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[edit] Ascalon hard mode

I'm trying to accomplish vanquisher.. but when I go to Ascalon hard mode, you can only fight with 3 people. how in the world is one suppose to get that done when they attack you in group of 6 or more and they r all higher level then you???? plz help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.14.250.32 (talk • contribs) at 22:30, 30 September 2008 (UTC).

6 or more? Try not running straight to where the mobs are, but pulling them instead with a bow or spell. You shouldn't be getting groups higher than 4 as far as i remember, unless they are traps.

If you have problems you can go to Yaks, get a 6-man group and go back to Ascalon, or go to ToA and get a 8-man group. Also, if you have heroes or human players you should not be having problems really, but if you are playing only with henchmen you will need a reausable rez ideally, some form of snare (grawl healers LOVE to run in circles), some way to break stances, and be willing to sacrifice your henchmen when needed for you to stay alive :).--Fighterdoken 22:16, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

It can be done with 4, if you have plenty of DP removers and consumables. I think Eastern Frontier (which is by far the worst) took me 5 hrs with 3 heroes. -- Wyn 22:20, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Bring things that will increase your party size, Summoning Stones, Summon Ice Imp, Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support, a minion master is probably the best thing to use in those low level areas. This will help mitigate your direct damage and require less healing. Unindal 14:02, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ascension

i cant get the ascension missions to start or i dont know how to start them?for exampel how do i start dunes of despair?I already am in augury rock and still cant move on...thx for any help--194.110.177.210 07:49, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

You have to complete all three of the following missions Dunes of Despair, Elona Reach,Thirsty River before you can ascent at Augury rock.Use the "start mission" when you have a full party. --Silverleaf Don't assume, ask! 07:54, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Note that you need to actually be at the mission to start it; the three missions are nearby to Augury Rock, but still their own outposts. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 07:59, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

this map might help you find them. — Why 08:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] dunes of despair

I dont know how to start dunes of despair?I already am in augury rock and still cant move on...thx for any help--194.110.177.210 08:01, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

See the map in your topic above. --Silverleaf Don't assume, ask! 08:02, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

If you really can't find it, you can contact me in-game and I'll run you to the mission. I do not know when I will be online, though.. — Why 08:27, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Maybe Guild Wiki could help you. --NIN37 13:05, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ERROR 058

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I have installed Guild Wars on my new pc. At first I could not connect to finish the downlaod. I read the help section and found I had to open port 6112. So I did that, everything went great from there. I was able to finish the install. Then I went to log in and I get an ERROR 058. One statement stats the the file GW.dat maybe corrupt and to rename it or delete it. I cant find this file, so I did a search for it on my pc, it came back with a video type file ???? So I deleted what it showed in the search box. I then reopened GW and it started redownloading files. It has finished and gave me the log on screen. I tried to log in and I get the same ERROR MESSAGE (ERROR 058) can someone help me please ???? I love the game and have all expansions and would love to continue to play.

Thanks for your time and help in this matter.

Sincerely, Robert Viores Sr --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:216.96.75.131 (talk).

Hey Robert, error code 058 is described as "Guild Wars was unable to connect to any login servers. This is very likely caused by an Internet routing issue." See this page for more information.

There have been many reports of error 058 lately, see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. I suppose we should report this to ANet, as I doubt this is a coincidence. — Why 18:34, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Outpost ownership

How does a guild come to own an outpost in Factions? Shadowcat Arkwright--172.194.161.168 07:43, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

In short: the alliance with the highest amount of Factions owns the biggest towns (Cavalon for Luxon and House zu Heltzer for Kurzick).

Alliance battle will tell how the remaining towns will be distributed (which Faction will retain the higher amount of them).

These outposts will be awarded for the alliances with the higher amount of factions. --NIN37 08:11, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Is there a way to see the rankings of alliances and their total faction? Shadowcat--172.190.125.97 06:30, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Only by checking the individual outposts. -- Gordon Ecker 06:14, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Getting bonus without completing quest

Hi,

I'm going for the various protector titles and I have a few quests I completed without completing the bonuses in all the campaigns. The bonus page says you get credit for completing bonuses as soon as they're done in Prophecies, but I finished Borlis Pass' bonus, got the sword & shield animation, then mapped back to town and discovered that it hadn't actually given me credit for the bonus.

tl;dr: how to get bonuses without completing the whole quest, if possible. All campaigns, but proph is most important.

Thanks. --71.229.253.172 08:03, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

It should give you credit for the bonus in a mission even if you don't finish the mission; my first thought would be, maybe you should have waited for a moment before you mapped out. I believe it should show up right away when you finish the bonus; check your Hero panel or just check the map, and make sure you got your title progression or completion icon before you leave the mission.

