Curse

NekoZ · Aug 17, 2007, 02:48 PM // 14:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Racthoh

Without a doubt the worst idea for a bonus.

That was actually really easy with the right setup. We had one water-snare ele take out one while the other ele/people killed it and myself as a Crip Shot ranger with an assasin take out the other.

Now Eternal Grove on hardmode is a complete joke it is so hard.

Gate of Madness was pretty hard too. We were able to lure the Lich alone after about 5 minutes of trying and then all ran in to get all the shrines. When we finally got them all Shiro went on a killing spree and we were only able to get 3 hero monks, myself (Ranger), a SV necro, and a nuker out of the arena thingy. I had 60 dp, 300 health and we were able to kill it with myself tanking with stances + prot spirit + shield of absorb + shield of regen and the SV/Nuker doing their thing. Hella fun.

Roo Ella · Aug 17, 2007, 03:34 PM // 15:34

I hate Loath any mission with a clock

I just can't beat some of them guess I'm just too old these days
and not fast on the reflexes anymore.

WarKaster · Aug 17, 2007, 04:14 PM // 16:14

Prophecies Missions are not that much trouble anymore.
Did all the Ring of Fire Missions with hero's and henchies. Hell's Precipice isn't all that hard if you agro correctly and there is also no need to wait for the Armageddon Lords to finish spawning crap. Wait for an opening have a ranger or some one with a long bow pull the one closest to you own him. Move onto the Island in the lava pull the next one own him. Move back onto the main land pull the last one own him. then kill the few groups walking around the portals.

The one mission that is giving me trouble on my Ranger now is Gate of Madness, only tried it a couple of times got to Shiro and The Lich then got wiped. I did realize afterward that I forgot to equip Koss with wild blow so it is mainly my fault. I ussaly bring Olias as a spoil victor necro too.

t_the_nihilst · Aug 17, 2007, 04:22 PM // 16:22

Eternal Grove on Hard Mode, hands down. No question.

For those of you who have done it, you know what I'm talking about.

Mission from hell.

brave bern · Aug 17, 2007, 04:25 PM // 16:25

Not hard just HATE that eye.............It keeps staring at me!
Point Blank Refuse to help any guildie there EVER!

t_the_nihilst · Aug 17, 2007, 04:27 PM // 16:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by NekoZ

That was actually really easy with the right setup. We had one water-snare ele take out one while the other ele/people killed it and myself as a Crip Shot ranger with an assasin take out the other.

Now Eternal Grove on hardmode is a complete joke it is so hard.

Gate of Madness was pretty hard too. We were able to lure the Lich alone after about 5 minutes of trying and then all ran in to get all the shrines. When we finally got them all Shiro went on a killing spree and we were only able to get 3 hero monks, myself (Ranger), a SV necro, and a nuker out of the arena thingy. I had 60 dp, 300 health and we were able to kill it with myself tanking with stances + prot spirit + shield of absorb + shield of regen and the SV/Nuker doing their thing. Hella fun.

Haha! I did this with you. I was the SV Necro. We whooped Shiro's booty in Hard Mode style. Gates of Madness ftw. I love that mission.
Sorry we never got to do Eternal Grove in HM for you

Zeek Aran · Aug 17, 2007, 04:43 PM // 16:43

This thread inspired me to do Jennur's Horde HM. So far, I haven't made it passed the first Harbinger without a henchy dying. -.- I'm doing the 'only kill one Harbinger' strategy.

EDIT: Whee got all the way to the boss area to have a party wipe because I didn't bring a monk hero of my own. -.-

EDIT: Yeah, party wipe at the stairs. At the start. Yes, the very first ones. -.- I hate this mission more than I did before I got the bonus when NF was new.

EDIT: It's VERY hard not to type out a bunch of f-bombs right now. I just dealt with two groups of Margs in HM with zero deaths, I was doing perfectly, and out of NO WHERE the NPC dies. I don't see how this is possible. I was fighting the 2-minute spawn group as this happened.

pingu666 · Aug 17, 2007, 05:04 PM // 17:04

venta cemitary, and the newbie bog/jungle one cos there sooo boring

assassins rock grand court and dragon bastion, and ward against melee on grand court is ftw too

timing missions isnt too bad, depends if it fits in with the mission theme

MrFuzzles · Aug 17, 2007, 05:34 PM // 17:34

Dragon's Lair. It just goes on and on and on and on and on, and the environmental effects (domain of slow ugh) just makes it that much more tedious.

