It's official. I HATE Elona Reach! - Guild Wars Forums

RaynaA · Jun 23, 2010, 03:34 AM // 03:34

I have done everything up to now with henchmen only and the occasional help of my son who is still at level 13. I need to ascend. I did the Dunes of Despair. Now I'm trying to do Elona Reach. I've tried about 5 times now. Once I actually got the 3rd crystal and was about 3 steps from the gate with about 13 seconds left when I died. I am about to hang this up this is so frustrating. How do I go about finding people to help me? I dont' have a guild and while some people have suggested I join theirs I don't know how. Well I'm ready for help now. Anyone out there want to help an old lady ranger?

caballo_oscuro · Jun 23, 2010, 03:57 AM // 03:57

Rayna, sorry to hear you're having so much trouble with Elona Reach. The key with this mission is patience, pulling groups, and not getting overwhelmed. 30 minutes is plenty of time to get the last two crystals.

Pulling and dealing with groups in small numbers, focussing attention on an individual target in a group is the easiest way to deal with this mission.

There's a walkthrough on http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Elona_reach if you're really stuck.

RaynaA · Jun 23, 2010, 04:03 AM // 04:03

Yeah thanks. I've been trying to do just that. I don't take any fighters because they tend to run after everything. I plant my party and try to wait until the mobs are split up. It just takes so much time to kill the sages and arcanists that we're still fighting when another patrol gets close. I've read the walkthroughs. I've seen the maps. I know where the crystals are. I just can't get the kills fast enough. Can you tell me some good skills to take for a ranger? I've been using power shot, distracting shot, troll ungeunt, winnowing, and 2 pet skills plus comfort animal. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

Sparkmaster25 · Jun 23, 2010, 04:27 AM // 04:27

If your still having trouble with this mission I would be glad to help you in a little while when I get on, IGN Lord Of Malkier.

Raven Wing · Jun 23, 2010, 07:15 AM // 07:15

Another thing to consider is the quality of your armor and weapons? If your armor is not of max quality you should consider replacing it. You have two basic options:
1. sidestep from storyline and buy max armor, (for a ranger that is armor level 70), it requires that you have some cash and materials available. You can either go to Beacon's Perch and pay other players for a run to Droknars Forge where you can buy, or if you own Nightfall, Factions or Eye of the north you can do certain quests from Lions Arch to get to places there and have armor crafted for you.
2. Get collectors armor in the elona desert area. This is the way to go if you lack in funds, are patient and wish to stay within the storyline of the game. For example you can hunt Storm Kin in Salt Flats and collect 5 Shriveled eyes from them, and hand then in to the collector Sir Norrington and get gloves. 5 more gives you a mask and there are other collectors around that will provide you with boots, chest armor and leggings.
For weapons, you should have a bow doing 15-28 damage with some good bonus.
Collector Morn Drakespur in Skyward Reach provides a nice bow for 5 hydra claws. Or you can jump to Lions Arch and type in the trade chat: WTB nice bow max 2k, and you will soon get some useful bow offered from another player.

When this is done, try again, and follow caballo's advice for strategy

Good luck

Mintha Syl · Jun 23, 2010, 07:45 AM // 07:45

That mission is crappy indeed. I see you already found help, so you should do it. However, if you're ever again having trouble with timing consider doing the bonus separately, i saves a lot.

Also be sure to always take out the healers first, other way the battle is really too long, and call targets.

xMinimalism · Jun 23, 2010, 08:08 AM // 08:08

If you are still in need of help, I'd love to lend a hand! Just leave your in-game name here.

Andemius · Jun 23, 2010, 08:25 AM // 08:25

this misson is still runnable as far as i know. chances are someone in your guild/ally will be able to do it. If not, generally at least 1 person running it a day 2k/per person.

Edit: Srry mis-read that you don't have a guild, get one, they'll prolly help you even if they don't run it.

BrettM · Jun 23, 2010, 10:51 AM // 10:51

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Originally Posted by RaynaA

I dont' have a guild and while some people have suggested I join theirs I don't know how.

