Fort Aspenwood (mission)

Fort Aspenwood is a new Competitive Mission in Guild Wars Factions. It appears to have a rather dark, gothic theme.

Kurzick Strategy
The Kurzick goal in this mission is to keep Master Architect Gunther alive until the Vengeance of the Gods is completed. This will take several minutes. During this time, the Luxon players will try to break through the gates using Siege Turtles as well as backup NPC warriors. The luxon players will have to break through three gates to reach the architect's chamber, than kill the architect. Amber can be found outside the fort to repair the gates. Gates are destroyed when their guards are beaten.

Teleporters will lead both to the middle areas of the fort, and the outside areas.

Kurzicks should try and kill the siege turtles, as these add extra firepower for destroying the gates. The turtles are guarded by warriors though, so any attackers should prepare for warrior attacks. Getting amber is also important, as it will repair the gates and force the Luxon team to break through the guards again.

Luxon Strategy
The Luxon goal is to break into the fort and kill the architect before the weapon is finished. They have to break through three sets of gates, helped by siege turtles that come from command posts. The gates will break when all of their associated guards are killed. The Kurzick teram can bring amber from mines to repair the gates.

The Luxon team needs to kill guards quickly, to break down gates faster than the Kurzick team can repair them. If the Kurzick team does not get amber to repair gates, the Luxon team can overwhelm the guards bit by bit, and use good PvP strategies to kill the Kurzick guards and enemy players. If the Kurzick players do clear an amber mine and repair the gates, the Luxon team may need to guard the mine, and keep the Kurzicks from getting back with the amber.