You’d think the final mission in Guild Wars Nightfall, Abbadon’s Gate, would be the toughest of the campaign. It’s actually deceptively easy.

One indicator of that is the number of runners and the ridiculous amounts of gold they charge for their services. If there are runners, it means there’s an idiot-proof template for beating the mission. If the runners are charging exorbitant sums, it means some players find the mission so difficult they’re desperate enough to pay.

Hence, deceptively easy.
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It once again took me hours to nail a Hard Mode mission in Guild Wars Nightfall. Jennur’s Horde was the previous time-consuming, pain-inducing mission; this time it was, appropriately enough, the Gate of Pain.

Gate of Pain is certainly doable in Hard Mode even with Heroes and henchmen but there will be a lot of gnashing of teeth and snarling. I certainly found it frustrating when I tackled it earlier today. I was seeing way too much of this:

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