Deities and you; an epic choice

[Obscenitor]

I am trying to decide whether to pledge my fledgling necro to Sivyana or Marlow -- so, naturally, I have a couple of questions (mostly regarding Sivyana):

• If pledged to Sivyana -- would I then not be able to collect the Shadowy Venom Pouch from First Ruins for the Malign Bracelet of Venom quest?

http://wiki.shardsofdalaya.com/index.php/Misrilda_the_Scarred's_quest
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If not could I do the quest before pledging and not have any residual problems?
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• For you Sivyana followers out there, what other options are there for 65+ XP? Cata, Emberflow, The Deep come to mind -- what am I missing?
• What sort of difference can be expected between the Marlow tier of augs and Sivyana aug? I know all of the augs will be balanced once they are all implemented, and it is mentioned in another thread that it will go something like this: Tarhyl > Shojar/Sivyana > Marlow/other deities that don't matter.. Could a relative value be placed on the gaps between aug tiers (Zak)?
• Lastly, I am aware that Completely Lawful is easily obtainable through Faction, MQ, Newport Ring and the Vah quests -- but how hard is it to maintain a Neutral alignment while completing these quests?

Thanks

 

[Cyzaine]

http://forum.shardsofdalaya.com/showthread.php?t=18015#post175572

 

[GuiardoTuneweaver]

• If pledged to Sivyana -- would I then not be able to collect the Shadowy Venom Pouch from First Ruins for the Malign Bracelet of Venom quest?

http://wiki.shardsofdalaya.com/index.php/Misrilda_the_Scarred's_quest
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If not could I do the quest before pledging and not have any residual problems?
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No idea about the quest itself, but no, if you kill ANY Sivyana-aligned mobs, you will never be able to swear to Sivyana.

• For you Sivyana followers out there, what other options are there for 65+ XP? Cata, Emberflow, The Deep come to mind -- what am I missing?

Eldenals, Early (imps) and deep (tarhyl) First Ruins, FG, RSM, HHK, HMalath, etc etc etc. Long list.

• What sort of difference can be expected between the Marlow tier of augs and Sivyana aug? I know all of the augs will be balanced once they are all implemented, and it is mentioned in another thread that it will go something like this: Tarhyl > Shojar/Sivyana > Marlow/other deities that don't matter.. Could a relative value be placed on the gaps between aug tiers (Zak)?

There was a recent post listing the tiers of the various augs. I doubt you'll get much more detail than that.

• Lastly, I am aware that Completely Lawful is easily obtainable through Faction, MQ, Newport Ring and the Vah quests -- but how hard is it to maintain a Neutral alignment while completing these quests?

Very easy. My cleric has maintained neutral (Neutral, Completely Good) and has done all those quests except Vah, which he's a good chunk of the way into (has the first standard).

 

[Obscenitor]

http://forum.shardsofdalaya.com/showthread.php?t=18015#post175572

I referenced this in OP, I am just wondering what the gaps will be between tiers. Much like gaps are not equal between raid tiers, will it be similar between aug tiers?

 

[Obscenitor]

No idea about the quest itself, but no, if you kill ANY Sivyana-aligned mobs, you will never be able to swear to Sivyana.

Harsh, confirmation from anyone who has done this quest about a Sivyana faction hit would be very much appreciated!!

 

[Cyzaine]

I referenced this in OP, I am just wondering what the gaps will be between tiers. Much like gaps are not equal between raid tiers, will it be similar between aug tiers?

Thats all your getting. Mainly due to the final stats not being final yet.

 

[Obscenitor]

Thats all your getting. Mainly due to the final stats not being final yet.

Thanks, can't wait for Sivyana aug quest to be finished! Or maybe Sivyana's intentions are to never reward her followers, the ultimate form of torment and misplaced revenge! syduck:

 

[Corporate]

You can do the bracelet quest, I did and I've been pledged sivyana since foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[Thade]

aren't the spiders not sivyana faction?

 

[vistachiri]

Neutral being easy isn't really accurate. It's not very difficult, but it is incredibly annoying, and you can screw it up very easily, due to having to choose good and evil at various points (or lawful and chaotic) and having no reference point for how evil/good or lawful/chaotic the action is, or you already are.

Personally I'd say screw neutral, or screw alignment altogether and pick divine light.

 

[Budizzle]

No idea about the quest itself, but no, if you kill ANY Sivyana-aligned mobs, you will never be able to swear to Sivyana.

This isn't exactly true, or at least not for all deities; namely Gradalsh. We killed PoEntropy quite a few times before Louthe pledged Gradalsh, and he was still able to obtain the gate neck and a hefty spec bonus despite being KOS in the zone.