Doing HM dungeons

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

It's partly because I find it painful that some people sell HM runs for lots of money (way too much in my opinion) and partly because I've been pretty bored lately that I make this topic.

Primary focus of this topic will be on dungeons. Why dungeons? Because I find them relatively fun, and because I have considerable experience with them, at least the harder ones. I will do any HM dungeon with anyone. I do not run dungeons; I help with dungeons. So if you're looking for a run where you go AFK ... look for one of the topics in the Services section. If you don't mind fighting, then you can ask me.

I've done 19 out of the 20 dungeons H/H. The only one I've not done is Shards, but I've done that with 2-man H/H and am fairly confident I'll be able to H/H it if I decide to try. I managed to do Rragar's HM H/H recently and so it's dropped off this list, although I should say that my Rragar's run was very painful and I'm less confident of a smooth run. So if you ask me for help I can't guarantee you success in these two. For the others having more humans and heroes can't hurt, although it's a major loss to lose the telephatic communication I have with heroes / henchmen.

I will in general ask to see the builds you and your heroes run, but unless they are obviously bad I won't mind. For illustration ... thus far I've not asked any person who've whispered me to change builds wholesale; in fact, I remember only one change I asked (for extra hex removal on heroes while doing Frostmaw's). There's only one exception - I will not play with Permas. Since I am doing these runs for free, don't expect the same service you might get from someone who charges fees - I am not going to drop everything to help you at a moment's notice. I am also not going to do so many runs that it becomes tiring, more of like one run every couple of days at most. But if you do message me in-game you can expect at least a response.

What about other types of HM PvE? I'll do missions if the missions are hard (eg. Eternal Grove), but I not the easy ones - those that are easily H/H'able you should do it yourself and not trouble me. Vanquishes ... only if I am REALLY bored and if it's an area I've not done.

I don't know how many requests I'll be getting from this topic, so if there are too many that I can't cope I apologize I can't satisfy everyone.

Anyone who wishes for my help please message me on my IGN @ Jeydra Evenstar. Do not message if the person logged on is 'Stygian Scarab'. I will get back to you when I can. I've decided not to message anyone, because the last time I did that I was greeted by the epic response 'who are you?'. I'm not going to help people who won't take steps to help themselves. I'm not doing this for profit or to find new PvE friends either, so there's little motivation for me to add everyone and then whisper them one-by-one.

If you don't see me online, you can post here or send me a PM and I'll see if I can arrange a time when we can both play.

EDIT: I'm temporarily locking this thread ... I simply do not have enough time to play much PvE right now, with almost all my free PvE time going to completing the Zaishen quests. I'm sorry for anyone who's left out, but since some other kind people have offered to help, I hope it's fine.

I'll finish all the requests I've had -

Ooze Pit HM (don't know if this is done?)
Duncan HM (will be done tomorrow or the day after)
Some Canthan HM missions (really surprised this couldn't be done H/H)

Beyond that, I apologize I can't help anymore. I'll be happy to help with builds and strategies and stuff, but I can't join runs personally anymore. If you are really having major trouble, and if it's during one of the lapses when I'm relatively free, I might be able to help, but don't hope for it too much.

Good luck PvE

warrior running

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

The Cape Is A Lie[Trim]

W/E

Hey I need help with eternal grove napui and raisu in hm and a couple dungeons...pm me

flipfly2004

flipfly2004

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

A/

me too in eternal grove ^^

Squirrelfanatic

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2008

I would like to try Frostmaw`s Burrow sometime with you, although I don`t know when I`ll be online, since I`ve got a lot going on in my life. I`ll just add you to my F-List and ask every now and then, if it is ok with you.

Cheers

Squirrelfanatic

IGN: Lil Facesmasher

Jhadur

Jhadur

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Glob of Ectospasm [GoE]

I'm after a few HM Dungeons. PM me here or ingame when you're free

IGN Jhadur Axeswinger

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

Guys add me to friend's list not vice versa, my friend's list is full ...

I log on everyday, but the timezone is a bit awkward (like 8AM GMT) so I can't help anyone as often as I wish, but the weekends should be fine.

Squirrelfanatic

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2008

Heyhey Jeydra!

Many thanks again for the help with Frostmaw's. Although the chest drops sucked, it was a fun time playing with you. Plus, I guess I learned some new things.

Have a good time!

