Curse

circuscalamity · Nov 25, 2007, 07:22 PM // 19:22

**To avoid this topic being thrown away to the conflict of interest being Elona/Cantha discrimination due to GW:EN, some of this content has been altered. (No reader posts have been removed/edited).**

Remember the old days of Ascalon? Lush, green hills, angry little wolves, and of course, The Catacombs.
Where a better place to level your character?

For those of us who own Guild Wars: Prophecies, Nightfall, and Factions, we know the only region that does not contain an Elite Mission area is Tyria.

Why not reopen the old Catacombs of Ascalon as the first Tyrian Elite Mission? It would definatly be a blast from the past, reliving those moments on your old, battle-scarred level twenty character!

And who better to be the keeper of this dungeon, than the first boss we encountered? But Skullreaver, of course!

Just a thought.

nrvllrgrs · Nov 25, 2007, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Yes. This seems like it should have been there from the beginning.

Neo Nugget · Nov 25, 2007, 08:40 PM // 20:40

Good idea, but people who want to experience the awesomeness that is the catacombs, they usually make a perma pre character.*cough* me.

circuscalamity · Nov 25, 2007, 08:56 PM // 20:56

But a Catacombs with 8(to12?) players, better rewards, slightly "aged" environment, bigger baddies, and all the other ingrediants that makes an area Elite, makes for a better experience. And an experience for characters that never get a chance to see the area at all (Ritualist/Assassin/ Dervish/Paragon).

MithranArkanere · Nov 25, 2007, 09:58 PM // 21:58

I'd love to see the area again,, with high leverl creatures...

Mortal Amongst Mere Gods · Nov 25, 2007, 10:07 PM // 22:07

/signed

I love being able to reminisce of the good times when we were able to roam free doing quests and not having a care in the world.

Also, it could be considered to add a new small outpost for 8 people to enter it instead of 4. The outpost would be just under Sardelac Sanitarium and would be the entrance to the new Catacombs. Skullreaver would be the boss guarding a chest.

And maybe we could dig up a little more info on Gwen's escape from the charr there. Like getting into the ruins of the Catacombs and heading through the dungeon with some Vanguard soldiers (One of which could be Langmar) and eventually finding the EotN.

Wow, I'm getting a bit carried away here. But, yeah, /signed.

circuscalamity · Nov 26, 2007, 01:27 AM // 01:27

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Originally Posted by Neo Nugget

Good idea, but people who want to experience the awesomeness that is the catacombs, they usually make a perma pre character.*cough* me.

Tell that to a Dervish

TaCktiX · Nov 26, 2007, 01:34 AM // 01:34

/Signed

I was crestfallen when I found out that the Catacombs was blocked off in Post-searing, even if I didn't show up at Sardelac Sanitarium until after I was Level 20 on my first character (somehow missed that outpost). Perhaps the earthquakes that rocked the rest of Tyria open a fissure in Old Ascalon that only Level 20 GW:EN owners can access? I'd definitely love going back there to find darker forces at work.

Kazamafury · Nov 26, 2007, 03:05 AM // 03:05

/signed

I haven't been in pre in a long time but was there a notable bad guy there? Maybe a specific Charr/human? When the searing happened, he was trapped in the catacombs and eventually driven mad. Maybe found some power, related to the Destroyers, a relic.

Anyway point is, it'd be cool to go back and say, OMG it's HIM/HER! I had wondered what happened to that person. And connecting the old to the new.

thedeadlyassassin · Nov 26, 2007, 03:10 AM // 03:10

Since the searing, it would shape the good old catacombs right? Instead of being a small area?

Sounds good /signed.

circuscalamity · Nov 26, 2007, 03:14 AM // 03:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedeadlyassassin

Since the searing, it would shape the good old catacombs right? Instead of being a small area?

Sounds good /signed.

Yes, possibly an area of the catacombs NO One has ever seen?
This idea has been on my mind a week after I got GW:EN, and I think the Devs could have alot of fun with it.

CDittric77 · Nov 26, 2007, 03:15 AM // 03:15

/signed. Brilliant!

Hotel · Nov 26, 2007, 03:21 AM // 03:21

/signed

This would be a great add-on.

kel77 · Nov 26, 2007, 03:25 AM // 03:25

/signed
Sounds sweet

circuscalamity · Nov 26, 2007, 03:26 AM // 03:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kazamafury

/signed

I haven't been in pre in a long time but was there a notable bad guy there? Maybe a specific Charr/human? When the searing happened, he was trapped in the catacombs and eventually driven mad. Maybe found some power, related to the Destroyers, a relic.

Anyway point is, it'd be cool to go back and say, OMG it's HIM/HER! I had wondered what happened to that person. And connecting the old to the new.

I love this idea of someone being trapped down there. What I think would make it more interesting is if the trapped was not a notable bad guy, but a character that was never really considered after his tragedy in pre...

Tragedy being the death of his prized moa bird

pamelf · Nov 26, 2007, 03:30 AM // 03:30

/signed signed signed!

Assyrian · Nov 26, 2007, 04:27 AM // 04:27

/signed

only one problem... the catacombs are not in the EoTN region ...it cant just move itself to EoTN areas

they can make something like it...but not the same thing with higher level creatures and a few more rooms...

good idea tho Q__Q

circuscalamity · Nov 26, 2007, 12:15 PM // 12:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Assyrian

/signed

only one problem... the catacombs are not in the EoTN region ...it cant just move itself to EoTN areas

they can make something like it...but not the same thing with higher level creatures and a few more rooms...

good idea tho Q__Q

The idea is to keep it where it is, but only make it accessable to GW:EN owners.

Wish Swiftdeath · Nov 26, 2007, 12:48 PM // 12:48

/signed

i would so love this

Some Guru Named Kai · Nov 26, 2007, 12:51 PM // 12:51

Kind of like how the CTC is in the middle of the shiverpeaks yet doesn't connect to droks area or boreal pass areas. The catacomb dungeon could be an isolated outpost somewhere in Ascalon too. Going in would be like going into the crack in the beginning of EotN.