least favourite mission?

mr. heroic

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2008

W/Mo

what's your least favourite mission and why?

pkodyssey

pkodyssey

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

In a cardboard box with Internet

The Order of the Frozen Tundra (TofT)

N/

Ruins of Morah in Nightfall.

No matter what I am told, who I party with and the build I use, I just can't get Masters.

Nope, ain't gonna pay for a run. The fun is trying to do it yourself.

Squishy ftw

Squishy ftw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

Your backline

W/

Anything in the jungle(prophecies).

Yuhe Ji

Yuhe Ji

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

Los Angeles

E/

definitely gates of madness. It just took so long to get masters on it. I actually had trouble even after getting all the blessings to kill shiro. In the end I ended up flagging the heroes outside the shrines and kiting shiro until he eventually got killed by the heroes.

Tatile

Tatile

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Stygian Disciples of Tenebrasus

N/Me

Grand Court Sebelkeh, the reason is obvious.

Rothaga

Rothaga

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

D/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tatile
Grand Court Sebelkeh, the reason is obvious.
I like that mission, if you get a good group, its a good challenge. Of course, h/h works too.

I absolutely HATE the Venta Cemetary in NF, its so long, and it takes so long if I want to get the masters.

N1ghtstalker

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

E/

most prophecies missions (lets say all to make it easy cuz i hate them anyways)
most NF missions too
especially those in the realm of torment
vabbi missions were enervating too
and if i may say some things from GW: EN
all asura missions and all the norn missions
i hate them all -.-

Miska Bow

Miska Bow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2008

somewhere, Grinding some l33t titles

Order of the Divine WoodChuck

R/

On my first couple of try while following the story line these gave me trouble:

Prophecy:

Elona Reach. No max armor and no max henchies. Party wipes on the first couple of try

Faction

Gyala Hatchery. Reading wiki for this one is a must. On my first attempt i had all the turtles killed on the first wave.

Nightfall


Moddok Crevice. Mostly because of the enormous time laps between the things you have to do to get master and the advices given by Dunkoro. None of his suggestions comes soon enough to avoid ruining the possibilities of getting master without reading wiki or going over the mission at least a dozen time.

They might not be the hardest of all, but they are the one that did make me wanna kick someone/something real hard

Silvia Shadowback

Silvia Shadowback

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

Sleeping at Worlds [End]

N/Mo

Nundu Bay becuase its just hard and i cant seem to get masters on it

Olim Chill

Olim Chill

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

USA

DMI

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy ftw
Anything in the jungle(prophecies).
Agreed. Their quirky tasks and layouts don't inspire me.

shrouded^god

shrouded^god

IGN: J C A C H E

Join Date: Sep 2006

843

[Liar]

Whichever the one in NF was...with the harbringers....ugh...Ive never failed so hard at PvE

mr. heroic

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2008

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy ftw
Anything in the jungle(prophecies).
i agree aurora glade is extremely annoying especially the bit where you defend the shrines

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/

lets see,
prophecies:

dunes of dispair---the bonus without nt. and if you DO use it you have to get the right spawn or its a no go. (type /resign and we will try again )

factions: none, they are all pretty easy with the right build (esp now with heroes).

nightfall:
mordok crevice is a pain to get the 2 runners at the same time,
grand court---getting masters is a pain, but just getting thur its pretty easy with again the right h/h set up.
ruins of moriah--see grand court.
gate of madness---this is one I HATE, because its soo long and then you get to the shrines and even running into the shrines past shiro and the lich they follow you and kill off your heroes....and if you dont do the bonus trying to kill of shiro is still a real pain!

so my choice from that list is gate of madness.

Molock

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Qu??bec

Legacy of Angels [Halo]

E/

Aurora Glade... I have always hated that mission. I remember hating the jungle missions originaly, but now that I am experienced it just a boring bunch of spider slaying.

Emu

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Riddle Of Kings

Mo/

Jennur's Horde, what's not to love about a mission where you can auto-fail with about three seconds warning from the far side of the map?

chowmein69

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

all of them.

RedNova88

RedNova88

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

Behind you!

W/

The first real mission in Factions. The first time was pretty fun because I was actually interested in reading all of the text but after doing it so many times I just want to hurt Togo because HE. NEVER. STOPS. TALKING.

