Raveneye
4th May 2006, 10:33 AM
Tonight's mission is in Aurora Glade. Everyone good for 9:00pm EST?
Looks like a complicated mission involving attuning crystals to pillars to open a portal. You can't let the White Mantle attune all three crystals before you do, and yet to get the bonus mission you need to let them have one attuned (or the mission progresses and you lose the chance at the bonus) while you fight your way to the "spawn point" for White Mantle guys and kill a named bad guy.
Once all crystals are attuned a portal opens, you go through, get a cutscene, kill another big bad guy, then get a second cutscene and the mission ends at Riverside Province. Looks like we simply need to be aware of timing issues while attuning the crystals in order to succeed at the bonus. Bonus strategy to follow:
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Rescue the ranger Less Longbow (http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Less_Longbow) from the White Mantle attacking him (1 on the map). He will tell you of the Demagogue, a powerful member of the Mantle, whom you should kill.
When you get to the final crystal stage, the Demagogue is positioned near the back where all the White Mantle are coming from (2 on the map).
Tip: One way to complete the bonus is to kill all the Mantle's runners first, and then drive your way to where the Mantle are coming from. This means that at least one pedestal needs to be in the possession of the White Mantle until the bonus is completed. You will need to be extra vigilant in ensuring that all the Mantle runners are dead.
Tip: The safest way to do the bonus is to do the following:
Capture the pedestal nearest you (immediately to your right as you enter and nearest the crystals pod).
Let them take the leftmost pedestal, then kill the forces protecting the pedestal, but do not take it (it is usually the first one taken by them).
Capture the pedestal nearest the White Mantle (straight across from the one you hold).
Now, one of your members should stay behind (preferably a Warrior with Sprint, but class makes no difference) and grab a crystal. <----This would be me! :lowsmile:
The White Mantle will try to retake this one consistently. They will send forces there, group by group and their runners will come here.
Ignore the White Mantle runner. Every time he runs to the pedestal, let him retake it and then have your runner retake it again. The dumb runner will go back to get another crystal; you should have your runner do likewise and wait for him.
Make it very clear to your runner that he should not take the third pedestal, otherwise the mission ends before you get the bonus.
The remaining five members of your group should slowly advance, killing small group after small group until you demolish all the White Mantle forces. In the end, the Demagogue will be left alone and easy to kill. Do not rush the entrance, or you wll be swarmed by a group of 8-10 White Mantle; wait for them to exit group-by-group.
Looks like a complicated mission involving attuning crystals to pillars to open a portal. You can't let the White Mantle attune all three crystals before you do, and yet to get the bonus mission you need to let them have one attuned (or the mission progresses and you lose the chance at the bonus) while you fight your way to the "spawn point" for White Mantle guys and kill a named bad guy.
Once all crystals are attuned a portal opens, you go through, get a cutscene, kill another big bad guy, then get a second cutscene and the mission ends at Riverside Province. Looks like we simply need to be aware of timing issues while attuning the crystals in order to succeed at the bonus. Bonus strategy to follow:
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Rescue the ranger Less Longbow (http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Less_Longbow) from the White Mantle attacking him (1 on the map). He will tell you of the Demagogue, a powerful member of the Mantle, whom you should kill.
When you get to the final crystal stage, the Demagogue is positioned near the back where all the White Mantle are coming from (2 on the map).
Tip: One way to complete the bonus is to kill all the Mantle's runners first, and then drive your way to where the Mantle are coming from. This means that at least one pedestal needs to be in the possession of the White Mantle until the bonus is completed. You will need to be extra vigilant in ensuring that all the Mantle runners are dead.
Tip: The safest way to do the bonus is to do the following:
Capture the pedestal nearest you (immediately to your right as you enter and nearest the crystals pod).
Let them take the leftmost pedestal, then kill the forces protecting the pedestal, but do not take it (it is usually the first one taken by them).
Capture the pedestal nearest the White Mantle (straight across from the one you hold).
Now, one of your members should stay behind (preferably a Warrior with Sprint, but class makes no difference) and grab a crystal. <----This would be me! :lowsmile:
The White Mantle will try to retake this one consistently. They will send forces there, group by group and their runners will come here.
Ignore the White Mantle runner. Every time he runs to the pedestal, let him retake it and then have your runner retake it again. The dumb runner will go back to get another crystal; you should have your runner do likewise and wait for him.
Make it very clear to your runner that he should not take the third pedestal, otherwise the mission ends before you get the bonus.
The remaining five members of your group should slowly advance, killing small group after small group until you demolish all the White Mantle forces. In the end, the Demagogue will be left alone and easy to kill. Do not rush the entrance, or you wll be swarmed by a group of 8-10 White Mantle; wait for them to exit group-by-group.