Week of Guild Wars - Need Suggestions - Guild Wars Forums

CirdanValen · Mar 04, 2011, 07:46 AM // 07:46

So in little over a week I start spring break, which I would like to use to bump up my HoM. My HoM is at 6.

I'm pretty far into EoTN, with my Prophesies W/Mo. I own both Nightfall and Factions. What should I do that week to best up my HoM? On my W/Mo I'm 4 or 5 missions away from getting Guardian of Tyria, and 66% to getting Tyrian Cartographer. I have a pre-searing elementalist with none of the quests done so I could work on getting LDoA, just waiting to see how the new quests affect that leveling. I currently have 30k so I'm far away from getting prestige armor.

I started a R/Rt on Factions (just got to the main island), but I don't really like the play style of the ranger. Maybe it's just because I'm used to the warrior, but the ranger is way too squishy for how much aggro it gets. I chose the Ranger so I could get a pet to dedicate to the HoM, and try to get the black moa.

I guess I can work on getting Guardian of Tyria and Tyrian Cartographer that week, hopefully won't take me too long then just play Factions or Nightfall through. Any other suggestions?

A11Eur0 · Mar 04, 2011, 07:48 AM // 07:48

You're spending your spring break playing guild wars?

Sorry.

I guess if you enjoy having zero life, you can just do missions, HM and NM. Along the way, pick up the various things you can use to fill in other monuments, such as a black moa, imperial phoenix, some armor (can buy an elite set with what you make by selling loot), a couple weapons maybe, and do the Black Moa Chick thing and get yourself your green mini. If you're done with that early, vanquish, skill hunt and map at the same time. You won't be the most efficient skill hunter, but it'll give you a quick boost that you can augment later in NM. It'll also pay for sigs of capture. Skill Hunter (legendary) was my first max title set, because it was relatively non-boring and easy.

Lord Mip · Mar 04, 2011, 08:59 AM // 08:59

@Above: You're not to judge on how he spends his Spring Break. Not everybody has the money/means/interest to go to some beach and party all week.

I would suggest just completing the campaigns first. Maybe get some PvE skills from EotN first because they're very powerful and they will help you in the other campaigns. Try mapping the missions as you do them. Have you already been using a tool called Texmod? Texmod Wiki Page
If you are just there to fill your Hall of Monuments, I wouldn't bother with LDoA too much. But if you plan on getting God, Walking Among Mere Mortals some day, it might be a good idea to get LDoA on your Ele and also get Survivor then. That's 2 max titles already towards the 30 you need.

*Darcy* · Mar 04, 2011, 10:36 AM // 10:36

While you have all that playing time, I would work on my Vanquisher titles. Vanquishing would also help with the gold needed to get elite armor. Embark Beach has a Zaishen daily vanquish to replace the Zaishen Combat you can get at GToB. That daily will give you bonus gold as part of the reward.

aelesia · Mar 04, 2011, 10:54 AM // 10:54

You would probably want to finish all the campaigns first so you have access to every area and hero. Try to get 5 titles because it's worth a good 3 points.

Apart from those points, the fastest way to fill out your HoM is to farm lots and lots and lots of gold and purchase items for whichever points are the most cost-efficent. You can check out my price estimation guide for the HoM here.

I think lots of people will tell you about which titles you should go for, but honestly I believe that most titles aren't worth the time invested in it if you're only interested in HoM points. You're only awarded 1 point for every 5 titles you get, which means each title is only worth 0.2 points. If you're able to find 5 easy to obtain titles, that's fine, but generally most titles aren't easy to obtain. You'll be much better off farming gold for HoM points than grinding titles.

I'm currently at 43/50 HoM points and I only have a total of 10 titles. Out of the 3 of them are non-displayable titles and 4 of them are non-maxed titles (aka free/easy titles). The only 'real' titles that I have are "Protector of Elona", "Protector of Cantha" and "Guardian of Cantha".