Aecum

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Madrid, Spain

The phoenix Knights (PxKs)

E/Me

i need rragar and SoO

Porco Voador

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

LEGN

W/

Hello there, i still need Vloxen's, Bloodstone Caves and Bogroot HM. i'l pm you when i have the chance [ probably only on the weekend]

Pitter Pen

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2009

Rave

R/

will help(12 chars)

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

I was online the whole of tonight and nobody whispered Oh well, timezones ...

Remember: the three dungeons I've not done solo are Shards of Orr, Rragar's and Duncan. If you need those, don't ask me to 'help' you - 'help' the word isn't viable since I can't guarantee you succeed; all I can do is accompany you and try my best. The other dungeons though I'll be happy to help.

@Squirrelfanatic - you're welcome, I don't think you learned anything from me though since you're already an accomplished PvE'er yourself

Dommar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2009

Geeks Wars

D/A

I will pm you soon for Frostmaw's.
Thanks

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

Updated first post.

Sorry I couldn't help with the last request for Frostmaw's, it was too late at night. I'll be happy to do it when I have time though - in the short term, I've been lagging quite badly recently (it might persist for another 2 days, I'm not sure) and after that I'm moving house, but by Sunday this weekend I should be fine.

dragonfish

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

the warriors stronghold[TWS]

N/Mo

hey, this is Fish Dragon
I pm'd u the other day

if you have the time i still need Duncan

Knolle

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2009

hey, i also need a few more hm dungeons, ingame name is Knolle Magnificio, i live in gmt+1, would be cool to do a few together, ty!

ThatKidJosh

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2009

United Australian Warriors

Mo/

Hey great help thanks again

helped me finish of my guardian title finally

and is still a great mate to talk to

was on and ready when i need help

Great Help thanks mate

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

You're welcome Josh, and congratulations on the Guardian title

Things done so far:

Duncan HM (sorry this was so hard ... I need more experience H/H'ing the dungeon)
Raven's Point HM
Aurora Glade HM
Gyala HM
Tahnakai Temple HM
Frostmaw's HM

Pending:

Divinity Coast HM, if it has not already been done.

Please remember to whisper me! I will respond even if you have not posted here, but I will not PM those who post here but not whisper me.

Nythenia

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2009

I'll definitely be getting in touch with you.

Need Frostmaw's, Duncan, Vloxen and Eternal Grove all HM.

Will pm you ingame: Tsuyu Xiang. I'm gmt btw

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

Things done since last update:

Vloxen's HM
Tahnakai's NM (I don't get why this mission seems so hard?)

Nythenia I have not seen you online for quite a while, do you still need those?

Arieon Ito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

[One]

Rt/

Oooh, I'm interested. I haven't figured out which missions in Prophecies are infinitely hard with H/H though. (Although the start of Sanctum Cay is kicking my ass with the Inferno Imps)

I'm looking to clear Slavers' Exile at least once though, either NM or HM, just to know what it's like.

The Super Chilli

The Super Chilli

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2008

BEHIND YOU!

HRUU

Me/

I need one more mission for my Master Dungeon Guide, Arachi's Haunt HM. It would be great fun to have you join me since Henchmen arn't realy a outgoing bunch. I will PM you when I can.

IGN: Heavenly Was I

marmar256

marmar256

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2008

Australia

W/

I need Arachi's as well so if yas dont mind ill tag along also :P
I was also wondering ya wouldnt mind doing Ravens Point or kathandrax again with me?
I live in a GMT+10 zone so ill try catch ya on and if i do hope to do some HM.
Either of the three would be nice so yeh

psychoti

psychoti

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

Vlox

[YUM]

nice m8..i got a warrior[sonia jb] and a monk [holy lo]..i like doing dungeons will ppl..its not so boring..haven't try in HM but its something that i m looking forward.doing some hm mission with my warrior its something that i am planning too..

Arieon Ito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

[One]

Rt/

I'm trying to get Arachni's done too!

Using a Paragon. IGN: Alyssa Ito

Oh and I'm GMT +8

FlukeKid

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2008

Godlike Status

D/

Hey if you are ever doing:

Raven's Point#8
Secret Lair of the Snowmen#17
Vloxen Excavations#9
Oola's Lab#13
Arachni's Haunt#14
Slavers' Exile#15
Secret Lair of the Snowmen#17
Heart of the Shiverpeaks#18

Please PM me... No need to do them just because of me I can wait until you get a group going of sorts. :-D

IGN: Sinji Sinep
os: Effina Spirit

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by FlukeKid
Please PM me... No need to do them just because of me I can wait until you get a group going of sorts. :-D I figured I should post and clarify what exactly I'm doing here.

