DoA History made!!

Karlos

Master of Mallyx

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Kaizen Order [Kaiz]

E/Me

27 Dec 2006 at 10:50 - 1

Yes! We did it tonight! We completed all four sections of the Domain of Anguish in one run.

(If you know what the Shard of Brilliance is, and you know how to get to the Veil from where you get it, you know all 4 quests are done) :P

We completed the run in 8 hours and 35 minutes. We nearly lost our monk at the exact same spot we lost our ranger last time, and we think it has to do with too many objects being left on the ground (after about half an hour in the place, no one picks up white and blue items). We had to have the monk drop out (disconnect himself) and reconnect while we picked up every crappy white item in radar range and deleted it.

Still, it was a very worthwhile and fulfilling experience. I am sure others will come and do this whole thing in 5 hours or less. but for now, it feels good to be the first group to have successfully completed this.

Other than the extra drops from the chests, there is no bonus towards fighting Mallyx himself. i.e. you do not get to fight him right away or skip the hordes that attack the priest before the Citadel door opens. In fact, you need to go back to the Gate of Anguish and speak with the priest to advance the quest.

Special thanks to the crew: Sal, Spardas, Hawks, Victor, Miriel, C and Fable. Also special thanks to the guys who have been helping me figure this out. They know who they are. Josh, Sky, Slim Shady and Kier to name a few.

duncan99

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Norway, Oslo

Glob of Ectospasm

27 Dec 2006 at 11:15 - 2

grats to your team

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

27 Dec 2006 at 11:18 - 3

gratz. all that is needed now is to tweak the build to split the teams in 2 groups doing different quests

gul dan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Menos Mau

Mo/

27 Dec 2006 at 11:45 - 4

congratulations ^^

i wish i had a good group to do this =[

Thallandor

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Singapore

Seers of Serpents [SoS]

27 Dec 2006 at 11:58 - 5

congrats to the OP

Symon

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Tyrias Everlasting Assembly of Melandru [TEAM]

Mo/Me

27 Dec 2006 at 12:00 - 6

Was fun... but not sure i'll be doing that in a hurry again ^_^ Bonding for that long starts to numb the mind xD

jbwarrior

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Netherlands

27 Dec 2006 at 12:09 - 7

Gratz m8....

Could and would u share, with us what chars where in your team and with there builds, i think it would help a lot of people, that tries DoA a lot of times.???

Where did u start? City?

Nice work man, gratz again

gul dan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Menos Mau

Mo/

27 Dec 2006 at 12:42 - 8

i think they started at Gloom, then went to Foundry, City and Veil...

and as he said on the other post, with the stygian/foundry build they posted on guildwiki

there's a post for that somewhere here

hey, tell me this: it's easier to do Foundry from Gloom? i tried it one time and spent 7 hours to get nothing there ¬¬ (maybe the party was bad, but i thougth we were doing fine...)

Spadas Datum

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

N/Mo

27 Dec 2006 at 12:46 - 9

I guess not sleeping for the nite and getting it done by 4:30AM in the morning wasn't that bad even though I did have to get to work by 6:00AM. Anyway, time to plan our next trip, haha. By the way, Lamees, I tried my luck with 2 coffers and guess what, I got 10 elixirs, woot. As for where we started from, ehhh, we started with Gloom.

arcmaster23

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

27 Dec 2006 at 13:39 - 10

Congrats to your team. Even with a well oiled team that is an amazing feat.

Do you recall roughly how many of each gem you got in the whole run?

Maybe armbraces aren't unatainable.

Congrats again.

Kern Wolf

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/E

27 Dec 2006 at 15:30 - 11

Excellent...congrats.
Did your theory bear out, about the drops improving if you did all 4 quests consecutively? If I remember, that's what you thought the pattern might be...

fgarvin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

27 Dec 2006 at 17:06 - 12

Eight hours...if only...my wife won't let me sit in front of my PC for more than two.

Grats on the run.

Cygnus_Zero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/Me

27 Dec 2006 at 17:11 - 13

What is a shard of brilliance?

gul dan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Menos Mau

Mo/

27 Dec 2006 at 17:39 - 14

it's an item needed to finish the quest Deathbringer Company in Gloom

Stockholm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Censored

27 Dec 2006 at 18:22 - 15

Well done, Nice job figuring it out.

Spadas Datum

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

N/Mo

27 Dec 2006 at 18:44 - 16

To answer Arcmaster:

Well, let's see, about 15 torment gems total, at least 20 titan gems, about 30 margonite gems, and about 45 ish stygian gems, and the green weapons and primeval armor, lots of gold from chest as well as monster drops, =) in a run.

