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Medion · Aug 05, 2006, 04:10 PM // 16:10

Back on topic...I would have liked henchies too, but I don't mind really, just gonna do something else.

And for those that think henchies can't do it...it was thought about TopK also, and I think there were a few people that did it with henchies.
I don't even care if it were impossible...just would have liked to try get as far as possible

Gear853 · Aug 05, 2006, 05:03 PM // 17:03

they should offer super high IQ Henchies, that make human look n00b.

CHUIU · Aug 05, 2006, 05:39 PM // 17:39

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Originally Posted by fiery

Chuiu bo staff?

Lol I'm still looking for a better gold bo staff than the one you gave me!

infymys · Aug 05, 2006, 05:45 PM // 17:45

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Originally Posted by Darth Malak

B!tch when there closed,
B!tch when there open,

get over it it was designed for an alliance not you damn pugs

and now i can bitch that this event ruined the economy

of zodiacs!

Someone's just bitter because their alliance lost Cavalon.

Amity and Truth · Aug 05, 2006, 05:58 PM // 17:58

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Originally Posted by Gear853

they should offer super high IQ Henchies, that make human look n00b.

They did.
And that is the real sad thing about GuildWars

Numa Pompilius · Aug 05, 2006, 06:37 PM // 18:37

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Originally Posted by Cirian

I have to say, I was looking forward to having a nose around in the Elite Missions this weekend at my own pace with some henchies but... there are none!

I wonder why?

ANet doesn't like people playing with henchmen, because they believe the key to having people stay on in the Guildwars world is to get them to socialize and get friends among the Guildwars players.

Hence they don't allow henching in "exclusive" areas. Wrt Urgoz and Deep, they're apparently also designed specifically to make botting - and hence also henching - impossible, by demanding the team to split up and/or use necrotic traversal and rebirth to bypass obstacles.

So the proximate reason is that henches wouldn't work in the Deep or Urgoz (but probably would in FoW and UW), and the ultimate reason is that ANet wants you to play with humans.

Their reasoning is flawed, though. What banning henches actually achieves is that people like me, who want to play missions in their own pace, not run through them with farmer John who's done it 50 times before, simply don't do the missions at all.

Curse You · Aug 05, 2006, 06:51 PM // 18:51

I think this issue is a little late to be talking about. Factions was released over 3 months ago. If there really was a problem here then I think someone would have posted about it at least in the first month of the game.

But then again, most of the people that did the elite missions in the first month were either farmers, or experienced players. They would have obviously realize why there are no henchmen almost right away, or just did the mission once with a PUG and could see why henchmen would just not work.

Numa Pompilius · Aug 05, 2006, 07:49 PM // 19:49

Yeah, well, demanding the team to split, or demanding that it suicide or use necrotic traversal & rebirth to get past obstacles, will definitely make henching impossible.

Other than that, I'm not at all convinced it's too hard. ToTPK has been henched, although I haven't myself, I've personally henched all missions + all bonuses in Tyria and all missions (but not all Masters) in Cantha, plus all quests in Sorrows/Grenths. I've soloed in FoW and UW, and I haven't seen anything I don't think I couldn't hench if ANet would let me try.

pigdestroyer · Aug 05, 2006, 07:53 PM // 19:53

what about socializing... its quite impressive that some people cant socialize even in games...

Numa Pompilius · Aug 05, 2006, 08:17 PM // 20:17

What ABOUT socializing? I've got RL friends, I play games to amuse myself, relax and kick back. There's no relaxing or kicking back in a PUG.

floppinghog · Aug 05, 2006, 08:58 PM // 20:58

well look at all you can do instead of l33tzors places? you can kick back everywhere else, so quit complainin like a noob..

Andy_M · Aug 05, 2006, 09:13 PM // 21:13

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Originally Posted by floppinghog

well look at all you can do instead of l33tzors places? you can kick back everywhere else, so quit complainin like a noob..

Stop being an elitist jerk, please....

eternal pho · Aug 05, 2006, 09:40 PM // 21:40

Trust me, you do not want henchmen, for they will die almost immediately ^^