It's very simple. The leader or one of the officers of the guild you wish to join must create an invitation for you by entering your character name in their guild menu as an invitee. (This will cost the officer 100g, and some guilds may expect you to reimburse them for this expense. I'm inclined to say that you should avoid any guild that wants payment.) Once the invitation has been created, press the "G" key on your keyboard to open up your guild menu to accept the invitation, at which point you will become a member.

aspi · Jun 23, 2010, 11:32 AM // 11:32

Also willing to help, I had the same problem in the beginning. After getting some good builds the mission is quite easy.
Did you also have problems with thirsty river? I can imagine if you have problems with this mission that one will also give you some trouble.
If you need any help me and my discord/sab team will give you a hand.
IGN Kale Pruim

Masmar · Jun 23, 2010, 11:47 AM // 11:47

Elona Reach hates you

Hells Fury · Jun 23, 2010, 02:17 PM // 14:17

In Soviet Russia

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Originally Posted by Masmar

Elona Reach hates you

fixed

tijo · Jun 23, 2010, 02:29 PM // 14:29

I know what you mean, that mission is a real pain. Recently went to do the mission in HM for my guardian titles and i didn't see that many runners. As said previously, take out the healers first, then i'd take the eles since they can knock down your whole party and keep your interrupts like distracting and savage shot for the skills that really matter like word of healing for the healers and earthquake for the eles.

EDIT: If you play on the eastern time zone, send me a pm on the forum and i'll give you my IGN. At this rate you could end up with a full party.

Quaker · Jun 23, 2010, 03:00 PM // 15:00

I too would be willing to help an "old lady" (who's probably about the same age as my daughter

). IGN - John of Woods.

There are a few "tricks" in that mission - for example, don't try to go across the bridge to get to the second crystal, go around the long way.

Btw, like many other quests/missions, ER becomes much easier with humans or heroes instead of henchmen.

P.s. I guess I'm the only one who's never had big problems with this mission.

Xiaquin · Jun 23, 2010, 03:09 PM // 15:09

Ohh boy, even the gods hate this mission. If you aren't with a good party your frustration will be endless. This was one of my nightmares long ago, and we were all new once. OP, if you need help in the future feel free to send me a PM on here.

Mintha Syl · Jun 23, 2010, 03:23 PM // 15:23

Wow, it looks like everyone finds this mission hateful. Back when I did it first time, and I had to do it at least twice, they told me: what, are you joking, it's a crazily easy mission! I thought it was only me. And now after a lot of time and getting a lot better I still don't breeze through it. That's why I didn't offer physical help like others did.

Benderama · Jun 23, 2010, 05:31 PM // 17:31

you said you don'thave a guild~ join one like Kiss which will have lots of XP players ready to help. you can usually see people adverstising guilds in gmae, whisper them and ask to join. or search guilds online, most with websites have oonline application forms or show the IGN of their officers.
Tips:
*go slower, you have 30 minutes to collect 2 objects. honestly if you need to pull back because your party isn't killing a sage (believe me hench pick the stupidest times to attack the target you're not attacking).
* pull groups so you don't end up with 2 healers.
*bring more damage skills/hench to kill the sages quicker
*bring prot skills so you can always just run the crystal back to the ghostly hero if your party gets stuck on another forgotten sage.

Also it may just be your profession, buy new skills. some professions struggle to complete certain missions (try an early mesmer in vizunah square).

aspi · Jun 23, 2010, 06:04 PM // 18:04

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Originally Posted by Mintha Syl

Wow, it looks like everyone finds this mission hateful. Back when I did it first time, and I had to do it at least twice, they told me: what, are you joking, it's a crazily easy mission! I thought it was only me. And now after a lot of time and getting a lot better I still don't breeze through it. That's why I didn't offer physical help like others did.

It's quite easy with a sab or discord team. The only thing I find annoying is those plant like things(splinter thingies), never knew how they worked and just ignored them.

