Paying 10k For Thristy River Mission

Not sure this is the place to ask but whichever. Ill pay anyone that get me through the last mission for me 10k once we complete it. I wont pay party members but im desprerate to get through this damn mission. Ive done it 9 times now with only small success in around the 5th time and then someone messed up by running into group of monsters when we were waiting for the time to reach 2 minutes so monsters didnt res. 10k for a single mission. I will only pay someone who has both 15k armor and has ascended.

Why only if they have 75k armor? Some of us ascended folks think spending 75k on armor that has the same stats as 7.5k armor makes no sense :P

Don't waste your money, just be very patient when forming a group. Anyone who would take your money for giving you a helping hand doesn't deserve it. Make sure you get all of the boosts from killing the giants and if anyone dies that early in the mission get rid of them. They will never make it til the end.

I don't have the 15k armor and I haven't ascended, but I would be glad to group with you in your effort. I have already completed all of the desert missions (including Thirsty and the bonus). All it took was finding a reliable group. I should be on late tonight if you are still trying. My name in game is the same as on these forums.

You have a guild, right? Why don't you ask them for some help?

Its my guild and I havent felt like recruiting members yet.

Hmmmm half of the missions I've done were usually completed on the first trial and that's usually because I was lucky enough to be in a good group. As someone earlier mentioned, be patient when it comes to finding a group, it'll save time (and money in your case) in the long run .

Msg me in Game .. 'Winds of Blood'. I guess my guildmates can use some extra cash =/

The first time I beat this mission, I was eating at Perkins. I was in the mission before it with a few 'l33t morons' and we got to the last cinematic and I simply left. I didnt exit the game, I didnt much care. When I returned, some of my group had stayed together and they dragged me into the last mission...and beat it. So, it cant be that hard since they were down one elementalist from the get go.

Oh, and to that group, sorry..kinda...I was majorly afk, someone should have picked up on that =P

I feel your pain, brother. I wouldn't pay anyone to get me through it, but I can certainly understand your motivation to.

Its not like im poor by any means. I have 170k in storage. Ill try 5 more times and if nothing by then, im shelling out the money.

Do a forumsearch.
there are some guidelines to playing this missiion. follow them, and you have a much easier time. if that doesn't work, you can give me a call and i'll try to lead a group for you.
IGN: Makkert I

EDIT: forget it, i just noticed the 15k armor. i'm not going to pay 15k for some things if I like the standard armor better.

Dude he already made a topic about this.

Ban the spammer.


Edit: And why do they need 15k armor? That part perplexes me.

Wow. This is sad. The PvE is rediculously easy. Figure out why you keep failing and fix it.

There are many posts on this forum showing how to pass Thirsty River with a minimum of fuss. I cannot believe that with a 170k on your account you are completely useless at formulating strategy and skill to combat such a simple mission... take lead gather a mature group who understands their class (look up how to form good pug groups) and then look up how to pass thirsty river (also on the forum), then you get to save yourself 10k and pass it on your own merit.

This mission particularly tests how groups work together and utilise their skill in conjunction with one another - practicaly any group who have a balanced skill set can pass this.

Don't forget that the ascention missions are the ones that filter out many of the crapiest players (eg the worst rushers) - meaning that they stay stuck trying those missions over and over again for a long time.
(The quality of the players after ascention is visibly beter)

For this reason, just about any PUG made for those missions will contain at least one or two of these loosers. As most of us here know, it only takes one dumb rusher aggroing 2 or 3 mobs at the same time to kill a mission

Personally, i only managed to finish Thirsty River (and Elona Reach) when i got lucky and joined with a group having someone that both had already ascended and took control of the group from the start.

Nice!

Wasn't in your group but thanks, I'll remeber to add you to my ignore list!

lol agreee he was added to mine the second i saw his post.

Hah! Mate and myself managed this mission with the NPCs.
Least they don't go rushing off and stay with you

Our record is doing Elona in under 15min.


The key to any mission is a leader of the group who knows what he is doing, and the rest to listen to him, and follow his orders.

If you give me 3k, I will tell you the keys to beating the mission, which make it easy enough that most anyone can do it.

Tsunamii Starshine

Mikardo hwats your Ingame name i will take you along. I dont want ya money i do thirsty regular for the drops. Completed atleast 5 times due to being bored. My Ingame name is SandMan Uk Add Me to list and I will come help.

