closer to the stars?

mrflibblehat

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2008

Swindon

MOO

R/Mo

Hi All,

I have recently created a new Prophecies Char. Have got as far as Lions and decided to carry on my character in Cantha due to wanting to get to HzH.

Anyway I have been informed that being closer to the stars is similar to Ascension and i'm wondering in what way/when does this happen? Am I closer to the stars after the quest or the Nahpui Quarter mission?

Thank you for any information (I have looked just only find information about the quest!)

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

Closer to the Stars is the Factions equivalent of Ascension. They do the same thing. It occurs after you complete the Nahpui Quarter mission.

mrflibblehat

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2008

Swindon

MOO

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade View Post
Closer to the Stars is the Factions equivalent of Ascension. They do the same thing. It occurs after you complete the Nahpui Quarter mission.
But as my char is originally from Prophecies will I be able to be closer to the stars? or is this only the case when my char is in Factions? When I am back in Tyria will I still be closer to the stars (ascended)?

Moonstalker

Moonstalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

Mo/

I'm pretty sure you have to do the Prophecies version of ascension, but I could be wrong.

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

Yes, a Prophecies character can become Closer to the Stars. I hear that doing so means you won't get the 50,000 xp reward for ascending in Prophecies, but xp doesn't matter unless you're a survivor. Ascension/CttS is a character thing so it doesn't matter which campaign you're in. The missions (Nahpui at least) are still requirements for advancing the storyline regardless of what you've done in the other campaigns.

pedrobds

pedrobds

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2010

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

N/

idk, i made a factions character and tried to "ascend" through nightfall and it didnt work, maybe i did something wrong tho?

Rites

Rites

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2010

Deep in the belly of Texas

R/

closer to the stars..... ascension..... same thing, but if possible try to do the prophecies ascension first so you get the 50k exp

as far as NF.... completion of the Hunted! quest allows you to change professions, but if i read properly, its only for NF characters

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

There are different benefits to ascension. As the wiki explains it, non-exclusive benefits, such as profession changing and gaining access to FoW and UW, become available to a Prophecies character who becomes Weh No Su by completing Nahpui Quarter mission.

But that character will not have access to the attribute point quests or to the Dragon's Lair mission or Tomb of the Primeval Kings until they have completed the Ascension quest at Augury Rock.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Ascension

Arduin

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by pedrobds View Post
idk, i made a factions character and tried to "ascend" through nightfall and it didnt work, maybe i did something wrong tho?
Like Darcy linked:

Only Elonian characters can gain the non-exclusive benefits of ascension (that is, changing secondary and access to the Realms of the Gods) by completing Hunted! in Elona.

Gill Halendt

Gill Halendt

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darcy View Post
But that character will not have access to the attribute point quests or to the Dragon's Lair mission or Tomb of the Primeval Kings until they have completed the Ascension quest at Augury Rock.
Mhhh... Not true.

Sure, you can't access the Dragon's Lair mission, since you'd lack physical access to the outpost, but you can do the attribute point quests with a Tyrian character that is Weh No Su but not Ascended yet.

The first quest in the Desert can even be completed before any form of Ascension. Tyrian-born Weh No Su characters can also do the second quest no problem, provided they get to Droknar's Forge somehow.