I feel this has been far overdue, but since thinkmeats apparently came around and nerfed the shit out of the other few items~ we may as well make a thread about this one.
This item is far too good of a reward for the difficulty of the quest
Lets go down the requirements to complete this quest:
You may have done something else originally other then hail the cat but either way it was too trivial to remember.
What do you get from this:
An irreplaceable offhand for all 3 of the above classes. The worst parts involved in this quest are just getting lucky on the tmaps, the rest of them you can spend a bit of time on (Specifically that cat in sorcs lab)but nothing of it is actually very hard. The only part remotely close to hard is taking a very bad group into the firegrotto or rust tmap points and dieing miserably. The total amount of time you will spend on it will vary obviously but a decent group could easily plough through the majority of this if not all of it in a day.
Where this is problematic:
The focus:
You do not get heal increment seven until you either have a decent guild to kill lower thaz, or crush the hellhound emperor. Perhaps one of the newer zones(Entropy,Mercy,Fire) has a HI7 piece but I've yet to see it and its still a long distance from doing this quest. The majority of heal 6 gear comes from tier 3+ raids ignoring the original shield.
Edit: Pofire has a heal inc 7 piece, from one of the final encounters!!!!! :toot:
The stats:
The stats crush every fucking offhand you will see in the near future. Yes the pure mana is low however FT3 is insane on top of that and the focus. The rest of the non healer stats aren't too chump either (20 cha).
Other healer offhands that pale in comparison:
I am failing to find the exact ones I want on the wiki and will have to scour through later. But off the top of my head:
Comercy Shield from the water elemental woman
The shield from the guard mephit in pofire(both of these are on the wiki but it sure as hell wont give me links to them)
shield of the persistent from valora
I can also go down listing all the junk all the way down to stormkeep but it is around 6 am so forget it.
What this comes down to:
A item that has less difficulty in obtaining it then killing parcelan(The entry level raid mob of choice) is basically the dominant king of healer offhands until you find a new piece of heal 7 to switch it out for a slight mana gain. It takes one group to acquire an item that trivializes all of those other poor offhands gained through actual raiding.
The quests other rewards are disgusting, but this one takes the cake.
This item is far too good of a reward for the difficulty of the quest
Lets go down the requirements to complete this quest:
Do 4 tmaps, assuming you get very lucky.- Complete the turn-in for the original shield
- Begin the vah (Get crops->Go to swamp-> Get crystal from green con zerglings in warpstone->get plates from undercaverns)
- Go experience in 5 zones for a decent amount of time(Mielech C->Sorcs->Lasanth->Sirens->Everchill)
- Hail a cat, Wait for it to depop, Hail the cat again
- 3 final treasure maps
You may have done something else originally other then hail the cat but either way it was too trivial to remember.
What do you get from this:
Code:
[MAGIC ITEM] [LORE ITEM] [NO DROP]
Slot: SECONDARY
AC: 45
Focus Effect: Healing Increment VII
Effect: Flowing Thought III (Worn)
STR: +10 STA: +10 WIS: +10 INT: +10 CHA: +20 HP: +95 MANA: +95
Weight: 1.0 Size: Tiny
Class: CLR DRU SHM
Race: ALLAn irreplaceable offhand for all 3 of the above classes. The worst parts involved in this quest are just getting lucky on the tmaps, the rest of them you can spend a bit of time on (Specifically that cat in sorcs lab)but nothing of it is actually very hard. The only part remotely close to hard is taking a very bad group into the firegrotto or rust tmap points and dieing miserably. The total amount of time you will spend on it will vary obviously but a decent group could easily plough through the majority of this if not all of it in a day.
Where this is problematic:
The focus:
You do not get heal increment seven until you either have a decent guild to kill lower thaz, or crush the hellhound emperor. Perhaps one of the newer zones(Entropy,Mercy,Fire) has a HI7 piece but I've yet to see it and its still a long distance from doing this quest. The majority of heal 6 gear comes from tier 3+ raids ignoring the original shield.
Edit: Pofire has a heal inc 7 piece, from one of the final encounters!!!!! :toot:
The stats:
The stats crush every fucking offhand you will see in the near future. Yes the pure mana is low however FT3 is insane on top of that and the focus. The rest of the non healer stats aren't too chump either (20 cha).
Other healer offhands that pale in comparison:
I am failing to find the exact ones I want on the wiki and will have to scour through later. But off the top of my head:
Comercy Shield from the water elemental woman
The shield from the guard mephit in pofire(both of these are on the wiki but it sure as hell wont give me links to them)
shield of the persistent from valora
I can also go down listing all the junk all the way down to stormkeep but it is around 6 am so forget it.
What this comes down to:
A item that has less difficulty in obtaining it then killing parcelan(The entry level raid mob of choice) is basically the dominant king of healer offhands until you find a new piece of heal 7 to switch it out for a slight mana gain. It takes one group to acquire an item that trivializes all of those other poor offhands gained through actual raiding.
The quests other rewards are disgusting, but this one takes the cake.
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