New Elite dungeon - Ascalon Catacombs

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25 Nov 2007 at 19:22 - 1
**To avoid this topic being thrown away to the conflict of interest being Elona/Cantha discrimination due to GW:EN, some of this content has been altered. (No reader posts have been removed/edited).**

Remember the old days of Ascalon? Lush, green hills, angry little wolves, and of course, The Catacombs.
Where a better place to level your character?

For those of us who own Guild Wars: Prophecies, Nightfall, and Factions, we know the only region that does not contain an Elite Mission area is Tyria.

Why not reopen the old Catacombs of Ascalon as the first Tyrian Elite Mission? It would definatly be a blast from the past, reliving those moments on your old, battle-scarred level twenty character!

And who better to be the keeper of this dungeon, than the first boss we encountered? But Skullreaver, of course!

Just a thought.

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25 Nov 2007 at 19:51 - 2
Yes. This seems like it should have been there from the beginning.

Neo Nugget

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25 Nov 2007 at 20:40 - 3
Good idea, but people who want to experience the awesomeness that is the catacombs, they usually make a perma pre character.*cough* me.

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25 Nov 2007 at 20:56 - 4
But a Catacombs with 8(to12?) players, better rewards, slightly "aged" environment, bigger baddies, and all the other ingrediants that makes an area Elite, makes for a better experience. And an experience for characters that never get a chance to see the area at all (Ritualist/Assassin/ Dervish/Paragon).

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25 Nov 2007 at 21:58 - 5
I'd love to see the area again,, with high leverl creatures...

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25 Nov 2007 at 22:07 - 6
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I love being able to reminisce of the good times when we were able to roam free doing quests and not having a care in the world.

Also, it could be considered to add a new small outpost for 8 people to enter it instead of 4. The outpost would be just under Sardelac Sanitarium and would be the entrance to the new Catacombs. Skullreaver would be the boss guarding a chest.

And maybe we could dig up a little more info on Gwen's escape from the charr there. Like getting into the ruins of the Catacombs and heading through the dungeon with some Vanguard soldiers (One of which could be Langmar) and eventually finding the EotN.

Wow, I'm getting a bit carried away here. But, yeah, /signed.

circuscalamity

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26 Nov 2007 at 01:27 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo Nugget
Good idea, but people who want to experience the awesomeness that is the catacombs, they usually make a perma pre character.*cough* me.
Tell that to a Dervish

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26 Nov 2007 at 01:34 - 8
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I was crestfallen when I found out that the Catacombs was blocked off in Post-searing, even if I didn't show up at Sardelac Sanitarium until after I was Level 20 on my first character (somehow missed that outpost). Perhaps the earthquakes that rocked the rest of Tyria open a fissure in Old Ascalon that only Level 20 GW:EN owners can access? I'd definitely love going back there to find darker forces at work.

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26 Nov 2007 at 03:05 - 9
/signed

I haven't been in pre in a long time but was there a notable bad guy there? Maybe a specific Charr/human? When the searing happened, he was trapped in the catacombs and eventually driven mad. Maybe found some power, related to the Destroyers, a relic.

Anyway point is, it'd be cool to go back and say, OMG it's HIM/HER! I had wondered what happened to that person. And connecting the old to the new.

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26 Nov 2007 at 03:10 - 10
Since the searing, it would shape the good old catacombs right? Instead of being a small area?


Sounds good /signed.

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26 Nov 2007 at 03:14 - 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by thedeadlyassassin
Since the searing, it would shape the good old catacombs right? Instead of being a small area?


Sounds good /signed.
Yes, possibly an area of the catacombs NO One has ever seen?
This idea has been on my mind a week after I got GW:EN, and I think the Devs could have alot of fun with it.

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26 Nov 2007 at 03:15 - 12
/signed. Brilliant!

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26 Nov 2007 at 03:21 - 13
/signed

This would be a great add-on.

