Posts by Sir Bonral

Volley is exhausted after the desert, but I'm still alive! There were several close calls though.

First I journeyed to all outposts and missions to have access to the 2nd profession change quests later.

First Mission was Thirsty River, it took 3 attempts, only because having to kill the priest with the Monk boss was tough, hard to interrupt. Got my first Elite though here, Marksman's Wager... I never really used it much before, it's pretty nice to spam 10 energy attacks with.

Second Mission was Elona Reach, was super easy, no difficulty getting it done with the bonus.

Third Mission was Dunes of Despair, the bane of my existence. It took 10 attempts to get it done with the Bonus. I did not use the trick of activating the timer, then killing the Mesmer boss, I wanted to see if I could do it normally. Each time I was relatively close, so I felt like I could do it...just took 10 tries

I faced my doppelganger with a simple pet build, let little Iron maul their face off while I watched.

Went and unlocked the other professions, and got my 15 att points.

Then, I entered the Dragon's Lair. Nabbed Melandru's Resilience for my 2nd Elite, having 2 elites in this mission was nice, and it was easy for the most part, till I got to the part that I dreaded.

If there was ever a time to fail my deathless run, this would be it. Had to keep flagging my henchies so they wouldn't get flooded with Overcast, until she stopped casting that hex. After that, it wasn't too terrible to fight her, interrupted her Hibernation skill, and slowly whittled her down. Always feels bad to fight Glint though.

With that, I've reached Droks and I'm out of the Desert! Gonna grab full armor, and start working on the next 3 missions in the Cold!

Also, I will be getting Elite Proph Armor...I'm thinking of getting either Elite Drakescale or Elite Studded Leather... which do you like better?

Update! It's been a breeze getting through the rest of the Kryta/Maguuma missions. Besides fighting the mobs in Aurora Glade and the towers in Riverside Province, it's been a relaxing playthrough. However I just finished Sanctum Cay and I'm now in the Crystal Desert.

Now's the time to start worrying with the game ramping up in difficulty from here on. I'll be working on getting to the missions, getting 2nd profession changes, and grabbing my first elite. I'm not worried about Elona Reach or Thirsty River, but Dunes of Despair bonus will be difficult, as will the Dragon's Lair Bonus... Next update you'll see is either my death or me in the Southern Shiverpeaks, till next time!

Quick update, Just made it to Lions Arch. The Frost Gate was a pain, had to map out at the end the first attempt. Gates of Kryta's Bonus enemies (Smoke Phantoms) spamming chain lightning gave a little scare, but otherwise wasn't too hard. Got a new pet! His name's Iron. (might get a new pet per campaign for fun)

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Update! So far still alive with the Ranger, playing at range is a lot better than a squishy Assassin. Almost died at Ruins of Surmia, and had to map out. Beat Nolani Academy (though, for some reason I thought that during the Bonus, if you dropped the tome, the spirits would stop attacking, but I'm glad I tested it out first before just rushing in.) Currently at Yak's Bend, got Fur armor to make the cold trek over the Shiverpeaks, and pet the Yaks as is required by law. lol.

Still very much enjoying the game in this manner.

I guess it depends on how much I want to hate myself haha. Yeah I'm still unsure if I want to change some rules or not, but I can if I feel the need to as I play, it'll just depend. Good points though. Maybe since I'm doing a deathless run, should grant me use of the chest for storage, not to grab items I never got previously, but to save drops like you said. I might end up doing that, we'll see.

Thanks for the Guild Invite!

Yeah I'd love to join the Discord, and I'd be tempted to make a character to join you, but with my work schedule I can be pretty limited to time on certain days, and I'd rather not hold you up if you're waiting on me haha.

-Totally rocking the IRON cape

Slow start to this character (been busy lately) but I'm out of Pre. If I can survive the searing.. I can do this nonsense I set for myself

Well, this was quick, almost 2 hours in and I died. I was at Zen Daijun and a few too many afflicted with their soul explosions did him in. Didn't even make it off the Island I knew Assassin would be hard though.

And now...here's a new randomized character, Iron Volley. I have better hopes of survivability with a Ranger

I'll probably try again tomorrow, and without afflicted explosions I think I'll last a little longer. Till then.

Hello! I'm new to this forum, but I've played Guild Wars for a long time, and just recently found out about this challenge! I've read several other people's attempts and journey of replaying this loved game, and decided to give it a shot myself! Edit: I've decided not to stream, but I'll post updates here.

So, here are my rules, this will also be done on a fresh account bought from the 20 year Celebration sale.

* No trading with players (unless I'm sending stuff to my alts, I will never receive items)

* No Bank or Material Storage, everything I want to keep must remain in my inventory.

* No Consumables, Summoning Stones, etc that help to play, also no tomes (though on a fresh account it won't be much help anyway)

* No usage of Material, Rune, or Weapon Traders.

* Can only use skills after unlocking them myself by quests, local skill trainers (cannot purchase skills that say Unlocked). For Heroes, I must have obtained that skill for them to use as well. If I want Koss to have Hundred Blades, I have to cap it myself. (this will allow me to easily figure out what skills my heroes can use if I restart and my heroes have previously unlocked skills.)

* Must play through campaigns in order (Prophecies > Factions > Nightfall > Eye of the North > Beyond (Maybe). However if a Non-Proph Character is used, as soon as they can, I'll switch to Prophecies and run to Ascalon to start.

* No Heroes until Nightfall and Eye of the North

*Oh yeah, and If my character dies they get deleted, the scariest rule of them all.

My Goals:

* Beat the campaigns in order and get the Protector Title, once I do that, I'll allow myself to use Heroes in every campaign to get Guardian (because I'm not sure If I can get bonuses on certain missions in Hard Mode with just Henchies)

* If I can do that, I'll probably try to aim for elite armor, maybe try to do some harder challenges like FoW, UW, DoA, etc, (though I'm not entirely experienced with those, so either I'll allow cons at that point or think of something else... I'll cross that bridge once I get to it)

* Try to work on completing titles, GWAMM maybe?

* Obby Armor? (maybe allow Mat traders since again, I'm not experiences in FoW and UW... I don't know yet)

* Complete on more professions.

My experience with trying not to die is farming the Kilroy quest for Survivor, so I think this'll be interesting, definitely challenging, but very fun. I'm excited to start on this, and to hear more from your own attempts.

This is Iron Shadow Bomb, I used a randomizer to choose the Profession, Sex, and appearance to make it interesting.

He's an Assassin starting in Factions, once I get to Kaineng Center, I'll ship to LA, and run to Ascalon to do the proper start.

I'll try to remember to take screenshots to post updates. I can see this going pretty well, and also very terribly with lots of deaths,