There are a few missions that you can "lose" the bonus from as the mission progresses, but I don't think Borlis Pass is one of them.

As for the other campaigns, since Factions is entirely time-based, you'll need to finish the mission every time, unfortunately. No seperate bonus to complete.

Nightfall on the other hand, I'm not certain... but you should be able to complete the bonus without completing the mission (although with many of the missions, you'll be at the end of the mission when you complete the bonus anyway). Like I mentioned before, do yourself a favor and check your title or map when it tells you you've completed the bonus, just to make sure it sticks. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 08:11, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

No, you always need to complete the mission to get credit for the bonus in Nightfall. -- Gordon Ecker 08:24, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I waited about five minutes before mapping out, next time I'll afk for a while longer. Thanks for the help. --71.229.253.172 08:25, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, first, "getting just the bonus" only applies to Prophecies.

Both Factions and Nightfall use the "Standard/Expert/Master's Reward" system. Standard usually just requires you to finish the mission. Expert will require you not to just finish it, but do it in a better way (in less time for most Factions missions and fulfilling more requisites on Nightfall); Master's will usually require you to complete the mission on an even more complete way (either with a shorter time or by having more stuff done). If you missed Expert and/or Master's, you'll have to redo the entire mission.

Back to your original question, you should get the "Bonus completed" message as soon as you fulfill it. Waiting 5 or 30 minutes should not matter. --NIN37 08:35, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 007 - Bond, James Bond

While I was in a UW SC last night, we finished the run and we all got the UW Chest. Moments after we were all warping around getting the quests and the rewards, 6/8 of us were disconnected from the game with 007 error. We were all on vent talking about it. Localized playing areas were Ontario, UK, Texas, and STL. Seems odd that it all of a sudden happened. Any ideas on what could have happened? Unindal 14:06, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

If you were all still on vent then it could be a problem with your ISPs connection. Only thing I can think of.- TheRave (talk) 15:43, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

If they were all still on vent, and they were based in disperse geographical locations, it's certainly not an ISP issue on the user-side. More likely a server or routing problem on ArenaNet's side. Biscuits 16:06, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] armor dye

can someone show me a screen shot fo nron armro dyed black cause id liek to knwo but dotn want to waste the cash if i dont liek it--99.182.83.40 02:06, 3 October 2008 (UTC)randy

Which profession and gender for the Norn armor would you like to see a screen of? --tero 02:30, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

ranger male --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:99.182.83.40 (talk).

Well, I can link you to Gallery of male ranger Norn armor, but it doesn't have an example of the armor dyed black. If you look at the set, though, just picture the greyish-green sections of the armor as being black, and that'll give you an idea. Sorry I don't have anything else I can show you. --tero 02:49, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Check this thread at GuildWars Guru (credits to original poster). --NIN37 14:26, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PLEASE HELP ERROR 005

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As normal i star the game i put my password and chosse a character but when i am loading the place it is always on 0% for a few seconds until apears a thing saying error 005 help me please--The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:89.181.97.40 (talk).

http://www.plaync.com/us/support/doc_2438.html?p_faqid=2438 Biscuits 15:21, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

The Error code page says

005 = "These error codes indicates a connection error. This means the connection between your PC and the server was interrupted, or never established. The problem may be on your system (firewall, router, modem, etc.), with your ISP or a connection problem at the server.".

For some reason your firewall or router may be blocking the ports Guild Wars uses to download data on. Check your firewall and/or router.- TheRave (talk) 15:23, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Biblical Problem

Why is "Sodom" considered to be an offensive name part but "Gomorrha" not? To a lesser extend I don't understand why people who actually (and believe me there are some) with the correct name "Gaylord" are discriminated against by being prohibited to use their name as part of their character name. Noctarch 15:38, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Presumably its because this names have alternative meanings, and normally more popular meanings. But tbh I do agree with you, some of the blocked names are a bit unreasonable.- TheRave (talk) 15:44, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Is there any way or option to solve this unfair treaty? Noctarch 15:47, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Attribute Points

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my monk is at level 20..., but i do not get all attribute points WHY?--The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:66.55.127.57 (talk).

The Attribute points page describes the Attribute point quests you need to do to get all 200 attribute points.- TheRave (talk) 15:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] unexplorable area

i was scanning over the map recently and started wondering something what the heck is that mountain above the maguuma jungles name?!?!

[edit] rotscales tomb

after you defeat rotscale in hardmode and defeat every other monster in the area, i still cant get into rotscales tomb. how do you get into rotscales tomb? in gw wiki, it tells about a powerful weapon that it is guarding that is inside the tomb. please tell me what i have to do to get into the tomb. thank you chris--68.59.33.5 20:27, 5 October 2008 (UTC)