Curse

Isfit · Jul 09, 2010, 02:44 PM // 14:44

What idiot designed this dumb quest ffs?
I tried like 100 times already and always failed because one of the three (Livia, Blimm or Zinn) either fall back so much that they get slaugthered by the White Mantle, or the Ascalonian Settlers run directly into the White Mantle and die...

Anyone running and would care to run me please? If so PM me your IGN or leave it here, please, im so freakin frustrated been trying this Ascalonian-thing for like 1 hour already...

makosi · Jul 09, 2010, 02:55 PM // 14:55

It's a case of stalling the horde of White Mantle and Jades so that the 3 NPCs can make it to LA. The villagers can die.

Take defensive skills like Wards, Eruption, Aegis and spirits. Once the 3 NPCs make it to LA, you may map to LA and go to the Keep for the next quest

Riot Narita · Jul 09, 2010, 02:55 PM // 14:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Isfit

What idiot designed this dumb quest ffs?
I tried like 100 times already and always failed because one of the three (Livia, Blimm or Zinn) either fall back so much that they get slaugthered by the White Mantle, or the Ascalonian Settlers run directly into the White Mantle and die...

The problem is not too much "Fall Back!", it's not enough of it :-D

Try "Charge!", and "Incoming!" too.

Jay Em · Jul 09, 2010, 02:56 PM // 14:56

It's actually easy with one player who has "Incoming!" and "Fall Back!". Just run through the areas alternating those two skills.

Urass · Jul 09, 2010, 02:59 PM // 14:59

I took a War hero with 1 skill, "Charge", and a Para hero with 2 skills, "Fallback" & "Incoming". Between those 3 you can keep +33% speed boost constantly.

Just make sure none of the NPC's required fall outside the "earshot" range.

Also, when you get to LA, do not run in... let the NPC's run in to update the quest.

edit: If you fail, restart from LA... you will have no foes on the run back.

Karate Jesus · Jul 09, 2010, 02:59 PM // 14:59

To be honest, I keep lagging so hard that I can't finish it anyway.

Guess I'll wait for the servers to quit freaking out :/

Isfit · Jul 09, 2010, 03:03 PM // 15:03

Ok got someone to run me in LA...

SZSSZS · Jul 09, 2010, 03:13 PM // 15:13

Charge and Fall Back did the trick for me.

Pale-Dim · Jul 09, 2010, 03:19 PM // 15:19

here is what worked for me. Came up with it while i was running the first time (had no speed buffs either). since it was just me and heroes+hench. as we were running i would flag a single hero in the path and the mantle/jade would stop and kill that hero. while i was still running I would do that again further down the line. each time they would stop and kill my hero and i would be miles ahead of them. After each hero and my 2 hench were killed i was pretty much at lions arch and the quest updated and there were still no jade on my screen. give that a try and see if that works. I only did this mission once and that's what i made up on the fly.

mage767 · Jul 09, 2010, 03:40 PM // 15:40

Throw in henchies to die if you are slow

majoho · Jul 09, 2010, 05:18 PM // 17:18

*wrong forum*

**cosyfiep** · Jul 09, 2010, 05:42 PM // 17:42

I only had my sos rit doing this with mm, healer and nuker....had no problems....just dropped a spirit every once in a while and kept running (no run boosting skills at all).

Kook~NBK~ · Jul 09, 2010, 06:34 PM // 18:34

There's a secret to doing this quest. It's called "Charge"

Celestina · Jul 09, 2010, 06:36 PM // 18:36

I just ran, no speed boosts, just ran.

Imaginos · Jul 09, 2010, 06:53 PM // 18:53

i loades SoS on my bar as a distraction and 2 hero warrior/paragons with charge and fall back. then I'd just stop running for a sec to make sure all the npc's were in earshot and trigger charge/fallback if needed and drop a set of spirits to distract the followers.

one SoS as you enter the path towards where the tengu spawn
one SoS at the end of that path
one SoS just as the two groups come up just past where the road splits and the people are running towards the rez shrine to/near LA
one SoS on the path up the little hill before LA

made it into LA with no deaths from any citizens or livia, zinn, blimm this way 2x so far.

jbysmith · Jul 09, 2010, 06:55 PM // 18:55

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Originally Posted by SZSSZS

Charge and Fall Back did the trick for me.

This worked for me as well; just swapped to a paragon secondary (Incoming and fall back) and ran like hell. I did "throw away" a couple heroes when it got a little close for comfort, but we made it to Lions Arch with time to spare, and the peasants rejoiced.

IlikeGW · Jul 09, 2010, 08:31 PM // 20:31

Use party run skills and most importantly stay with those you're escorting, they don't follow. It's actually more like a non-quest, just there to show us one more time that we are indeed Tyria's stupid fetch and escort quest bitch.

Black Metal · Jul 09, 2010, 10:11 PM // 22:11

stay near the named NPC's so your charge and fall back buff them too.

that literally is all you need to do this, no spirits, heals, nothing.

Gabriel of Ravn · Jul 09, 2010, 10:15 PM // 22:15

the only 2 skills i had on my war was fall back and charge that is literally all that is needed

Mustache Mayhem · Jul 09, 2010, 11:43 PM // 23:43

if your a rit.. can lay down spirits with armor and that will stall them.. ward sounds like the best idea though