Non-monthly MMOs

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-12-13 10:19pm

Stark wrote:Yeah, I didn't mind the idea of runners taking people places, but it just means people never actually learn how to play. Even worse, in Prophecies, the campaign is quite easy and I got through to Lions Gate in the time it would have taken me to grind away and save for a runner. People are just lameass cowards, I guess: ZOMG GET TO DROKKS loller.

Then beg for money.

I haven't played GW in ages, but I've been looking at Nightfall. Maybe I'll get back into it.

heh, I made my own way to Droks. but I could never save up enough shit to get all the armour. I think I have the gloves and thats it. At 50,000 a pot, and me being too lazy to farm and trade properly.. I basically suck when i'm not blowing stuff up with my team.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2006-12-13 11:07pm

Back when Prophecies was it, it'd go from Piken west until I zoned, killing everything on the way, salvaging everything, then head back to Piken, doing the same. Do that a dozen or so times, you end up with a full stack of wood, salable for 2.5k in Droks. Repeat until tired or you have enough cash. Easy, low lvl requirement farm run. 3 stacks of wood is enough to get a full set of 1.5k armor.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-13 11:21pm

I found queen farming pretty useful too, but you need a few Guys with a Clue. Hard to find.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-12-14 12:09am

Any body got the full ultimate armour?

Post by **Beowulf** » 2006-12-14 02:30am

Zac Naloen wrote:Any body got the full ultimate armour?

Define. do you mean 15k armor?

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2006-12-14 02:43am

Maple story.

bilateralrope · Post by **bilateralrope** » 2006-12-14 02:47am

If hes talking guild wars, that would be the Fissure of Woe armor. Much more expensive than any other armor type, but identical stats to the 1.5k stuff. Just better looking than some of the 1.5k sets.

I got it for my monk. Then factions came out with better looking armors so I switched to a 1.5k set and got rid of my FOW.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2006-12-14 11:20pm

I too got a Drok's run, but I have already made it to Maguuma stade with henchies while ditching missions. When I made it to drok's, I got my armor and pretty much went back to do the missions.

And the thing is, as someone explained to me, Thunderhead Keep is the mission that seperates the people who actually learn to play guild wars from the complete fucking noobs. It is such a difficult quest for a PUG of idiots to do that most don't do it. I was lucky, I got my Warrior into a group with someone who started calling shots and balanced our team. We snagged bonus and mission on first go.

As for the armor, Drok's is probably the best to go with, being 1.5k with assorted material costs (still under 15k easily). As for what armor, depends on what you want. I was using Ascalon armor for the first part of the game, I think I moved to Gladiator armor through the mid and I now run around in Drok's Platemail, which is 80ap with a +20 phys defense. If you also are strapped for cash, go for the collector armor. All you have to do is grab three or four of a specific item and you have some serious armor.

brianeyci · Post by **brianeyci** » 2006-12-14 11:31pm

Tasoth wrote:Thunderhead Keep is the mission that seperates the people who actually learn to play guild wars from the complete fucking noobs.

Beowulf, Thunderhead Keep brings back memories

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We beat it with my Necromancer and 4 SDN guys right? That was awesome. I guess we kicked ass

.

Now what really separates the noobs from the ones who understand skills... try farming the Deldrimor War Camp bosses just outside the Drokar's Forge area with two people. Two people, including yourself, one monk and one warrior. Both must be PC's obviously. The warrior can get invincible with the monk buffs, and without NPC's or other players to eat the loot, you get a green item almost every time you kill a boss. If I remember right it involved heal party, a whole bunch of protection spells, and keeping the monk the fuck away from the warrior as the warrior killed everything. It's slow moving, but nothing like clearing an entire area with one PC to boost your ego.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-14 11:37pm

The funny part is idiots who get run to Droks, and then beg for money, join parties only to leave so they get credit without doing anything, spam up the chat and fail at everything.

brianeyci · Post by **brianeyci** » 2006-12-14 11:41pm

Stark wrote:The funny part is idiots who get run to Droks, and then beg for money, join parties only to leave so they get credit without doing anything, spam up the chat and fail at everything.

Yeah that's hilarious. I could do the run before the patch a year and a half ago, I have no idea how much more difficult it is now but I could probably still do the run. People freeload all the fucking time, so what I do is start running at Ascalon, go all the way to that mountain city (forget the name) and only run people who ran with me since the beginning of the game and had been paying every city. And of course, people in the SDN clan. I ran people through the entire map, good times.

The funniest part is with the right skills and a level 20 elementalist, right outside Droknars you can farm trolls and get tons of shit all the time, and there's people begging for money. Go play the game goddamnit, it's easy enough to get money everywhere.

bilateralrope · Post by **bilateralrope** » 2006-12-15 12:16am

Tasoth wrote:And the thing is, as someone explained to me, Thunderhead Keep is the mission that seperates the people who actually learn to play guild wars from the complete fucking noobs. It is such a difficult quest for a PUG of idiots to do that most don't do it. I was lucky, I got my Warrior into a group with someone who started calling shots and balanced our team. We snagged bonus and mission on first go.

Except when holding an item drew all agro towards you which made THK far too easy (well it made everywhere with a holdable item easy, except for ritualists with item spells), I found that THK was actually easier to do if you lit the torches for the bonus, because it caused enemy mobs to fight each other for a bit, lessening what you had to actually kill.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2006-12-15 12:35am

bilateralrope wrote:
Except when holding an item drew all agro towards you which made THK far too easy (well it made everywhere with a holdable item easy, except for ritualists with item spells), I found that THK was actually easier to do if you lit the torches for the bonus, because it caused enemy mobs to fight each other for a bit, lessening what you had to actually kill.

But how many people realized that?

Also, since this has a lot to do with guild wars, anyone with Nightfall, I have a question: Are they're any skill missions later on in the game? Seems to be none in Kamadan.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2006-12-15 02:41am

I don't think there's any skill quests in Nightfall, beyond the ones for primary and secondary training.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2006-12-16 05:37pm

Oh, I've gotten a Nightfall Trial key. it's 14days/10hours of play, which is just long enough to get to the end of the first island, if you don't dawdle. PM me for it.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2006-12-16 06:11pm

I've played the mission that screams CGI movie. The Sunspear assault into Kourna. The Sunspears and you against a horde of Kourna troopers. Ends very badly for the Sunspears and has this whole epic feel to it. Really, really needs a good movie for it.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-16 06:12pm

Beowulf wrote:Oh, I've gotten a Nightfall Trial key. it's 14days/10hours of play, which is just long enough to get to the end of the first island, if you don't dawdle. PM me for it.

Hey I got one too. 14 days is one thing... ten hours playtime is just retarded. I've been curious about nightfall though so I'll probably use mine myself.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2006-12-16 07:19pm

Stark wrote:
Beowulf wrote:Oh, I've gotten a Nightfall Trial key. it's 14days/10hours of play, which is just long enough to get to the end of the first island, if you don't dawdle. PM me for it.
Hey I got one too. 14 days is one thing... ten hours playtime is just retarded. I've been curious about nightfall though so I'll probably use mine myself.

I've got NF, so it's kinda useless to me...