Curse

revelation · Apr 25, 2007, 12:43 PM // 12:43

I've just been vanquishing Gandara, the Moon Fortress and everything was easy when I came to group of 20 lvl 26 kournan enemies... That was just insane! They weren't pullable or anything, they are 1 group and obviously I can't vanquish area without killing them with a normal group, maybe it would work with obs flesh tank and eles from behind, using wall aggro tactic similar to doa... Here are screenshots:

LONGA · Apr 25, 2007, 12:44 PM // 12:44

I belive it was a quest.Try clearing the quest in normal mode and comeback later on hardmode.

Hockster · Apr 25, 2007, 12:46 PM // 12:46

That's from the Thorn In Varesh's Side quest. You can't avoid it, they spawn until you complete the quest. Get it from Nerashi and do it in normal mode.

Benster · Apr 25, 2007, 12:49 PM // 12:49

I believe you can see Neshari in the picture you posted. Like Hockster said, normal mode for the quest, then come back

revelation · Apr 25, 2007, 12:49 PM // 12:49

I checked in my Quest Log and quest wasn't there... I must clear it anyways?

Hockster · Apr 25, 2007, 12:51 PM // 12:51

Yes, she's in the EA, and they spawn whether or not you take the quest.

revelation · Apr 25, 2007, 12:52 PM // 12:52

Oh, thanks for help

Gli · Apr 25, 2007, 12:53 PM // 12:53

I ran into the same problem. Eliminating those guys on normal mode with my hard mode setup seemed like taking candy from a baby.

greenlantern · Apr 25, 2007, 01:20 PM // 13:20

I did that area and beat that quest in hard mode. I had 2 heros with Metor shower, and I sent them in at the same time. The group stayed in one spot and died. Simple really.

Wilhelm · Apr 25, 2007, 01:38 PM // 13:38

Prettty funny wammo bar to be honest.

Dahnel · Apr 25, 2007, 01:52 PM // 13:52

Like how they are all practically stood on the same spot, Ice spikes, Savanah Heat, Sandstorm, Unsteady Ground gogogogo.

Nekretaal · Apr 25, 2007, 01:59 PM // 13:59

We I wasnt able to beat them with just meteor shower. I was thinking of Edge of extinction bombing them though.

SkowroN · Apr 25, 2007, 02:18 PM // 14:18

You need to complete the quest in normal mode, then vanquish the area. It doesn't matter if you have quest in log or not, if you dont finish it, Kournans will spawn anyway. I did it with no problem really, quest in normal is easy, and vanquishing after was easy too

revelation · Apr 25, 2007, 02:35 PM // 14:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilhelm

Prettty funny wammo bar to be honest.

Yea,build is funny I was using it for 4/4 areas when dunkoro had no spots for veil

Darko_UK · Apr 25, 2007, 07:41 PM // 19:41

lolololol fartus i saw you asking for people to join your HM group today

I was that rangerer standing next to fro about 5 minutez

Evilsod · Apr 25, 2007, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Yeah i did this earlier. Cleared out 1 side, only to find 40 Kournans in a small space on the other. Just take the quest. Come back in Normal mode, complete it. Then come back in Hard Mode and clear the area of Heket/Skales.

Its nice and satisfying slaughtering that many Kournans in normal mode...

MagmaRed · Apr 25, 2007, 08:26 PM // 20:26

Difficult, yes. Impossible, no.

I have been Vanquishing on my Ranger and didn't even know about the Thorn in Varesh's Side quest. I never talked to Nerashi as I didn't know what quest was there, and what it might spawn. I got wiped pretty hard, but I did manage to kill 1 of th groups off first. Decided to try a different tactic, and had a lot of fun. First time I used Olias as MM, Dunkoro as Healer, and Sousuke as SF nuker, then added Kihm, Eve, Herta, and Odurra.

Second time I took:

Margrid - Barrage with Winnowing
Jin - Barrage with EoE
Myself - Barrage with FW
Razah - Splinter, Shelter, Union
Mhenlo
Kihm
Herta
Eve

There are a few seperate groups, and killing one will cause another to move. They can be handled seperately though. Group 1 has Warriors and Rangers - they can be killed without entering aggro range (longbow/flatbow) and they never attack back. Group 2 has Elems and Monks. Group 3 has Dervs and Necros. There is 1-2 Mesmers mixed in, but I don't remember which groups have them and which don't.

If you kill the Warrior and Ranger group, that causes another group to move- the Elems and Monks. This helps, as they are now far away from the other group. Go kill them, as killing any other group will spawn more Kournans in other parts of the map.

If you take your time, and kill them one group at a time, always killing the group that moved before anything else, it is more easily done. The Monks and Elems are the hardest to kill, so be ready for a fight with them.

If you just want Vanquisher credit, do the quest in Normal mode. If you want a fun trip to test your skills, do it in Hard!

Evilsod · Apr 26, 2007, 12:55 PM // 12:55

Thinking about it...

Wouldn't it be possible to farm that large 3 in 1 mob with Barrage/Splinter?

revelation · Apr 26, 2007, 01:01 PM // 13:01

I think it's a little bit harder with warrior who doesn't have long range damage
and AoE to kill that group.

Evilsod · Apr 26, 2007, 01:17 PM // 13:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

Thinking about it...

Wouldn't it be possible to farm that large 3 in 1 mob with Barrage/Splinter?

Ok just tried on my rit. Can't be done alone. The Priests usually cover up most of the damage pretty soon, but the Zealots and Veil of Thorns really does screw up retreating, mob usually breaks up and you've gotta wait for em to regroup. Would need to be a 1kill kill situation.