.

Aera Lure · Jan 23, 2008, 08:07 PM // 20:07

I *love* Tihark. I made that the mission that completed Legendary Guardian for me. Love, love, love Tihark. You're going down, silent clown!

MithranArkanere · Jan 23, 2008, 08:16 PM // 20:16

It was like 'Yay'.

Not for having to make it alone, but for being a mission with minigames as bonus.

Anyone with a minimal IQ would love to fool around once in a while.

But it would be even great to be able to bring party members as 'espectator guests' during solo missions, andjoin others while they make them, to make things like cheering in the Norn tournament.

**cosyfiep** · Jan 23, 2008, 08:17 PM // 20:17

its ok, but would rather play with my husband (who is NOT a fan of that mission and makes me help him with the emotes every time he gets a character to that one). We got the game to play together, that mission doesnt allow us to do that.

TheRaven · Jan 23, 2008, 08:34 PM // 20:34

Finally, a mission that the lazy have to do themselves. Nope, can't pay a runner 5k to get you guardian/masters on this one.

Funny story: I didn't buy NF immediately. I waited and got it as a Christmas present. Even then I didn't rush thru the game, but took my time. All thru October and November I heard my guildies and alliance members on Alliance chat saying stuff like:
"Arrrghhhh!!!!"
"What?"
"^&##% Mime!!!!!!"
"ROFL!"
"Ahhh, he's found the mime"
"How the heck do you beat this fricking mime!!!!!???"
"ROFL!!"
"Yeah, we've all been there"
"Gotta love the mime"
"I HATE THIS GAME!!"

Well, by the time my friend and I got around to buying and playing NF, we knew nothing about the game except that there were new "heroes" we could get and somewhere in the game was a rather evil mime that everyone hated.

After about a week of playing we came upon the mime on Istan Island that had stolen all the villagers voices. Better still, this was a "difficulty master" quest. After trying to guard that stupid statue while some NPC ran off to retrieve his junk we had learned to be real leary of any "difficulty master" quest. We also remembered the horror stories we'd heard on alliance chat about the <shudder> Mime.

We loaded up our best skills (um, yeah my level 7 Ele's best was flare and firestorm), gave Koss and Dunky the very best gear available and went in prepared for a battle royale! What a letdown. That guy was a wimp!

DRGN · Jan 23, 2008, 08:42 PM // 20:42

It was only annoying because the first time I did it I was on my monk. I felt dirty putting those smiting skills on my bar. >______>

farkas · Jan 23, 2008, 08:43 PM // 20:43

I enjoyed it.

However, my chillhood friend whom I introduced GW to, stopped playing GW completely on that very mission !!!

Last thing I heard from him on ventrilo was something along the lines of : "Hey this looks cool, hey the drunk dwarf is silly and somewhat funny...OK, what does he want me to do...WTH ???...I just want to whack away at foes, this mission is ******, arghhh, wtf ???".

He had fun in it until he got to the mime. He's a very slow typer. So by the time he types in the first mime, the mime is on his 3rd or something.

He eventually tried again like almost a full year after NF launch and failed it again. He asked me to do it for him, which I did, but afterwards he was completely clueless about the storyline, thus he never logged in again since he was no longer hooked !

Nevin · Jan 23, 2008, 08:44 PM // 20:44

I thought it was cute, but definitely not mission material. Perhaps "Primary Quest" or "Solo Quest" material though, as they showed in GW:EN through it's extensive questing system.

The term Mission should be reserved for playable content that requires more then one player, and consist of a lengthy time in combat including a "bonus" and separate goals within it, no res points as well (unless the mission is one that revolves around it). Originally Missions were just "Big Quests", but I think Anet has done a fine job with the questing system in GW:EN, so much so, that missions need to be further differentiated as the "main plot pushers" of the GW world.

hurric · Jan 23, 2008, 08:46 PM // 20:46

At first I felt why can't I find a team, then I felt bad because I lost like 5k or whatever it is to give to that npc instead of killing someone for free.

after like 10-12 times of doing it I never got the emote part. Never bothered to learn and prolly never will but it's fine.

Steboy93 · Jan 23, 2008, 08:49 PM // 20:49

I thought it was great fun and a real change of pace.

Nemo the Capitalist · Jan 23, 2008, 08:53 PM // 20:53

technically u can do it witha pet

Jetdoc · Jan 23, 2008, 08:58 PM // 20:58

I do almost all missions alone (without heroes or henchmen), so I'm not sure what the big deal is...

:dunno:

Turtle222 · Jan 23, 2008, 09:13 PM // 21:13

Offtopic: I think im going to make a count of these meaningless threads that stormdragonz comes up with ^^

Ontopic: indifferent

Aera Lure · Jan 23, 2008, 09:16 PM // 21:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRGN

It was only annoying because the first time I did it I was on my monk. I felt dirty putting those smiting skills on my bar. >______>

Smiting is fun.

I wish it was a more viable option, but I do use it from time to time for specific things.

BenjZee · Jan 23, 2008, 09:17 PM // 21:17

he only tricky bit was the mime. Even as a crappy monk build i managed to get masters

good xp that mish too.
funny when u fail aswell "drink responsibly. dont drink and quest" or something along them lines

Crom The Pale · Jan 23, 2008, 09:30 PM // 21:30

I was thrilled!

Part of what I love about this game is that I can venture out into the world alone with nothing but my skills to keep me alive and kicking.

I would really love it if the solo quests in GWEN were repeatable. I only had one chance to kill the Griffon and it went down way to easy.

Tihark Orchard was one of the very few missions in GW that a player actually had to do more than just kill XX number of foes to win. This is part of what makes a game a great game!