Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures
- Year
- 1337 AE
- Storyline
- Secrets of the Obscure
- Chapter
- Desperate Measures
- Location
- Inner Nayos
(Horn of Maguuma) - Level
- 80
- Preceded by
- Eventide's March
- Followed by
- The Eleventh Hour
- API
- 709
Desperate Measures is the seventeenth chapter of the Secrets of the Obscure story.
Objectives[edit]
- Make preparations with your allies.
- Head to the forward bivouac.
- Meet with your allies.
- Listen to the proposed strategy.
- Aid in weakening Eparch's forces in Nayos.
- Secure Nayos by participating in events and adventures. Adventures count once toward completion.
- Complete any event or adventure in Inner Nayos. Skirmish events and adventures count for more progress.
- Discuss the plans for the assault on Zakiros.
- Return to the forward bivouac.
- Join your allies.
- Accompany your allies.
- Assassins Remaining
- Get Peitha to a safe location!
- Defeat Eparch's assassins, the Daggers of Zakiros.
- They've blasted through the rock wall! Protect Peitha!
- Defeat Pugia, the Midnight Blade.
- Accompany your allies.
- Complete!
Rewards[edit]
Walkthrough[edit]
- Make preparations with your allies.
A simple and short dialogue-only instance, with some extra dialogue with Arina and Ramses after Peitha leaves for the Well-Informed achievement.
- Aid in Weakening Eparch's Forces in Nayos
For the first step, 8 points are needed to progress. Skirmish events and Adventures give 2 points, all others give 1 point.
Shortly after entering the instance, there is an ambush consisting of a large amount of regular Kryptis that will attempt to kill Peitha. Simply escort her through another 3 ambushes until arriving at a rock wall. Here, one final ambush awaits, along with an elite enemy, Pugia, the Midnight Blade.
After this is a short audience with the gathered Kryptis and the instance ends.
Achievements[edit]
Desperate Measures | The Midnight King | 1 | 1
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Meet with your allies and prepare to assault Zakiros.Journal: Desperate Measures | Completed Desperate Measures | 1 |
- Complete the mission.
Well-Informed | The Midnight King | 1 |
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Engage in all dialogue options with Arina and Ramses.Journal: Desperate Measures | Engaged in All Dialogue Options with Arina and Ramses | 1 |
- Simply speak with Arina and Ramses twice in the first instance after Peitha has left.
Swift Assassination | The Midnight King | 1 |
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Defeat the Daggers of Zakiros within the time limit.Journal: Desperate Measures | Defeated the Daggers of Zakiros within the Time Limit | 1 |
- Achievement eligibility may be tracked via the Achievement Eligibility: Swift Assassination effect on the player's effect bar.
- Simply defeat the first Daggers of Zakiros ambush within the time limit. (2 minutes from the line, "Death to the false king!")
- All Daggers are normal rank, meaning they are easy to group up with skills such as a Raptor's Tail Spin, though one in the first group has a defiance bar and slightly higher stats than the others.
Peitha Protector | The Midnight King | 1 |
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Prevent Peitha's health from dropping below 90%.Journal: Desperate Measures | Prevented Peitha's Health from Dropping Below 90% | 1 |
- Achievement eligibility may be tracked via the Achievement Eligibility: Peitha Protector effect on the player's effect bar.
- This achievement is awarded upon defeating Pugia, the Midnight Blade.
- There are many foes between the initial ambush and the boss, but almost all of the enemies are vulnerable to Crowd Control effects such as Pulls and Blinds.
- Peitha will also run behind a wall. Check on her periodically if she does so, as some assassins may spawn outside and seek her out.
- Peitha can actually be healed throughout the fight, though her massive health pool may make this hard to notice. If you're having trouble, consider taking skills that also heal/grant Regeneration to nearby allies to make the achievement easier to do. Peitha also heals while out of combat.
NPCs[edit]
Allies[edit]
Foes[edit]
Objects[edit]
Dialogue[edit]
- Upon activating the story
- Ramses: Wayfinder, I must request your presence at the camp immediately.
- <Character name>: What's wrong?
- Ramses: The situation is tense among our allies. As uncertainty about our next step grows, so too does their anger.
- Ramses: I fear that things will worsen without your intervention.
- (If charr)
- <Character name>: All right, I'll come knock some sense into them.
- (Otherwise)[verification requested]
- <Character name>: I see. I'll be there as soon as I can. Don't worry, Ramses; we'll resolve this.
Forward Bivouac instance[edit]
- Approaching your allies
- Frode: We have to wait for reinforcements! It's the only way.
- General Nephus: Every hour, more of my soldiers die! Do you think his turrets simply stop while we wait?
- <Character name>: Enough! Calm yourselves.
- <Character name>: What's the situation here?
- Arina: Galrath went back to Tyria to report to Isgarren. We don't know what he'll recommend.
- Frode: But if he does support sending the full Astral Ward, we would be fools to attack without them.
- General Nephus: We would be fools to wait here for reinforcements that may never come!
- General Nephus: Have you been out there? We are stretched across dozens of positions, barely able to hold them.
