arrahhh... aaahhhh... *cough* ...Heh... I'm just kidding. I'm not dying. Welcome to the Photics.com Guild Wars Video Guide. I'm Mike Garofalo and this is part 13 of the Nightfall Bonus missions tutorial. Hopefully you're not superstitious, because this map is actually pretty cool. You're going to fight a battle in the sky. Above the Mirror of Lyss is a floating structor. But how do you get there? You can't fly and jumping is not going to help. Hmmmm...
Actually, getting into this map is pretty simple. When your quests are up-to-date, just talk to the head priest. He starts the mission. But even if you try scaring him, he won't let you pass without Tahlkora.
Ah, I said it... Tahl-kora... alright.
Anyway...
The bonus starts as soon as you enter the mission, so don't waste any time. That's the bonus. You'll have to beat this mission in under six minutes. It sounds easy, but I wasted three hours trying to do just. My final time was 5:49 seconds. There is no room for mistakes. Just so you don't have to go through the same trouble, I'm going to let you know what I learned.
The first thing is MOVE. Be ready to kill from the second the map starts. Don't even look at the loot. Just run up to the middle and start fighting. You'll have to shut down three portals and you'll want to do that as quickly as possible. Shutting down the portals is a two step process. First you have to kill the Claw, then you have to move your characters in the area of the portal.
The Artificial intelligence is pretty agressive on this map. There's even a special foe to contend with - The Blasphemy. He will try to sneak past you, recapturing shrines, causing trouble. Don't let him do that! Oh... and even if you kill him, he's just going to respawn. Except, he leaves a gift - three little balls of death. These evil orbs will torment you and they can capture shrines too. Most importantly, don't lose the middle shrine. If you lose the middle shrine, the mission is a failure.
For the longest time, I just couldn't figure out how to speed things up. I was trying all sorts of different skills, but it just wasn't enough. I was missing something... something to push this map over the edge. It was the Lightbringer skills! If you've been wasting time with titles, this is your reward! Those skills are put to good use on this map.
Necros will have a lot of fun on this map too, as there's rarely a shortage of corpses. I also recommend using Ressurection Signets. It's very easy to die on this map. If you're going for the bonus, you won't have a lot of time to recover. Ressurection Signets are the best way to get back into the game quickly. That's all there is to it. Just fight like crazy to meet the six-minute deadline.