Dunes of Despair Bonus? - Guild Wars Forums

Sekkendou · Jun 10, 2005, 05:23 PM // 17:23

Ok I've run the Dunes of Despair mission from every angle I can think of. The bonus message says "Kill the 3 generals in thier fort." Once you kill the 4 waves of Arcanists that run in from the 3 sides, you have enough time to kill the 2 bows to the south, and then if you are fast, the general further in to the south. Then you have to rush back to the ghostly hero & deal with the group from the west that is most likely already hitting him. Once you kill that group & the gerneral there, nothing else will attack the ghotly hero. He may still say "Enemies Draw Near!" but he's just looking at the seige worms or something... ain't anything attackin him. So head back to the south gate again & go further south. There's a fork in the road, with a general to the west and one to the east. By the time you kill these two generals the timer is pretty much up.

So yesterday we were able to finnally kill all 4 of these generals. We killed the last general with 8 seconds to spare on the clock. We completed the mission and DID NOT RECIEVE THE BONUS. I'm really at a loss here. We killed everything except the seige worms, which honestly there isn't remotely enough time to kill.

I've looked high & low at different times on the countdown for any sign of a general near the east gate. There is never one there. So what is the deal with this bonus? Is it bugged or is there something major I'm missing?

Paccia · Jun 11, 2005, 02:54 PM // 14:54

I've just done this bonus too and killed 4 boss's in the same locations one to the west and 3 to the south and still no bonus. are these the right boss's to kill?

Sekkendou · Jun 11, 2005, 06:17 PM // 18:17

The only thing left I have to guess on is it has something to do with the shrine outside before you enter the fort. There is a weird item you can get that casts an area effect slow when dropped. I honestly never found it very useful, but it could be something... to bad it doesn't slow down the 10 minute timer if you drop it on the ghost... it doesn't right?

Paccia · Jun 11, 2005, 06:22 PM // 18:22

We used that, didn't find it of any use tbh. maybe you have to kill all the boss's and their minions. Though it only say's the generals in the mission statement

Sekkendou · Jun 12, 2005, 11:22 AM // 11:22

Did that as well, only thing we didnt kill was the seige worms.

Sekkendou · Jun 19, 2005, 06:14 AM // 06:14

AAAAAH! Has ANYONE gotten credit for this bonus? I have finished every last mission bonus now except this one. Once I figure out what to do here I'll have all bonuses done! I know a few have been fixed in the most recent patch (Ring of Fire & Abaddon's Mouth work now), but haven't heard anything on this one.

mylilpony · Jun 25, 2005, 04:22 AM // 04:22

at least you get to the generals, my groups are so stupid

Sekkendou · Jun 25, 2005, 07:01 AM // 07:01

I found out you "cheat" for this one. Take an elementalist with Lava font & other self target area of effects, and as many necros or necro subs as you can. have all the necros bring Necrotic Tranferal. It allows them to teleport to a dead body. Clear the way to the fort. Do NOT kill the enemy ghostly hero. Circle around him & head south. To the left of the gate you can see a general & 2 bows. To the left of them are Jade bug things just under the ground. Use an AoE to bring them out, kill them, then the necros can teleport down. Now they can kill the generals at leisure without a timer

My team had a warrior/necro, a ranger/necro (me) and a necro/monk, an elementalist, a monk, and a second ranger. The monk spammed team heal (which reached us even when we were pretty far away from them.)
Important to note, to get the bonus, you must kill not only the 3 forgotten generals (snake type, the magic armor type don't count) you must also kill the troops that are with them.
Another funny thing to note, there's about 40 Forgotten Bows that you would normally never have to fight out there for some reason. *shrugs*

Vampyre · Jun 25, 2005, 06:08 PM // 18:08

I dont see how anyone even makes to this misson I've tried Elona Ranch about 50 times and died every frickin time.. I'm so fed up with this game at this point... it's F'ing Impoosible to ascned

dargon · Jun 25, 2005, 06:33 PM // 18:33

Considering hundreds of people ascend each day, it's not impossible. Your strategy probably needs tweaking. Tell us what you're doing and maybe we can make some suggestions.

=HT=Ingram · Jun 25, 2005, 08:33 PM // 20:33

Yea the trick is not to kill the enemy ghost right away. circle the shrine and get the bonus first. then go back and kill the ghost and finish the mission, by defending the shrine... Only way I have found to do it... And yes the Slow Wand is very useful for this... just stay clear of the shrine pedestal and your fine for the bonus...

