Nicholas the Traveler - Location Discussion (Updated Mondays)

Velvet Darkshadow

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Servants of Fortuna

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by tmakinen View Post
Personally confirmed Poisoned Outcrops and 2 Margonite Masks per gift
Yeah! Go Tmak!! Thank you!

Divine Ashes

Divine Ashes

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chicago

LFG

R/

yup, he's there for me as well. The quest thing sounds like a likely problem for him showing up.

Angel Kiss

Angel Kiss

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

I have confirmed: Nicholas will NOT show if you have the quest called The Hallowed Point active in your quest log.

Edit: I took a guildy there personally, he said he had that quest active (sadly after we got there and discovered no Nicholas....) so that is at least one quest that causes Nicholas to vanish.

Velvet Darkshadow

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Servants of Fortuna

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Angel Kiss View Post
I have confirmed: Nicholas will NOT show if you have the quest called The Hallowed Point active in your quest log.

Edit: I took a guildy there personally, he said he had that quest active (sadly after we got there and discovered no Nicholas....) so that is at least one quest that causes Nicholas to vanish.
Thanks Angel - this is good to know! Great work!

Puddin Cheeks

Puddin Cheeks

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

On Welfare

Jelly of the Month [Club]

Also if you have the quest preceding the hallowed point he wont spawn either.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/The_Cold_Touch_of_the_Past that is what happened to me.

Petra Arkanian

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

W/Mo

ah ty Angel

also my guildies have confirmed this - tho I was too dispirited to go back there yet.

ty to all who posted screenies

Improvavel

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2007

I confirm it too.

bladeturner

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

[KRZY]

N/Mo

I have no NF quests, tried from lair and mouth, no Nick for me. Hallowed point still shows up even though I don;t have the quest or the one before it (or any). Only there with H/H. No clue what's wrong.

Major Slice

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by bladeturner View Post
I have no NF quests, tried from lair and mouth, no Nick for me. Hallowed point still shows up even though I don;t have the quest or the one before it (or any). Only there with H/H. No clue what's wrong.
Same exact thing is happening to me... anyone have a cure?

Vampyre

Vampyre

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Indiana

Carpathian Mists

R/Rt

so is it bugged?

BrettM

BrettM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2008

Fuzzy Physics Institute

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Major Slice View Post
Same exact thing is happening to me... anyone have a cure?
Perhaps you actually need to take and complete those quests before Nick will show up? The spawns in PO may be different if those quests are not done, even if you have never accepted them. Just a guess.

Major Slice

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

W/Mo

Only way I have found is to just take a different character who has not accepted any of these quests. I have not tried completing them and probably won't since I got my gifts.

gw_poster

gw_poster

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

so cal

R/

nundu bay NM...just cleared the whole place - 6 man party (me+sabway+illusion hench+fire hench) - 40 min and 9 masks...poo I say. Prolly could have been done without the illusion hench. Oh well.

Kerwyn Nasilan

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

W/

....bah stupid item >_<

billypowergamer

billypowergamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by gw_poster View Post
nundu bay NM...just cleared the whole place - 6 man party (me+sabway+illusion hench+fire hench) - 40 min and 9 masks...poo I say. Prolly could have been done without the illusion hench. Oh well.
NM is easily doable with just sabway(I have max lightbringer as well btw). Cleared out every possible group and got 19 masks.

Zaris

Zaris

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2007

The Netherlands

only crap for me

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerwyn Nasilan View Post
....bah stupid item >_<
I'm selling masks:

I should just ban you for not getting the joke.

Obrien Xp

Obrien Xp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2009

Canada

The First Dragon Slayers [FDS]

I joined the group of "I'm not bothering with 5k a gift to get some fireworks" The myst ss were the best thing I ever got. I'll just wait until I can go to eotn and grab all the Red Iris Flowers in Gwen's Garden and sell them at 200g a piece.

Dzjudz

Dzjudz

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz

I got mostly crap again. The honeycombs helped me against the endboss in Raven's Point HM though, so thanks for that Nicholas.

Joe L.

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

USA

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by billypowergamer View Post
NM is easily doable with just sabway(I have max lightbringer as well btw). Cleared out every possible group and got 19 masks.

If just Sabway, how did you bypass not having Melonni?

Coney

Coney

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2008

I had a 150+ stack of masks, saved since I like the collector trades. Needless to say, I made 60K in 12 minutes auctioning them at 1k each around noon...

Amnel Ithtirsol

Amnel Ithtirsol

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

AU

League Of The Fallen

Mo/

Jennurs Horde worked ok-ish.

Seems to work well with a SF tank in the team for pulling / bunching and RoJ to finish them quickly.
Did it with 2 other humans + Koss + RoJ monks. ~15 min runs, ~10 masks in total per run...


