What idiot designed this dumb quest ffs?
I tried like 100 times already and always failed because one of the three (Livia, Blimm or Zinn) either fall back so much that they get slaugthered by the White Mantle, or the Ascalonian Settlers run directly into the White Mantle and die...
Anyone running and would care to run me please? If so PM me your IGN or leave it here, please, im so freakin frustrated been trying this Ascalonian-thing for like 1 hour already...
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Isfit
makosi
It's a case of stalling the horde of White Mantle and Jades so that the 3 NPCs can make it to LA. The villagers can die.
Take defensive skills like Wards, Eruption, Aegis and spirits. Once the 3 NPCs make it to LA, you may map to LA and go to the Keep for the next quest
Take defensive skills like Wards, Eruption, Aegis and spirits. Once the 3 NPCs make it to LA, you may map to LA and go to the Keep for the next quest
Riot Narita
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Originally Posted by Isfit
What idiot designed this dumb quest ffs?
I tried like 100 times already and always failed because one of the three (Livia, Blimm or Zinn) either fall back so much that they get slaugthered by the White Mantle, or the Ascalonian Settlers run directly into the White Mantle and die... |
Try "Charge!", and "Incoming!" too.
Jay Em
It's actually easy with one player who has "Incoming!" and "Fall Back!". Just run through the areas alternating those two skills.
Urass
I took a War hero with 1 skill, "Charge", and a Para hero with 2 skills, "Fallback" & "Incoming". Between those 3 you can keep +33% speed boost constantly.
Just make sure none of the NPC's required fall outside the "earshot" range.
Also, when you get to LA, do not run in... let the NPC's run in to update the quest.
edit: If you fail, restart from LA... you will have no foes on the run back.
Just make sure none of the NPC's required fall outside the "earshot" range.
Also, when you get to LA, do not run in... let the NPC's run in to update the quest.
edit: If you fail, restart from LA... you will have no foes on the run back.
Karate Jesus
To be honest, I keep lagging so hard that I can't finish it anyway.
Guess I'll wait for the servers to quit freaking out :/
Guess I'll wait for the servers to quit freaking out :/
Isfit
Ok got someone to run me in LA...
SZSSZS
Charge and Fall Back did the trick for me.
Pale-Dim
here is what worked for me. Came up with it while i was running the first time (had no speed buffs either). since it was just me and heroes+hench. as we were running i would flag a single hero in the path and the mantle/jade would stop and kill that hero. while i was still running I would do that again further down the line. each time they would stop and kill my hero and i would be miles ahead of them. After each hero and my 2 hench were killed i was pretty much at lions arch and the quest updated and there were still no jade on my screen. give that a try and see if that works. I only did this mission once and that's what i made up on the fly.
mage767
Throw in henchies to die if you are slow
majoho
*wrong forum*
cosyfiep
I only had my sos rit doing this with mm, healer and nuker....had no problems....just dropped a spirit every once in a while and kept running (no run boosting skills at all).
Kook~NBK~
There's a secret to doing this quest. It's called "Charge"
Celestina
I just ran, no speed boosts, just ran.
Imaginos
i loades SoS on my bar as a distraction and 2 hero warrior/paragons with charge and fall back. then I'd just stop running for a sec to make sure all the npc's were in earshot and trigger charge/fallback if needed and drop a set of spirits to distract the followers.
one SoS as you enter the path towards where the tengu spawn
one SoS at the end of that path
one SoS just as the two groups come up just past where the road splits and the people are running towards the rez shrine to/near LA
one SoS on the path up the little hill before LA
made it into LA with no deaths from any citizens or livia, zinn, blimm this way 2x so far.
one SoS as you enter the path towards where the tengu spawn
one SoS at the end of that path
one SoS just as the two groups come up just past where the road splits and the people are running towards the rez shrine to/near LA
one SoS on the path up the little hill before LA
made it into LA with no deaths from any citizens or livia, zinn, blimm this way 2x so far.
jbysmith
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Charge and Fall Back did the trick for me.
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IlikeGW
Use party run skills and most importantly stay with those you're escorting, they don't follow. It's actually more like a non-quest, just there to show us one more time that we are indeed Tyria's stupid fetch and escort quest bitch.
Black Metal
stay near the named NPC's so your charge and fall back buff them too.
that literally is all you need to do this, no spirits, heals, nothing.
that literally is all you need to do this, no spirits, heals, nothing.
Gabriel of Ravn
the only 2 skills i had on my war was fall back and charge that is literally all that is needed
Mustache Mayhem
if your a rit.. can lay down spirits with armor and that will stall them.. ward sounds like the best idea though
Gill Halendt
Even with Charge! Blimm shows some embarassing suicidal tendencies.
One of the most irritating and stupid quests in the game.
One of the most irritating and stupid quests in the game.
Crystal Of Winter
I took the advice from this thread and went a bit over the top...
Mo/P - "Incoming!" + "Fall Back!"
Heroes:
W/P - "Charge!" + "Fall Back!"
P - "Incoming!" + "Fall Back!"
P - "Incoming!" + "Fall Back!"