Cuilan · Jun 23, 2010, 06:24 PM // 18:24

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Originally Posted by aspi

It's quite easy with a sab or discord team. The only thing I find annoying is those plant like things(splinter thingies), never knew how they worked and just ignored them.

The OP doesn't have heroes and likely doesn't know what what a Discord team is.

aspi · Jun 23, 2010, 07:27 PM // 19:27

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Originally Posted by Cuilan

The OP doesn't have heroes and likely doesn't know what what a Discord team is.

I was kinda talking to mintha

Jun 23, 2010, 03:34 AM // 03:34	#1
RaynaA Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2010	It's official. I HATE Elona Reach! I have done everything up to now with henchmen only and the occasional help of my son who is still at level 13. I need to ascend. I did the Dunes of Despair. Now I'm trying to do Elona Reach. I've tried about 5 times now. Once I actually got the 3rd crystal and was about 3 steps from the gate with about 13 seconds left when I died. I am about to hang this up this is so frustrating. How do I go about finding people to help me? I dont' have a guild and while some people have suggested I join theirs I don't know how. Well I'm ready for help now. Anyone out there want to help an old lady ranger?

Jun 23, 2010, 02:29 PM // 14:29	#13
tijo Jungle Guide Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Montreal Guild: [CDDR] Profession: R/	I know what you mean, that mission is a real pain. Recently went to do the mission in HM for my guardian titles and i didn't see that many runners. As said previously, take out the healers first, then i'd take the eles since they can knock down your whole party and keep your interrupts like distracting and savage shot for the skills that really matter like word of healing for the healers and earthquake for the eles. EDIT: If you play on the eastern time zone, send me a pm on the forum and i'll give you my IGN. At this rate you could end up with a full party. Last edited by tijo; Jun 23, 2010 at 03:14 PM // 15:14..

Jun 23, 2010, 03:00 PM // 15:00	#14
Quaker Hell's Protector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Guild: Brothers Disgruntled	I too would be willing to help an "old lady" (who's probably about the same age as my daughter ). IGN - John of Woods. There are a few "tricks" in that mission - for example, don't try to go across the bridge to get to the second crystal, go around the long way. Btw, like many other quests/missions, ER becomes much easier with humans or heroes instead of henchmen. P.s. I guess I'm the only one who's never had big problems with this mission. Last edited by Quaker; Jun 24, 2010 at 03:39 PM // 15:39..

Jun 23, 2010, 03:57 AM // 03:57	#2
caballo_oscuro Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2008 Guild: Aura	Rayna, sorry to hear you're having so much trouble with Elona Reach. The key with this mission is patience, pulling groups, and not getting overwhelmed. 30 minutes is plenty of time to get the last two crystals. Pulling and dealing with groups in small numbers, focussing attention on an individual target in a group is the easiest way to deal with this mission. There's a walkthrough on http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Elona_reach if you're really stuck.

Jun 23, 2010, 04:03 AM // 04:03	#3
RaynaA Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2010	Yeah thanks. I've been trying to do just that. I don't take any fighters because they tend to run after everything. I plant my party and try to wait until the mobs are split up. It just takes so much time to kill the sages and arcanists that we're still fighting when another patrol gets close. I've read the walkthroughs. I've seen the maps. I know where the crystals are. I just can't get the kills fast enough. Can you tell me some good skills to take for a ranger? I've been using power shot, distracting shot, troll ungeunt, winnowing, and 2 pet skills plus comfort animal. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

Jun 23, 2010, 04:27 AM // 04:27	#4
Sparkmaster25 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Dec 2008 Guild: Sins Reloaded Profession: P/W	If your still having trouble with this mission I would be glad to help you in a little while when I get on, IGN Lord Of Malkier.

