Curse

Lasher Dragon · Jun 26, 2005, 07:09 AM // 07:09

I got one of my toons rushed today and I must say it was an awesome spectacle watching the guy/girl work. The person charged 4k - 1k in Snake Dance, 2k in Camp Rankor, and 1k in Droknar's Forge. I paid him/her an extra plat for the awesome job.

Since there are so many scammers preying on the people trying to rush, I would like to post this person's name as a good rusher. Mods, I know there are rules against posting people's character names if they are scamming or if I have some issue with them, but is it OK if I am endorsing them? If not, I apologize in advance, and please delete this thread.

Anyway, if it ISN'T a problem to post referrals on here, I would like to recommend Dragon Fire Storm. Very professional, and a damn good price too IMO. If someone else has had a good experience with a Droknar's rusher, post it in here (assuming I am not breaking the rules and this thread gets deleted hehe).

d4nowar · Jun 26, 2005, 08:00 AM // 08:00

If this stays up, then this guy is going to get two things.

1) A lot of people yelling at him to stop rushing low levels.
2) Gold... Lots of gold...

Caco-Cola · Jun 26, 2005, 08:33 AM // 08:33

Way I see it is Anet obviously wanted this to happen.

If they didn't they wouldn't of put in Lornar's Pass and would've forced you to go around. through the missions.

Genos · Jun 26, 2005, 08:43 AM // 08:43

Yeah, i have to agree - i think Anet likes putting real challanges into the game like this - lets face it, running all the way there is not an easy task. in any case kudos to that person, and i may have a job for them soonish..

p0t4T0 · Jun 26, 2005, 08:47 AM // 08:47

I admit, ive rushed a few low levels to Droknar, but i only charged 5k each :P
Basically i just had mending on and kept hitting sprint, with a few sneeky "enemy avoiding maneuvers it isnt that hard.

Bushmins · Jun 26, 2005, 09:09 AM // 09:09

Does the story lead you to that area?

Edit; Just read the above post.
At what point does the story lead you there?

Genos · Jun 26, 2005, 09:21 AM // 09:21

quite a long way into it. infact, after reaching Droknars there is all of 6 missions left in the game. XD. thus, peopel like to get there early to pick up the highest lvl armour especially for characters who want to unlcok skills and such - i plan to do the same with my Mes/W, simply so he can solo a bit more and ican have fun explorign in soem of the early areas, without being torn to shreads due to crappy armour

=HT=Ingram · Jun 26, 2005, 11:00 AM // 11:00

no there is no quest for that area. And yes Arena net used the lornars pass run as a shortcut for testing the new areas in the southern shiver peeks when there were NO monsters in it back in the last beta... However you had to have special access key to get in there to test it... The high level monsters were added at launch to keep 1st generation low level characters from making the run, but it was expected that 2nd and 3rd generation characters would prob get guild mates or friends to make the run to get skills unlocked faster for other builds.. Its by design, it is not cheating...

Oh and at least this person is being a legitimate guide and following through with the effort. and I might add its a reasonable rate too boot. Our guild often rewards this as a bonus custom quest in the guild.. it normally results in a random gold weapon of your choice as a reward... Our guild saves many gold weapons, and chaos weapons as rewards for Posted custom guild quests from our forums. As we think of em and get items for rewards, we randomly post a few on our forums or web-page. Glad to see other people treating players corectly every once in a while.

Gara · Jun 26, 2005, 12:25 PM // 12:25

What annoys me is most of all the good smiting skills are way late in the game. It's the same with air magic.

You can't START as an air magic user or smiter. You have to convert to them near the end of the game.

Ignotus · Jun 26, 2005, 12:49 PM // 12:49

I thought I'd try running through. I'm a lvl 20 w/mo. I got owned FAST. Something casts a snare. I'm about as annoyed with the game as I've been in a long time.

=HT=Ingram · Jun 26, 2005, 12:53 PM // 12:53

oh I wasnt saying it was easy. lol its deffinatly a challenge to do it. But I think its fun even with just a bunch of level 20 doing and no low levels. its a fun area to clear out... IF you can... Try for the Heath Bonus Early... once at about +6% you have a better chance to win in heads up NPC battles in lormars pass... but it you go under say -20% forget about it... your toast...

wheel · Jun 26, 2005, 02:58 PM // 14:58

if the person that the OP recommended is busy, i would also recommend the following people who have been doing the runs for a long time. they will get you there very quickly and very professionally.

Anton Hanneman (quickest rush on time, 13.47 minutes, out of ANYONE on Guild Wars. If you have a quicker time, I'd love to see you rush)
Zecharias of Zob
Geo Stigma
Arreats Defender
Graka Ekieron
Slash Dot -shameless self promo, i dont do rushes very often lately, more into pvp at the moment, but it never hurts to ask me when i'm on.
Jak Knife

there are more, cant remember right now. i'm friends with all of the fast rushers. :-)

Dax · Jun 26, 2005, 04:14 PM // 16:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caco-Cola

Way I see it is Anet obviously wanted this to happen.

If they didn't they wouldn't of put in Lornar's Pass and would've forced you to go around. through the missions.

I would say just because you can do something, that doesn't mean the game designers meant for players to do it.

Maybe they did, I honestly don't know but it seems not in thier best intrest to create controversy and upset players who play according to the storyline to please other players who can't wait. Not to mention people getting bored faster, affecting the economy ect, ect....

DrSLUGFly · Jun 26, 2005, 04:25 PM // 16:25

Can you run Lornar's Pass alone? Or is it typically done in small groups? Can it be run by one person by themselves?

Tony Blair · Jun 26, 2005, 04:42 PM // 16:42

Another good runner: Beltrami Klien. And we didn't have to pay until Rankor, nice guy.

Shagsbeard · Jun 26, 2005, 05:16 PM // 17:16

Anyone want to explain how a 'run' works? Does the lowbie just keep up with the runner? I'm not sure how the group dynamics work as I'm playing the game 100% solo the first time through.

Itbegins · Jun 26, 2005, 06:00 PM // 18:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheel

if the person that the OP recommended is busy, i would also recommend the following people who have been doing the runs for a long time. they will get you there very quickly and very professionally.

Anton Hanneman (quickest rush on time, 13.47 minutes, out of ANYONE on Guild Wars. If you have a quicker time, I'd love to see you rush)
Zecharias of Zob
Geo Stigma
Arreats Defender
Graka Ekieron
Slash Dot -shameless self promo, i dont do rushes very often lately, more into pvp at the moment, but it never hurts to ask me when i'm on.
Jak Knife

there are more, cant remember right now. i'm friends with all of the fast rushers. :-)

the funny thing i have had 3 of the same people above rush me my favorite by far tho is.

Graka ekieron-charges 5k when you get there

Thirty round clip-5k when you get there

Caco-Cola · Jun 26, 2005, 06:04 PM // 18:04

I'd assume that the 'lowbie' just dies and watches the runner through the spec mode. They'd get ressed at transition between zones and just die again until they were where they need to be.

Reppyboyo · Jun 26, 2005, 06:13 PM // 18:13

Shame runner seem to be few and far between.
Been looking for one myself but it all appears to be lvl20 groups running about, being lvl12 doesnt help.

Cant be arsed to go all through the game again, want to explore a bit this time.

dargon · Jun 26, 2005, 07:48 PM // 19:48

Typically, the lowbie acts as a meat shield, keeping a few mobs occupied with his or her death while the runner keeps going.