Aurora Glade Mission Easy Way

I checked out Wiki and I'm not satisfied with their solutions especially "the simplest way", method one. It will work for human parties but for H/H not. I also found many folks complaining about this mission.

The easiest way to capture all 3 portals is:

1. Set green flag at nearest portal for your H/H party,

2. Pick up crystal and place it on that same portal where your H/H party stands,

3. Pick up another crystal and run all the way to the right portal,

4. If runner gets by and captures portal guarded by your H/H then quickly reclaim it,

5. Finally, run to the left portal and finish this mini game.

With this solution you don't have to battle any enemies, just pick up crystals and run for the portals avoiding enemies. In one attempt I was even able to completely block access to the portal by my H/H party. Guild Wars games have serious problem with path finding. Runner simply stood up in front of it unable to pass by. Defeating all enemies and the runner can be tricky and he can easily slip by.

RavagerX,

Nice explaination. And I agree that defeating all enemies can be tricky.

The main problem for H&H players isn't the mission, it's the combination of mission and bonus. Attuning the crystals isn't hard, even in hard mode.
The hard part is killing the bonus guy while making sure the other team does not cap all the portals. This because you can't make your hench or heroes run crystals.
This is why wiki surgests the exhausting method, just keep killing foes till all are down, then move to kill the bonus guy and attune afterwards.

This method works in Normal Mode, while on lower level characters this will take some time. On Hard Mode many teams will be overwhelmed.

By far the easiest way to do this mission Hard Mode is the necrotic traversal trick. But it requires a lucky spawn of a pig on the other side of the gate. Meaning you might need to play up to that point several times.
The next easiest way is with at least two human players. Have one attune the portals while the other kills the bonus guy.
He's a push-over, specially against an anti-melee build. When the bonus guy is killed that player should join the crystal runner and they can attune in the order you surgested. I've played the mission kill-all a couple of times but it depends a lot on the team if this is doable or not.

I go the wiki way. I let my H/H team or my human team kill stuff. I use my main character, equip running skills and just run back and forth between the two crystal ports. Just make sure you don't get too overconfident, I remember one mish where the white mantle almost attuned the other crystal before I could attune the one I was at. Taught me never to get cocky again.

You can flag heroes on the map to kill the boss while you cap. Probably easiest to just take a bit of a detour when near the third shrine so that the demagogue is on the radar and you can be sure your flag is placed correctly. Works in HM/NM. If in HM you do pretty much need a constant speed boost to outcap them though, so plan accordingly.

I didn't try master because in general I'm not interested in masters. Rewards are meaningful in the beginning but later you just waste time. If you are interested in master for this mission then just send your H/H party where Demagogue is and have them defeat him while you keep running around placing stones. Like I said before, it is not necessary to kill the runner or other Mantles to complete this mission. Simply outrun their runner and that's it.

Yeah, that works great in Normal Mode, even without a running skill or heroes, but not in Hard Mode.

For Hard Mode with H/H, see:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...0&postcount=12