about to pull my hairs out..

Winds

Winds

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

CAx

This 5 wins needed for a an unlock Heroes Ascent is complete BS. Its taking forever, Pugs don't work, and I have not been back to the game long enough to find a decent team with a vent to actually coordinate our way through this bogus.

down with having to unlock HA.

l8erg8or

l8erg8or

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/

Yes, getting 5 wins in TA is not ez as most will be guild teams, and there are even specific guilds that only TA. GL yo!

Gift3d

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

Honestly your best bet is winning 10 with a decent RA team, then winning another 5 in TA.

Good luck getting 5 TA teams in a row that isn't the same old wiki bullshit though, cause that is _all_ TA is.

Master Sword Keeper

Master Sword Keeper

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Dead Isle

Farmers Of Woe [FoW]

W/

Can someone please also tell me why i've won 5times in TA and havent unlocked HA yet?

That's a bug if i've ever seen one.

I won 5 times in a row, without leaving.

And another 5 times Inconsequently, So why hasnt it unlocked yet?

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

N/

TA is just 10 wins right? in a row or not. At least thats how I got HA. Also, the reason why TA is "hard" for some is to help keep "noobs" out of HA, which is what RA does for TA a lot. At least to my noticing.

Operative 14

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

I'd sort of have to agree. I've never really been much of a PvP player, so it's not been much of an issue aside from wanting to go someplace new. But I havn't tried getting to HA becuase of the issues brought up here. I've always assumed I wouldn't be able to get a PUG becuase I don't have a rank (or something like that) and even if I could, any group I could get into wouldn't be able to make much headway.

Still, not much of an effect on my gameplay.

Inger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

R/Rt

As stated already if you're not in a guild which can you can team up with for TA your best bet is probably to get in a RA team that can go the distance. That is get 10 consecutive in RA and then 5 consecutive in TA. Its not impossible as I've managed the feat once before, definately have to be very lucky tho.

They key thing about TA is you don't need the wins to be consecutive in order to unlock HA. You can just gradually chip away at it with wins here or there and eventually you should get there.

Overall tho, HA really isn't going to be any easier than TA when you get that unlocked.

SirSausage

SirSausage

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

Poland

Architects of Forgotten Truths [AoFT]

W/Mo

5 wins in TA?
I've never done TA before, and *gasp* I can access HA anytime!
I have accrued around 7 fame points (no weekend). Explain that...

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

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

Meh my secondary account i did get it done with random team first try

Theus Latius

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

Cape Town, South Africa

Tomahn Tso Dni [URU]

R/

i have never done ta, yet i have ha unlocked too... i dont get it...at most i have done a bit of ra... never bothered to try ha...went in once and people were spamming ranks, i left :P

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Theus Latius
i have never done ta, yet i have ha unlocked too... i dont get it...at most i have done a bit of ra... never bothered to try ha...went in once and people were spamming ranks, i left :P
Exact same here. I didn't realize there was a requirement to enter HA. I mean, I remember not having it on my map a long time ago, but I've got both HA and TA now, and the most I've ever done on the isles is the occasional RA. Don't think I ever made 10 in a row in RA, either... I may have and just didn't remember it.

kratimas

kratimas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Order of the Setting Sun

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by SirSausage
5 wins in TA?
I've never done TA before, and *gasp* I can access HA anytime!
I have accrued around 7 fame points (no weekend). Explain that...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Theus Latius
i have never done ta, yet i have ha unlocked too... i dont get it...at most i have done a bit of ra... never bothered to try ha...went in once and people were spamming ranks, i left :P
If you created your first character before the Battle Isles were introduced then you automatically had all the islands unlocked.

If you joined after they were introduced then I don't know how you have access to them without going through TA.

Krat

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

Quote:
Originally Posted by kratimas
If you created your first character before the Battle Isles were introduced then you automatically had all the islands unlocked.

If you joined after they were introduced then I don't know how you have access to them without going through TA.
Yeah, I have no idea, then. I first started playing GW in late January 2006. If I'm not mistaken, that's a good month or so after the battle isles were implemented.

Maybe I just got a weird bug; or maybe I actually did play [and win] 5 TA matches, and just totally forgot. *shrug*

FrAnt1c??

FrAnt1c??

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

Belgium

Legion Of Sacred Light [LSL]

Mo/

Buy the pvp acces thing in the store if you arent able to get it... But if you arent able to get 5 wins in TA, then why do you want to go to HA?....

Longasc

Longasc

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

5 wins in TA is not a problem at all. It is a noob-safeguard, but still a rather weak one.
But after you did it, you will start at rank 0 in HA and suffer rank discrimination.

You will probably still get into a fame farming group, but if you do not have any friends helping you, nobody playing with you on a regular basis, you will experience the "PUG" fun you had over and over.

If 5 wins in TA already prove difficult and you do not have a team, either get one or focus on PvE or simply another game.

blurmedia

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2007

UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE [moko]

If you can't get 5 wins in TA you're not going to do well in HA anyway

Aera

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

E/

I have this feeling this is just a ridiculous trolling thread. ANYONE could achieve 5 wins in RA.

Turbobusa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

By the Luxon Scavenger

The Mentalists [THPK]

N/

Learn gimmicks!
E.G., TA is dual monk dual SA sin or crit scythe, HA is sway!
*gets a burning shield*

Riceboi

Riceboi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

woah woah woah woah woah,, wait! Guild wars has pvp? That's news to me, give me a second to suck it all in.


And please no "that's what she said" one liners quoting half of my post. LOL

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

actually no need to try lol, when you get to HA you would have lost all your hair.....

kobey

kobey

GW Retiree

Join Date: Nov 2005

Sg Unknown [KATE]

W/

I like it when people complain about how pug sucks when they are one of them.

Omnidragon42

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

W/A

They introduced the need to "unlock" HA a little bit after it came out, not sure exactly when as I've played since long before then.

Simple advice: Get a guild or get some friends. Pugs suck. This can be applied to all of Guild Wars (and most other games)

Enko

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

VA

Mo/

umm just wondering but what build are you using on your character?

NYC Elite

NYC Elite

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

A/

I'm pretty sure it's not 5 TA wins IN A ROW. Just 5 any time. In any case, if you can't get through TA, you won't make it in HA. If you want any chance at winning in TA you're better off running the gimmicks.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Riceboi
That's news to me, give me a second to suck it all in.


And please no "that's what she said" one liners quoting half of my post. LOL
That's what... owait.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

It was a joke when they added that system and gave all the veteran players at the time access to everything.

A very fortunate joke for me, as I've never done TA, but still a joke.

moko

moko

??uo??o??

Join Date: May 2006

pathetic joke is pathetic

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

This thread serves no purpose other than to rant. Rage threads ftl!

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