14 Nov 2005 at 19:06 - 11
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i find this mission soo hard to do with henchies. i dont know why. it just is.
I did too, until I found I was not doing it right.
After the big fight at the beginning with the dwarves and mantle running around, follow the river *under* the bridge to get to the seer. You never need to fight all the jades and mursaat up the hill from the river.
You should be able to fight just one group of giants at a time if you are patient.
When you get to another bridge that has a branch off of it leading to a little fort, go straight and not into the fort.
I think other than that it is a straight-forward path to the seer.
After you are infused, head north to get to where Markis is. There are 2 groups of 3 in the fort + Markis. Fight one group at a time, always taking out the mursaat first. When you go to fight Markis, approach from one side and fight the 2 jades first. Then the other 2.
Easily done with just henchies as the number of jade/mursaat enemies is minimized.
17 Nov 2005 at 11:50 - 12
It's a pitty that more people don't want to skill cap in it though... all very well for the rangers who get to cap at the end of the mission, but anything slightly off-course to the mission is seemingly not done, and henchies.. well... mursat + hench = disaster.
17 Nov 2005 at 14:02 - 13
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Originally Posted by benmanhaha
i find this mission soo hard to do with henchies. i dont know why. it just is.
The mission is hard with henchies, becasue they don't get infused during the run. They get owned by the elementalists and armors so yea, stay alive and run lol.
22 Nov 2005 at 16:05 - 14
I just looked at my map the other day and thats one I don't have the bonus finished on yet so I gotta go back and do it. You guys know anything about the bonus?
22 Nov 2005 at 16:47 - 15
Yeah. Wish I could see the map right now... wish I was at home playing... Anyway, I'll give it a shot.
After you kill the boss in the valley with the siege machines, you run by and hear cries for HELP from above. That's the guy who gives the bonus.
You go all the way around the map, past Markis' area etc, clear out everything around the bonus giver before speaking to him. Then head back the way you came with one person holding near the bonus guy until you get into position. It's like Reversing the Skales quest a little bit - if you don't kill the dude he'll get away and bonus is gone. Fairly easy if you have already cleared everything else out and you have a decent group.
23 Nov 2005 at 11:58 - 16
I want Oath Shot from the jade bow boss, but whenever I ask for a skill capping party, they'll ask if I'm after Barrage. I say no I've already got it I want Oath Shot from a Musaat and I get accused of leaving after I've got the skill and not completed the mission..
I'm like... wtf?
And I can't do it with henchies... Abaddon's Mouth and Ring of Fire is also where Oath Shot can be found... but Iron Mines os soo much easier... if I could get a team.
-Adam
24 Nov 2005 at 14:41 - 17
I bought armor a couple of weeks ago and a bunch of scalps plus I had my pumpkin crowns and we on infusion runs with henches then a friend joined in.
I kept seeing the same people over and over shouting out that they need a gorup to infuse.
28 Nov 2005 at 16:30 - 18
What does infused mean?
28 Nov 2005 at 17:46 - 19
I've done this mission solo without henchmen...no running involved. That should tell you its degree of difficulty.
Infused = protects you from the Mursaat spell "Spectral Agony", which is devastating if you aren't infused. You get infusion from the seer in the mission - it modifies each piece your armor to protect you against it.
28 Nov 2005 at 18:35 - 20
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Originally Posted by Adambomb
I want Oath Shot from the jade bow boss, but whenever I ask for a skill capping party, they'll ask if I'm after Barrage. I say no I've already got it I want Oath Shot from a Musaat and I get accused of leaving after I've got the skill and not completed the mission..
I'm like... wtf?
Agreed. I got sick of trying to get a skill cap group for Oath Shot so I capped it in Ring of Fire instead. Problem solved.
I am having the hardest time finding a bonus group, though...
28 Nov 2005 at 21:27 - 21
The boss with Oath Shot can spawn in that first "fort" area just across the first bridge and I think that's where I cap'd it. I can usually make it at least that far with just henchies. After the fight with the mantle, watch the wandering jades and mursaat at the top of the hill and you can slip by them and get across the bridge.
By the way, has anyone tried to kill Markis when he's crossing that bridge in the beginning? I was getting some new necro armor infused and paused there and launched a blood spell at him but it seemed he was out of range, yet I was able to kill the mantle warrior that was following him.
28 Nov 2005 at 21:35 - 22
It appears that the henchies are infused when you get infused. After that, if they die, they lose the infusion.
This can make doing the bonus with henchies a bit difficult, especially if you are solo. If you're in a group of several humans and there's henchies to fill out the party, it can be done.
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