Didn't try Nundu.

chowmein69

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

i saved 350 margo masks and now i can use them and sell them

Linkusmax

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

At least the run to Nicholas is nice and easy.

Well for me, everyone else in the group seemed to die.

Mending + Vital Blessing + escape + Zojuns haste + dodge (and some other skills I didn't have to use)

all my gifts got me crap but I enjoy visiting places I don't normally go anyway.

Zeff Nut

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

Canada

Guild Of The Blue Goblin

W/N

Have not seen this yet, so here's a tip... I've been farming the sidequest Battle of Turai's Procession. It's totaly repeatable, the sweet thing is that it's a short run to the quest location, once you're there, they just come in waves, no running around, looking for groups, just sit there and kill them. Lots of masks and tones of runes and insignias. I've been soloing it on my ele and depending on if I fight final boss or not, I get 75-80 margos a run and average about 12-14 masks.

??iljo

??iljo

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

N/



:/

Tenebrae

Tenebrae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Spain

LHV

R/N

They should let use a summon every 30 mins and make it last 15 damn.

Pharell

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

What If You Had An Empire [LUST]

Mo/

10 Hunter's Ale
5 Mysterious Summoning Stones
5 Blue Rock Candies
10 Champagne Poppers
5 Crates of Fireworks

CRAP!

Riot Narita

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeff Nut View Post
Have not seen this yet, so here's a tip... I've been farming the sidequest Battle of Turai's Procession. It's totaly repeatable, the sweet thing is that it's a short run to the quest location, once you're there, they just come in waves, no running around, looking for groups, just sit there and kill them. Lots of masks and tones of runes and insignias. I've been soloing it on my ele and depending on if I fight final boss or not, I get 75-80 margos a run and average about 12-14 masks.
I soloed them with my Ranger in Normal Mode (72 Margonites, didn't bother with boss group)... and didn't get a single mask. EoE FTL? Is it because it was normal mode? I didn't bother trying again.

shure

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

10 hunter, 10 dwarven, 5 cottontail, 5 mercantile, and Traveler's walking stick

I was hoping for Yakkington, but hey, better staff than ale

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Some places to farm masks:

Nundu Bay mission
Grand Court mission (don't close the rifts, just keep looping around)
Jennur's Horde mission
Battle of Turai's Procession quest
The Sulfurous Wastes zone (Juundu farm, woowwwwww boring)
Domain of Secrets (loop the citadel)

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Jennurs Horde is still afkable, right?

billypowergamer

billypowergamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe L. View Post
If just Sabway, how did you bypass not having Melonni?
Ok, not full sabway, I replaced the curses necro with Melonni. Same effect.

Riot Narita

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein View Post
Jennurs Horde is still afkable, right?
Runner groups drop no loot... according to wiki

Freeplay

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2005

Got my usual crapola
3 Disco Balls
5 Mysterious Tonics
10 Champagne Poppers
10 Sparklers
5 Green Rock Candies

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

i used to have stacks of Margonites mask.... /raise angry fist!

disco ball?? from the preorder? how could they!!!!

BrettM

BrettM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2008

Fuzzy Physics Institute

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by pumpkin pie View Post
disco ball?? from the preorder? how could they!!!!
Not the one from the pre-order. These are a type of firework that is worth 7 Party Animal points.

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by BrettM View Post
Not the one from the pre-order. These are a type of firework that is worth 7 Party Animal points.
I think he was complaining that the disco ball animation is the same as the animation from the collectors edition of NF.

It does seem to ruin the special effect of having the CE for everyone to able to get the disco ball from Nick.

In all fairness, they really should give the divine aura animation and the factions spirit animations as consumables now too.

Zeff Nut

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

Canada

Guild Of The Blue Goblin

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hissy View Post
I soloed them with my Ranger in Normal Mode (72 Margonites, didn't bother with boss group)... and didn't get a single mask. EoE FTL? Is it because it was normal mode? I didn't bother trying again.
I don't know why that happened, I didn't do anywhere near enough runs to say anything is definate but this was my experience... I solo'd in HM on ele and had great results, I tried to take a roj hero just to try and speed it up a bit, didn't work that well and drops were significantly reduced, I took a friend and 2 of his guildies in NM just to show them where it was (monk, ranger, ele) and there were a good number of masks (didn't bother to count). So my best guess is to say it's completely random and you can get masks in both NM and HM. I mostly liked it because it was so simple, go from point A to point B, kill bad guys, rinse and repeat.

Leek

Leek

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2009

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hissy View Post
Runner groups drop no loot... according to wiki
confirmed left my h/h there for 30 mins and no loot upon return