New Halloween Quest Info

Lokik

Lokik

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2008

Decretum Caedo Angelus [FALL]

E/

Event's still up as I post this so maybe they are keeping it going this year hopefully it's bugged like last year : D

Apok Omen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Commence Aggro [BaMf]

Mo/E

Wait 2 hours, then see if it is still going on...

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

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Originally Posted by Lokik View Post
Event's still up as I post this so maybe they are keeping it going this year hopefully it's bugged like last year : D
It's not 12:01 AM Pacific time yet. That'll be in about 1 hour, 25 minutes from the time of this post.

Mylina

Mylina

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2009

Mo/

Do the deaths in these quest stop Survivor from continueing?

Coverticus

Coverticus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Zodiac Elites [TZE]

Mo/

Just popped in for a few skele caps before work and the skeles have been removed. Popups in chamber also are no more, so looks like these were just for the event (for now anyway!!).

Tried 3 times just in case!

shoyon456

shoyon456

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

D/

My guess? Final quest that is permanent OR Dhuum just gets added in, no quest. Dhuum's skills own UWSC SF teams. Problems not totally fixed but...it'll due.

Totally theoretical at this point.

EDIT: Around noon today PST.

Rehnahvah Gahro

Rehnahvah Gahro

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Underground

Rt/R

Decorations and NPCs are still there, what's up with that? I'm waiting for the first UWSC team to report in. Maybe something unusual happens in UW at the end...?

Or they just added extra time to hand in the reward one more time...

Aussie Boy

Aussie Boy

Alcoholic

Join Date: Mar 2007

Australia

W/

Some of the collectors have gone in LA Kam and sunspear hall
damn was going to hand in Sentient roots for booze. lol

gasp10

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

Italy

legio gemina

W/

all npc removed no more quest i think

Razon

Razon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2008

Mo/

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Originally Posted by gasp10 View Post
all npc removed no more quest i think
What a shame.. Maybe Dhuum is gone forever now?

Aussie Boy

Aussie Boy

Alcoholic

Join Date: Mar 2007

Australia

W/

Well I just loged into GW and the quest giver is still there I took the 4th quest and went UW
But the Skells are gone.
That's stupid if he is still ofering the quest but no way of completing it.

Riot Narita

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aussie Boy View Post
Well I just loged into GW and the quest giver is still there I took the 4th quest and went UW
But the Skells are gone.
That's stupid if he is still ofering the quest but no way of completing it.
Probably still there to let people claim rewards for quests already completed, so its not completely stupid.

Somewhat annoying though, if you take quest now - and waste 1K or use a scroll to get into the UW...

Aussie Boy

Aussie Boy

Alcoholic

Join Date: Mar 2007

Australia

W/

Quote Hissy
Somewhat annoying though, if you take quest now - and waste 1K or use a scroll to get into the UW...

Yeah like i did and no warning either oh well only wasted a scroll to test it but how many will take the quest and find that out.
Or another possibility of a 5th and final quest for UW.

Free Runner

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

Well with the Skeletons removed it seems more likely that there is a final quest still upcoming. Otherwise why are these quests exclusive to this year only? Regina said it would be apparant when we do the quests but as of yet its something that could be done each year

devils wraths

devils wraths

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

the fianna [fi]

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Free Runner View Post
Well with the Skeletons removed it seems more likely that there is a final quest still upcoming. Otherwise why are these quests exclusive to this year only? Regina said it would be apparant when we do the quests but as of yet its something that could be done each year
because next year gw2 comes lol

Chasing Squirrels

Chasing Squirrels

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2008

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Originally Posted by devils wraths View Post
because next year gw2 comes lol
Keep dreaming.

own age myname

own age myname

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Minnesota

[TAS]

R/

Well, this sucks...

Thanks for leaving us in the dark Anet.

Riot Narita

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Free Runner View Post
Well with the Skeletons removed it seems more likely that there is a final quest still upcoming. Otherwise why are these quests exclusive to this year only? Regina said it would be apparant when we do the quests but as of yet its something that could be done each year
Yeah, I don't get it. As it stands right now, I don't see why these quests couldn't repeat next year. Either I'm being completely dense (entirely possible :-P), or there's more to come between now and next Halloween. eg. Dhumm breaking free (IIRC, the quests said this was "inevitable")

Skele's are gone, but I hear there have been some other changes to the UW (monster spawns). So is UWSC nerfed or not? I don't UWSC myself, but as far as I can tell - it's alive and kicking... for now at least.

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hissy View Post
Yeah, I don't get it. As it stands right now, I don't see why these quests couldn't repeat next year. Either I'm being completely dense (entirely possible :-P), or there's more to come between now and next Halloween. eg. Dhumm breaking free (IIRC, the quests said this was "inevitable")

Skele's are gone, but I hear there have been some other changes to the UW (monster spawns). So is UWSC nerfed or not? I don't UWSC myself, but as far as I can tell - it's alive and kicking... for now at least.
Dang and I wasted 10 k doing various runs to find out skeleton patrol patterns so I could figure out how to handle them while farming - oh well, I got quite a few tot bags so it was not a complete waste.

although, I suppose it is possible they are only removed long enough to let people get rewards for collected skeletons while not allowing them to collect more and will be put back when the steward is removed (hmmmm, maybe I better get me some ectos while the farming is still easy as there were three skeletons on the plains I don't think I'll be able to work around.)

Eliz Genevieve

Eliz Genevieve

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2009

Portugal

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

D/

Skellies are no more?

Then why the heck were they there even when no one had the quest ? o.o

Tis' crazy.

