Reveal the NF Elite Mission Status! Please.

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For those that read this thread for the first time, after you've read the starting post you might want to read Gaile's comment on this matter:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...7&postcount=31

All we can do is wait now


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Word is out:
Read it for yourself over here:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...88&postcount=1

Thanks for the answer. This thread has now lost it's purpose as the question was answered in the above link.

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I'm sorry for the somewhat aggresive title. It is meant as an eyecatcher and will hopefully result in an answer. This particular question was asked before and shrugged off with a "No comment" or even completely ignored in other instances.
This is not a thread meant for discussion. It's not meant for flaming or complaining about anything. It is also not complaining or flaming anything and it's not even a rant. It's a question that needs an easy answer.

The questions at hand:

1. Is the Nightfall Elitemission as of currently included in the game?
2. Is it as of currently reachable? As in: All prerequisites work as intended - no bugs stopping the access?

A simple:
"Yes it is and yes it is" is all that i and everyone that agrees on this thread is asking for. We don't want the directions as to where to find it. We simply want to know if it is there at all.
Should it be lacking, now is the perfect time to admit that it is not yet included before your players get frustrated about the issue.


If you've read that far and want to support this question, show your interest in the matter by answering to this thread.
If you however need further information as to why this question was asked at all, read on and decide then.

What sparked this particular question?
The Nightfall Manual states the existance of an Elitemission and a special hero. So far it seems that no one has found neither the mission nor said hero (Razah).

What has been done to find it?
Besides every Player that plays the Nightfall campaign, there are a few very dedicated gamers in every community that want to do anything to find that mission. Things that have been done in order to find it:

• Gain Max Tier Sunspear Rank, through applied bugusing (it's currently not possible to reach the max of it as it is bugged - except for semi bugusing)
• Gain Protector of Elona
• Gain Grandmaster Cartagropher
• All quests done, all NPCs double checked
• Challenge mission high scores achieved
• Many more

As you can see, a lot of time has been invested to find that mission and amongst many of the desperate players a common belief is forming: "It's not included". This is dangerous to the morale and A-Nets reputation as well.

Dude, wtf? Why is this important at all?
If you've ever tried something for hours straight only to find it that it wasn't possible to do to start with - you surely know the frustration connected with this.
Here however are dedicated gamers and fans that have tried for days (!). What will happen if they suddenly find out that the mission was never included to start with? They'll get really angry and frustrated. Many of them allready are kind of in a state of apathy and that's not definitely too good.

And why should i care? I'm still in Kamadan!
You will care one day. Atleast when it is your turn to look for the Elite Mission. It could also be that a small bug in the requirement to gain access prevents access to the mission and A-Net simply didn't notice it yet. We don't know and we can't check. A-Net can.
In your own interest, you'd want this (and other bugs of course) to be fixed by the time you reach it, don't you?

Conclusion:
So, after reading a few of the reasons why this question is important, decide for yourself if you want to support it and are interested in reading an answer about this.
Please, keep this free of flames. Don't be dissing a-net or their policy and i ask a special thing from the moderators: Once the question has been answered by a representative of A-net, please close the thread.

I concur.

Very, very well made topic. All the things listed make sense, and I'd like an answer too. Kudos, and by kudos, I mean, job incredibally well done.

Good work. I agree. I also wanna know this.

Also, Razah. Will he be available in the Elite Mission?

I totaly agre all I want to know is if its in the game or not.

Awesome post, just hope ANET will actually reply to this one. Alot of people like you said (myself included) have put many many hours into trying to find this elite mission. Least they can do is give us a 'yes its there' or a ' No, in a few monthes'

As far as Elite areas in the game I have found very few area's that are as Elite as the Plane of Fear, and many other areas within the Plane of Torment. UW and FOW are pie and kittens compared to the difficulty of these areas.

It is possible that the Elite Area ANET may have referred to may still be within the Plane of Torment?

After all there are a few areas within this domain that have doors or gates that seem to be closed off. For example in the end game area there is a door that cannot be accessed. Is it possible a quest or town has yet to be discovered within the Plane of Torment to access these doors?

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10069598
I kindly refer you to the linked thread if you want to discuss on the location of the Elite Mission or have some insight on how we might find it.
It also shows much of the actions people have taken to find it and also parts of the frustration that is slowly spreading. As for your question, it's also discussed in the linked thread.

This thread here serves a sole purpose, asking for an answer on a community wide issue.

people need to be relax i know it is coming

good post, anet should give us a strait answer on this.

lol havent you learned it takes 2 things to get a response from anet on things.

1. a thread that reaches 2000+ posts.
2. a complaint on how the hair on the rump of a lion is messed.

ofcourse im joking bout those, but thats what it seems like for the most part.

i aggree they should answer.

Well this is a chance to prove otherwise then :P

I agree.

I agree.

A yes or no isnt hard to say so yea, i agree.

/Signed

I agree needs a response one way or the other.
Im guessing from the silence of anyone from anet so far that it is not included in the game yet as they were pushed for time.

I agree. And their answer had better be "Yes" and "Yes" because we are past the appropriate time for any other response. Too much time spent by too many people would have been wasted otherwise.

If it's in the game, and properly accessible, and we simply haven't been able to find it... then kudos to ANet. I have no problem with that.

i agree too, give us some light

i agree!

I agree, trying to find a elite mission if it isn't there is useless

I am going to have to speak for my entire Alliance, guild and all my friends on this and we ALL agree. (All 700 of us)

Yay!.. very good post, now wheres gaile or alex!!?!!?

WT.B Gaile reply 1g + Red Iris Flower

It seems highly likely to me that the elite mission is supposed to be launched from the Chantry of Secrets and is not implemented. Why else would they have that area in the back you can only go into after you've beaten the game?

Flavor. Have you looked at the Ritualist Statue in Tahnnakki Temple after you completed Factions?

HAHAHA, nice!

I have to say nice post, but on the other hand... imo everyone sounds like they have nothing left in nightfall to do exept the elite mission

Possibly, but it seems like if they were going for that they'd have put it in an easily instanced explorable area instead of going to the effort of blocking off the area, adding NPCs, etc.

Regardless, I don't think the elite mission exists right now... and maybe it never will. It'd be far from the first time prerelease info and/or the manual were completely off the mark.

I'll have some information on this by tomorrow morning at the latest, hopefully today. I apologie for the delay in responding, but I want to make sure you get as much info as it's possible to share on this, so please bear with us for a bit longer.

Thank you for responding.
Your answer will be highly anticipated

Makes a large pot of tea for everyone...

Breaks open the Cookies and Scones.

'the area behind these doors is not ready for public access'

obvious much? -.-

/signed.

dude, beat the game first

That's only what it says as long as you haven't completed the game. Nice try at sarcasm, but you fail horribly.

Maybe they keeping it locked till more people done NF, so a few people dont get all the good stuff and start selling it for 100k +++

well waiting for gaile then! ^^

I put this thread in the false hope folder but atleast this sounds promising(doupt its in now but get the impersion its atleast in the works.)