Allielyn
*Pony*
I've completed all the new bard quests offered, and I just had a few comments/suggestions regarding them. Warning: there may be some spoilers, but I have tried to leave out as many details as I can!
Skald Quests:
I found that the first request from Ilmer was significantly more difficult than the second request. I'm not sure if that was intended or not, and it's possible that I just chose the wrong hunting grounds, but it easily took me 3 hours to get the first request filled and only 10 minutes to fill the second (disregarding travel time).
For the first, I picked EBL because of the higher percentage of cats there vs. North, South, or West BL, and because the mobs aren't as far spread out in my experience. I got 9 drops over about 70 kills. (As a complete aside, I got 9 drops because I couldn't loot three that had bugged corpses - these were mobs I killed with my wizbot while Allie was canvassing the zone with track, and I could loot them with Faldeney but not Allielyn. Go figure.) In order to find 70 lions I had to clear the zone of all roaming mobs (possible PH'ers) at least 5-6 times. I wouldn't recommend anybody hunt here until about level 30. Total time: ~3 hours
For the second, I probably killed about 10 Mobs (starting at the entrance) before I had 4 pages. This zone is easily do-able by level 15. In addition, Ilmr handed me back one when I did the turn-in, implying that you only need 3. Total time: ~5 minutes. This struck me as really weird after my experience in EBL.
For the third, I killed about 25 mystics before I got both the daggers I needed. Since each round of clearing usually has ~4 mystics, it took me about 6 rounds of completely clearing all the camps in that zone before I got them both. I forgot to Jayla's the mobs, but I'd wager this part is doable at level 45. Total time: ~2 hours. This was level-wise more difficult than the first task, but the fact that there are a limited number of static camps made this going much easier inaddition to the lower time requirement. (Of course, when you're talking about two drops, the numbers are highly susceptible to the rng. If I was really lucky, disregard.)
For Mandy's quest:
I found this pretty easy, which was probably intended for the level expected. I felt the prompts were a little redundant, but hey it's okay. It's a really minor point, but what I really wished for was an actual number amount when I was offered cash. (Not that I'd ever pick that option, but, you know, every man has his price!)
Skald Quests:
I found that the first request from Ilmer was significantly more difficult than the second request. I'm not sure if that was intended or not, and it's possible that I just chose the wrong hunting grounds, but it easily took me 3 hours to get the first request filled and only 10 minutes to fill the second (disregarding travel time).
For the first, I picked EBL because of the higher percentage of cats there vs. North, South, or West BL, and because the mobs aren't as far spread out in my experience. I got 9 drops over about 70 kills. (As a complete aside, I got 9 drops because I couldn't loot three that had bugged corpses - these were mobs I killed with my wizbot while Allie was canvassing the zone with track, and I could loot them with Faldeney but not Allielyn. Go figure.) In order to find 70 lions I had to clear the zone of all roaming mobs (possible PH'ers) at least 5-6 times. I wouldn't recommend anybody hunt here until about level 30. Total time: ~3 hours
For the second, I probably killed about 10 Mobs (starting at the entrance) before I had 4 pages. This zone is easily do-able by level 15. In addition, Ilmr handed me back one when I did the turn-in, implying that you only need 3. Total time: ~5 minutes. This struck me as really weird after my experience in EBL.
For the third, I killed about 25 mystics before I got both the daggers I needed. Since each round of clearing usually has ~4 mystics, it took me about 6 rounds of completely clearing all the camps in that zone before I got them both. I forgot to Jayla's the mobs, but I'd wager this part is doable at level 45. Total time: ~2 hours. This was level-wise more difficult than the first task, but the fact that there are a limited number of static camps made this going much easier inaddition to the lower time requirement. (Of course, when you're talking about two drops, the numbers are highly susceptible to the rng. If I was really lucky, disregard.)
For Mandy's quest:
I found this pretty easy, which was probably intended for the level expected. I felt the prompts were a little redundant, but hey it's okay. It's a really minor point, but what I really wished for was an actual number amount when I was offered cash. (Not that I'd ever pick that option, but, you know, every man has his price!)
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