MirkoTeran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/

27 Dec 2006 at 18:59 - 17

Grats.

ps: take me with you next time!

gul dan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Menos Mau

Mo/

27 Dec 2006 at 19:18 - 18

i want to go too!!!

wanna make a team? =P

Karlos

Master of Mallyx

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Kaizen Order [Kaiz]

E/Me

27 Dec 2006 at 19:36 - 19

I personally got 16 gems, 1 Tormented, 3 Titan, 4 Margonite and 8 Stygian.

We started from Gloom because until now we have not found a way to do the quest at the start ("To The Rescue!") without having a serious risk of wiping. So, we do it first so that if we wipe we can start over quick (takes about 15 minutes to try) as opposed to wiping after completing an area or two.

Ideally, we want to start with City, then do Veil, then Gloom and finish with Foundry (to get 4 yummy Titan gems each). But the roadblaock is that quest in the Gloom.

And yes, the theory is not a theory any more. We got 1 Tormented Gem each from the Ravenheart Chest, we got 2 Titan Gems each from the Foundry Chest, we got 3 Margonite Gems each from the Torc'qua Chest and we got 4 Stygian Gems each from the Stygian Chest.

Ras Kass

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Waterloo, Canada

W/A

27 Dec 2006 at 19:51 - 20

I'm jealous T.T

Cygnus_Zero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/Me

27 Dec 2006 at 20:57 - 21

Cygnus_Zero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/Me

27 Dec 2006 at 20:58 - 22

Oops. forgot to mention they said it took them over 9 hours. So it looks like if you weren't the first, you were the fastest.

Y.T.

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mo/

27 Dec 2006 at 21:59 - 23

congradz!
i'm jealous

Marth Reynolds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands

The Lore Enforcers

Me/A

27 Dec 2006 at 22:25 - 24

Congrats on your efforts, i should get more into DOA as well just hate cloning enemies argh ....

Cygnus_Zero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/Me

27 Dec 2006 at 22:29 - 25

I want to get more into it as well. Dont know where ill find the time to do some of the parts of it though. I max out at being able to play GW for 2 hours before I start either getting bored, tired, or yelled at by my girlfriend. If I can ever get it done, it definitely wont be successive.

alarico511

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

Da Dark Dragon

27 Dec 2006 at 22:53 - 26

*slider*congrat*kiss shoe*

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

27 Dec 2006 at 23:00 - 27

Grats. Now complete all of DoA with a 6 man group. CHOP CHOP.

Karlos

Master of Mallyx

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Kaizen Order [Kaiz]

E/Me

28 Dec 2006 at 04:33 - 28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cygnus_Zero

By the way, I saw 3 people in GoA dist 1 on Friday saying they had already done this. Still an incredible accomplishment even if you aren't the first. Of course they didn't have any proof of it so it doesnt really matter who is first. Just doing it is great whether you're #1 or #50. I highly doubt them for two reasons:
1) No proof. Such a feat is one you post to the wrold, not spam in local chat.
2) We were the first to confirm that if you open chests in succession you get extra drops. We did that on Saturday.

It's easy to stand in local chat and claim all kinds of stuff. However, I would expect people who actually did it to showcase their achievement. Some guy was telling me he beat Mallyx before I even finished all 4 quests, and when I finally did and got to try for Mallyx, I discovered that all he was saying was made up and that he had no even seen Mallyx. So, in short... Talk is cheap.

sion the dark

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

order of the lightbringers

W/Mo

29 Dec 2006 at 06:39 - 29

grats i cant even beat 1 of the domain mishes it is only part of game i cant get if any 1 could lend some tips i have war and a necro their it would be grately appreciated, any1 else having a hard time their 2?

Batou of Nine

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

California, USA

Angel Sharks [AS] (RiP [KaiZ] T__T")

Mo/E

29 Dec 2006 at 11:28 - 30

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess it was only a matter of time till your obsession completely overtook your life!! LoL, j/k Lamees. This holiday break looks like it was the perfect time to sit down and punish DoA down to a mere 8-some hours, GRATS!!

You most definitly know that i woulda totally been up for the challenge with yall, but alas, i am outta town with the family. ^_^" I will be 10x more impressed when you engineer the full DoA tour down to under 4 hours, then i wont have to request any days off work, LOL!!

Anywhoo, congrats again to you and your crew! Btw, Spardas, you CANNOT tell me your poor anymore, you can now buy your own damn 200+ ecto, haha ha ha ha ha.... etc.

LoL, peace out ill expect to see what yall bought with your riches when i get back!

cheers!

Karlos

Master of Mallyx

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Kaizen Order [Kaiz]

E/Me

29 Dec 2006 at 11:44 - 31

Hey hey... Thanks Batou.

Come back soon or you'll miss all the drops. :P

For all I did and the many more times I finished DoA quests than Spardas did, he somehow got Armbraces by the time I got one. :P He got 2 Armbraces out of 9 Coffers. i.e. 2 Armbraces for 9 gems each instead of 1 for 15 each. That's Spardas for you.

