Fastest way to get to ascend?

draegon

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

Anyone know how people are getting to ascend in 5 hours?

what's the exact path?

wgregory87

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

North Vancouver

TYSN

Mo/W

I doubt that its possible to ascend in 5 hours. You would have to get through presearing in about 20 minutes, and then have someone run you to sanctum cay (probably take 4 hours at least) and then you'd have to get someone to run you to each of the mission towns and then you'd have to do each of the missions and THEN you'd have to ascend.

I doubt its possible.

Minwanabi

Minwanabi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Michigan

It would be easily possible, all you need is to rush pre sear, have friends run you all the way to sanctum, do it, and then run and do the 3 desert missions. If you have a group of 20s to do the desert missions, and a few competent runners, this wouldn't be very difficult.

Epinephrine

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

I dunno, it can be done pretty fast if you have a good runner. A good running character will make it through Lornars in 20ish minutes. I don't know about 5 hours, but if you had a good guild team of ascended characters pushing you through the missions you could steamroll them fast. It might be doable.

Minwanabi

Minwanabi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Michigan

He isn't talking about the beacon's > droknor's run, he's talking about ascension - and since you can't go from S shiver to the desert, the droknor run really wouldn't help him.

Epinephrine

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Minwanabi
He isn't talking about the beacon's > droknor's run, he's talking about ascension - and since you can't go from S shiver to the desert, the droknor run really wouldn't help him. I was making a comparison. Lornar's ia a long way on the map, with a lot of twisting paths. If it can be done in 20 minutes then it is feasible to do the running to Sanctum in 3 hours or so, it was an attempt at perspective.

smitty-gw

smitty-gw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

New York

Does ascension automatically grant elevation to level 20 anymore? If not why would someone want to do that?

Say at level 3 when attempting ascension, about how many levels would a character receive with the 50k xp reward?

If you do not leave ascension at level 20 then you will be worthless in the subsequent areas and have to backtrack anyway unless you are going for a full rush.....no?

Minwanabi

Minwanabi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Michigan

There's no reason a sub-20 character would be useless in the S shiverpeaks, probably any caster in their mid teens or above could do just fine, especially considering that none of those missions are really all that taxing.