LifeInfusion · Mar 04, 2011, 02:42 PM // 14:42

VQ is not something you can finish in a week (unless you're pulling massive amounts of playtime), even a good team takes at least 40-50 minutes per zone, so it's over 20 hours per VQ title. Also, even with the new daily Vanquish, it's easier to get a group for this but it's long and tedious. I remember some zones I spent <1 hour vanquishing but I spent 1 hour looking for stray patrols.

Guardian, definitely can be done in that time, most missions are ~20-30 min and the most missions are in Tyria with a total of 25. (58 total missions versus over 100 zones for VQ.) The best one to do first is Canthan Guardian (13 missions).

Easy points that take very little effort: Black moa (2 minutes), black widow (20 min), Imperial phoenix (~5 min)

Easy points: FOW (join a FOWSC and get it done in ~30 min, or do it balanced and take about 1.5-2.5hours) ; Sorrow's Furnace ; UW (good luck getting group without ghastly stones)

@ aelesia, you can suggest to the OP to buy all the HoM points, but that's not exactly something you do during a week of playing. Buying/selling stuff can be done AFK (i.e. on this forum or just AFKING ingame).

Also the first 5 displayable titles are more points than you can get from other stuff unless you're packing a reasonably large sum of gold (minis; armor; 10 oppressor or destroyer weapons; multiple hero armors ~5-10k each).

aelesia · Mar 04, 2011, 04:03 PM // 16:03

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Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

@ aelesia, you can suggest to the OP to buy all the HoM points, but that's not exactly something you do during a week of playing. Buying/selling stuff can be done AFK (i.e. on this forum or just AFKING ingame).

Also the first 5 displayable titles are more points than you can get from other stuff unless you're packing a reasonably large sum of gold (minis; armor; 10 oppressor or destroyer weapons; multiple hero armors ~5-10k each).

Well IMO if you can farm, it's certainly possible to farm enough gold for 30 HoM points in a reasonable amount of time. (and by reasonable I mean just about 20 hours of farming) So in the 20 hours spent to get 1 vanquish title worth 0.2 ponts, you could have farmed enough to buy over 20 HoM points.

On the other hand it is extremely boring and offers virtually no gameplay value, but if you are solely in for the HoM points and nothing else like I am, this is the fastest way.

Mar 04, 2011, 07:46 AM // 07:46	#1
CirdanValen Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jan 2011	Week of Guild Wars - Need Suggestions So in little over a week I start spring break, which I would like to use to bump up my HoM. My HoM is at 6. I'm pretty far into EoTN, with my Prophesies W/Mo. I own both Nightfall and Factions. What should I do that week to best up my HoM? On my W/Mo I'm 4 or 5 missions away from getting Guardian of Tyria, and 66% to getting Tyrian Cartographer. I have a pre-searing elementalist with none of the quests done so I could work on getting LDoA, just waiting to see how the new quests affect that leveling. I currently have 30k so I'm far away from getting prestige armor. I started a R/Rt on Factions (just got to the main island), but I don't really like the play style of the ranger. Maybe it's just because I'm used to the warrior, but the ranger is way too squishy for how much aggro it gets. I chose the Ranger so I could get a pet to dedicate to the HoM, and try to get the black moa. I guess I can work on getting Guardian of Tyria and Tyrian Cartographer that week, hopefully won't take me too long then just play Factions or Nightfall through. Any other suggestions?

Mar 04, 2011, 07:48 AM // 07:48	#2
A11Eur0 Furnace Stoker Join Date: Apr 2005 Profession: W/	You're spending your spring break playing guild wars? Sorry. I guess if you enjoy having zero life, you can just do missions, HM and NM. Along the way, pick up the various things you can use to fill in other monuments, such as a black moa, imperial phoenix, some armor (can buy an elite set with what you make by selling loot), a couple weapons maybe, and do the Black Moa Chick thing and get yourself your green mini. If you're done with that early, vanquish, skill hunt and map at the same time. You won't be the most efficient skill hunter, but it'll give you a quick boost that you can augment later in NM. It'll also pay for sigs of capture. Skill Hunter (legendary) was my first max title set, because it was relatively non-boring and easy. Last edited by A11Eur0; Mar 04, 2011 at 07:51 AM // 07:51..