Cygnus_Zero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/Me

29 Dec 2006 at 14:48 - 32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlos

I highly doubt them for two reasons:
1) No proof. Such a feat is one you post to the wrold, not spam in local chat.
2) We were the first to confirm that if you open chests in succession you get extra drops. We did that on Saturday.

It's easy to stand in local chat and claim all kinds of stuff. However, I would expect people who actually did it to showcase their achievement. Some guy was telling me he beat Mallyx before I even finished all 4 quests, and when I finally did and got to try for Mallyx, I discovered that all he was saying was made up and that he had no even seen Mallyx. So, in short... Talk is cheap.

Well I dont know. I wouldn't doubt their accomplishment or them being the first simply because they didn't come and post it on an internet forum. There are many people who don't even come here. I was talking to a SF ele in there just last night and was talking to him about the potential SF nerf and mentioned it was being discussed on GWG and he has never heard of this site.

When the whole IDS thing was going on, I found one about 20 minutes after the update that added it. I didnt know about it. After that update, I decided on a whim to go to the ice cave and try and clear out the ice imps with henches. And I got an IDS drop. I went back to granite citadel and made a post about it in a full district and not one person knew what I was talking about. So I very well could have been the first to find one. Then I went right to gamefaqs I believe, possibly gwonline (cant remember) and I had 2 people immediately respond telling me it was "old/10" and that they already had them and they were worth nothing.

My point is that there's no way to truly hold the title of "I was the first to find an IDS", or "I beat the Mallyx quests in succesion first".

gul dan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Menos Mau

Mo/

29 Dec 2006 at 15:22 - 33

well... that's true...

some people just don't care about the communities...

i think it's great, and if it was me, would've done the same, with the screenshots and stuff...

but other form the majority that doesn't know about this, or other forums, many people (i know 2 of them) don't like forums, they think it's a waste of time, and just want to play the game...

and that's how it is... for me, Karlos and his gang will always be the first ones to do this, maybe others did it first, but it's like we live in other universes...

Spadas Datum

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

N/Mo

29 Dec 2006 at 17:39 - 34

Quote:

Btw, Spardas, you CANNOT tell me your poor anymore, you can now buy your own damn 200+ ecto, haha ha ha ha ha.... etc. Hmmmm? Wuuut? I'm poor, I don't know what you're talking about Batou. I think it's time you donate to the Spardas Fund, it's for a very very good cause. A couple of stacks of ectos will do.

4 hours, huh, lol. I say you take a day off from work Batou, I'm thinking Lamees is gonna aim for 7 hours or less. Problem is finding the right build to do City->Veil->Gloom->Foundry, instead of doing Gloom->Foundry->City->Veil. That way, we will get 4 titan gems to drop, muahaha, but yeah, 100% success in gloom is ehhhhh atm.

papryk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Nancy

The Autonomy[?????????]

29 Dec 2006 at 18:23 - 35

gratz.
mallyx drops any green?

xProdigy

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Texas

29 Dec 2006 at 20:36 - 36

DAMN LAMEEZ, if only i coulda been on at that time u guys started it maybe i could've been your ob tank xD. Owell maybe we'll do some gloom farms again sometimes since that seems to be the easiest, we always got lucky with 3-4 gems the first mob. but congrats anyway

(<-- X Noobie)

karunpav

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

29 Dec 2006 at 21:17 - 37

If i sat in front of my computer for 8 hours, my eyes would bleed...

Congrats, though

Karlos

Master of Mallyx

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Kaizen Order [Kaiz]

E/Me

30 Dec 2006 at 06:31 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cygnus_Zero

My point is that there's no way to truly hold the title of "I was the first to find an IDS", or "I beat the Mallyx quests in succesion first". Well, in principle, you are absolutely correct. No way to definitively prove it one way or the other barring ANet provides logs or something.

However, I am speaking out of familiarity with the top players in DoA (at least those in American districts), most of whom tried this with me or helped me with it at some capacity, and among those I know, we were the first. I find it hard to believe that there existed a group of these REALLY good players who can do these things in DoA (in American districts) that I did not hear of. You'll notice the many responses of people who have been in attempts with me or met me in DoA. We know (or know of) each other fairly easily at this point.

Sid Doog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

DR (Drunkin Rangers)

E/Me

30 Dec 2006 at 07:11 - 39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlos

Hey hey... Thanks Batou.

armbraces dont come out of the coffers

unless someone could provide a screenie then i would have to say nope i have opened 12 and got one mini malyix and all the rest crap but diff no arm's or weapons and other guildies have opened as well for a total of about 40 coffers and nadda

Karlos

Master of Mallyx

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Kaizen Order [Kaiz]

E/Me

30 Dec 2006 at 09:17 - 40

Heh, you can choose to believe it or not. Entirely up to you. That's not stopping Armbraces from coming out of coffers.

I know two people who got Armbraces out of coffers already. My uneducated guess would estimate the chance at under 10%.