I recently decided to do the Ruby Hilted Longsword quest. The sword sells for about 1.2-1.3k. It requires abotaining 3 items - the one of relevance here is the ancient treant leaves. They used to sell for about 200pp. Now htey sell for about 2kpp - because I guess they are now used to make Mantle of the Forest? Anywho, being as one of the components for the quest sells for almost twice the amount that the quest reward sells for I thought this should be brought up. I really don't know what to suggest.
Ruby Hilted Longsword
- Thread starter Halsey71
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GuiardoTuneweaver
Staff Emeritus
Halsey71 said:
Just because people auction to sell them for 2kpp, doesn't mean people actually buy them at that. The most I've seen a WTB for them is 500p. The folks I've seen trying to sell them for 2kpp never seem to go away from the auction channel.
I recommend you just hunt it down yourself rather than trying to buy them. Unless the drop rates have changed since I did that quest twice, the leaves are the easiest part to obtain.
Aye he is right, the leaves are easy to get... as far as real sales and the economy and considering most know its a super easy camp they just dont want to do it but dont want to pay out 2k for someone who only did 2-3hours worth of work. imho noone will ever pay 2k and those doing this stunt should get real and look how stupid they are acting. There also being undercutted by other people although not by much and they still wont relint to sayanything but 2k.. so I'd call em out and just say their entire auction is "fake" although if someone really did want to pay 2k they would gladly do the trade so if you cant read between the lines... dunno.
Its kinda like a little loophole they found where they can pissoff the rest of the server without the gms railing them for it because if someone really did pay 2k they would do the deal. However I do think alot of people would like to suggest to the gms that they may politely hint at them to tone down their evening auctioning of leaves every 5 minutes and stiring up trouble because people are sick of it already.
Bad part about this post is this is probly the exact kinda attention they are looking for but this isnt probly something exactly petitionable to talk one on one to a gm with either and if I could i'd make this post seeable by gms only because frankly I just dont like giving them the public attention they are looking for with this stunt.
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Real PC and what they will move at is 500-1000pp... getting higher than 1k most seem to hate it but will accept paying 1k per leaf from what people have told me. So honestly the ruby sword isnt that effected as for what its selling at... downside is though its no longer a real profitible quest like before.
Real suggestion for the leaves... try to find some other form of drop to replace the leaves for low level quests because 65s invade the zone alot now and camp it for a good period... but honestly it doesnt seem that crowded... usally only 1-2 people at most in there looking for trees so might not happen at all.
Its kinda like a little loophole they found where they can pissoff the rest of the server without the gms railing them for it because if someone really did pay 2k they would do the deal. However I do think alot of people would like to suggest to the gms that they may politely hint at them to tone down their evening auctioning of leaves every 5 minutes and stiring up trouble because people are sick of it already.
Bad part about this post is this is probly the exact kinda attention they are looking for but this isnt probly something exactly petitionable to talk one on one to a gm with either and if I could i'd make this post seeable by gms only because frankly I just dont like giving them the public attention they are looking for with this stunt.
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Real PC and what they will move at is 500-1000pp... getting higher than 1k most seem to hate it but will accept paying 1k per leaf from what people have told me. So honestly the ruby sword isnt that effected as for what its selling at... downside is though its no longer a real profitible quest like before.
Real suggestion for the leaves... try to find some other form of drop to replace the leaves for low level quests because 65s invade the zone alot now and camp it for a good period... but honestly it doesnt seem that crowded... usally only 1-2 people at most in there looking for trees so might not happen at all.
Bumping an old thread here- I am working on this quest.
I have been trying to find the hair from the najad, and it is really pissing me off: I am almost on my 40th najad w/ out any luck of looting a hair. Do these damned creatures ever drop their hair? Their spawn is so slow that I don't want to sit here for hours upon hours just for one third of the quest- I am seriously considering selling my jelly and treant leaf.
I have been trying to find the hair from the najad, and it is really pissing me off: I am almost on my 40th najad w/ out any luck of looting a hair. Do these damned creatures ever drop their hair? Their spawn is so slow that I don't want to sit here for hours upon hours just for one third of the quest- I am seriously considering selling my jelly and treant leaf.
Some sugguestions- Add and use "ancient treant bark" ; Make it equally or less rarer as the former; Increase the spawn rate(if still 1-1/2 hr) or drop rate hair of Najads.
If players regularly farm certain items and spam auction(iggy them...) them they're better off listing on the trading board and use that listsend command. Personally I never bothered but simply placed on my vendor which to me seems about the same but free.
Interestingly the RHL quest seems similar in the nature of being able to "multi-quest" to the Clearing the Way to Rivervale quest. Both have 2 of 3 drops that are droppable and one that's not. The similarity ends there as the RHL is tradeable as the armor reward isn't. Players may kill corrupted anicent trents and najads for their nice but rare ring and necklace. Don't forget that shamans need the named treant to spawn for their epic.
If players regularly farm certain items and spam auction(iggy them...) them they're better off listing on the trading board and use that listsend command. Personally I never bothered but simply placed on my vendor which to me seems about the same but free.
Interestingly the RHL quest seems similar in the nature of being able to "multi-quest" to the Clearing the Way to Rivervale quest. Both have 2 of 3 drops that are droppable and one that's not. The similarity ends there as the RHL is tradeable as the armor reward isn't. Players may kill corrupted anicent trents and najads for their nice but rare ring and necklace. Don't forget that shamans need the named treant to spawn for their epic.
Allielyn
*Pony*
The item is FANTASTIC for a level 44 toon, and the quest isn't that difficult - just time consuming.
If you've killed over 40 najads and still haven't gotten the hair, I'd say you've merely been unlucky. Sometimes I've seen 2-3 hairs in one clearing of the najads.
