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lil_necro_chick · Apr 11, 2007, 05:21 PM // 17:21

This quest is driving me crazy. It's called "fallen soldiers", and I acquired it at lvl 10. According to guildwiki, it's "easy". Well I have news for guildwiki... something about that quest has changed since that poster posted that opinion.

I complained to a lvl 20 in my guild and he said he couldn't even complete that quest... The reason is that at the end when you're supposed to go collect whatever it is they tell you to get from the fallen soldiers, there are about 20 charr all gathered close together, and no way to pull just 2 or 3 away from the group. And many of them also self heal....Suffice it to say it has been an act in futility trying to kill them.

Any thoughts, hints, whatever, or do I just drop it? I suppose I could try to get a few lvl 20s to help me. But before i go there, maybe someone has a brilliant idea about this one?

ShadowsRequiem · Apr 11, 2007, 05:24 PM // 17:24

wait so theres only like 20 lvl 6-8 charr? how can a lvl 20 not do that........

lil_necro_chick · Apr 11, 2007, 05:28 PM // 17:28

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Originally Posted by ShadowsRequiem

wait so theres only like 20 lvl 6-8 charr? how can a lvl 20 not do that........

No idea actually. Maybe he's not lvl 20 - I thought he was.

Anyway, I guess you're not familiar with the quest?

ShadowsRequiem · Apr 11, 2007, 05:29 PM // 17:29

i'll log on right now and help you if you want

my character name is Kate Deliverance

Lydz · Apr 11, 2007, 05:31 PM // 17:31

One word...elementalist (lvl 20)! All they have to do is use one Rodgort's Invocation and bam most of their health is gone. Followed that with another AoE spell and they'r buh bye lol.

Jimmy Evol · Apr 11, 2007, 05:32 PM // 17:32

I completed this quest just the other day on a lvl 9 warrior, with noob equipment at that. I died the first try though because i wasn't ready and just ran in, lol, but i came back the second time from the other side of the bridge and lured them back in small groups. Unless something changed in this last update, it shouldnt be that hard.

lil_necro_chick · Apr 11, 2007, 05:33 PM // 17:33

OK awesome. I'll log on as well. Mine is "Lil necro chick". It starts in Piken Square.

Realm of Fiery Doom · Apr 11, 2007, 05:35 PM // 17:35

Charr?!?

I farmed them with Phoenix - Inferno - Flame Burst outside Piken Square. About 20 there too. And I was only level 15, and without a Rune of Major Vigor too! (But yes, I only aggroed about 5 at a time

)

If I see you in-game, I'll try to help you.

HawkofStorms · Apr 11, 2007, 05:40 PM // 17:40

I've done this. Its still not that hard. It is possible to pull small groups of them. Use a longbow. Be patient. If you die, try again.
The reason these quests are there is to teach you about game mechanics, not just learn to power through quests with the help of level 20s.

Loviatar · Apr 11, 2007, 05:44 PM // 17:44

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Originally Posted by lil_necro_chick

Any thoughts, hints, whatever, or do I just drop it? I suppose I could try to get a few lvl 20s to help me. But before i go there, maybe someone has a brilliant idea about this one?

i am assuming you have a full party and are not trying solo.

there are different directions to get to that area.

if you come from the lowlands direction it is easier to kill a few and run heal than repeat.

if despapate just concentrate the partys fire on one target to kill it before dying yourself,

run back and kiull another rince and repeat.

even a 60 DP party can kill a single target before being killed,

and since i did it recently it has not changed.

lil_necro_chick · Apr 11, 2007, 06:07 PM // 18:07

Hm, well i'm not soloing, but my party is lvl 6's. I tried from multiple directions, up, down, around... The first time I tried it they were more spread out, and I thought it might be possible to do it. When I went back a few hours later, they were all squeezed close together - and there were twice as many as from my earlier try. So what is this changeability about? Do I go away and come back later, hoping there are half as many again? I'm not sure I could have pulled any off the second time I was logged on. They were in an arrangement that was different, many more, and much closer than the previous time...

I find this a little confusing. I mean, ya, maybe it was EASIER for someone who had a different arrangement/number of mobs, cause I've seen it change dramatically with my own eyes, but what the heck is that about? I waited for them to move when there were so many the last time, but none of them budged an inch.

I just did the quest now (with the help offered above) and there were less than half as many there as the last time I tried, and they were more spread out. SO???? WHat up?

Realm of Fiery Doom · Apr 11, 2007, 06:12 PM // 18:12

You probably just got a lucky spawn

lil_necro_chick · Apr 11, 2007, 06:16 PM // 18:16

But that's a good suggestion about pulling with a bow. I will try that next time I DON'T get help from a bunch of lvl 20's LOL.

Honor · Apr 12, 2007, 01:55 AM // 01:55

took some time to kill all the Char but believe i did it with henchies at the time, monk, mage and warrior

malko050987 · Apr 12, 2007, 08:47 AM // 08:47

I had an easy time of it with henchies when I did it...

And later, I came solo with a R/Rt splinter barrage build and owned them in a few seconds... not hard at all.

dark_prince2023 · Apr 12, 2007, 09:47 AM // 09:47

"It was easy for me" says the wammo before mending nurf!