Jun 23, 2010, 07:15 AM // 07:15	#5
Raven Wing Jungle Guide Join Date: Nov 2005 Guild: The Imperial Guards of Istan [TIGI] Profession: N/	Another thing to consider is the quality of your armor and weapons? If your armor is not of max quality you should consider replacing it. You have two basic options: 1. sidestep from storyline and buy max armor, (for a ranger that is armor level 70), it requires that you have some cash and materials available. You can either go to Beacon's Perch and pay other players for a run to Droknars Forge where you can buy, or if you own Nightfall, Factions or Eye of the north you can do certain quests from Lions Arch to get to places there and have armor crafted for you. 2. Get collectors armor in the elona desert area. This is the way to go if you lack in funds, are patient and wish to stay within the storyline of the game. For example you can hunt Storm Kin in Salt Flats and collect 5 Shriveled eyes from them, and hand then in to the collector Sir Norrington and get gloves. 5 more gives you a mask and there are other collectors around that will provide you with boots, chest armor and leggings. For weapons, you should have a bow doing 15-28 damage with some good bonus. Collector Morn Drakespur in Skyward Reach provides a nice bow for 5 hydra claws. Or you can jump to Lions Arch and type in the trade chat: WTB nice bow max 2k, and you will soon get some useful bow offered from another player. When this is done, try again, and follow caballo's advice for strategy Good luck

Jun 23, 2010, 07:45 AM // 07:45	#6
Mintha Syl Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2010	That mission is crappy indeed. I see you already found help, so you should do it. However, if you're ever again having trouble with timing consider doing the bonus separately, i saves a lot. Also be sure to always take out the healers first, other way the battle is really too long, and call targets.

Jun 23, 2010, 08:08 AM // 08:08	#7
xMinimalism Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: USEast Guild: Guildless Profession: W/	If you are still in need of help, I'd love to lend a hand! Just leave your in-game name here.

Jun 23, 2010, 08:25 AM // 08:25	#8
Andemius Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2008 Guild: Vanguard's Last Stand [Hero] Profession: W/	this misson is still runnable as far as i know. chances are someone in your guild/ally will be able to do it. If not, generally at least 1 person running it a day 2k/per person. Edit: Srry mis-read that you don't have a guild, get one, they'll prolly help you even if they don't run it.

Jun 23, 2010, 11:32 AM // 11:32	#10
aspi Desert Nomad Join Date: Jan 2010 Guild: eeew Profession: N/Rt	Also willing to help, I had the same problem in the beginning. After getting some good builds the mission is quite easy. Did you also have problems with thirsty river? I can imagine if you have problems with this mission that one will also give you some trouble. If you need any help me and my discord/sab team will give you a hand. IGN Kale Pruim

Jun 23, 2010, 11:47 AM // 11:47	#11
Masmar Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2008 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Guild: We Gat Dis [HRUU] Profession: E/	Elona Reach hates you

Jun 23, 2010, 03:09 PM // 15:09	#15
Xiaquin Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2010 Guild: [aRIN] Profession: R/	Ohh boy, even the gods hate this mission. If you aren't with a good party your frustration will be endless. This was one of my nightmares long ago, and we were all new once. OP, if you need help in the future feel free to send me a PM on here.

Jun 23, 2010, 03:23 PM // 15:23	#16
Mintha Syl Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2010	Wow, it looks like everyone finds this mission hateful. Back when I did it first time, and I had to do it at least twice, they told me: what, are you joking, it's a crazily easy mission! I thought it was only me. And now after a lot of time and getting a lot better I still don't breeze through it. That's why I didn't offer physical help like others did.

Jun 23, 2010, 05:31 PM // 17:31	#17
Benderama Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Guild: [Rage] Profession: Rt/	you said you don'thave a guild~ join one like Kiss which will have lots of XP players ready to help. you can usually see people adverstising guilds in gmae, whisper them and ask to join. or search guilds online, most with websites have oonline application forms or show the IGN of their officers. Tips: go slower, you have 30 minutes to collect 2 objects. honestly if you need to pull back because your party isn't killing a sage (believe me hench pick the stupidest times to attack the target you're not attacking). pull groups so you don't end up with 2 healers. bring more damage skills/hench to kill the sages quicker bring prot skills so you can always just run the crystal back to the ghostly hero if your party gets stuck on another forgotten sage. Also it may just be your profession, buy new skills. some professions struggle to complete certain missions (try an early mesmer in vizunah square).