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26 Nov 2007 at 03:25 - 14
/signed
Sounds sweet

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26 Nov 2007 at 03:26 - 15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kazamafury
/signed

I haven't been in pre in a long time but was there a notable bad guy there? Maybe a specific Charr/human? When the searing happened, he was trapped in the catacombs and eventually driven mad. Maybe found some power, related to the Destroyers, a relic.

Anyway point is, it'd be cool to go back and say, OMG it's HIM/HER! I had wondered what happened to that person. And connecting the old to the new.
I love this idea of someone being trapped down there. What I think would make it more interesting is if the trapped was not a notable bad guy, but a character that was never really considered after his tragedy in pre...

Tragedy being the death of his prized moa bird

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26 Nov 2007 at 03:30 - 16
/signed signed signed!

Assyrian

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26 Nov 2007 at 04:27 - 17
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only one problem... the catacombs are not in the EoTN region ...it cant just move itself to EoTN areas

they can make something like it...but not the same thing with higher level creatures and a few more rooms...

good idea tho Q__Q

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26 Nov 2007 at 12:15 - 18
Quote:
Originally Posted by Assyrian
/signed

only one problem... the catacombs are not in the EoTN region ...it cant just move itself to EoTN areas

they can make something like it...but not the same thing with higher level creatures and a few more rooms...

good idea tho Q__Q
The idea is to keep it where it is, but only make it accessable to GW:EN owners.

Wish Swiftdeath

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26 Nov 2007 at 12:48 - 19
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i would so love this

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26 Nov 2007 at 12:51 - 20
Kind of like how the CTC is in the middle of the shiverpeaks yet doesn't connect to droks area or boreal pass areas. The catacomb dungeon could be an isolated outpost somewhere in Ascalon too. Going in would be like going into the crack in the beginning of EotN.

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26 Nov 2007 at 13:13 - 21
Just like olias and Zenmai, it could be a Bonus dungeon accesible is you own both EotN and Prophecies.

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26 Nov 2007 at 13:15 - 22
Quote:
Originally Posted by circuscalamity
Tragedy being the death of his prized moa bird
Yes excellent idea. /signed
Also we(maybe monks only) had to haul around some urn in there, that could show up again too.

I don't think I've ever seen that necro collector in there ever again; if she is indeed in there, she must have run out of candles after a few years, so those previously friendly spirits wouldn't be so friendly anymore.

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26 Nov 2007 at 15:19 - 23
/signed
and /signed again

and /signed even if made into a new Bonus Mission Pack sold for 9.99$ or something like that

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26 Nov 2007 at 16:43 - 24
Quote:
Originally Posted by circuscalamity
I love this idea of someone being trapped down there. What I think would make it more interesting is if the trapped was not a notable bad guy, but a character that was never really considered after his tragedy in pre...

Tragedy being the death of his prized moa bird
The guy who lost his prized moa bird was Pitney, who ended up in Piken Square in Post-Searing Ascalon as part of the vanguard. He wouldn't be trapped in the catacombs.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Pitney

Regardless, /signed for catacombs dungeon in post-searing Ascalon.

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26 Nov 2007 at 18:40 - 25
Hmmm. What about Oberan? I know that we kill him after the searing, but that doesn't mean that he can't have crawled back down into the catacombs to nurse his wounds, and stew for a few years about the whelp that killed his minions.

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26 Nov 2007 at 18:42 - 26
If they do that.. I'm buying GWEN lol

/signed

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26 Nov 2007 at 19:28 - 27
At least his servants could still be there.

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26 Nov 2007 at 19:31 - 28
Quote:
Originally Posted by Solo_uw_ftw
If they do that.. I'm buying GWEN lol

/signed
Well, I guess you are gonna be saving the money for something else then. Ain't gonna happen.

Kazamafury

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26 Nov 2007 at 19:47 - 29
To make it possible for only GW:EN people to access it, you can simply have Gwen (once completed the game), she hands you an old relic where she kept it as a memento. You as the player realized that it's actually a key to a one of the Asuran gates. This one in particular leads to the Catacombs. It's actually much huger than anyone would have expected in pre.

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26 Nov 2007 at 20:01 - 30
/signed.