Runner up I think has to be nahpui quarter. Same thing with being just so repetitive and tedious.

GodofAcid · Aug 17, 2007, 06:00 PM // 18:00

Very close between Eternal Grove and getting Dunes of Despair bonus without necro transversal. I think I'd give the edge to Eternal Grove since that's an entire mission, as opposed to just the bonus being difficult.

wetsparks · Aug 17, 2007, 06:25 PM // 18:25

For me, anything that has a timer, forces you to join a random group (I'm looking at you Vizunah and Unwaking), or has a lot of text (there should be an option to turn this stuff off, I have beaten the game with several characters, I don't need you to explain how to kill something).

I never had any problems with the Prophecies missions, I loved doing THK just because everyone complained about it but all the enemies swarming you and being able to thin out some with the catapults was great.

Only problems with Factions missions were getting groups that had some idea what they were doing.

I blew threw Nightfall until Gate of Pain, the pugs I got there were so bloody awful that I felt like banging my head against a brick wall. I finally just went with hero/hench with Norgu loaded down with interrupts and got masters first try. Same thing happened in Gate of Madness, when I could find a group that is, we failed miserably. The leader always kept trying to get the "perfect" team setup (you all know what that is) until I finally gave up and took people who sounded like they knew what they were doing (surprise, surprise two were mesmers) and we blew threw the mission and the mesmers owned shiro and lich with no problem.

Miss Puddles · Aug 17, 2007, 09:24 PM // 21:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by t_the_nihilst

Eternal Grove on Hard Mode, hands down. No question.

For those of you who have done it, you know what I'm talking about.

Mission from hell.

i know it all too well.
well enough that i STILL have not beaten it. UGH.

Pae · Aug 17, 2007, 09:35 PM // 21:35

Just NM, since HM is a whole other story >_>

Gate of Madness can get relatively frustrating if you fail when Shiro wipes the party, but that can be controlled a bit better.

Vizunah Square and Unwaking Waters are the ones that bug me the most. I've had L11s on the other party of Vizunah Square with some of the worst henchmen that you could pick (A hench, no monks, etc.). Anyway, as long as you can get an all NPC team on the other side, it's all good

. A solid PC team is preferable, of course, but that's usually asking for too much.

Phantom Gun · Aug 17, 2007, 09:55 PM // 21:55

Can't really decide. Basicaly:

1. Any mission that has Rurick in it. "Besides the last one he's in"

2. Any mission where you have to protect somebody, or some people/other creatures. "Like turtles".

3. Missions where the reward is based off of how fast you rushed through it, or didn't. *Cough* Cantha *Cough*

Anyway there are probably a few exceptions here and there, but I don't feel like finding them right now.

**Marty Silverblade** · Aug 17, 2007, 10:06 PM // 22:06

Hmmm, I'd have to say Tahnnakai Temple.

The whole idea is just bs. If you're melee, especially an Assassin, it's gg find some henchies mate no one wants you in the group.

The rest of Cantha with the bs timing technique is likewise a bs system, they haven't even gotten the timing right. Arborstone and Boreas Seabed can be finished comfortably 10 mins before masters but Tahnnakai is bs.

ElinoraNeSangre · Aug 18, 2007, 02:15 AM // 02:15

Another vote for Gate of Madness. I've been sitting at that mission with my necro for a few months because I don't want to deal with it. :P

pingu666 · Aug 18, 2007, 02:35 AM // 02:35

my tip for gate of madness, if your running a hero with ss/sv setup

nail the lich, then lock your hero onto shiro, disable heros offesnsive skills, but leave recklace haste, price of failure, spirit of failure etc enabled. works pretty well for normal mode

arcanemacabre · Aug 18, 2007, 02:40 AM // 02:40

Worst/most hated mission I would vote Gayala Hatchery. Reason is because it's so long no matter which way you do it, and I much despise missions where you have to protect anything (when I'm a damage-dealer and can't really affect it that much), and in Gayala you have a lot of things to protect. Just ungh.

Hardest mission is probably GoM, but even that isn't that bad. Just a pain the first few times I did it. Once you know the tricks, it's a lot smoother. Haven't done enough missions on HM to know what the trouble missions are.

Riotgear · Aug 18, 2007, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Arborstone. Terrible voice acting. Annoying environment effect. Takes forever to form a group for it.

Lilanthe · Aug 18, 2007, 02:44 AM // 02:44

Nhapui Quarter... I just find it soooo boring.