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Mavrik · Aug 05, 2005, 06:47 PM // 18:47

Well I did a search and nothing came up for what I was looking for...

Santum Cay, access to the desert. I'm at this location mission now and was wondering if anyone can shed some light on the basic outline of the mission and the bonus for this? Obviously its going to have something to do with the staff and white mantel... So can anyone give me some pointers, tips and stratagy to complete this?

Its gonna be different to go from lush jungles to sandy deserts but the show must go on.

Andy_M · Aug 05, 2005, 10:36 PM // 22:36

Basically take the scepter and give it to the vizier. Go slowly and dont bother with the bonus (do the bonus on a separate run). There are some powerful groups of undead in your way but as soon as you clear the 3-4 groups on the bridge (pretty near the start) thats the end of the tricky bit. At the end of the mission watch the map and dont get separated too badly.

Mavrik · Aug 05, 2005, 11:05 PM // 23:05

what is the bonus?

Boubou · Aug 05, 2005, 11:22 PM // 23:22

Bring a sprit to the vizier. When you leave the boat, the river go inland at the left, continue where are the drakes, at the end of the beach, there is the spirit... take him to the vizier "alive" (you know what I mean

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Lost · Aug 05, 2005, 11:43 PM // 23:43

Yes, be sure not to do the bonus and mission on the same run or it will most likely end up with your party laying face down in the sand.

Mavrik · Aug 05, 2005, 11:59 PM // 23:59

so I would be advised to kill all the way to the Vizier then go back for the spirit if I was to try and do the bonus at the same time?

Loviatar · Aug 06, 2005, 12:04 AM // 00:04

different question

do the white mantle spawn when you are with the vizier or are they around and you can kill them earlier to make the ending easier?

Andy_M · Aug 06, 2005, 12:15 AM // 00:15

They must be around as they gather around the area where the vizier spawns when you take the spirit to the graveyard. Hmmmm...

Mavrik · Aug 06, 2005, 12:22 AM // 00:22

Well I'll give this a shot tonight and see what happens, I'd like to move on to the desert as thats the "proper" way to the Droknar which I've already been to and cleared to Thunderhead... oops

Andy_M · Aug 06, 2005, 12:38 AM // 00:38

Lol, shouldn't be a problem. It's not the hardest mission out there.

Kishin · Aug 06, 2005, 06:10 AM // 06:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mavrik

so I would be advised to kill all the way to the Vizier then go back for the spirit if I was to try and do the bonus at the same time?

Nope. Basically, the mission ends with squad after squad of White Mantle bearing down on you as the Vizier works a little magic, and your job is to protect him while he does so. However, if you take too long during the course of the mission, the Mantle start showing up early, so you'll arrive at the final area of the mission only to be greeted by no less than three dozen White Mantle, at which point one of two things will happen:

a) They will dogpile on the Vizier and kill him in seconds, ending the mission for you.

b) They will all aggro you, and well...six people against 6-8 times that number is pretty much certain death.

So in short, if you want the bonus, you should run it entirely separately from the mission itself, as others have said.

Mavrik · Aug 06, 2005, 03:46 PM // 15:46

Ok well I did the mission last night with two hench and two fellow guild mates, one a warrior and one an E/Mo just like me. We ran it actually and never got attacked bad enough to make us need to stop and heal even once all the way to the Vizier. From there we ran all the way down to the dock where I took some screen shots of the boat being raised up by the vizier which was really cool. Only 2 mantle people showed up so we smoked them and once the boat was by the dock, we hopped on, end mission. It was to easy IMO. But hey now I'm in the desert oasis.