Mar 04, 2011, 10:54 AM // 10:54	#5
aelesia Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2010	You would probably want to finish all the campaigns first so you have access to every area and hero. Try to get 5 titles because it's worth a good 3 points. Apart from those points, the fastest way to fill out your HoM is to farm lots and lots and lots of gold and purchase items for whichever points are the most cost-efficent. You can check out my price estimation guide for the HoM here. I think lots of people will tell you about which titles you should go for, but honestly I believe that most titles aren't worth the time invested in it if you're only interested in HoM points. You're only awarded 1 point for every 5 titles you get, which means each title is only worth 0.2 points. If you're able to find 5 easy to obtain titles, that's fine, but generally most titles aren't easy to obtain. You'll be much better off farming gold for HoM points than grinding titles. I'm currently at 43/50 HoM points and I only have a total of 10 titles. Out of the 3 of them are non-displayable titles and 4 of them are non-maxed titles (aka free/easy titles). The only 'real' titles that I have are "Protector of Elona", "Protector of Cantha" and "Guardian of Cantha". Last edited by aelesia; Mar 04, 2011 at 10:58 AM // 10:58..

Mar 04, 2011, 02:42 PM // 14:42	#6
LifeInfusion Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: in the midline Profession: E/Mo	VQ is not something you can finish in a week (unless you're pulling massive amounts of playtime), even a good team takes at least 40-50 minutes per zone, so it's over 20 hours per VQ title. Also, even with the new daily Vanquish, it's easier to get a group for this but it's long and tedious. I remember some zones I spent <1 hour vanquishing but I spent 1 hour looking for stray patrols. Guardian, definitely can be done in that time, most missions are ~20-30 min and the most missions are in Tyria with a total of 25. (58 total missions versus over 100 zones for VQ.) The best one to do first is Canthan Guardian (13 missions). Easy points that take very little effort: Black moa (2 minutes), black widow (20 min), Imperial phoenix (~5 min) Easy points: FOW (join a FOWSC and get it done in ~30 min, or do it balanced and take about 1.5-2.5hours) ; Sorrow's Furnace ; UW (good luck getting group without ghastly stones) @ aelesia, you can suggest to the OP to buy all the HoM points, but that's not exactly something you do during a week of playing. Buying/selling stuff can be done AFK (i.e. on this forum or just AFKING ingame). Also the first 5 displayable titles are more points than you can get from other stuff unless you're packing a reasonably large sum of gold (minis; armor; 10 oppressor or destroyer weapons; multiple hero armors ~5-10k each). Last edited by LifeInfusion; Mar 04, 2011 at 03:03 PM // 15:03..

Mar 04, 2011, 08:59 AM // 08:59	#3
Lord Mip Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Somewhere in a distant land.. Guild: Reign of Judgement [RoJ] Profession: E/	@Above: You're not to judge on how he spends his Spring Break. Not everybody has the money/means/interest to go to some beach and party all week. I would suggest just completing the campaigns first. Maybe get some PvE skills from EotN first because they're very powerful and they will help you in the other campaigns. Try mapping the missions as you do them. Have you already been using a tool called Texmod? Texmod Wiki Page If you are just there to fill your Hall of Monuments, I wouldn't bother with LDoA too much. But if you plan on getting God, Walking Among Mere Mortals some day, it might be a good idea to get LDoA on your Ele and also get Survivor then. That's 2 max titles already towards the 30 you need.

Mar 04, 2011, 10:36 AM // 10:36	#4
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	While you have all that playing time, I would work on my Vanquisher titles. Vanquishing would also help with the gold needed to get elite armor. Embark Beach has a Zaishen daily vanquish to replace the Zaishen Combat you can get at GToB. That daily will give you bonus gold as part of the reward.