I do dungeons because someone asks me to. If nobody ever asks me to do a dungeon, probably the only ones I'll do are Slavers, Rragar's and Shards, the latter two only because I've never done them before H/H. Therefore if you want to wait for me to get a group going, you'll have to wait forever, because I never will start one - especially since if I ever need to do those dungeons for whatever reason I'll simply H/H it.

If you need a dungeon and can't seem to get a group (or do it H/H), by all means whisper me in-game. If there're more than one person who wants the dungeon, then I might see if we can all do it together; otherwise I'm perfectly happy to do it with 2 humans (almost all the runs I've done so far were with 2 humans). Make sure you whisper me though! As I wrote in the first post I am not about to whisper everyone who posts here, especially after the response 'who are you'. That said, after you whisper me I will add you to friends and contact you whenever, at least until the run's done.

Right now I have only one thing pending - a Frostmaw's run, which I've arranged to do tomorrow. I'm quite hassled in real life right now so any further requests might take some time, but as I said, if you whisper me, you can expect at least a response. I'm online quite often (yes, even though I'm busy in real life) but if you don't see me online regardless send me a PM here on Guru.

EDIT: Ugh I am so frustrated, the Frostmaw's run should have been so much easier than it ended up being. Man. I don't blame anyone in particular and I realize with hindsight I didn't have a very good build anyway. I'm sorry for all the trouble this caused, especially for the person who stayed up late at night for such a bad experience. Still, hopefully that means next time Frostmaw's runs will be smoother.

D A R K S O I F O N

D A R K S O I F O N

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2009

^ ^In your bedroom (0-_-0)

Unexpected Advantage (UA)

E/Me

if ur still doing runs, whisper me on o v e r h e a t

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

Yes I'm still doing runs, but no I'm not going to whisper you (see first post).

Thinking of specializing to only a few dungeons too, since some HM dungeons really should be doable H/H ...

EDIT: Someone whispered me a couple of days ago about doing Duncan HM, through a slip of my mind I didn't add him to friends, can that someone post here so I can add him? Thanks.

Just Kahn

Just Kahn

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2008

Hi Jeydra, I'm the guy who stayed up late for Frostmaw's. It was fun, in the old PUG tradition

I'd love to get to Duncan too, when do you think you'll set that up?

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

Tonight - 10pm +10 GMT, translates to about 8 hours 45 minutes from now when I make this post. Probably too early for you to play though ...

I don't have your IGN anymore, can you post it again?

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

Updating this topic slightly ...

I'm fairly confident now that I can do every dungeon in the game. Shards is very doable with massed Smiters - the boss might wipe the team a few times, but he'll die eventually. Rragar's I'm not so sure. I recently tried to H/H the dungeon because of the ZBounty with standard Discordway, and it worked, but it cost a lot of deaths and grind. Part of that is because it'd been so long I can't remember what was in the dungeon. Otherwise the constricted areas in RoJ also hurt. But otherwise it just looks like another version of Slaver's, with Charr instead of Stone Summit, Meteor Shower instead of Churning Earth, Power Block instead of MMs, Beguiling Haze instead of Eviscerate.

On the other hand, these days I have little time to PvE - I have less time to play, and of the time that I do have I'm usually absorbed in PvP. So I really need people to ask me for help only when they are having serious trouble with the mission / dungeon / whatever. So please be able to tell me what's giving you trouble, even if it's something like 'I can't kill them before they kill me'.

I'm not likely to do any of the dungeons H/H any time in the near future, except possibly Slaver's, so again I won't be forming any runs - if you need my help, PM or whisper me, and then I'll arrange a run.

AtomicMew

AtomicMew

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

N/A

I'm curious what hero build and strategy do you use to do duncan HM?

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

See - http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10366528

It's basically head-on fighting. The first group of Summit is the hardest. It seems the last few times I went in it came down to whether they wiped first or I did, whether I made micro errors while protting, etc. Still, I've been thinking of alternatives and might try standard Discordway against the dungeon in my next try, using some new knowledge about the dungeon (don't think it will work well though with lack of bodies).