Guild Wars 2

Excelsior comrades!

Hidden between two dusty tomes in the Durmand Priory’s library was a mysterious note. I found this piece of paper, hastily written, hardly decipherable. It appears as if it was a lost page torn out from a book long forgotten. Here is what it says:

Getting closer to the Gods, seeking their guidance, such is the meaning of Ascension.
Many heroes have tried and the tales of those who succeeded are few, for the blessing of the Gods is not bestowed upon the undeserving.
Are we ever truly ready to face the tests lying on the path to greater powers?
We are not prepared.

I looked everywhere. I asked the wisest of all the sages in Tyria, and none have given me an answer. But one thing is for sure: there will be a time when we will face great hardship, and when that time comes we must be prepared, we must be ready!
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My friends, I hereby present you:

The Ascension Challenge
Volume 1

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This is the time and place where you can engage the best players for a friendly test of your skills and imagination.
The Ascension Challenge is a very simple concept, there is a Challenge Master, he defines a Challenge and anyone can try to beat it to claim the title and become the Challenge Master instead of him.
To achieve a challenge you have to beat the test defined by the challenge master exactly in the terms that he has stated. You have to provide a video for proof. The community then decides if you have properly performed, and in the end it is the challenge master who validates or invalidates your achievement. If your claim is approved then you become the challenge master and you have to define a challenge. You can be as creative as you want when designing challenges (group solo, traits, camera angle .. you name it). The point is not to make it impossible, but to make it interesting and entertaining.

Current challenge

The Russian rabbit roulette
21st of September 2013

Challenge master: Sanderinoa.8065 [rT] :
Finish the Uncategorized Fractal’s champion fight (right after the first set of harpies) by killing the rabbit last.
The fractal level has to be at least 28.
No consumables allowed apart from nourishment.
Kiting the rabbit out of the room is not allowed.

Score board

Format:
points) name

Guilds
1) rT

Players
1) Agony.3542 Anubarak.3012 Element.5647 Molch.2078 Sanderinoa.8065

Challenge history

1) The Slave Driver with tied hands, the 20th of September 2013:
Kill the Slave Driver in Citadel of Flame explorable path 1 with only off-hand weapons equipped in your group.
All skills are allowed for as long as you do not have main hand skills available (so no conjured weapons, no transformations, for example)

Challenge completed by rT on the 21st of September
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDXFK3STFSE

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rT , aiming to be the top PvE guild in EU,
will be monitoring this event and potentially inviting those who complete the hardest of challenges, those who are interested can mention so in their submissions.

Top PvE guild? You sound like a bunch of filthy elitists.

colesy.8490:

Top PvE guild? You sound like a bunch of filthy elitists.

I challenge you to infract his post!!!

I don’t know whether I’d laugh or cry if it got infracted.

colesy.8490:

Top PvE guild? You sound like a bunch of filthy elitists.

oioi, AIMING to be a bunch of filthy elitists, mind you (WARNING: not actually aiming to be elitist)

Filthy elitist or not, anyone can attempt to beat these challenges
They are meant for fun!

I shall make a try ;O

Um, you spelled “Excelsior” wrong….

erthebear.8109:

Um, you spelled “Excelsior” wrong….

Indeed! Thanks for pointing that out

Just to let people know, this is just the beginning of the project, we have ambitious plans for the future

We are waiting to see how willing people are to defeat the challenges and come up with new one. Then we will introduce exclusive challenges with exclusive rewards.

When I talk about exclusive rewards I am not just talking about the fame and glory you get from completing challenges and having your name on the scoreboard for the community to admire your feats of strength, I am also talking about more tangible rewards such gold!

Many guilds are already involved with the Ascension Challenge, but we are looking for a broader audience. We believe this is a fun way to spend time in game with your friends or with amicable strangers. Should you have any remarks regarding he organisation or anything about the Challenges please let us know.

Time to Ascend !

Sanderinoa.8065:

Ok rT completed the challenge yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDXFK3STFSE

We will be putting up another challenge as of now, we’d like a group to do the champion fight in the harpy fractal on lvl 28, the challenge is to kill the rabbit last, no consumables allowed, nourishment is fine ofcourse. Also, kiting the rabbit out of the room(I dont even know if its possible but just in case) is not allowed.

Didn’t bother looking for people to do it with me, ended up doing it alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tEC6u4CgDs&feature=youtu.be
I don’t expect anyone to actually watch this, but here it is.
Hit record a minute or so too late.

I’m going to think of a challenge in a bit.

Haha that was very entertaining!
Congratulations!

I will update the scoreboard as soon as Sanderinoa validates this achievement

Looks pretty legit to me, goodjob emanuel, Im sorry if it was a bit boring ^^

Hmm, Frost in CM Path 1!

Rules:

-Must be in direct melee range to attack, if not in melee range(<200), not allowed to attack
-If minions/Phantasms are used, they must be ranged types used in melee(example: p. duelist, ranger spider etc.)
-Only allowed to attack with ranged weapons(in melee range), no melee weapons allowed(Engineer grenades are banned for this, thief shortbow is sorta questionable)
-No Projectile reflection/absorb skills
-Must fight him in his spawn area, no Line of sight-ing allowed

Optional:
-No condition clears(including Thieves’ Withdraw, Guardian’s Healing of Resolve, traits like Cleansing Ire)
-No destroying the Rocket Turrets/Golems

Any good?

Emanuel.9781:

Hmm, Frost in CM Path 1!

Rules:

-Must be in direct melee range to attack, if not in melee range(<200), not allowed to attack
-If minions/Phantasms are used, they must be melee types(example: p. berserker/swordsman/legendary Brown Bear)
-Only allowed to attack with ranged weapons(in melee range), no melee weapons allowed(Engineer grenades are banned for this, thief shortbow is sorta questionable)
-No Projectile reflection/absorb skills
-Must fight him in his spawn area, no Line of sight-ing allowed

Optional:
-No condition clears(including Thieves’ Withdraw, Guardian’s Healing of Resolve, traits like Cleansing Ire)
-No destroying the Rocket Turrets/Golems

Any good?

I dont know frost but its sounding pretty hard :P

A little edit: If minions/Phantasms are used, they must be ranged types used in melee(example: p. duelist, ranger spider etc.)

That little detail slipped off my radar.
If people think these rules are too harsh or make it “impossible” to clear it, suggest something.

Thank you all for your interest in this project!

We have decided to live up to our ambition, we have greatly increased the scope of our project, therefore all discussion on this topic should be made on the following thread:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/The-Ascension-Project/first