Lokik

Lokik

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2008

Decretum Caedo Angelus [FALL]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kook~NBK~ View Post
It's not 12:01 AM Pacific time yet. That'll be in about 1 hour, 25 minutes from the time of this post.
Event's still up hopefully bugged or quest

Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mylina View Post
Do the deaths in these quest stop Survivor from continueing?
I ran my Survivor though the Reapers quest, where it said you will not get death pen if you die. I died several times there and no dp. However, you can lose your title if you die in the last 2 quests. (As far as I can tell). What I did was have another toon run through the last two quests. Then put the mopstoppers in storage where my survivor took them and tuned them in for 10k a shot.

I'm pretty happy with the Halloween quest chain. I finally got the Legendary Survivor title and lots and lots of ToT bags. That was 330k worth of xp.

Mylina

Mylina

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2009

Mo/

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Originally Posted by Crystal Lake View Post
Answer + tips.
Thank you very much dear sir/madam.

Professor K

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2009

Mo/A

I very much doubt anything is bugged. Most likely the quests leading up to the Dhuum fight were one time only the Halloween exclusives. I bet the rest will just be permanently added to the Underworld. Kinda like those limited time quests they had leading up to Factions.

Lokik

Lokik

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2008

Decretum Caedo Angelus [FALL]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor K View Post
I very much doubt anything is bugged. Most likely the quests leading up to the Dhuum fight were one time only the Halloween exclusives. I bet the rest will just be permanently added to the Underworld. Kinda like those limited time quests they had leading up to Factions.
Oh I meant that the event might be bugged like it was last year we all know that the Halloween 2008 Redux was just to cover up that they couldn't take it down in the first place so they did that to buy them more time so we got the benefit of more halloween and they got time to find the bug and fix it so they could take it down

Divine Ashes

Divine Ashes

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chicago

LFG

R/

Based on all the build-up for these 4 quests, and hints dropped by Regina, I'm inclined to believe either something went wrong with implementing the final quest along the way, or, as was suggested earlier, some new permanent UW quest is going to be implemented. There was no "apparent reason" why the quests won't be available next year, nor was there a resolution to the quest line at all. I'm happy for the quests being implemented at all, but right now this is like dangling a bag of cookies in front of somebody and only giving them one.

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

So the quest line stated to the fact that soon he will be strong enough to be released. Well we have other holidays coming so maybe it will overlap into the next event ?

akio pwns

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

ny

[KISS]

D/

Well like everyone here just waiting for an explanation... though the last quest reward dialog might be vague it does hold a small bit of truth....

"Well done! On behalf of my liege, I thank you. Every small victory like this forestalls Dhuum's arrival. The Mad King's offer remains open: capture more minions and claim the bounty yet again."

It forestalls dhumm comming out of the hall of judgement... so it could just be a loose end sorta like how we all felt after proph ended the first time years ago.

Lets just hope it gets resolved in this weeks update or get an answer if there was going to be a 5th quest.

smilingscar

smilingscar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

Frontline Legion

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by akio pwns View Post
It forestalls dhumm comming out of the hall of judgement... so it could just be a loose end sorta like how we all felt after proph ended the first time years ago.
But now that the Skeletons are gone, shouldn't he be popping out any time now?

Though I kind of wish the skeletons had stuck around, they were fun times.

dr love

dr love

...is in denial

Join Date: Sep 2006

Hyperion

starcraft 2

P/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by akio pwns View Post
"Well done! On behalf of my liege, I thank you. Every small victory like this forestalls Dhuum's arrival. The Mad King's offer remains open: capture more minions and claim the bounty yet again."
damn i shouldn't have farmed all those skeletons.

Ghost Dog

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokik View Post
Oh I meant that the event might be bugged like it was last year we all know that the Halloween 2008 Redux was just to cover up that they couldn't take it down in the first place so they did that to buy them more time so we got the benefit of more halloween and they got time to find the bug and fix it so they could take it down
wtf are you on about.

Redux was because the event ended early and people bitched about it, rightfully so.

byteme!

byteme!

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

On Earth

W/P

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokik View Post
Oh I meant that the event might be bugged like it was last year we all know that the Halloween 2008 Redux was just to cover up that they couldn't take it down in the first place so they did that to buy them more time so we got the benefit of more halloween and they got time to find the bug and fix it so they could take it down
Speak for yourself. Don't drag me down with you.

Lokik

Lokik

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2008

Decretum Caedo Angelus [FALL]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost Dog View Post
wtf are you on about.

Redux was because the event ended early and people bitched about it, rightfully so.
It did not it ended the same as normal
EDIT: Hmmm maybe it did
Or maybe it didn't not sure it seems about the normal length when I go back to wiki and look at the start end dates for them however I could still be wrong

Regina Buenaobra

Regina Buenaobra

ArenaNet

Join Date: Apr 2008

Me/

The Mad King's Steward has been called away on an urgent mission and will return tomorrow...

I've received a number of questions about whether you will see a conclusion to the Dhuum-released Halloween quest content. Yes you will, but I cannot say when and how...

go cubs

go cubs

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

Chicago

[SIR]

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra View Post
The Mad King's Steward has been called away on an urgent mission and will return tomorrow...

I've received a number of questions about whether you will see a conclusion to the Dhuum-released Halloween quest content. Yes you will, but I cannot say when and how...
Hahahah Sweet......thanks for the update

Jessyi

Jessyi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/

Oh, cool. Good to know.

optymind

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

A/E

I bet we will see the conclusion after GW2 is released.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by regina buenaobra View Post
a conclusion to the dhuum-released halloween quest content. Yes you will, but i cannot say when and how...
must_resist_urge_to_kill_more_skeletons

go cubs

go cubs

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

Chicago

[SIR]

D/

Also the skeletons are back with the update...so, Im guessing theres a chance we'll get the conclusion before GW2? Hahaha..jkz...So heres to hoping for tomorrow?

Black Metal

Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

N/

in other words, the last halloween quest is messed up and not working