Key to winning are timing and ranged shots. Most groups can be taken out with good rangers before letting ghost open doors. Then run down remaining mobs once door is opened and go for the priest about 1:20 on clock. Timing is crucial else all will be rezed

Have you played it since the last patch? The groups dont' move until the doors open now, so you can't snipe at them anymore. Unless they changed it again.

this mission is really not that hard. it just requires organisation.

for the first arena, go right. the priority targets are the enchanted swords/forgotten champions. there should be 1 on either side of the arena. you have 2 minutes. realistically, if you want to drop the priest in time you need to be done with champions at least by 1:20. giving you 40 seconds to focus fire the priest and prevent the team from respawning. you can leave the serpents until after the priest is dead.

in the 2nd arena we approach this by hugging the left side of the wall and taking out the swords/champions again then going for the priest in the base that is straight ahead. clearing out the boss shouldnt be a problem. usually this will take 2 minutes. so we wait until the timer is at 3:45 before we start attacking the next team. forgotten avengers first. again leave 40 to 50 seconds for the priest. the avengers have to go down first, anything else you kill in that time just makes it easier on you when you go for the priest.

in the 3rd arena we clear this in an anti clockwise motion. veer right into the first base and pile onto the forgotten champion boss. once hes down go for the priest then clear up the rest of the team. heal up wait for the timer to get close to the next 2 minute interval and start taking out the next team. always prioritise the swords/champions. then avengers. go for the priest with 40 seconds to spare.

for the last base theres a monk boss. so take out the avengers as normal. you need to interrupt the boss either with melee interrupts of AoE interruption like choking gas, meteor shower or maelstrom. this stops the boss healing the priest and healing himself. same drill as normal.

a few things you need to be aware of:

dont go attacking more than 1 team at a time.

call and focus fire on a single target.

dont waste time with the serpents unless you have that time to spend. you need 40 seconds or there abouts to safely dispose of the priest. if you have less than 20 seconds and the priest is still at full health i would get your whole team to pull out and regroup. then try it again when the timer is about to roll over.

if you find that you cant take out the priest when the timer rolls over jsut get the hell out of the base or the entire enemy team will respawn there and probably kill you all.

if at all possible dont do this mission with pickups. if you must do it with pickups, it pays to strategize in advance. if you have secondary or primary mesmers then hex removal is helpful to negate the damage that the serpents cause. they do pitiful damage without their spells. if you have an earth elementalist or an ele that can spec into earth it really pays to have a ward against melee because the champions are the ones that do the most damage to your party and they will harass your casters no end. any group member that doesnt have the time to think about this or is too impatient to do this, is a retard and will probably get you killed anyway. so its no loss if they leave. this may mean that you take a long time getting a good group but that time dwarfs the time you could waste by repeatedly failing this mission because of groups with poor communication and no strategy.

Nope this is the current setup, which makes it alot tougher to get through the quest.

But as mentioned, taking your time and concentrated fire will get you to the end. The party I completed it with, took out the snake creatures first, then attacked the Black dudes. Once we got close to the main objective of each enemy team, we attacked him then took out the others.

When I completed this, I wasnt infused, ascended or had any elites, but now I do

All you need is an experienced IW with blackout to take priests down in 10 secs.

Ok you guys dont get what I was implying when I made the post. I know how to run the mission just fine but since im a necro/monk, with mostly necro skills, I cant complete with henches and every party I join, there is always one or 2 people that screw it up. Generaly, the leaders are good at calling monsters, or atleast the warriors are. Last party I got died from 4 devourers and 1 giant. All cause we didnt get a monk like I told them. I tryed making my own team and I told them to listen to me and let only me direct them, but when we go in mission, all hell broke loose by the time we got to round 2. I say the 15k armor cause I know its both good to have cause of def and also means your experienced enough to actually get that far in the game and wont waste my time.

I also will not pay you for just giving me advice to complete it since I already know but apparently others who have done it 5+ times dont get it yet. This mission is impossible without cooperation on all party members and calling the hits. The only good to come out of this mission was my very first rare drop that I sold for 3.6k on the selling forum. Ill try a few more times but if not, ill contact one of you guys to help. Starting with the people that say that dont want the money of course.

Ok guys. I made it through finnaly. The team was pretty bad but we somehow managed to win, along with the bonus completed. Monk wouldnt heal half the time and during 2nd phase, someone aggro'ed while we were waiting for 4 min marker. Its alright though, im happier now and plus I made it out with a Major Fast Casting rune.

Was it that the monk "wouldn't heal", or was it that your group was too stupid to let his energy recharge after long fights, as is usually the case?

I did it with henchies.... Sad to say playing with players made it harder most of the time

He just wouldnt heal most of the time cause he was afk for short periods of time during battle when we needed him. When he wasnt healing, he didnt even attack the monsters. Just stood there to regain energy. After each group of monsters, we took a small break till next 2 mins came up so we can heal and stuff.

You don't need anything in particular to do this mission, I succeeded on my first try at lvl 17 with an whole henchman group( and I hadn't even read anything about it elswhere). Just be carefull and use your brain ( nothing special, just do not to anything stupid really) and I can almost guarantee you you will finish it easly.