Apr 11, 2007, 05:21 PM // 17:21	#1
lil_necro_chick Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Profession: N/R	An expletive-deleted "noob" quest This quest is driving me crazy. It's called "fallen soldiers", and I acquired it at lvl 10. According to guildwiki, it's "easy". Well I have news for guildwiki... something about that quest has changed since that poster posted that opinion. I complained to a lvl 20 in my guild and he said he couldn't even complete that quest... The reason is that at the end when you're supposed to go collect whatever it is they tell you to get from the fallen soldiers, there are about 20 charr all gathered close together, and no way to pull just 2 or 3 away from the group. And many of them also self heal....Suffice it to say it has been an act in futility trying to kill them. Any thoughts, hints, whatever, or do I just drop it? I suppose I could try to get a few lvl 20s to help me. But before i go there, maybe someone has a brilliant idea about this one?

Apr 11, 2007, 05:32 PM // 17:32	#6
Jimmy Evol Academy Page Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Missouri, USA Guild: Meeting of the Lost Minds [MLM] Profession: R/Mo	I completed this quest just the other day on a lvl 9 warrior, with noob equipment at that. I died the first try though because i wasn't ready and just ran in, lol, but i came back the second time from the other side of the bridge and lured them back in small groups. Unless something changed in this last update, it shouldnt be that hard. Last edited by Jimmy Evol; Apr 11, 2007 at 05:35 PM // 17:35..

Apr 11, 2007, 05:24 PM // 17:24	#2
ShadowsRequiem Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Guild: Inde is Smoking [Hawt] ToA Profession: W/E	wait so theres only like 20 lvl 6-8 charr? how can a lvl 20 not do that........

Apr 11, 2007, 05:29 PM // 17:29	#4
ShadowsRequiem Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Guild: Inde is Smoking [Hawt] ToA Profession: W/E	i'll log on right now and help you if you want my character name is Kate Deliverance

Apr 11, 2007, 05:31 PM // 17:31	#5
Lydz Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Guild: The Crazy Dragons [TCD] Profession: E/Mo	One word...elementalist (lvl 20)! All they have to do is use one Rodgort's Invocation and bam most of their health is gone. Followed that with another AoE spell and they'r buh bye lol.

Apr 11, 2007, 05:33 PM // 17:33	#7
lil_necro_chick Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Profession: N/R	OK awesome. I'll log on as well. Mine is "Lil necro chick". It starts in Piken Square.

Apr 11, 2007, 05:35 PM // 17:35	#8
Realm of Fiery Doom Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Realm of Fiery Doom	Charr?!? I farmed them with Phoenix - Inferno - Flame Burst outside Piken Square. About 20 there too. And I was only level 15, and without a Rune of Major Vigor too! (But yes, I only aggroed about 5 at a time ) If I see you in-game, I'll try to help you.

Apr 11, 2007, 05:40 PM // 17:40	#9
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	I've done this. Its still not that hard. It is possible to pull small groups of them. Use a longbow. Be patient. If you die, try again. The reason these quests are there is to teach you about game mechanics, not just learn to power through quests with the help of level 20s.

Apr 11, 2007, 06:07 PM // 18:07	#11
lil_necro_chick Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Profession: N/R	Hm, well i'm not soloing, but my party is lvl 6's. I tried from multiple directions, up, down, around... The first time I tried it they were more spread out, and I thought it might be possible to do it. When I went back a few hours later, they were all squeezed close together - and there were twice as many as from my earlier try. So what is this changeability about? Do I go away and come back later, hoping there are half as many again? I'm not sure I could have pulled any off the second time I was logged on. They were in an arrangement that was different, many more, and much closer than the previous time... I find this a little confusing. I mean, ya, maybe it was EASIER for someone who had a different arrangement/number of mobs, cause I've seen it change dramatically with my own eyes, but what the heck is that about? I waited for them to move when there were so many the last time, but none of them budged an inch. I just did the quest now (with the help offered above) and there were less than half as many there as the last time I tried, and they were more spread out. SO???? WHat up?

Apr 11, 2007, 06:12 PM // 18:12	#12
Realm of Fiery Doom Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Realm of Fiery Doom	You probably just got a lucky spawn

Apr 11, 2007, 06:16 PM // 18:16	#13
lil_necro_chick Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Profession: N/R	But that's a good suggestion about pulling with a bow. I will try that next time I DON'T get help from a bunch of lvl 20's LOL.

Apr 12, 2007, 01:55 AM // 01:55	#14
Honor Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Exit 9 NJ Trnpk Guild: The Roaming Gnomes[roam] Profession: N/Me	took some time to kill all the Char but believe i did it with henchies at the time, monk, mage and warrior

Apr 12, 2007, 08:47 AM // 08:47	#15
malko050987 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arad, Romania Guild: The Arctic Marauders [TAM] - now recruiting! Profession: R/	I had an easy time of it with henchies when I did it... And later, I came solo with a R/Rt splinter barrage build and owned them in a few seconds... not hard at all.

Apr 12, 2007, 09:47 AM // 09:47	#16
dark_prince2023 Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2007 Profession: W/Mo	"It was easy for me" says the wammo before mending nurf!