Heck, the Asura have portals everywhere. Why not one from somewhere like CTC (or near it) to Catacombs? (Similar to Gadd's Encampment-->Shards of Orr entrance).

<---- goes to make pre character just to play in catacombs.

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26 Nov 2007 at 20:25 - 31
Yeah. One part of the catacomb could have crumbled. Revealing the gate. then you find the gate to get there... and finally use them.

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26 Nov 2007 at 20:28 - 32
Great ideas, everyone. Thanks for the support, and for those of you who haven't posted, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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26 Nov 2007 at 20:28 - 33
/signed

Oh yes, this is exactly what we want

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26 Nov 2007 at 20:36 - 34
ok, not too Hijack this thread too much BUT....

They could also had an additional dungeon like the Catacombs in Faction and Nightfall

In Faction it could be the old forgotten Library of Shin jea monastary

And in Nightfall Even older level and rooms of Faranur city.

Just trowing that out there

As for the Catacombs of ascalon.

A Definate /Signed

circuscalamity

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26 Nov 2007 at 20:42 - 35
Quote:
Originally Posted by Halmyr
ok, not too Hijack this thread too much BUT....

They could also had an additional dungeon like the Catacombs in Faction and Nightfall

In Faction it could be the old forgotten Library of Shin jea monastary

And in Nightfall Even older level and rooms of Faranur city.

Just trowing that out there

As for the Catacombs of ascalon.

A Definate /Signed
Good thought, but I think the idea of bringing back the very first dungeon-like area as an ACTUAL dungeon would give the nastaligic feeling people love, and guarentee this area's replay value.
As for the other areas, it would seem the more of these areas that were released would destroy the significance of the last.

Stick to topic please.

Assyrian

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26 Nov 2007 at 21:37 - 36
Quote:
Originally Posted by circuscalamity
The idea is to keep it where it is, but only make it accessable to GW:EN owners.
there people who dont have EoTN would be complaining because its in ascalon...which was destroyed in EoTN so i dont see why you need it to play a dungeon in ascalon...that would be crooked and a-net would get a crap tone of complaints

Tyla

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26 Nov 2007 at 21:55 - 37
GW:EN only,in sardelac sanitarium have an NPC outside of the brick wall?
(also what about GW:EN stuff in factions/nf?)

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26 Nov 2007 at 22:20 - 38
/signed on one condition, please don't make its design like Slaver's requiring killing different bosses before getting able to finish the quest.

Slaver's is so poorly designed that its hard to find people in the same stage as yourself, requiring to redo bosses and help out just to get others to the boss that you need.

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26 Nov 2007 at 22:38 - 39
/signed.

Uh 3 requests.
1. Put a large dragon in it he hee >.> that its off in the distance that we can't reach >.> as a little reason for the boards and wiki to ASPLODE for 3 days.

2. Making it a prophecy's Elite mission, that only Prophecies and GWEN owners can access.

3. You NEED to have some kinda huge Leviathan like creature in there.
Hell HAVE an undead Leviathan in there.

circuscalamity

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26 Nov 2007 at 22:43 - 40
Quote:
Originally Posted by ensoriki
/signed.

Uh 3 requests.
1. Put a large dragon in it he hee >.> that its off in the distance that we can't reach >.> as a little reason for the boards and wiki to ASPLODE for 3 days.

2. Making it a prophecy's Elite mission, that only Prophecies and GWEN owners can access.

3. You NEED to have some kinda huge Leviathan like creature in there.
Hell HAVE an undead Leviathan in there.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Assyrian
there people who dont have EoTN would be complaining because its in ascalon...which was destroyed in EoTN so i dont see why you need it to play a dungeon in ascalon...that would be crooked and a-net would get a crap tone of complaints
I suppose there would be a problem concerning the fact that you'd HAVE to own Prophecies, when A-Net declared any campaign would allow access to GW:EN features, so I think an Elite Mission would be more suitable.
If this feature was added as such, an Elite area would finally exist in ALL of the campaigns.
Good point Assyrian.