Sekkendou · Jun 25, 2005, 09:18 PM // 21:18

Another thing... if you are only trying to complete the mission & not get the bonus... take henchmen. They suck less than you think.

mylilpony · Jun 25, 2005, 11:09 PM // 23:09

ah sekkendou i found that tip very useful in my own thing.

also, when scarabs come out from the fort (inside), let one your non necro men die, and then have a necro/monk rebirth them. useful

it only takes 2 ppl to kill the ghostly hero inside, i just used aegis, flame trap barbed trap, vitl blessing on me and the hero, throw dirty, and the traps again and he was dead. (i use a cane+ankh so i had more energy).

but thx for the tip

XENOGEARSHARINGAN · Jun 26, 2005, 02:57 AM // 02:57

yeah i was frustatred too when the game barely came otu couse no one was even at thes desert part i swear it was maybe 15 people at amnoon, and even less at the acension quest. but good thing those of us ther did finish. now with my wariro i made i recenlty acended in 1 day of gettin to dessert. and i found that the reasen we fail most of time is becaouse the groups i was in wer usualy not well cordinated and dont listen as oppose to most of groups later on in game which already know its a good to work together. as for the bonus mission ill quote waht the guide says

"defeat the tree forgoteen generals in the fort just south of the temple of acension( the alther wer ghost heros go to) to gain mor prestige. get the bonus when the ghoslty hero claims the throne. head throuhg the south exit of the temple of acension to reach the forts. deafeat the generals in the forst sorounding the temple of acension. after you kill each of the generals an additionaly wace of forgoten will attack the ghostly hero after you kill all 3 generals so be prepared. hope that helps

to put it simpler once you drop bridge and take throne coming from bridge take the right gate out and turn left go down and the 3 general temples should be in a row one in right , middle , left good luck

i have guide so message me if you need any h elp and how do we increase our rank in this forums

Jun 10, 2005, 05:23 PM // 17:23	#1
Sekkendou Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	Dunes of Despair Bonus? Ok I've run the Dunes of Despair mission from every angle I can think of. The bonus message says "Kill the 3 generals in thier fort." Once you kill the 4 waves of Arcanists that run in from the 3 sides, you have enough time to kill the 2 bows to the south, and then if you are fast, the general further in to the south. Then you have to rush back to the ghostly hero & deal with the group from the west that is most likely already hitting him. Once you kill that group & the gerneral there, nothing else will attack the ghotly hero. He may still say "Enemies Draw Near!" but he's just looking at the seige worms or something... ain't anything attackin him. So head back to the south gate again & go further south. There's a fork in the road, with a general to the west and one to the east. By the time you kill these two generals the timer is pretty much up. So yesterday we were able to finnally kill all 4 of these generals. We killed the last general with 8 seconds to spare on the clock. We completed the mission and DID NOT RECIEVE THE BONUS. I'm really at a loss here. We killed everything except the seige worms, which honestly there isn't remotely enough time to kill. I've looked high & low at different times on the countdown for any sign of a general near the east gate. There is never one there. So what is the deal with this bonus? Is it bugged or is there something major I'm missing?

Jun 11, 2005, 02:54 PM // 14:54	#2
Paccia Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005	I've just done this bonus too and killed 4 boss's in the same locations one to the west and 3 to the south and still no bonus. are these the right boss's to kill?

Jun 11, 2005, 06:17 PM // 18:17	#3
Sekkendou Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	The only thing left I have to guess on is it has something to do with the shrine outside before you enter the fort. There is a weird item you can get that casts an area effect slow when dropped. I honestly never found it very useful, but it could be something... to bad it doesn't slow down the 10 minute timer if you drop it on the ghost... it doesn't right?

Jun 11, 2005, 06:22 PM // 18:22	#4
Paccia Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005	We used that, didn't find it of any use tbh. maybe you have to kill all the boss's and their minions. Though it only say's the generals in the mission statement

Jun 12, 2005, 11:22 AM // 11:22	#5
Sekkendou Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	Did that as well, only thing we didnt kill was the seige worms.

Jun 19, 2005, 06:14 AM // 06:14	#6
Sekkendou Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	AAAAAH! Has ANYONE gotten credit for this bonus? I have finished every last mission bonus now except this one. Once I figure out what to do here I'll have all bonuses done! I know a few have been fixed in the most recent patch (Ring of Fire & Abaddon's Mouth work now), but haven't heard anything on this one.