= lololololol quest done.
Mo/P - "Incoming!" + "Fall Back!"
Heroes:
W/P - "Charge!" + "Fall Back!"
P - "Incoming!" + "Fall Back!"
P - "Incoming!" + "Fall Back!"
= lololololol quest done.
majoho
I failed it one time then I took 2 warriors and one Paragon hero and gave them all the running skills and disabled everything else - ran from Lions Arch (because I failed the last part) to the village started the quests and it was a breeze.
The next quest though... I failed that three times can't handle all the mursaat right at the end :/
The next quest though... I failed that three times can't handle all the mursaat right at the end :/
Nerel
Ran it flawlessly with no speed buffs anywhere in the party... but I was using a spirit spammer, dropping a trail of spirits to slow the mantle hordes down.
I imagine a trapper could have fun with this as well.
edit : I imagine a team with multiple trappers could have a lot of fun, really...
I imagine a trapper could have fun with this as well.
edit : I imagine a team with multiple trappers could have a lot of fun, really...
Shayne Hawke
This quest is a joke, and you should feel bad if you haven't figured out the easiest way to beat it by the fifth attempt.
Use three warrior heroes with Charge!, Fall Back!, and Make Haste!. Keep an eye on the three crucial NPCs and Haste them if they start falling behind, or even just drop your speed a little in the NKP, since they seem to follow their own route. Send a warrior back to distract/stall the incoming enemies, and load it up with Signet of Stamina and Endure Pain to make even more time for you and your allies.
Use three warrior heroes with Charge!, Fall Back!, and Make Haste!. Keep an eye on the three crucial NPCs and Haste them if they start falling behind, or even just drop your speed a little in the NKP, since they seem to follow their own route. Send a warrior back to distract/stall the incoming enemies, and load it up with Signet of Stamina and Endure Pain to make even more time for you and your allies.
SpyderArachnid
Quest was a pain for me at first as well cause I didn't know I could just run it. I thought I had to fight :P
But overhearing conversation in Beetletun, I just grabbed 3 random heroes, gave them all a Paragon Secondary, then maxed out command and only put Fall Back on their bars. Didn't have to micro manage it or anything and they alternated it between themselves.
Made it through just fine, with no trouble at all. I was a SoS Rit and just summoned my signet every now and then to hold back the enemies, but didn't really need to at all, since we moved fast enough to outrun them.
But overhearing conversation in Beetletun, I just grabbed 3 random heroes, gave them all a Paragon Secondary, then maxed out command and only put Fall Back on their bars. Didn't have to micro manage it or anything and they alternated it between themselves.
Made it through just fine, with no trouble at all. I was a SoS Rit and just summoned my signet every now and then to hold back the enemies, but didn't really need to at all, since we moved fast enough to outrun them.
kennywong
Did it the 1st time with with a friend & it was hard.
Trick/Game design I discovered after doing it for x times in NM of course:
This quest can be done in parts:
1 & 2 = Load running skills & para/war heroes set to avoid combat. Skills = Incoming, Fallback, or Charge. Optional = Vocal Was Sogolon
3 = Just zone & talk to npc
4 = 3 single groups will spawn one at a time at the first 3 positions. They spawn when your party is close to Livia & company & they start to move. Dispose them 1 group at a time then move on to next position.
The 4th, 5th & 6th groups could be quite a challenge cos sometimes they spawn all at once or 2 groups at once. Just check Livia & company names are greyed out & they should be in the Nebo village.
If the party wiped its ok as long as Livia & company are at the Nebo village. The last 3 groups will move on to the entrance of North Kryta Province (east of map). Go there & dispose them then walk back to where Livia & company are & talk to Elder Sobel. Now just escort Livia & company to entrance of North Kryta Province & make sure your quest is updated.
5 = Load running skills & para/war heroes set to avoid combat (similar running skills as point 1). Start from Bergen Hot Springs & run into North Kryta Province. Talk to npc to update quest then run with Livia & company + natives to LA.
Hope this help & have fun.
Trick/Game design I discovered after doing it for x times in NM of course:
This quest can be done in parts:
1 & 2 = Load running skills & para/war heroes set to avoid combat. Skills = Incoming, Fallback, or Charge. Optional = Vocal Was Sogolon
3 = Just zone & talk to npc
4 = 3 single groups will spawn one at a time at the first 3 positions. They spawn when your party is close to Livia & company & they start to move. Dispose them 1 group at a time then move on to next position.
The 4th, 5th & 6th groups could be quite a challenge cos sometimes they spawn all at once or 2 groups at once. Just check Livia & company names are greyed out & they should be in the Nebo village.
If the party wiped its ok as long as Livia & company are at the Nebo village. The last 3 groups will move on to the entrance of North Kryta Province (east of map). Go there & dispose them then walk back to where Livia & company are & talk to Elder Sobel. Now just escort Livia & company to entrance of North Kryta Province & make sure your quest is updated.
5 = Load running skills & para/war heroes set to avoid combat (similar running skills as point 1). Start from Bergen Hot Springs & run into North Kryta Province. Talk to npc to update quest then run with Livia & company + natives to LA.
