Henchmen allowed in Sorrows Furnace?

What if they made the area noob proof for those that skip assendsion, by requiring you to beat the game first?

Well, from what I understand, you must Ascend in order to enter the area or be able to take on quests from the NPCs.
They can skip ascension and get run to Draknors and through the end game missions if they find hte right group or have guildies do it for them.
By making Ascension a requirement, it may hold off some of the unprepared and maybe even some of the unskilled players for a while. Sooner or later though, they will ascend and you will see a level 5 in SF or GF LFG.

My first fear?
We may find a bunch of people being run to SF and GF only to run around saying that they cant do anything. I sure hope that isnt the case.
How does it work for TOA since you have to Ascend in order to go to FOW/UW?
Are you allowed in the outpost at all?
Second worry:
New items/Collectors stuff. People will buy then rush back to lower levels to try to push on newer players.

I see a whole new area of farming for new weapons and selling them to people in the rock for their first born children. here comes the next wave of sellers to lions arch.

I hate people

hope its allowed with henchies!

You can enter the outpost Temple of Ages even if you haven't Ascended. There are PvE quest's that come from there as well as point to npc's in ToA that you can get/do.

The only thing you can't do if not ascended is talk to the "gods" and get transported to the UnderWorld or Fissure of Woe. See, to get to the UW or FoW you need to make an offering to a certain "god" when your server (ie americam Korea or Europe) has favor - and for this you need to be ascended. Just getting into the Temple of Ages outpost requires nothing apart from walking there.

I suspect that the way to get to Sorrow's Furnace's area's will be via NPC transport. It's the easiest way to ensure that the person/group is ascended. It might be an NPC in an outpost or an npc standing outside the entrance... then again, it might also be an "openable" gate that only ascended characters can open.. *shrugs* who knows.

I understand about how to get to the UW/FOW, but thank you for clarifying on what people can and cant do when get to TOA. It owuld have been weird if a person ran all the way there, and couldnt go in.
Which comes to one of my concerns about the update. THere will be people at Camp Rankor and/or Borlis Pass charging people to get run there. Major Problem? No. But I would like to enjoy the area before it gets swamped with WTS/WTB, LFG (no noobs!), "What do you mean I cant do anything till I Ascend?", "Where do I Ascend?", "Whats Murssat?","where's the desert?".
But thats wishful thinking, eh?

I imagine neither area is a "town" or considered a "mission" hence running there would be quite pointless. Thats just speculation though, we will know for sure in about 24 hours.