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Quajai

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Colorado

Jade

R/

01 Jun 2006 at 17:55 - 1

I’m looking to hear about the most surprising or coolest successes you’ve had in the game.

One of mine was at Hell’s Precipice in a PUG. I was trying to finish the game with my monk. We had 8 starting but before we even got to the portals we were down to only 5 players. Things were already looking bleak and some suggested we start over but we decided to push on. We took our time and made it through the portal area and then another person left after they capped so we were down to only 4. Two of the players had already done the mission but me and the other said we still needed to finish. The remaining players were really cool and we decided to give it a shot. We had 2 monks a warrior and a ranger. I was pretty skeptical but we pushed on taking our time. I was mostly healing and luckily had a few smiting skills. It was awesome to actually beat the mission with 5 and 4 players.

Another one when I was playing my first character through the game my Ranger/Monk. We were at Elona Reach and we couldn’t get any monks for the group. The group leader said we should try it without monks anyway. I had already tried and failed the mission a hand full of times so the idea didn’t sound like a good one to me. So me and another secondary monk put on some healing skills so we could be the monks. We made through the first part just fine. When we made it near the first crystal we aggroed two groups and I was sure we were dead. To my surprise a few of us went down but we survived and got the first crystal. We continued to battle and got the second crystal and beat the mission. It was very cool. “We don’t need no stinkin monks.”

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

01 Jun 2006 at 18:33 - 2

6 wammo and 2 monk PUG at hells.

Tainek

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

[Rage]

01 Jun 2006 at 18:46 - 3

An all W/Mo Team in Hells

(scary)

sLiceR

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Milan, Italy

[可愛い]

01 Jun 2006 at 18:49 - 4

7 W/Mo - 1Blood Necro PUG at Hell's too

Helll is for Heroes

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

True Cinema

W/

01 Jun 2006 at 18:50 - 5

Doing Hells full stop.

That mission is so taxing.

SirJackassIII

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Belgium

none

N/E

01 Jun 2006 at 18:52 - 6

Hells with a Guild group but with Candy Cane weapons and Gingerbread Shields/Focii

greenchylde

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

CT

Heroes Etc

E/Mo

01 Jun 2006 at 19:09 - 7

doing bonus on 2nd to last mish. lost 5 players including both monks!! pushed on and prevailed =D we did not manage the mish (which i already had but the rest of the team didnt, muhahah) but we got that tart of a ghost to her darn resting place!

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

01 Jun 2006 at 19:27 - 8

4 wammo plus one monk plus one ele to beat Abaddon Mouth's mission.

Swinging Fists

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

01 Jun 2006 at 19:33 - 9

Expert on Gyala Hatchery with no human monk.

Van Griffin

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/Mo

01 Jun 2006 at 19:34 - 10

A while back I did Vizunah Sqaure with only 8 people (The mission normally consists of 16)

Turns out just before the first cutscene, a member on the opposing side left. Unfortunatly, the rest of his team were henchies, so they permanetly died and caused us to trek on with our team of 8. It was really rough at times because, due to us not killing quite fast enough, we seemed to get swarmed with many enemys. Despite that, we continued on and surprisingly beat the mission. Sure, we got the basic completion, but beating a mission designed for 16 people with an 8 person group is a memory i won't soon forget

Fluffyx

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Courtney PantsuLand

Death By Teazu [TEA]

W/Mo

01 Jun 2006 at 19:37 - 11

Unwaking waters with only myself a monk and a warrior alive. Our team died pretty fast and the other was 7 henchies and and one real. But I was able to keep the warrior alive long enough to finish kuuna. It was a joyus moment because I hate that mission and I love master ranks. :]

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

01 Jun 2006 at 19:46 - 12

Aspenwood, as a Kurzick. Around the 50% point, Green area completely overrun, two turtles moving in. Somehow we kept the NPC's breathing, cleaned out the area and survived. It must have been demoralizing, the Luxons never made it that far again.

Tingi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/

01 Jun 2006 at 19:47 - 13

unwalking waters master reward. Me (luxon) and 7 henchies and another guy (kurzick) with 7 henchies. We pwnd

.