Hope this help & have fun.
StormX
Did this with a PUG..the whole team bringing fallback/haste. No fighting at all. Gave the npcs a headstart and stayed at a distance behind the npcs so that if the mob caught up one guy would suicide to delay them. We had a shadowform assa to stall also.. it was pretty hilarious cause everyone was freaking out and only one guy made it to the end XD
aspi
I just have one para with my ranger and that was all you need, incoming and fall back + vocal.
I changed my secondary to rt and created a spirit once in a while to slow the mob of mantle down more than enough.
I changed my secondary to rt and created a spirit once in a while to slow the mob of mantle down more than enough.
biofrog
Cripes! All you 'need' is one key! JUST PRESS 'R'.
Don't wait for them, don't attack anything, don't go wandering around the map looking at scenery. It's that simple. O.o
Maybe it's because I did it in easy mode? There's no bonus for doing it in hard mode, so why not.
Don't wait for them, don't attack anything, don't go wandering around the map looking at scenery. It's that simple. O.o
Maybe it's because I did it in easy mode? There's no bonus for doing it in hard mode, so why not.
Iuris
There are so many foes, that you really don't have a chance to seriously delay the onslaught - speed boosts are the best solution.
Little Shenanigan
i was able to complete this by using to warrior heroes that each had Charge, and alternated between them.
a note though - Blimm did fall behind and was about to die (he hadn't reached the bridge right before LA) but the quest counted as completed when Livia and Zinn reached LA, so i did not need to do it again.
a note though - Blimm did fall behind and was about to die (he hadn't reached the bridge right before LA) but the quest counted as completed when Livia and Zinn reached LA, so i did not need to do it again.
Hobbs
I ran 3 W/P heroes with OQkiUxmMRJu34jdjRvtjxW8WAA and completed it without a hitch.
Celestina
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Cripes! All you 'need' is one key! JUST PRESS 'R'.
Don't wait for them, don't attack anything, don't go wandering around the map looking at scenery. It's that simple. O.o Maybe it's because I did it in easy mode? There's no bonus for doing it in hard mode, so why not. |
Coney
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What idiot designed this dumb quest ffs?
I tried like 100 times already |
I'm thinking I can do it with 5 player team (4 heroes from 2 accounts) and efficient build...
EDIT - OOPS, I'm talking about the 5th and final quest above.
The 4th quest was cake, you just run (don't stop to fight - drop some dummy rituals along the way to distract them).
Verene
You know, I hate escort quests, but this one I actually had fun with. Went with a friend who is a Paragon, and I made my two heroes /P, so we always had Fall Back! up. Livia got stuck so we had to restart the escort bit, but other than that, it went off fine. Even at the end when the two of us realized that Livia and company took a different path to LA than we did. And even with that, they made it in just fine.
It's so easy, and I was incredibly amused at watching all of these tons of red dots appear all over the compass.
It's so easy, and I was incredibly amused at watching all of these tons of red dots appear all over the compass.
Missing HB
That quest is easy as long as you take few paragon/war skills to go faster. If you are not warrior , just take Incoming , fallback and make hast ( for npc who s too much behind ) . If you're a warrior , take charge , fallback and make haste.
You don't really need heroes for it if you got those skills equipped .
You don't really need heroes for it if you got those skills equipped .
Skyy High
Aww, I really enjoyed this quest, particularly the first time. Seeing all those dots bearing down on you as you flee for your life, throwing Koss under the bus when necessary, it was a lot of fun. I do bring spellbreaker now on a monk in case Blimm decides to be suicidal, it has a tendency to save his ass from all the slowing hexes the WM throw around.
Doctor Overlord
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What idiot designed this dumb quest ffs?
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I swear if it wasn't for GW1 storyline and my wanting to finally see the history setting up GW2, I wouldn't bother with this.
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I ran 3 W/P heroes with OQkiUxmMRJu34jdjRvtjxW8WAA and completed it without a hitch.
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Nothing quite like the heroic feeling one gets repeatedly running from Bergen Hot Springs to get to the zone gate for the final leg of the mission. Talk about ruining any sense of of dramatic effect that this mission might have had and turning it into a less interesting version of Groundhog Day.
tummlykins
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I can't say how much I appreciate you posting those builds. THANK YOU I was able to manage it with 2 W/P and following Blimm like a hawk. Your build made tedious mission lacking any kind of fun into something I never have to do again.
Nothing quite like the heroic feeling one gets repeatedly running from Bergen Hot Springs to get to the zone gate for the final leg of the mission. Talk about ruining any sense of of dramatic effect that this mission might have had and turning it into a less interesting version of Groundhog Day. |
It's probably too late now (considering the Live Team is mostly done for), but in future it would be a nice change for GW:B to continue representing plot developments like this with unusual game play objectives (no fighting) but next time give us pre-determined skill bars that are designed to make the encounters fun and meet the requirements. Design an experience not an objective. I don't think anyone who brought three charge or incoming heroes was particularly impressed by this part of the content.