Snowball Dominance

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Snowball Dominance
Section Festival Event Quests
Given by Casey Carpenter
in Eye of the North
(Far Shiverpeaks)
Preceded by Charr-broiled Plans
Campaign Eye of the North
Type Festival quest

Defeat Staci Magicalsen's team in a snowball fight.

Contents

[edit] Quest information

[edit] Objectives

  • Speak to Casey Carpenter to enter the Ebon Vanguard Snowball Spectacular. You may only have two people in your party to enter this event.
  • Defeat the opposing team in icy combat. When your Health reaches 0, you're out of the game!

[edit] Reward

[edit] Walkthrough

All players entering the arena will have their skill bars reset to the Snowball Fight skill set.

This quest is fairly straightforward: remain alive while taking out the entire opposing team.

  • Consider bringing either a Grentch or Snowman ally to make the fight easier, as both summons use Snowball skills.
  • Necromancer NPCs will not use Holiday Blues.
  • Solo Method

The easiest and safest method for defeating the opposing team is to run to the left and park yourself in front of the Eye of the North and to wait out the initial onslaught. Following the initial dialog, both teams will march forward, drop Ice Forts, then your team will be hopelessly slaughtered. It'll be painful to watch and much will seem hopeless... but don't worry-- your time will come.

While watching your team take a header, stay out of range and prepare to take on opponents one by one. Prep a Hidden Rock while waiting things out and target your first enemy, launching only when ready-- and taking on only one opponent at a time. Use Hidden Rock and Yellow Snow in conjunction with your standard snowballs until the Mega Snowball is ready to launch; this should take out each opponent in about 30 seconds, give or take. This one-on-one action will take longer, but is much more likely to ensure victory than charging in full bore.

Don't hesitate to snack on your "Mmmm. Snowcone!", even if it means sacrificing all your skills for 10 seconds; it's easier to wait the 10 seconds than to have to restart the quest all over again. Likewise, don't be afraid to run out of your opponent's range to let your health regenerate for that very same reason.

Either heroes or henchmen will work just fine for this mission, though heroes are generally better as their skills can be micromanaged. Other than their special class skill, all heroes and henchmen are equal. Ritualist heroes are especially notable as their class skill Jack Frost provides you with extra ally that deals considerable damage.

If you use heroes, don't forget to disable their Snow Down the Shirt skill as it will cause them to run to melee range, possibly aggroing several snowballers instead of one and dying.

  • Dual Method

Another way of approaching this is to have one of the pair of you run towards the enemy before they become hostile and stand in front of their leader, Staci Magicalsen. The moment they turn hostile, the person in front of Staci needs to pop off their Ice Fort and not move once activated; this will cause all the enemies to use their own Ice Fort skill and to target that closest person. This will also group the opponents up to drop a mass Yellow Snow disease upon them, wiping a number of them out quickly. Do note, however, that the player who initially dropped their fort should be prepared to die, as recovering/running from the mob once the fort dissipates can be very difficult.

Less dangerous, but less effective, variant of this strategy is to bring one primary Ritualist which will summon Jack Frost inside aggro range of opposing team before they become hostile and run away. This will cause enemy to use Ice Fort prematurely, giving allied team advantage.

The method stated in the solo section can also be used to great effect in dual. Simply wait till the battle has settled, and then start to pick off one enemy at a time. Luring him/her away from the rest and then finishing him/her off 2 against 1. Due to the fact that there will be two of you, this is a lot quicker than the Solo Method.

Yet another way is to bring a Necromancer Hero for the Holiday Blues skill. Disable this Skill for manual control. The moment you are going to abuse is when your foes group up together. Flag your Necromancer right next to them and hit Holiday Blues. This will cause all of them to take 50 damage and some nifty degeneration on their health. This will weaken your foes a great deal, forcing most of them to use Snowcone healing a lot earlier than your allies need to. This gives you a great advantage.

[edit] NPCs

[edit] Allies

[edit] Foes

[edit] Dialogue

[edit] Initial dialogue

Casey Carpenter

Hey there! Thanks for clearing out the Charr. I'm being recalled to the field, but I'd love to have one last snowball fight before I leave. The folks around here think it would be great if you came outside and joined us. Oh, and bring a friend.

Accept: "I don't think you realize the trouble you just brought upon yourself. Snowball is my middle name."
Decline: "Sorry, I'm afraid of snow. It sends a chill up my spine."

[edit] Intermediate dialogue

Casey Carpenter

Your entire party will leave this outpost and be taken to the Ebon Vanguard Snowball Spectacular. Are you sure your party is ready to game on? Remember, this is for you and one friend, so make sure your party size is two.

