Guild Wars 2

I’ve gotten what I feel is most of the way done with this escort quest. My problem is that when we get in the doors of the fort and start to turn the corner, we all get over-run and die.
I am only really a lvl 26 elementalist, should I go get a few level? Or might better gear help? I’ve tried this about 5 times without success.

I’m afraid to say a few more levels or better gear won’t help that much.

Its too bad you can’t bring a friendly helper with you.

I’m not sure what else to say but good luck, maybe you will get lucky if you keep trying and observing what the enemy does.

I’m not sure how helpful this will be, but here’s my experience.

If you hang back at the doors when you first enter the fort, there are a bunch of guards standing there that will help you defeat the first wave. Try to preserve some of those guys because later on you can lure other enemies back toward these green NPCs when your revivable escorts die and it may help you defeat the mobs while your help is down (especially if you’re unable to risk reviving them). The only downside to this is that once the NPCs die, they seem to disappear. So you basically have to treat them as limited resources.

Aggro carefully. Once you get past the first fight at the door you can back away from your dolyak, let the NPCs all die and lure the other enemies one by one back toward the door (and hopefully waiting help) like I described above. Picking them off one by one is slow, but safe. Especially since there is a vetran in the second group which is pretty tough to tackle if you’ve got a bunch of other guys on you. Once you’re down to the vetran keep moving and try to dodge his grenades as much as possible. The first one seems fairly easy from a distance.

It was the last group that really pummelled me and made me fail the first time. The vetran has a nasty knock down. I used the same strategy (the dolyak never seems to be attacked or in danger so it’s fine if you let the mobs hang out around it for however long). I slowly lured the mobs away one by one until I got to the vetran. I had a bit of trouble with this one because if you lure him too far away and the NPC he’s aggroed on dies he seems to teleport back to the start and regain full health instantly (I was not impressed -.- ). But, I was able to kite him pretty well once I figured out the indications of his attacks (when he’s going to throw something at you or knock you over) and after leading him on a merry chase I was able to take him down. If you’re lower level you probably want to stay as far away from him as possible and use something that gives you health regen because he hits HARD, especially if he knocks you over.

After that you pick the last of the thugs off one by one and you’re done. Hope this is remotely helpful. I was on a level 80 warrior though (though not with all level 80 gear) so your millage my vary.

The only downside to this is that once the NPCs die, they seem to disappear. So you basically have to treat them as limited resources.

Hm, my NPCs didn’t seem to disappear when they died. The ones alive were rezzing them as far as I could tell. Inspector Kiel dropped twice and at one point I’d lost all the Lionguards.

bluestocking.6148:

The only downside to this is that once the NPCs die, they seem to disappear. So you basically have to treat them as limited resources.

Hm, my NPCs didn’t seem to disappear when they died. The ones alive were rezzing them as far as I could tell. Inspector Kiel dropped twice and at one point I’d lost all the Lionguards.

Not those NPCs I was able to rez those too. In fact they came back to life automatically when I cleared the first vetran.

It’s the NPCs by the door, the ones that are standing there when you approach that seem to disappear when they die. They stay camped out by the door (and I noticed a few NPCs by another door that don’t seem to notice what’s going on inside the fort). They aren’t even very helpful with the vetrans but they do at least absorb a bit of damage for you before they disappear into oblivion.

Sorry if my post wasn’t very clear ^^;;

Oooh, sorry! I see what you mean now!

I just did this on my level 42 Engineer first try, I’m so pleased !

One thing I can think of is to make sure your weapons and armor are appropriate for YOUR level. Like, if you’re level 26, make sure you have things that require level 25 equipped. I’m pretty sure that this is important when it comes to the game adjusting your level – but correct me if I’m wrong (I know it is when you are down-leveled, so I would guess it’s the same idea here).

Also, consider your build – are you “glass cannon” or what ? You might consider building to be more durable if that’s an issue things like Vitality and Toughness. You’re probably just picking up whatever upgrades you get, but you might choose those things over raw power for now if you can.

I used a lot of AOE – I would let the NPCs surround the attackers and I’d send grenades into the middle of them and place turrets. When an attacker was more isolated, I used crowd-control abilities and ones that put more distance between me and the attacker.

If I can, maybe I’ll try this on my lv 13 Guardian just to see if it’s possible and how much of a difference level and lv of gear makes.

Ceallach.8740:

I used a lot of AOE – I would let the NPCs surround the attackers and I’d send grenades into the middle of them and place turrets. When an attacker was more isolated, I used crowd-control abilities and ones that put more distance between me and the attacker.

AoE is definitely a good solution there. I used my ele in a squishy staff configuration and just nuked everything from orbit before they had a chance to overwhelm NPC’s.

Don’t rush, take one group at a time, and help the NPC’s, and you should do okay. Unless you are a very tanky build able to gather and keeps enemies on you, go for damage (prolonging the fight only means more npc’s dead, and that will increase the difficulty for you should more opponents appear).

Once you cross the bridge, AoE the group on the left side when the golems appear. This seems to preserve more of your helpers. There are other small skirmishes going on either side of the central path and if you can give them a bit of AoE assistance as well they will join your mob when they finish fighting. Also you do get a short time to revive the lionguards but that time is probably better off spent trying to weaken the biggest visible mob. As an ele don’t forget you can use water skills to heal the lionguards.

This is one of the first solo instances my warrior has ever had agro issues with, I think at one point I had 8 normals plus a vet on me and I had to rally 3 times to get through it. Its tough if you are not a bit careful.

Which makes it one of the few instances which is actually fun : ). Even if it is simple.

Erm.. When I died I just selected to return to a waypoint (rather than leave and start over), it kept me in the instance and I just had to run from grand plaza back to the fort marriner.

@bluestocking No worries It was after midnight when I wrote the first post and I probably didn’t make it clear there were two sets of NPCs.

Thanks for all the tips everyone! I will try out a few of them and report back!

I’m having problems with this event as well. I’m a level 23 Elementalist, but it seems that all the NPCs die while I’m trying to take out the veteran and then everyone ends up ganging up on me. I tried picking the groups off one by one, but my NPCs go toward the mob.

YES!! I did it! Turns out going healer was the way to go! I’m so excited! I’m also happy to find out I’m not the worst healer in this game.

The NPCs actually auto-res themselves if there’s no enemies within range, so you might try pulling the enemies away from Kiel and her dead allies if things go badly, then run back to them again once they respawn. I discovered this by accident after the Lionguard got overwhelmed near the end (just before the Lionguard barracks), and I was forced to retreat, only to have the Dolyak and all allies res themselves after the Aetherblades got pulled away, the Dolyak reached the barracks, and all the Aetherblades vanished. :P