Jun 25, 2005, 04:22 AM // 04:22	#7
mylilpony Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Akatsuki Profession: R/Mo	at least you get to the generals, my groups are so stupid

Jun 25, 2005, 07:01 AM // 07:01	#8
Sekkendou Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	I found out you "cheat" for this one. Take an elementalist with Lava font & other self target area of effects, and as many necros or necro subs as you can. have all the necros bring Necrotic Tranferal. It allows them to teleport to a dead body. Clear the way to the fort. Do NOT kill the enemy ghostly hero. Circle around him & head south. To the left of the gate you can see a general & 2 bows. To the left of them are Jade bug things just under the ground. Use an AoE to bring them out, kill them, then the necros can teleport down. Now they can kill the generals at leisure without a timer My team had a warrior/necro, a ranger/necro (me) and a necro/monk, an elementalist, a monk, and a second ranger. The monk spammed team heal (which reached us even when we were pretty far away from them.) Important to note, to get the bonus, you must kill not only the 3 forgotten generals (snake type, the magic armor type don't count) you must also kill the troops that are with them. Another funny thing to note, there's about 40 Forgotten Bows that you would normally never have to fight out there for some reason. shrugs

Jun 25, 2005, 06:08 PM // 18:08	#9
Vampyre Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Indiana Guild: Carpathian Mists Profession: R/Rt	I dont see how anyone even makes to this misson I've tried Elona Ranch about 50 times and died every frickin time.. I'm so fed up with this game at this point... it's F'ing Impoosible to ascned

Jun 25, 2005, 06:33 PM // 18:33	#10
dargon Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Seraphim Knights [TSK] Profession: R/	Considering hundreds of people ascend each day, it's not impossible. Your strategy probably needs tweaking. Tell us what you're doing and maybe we can make some suggestions.

Jun 25, 2005, 08:33 PM // 20:33	#11
=HT=Ingram Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Anchorage Alaska Guild: Haz Team [HT] Profession: R/W	Yea the trick is not to kill the enemy ghost right away. circle the shrine and get the bonus first. then go back and kill the ghost and finish the mission, by defending the shrine... Only way I have found to do it... And yes the Slow Wand is very useful for this... just stay clear of the shrine pedestal and your fine for the bonus...

Jun 25, 2005, 09:18 PM // 21:18	#12
Sekkendou Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	Another thing... if you are only trying to complete the mission & not get the bonus... take henchmen. They suck less than you think.

Jun 25, 2005, 11:09 PM // 23:09	#13
mylilpony Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Akatsuki Profession: R/Mo	ah sekkendou i found that tip very useful in my own thing. also, when scarabs come out from the fort (inside), let one your non necro men die, and then have a necro/monk rebirth them. useful it only takes 2 ppl to kill the ghostly hero inside, i just used aegis, flame trap barbed trap, vitl blessing on me and the hero, throw dirty, and the traps again and he was dead. (i use a cane+ankh so i had more energy). but thx for the tip

Jun 26, 2005, 02:57 AM // 02:57	#14
XENOGEARSHARINGAN Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: AUDE Profession: R/	yeah i was frustatred too when the game barely came otu couse no one was even at thes desert part i swear it was maybe 15 people at amnoon, and even less at the acension quest. but good thing those of us ther did finish. now with my wariro i made i recenlty acended in 1 day of gettin to dessert. and i found that the reasen we fail most of time is becaouse the groups i was in wer usualy not well cordinated and dont listen as oppose to most of groups later on in game which already know its a good to work together. as for the bonus mission ill quote waht the guide says "defeat the tree forgoteen generals in the fort just south of the temple of acension( the alther wer ghost heros go to) to gain mor prestige. get the bonus when the ghoslty hero claims the throne. head throuhg the south exit of the temple of acension to reach the forts. deafeat the generals in the forst sorounding the temple of acension. after you kill each of the generals an additionaly wace of forgoten will attack the ghostly hero after you kill all 3 generals so be prepared. hope that helps to put it simpler once you drop bridge and take throne coming from bridge take the right gate out and turn left go down and the 3 general temples should be in a row one in right , middle , left good luck i have guide so message me if you need any h elp and how do we increase our rank in this forums