Halloween Quests

Shenro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2010

P/

24 Oct 2011 at 18:15 - 1
Alright so A little Confusion going on between me, Mad king Steward and the Quests.

So on the Wiki it state's Mad king Steward arrives on the Monday.
Quote:
Only appears in the following locations beginning on the first Monday of the Halloween event:
Wiki also states that
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Quests given by Mad King's Steward
(Available in both Lion's Arch and Kamadan starting October 24)
But i noticed on the Guru front page it does say
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Calendar of Events

October 20th - decorations go up and Costume Brawl starts!

October 25th - Halloween quests begin.
Is there an Error? Am i missing something? Maybe i just haven't given it enough time yet? So when does it start?

Becca

Becca

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2009

Scotland, UK

Jade Reapers [JD]

Mo/W

24 Oct 2011 at 18:26 - 2
According to wiki the Steward's quests start on the 24th but the quests that were introduced last year and given by The Emissary of King Thorn of Kryta and The Countess of Hakewood start on the 25th so i'm assuming whoever put the thread together on the front page is probably saying ALL quests will be available by the 25th.

Shenro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2010

P/

24 Oct 2011 at 18:27 - 3
Quests given also are from mad Kings Steward
Quote:
Quests

Quests given:
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Don't Fear the Reapers
Stemming the Skeletal Tide
Every Bit Helps
The Waiting Game

RedDog91

RedDog91

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2007

Farming for Nick gifts

R/

24 Oct 2011 at 18:29 - 4
It may be a typo.
It's possible that the quest NPCs don't spawn until a specific time. My guess would be (if it was indeed a typo) that the quests will be available at noon PST, which is about half an hour from now.

N1ghtstalker

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

E/

24 Oct 2011 at 18:53 - 5
anyone else experiencing crashes with the patch that launched most recently?
every time i download it the game crashes at 99%

Star_Jewel

Star_Jewel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2010

Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009

24 Oct 2011 at 19:01 - 6
A tweet from a few days ago indicates there was originally a typo/error on the Guild Wars site; Guru probably pulled from there before it was fixed.

ETA: Just patched and loaded just fine.
Yay, "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is available. Fingers crossed "Every Bit Helps" is still repeatable (no time to do the questline until later today.)

Shenro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2010

P/

24 Oct 2011 at 19:02 - 7
Nope nothing- I downloaded the recent Build release which was Quest support and Loaded fine. Might just be you.

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

24 Oct 2011 at 19:14 - 8
The only thing thats got me - logged after new update and unable to get the uw quests on my necro which is damn weird , not tried yet on diff chrs .Even changed dists to check.

Star_Jewel

Star_Jewel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2010

Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009

24 Oct 2011 at 20:02 - 9
Do you still have "The Waiting Game" on that character from last year?
I had a similar problem last Halloween. A later update fixed it then.

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

24 Oct 2011 at 20:10 - 10
the chr is new - only 2 months old if that .
The first thing that came to mind was what you said - last years quest but thats ruled out

Star_Jewel

Star_Jewel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2010

Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009

24 Oct 2011 at 21:11 - 11
Hm, that's strange. I logged onto my alt on a character that's a week old and was able to pick it up just fine.

Standard question: Have you tried restarting your client?

Enchanted Krystal

Enchanted Krystal

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2011

In a Kurzick retirement village, reminiscing about Magmas shields......

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D/Me

24 Oct 2011 at 22:02 - 12
Works fine for me, everyone is there & I can't wait to get started. ^^

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

25 Oct 2011 at 10:15 - 13
Everyone was there just before I logged off for the night will be doing the quests asap.

Just thinking about how unfriendly this festival is to new players, I'm ok have access to all the missions on most characters but there seems a lack of missions in start areas..

If you haven't got as far as Vabi in nightfall your pretty much stuck.
In prophesies you need to have got to the temple of ages which isn't too bad and the underworld while totally appropriate for Halloween is a little daunting for new players esp without heroes.

I am hoping new players get some new missions this year so they can join in the fun.

Anesthetize

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2011

25 Oct 2011 at 13:48 - 14
I'm a new player (1 and a half months) and am having a blast so far with the event. It took me about six attempts, but I finished Don't Fear the Reapers last night and can probably say that's the most fun I've had with this game so far. It was also my first time entering the UW, and I can definitely say I'll be going back for more soon. Busy capturing skeletons for ToT bags now.