Lago's DoA

[Lago Mortis]

Yesterday I arranged a trip through "the Northern Wall" mission the hard way, or in "out of mind mode". 3 other Alliance members showed up, 2 W and one E.

Rules: Naked, only use dropped items, only 2 non-elite skills.

Mission was easy, but when we tried to fight the Charr Army it went into Domain of Anguish mode.

3 attempts where we once had defeated the fighting charrs and only had the shamans left. Real tricky, they are hard to tank. You have very limited mana (20 for my necro), and with only two-non elite skills there are few viable combos.

A lot fun though!

Regards,
Lago Mortis

[Stydracos Rivenbow]

This is rather a fun challenge, and probably requires one of those cookie cutter builds or some tricksy tactics to complete...

On that note if you are an elementalist - Stoneflesh Aura is fun with 12 earth as it lasts 17 secs with 25 dmg reduction (and has 15 sec recharge and 2 sec cast time). Problem is you'll run out of energy... combined with Balthazar's Spirit however you should be able to tank the charr, the rest is up to your friends/team.

Still waiting for a Lago Gemstone to drop! (my guess is they are purple in colour!).

[Pass The Towel]

This has got me thinking what "hard mode" is that it talks about in the "Guardian of ..." title.

I'm assuming they will all be harder, but for me the best use of this feature would be:

• hard mode only activates once you complete the mission at masters level
  
• all the missions that are usually done at lower level are advanced level 20 ones also, kind of like Ascalon in the Titans quest.
  

It would be nice to be able to go back and do those missions with older characters without needing to go naked