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Peter Panic · Jun 29, 2007, 06:17 PM // 18:17

So i unlocked HM for factions a little while ago, and i was wondering what the easiest places to canquish are. Me and some friends from the alliance did sunqua vale with me (assasin) and a lod dunk, and him (zb monk), and a conjure flame burning arrow marghrid, and we had no trouble at all. Then we tried to do shoashang trail and got whiped on that last group before seitung with 3 monks. but neways, i was just wondering what ones u guys found to be easier/harder, or if u wanna get together in game and vanquish. IGN- Ninja Killr

DarklingKiller · Jun 29, 2007, 06:59 PM // 18:59

Shadow's Passage was very easy for me.

I also did Sunjiang District with very little trouble with two real monks and our heroes.

General DS · Jul 01, 2007, 04:55 PM // 16:55

All the ones that i have completed are very easy, easy, or medium

Kinya Province (easy)
Saoshang trail (easy)
sunqua vale (very easy)
panjiang peninsuala (very easy)
jaya bluffs (medium)
Shadows passage (very easy)
Eternal Grove (medium)
Melandru's hope (easy)

if you want to party up to do ones that i have not done, thentell me in game.
IGN: General DS

Evilsod · Jul 01, 2007, 06:27 PM // 18:27

I thought there was a thread in this section already about vanquishing cantha :S With lots of tips, tricks and hints.

dragon spy · Jul 02, 2007, 01:43 AM // 01:43

i have vanquished nightfall but i am having one hell of a time getting of the biggner island in cantha.

Tahlia Tane · Jul 02, 2007, 06:45 PM // 18:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by General DS

All the ones that i have completed are very easy, easy, or medium

Kinya Province (easy)
Saoshang trail (easy)
sunqua vale (very easy)
panjiang peninsuala (very easy)
jaya bluffs (medium)
Shadows passage (very easy)
Eternal Grove (medium)
Melandru's hope (easy)

if you want to party up to do ones that i have not done, thentell me in game.
IGN: General DS

What the hell? Everything has been really hard for me so far. I've tried and failed panjiag peninsula several times, but that's because of stupid mistakes and stuff (bad, accidental aggro). What kind of team do you use for the Shing Jea areas? I've taken a minion master for sunqua vale and made it, though it was a massive pain. I've done the same with panjiang and almost made it. I'm guessing a minion master is a bad idea?

Bruce Leeroy · Jul 02, 2007, 11:13 PM // 23:13

I play a warrior as my main character with hero/hench. I finished Vanquishing Cantha in 6 days playing around 3-4 hours on weekdays and about 5-6 hours on the weekend. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Well, except one zone "Tahnakkai explorable". Ive vanquished Elona, and still think Tahnakkai was the hardest zone Ive come across as of yet.
The one hero that I always brought with me was a BHA ranger. On the starter island I was playing around with a few builds and messed around with a dual divine/smite build. It worked amazingly well in the 4 man zones. In the 6 man zones, I switched one monk out for a MM.

Tahlia Tane · Jul 03, 2007, 01:04 AM // 01:04

Any details on the builds you were using in the 4/4 areas? What's a BHA ranger? Dual divine/smite build???

Tahlia Tane · Jul 03, 2007, 01:04 AM // 01:04

Any details on the builds you were using in the 4/4 areas? What's a BHA ranger? Dual divine/smite build???

Tahlia Tane · Jul 03, 2007, 01:07 AM // 01:07

Whoooooooops.

Bruce Leeroy · Jul 03, 2007, 05:09 PM // 17:09

BHA is [skill]Broad Head Arrow[/skill], basically it dazes casters and renders them quite useless. Even the most difficult Ele and Monk bosses are harmless against a BHA ranger.

This is what I used for the monks. The Atts were something like this.
10 Smite
12 Divine
9 Protection

[skill]Blessed Signet[/skill] [skill]Reversal of Fortune[/skill][skill]Reversal of Damage[/skill][skill]Defender's Zeal[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Aura[/skill][skill]Zealot's Fire[/skill][skill]Divine Boon[/skill][skill]Smite Hex[/skill]

[skill]Blessed Signet[/skill] [skill]Reversal of Fortune[/skill][skill]Reversal of Damage[/skill][skill]Defender's Zeal[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Aura[/skill][skill]Zealot's Fire[/skill][skill]Divine Boon[/skill][skill]Dismiss Condition[/skill]

* I dont put any res on my hero monks. My ranger packs it. In theory, since Im in the front line, my ranger has the easiest escape from battle.

