Quest drops off Arboreans is absurd. Someone please smack your responsible manager. Playing on The Combine, growing a half-elf warrior who's hometown is Kelethin, and working these armor quests required creating another toon to assist in the hunt.
What puzzles me most is the difference between tutorial and newbie areas outside of hometowns is ridiculous. SoE keeps pumping out expansions, but refuses to FIX things. It's like it's rocket science, this obvious NEED. Or perhaps, it is SoE's intention to slowly kill EQ. The latter seems quite possible due to major area dysfunction.