WinterSnowblind

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tatile
Grand Court Sebelkeh, the reason is obvious.
I never thought it was too bad. Yeah, it can be kind of hard when you're unsure what to do, and of course if you have a bad group. But it isn't exactly a long mission, so it's no problem to just keep trying. It's the ones that go on for ages, and can then be screwed up right at the very end that get to me.

Gyala Hatchery springs to mind, not necessarily because it's hard, but it is stressful. And basically any of the other "you must protect.." missions.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy ftw
Anything in the jungle(prophecies).
Amen.

Doing Bloodstone Fen with H/H...having to run back to pick up the seed so the vine will grow (stupid me didn't bring a speed buff duh!) yea so I was kinda pissed and bored.

They should add the option of allowing heroes to carry stuff.

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

Surmia.... long and boring

enter_the_zone

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2007

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind
I never thought it was too bad. Yeah, it can be kind of hard when you're unsure what to do, and of course if you have a bad group. But it isn't exactly a long mission, so it's no problem to just keep trying. It's the ones that go on for ages, and can then be screwed up right at the very end that get to me.

Gyala Hatchery springs to mind, not necessarily because it's hard, but it is stressful. And basically any of the other "you must protect.." missions.
/agree. Almost all these missions require a human monk in HM, since the AI is so lame you can't set healing priorities.

Evaine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

USA

KORE

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So far, my least favorite is the Frost Gate in Prophecies. It's not hard and it doesn't take longer than other missions, I just don't like it. Maybe it's the ending I don't like.

Vizunah Square is a close second. Poor design makes it boring and tedious. The chaos and overkill is amazing.

Splitisoda

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

STALKER!

Not in One

N/A

Every Mission in Prophecies (only campaign i haven;t been, cept for EOTN which I haven't got yet)

Factions: None really...

Nightfall: Gate of Madness, if you pug this, you deserve to wear the "i am a retard sign" which I have worn for a long time. 3 weeks went far enough trying that misson, to my guild

Grand Court got annoying. But I'm DEFINETLY not going for masters

Rexion

Rexion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

[Luck]

E/

what is up with all the icon'd posts on Riverside these days?
...you OPs need to stop being complainy bizziches.


i don't like Bloodstone Fen...

Sirius-NZ

Sirius-NZ

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

Bellevue, WA (I know ... but I moved out of NZ)

Xen of Onslaught

D/

I was going to say Gyala Hatchery for being such a pain to get Master's on, but I remembered something.

Arborstone. It's not the toughest mission in the game, sure, but a lot of the little plot devices reek of "this was only put here to annoy you". Stuff falling directly on your head, for ... none-too-well explained reasons. The cathedral even "collapses" on you when you're standing under open air in one part. Go figure.

englitdaudelin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

East Coast

Soldier's Union [SU]

N/Me

Prophecies-- Misson with Leah Stone as the bonus. Ugggggggggh. Sooooooooooooo Slooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I would rather suffer the fate of a Greek Tragic hero than do that again.

Factions: Minister Cho's Estate. Needs a "Togo off" toggle button. I rather liked Vizunah on my monk and rit--just managed carnage all the way around.
Arborstone is up there for not-so-favorite, because I can't tell you how many fast-moving groups have wiped on bad Oni spawns and ceiling collapses and the end bosses.

NF: Realm of Torment Missions. Just yurgh... And Gates of Desolation is low too, because I just don't like the wurm.

EotN: H/H-ing Heart of the Shiverpeaks. How hard would it have been to make a "scatter" function for the AI? But noooooooo, the heroes have to cluster and get wiped. I know I could flag them, but should I need to? Erk.

Rexion

Rexion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

[Luck]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by englitdaudelin
I would rather suffer the fate of a Greek Tragic hero than do that again.
*raises my Oedipus Rex flag*
YES YES YES!!! killing your father, sleeping with your mother... your four sons/daughters are also your brothers/sisters... gouge out your eyes and leave your home. GOTTA LOVE THE GREEKS

Kiragi Yagami

Kiragi Yagami

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Elician Mercinaries [eLm] Leader.

E/Me

wasn't a big fan of the 2 Gate missions in NF, (Pain and Madness), but they were a nice challenge, and not terribly hard once i got the hang of it.