** Thanks Evilsod ** brainfart at work, I will confirm the first skill when I get home. I can gaurantee the other 7 skills though.

*** Yes, Signet of Devotion should have been Blessed Signet. Thanks again.

Evilsod · Jul 03, 2007, 07:01 PM // 19:01

Do they work quite well like that? And i thought they never ever used Sig of Dev.

Racthoh · Jul 03, 2007, 10:02 PM // 22:02

Defender's Zeal is crazy energy management on hard mode enemies, and heroes are very good at spreading hexes around.

Evilsod · Jul 03, 2007, 11:16 PM // 23:16

Hmm, i might have to give it my smite monks... completely forgot about Defender's Zeal when i was making the builds.

Government Flu · Jul 05, 2007, 11:25 AM // 11:25

Quote:

Do they work quite well like that? And i thought they never ever used Sig of Dev.

I've seen my monk hero use signet of devotion before. It was during the bonus for one of the Prophs desert mission, where I disabled all of her skills and left the signet alone. Sure enough, she used it every now and again. :P

Anyway, I'm going to try out this smite monk build. See how it works.

EDIT: Gave the build to my heroes and tried beating the explorable area outside Zen Daijun on Hard Mode. The build offered subpar healing and party members on my team died when normally, they wouldn't. The damage done by the monks could easily be surpassed using an SF Ele or something of the like.

General DS · Jul 05, 2007, 04:32 PM // 16:32

I've been vanquishing all the areas with my friend but here is what weve been using for the 4 man zones (havent tried haiju lagoon yet, would have done zen daijun, but everytime we go there are no creatures to kill (neither of us have vanquished it yet).....)

Tank ( me )
Tank (friends)
Whispers (MM)
Dunkoro (WoH)

some of the spots got annoying but it was pretty simple. We used 3 different builds

1. Shotgun warrior - Hundred blades, splinter weapon are the 2 key skills
2. Conjure flame warrior (he used conjure lightning or w/e)- Basic PvP build, bu tput in flurry and galrath in instead of frenzy and rush
3. Normal Damage build - sever, gash, quivering, galrath, final thrust, flurry, healing sig, res.

For my frineds damage build he used - sever, gash, hundreds, galrath, final, healing breeze, balth spirit, and res

we basically took it slowly only agroing 1 group at a time, making a wall so no guys could get back and hit dunk/whispers. Once whispers gets a good 10 man army, it gets really easy.

Tahlia Tane · Jul 06, 2007, 12:26 AM // 00:26

Riiiiiight, so I tried that monk build with Defender's Zeal in Panjiang. I got owned by Kappas.

Mr.H.Mishima · Jul 07, 2007, 12:20 AM // 00:20

Lets see...Mourning Veil Falls - INSANE Terrain makes a ranger ineffective. A MM seems a big liability here. We finally did it with Tank, SS, Prot, Heal, Mes, Earth Warder, Rit with all weapon spells, Life Transfer Nec. Took forever.
Unwaking Waters - medium
Silent Surf - Really Rough, the patrols are everywhere

Brega · Jul 07, 2007, 06:00 AM // 06:00

to vanquish Zen Daijun just kill one of the tameable animals. this of course only works if you've completed the quest unwelcome guest.

Evilsod · Jul 08, 2007, 12:22 AM // 00:22

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Originally Posted by Hells Last Survivor

Lets see...Mourning Veil Falls - INSANE Terrain makes a ranger ineffective. A MM seems a big liability here. We finally did it with Tank, SS, Prot, Heal, Mes, Earth Warder, Rit with all weapon spells, Life Transfer Nec. Took forever.

Well thats.... wrong. The Terrain can easily be worked around and isn't even that bad. The MM is useful pretty much anywhere with corpses, especially to take the hits of Wardens, Dragon Moss and Mantids. The place is a pita thats no doubt though, some of the bosses are nasty little gits... but its really not that bad. Tahnnakai Temple gets that award.