Dart

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cantha

Prior Planning Prevents P*ss Poor Performance

R/Me

01 Jun 2006 at 19:57 - 14

Standard impatient don't want to wait in Room 2 team gone so we out a monk, a warrior and an elem - we push on and never in my life have i seen sooo many purples drop....another guy dc's, forget what prof...I think actually a monk but we decide to push on ..... then the Golds start dropping!!! Woot - I called it the "magic number" and man even tho we died in Room 8...we all were excited to have so much great stuff to put in storage

Guess you wouldn't technically call it a success but with those kinda drops I felt that way lol.

MasterThrawn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Gryffindor

01 Jun 2006 at 20:29 - 15

One of the most memorable missions was with my Ranger at Aurora Glade. We lost 2 people that all had to suddenly leave right near the end, so we thought we were in big trouble. Luckily, I had done this before, and brought a few skills to slow down the runners. Using Pin Down and Barbed trap on those runners was so much fun

Rest of the group just kept picking off the runners after I crippled them, and the funny thing was we killed all of the Mantle! The poor Demagogue was sitting there all by himself when we killed him.

Recently I got my 80 Amber for my 15K Kurzick Armor which is a big deal for me since I usually don't have more than 20-30K. Got it from pure Faction Farming (and doing all Kurzick quests), so it was quite rewarding - I'm so proud

Blind Gardian

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guildless

Mo/

01 Jun 2006 at 20:46 - 16

This was a couple weeks ago back in FoW. We had just made it to the Forgemaster in Fissure. After clearing about half the mobs, half of our team decides to drop. What we are left with is 1 Wammo,2 rangers and me(Monk). I'm running a Bond/Boon build, casting life Barrier and Bond on the remaining 3. Somehow with the degen and limited energy, we managed to kill the remaining Abys, Monks, Mes, Rangers. After that we defended, killed off all of the seeds in the cave and crafted our armor. Best "win" I've had in the game thus far.

konohamaru heaven

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Some where in Cantha beyond the Petrified Forest and the Jade Sea

The Amazon Basin

01 Jun 2006 at 21:28 - 17

Mine was doing unwaking waters with two teams of henchmen with all of us dead except for danika wanding kuunaavang to death and Actually WON!!!!

Cymmina

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Me/N

01 Jun 2006 at 23:55 - 18

I also did Vizunah with an 8 person team (1 warrior, 1 mes, 6 henchies) because there weren't enough people in local yet, and they hadn't fixed the hench resing thing.

Arborstone with 2 people + 6 hench... had a bad pull at the very end. Only 1 hench left standing when Danika finally gets her spell off and opens the door.

Mavrik

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

Alaska

02 Jun 2006 at 00:04 - 19

Same experience as the OP had with Hells. All but 5 of us remained after the bonus and we had no monks. Just me a mesmer, 3 warriors and a necro. Luckily the warriors were wammos and had brought rez which we used a lot. I also passed out free candycanes. We did it and I screen capped it.

Also beat Riverside with 3 people... including the bonus. Two warriors and myself again as the mesmer. That took a while and we were at one time down to one alive.

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

02 Jun 2006 at 00:26 - 20

Thunderkeep

4 Warriors (most /monk, can't remeber now)
2 Rangers
Lina
Mhenlo

I joined that group because i thought it'd be amusing, damn i was right, we only had 1 death, and that was the monk henches fault for wandering off in a different direction...

Does an All Mesmer group to anywhere count

The all mesmer group trip to clear Abaddons Mouth was pretty funny. Bringing Dunham was a great idea since he was such an awesome decoy by the 4th group since he kept dieing. Willia the Unpleasant.... what can i say, 1 mesmer set up properly is bad enough for her health bar. Let alone 7 of whom all had at least 1 interrupt (hell i was the monk/heal party spammer and i still had Power Drain on me).

