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The flagging process existed before it was made possible for anyone of adequate level to enter the zones. So to get the AA and boost in power to your charm, you MUST complete the regular flagging process for the plane.

Simply being able to access the plane due to your level, or presence in a raid of mostly flagged characters (I believe that's still possible), does not make you flagged for that plane. As such you don't get the AA reward.

To be flagged for Plane of Valor/Storms you must complete the Trial of Execution quest.

Once you have completed this quest and are thus lfagged for Plane of Valor and Plane of Storms, you can return to Gram Dunnar to tell him stories and gain your AA reward.

By the way, if you win 10 adventures in EACH LDON arena the adventure stone will have +1 to all stats. So if you have numerous wins in all arena then the Figurine + adven stone DOES equal over +10 to all stats, plus hp and mana. The adven stone is kind of an upgrade to the IWF, very neat imho.

There are "Planes" and then there are "Planes of Power". The difference is that although both are "The magical places where the Gods dwell", one is mostly for larger Raids, and the other is usefull for groups.

"The Planes" have been around for a few expansions. They include the planes of Sky, Fear, Hate, Mischief and Nature. All were designed to be very rough and somewhat hard to get to, and to be the place where people tested their abilities in "The ultimate Challenge"...but they are not quite as hard by comparison any more, though.

"The Planes of Power" is the most recent non-downloaded expansion to EQ, and include the planes of Nightmare, Disease, Innovation, Storms, Time, Earth, Fire, etc, etc. As opposed to the "Old Planes", these new ones were made to be very easy to get to, and to be good for single groups...and some classes can even solo quite successfully there.

-Although none of these places can be enterred before you reach lvl 46, you will soon find yourself grouping in the "Planes of Power" if you continue playing. The loot and XP is very nice.

"The Planes" remain places where you need to be carefull, and bring friends. But other than the thrill of killing a God, the old "Planes" are very rarely visited these days, since the risk/reward is simply too low. Most people only go there to get bits and pieces for Epic quests.

(They are, however, getting revamped. Hate was just changed, and Sony have announced that they are starting to rework Mischief)

I hope that answerred your question.

In this case, flags are used to track yuor progession thorugh the PoP storyline, and enter the higher level PoP zones.

(This was changed a bit back so you can enter some zones from level 55 and 62 onwards).

See this for a quick overview: https://everquest.allakhazam.com/maps/Planes_of_Power_flags_1_13.gif

You can't even enter Tranquility until you are level 46, so no need to even think about flags until then. And unless you have a guild helping you, flags probably won't be an issue until 60 or so (if at all).

flag are what WAS needed to enter higher plane on POP (now for most of them you just have to be high level enough). look for trial in POJ if you want to know what a flag is.

It's not a Sony bug. You must be 51 to receive the charm and AA's.

Stats at 51 with the charm is AC 0, nothing else. Whenever you do hit 55 and are able to enter the opened zones, you won't get the stat advances. The reason, just cause you're able to enter the zone doesn't mean you're flagged for the zone and that's what the reward is for, for getting the actual flag.

You dont have to be flagged to get the charm just lv 51