Arborstone mission: Did it get harder?

Enchanted Warrior

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/Mo

I have done it several times with past characters, and it was a lil difficult but not as bad as it seems to be now. Did it get harder? Everyone there lately is trying over and over, and not making it. Saying they just sux is not an answer. Why so many failures?

pve-er

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

1. you are in a group of weaker teammates
2. you are unlucky
3. you walk the harder route

Munanko Roha

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

KoH

W/E

Made yesterday with henches with my ranger, no problem at all.

It's the good old Arborstone, henchmen are usually better than pugs, that's all.

Amity and Truth

Amity and Truth

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

W/N

Why is saying "they suck" not an answer? It's precisely your answer. The general quality of PUG Players has greatly decreased over the past weeks thus making missions harder than they really would be.

Effendi Westland

Effendi Westland

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Isle of the dead

[DVDF][LDS]

P/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Amity and Truth
Why is saying "they suck" not an answer? It's precisely your answer. The general quality of PUG Players has greatly decreased over the past weeks thus making missions harder than they really would be. huh? I been getting RoF bonus, Abaddon bonus, skill caps from there all week last week and when I was doing that I was just thinking the oposite. Never had it this easy with Pugs.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

heh, sounds like 1+1= all the skilled players moved back to prophecies

Thargor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Me and a guildie did it 2 nights ago with my MM and his Mesmer and the rest henchies. Got Masters with no problem so I would have to say no it didn't get harder.

Broseph357

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

what is a PUG?

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Broseph357
what is a PUG? [P]ick [U]p [G]roup

Basically when you and others form a party and none of you know eachother.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

hm, had 3 monks in our group today.....most of us were wanding the stuff, not only did we finish, but got masters as well! (and no one died until the last part with the stone judge.....lol)

Cherng Butter

Cherng Butter

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Maryland

The Mirror Of Reason [SNOW]

E/Mo

I just henched it yesterday, got Master's reward. I went in hoping I could make it out alive (I'm a warrior btw, not something easy like MM). Ended up plowing thru everything in my path. I think Su and Nika both died (useless henchmen btw, haha). When I tried it with my MM my first time, I barely finished with a PuG. I'm inclined to say the quality of players is at fault.

Rera

Rera

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Don't fool yourself, most skilled players rarely PUG.

Warriors are one of the easiest classes to hench with. Hench monks are good enough to keep you up on their own, so bring all the damage you can and streamroll everything. Pack interrupts for boss casters and you should rarely run into issues.

Haggard

Haggard

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Urmston, Manchester, UK

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

W/Rt

I henched it with my mesmer yesterday, nothing hard except the Oni's (I forgot to call so they came in and ripped half the hench down). Other than that no problems.

Yobz

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

N/Me

Did it with Henchies. Took the middle path.

The Armchair Mesmer

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Enchanted Warrior
I have done it several times with past characters, and it was a lil difficult but not as bad as it seems to be now. Did it get harder? Everyone there lately is trying over and over, and not making it. Saying they just sux is not an answer. Why so many failures? I cruised through it with henchies no problem last night. Maybe it was just luck of the draw.

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

I henched this early one morning and was called away in the middle of the stone judge by my son waking up. Thought I would have to redo it for sure. I am not sure how it happened, but when I returned I had a full Hench group still alive and me standing in the middle of my group.

WLlama

Caged Mongrel

Join Date: Jul 2006

Cage in a Dungeon

Flaming Turtles

N/

Can't say I've had much trouble with Arborstone, either past or present. As long as you don't stand in the area effect 'Chapel Collapse' (or whatever the exact wording is) and watch out for the two Oni group pops, you are usually able to slid on through with Masters.

That said, I have had PuGs with warriors and casters that would stand in the 'Collapse' effect even after being directed not to...makes me think that too many people turn off team chat or something.

Cebe

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

Aborstone is getting harder? I went in with 2 alliance members and 5 other human players...one monk dropped out ... then everyone else thought "This can't be done"...and left also leaving us 3 alliance members on our oown. The three of us completed it in 1 hour and 11 minutes! ^^ Quite a victory!

MaglorD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Did it with my mesmer and henchies even though Danika glitched and didn't follow after the cathedral starts self-destructing, so effectively only had one monk healing whole group. After killing everything in the way along the middle path and the final boss, went back to get Danika and finished it.

Livingston

Livingston

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Edge of the World

[L] [GET]

I believe the right hand path to be the hardest. If you took this instead of another path earlier, this could well make the difference.

Livingston

CtrlAltDel

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Ohio

Brotherhood of Havoc

Mo/Me

So I should be able to hench this with my Mo/Me? Even though the walkthrough in this forum says a squishy shouldnt be carrying the urn?