Too many Dwarfs

luckyny7

luckyny7

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2010

W/N

After I help the Prince fight off the Charr which was real easy, I am sent to the next camp to start quest fighting dwarfs and ice men. It is hard to complete a quest due to the amount of bad guys being throwed at you. I am a 13 level warrior and using henchmen due to the fact it seems impossible to get a party together to help you. My question is it normal for the quest to be this hard wih henchmen or do I need to be at a higher level?

aspi

aspi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2010

eeew

N/Rt

So this probably means you are in Yakk's bend =)
I had a hard time there not being high enough level. Puling is the way to go in that very busy section with dwarfs and if you are unlucky the walking ice sticks are aggroed too.
Be careful and I think lvl 13 should be doable on that part of the game.

luckyny7

luckyny7

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2010

W/N

Thanks... I guess I need to try and upgrade my armor a little better. But when I try to carefully pull a few for some reason it seems to signal all in the general area to attack. I will work at it.

Olim Chill

Olim Chill

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

USA

DMI

N/

You are definitely at the right level for that phase of the game ( Yak's Bend / Northern Shiverpeaks).

Follow the link I've provided and read up on the quests. Some of them will affect the number of foes you encounter in that area.

Gift3d

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

man, i know exactly which part you're talking about, when gw first came out i had such a hard time getting past that area haha. how i got through it though was i brought a necro friend with minions.

SpiritBond

SpiritBond

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2009

Domain of Anguish

Mo/

Or first get a run to Droknar's Forge, get max armor, max weapons and a good build. With henchies it's possible, but maybe the level would be problem. Or just leave IGN and i'll help you with that one .

Hollygen

Hollygen

Core Guru

Join Date: Feb 2007

UK

Blinkie Ponie Armie [bpa]

R/

One thing to bare in mind for this section is that iff you have all the available quests from Yaks bend then many of the quests lead to their own bands of dwarves. haveing all the quests means these groups overlap and are particularly hard going.

It's worth getting rid of all but one of the quests you picked up in the shiverpeaks (for example keep your primary quest) and complete that, and you can then go back ans sort each of the other quests in turn without overwhelming yourself

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

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Originally Posted by Hollygen View Post
One thing to bare in mind for this section is that iff you have all the available quests from Yaks bend then many of the quests lead to their own bands of dwarves. haveing all the quests means these groups overlap and are particularly hard going.

It's worth getting rid of all but one of the quests you picked up in the shiverpeaks (for example keep your primary quest) and complete that, and you can then go back ans sort each of the other quests in turn without overwhelming yourself
^^^This^^^
Lots of new players get hung up at Yak's Bend because they pick up all the available quests at the same time. The degree of difficulty bumps up a notch there as well. For a newbie Warrior, something to watch out for in that area is getting hexed with Empathy. If you keep attacking when hexed with that, you're basically just beating yourself up and no amount of armor will help. So, some sort of hex removal skill is highly desirable for a low-level newbie.

luckyny7

luckyny7

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2010

W/N

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Originally Posted by Kook~NBK~ View Post
^^^This^^^
Lots of new players get hung up at Yak's Bend because they pick up all the available quests at the same time. The degree of difficulty bumps up a notch there as well. For a newbie Warrior, something to watch out for in that area is getting hexed with Empathy. If you keep attacking when hexed with that, you're basically just beating yourself up and no amount of armor will help. So, some sort of hex removal skill is highly desirable for a low-level newbie.
Now you guys have me excited again since I now know what I am doing wrong. I will take in all advise and apply them when I get home after work. Much thanks to all of you.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

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Thanks... I guess I need to try and upgrade my armor a little better.
Speaking of which, did you get new armor in Yak's Bend?

The Scorpion Knight

The Scorpion Knight

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2009

Everyone's pretty much told you the best way to get through it. This just brought back memories of the old days. Also try to lure some groups out if you can.

luckyny7

luckyny7

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2010

W/N

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Speaking of which, did you get new armor in Yak's Bend?
Yes I did. My porblem was that I had all of the quest at one time that made it harder to get through the pass.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

Also, as regards pulling groups, when you leave Yaks take the left hand path first. You will encounter some dwarfs and ice golems at a bridge. This is the another way into main dwarf area. Take out the first group on the path, then wait for the boss ice golem to patrol your way on the bridge and take out his group.

The go back to the path and make your way further along and come down in to the area from above, pulling small groups. The problem with this area is that all the patrols meet in the area, so you need to get them from outside.

Here is a link to a thread on the same subject from Nov 09. And I repeat my general advice from that thread. When your quest arrow leads you into a mess, rethink it and look for a different way to get through the area.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/i...ghlight=Borlis

Nechrond

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2009

Netherlands

Utrecht Usurpators

D/

Just a bit of advice to help you find groups: The party search feature is extremely useful, but many people never think of using it, which is why district-hopping still works better. Just message "Anyone up for the mission?" or something similar to all, wait for replies; if you're not getting any, switch districts and try again.

Trinity Fire Angel

Trinity Fire Angel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2007

The Desert

Legions of Engalion [自由]

Mo/W

brings back memories.

Neo Atomisk

Neo Atomisk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2008

State College, Pennsylvania, United States

Zealots of Shiverpeak [ZoS]

W/

This is probably one of the harder quests in prophecies. if you can beat the roadblock with h/h on a level 13, you'll be learning valuable skills for the rest of your days as a warrior.