Those rewards are horrific... 12 ac on a required 30 breastplate? From a mob that hits for 200ish, and is the end of a 3 part quest series? What the heck? Meanwhile, the composite field chestguard (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=51989) which is a random drop from relatively low level mobs in CR is almost equivalent in stats.
Yet another expansion where the itemization is way out of wack with the challenge.
Edited, Oct 19th 2006 at 4:39pm PDT by xsikal
The Dark Tower #3: Lord of the Tower
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This task is the third in a series of three. It begins with Shaytherrin the Exorcist in Blightfire Moors (located in the caravans near Roanoak at the northern edge of the camp: +31 +615).
Although it is a "solo" task, a group would ensure things run smoothly. Shaytherrin the Exorcist says, 'Well done. Now that you have the battle crests, you are ready to confront Defan, the Captain of the [Dark Tower].' You say, 'I am ready to confront the captain of the Dark Tower' Shaytherrin the Exorcist says 'Excellent. It looms far to the northwest. Here's the plan of attack.' You have been assigned the task 'The Dark Tower: Lord of the Tower'. Deliver the Watchtower Battle Crests to Defan 0/1 (Blightfire Moors) Defeat Defan the Watch Captain 0/1 (Blightfire Moors) Head to the Dark Tower's second floor and see Defan the Watch Captain. Give him the Watchtower Battle Crest. Defan the Watch Captain seethes with rage when he sees the captured crests of his minions. 'You know not who you trifle with mortal,' he says. 'I am Defan, Captain of the Watch Tower!' With a Flickering Torch on your cursor, click on A Torch to open a trade window. Hit "done" to trigger torch effect, which weakens the Captain. There is also a "signal torch" in the top of the tower. Defan the Watch Captain says 'The light! It burns!' Defan the Watch Captain says 'Hah! You're pathetic! Flee now or face your doom atop this tower!' Defan the Watch Captain says 'The light! It burns!' Fight him until he spawns at the top of the tower (one floor up from his room) at full health. Bats and rats will spawn to assist him. Defan summons, rampages, flurries, dispells, fears. You have slain Defan the Watch Captain! Shaytherrin the Exorcist says, 'The Dark Tower trembles! You have banished a great evil from these moors and made the roads safe once again. Please, take this reward as payment for your service to our cause! May the fire of Veeshan guide you.' Your faction standing with Circle of the Crystalwing got better. You gain experience!! Rewards to choose from: Chain Vest of the Exorcist MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE Slot: CHEST AC: 12 STA: +5 WIS: +4 AGI: +5 HP: +25 MANA: +20 ENDUR: +20 SV FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +5 Recommended level of 40. Required level of 33. WT: 8.9 Size: LARGE Class: RNG ROG SHM BER Race: ALL Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group) Mantle of the Exorcist MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE Slot: SHOULDERS AC: 5 STR: +6 WIS: +5 INT: +5 AGI: +4 HP: +25 MANA: +25 ENDUR: +25 SV FIRE: +5 SV POISON: +5 Recommended level of 35. Required level of 28. WT: 1.2 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group) Plate Greaves of the Exorcist MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE Slot: LEGS AC: 15 STA: +6 CHA: +5 WIS: +4 INT: +4 HP: +25 MANA: +20 ENDUR: +20 SV COLD: +5 SV MAGIC: +5 Recommended level of 40. Required level of 33. WT: 9.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD Race: ALL Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group) Robes of the Exorcist MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE Slot: CHEST AC: 8 STA: +4 CHA: +5 INT: +6 HP: +20 MANA: +25 SV DISEASE: +5 SV MAGIC: +5 Recommended level of 40. Required level of 33. WT: 4.0 Size: LARGE Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL Slot 1, Type 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stop thinking about &what you get solo, and think about group tasks, pre&tty fun. Now people will do it, what should b&e the reward?? 130 HP req20?&
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Stop thinking about &what you get solo, and think about group tasks, pre&tty fun
Group tasks should give significantly better loot than what you can obtain solo at the same level. The person you replied to was correct, the risk versus reward on this task is quite poor.
And fun or not, EQ history has proven that people won't do things simply because they are "fun." If the rewards don't justify the risk, people will do something else.
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what should b&e the reward?? 130 HP req20?
The original poster made no such ridiculous claim to what they thought the reward for this task should be. The reward should simply be in line with the difficulty of the tasks and it should be clearly better than other easily obtainable items at that level.
The stats on the visible armor slot rewards for this task should, at the very least, be between those of the equivalent Blightfire quest armor and the Goru'Kar Mesa armor. They should also have similar modifiers in terms of hp/mana regeneration and focus effects (though obviously they can't be the exact same focus effects, since these rewards are not class-specific) to those on the Blightfire quest armors.
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