Post by Loubell on Nov 14, 2013 15:45:03 GMT -6
I've been in the tower a few times. I figured I'd post what I know or have found to be helpful.
#1 And perhaps most importantly... Run with a group. You don't necessarily need to be in a party for just the run through part, but it definitely doesn't hurt. A lot of people will be running around map chatting lfg (looking for group). Some people will be using the party search. My example from today, I was planning on starting at the 3rd golem (floor) because that was as far as I had made it before and there was another player there looking for group. He put running 3rd golem in his lfg search. It just ended up being 2 of us in the party, but we ran thru the floor with a group until we got to our chamber that we did. (There are 9 chambers total inside the tower). Once in the chamber it was only us. There's NPC's in there with you as you go through. We did the fighting and got to the end.
Ran up to where the Tri-Color Chest was (you have to have 1 piece of each color) Double click on it, it forms a key. There's ach's for opening that chest, if you have multiple put together keys you can open it more than once while you're up there to knock out those ach's. You start out with enough pieces from the message you start with to make 1 key. You can either buy the rest or they drop from enemies in the tower. Each level drops a different color (see below).
The 1st level of the Tower drops Mysterious Blue Key's
The 2nd level of the Tower drops Mysterious Green Key's
The 3rd level of the Tower drops Mysterious Pink Key's
Up slightly from where that chest is, there is a pair of diving goggles (there are 2 diving ach's with this event). One is inside the tower, one is outside the tower.
It helps if you can find people who have run through it before and know where they are going (as it's one big maze). I am navigationally challenged... so if you are following me, that might be a bad plan. Unless I'm following someone else, there's a good chance I might be running the wrong way (or in circles).
Things to look out for. There are plants scattered through out the tower. They are basically mines, if you walk near them a red circle with appear on the floor. Pay attention to that... try to avoid them if you can. If you stay in that red circle prepare to be downed. They will 1 shot you easily.
Depending on the group you're following, they may or may not try to fight everything. Some groups just try to run through to get to the chambers. There's a good chance these types of groups won't stop to pick people up (if they are downed or dead). Obviously there are nice people, who will help out. If you're following this type of group, make sure you try to keep up. They will leave you behind. If you are in a party, and you get separated if they enter a chamber you'll get a pop up window about joining the instance (similar to being in a dungeon). As long as you join, you'll be reunited with your party for the instance.
I have Toxic Focusing Crystals available to share for anyone who would like some. And the ability to make some more if needed. This reduces condition damage that you take.
Speaking of the condition damage that you take, in running through you'll take condition damage. So if you have skills to heal yourself, use them wisely. If you have skills for removing conditions, the same. Scattered throughout the tower there are fans, if you stand near them it'll remove the conditions and give you a chance to heal if needed. They aren't necessarily totally safe spots, as there can still be enemies near.
If you're trying to finish off the Nightmares Within achievements you'll want to make sure you do the Nightmares dailies too. That helps work towards finishing stuff off.
There are golems at the start of each level of the tower. At these golems you can go to the highest level of the tower you've been to. If you're in a party, I believe it's who ever has the highest level in your party. Also near these golems you should find a repair station and a merchant. Both can come in handy. If you need to WP, the WP in the tower is in the very beginning where you enter the tower. So if you die on the 3rd floor, you'll have to WP down to the first floor but you can always use the golem to get back up to the golem at the beginning of the 3rd floor.
That's all I can think to share for now.
Good luck peeps!
#1 And perhaps most importantly... Run with a group. You don't necessarily need to be in a party for just the run through part, but it definitely doesn't hurt. A lot of people will be running around map chatting lfg (looking for group). Some people will be using the party search. My example from today, I was planning on starting at the 3rd golem (floor) because that was as far as I had made it before and there was another player there looking for group. He put running 3rd golem in his lfg search. It just ended up being 2 of us in the party, but we ran thru the floor with a group until we got to our chamber that we did. (There are 9 chambers total inside the tower). Once in the chamber it was only us. There's NPC's in there with you as you go through. We did the fighting and got to the end.
Ran up to where the Tri-Color Chest was (you have to have 1 piece of each color) Double click on it, it forms a key. There's ach's for opening that chest, if you have multiple put together keys you can open it more than once while you're up there to knock out those ach's. You start out with enough pieces from the message you start with to make 1 key. You can either buy the rest or they drop from enemies in the tower. Each level drops a different color (see below).
The 1st level of the Tower drops Mysterious Blue Key's
The 2nd level of the Tower drops Mysterious Green Key's
The 3rd level of the Tower drops Mysterious Pink Key's
Up slightly from where that chest is, there is a pair of diving goggles (there are 2 diving ach's with this event). One is inside the tower, one is outside the tower.
It helps if you can find people who have run through it before and know where they are going (as it's one big maze). I am navigationally challenged... so if you are following me, that might be a bad plan. Unless I'm following someone else, there's a good chance I might be running the wrong way (or in circles).
Things to look out for. There are plants scattered through out the tower. They are basically mines, if you walk near them a red circle with appear on the floor. Pay attention to that... try to avoid them if you can. If you stay in that red circle prepare to be downed. They will 1 shot you easily.
Depending on the group you're following, they may or may not try to fight everything. Some groups just try to run through to get to the chambers. There's a good chance these types of groups won't stop to pick people up (if they are downed or dead). Obviously there are nice people, who will help out. If you're following this type of group, make sure you try to keep up. They will leave you behind. If you are in a party, and you get separated if they enter a chamber you'll get a pop up window about joining the instance (similar to being in a dungeon). As long as you join, you'll be reunited with your party for the instance.
I have Toxic Focusing Crystals available to share for anyone who would like some. And the ability to make some more if needed. This reduces condition damage that you take.
Speaking of the condition damage that you take, in running through you'll take condition damage. So if you have skills to heal yourself, use them wisely. If you have skills for removing conditions, the same. Scattered throughout the tower there are fans, if you stand near them it'll remove the conditions and give you a chance to heal if needed. They aren't necessarily totally safe spots, as there can still be enemies near.
If you're trying to finish off the Nightmares Within achievements you'll want to make sure you do the Nightmares dailies too. That helps work towards finishing stuff off.
There are golems at the start of each level of the tower. At these golems you can go to the highest level of the tower you've been to. If you're in a party, I believe it's who ever has the highest level in your party. Also near these golems you should find a repair station and a merchant. Both can come in handy. If you need to WP, the WP in the tower is in the very beginning where you enter the tower. So if you die on the 3rd floor, you'll have to WP down to the first floor but you can always use the golem to get back up to the golem at the beginning of the 3rd floor.
That's all I can think to share for now.
Good luck peeps!