Curse

RemusShepherd · Aug 23, 2005, 04:11 PM // 16:11

So I get to Beetleton with my level 15 warrior. I'm playing this game mostly solo, accompanied only by my stoic henchmen. (I may marry Aleisia...it may come down to that.

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So this guy in Beetleton says they're having trouble with undead, and can I help? He promises some skill rewards for the mission, and that's the kind of mission I like best, so I accept.

So I exit Beetleton...

...and get the everloving crap beat out of me by this horde of undead. Level 16 Hellhounds in ridiculous quantities, level 17 phantoms, and all kinds of other rabble. I tried it three or four times, just me and my level 12 henchmen, but the battle is hopeless.

I may just abandon this mission and come back later.

Am I supposed to be able to do this mission now? Or am I in a place higher level than I'm supposed to be?

Blue Steel · Aug 23, 2005, 04:15 PM // 16:15

I think that one is one of the most fun and interesting quests of the game. They do tend to over-run most groups and there are SEVERAL waves of them before you have completed the quest. Higher levels and you will be able to survive with no trouble at all, or you can just do it now and take a full party of henchmen and expect to die about 50 times, but you respawn right there in the battle again, so once you have maxed out your death penalty, as long as you can kill at least one enemy with each respawn at the shrine, you will eventually get through them all.

Lost · Aug 23, 2005, 04:16 PM // 16:16

You can try using human players to help.
You can use the henchmen and just die a ton and slowly grind the undead army down.
Or, you can come back later when your character is stronger.

Me Burn U · Aug 23, 2005, 04:44 PM // 16:44

This used to be a great farming place till Anet nerfed the drops.... darn

Epinephrine · Aug 23, 2005, 05:17 PM // 17:17

The right builds can handle it alright, but really it is a tough area. My first character took it on using Symbol of Wrath and some smiting skills as well as a ton of life stealing stuff and it went alright, but it is not an easy task - it is best suited to area smiting damage. Area damage is also good, and having sombody who can deal with the conditions is nice - all that poison really adds up, but a regeneration skill can do wonders here. Never treid it with a warrior - I can only assume that you'd want some defensive stances availablle as they cut down so much of the damage, and possibly some good self heals as well. "I Will Avenge You" comes to mind as being useful here, since you will likely have deaths occurring, and it will give you more healing than the poison is causing and will last a nice long time with a couple of downed allies.

aB- · Aug 23, 2005, 05:57 PM // 17:57

This is actually one of my favorite quests. I like having to deal with large mobs of enemies, including the level 0-3 monsters that serve as cannon fodder. However, it makes AoE essential which some characters lack.

Silverstone · Aug 23, 2005, 09:18 PM // 21:18

I did it easily with henchies - died once, but resed and took the last wave out.

telcontar · Aug 24, 2005, 07:29 AM // 07:29

I did the "die 50 times" approach together with a friend and it was fun.
Res - kill - get killed - res - kill - get killed ...
The result was a certain sense of achievment but dieing that often was rather weird o_O

cynhounds · Aug 24, 2005, 07:17 PM // 19:17

My husband and I did this last weekend, with two lvl17 Ele's (mine is an Ele/Mo, can't remember what his secondary is). We were forewarned to bring holy damage skills and it helped, a lot; we only got exterminated once, then managed to work our way through. It seemed like it would never end, then all of a sudden, they're all gone.

I used flare, meteor storm, phoenix, inferno (for when they got up close), smite and (I think) symbol of wrath; I left resurrect behind but orison of healing goes everywhere with me. The only group we had more trouble with was the undead in North Kryta. Somehow, my ranger was the only survivor, and I managed to kill the big bad guy while resurrecting everyone else. To date, my proudest moment playing GW; I just wish I could remember how I did it!

dansamy · Aug 24, 2005, 07:20 PM // 19:20

Smiting FTW! 2x dmg to undead.

Edge Martinez · Aug 25, 2005, 05:15 AM // 05:15

Did this mission easily without dieing and using henchies. I basically let Alesia fend for herself and attacked whoever was attacking Orion. When his nuke recharged, he was killing most of them.

EverBlue · Aug 25, 2005, 07:08 AM // 07:08

Where is this quest? I don't think I've run into it.. Or I have, and I'm just suffering memory loss.

Savio · Aug 25, 2005, 08:21 AM // 08:21

Beetletun...northwestern part of Kryta, east of Divinity Coast. You fight off hordes of undead. Don't worry if you skipped it, it took me forever to find out about Beetletun. I just happened to be finishing up some last quests in Hot Springs when I joined some group heading there.

Shamblemonkee · Aug 25, 2005, 08:31 AM // 08:31

The dieing a ton method works, but it sure isn't much fun

Otsegoflesh · Aug 26, 2005, 05:32 PM // 17:32

it helps some if you chill for a second and let all the little bone horrors die after you've res'd.

Kampfkeks · Aug 26, 2005, 05:50 PM // 17:50

This is a quest i hate to death. I really do.
You want to know why?

YES... that was the very last monster left to finish the quest.
YES... i died 47 times because i took henchmen and tried on a necromancer
YES... there is a total of two henchmen alive.
YES... they stood there staring holes into thin air.
YES... the Bonedragon acted alike.
YES... i just had to re-do the whole sucide tactic again.

And to top that...
YES... Reyna was mocking me by starting to run towards me, only to run back asap.

Age · Aug 26, 2005, 06:24 PM // 18:24

This is not that hard compared to other quests in the game.you first target is the cleric and so forth.In other words grind away and if you think this hard wait till you get to you make your way to the temple of ages in the black curtian.This quest when i first did it was a little easier.The only trouple is all those minions that you have to deal with.You can go back and do it with henchies and get the cleric.

Levi Garett · Aug 26, 2005, 08:30 PM // 20:30

If anybody ever needs help with this quest PM me I/G. It is a blast soloing this with my monk

Levi Garett I/G

Mavrik · Aug 26, 2005, 11:08 PM // 23:08

I did it taking Orion, Thom, Stefan, Alesia and "whats his name" cultist. My Ele was lv16 or 17... honestly don't remember but did it first time with no deaths. I'm E/Mo so I tore into them with my fire magic, healed myself and the cultist kept my energy up when it got low. Now I'm back there with my lv17 R/Me so its a new game now, we'll see how we do but its a fun mission IMO

Morganas · Aug 27, 2005, 07:22 AM // 07:22

Me, a lvl 12 prot monk at the time, duo'd it with a 15 ele. We couldn't even come close to carrying everything.