Yes (sent to Ice Cliff Chasms (snowball))
You may bring only one additional party member with you, either a Hero, henchman, or another player. (alt with party size above 2)
No

Entering Ice Cliff Chasms

Micah Fergson [Skills]: "You're with my team, [Character Name]!"
Staci Magicalsen [Rune Trader]: "Oh, not fair! I wanted [Character Name] on my team. Boo!"
Micah Fergson [Skills]: "Our team will crush your team, Magicalsen!"
Staci Magicalsen [Rune Trader]: "Your team doesn't stand a snowball's chance in Balthazar's realm, Fergson!"
Artificer Mullenix: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's keep this snowball fight cold, icy, and fun! Last team standing wins!"

Hero dependent line here, if any.

On Victory:

Artificer Mullenix: "The team captained by Micah Fergson has won the snowball fight. Congratulations!"
Micah Fergson [Skills]: "We never could have done it without our team's most valuable snowball thrower, [Character Name]!"
Staci Magicalsen [Rune Trader]: "Well played. We'll beat you next time!"

On failure:

Artificer Mullenix: The team captained by Staci Magicalsen has won the snowball fight. Congratulations!
Staci Magicalsen [Rune Trader]: I told you we'd beat you, Fergson! You could stand to learn a bit about snowball fighting from [Character Name]!
Micah Fergson [Skills]: I demand a rematch! We'll beat you next time for sure!

[edit] Heroes

Bringing a hero into this quest results in some unique lines during the intermediate dialogue

Acolyte Jin - "The snow is my arrow, my arm the bow."
Acolyte Sousuke - "Why cant I just use water magic? It's like snow...really wet snow, anyway!"
Anton - "Strike fast and leave nothing standing...or dry!"
Dunkoro - "Every battle needs a plan. Every snowball needs a trajectory."
General Morgahn - "First we feint to the right, then send a barrage over their defenses..."
Goren - "I don't like snowball fights. I can never find my ball after I throw it."
Gwen - "Is that your best shot, or are you suffering from delusions of competence?"
Hayda - "I like the snow. It's pristine yet driven, like me!"
Jora - "I once killed 20 wolves with 18 snowballs. Who's next?"
Kahmu - "There is no pain. There is only snow."
Koss - "Cower before the might of Koss!" and "Koss!"
Livia - "Interesting game. You take the fallen snow and re-animate it to do your bidding. I like it."
Margrid the Sly - "I can pack the snow around cannon balls, right?"
Master of Whispers - "The secret to the perfect snowball is...I've said too much!"
Melonni - "We tried to have a sandball fight once...didn't work."
M.O.X. - "TAR-GET AC-QUIRED. COM-MEN-CING BOMB-ARD-MENT." and "ER-ROR: FUN DE-TECT-ED."
Norgu - "Come closer! I have a snow-liloquy for you!"
Ogden Stonehealer - "Watch out! The Great Dwarf has given me the Great Snowball."
Olias - "Like the icy hand of Grenth, may this snowball bring you peace."
Pyre Fierceshot -"You will all suffer for my required participation today."
Razah - "Why must humans always take something without form and fashion a weapon?"
Tahlkora - "I have to make my own snowballs? Wheres the fun in that?"
Vekk - "Why can't I use my snowball throwing machine again?" and "Golems would make this easier, you know."
Xandra - "Concentration is the key to victory. That and hard-packed snow."
Zenmai - "Master the snowball...size, form, arc...only then can you master yourself."
Zhed Shadowhoof - "Just try to knock me off my hooves, two-legs!"

[edit] Reward dialogue

Casey Carpenter
You have truly amazing snowball skills, [Character Name]. That was amazing, thanks for joining in! Some folks found these tonics while we were out there and wanted you to have them.

[edit] Notes

  • One team will get Avalanche, while the other will get Yellow Snow, which team gets which skill is randomly determined at the start of the match.
  • Icy Ground is not applied when standing still on the frozen lake in this zone.
    • This combined with the lack of enemies provides a good opportunity to map the area.
Anomaly Anomaly.
Although your skill set is replaced with the Snowball skills, pets will be included in the party if Charm animal is in your skillbar before entering. The pet will not deal damage but will be targeted by enemies.
  • Upon completion of the quest, if Holiday Blues is activated while the timer is counting down, the "quest failed" dialog will appear but the reward for the quest can still be collected.
  • Upon completion of the quest the timer displayes "Time until next mission" while it just ports you back to town as there is no next mission.
  • Depending on the movement of NPCs, one of the Norn characters, Brertram the Gluttonous, will sometimes be left alone after the fight finishes. If this happens use her to your advantage when fighting.
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