In prophecies, i didnt hate a single one. i loved tyria. same with factions, i could never hate cantha. i WILL say that having to re-do Vizunah Square a million times because you keep getting 1 minute away from masters got tiresome after a while.

and if EoTN counts, Warband Of Brothers, Finding The Bloodstone, Destructions Depths. first took WAY too long to do, second took WAY too long to get to, (on that note, add elusive golemancer to the above list. nice dungeon, liked the zelda-esque puzzles, but too faaaar awaaaaay from Rata Sum. not looking forward to running there 8 times for my handbooks), and the third had the most beastly creature i have ever seen. Disk Of Chaos FTL.

Cats

Cats

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Singapore

Charter Vanguard

E/Mo

Jennur's Horde, made me almost quit GW.

Kiragi Yagami

Kiragi Yagami

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Elician Mercinaries [eLm] Leader.

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cats
Jennur's Horde, made me almost quit GW.
seems to be the general concensus. wonder why i picked nundu bay?

gonna throw in a few more. pretty well any "if such and such dies you all die" missions. oddly enough, i dont count factions at all, because all of the "protect" missions, the people you had to protect could handle themselves for more than 10 seconds and didnt leeroy an entire platoon of charr. wonder who im referring to. and gyala hatchery was fun for me, dont know why. a nice challenge, and watching a whole mass of kurzicks go BOOM made my day.

englitdaudelin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

East Coast

Soldier's Union [SU]

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rexion
*raises my Oedipus Rex flag*
YES YES YES!!! killing your father, sleeping with your mother... your four sons/daughters are also your brothers/sisters... gouge out your eyes and leave your home. GOTTA LOVE THE GREEKS

Good catch. And yes, I would rather do this than escort Leah fricking Stone.

Martin Alvito

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

Abbadon's Mouth, Prophecies.

1) It's very long.
2) The bonus takes even longer. Additional aggravation points for the fact that Leah walks SO slowly inside the fortress.
3) It's got a Monk mursaat boss.
4) It's home to several elite skills that you can't get any place else, and that do not spawn every time.
5) The last room is a pain.

About the only thing the mission has going for it is the cinematic.

Martin Alvito

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

Quote:
Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind
Gyala Hatchery springs to mind, not necessarily because it's hard, but it is stressful. And basically any of the other "you must protect.." missions.
Last I checked, you could still glitch the turtles if everyone in the party bails out away from the turtles at the start of the mission. Been quite a while since I did Gyala, though.

Nemo the Capitalist

Nemo the Capitalist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Trust me you dont want to know my Chasms of Despair

Zaishen Brotherhood

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by pkodyssey
Ruins of Morah in Nightfall.

No matter what I am told, who I party with and the build I use, I just can't get Masters.

Nope, ain't gonna pay for a run. The fun is trying to do it yourself.

pay 5 k problem solved...

IMO jungle missions hm

jon0592

jon0592

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

N/

On the VERY first try...

1. Gate of Madness
2. Jennur's Horde
3. Thunderhead Keep

PinoyRurik

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

PNAS

W/Mo

worst mission?!
Ruins of Surmia. no doubt

Death By Ketchup

Death By Ketchup

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Canada

Eternal Transcendence [DRMR]

A/

Prophs: Ruins of surmia, abaddons mouth. Both long and boring.
Factions: Eternal grove.
NF:grand court and gate of madness.
EotN: the one thats in oolas lab.

Yuhe Ji

Yuhe Ji

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

Los Angeles

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin Alvito
Last I checked, you could still glitch the turtles if everyone in the party bails out away from the turtles at the start of the mission. Been quite a while since I did Gyala, though.
Well it still worked when I did it a month ago so that wasn't too hard. I hated Jennur's Horde. PUGed on that quite a few times and failed so I finally got some guild and alliance help.

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

Gate of madness. Dunno never liked it. But all missions in tyria are wonderful and cantha is just easy.

Miriel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

I didn't like The Dunes of Despair. I'm sure that there were other, harder missions and bonuses, but that one sticks out fondly (*cough*) because I tried that bonus at least 15 times before getting it.

Pray that a stupid scarab spawns in the right area, find a n/mo, find stupid vampiric weapons . . get your ass beat . . . Yeah. Wasn't too into that.