Curse

Harah Shadowstorm · Sep 07, 2007, 01:50 AM // 01:50

ok, well today i tried to finish the destructions depths quest, and all was going perfect until i got to the norn room. i got FLOODED with the destroyers during the second stage and wiped over and over again. i find this quest to be impossible and many other people in my guild/alliance have also run into the same problems. Or if anyone knows how to defeat this part i would be greatly appreciative

hopefulliness · Sep 07, 2007, 02:06 AM // 02:06

I actually find the destroyer's easy as foes, um.. i actually purposefully took fire eles to make the "mish" harder/fun on my second time through the campaign.

Just bring plenty of dmg reduction (if u can take a human paragon its great) and remember that destroyers have a 50% dmg reduction to fire, and are imune to burning so the regular sf spam dosent work here

A11Eur0 · Sep 07, 2007, 02:16 AM // 02:16

I did it the first time I tried...with pug. It's doable.

Shikaru · Sep 07, 2007, 02:36 AM // 02:36

What builds were you running to attempt this mission?

Jumping Is Uselss · Sep 07, 2007, 02:37 AM // 02:37

If you have fire eles in your group you might have a problem

Dr Strangelove · Sep 07, 2007, 02:41 AM // 02:41

Harder! Harder!

Gregslot · Sep 07, 2007, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Alright everyone, lets stop playing GuildWars and lets go play:

Let me know if you cant pass the second stage, you'v got to be very... careful

Antheus · Sep 07, 2007, 02:45 AM // 02:45

I've done that mission twice, once with 2 curses/blood necros + 2 mesmers, and once with interrupt heavy team (rangers/mesmers) and it was one of the easiest mission, since you get golems and respawning allies. Bring proper counters, and destroyers are the weakest of all enemies you'll encounter.

GW:EN simply doesn't work well with typical fire nuking and MMing.

A11Eur0 · Sep 07, 2007, 02:53 AM // 02:53

just fall back when they start spawning, let them overwhelm the respawning norn and bunch up, then let your barragers and sandstorm eles have a field day with the mobs.

I loved that quest with my splinter barrage build...yellow numbers all over the screen.

TechnoSword · Sep 07, 2007, 04:03 AM // 04:03

When I first caught a glimpse of destroyers looking all firey I immediately thought use water, even though its not more advantagous it doesnt have an armor bouns for destroyers so I had them already as I was questing, didn't have any problems, just make your golems all melee and have water ele and an ss

Xion Valkyrie · Sep 07, 2007, 04:09 AM // 04:09

I didn't realize I would be fighting destroyers, so I brought myself as a Searing Flames EMe and brought Zedd alone as one too. I still beat it pretty easily. The trick with the Norn room is just to camp one ramp fairly far up so you can just take care of that group while the rest the mobs just sit around where the Norns are. Then you can pull them one group at a time without being overwhelmed.

Kyosuke · Sep 07, 2007, 04:09 AM // 04:09

Barrage ftw and Dwarf title track

Sekkira · Sep 07, 2007, 04:30 AM // 04:30

This thread definitely is worthy of a repost:

Voltar · Sep 07, 2007, 04:38 AM // 04:38

H&H without fire eles...My earth ele has ward against melee which might have helped and i used an mm...that's about the only relevant things i can think of besides the fact that I used:

1. My left ring finger for TAB.

and

2. My left thumb for SPACEBAR.

That seemed to be a winning tactic for that quest.

Oh, I did BHA the immoble fire eles (tremors?). That probably helped too.

Burning Blade · Sep 07, 2007, 05:00 AM // 05:00

I did it with all H/H:
- 1 Warrior - Me
- 2 SF heroes (I know fire sucks against Destroyers but too lazy to change builds)
- Dunkoro as LoD healer
- Cynn
- Herta
- Lina
- Mhenlo

Died here and there but finished it without retry at all.

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arcanemacabre · Sep 07, 2007, 05:05 AM // 05:05

Wards and shouts work wonders in areas where you're getting waves of enemies in tight spots - like that quest. An MM is also useful, as long as you eliminate the nukers (tremors) first. I had no issues, I think two heroes died once, and a few of the NPCs fighting with us.

Maximumraver · Sep 07, 2007, 09:53 AM // 09:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burning Blade

I did it with all H/H:
- 1 Warrior - Me
- 2 SF heroes (I know fire sucks against Destroyers but too lazy to change builds)
- Dunkoro as LoD healer
- Cynn
- Herta
- Lina
- Mhenlo

Died here and there but finished it without retry at all.

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Same here, but me also as SF, and instead of Dunkoro, Olias as MM

Cebe · Sep 07, 2007, 10:31 AM // 10:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harah Shadowstorm

oki find this quest to be impossible and many other people in my guild/alliance have also run into the same problems.

Unfortunately, by saying you find something hard you open yourself up to people telling you how easy they found it like:

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Originally Posted by hopefulliness

I actually find the destroyer's easy as foes

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Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove

Harder! Harder!

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Originally Posted by Gregslot

Alright everyone, lets stop playing GuildWars and lets go play:

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Originally Posted by Antheus

it was one of the easiest mission

See what I mean?

I've found this to be "middling" in terms of difficulty, then again, I've only gone through the game so far on my Rit and Ele, both of whom, for that quest, were dealing elemental damage, and Armor Ignoring damage certainly seems the way to go for Destroyers. If you feel you're getting party-wiped too much, it may be worth looking into taking along a Blinding Flash / Blinding Surge Ele hero with Epidemic - a 90% chance to miss will certainly help your party's chances of survival. A lot of the damage comes from the Destroyer's physical damage dealers, the Necros and Mesmers are only really an annoyance. The PvE-Only skill Alkar's Alchemic Acid also comes in very handy when fighting Destroyers.

I concur with A11Eur0, fall back a bit when after each wave. Perhaps let the Destroyers ball up in the middle, Deep Freeze > Blinding Flash > Epidemic while they're all bunched up.

For severe continual party-wipe situations, always take a Powerstone of Courage with you

Etta · Sep 07, 2007, 10:34 AM // 10:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregslot

Alright everyone, lets stop playing GuildWars and lets go play:

Let me know if you cant pass the second stage, you'v got to be very... careful

Oh! I love that game. I QQed when they kill off the pink one after stage 3.

Aerial Assault · Sep 07, 2007, 12:49 PM // 12:49

Enfeeble works well to take the edge off of the destroyer melee types, low energy cost, fast recharge, and long duration.

Also, setting your GOLEM allies all to DEFENSE works wonders too. The Ai for them isnt terribly bright, but at least in defensive mode they'll help protect your midline / monks.