- General Nephus: How long until the front collapses? Must we all be dead before we're allowed to strike?
- Peitha: That's enough, both of you. You are generals—show each other some respect, at least.
- (If charr)
- <Character name>: I was wondering where you went.
- (Otherwise)[verification requested]
- <Character name>: Good. Perhaps you can help me here.
- Peitha: I understand your desire for reinforcements, but I will not be beholden to Isgarren's whims.
- Peitha: But neither do I offer you a pointless sacrifice.
- Peitha: I have watched the battlefield for weeks now. We have been overstretched and vulnerable the entire time.
- Ramses: Apologies, my lady. We will restructure our defenses to—
- Peitha: Calm, Ramses. I mean no reproach.
- Peitha: But if Eparch's forces could have shattered our defenses at any moment, why are we still here?
- <Character name>: Are you suggesting Eparch's army isn't as strong as it appears?
- General Nephus: Impossible. I know you've sensed—as I have—the souls of the thousands of soldiers stationed in Zakiros.
- General Nephus: I wish to strike as you do, my lady, but we should not underestimate our foe.
- Frode: If we move now, and you're wrong...
- Peitha: Then my head will be the first to fall. I ask nothing more of you than I offer of myself.
- (If charr)
- <Character name>: So who do you need me to get rid of?
- (If sylvari)
- <Character name>: What would you ask of me?
- (Otherwise)[verification requested]
- <Character name>: What's next, then?
- Arina: We're conducting a lot of shaping operations out there right now, and I'm sure the troops could use your help.
- Arina: Battle are raging across Nayos; if we can free up our troops from those conflicts, we can improve our odds.
- General Nephus: I will remain here to craft our battle plan. Frode, perhaps you can offer your insight on that matter.
- Peitha: When the hour comes, Wayfinder, I will call on you. I wouldn't want you to miss out on all the fun.
- Speaking with Arina
- Almost time now. Got something to ask me?
- Is Isgarren going to help us?
- <Character name>: Is Isgarren going to help us?
- Arina: I really don't know. I wish I did, but he operates on a different level than I do.
- Arina: It would make a big difference to have him here. We need every powerful ally we can get.
- Arina: But truthfully...I agree with Nephus. We're losing good soldiers trying to hold these lines.
- Arina: We need to strike while we still can.
- Are the troops prepared?
- <Character name>: Are the troops prepared?
- Arina: As prepared as they're gonna get. I'd love more time to work with them, but it's a luxury we can't afford.
- Arina: We'll find out how good a job we've done when the battle begins. That's always the decider.
- Nothing for now.
- Speaking with Ramses
- Yes, Wayfinder?
- How do you feel about this plan?
- <Character name>: How do you feel about this plan?
- Ramses: It gives me some pause, I must say. I had hoped for more compatriots to join us before we assault the final bastion.
- Ramses: But Peitha is right—if Eparch's army was as strong as it appeared, how has he not crushed us yet?
- Ramses: We have a saying here: "If your horns are in, your head is also."
- Ramses: My life has been at risk from the first battle cry. There's no retreating at this point.
- Tensions are certainly high right now...
- <Character name>: Tensions are certainly high right now.
- Ramses: It is inevitable. The fate of our world is at stake, and the lives of our soldiers as well.
- Ramses: Frode and the general may argue about their methods, but their goals are aligned.
- Ramses: I am glad you are here. Your presence has a way of reminding people what they're truly fighting for.
- Ramses: Do not demure from this. You are as vital to our chances as anyone else. And I thank you for that.
- Let's get back to it.
Inner Nayos[edit]
- After helping with events in Inner Nayos
- Ramses: It's time, Wayfinder. We gather at the camp to discuss our strategy. Come when you are able.
Forward Bivouac instance[edit]
- Joining your allies
- Arina: And after we breach the walls?
- General Nephus: There are three towers in Zakiros, and all must be taken if we are to win the day.
- Frode: We're going to have to split our forces between them. If we try to take them one at a time, the defenses will shred us.
- <Character name>: What do you need me to do?
- Peitha: You will join me as I infiltrate the spider's lair.
- Frode: Of course, that assumes—
- Avatar of Malice: My lady, please? I am hurt and beg a favor of you.
- As enemy kryptis stage an ambush
- Avatar of Malice: Death to the false king!
- After reaching the end of the path
- General Nephus: Your Majesty, behind me!
- Upon moving behind General Nephus
- General Nephus: Protect Peitha!
- When the rock wall gets blasted through
- General Nephus: They brought down the wall! Let none of them through!
- After defeating Pugia, the Midnight Blade
- Frode: Some of their finest, but hopelessly outnumbered.
- General Nephus: Indeed. They hoped to silence Her Majesty at the cost of their lives.
- Peitha: (laughs)
- Ramses: My lady?
- Peitha: You smell it on their remains too, don't you, Ramses? Not hatred or fury, nor zeal nor fervor. Something...sweeter.
- Ramses: Fear.
- Peitha: Prepare the soldiers to move. Zakiros awaits.
My story[edit]
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