What is the Ironman Trial in Project Ascension?
Embrace the lonely mantle of the Ironman, a symbol of self-reliance and determination. Set forth into the unforgiving wilds of Azeroth and overcome. With only one life, no allies to aide you, and no respite from the grueling demands of Azeroth, will you rise above the trial and emerge victorious, or fall like so many before?
- Ironman Trial is a solo 1-chance challenge.
- No access to trading, grouping, mail, auction house, ect. You are on your own.
- High-Risk Ironman: Only other Ironmen can engage you in 1v1 combat.
- Low-Risk Ironman: You are safe from PvP from all other players.
- The Death of a Hero: Once you die, your character will automatically become a standard character.
- Survivalist Mode: is a group challenge, allowing you to group with other Survivalists.
Overview
Making its debut at the start of Season 4 is the Ironman Trial: a challenging game mode that pits heroes against the environment. At a glance, this playstyle will disable all amenities that players are used to, such as mail, groups, the auction house, EXP potions, Recruit a Friend, Donation Items, Collections, etc, forcing players to risk life and limb as they struggle to achieve level 60 on their own. Additionally, those who attempt to climb this mountain must do so with a single life: Ironmen, if slain, you lose.
How do I Participate ?
Players can elect to become Ironmen at level 1 by speaking to a ‘friendly’ fellow eyeing you in the starting zone. Should you decide to accept his challenge, you’ll be locked into Iron Mode, forfeiting the aforementioned amenities, and accepting a life of solitude.
From there, the challenge is on. You have one life to live, and if you die, its over. Your mission is to make it to 60 alive while competing on the Leader-boards available on the Ascension Website. If you succeed, you’ll receive rewards. If you fail, all that awaits you is cold, permanent death.
Player Versus Player
Players brave enough to tackle Ironman mode on High-Risk will be able to kill, and be killed, only by other Ironmen. That means a non-Ironman player would not be able to engage and kill an Ironman player. Staying in theme with the solo challenge, Ironman players will only be able to engage in 1v1 combat with other Ironman players. No need to worry about someone’s friend coming to their rescue in Stranglethorn Vale, but neither can anyone come to your rescue.
Ironman Players in Low-Risk will be safe from PvP. If you want to take on the Ironman challenge without the risk of another player ending your journey early, you can avoid PvP altogether by choosing Low-Risk.An announcement will ring out on occasion heralding the leading Ironman.
Any Ironman over level 20 who meets their end will have their death mourned in World Chat. Or celebrated--World Chat is funny like that.
Death
Lastly, if you die once as an Ironman, you lose the challenge. You will not earn any of the rewards for completing the Ironman challenge, and you will lose the debuff displaying your Ironman status.
You will have to recreate a character in order to continue as an Ironman, there is no way of restoring an Ironman who has failed their challenge.
End of the Journey (or is it?)
At level 60, the path opens for you. Ironmen who successfully complete the Trial can opt to exit the mode, keeping their hero, casting down the mantle, and becoming a Non-Ironman. Doing so allows you to keep the rewards you receive, and is an excellent way to end your Iron Journey.
However, Heroes who are skilled enough may choose to keep Ironman at 60, activating both High Risk and PvP, and allowing them to continue their single-life mission. Only the truly brave, or truly mad, will elect to keep Ironman active at 60--and time will tell if their decision was one of courage, or folly.
Survivalist Mode
As a final note, for those who do not agree with the human racial, there is the Survivalist mode as well, which allows Ironmen to team up with others in their mode to tackle dungeons and raids, as well as PvP death squads.
Rewards
Reaching Level 60 as an Ironman will complete the Trial, awarding the Iron Clad War Wolf and other rewards.
- Contender's Spirit Bracers (Vanity)
- Achievement: [Hero] Ironman
- Prestigious Cache
- Ascension Spoils
Leader-board
The Ironman Challenge Leader-board can be found at https://leaderboard.project-ascension.com