The leaves now sell for about 1k, which is fine, the sword sells fro at least 1.5, sometimes 2k.
If you've killed over 40 najads and still haven't gotten the hair, I'd say you've merely been unlucky. Sometimes I've seen 2-3 hairs in one clearing of the najads.
The leaves now sell for about 1k, which is fine, the sword sells fro at least 1.5, sometimes 2k.
Allielyn said:
A level 44 w/ a 65 main, or 1.4k to buy the RHLS, sure.
I am doing this quest as a level 55 ranger, and I could not solo the treants, so I had to buy that part of the quest. I do not have much to comment on this part of the quest, other than 'grats to some level 65 w/ my platinum in their pocket now.
I am going on 60 najads now, 50% of level 55 XP soloing najads, and still no hair- and this is just one third of the quest! That's about 14 hours. I would love to have something accomplished in that amount of time spent on part of this quest.
The najads enthrall sometimes keeps me moving, until I run into treants; if a najad lands a charm on me, I have to sit there for 8 minutes doing nothing; trying to pull a najad out of the water can be frustrating, as they are often buggy and go from the bottom of the water to the top in one buggy motion.
Maybe this quest is in mid-change; could someone look into the drop rate of the Najad hair, please? I do not believe that I am unlucky in reporting over 60 najad kills and 0 hairs, while someone claims they have had 2-3 hairs drop out of the 5 najads that spawn.
random drop on this are tuff. i was luckie and got all my peace first time around. you are right the treant is real tuff. i meaning my 46th warrior and 43th cleric could not do the treant had to get the help of a friend who was 57th warrior. but personal i love this quest nice lay out. some hard work the only real hang up i have seen is what other PC are trying to sell the treant leaves for, but that a market world and who know when im higher level i might just camp him to i have sean the leaves go for @1k and move offen peoples vender much more then that and people just dont buy them. well thats my look at this quest from hason the warrior a owner of his own camped ruby hilted longsword. one last questiong what the proc do any way????? :dance: :dance:
GuiardoTuneweaver
Staff Emeritus
SoDPlayer said:
Quests, like named mobs with drops, aren't all designed to be done solo at the level the items are designed for. A solid level 44ish group, and certainly 2-4 characters around your level can take the treants.
Actually, those are exactly the same thing. I've killed many rounds without hair as well, and also had it drop multiple times in a single clearing. That's the nature of randomness.
GuiardoTuneweaver said:
I am not argueing that it is not possible w/ a good group, nor am I suggesting all quests should be soloable, but good luck to anyone getting a group to stick it out w/ them for these "camps".
GuiardoTuneweaver said:
That is my point w/ these Najad's, and I am wondering if the drop rate has been changed, and if not, suggesting that it be changed.
You have seen a hair drop multiple times in a single clearing, and I am going past 75 najad kills w/ zero hairs. Something is possibly up w/ the drop rate.
JayelleNephilim
"Helpy Helper"
SoDPlayer said:
The Najad hair wasn't the hard part for me when I did this quest. It was the Royal Jelly. I spent WEEKS camping the Sto0pid queen bee (I blocked it all out *laugh* but I recall it being like 30+ hours just on that one part). In restrospect, the time spent on the quest was well worth it. Especially now given the Ancient Treant Leaves sell for 500ish and the Royal Jelly sells for 1kish. And, if you do the add on for the the quest you're sword is already worth 1700pp to start. Not to mentoin, my warrior used the RHLS until she was 65 and 40+ AA's. I think it was the aggro weapon from Plane of Air that finally replaced my hard earned sword.
Just hang in there. Randomness can be killer, but the quest is working as intended.
GuiardoTuneweaver
Staff Emeritus
JayelleNephilim said:
All of our Warriors used the RHLS until it was replaced by the drop from a PoA named. It's extremely nice for the level it can be obtained. It shouldn't be easy. I'd bet there's not too much out there that would replace this pre-raid, or entry-level raid game from what I've seen.
And the jelly was the hard part for me as well. After weeks of camping on and off, I finally gave up, and just happened to track the queen while passing through the zone one day.
Thank-you for that reply, JayelleNephilim. :dance: It is nice to see a poster putting effort into their posts. And you, GuiardoTuneweaver- atleast now I can see why it might be a rare item to obtain.
I understand the Najad hair (drop-rate) is random, and I understand it to be working as intended, according to Rab's response; I am suggesting the drop-rate be increased. (..somehow, though, I gave the impression that "random" was beyond my comprehension.) Agree w/ me, or disagree w/ me, which is fair enough.
Edit: err- atleast I was suggesting that the drop-rate be increased.. now that I see it may be the best pre-raid sword, that changes my opinion a bit. Anyhow, thanks all.
Edit 2: I suggest the weapon be upgraded.
Edit 3: 100th Najad down. No hair. <explicit expression of dissapointment here>
I understand the Najad hair (drop-rate) is random, and I understand it to be working as intended, according to Rab's response; I am suggesting the drop-rate be increased. (..somehow, though, I gave the impression that "random" was beyond my comprehension.
) Agree w/ me, or disagree w/ me, which is fair enough. Edit: err- atleast I was suggesting that the drop-rate be increased.. now that I see it may be the best pre-raid sword, that changes my opinion a bit. Anyhow, thanks all.
Edit 2: I suggest the weapon be upgraded.
Edit 3: 100th Najad down. No hair. <explicit expression of dissapointment here>
JayelleNephilim
"Helpy Helper"
SoDPlayer said:
Your welcome hon, and good luck! I wanna hear you :dance: when that stuborn najad coughs up that hair! Keep us posted (no pun intended :keke
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