ArTy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Australia

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

02 Jun 2006 at 02:54 - 21

Killed Glint with a PUG without knowing she was the bonus

We had a Me/W tanking while the others ran around like headless chickens, lol. Luckily we managed to eventually kill that arrogant bitch

Dawgboy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Ohio

Antisocial Misfit

02 Jun 2006 at 05:23 - 22

I was clearing a few bonuses in the jungle I missed the first time around with my ele. I partied up with a well-rounded group and headed out. We kicked some major butt. Everyone did their job exactly where and when they needed to do it. Good healing, 2 good tanks, and a few backfielders lobbing spells and other nasty stuff killed anything that got in our way. We did 3 missions in a row and only missed 1 bonus. I actually already had the bonus for the second mission, but the first was so fun I just had to stick around.

My most suprising success came with my healer and a party of henchies in Cantha. I'm new there(my healer's an Ascalon char), so I was just wandering around trying to get through the quests. I stumbled on to boss Wing's pack and just engaged when I got hit by lag. about 45 secs later I hear the 10 or so hits I took and fall over dead. Three of the henchies were dead too, but the 4 live ones did a job on the pack. They eventually killed all the pack and then spent 20 minutes killing the boss (the rit healed the war, boss healed himself with signet, rinse, repeat) and I got a green axe for being a spectator. Which reminds me- rits have res, no? It seems that the AI went from one extreme-rezzing anyone covered in monsters-to the other- rezzing after everthing is dead, all living allies have full health, and they've had time for a good pee. Still, that rit made my list for henching parties.

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

W/

02 Jun 2006 at 05:31 - 23

Me (Boon Prot) + 7 Henchies = THK and Bonus

Valrena

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2006

Order of the Kalvashi

W/Mo

02 Jun 2006 at 06:32 - 24

Most recent was beating Arborstone with my sin and 6 henchies...got tired of Devonna (aka Leeroy hench) aggroing too much and well sins still aren't well accepted in groups (especially when i went through).

The other was a bit more interesting. Had tried Thirsty River several times (nearly 10 actually) and just couldn't get it...always died after about the 4th group. Well I wanted to get to Droks and get on with the game (this was with my necro, my first char), so I decided to get a runner. He tries...fails. We give him another shot....at the third area, facing (you guessed it) the 4th group, he has to leave (he was about to fail again). So there goes that try. I got up the next day, frustrated at still being at that mission, went to do it with henchies...and beat it with the bonus on my first try that day. Man that felt good lol.

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

02 Jun 2006 at 06:40 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quajai

I’m looking to hear about the most surprising or coolest successes you’ve had in the game.

Henching the Galrath quest for the first time, as mesmer.
By the time I even got to the area where Galrath is, both my avatar and the henches had dp, and the party was quickly wiped by the Verata, and after jogging there a couple of times from the spawn-point, the entire team had 60% dp.
Then, after having all the henches killed so I was the last one standing, I put my thinking cap on.
I went back to the valley before Galraths, aggroed all the dozens of minotaurs and trolls, then I trained them at the Verata.
Then I simply hanged back, helping the minotaurs when I could, dropping Backfire or Empathy on the Verata.

And it worked!

The minotaurs killed most of the Verata, I could sneak past - and of course killing Galrath himself is easy, much easier than killing the Verata. Quest accomplished!

SScorpio

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

02 Jun 2006 at 17:51 - 26

Mine would have to be Boreas Seabed. I'm a Mesmer and my brother was running his Wammo. We made it up to the final mission and and dropped a fully charged staff on the Kraken. I picked it back up and we continued to beat on the Kraken. The Kraken spawns kept being raised and the Kraken's AOE were causing heavy damage. We lost a few Henchies and then the Wammo when down. The Kraken turned fully onto me and took me out. We had our Mage Henchman still standing with about 1/4 health.

Apparently the deaths of the henchmen helped recharge the spear and the Kraken fell with the Mage Henchman having a sliver of life left. The biggest shock was the end mission screen where we say that we got Master with 17:10.

kimahri

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Defenders of the Blackblade [DotB]

E/

02 Jun 2006 at 19:05 - 27

Getting Master Reward with a PUG and hench on Arborstone, was quite fun.