Stage 4: Maguuma Jungle

[Erudite]

Ah, time for a new thread. We still have a bonus objective (and a few quests) to finish in Kryta, but really we've moved on to Maguuma Jungle. With new quests promising skill unlocks, I set about on my merry little way.

Starting in Druid's Overlook, I completed quite a few quests this evening. In the process, I opened up several new locales - The Wilds (mission area), Quarrel Falls, and Ventari's Refuge. I also opened up 6 new skills (three in each profession). No drops of significance, but nice money.

I have four quests left in my log, including the two from Lion's Arch, and am sitting about 5600xp away from level 20.

Funny stuff - new with the most recent update (unless I've missed it previously) are in-game messages that alert you to the amount of time you've been playing...
"You have been playing for 1 hour."
"You have been playing for 2 hours."
"You have been playing for 3 hours. Please take a break." :rotflmao:

[GravenStone]

Finished the three quests left in my journal, rolling halfway through 20 as a result.

The two new Factions quests out of Lion's Arch will literally only take you 10-15 minutes to run and you'll only have a few groups of 10-11th level Fire Imps in your way to do so.

This is the first time I've ever hit the level cap in any game. It feels... odd.

[Erudite]

The two new Factions quests out of Lion's Arch will literally only take you 10-15 minutes to run and you'll only have a few groups of 10-11th level Fire Imps in your way to do so.

I started in Bergen Hot Springs - did the skeleton rangers and three groups of Tengu tribesman on my way to the first encapment, and then just skipped over into Nebo Terrace and down to the second. As GravenStone said, 15 minutes tops for an easy 5000xp between the two.

Edit - the giant sea turtle in Nebo Terrace is pretty cool.

This is the first time I've ever hit the level cap in any game. It feels... odd.

I'm less than 600xp away, with two quests for 500xp each still in my log.

I was skimming some of the plot missions yesterday on GuildWiki. Completing the three Ascension missions (which we're not too terribly far away from) give 50,000xp. :eek:

[Erudite]

RAWR! Level 20, although I just ground it out outside of Temple of the Ages instead of doing the quests in Maguuma Jungle. I'll get to those later. :D

[Raveneye]

Played a little between Oblivion sessions this weekend. Knocked out the new faction quests (the giant turtle tower is impressive!). It was nice to see the earlier faction quests actually meant something, as the sites we'd cleared for each faction now have cool little outposts set up.

Anyway, added a couple of map locations in the jungle and picked up a couple of new quests. Ended about 1600xp from 20th. Should be able to pick that up this week before Thursday.

[Raveneye]

Between Easter, working on the house and playing Oblivion I got in ZERO Guild Wars time over the weekend. I'm still at basically the same point I was at the end of our session on Thursday. I will make an attempt tonight or tomorrow (since there is no new LOST on) to at least open the other couple of locations in the jungle and maybe knock out a couple of the side quests.

Oblivion has simply killed my solo GW time lately. :smile:

[Erudite]

The Easter holiday really limited my gaming time as well. Even prior to that, though, I'd finished every quest I could find in the Maguuma Jungle locales I've unlocked. Guildwiki has been experiencing some problems, so I haven't really been able to check for any I've missed.

Being capped at level 20 with no skill quests to chase after, I found myself playing my N/R for a bit towards the end of last week. Got him up to level 10, having finished most of the Breach/Diessa Lowlands quests (except for Althea's Ashes), and pushed him over to level 11 playing around in Ascalon Arena. With his twinkbow and wolf pet, he's actually pretty formidable there - clearly not the best, as I have lots to learn about arena fighting, but I've managed to get my Balthazaar faction up over 1k by stringing together a few wins. I've outgrown AA, though, so time to run him through some of the plot missions to get him to the Shiverpeaks Arena.