Curse

Patrick · May 05, 2005, 12:35 PM // 12:35

Ether Renewal Can be found on one of the snake bosses in Thirsty River quest. But where can I find ether prodigy??

Freyas · May 05, 2005, 12:39 PM // 12:39

Blood is Power- (Snake Dance:Cry Darkday[Shadow])

I believe Power Block is on a Mursaat boss in Abaddon's Mouth. I'll have a look sometime when I'm feeling brave and find a good party to see if I can be sure of this and get the bosses name.

The best places I've seen to look for skills are some of the Shiverpeak EA's(Snake Dance has like 12+ bosses), and the later Mursaat missions, where some of the bosses appear to have mulitple elite skills(cheaters!). The hard ones to find will be stances and situational skills- stances don't show up under the skill bar, and things like Martyr can be difficult to satisfy the conditions to trigger the boss to use it.

valorien · May 05, 2005, 03:55 PM // 15:55

Still looking for info on Barrage.

grimmolly · May 05, 2005, 04:06 PM // 16:06

Anyone seen backbreaker yet? I imagine that one would be hard to miss after having spent 4 seconds flat on your back.

Xma · May 05, 2005, 05:51 PM // 17:51

Thanks for the nice updates, guys, got half a dozen new ones

I didn't ran through Snake Dance enough to find them all

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freyas

Blood is Power- (Snake Dance:Cry Darkday[Shadow])

I believe Power Block is on a Mursaat boss in Abaddon's Mouth. I'll have a look sometime when I'm feeling brave and find a good party to see if I can be sure of this and get the bosses name.

The best places I've seen to look for skills are some of the Shiverpeak EA's(Snake Dance has like 12+ bosses), and the later Mursaat missions, where some of the bosses appear to have mulitple elite skills(cheaters!). The hard ones to find will be stances and situational skills- stances don't show up under the skill bar, and things like Martyr can be difficult to satisfy the conditions to trigger the boss to use it.

Good idea, try to check it out

Mmmh.. I didn't knew stances didn't appear on skill bar, thought they would flash...

So probably half the high-level bosses that don't seem to have elites have in fact elite stances... So might be worth trying to capture; if you have all the other skills he seems to be using...

OrangeArrow · May 05, 2005, 07:12 PM // 19:12

Spent an hour exploring exploring perdition rock heres what i found
Maxine Cold Stone Ranger QUickshot
Geckokaru Earthwind Ele Elemental Attunement
Skintekaru Manshredder Warrior (none Seen)
Rull Browbeater Monk Healing Hands

ALso it seems around the bottom rigth side of the map there usually spawns a GW God Cursed Boss
Only one appear in each instance seems to be balthazar most of the time but from the time i Saw

Balthazaa's Cursed Warrior (none seen)
Grenth's Cursed Necro Lingering Curse
Melandru's Cursed Ranger (none seen)

Weezer_Blue · May 05, 2005, 09:21 PM // 21:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtxed

what do you need to capture skills?
how do you capture skills?

To capture skills, you need to find a boss that has the skill you want, and as soon as he uses it, you use your Signet of Capture.

The SoC can be obtained by doing a fairly easy (but annoying) quest from Lion's Arch.

Sausaletus Rex · May 05, 2005, 09:28 PM // 21:28

You don't need to quest for an SoC. They can be purchased as normal once you get to Denravi and beyond.

Also, capturing stances is a pain. About the only way to do it is to just spam your SoC and keep canceling it by pressing ESC and hoping that you catch the stance you're looking for. Fortunately, only Warriors, Rangers, and Mesmers have to deal with thta and they don't have many elite stances between them to worry about. But still, it's not easy.

Anyhow, nice going so far. Keep up the good work, guys.

Xma · May 05, 2005, 10:31 PM // 22:31

Heard it was easier if you had all the skill the boss was using already, except the stance. That SoC would then pick the stance more easily, instead of the skill before/after.

Could anyone confirm or elaborate ?

VividDream · May 05, 2005, 11:01 PM // 23:01

I got illusionary weaponry today *dance*

Too bad it's worthless for me lol

Xellos · May 05, 2005, 11:08 PM // 23:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xma

Heard it was easier if you had all the skill the boss was using already, except the stance. That SoC would then pick the stance more easily, instead of the skill before/after.

Could anyone confirm or elaborate ?

It takes out the cancelling process out of the mix from what Rex says, because you can't take any other skill from him, but you'll still have to time it right while your getting whacked. It's definately "easier", but the time consuming part isn't getting shorter.

RoxorMcownage · May 05, 2005, 11:36 PM // 23:36

if you use a stance breaker(IE: wild blow) they usually cast the stance again right away.

Sausaletus Rex · May 06, 2005, 12:03 AM // 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xma

Heard it was easier if you had all the skill the boss was using already, except the stance. That SoC would then pick the stance more easily, instead of the skill before/after.

Right, that can work (actually, I thought I had made mention of that, you just keep rapidly clicking through the chaff, if it's something you already have it doesn't matter, if it's something you don't, you can press ESC and cancel out of it, and you keep doing that - and, you know, survive - until you get your stance), as has been said, to make it a bit easier. But it presupposes you'll have unlocked all the other skills first and that's something you can't always count on. Either way, you just have to keep slamming the SoC button and hope for the best.

As for Wild Blow, yes, but Wild Blow will only cancel a stance if it's evaded or blocked, unless something's changed and I don't know about it, and that means it's not very useful for getting something like Warrior's Endurance.

Saidin · May 06, 2005, 05:17 AM // 05:17

Just to add there is an Azure boss in Snake dance that also has Signer of Judgement.

I can't remember the name

I think its a random generated boss though.

Elurian · May 06, 2005, 05:28 AM // 05:28

I got Manatra of Recovery off of the boss on the far left side of the last set of teams you have to defeat in Thirsty River

egads · May 06, 2005, 05:45 AM // 05:45

Skull Crack is available from the level 28 boss in the Summit Beastmaster quest in Iron Horse Mine. Unfortunately I can't remember his name.

TheDeathAdder · May 06, 2005, 06:10 AM // 06:10

power block pls Ive searched everywhere...

RoxorMcownage · May 06, 2005, 06:58 AM // 06:58

Shiverhead Peak

warrior

monsters name-Yawlxalwsafjsfjas(i didnt feel like copying it down, but its quite gibbrishly and hes a grawl)

elite skill-Victory Is Mine

Now if someone could find a USEFUL warrior elite.

Seyda · May 06, 2005, 07:35 AM // 07:35

^

Thank you

RoxorMcownage · May 06, 2005, 07:47 AM // 07:47

Youre welcome =)

if you ever find battle rage or bulls charge TELL ME!!! lol

Roxor Mcownage ingame.