Thanks for the great quest sancho, only wish I could have been in the final group.

The plan was for each of the 6 zones to load two new items +standard zone loads so at least 12 people would have gotten something nifty.

The rest in the 6 quest groups didn't get too much unfortunately besides exp/coins and a quest item. The quest items were useful utility in nature that were handy to have. Hopefully they had fun doing a zone with mobs that were a lot harder to fight. I'm know some people got to finish a zone they'd never be able to do on their own or with their own clan/order.

Those that went on for the final quest were slaughted a few times but we feel they made out on the plus side.

-Axiom One-

I'm just curious if people will be allowed to post some of the funnier parts of the quest so those that missed the quest will be see what kind of things happened

I'll just sink right in and post a few things... I had great fun and I didn't even get to really do much, I know there were quite a few deaths, but hey, you can't win them all :) Hopefully everybody gets at least a good chuckle out of these, and perhaps a deep thought or two during those wonderful chants/prayers/poems/songs! Thanks to Sancho for hosting, to the mortals for showing up, and to the other immortals for throwing in a helping hand and just being great.

**Par Salian: lets just kill them all and let the evil spread, k?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Par Salian says 'Commander Halomar, give them to me!'
You say 'Yes Par Salian'
Par Salian does not appear to want anything from you.
**Par Salian: go
Par Salian does not appear to want anything from you.
You tell your group 'cant'
You say 'Par Salian must take down his spell of defense'
Faaip says 'spell of defense = opt refuse items?'

>>>>>>>>>>>>>

50V 583C [a specialized bozak draconian:Dying] Exits:N>
A specialized bozak draconian's body crumbles to dust, then the bones explode!
The death cry of a specialized bozak draconian echoes from somewhere nearby...
A specialized bozak draconian stops following a fierce draconian elite.
Sancho utters some strange words.
Sancho's hands issue a spray of prismatic color!
Sancho misses Isto and destroys an image instead.
Tanglefoot is caught in a spray of radiant yellow!
You are caught in a spray of bright orange!
You have been blinded!
Someone is caught in a spray of shimmering red!
Someone is caught in a spray of radiant yellow!
Someone is struck by a spray of vibrant green!
Someone is hit by a spray of gleaming indigo!
Someone is blasted by a spray of scintillating blue!
Someone is caught in a spray of radiant yellow!
Someone is caught in a spray of bright orange!
Someone is caught in a spray of bright orange!
Someone is blasted by a spray of scintillating blue!

This quest is well-planned and well thought out. I appreciate a lot of works Sancho put into it and fellow immortals took the time to run it.

The area I feel most dissapointed is the first part of the quest was planned in the old zones. While neutral players had a chance to visit zones they never have visited before. Many old players like me were upset about unable to join the part of the quest that most Sancho's work went into. Players I talked to were like "gee, I log on for 3 hours just do to a zone I usually did it for 30 minutes or less. I didn't get either of the two unique items."

I hope this area can be improved if we will have another quest. I recommend rather than select specific members, we can set obstacles to eliminate players. i.e players to reach solamnic outpost alived can continue the quest. If you die, you are out.....

At any rate, the quest was great, and people had a great time. Keep up
the good work.

-Fang

I would like to thank sancho and all the immortals who put there time into this quest. I would like to see a lot more quests. I think it adds a lot to the fun of the game and lets small clans and none clanned players do zones and things that they could not normally also it gives them a chance to load some nice eq or spells. But i think quests are just as fun for players like me who has been playing for a long time because it gives you something new instead of just doing the same zones over and over. I know makeing quests like this is not easy so thanks again. It was a lot of fun even though i could not be in the main group. I would like to see quests more often. If the immortals have time for makeing quests im sure the players would enjoy doing quests.

By far, the funniest moment of the quest was when the final group decided they could walk on lava.

That didn't go over so well :(

Hey, I said spam 2s and it would have gotten us right where we needed to go!

Sjoven says 'we need to counter the lava'

677H 125V 6556121X 0C> 'spam 2s
You say 'spam 2s'

677H 125V 6556121X 0C> 'if you run very fast!
You say 'if you run very fast!'

677H 125V 6556121X 0C>
Sjoven giggles.

677H 125V 6556121X 0C> 'maybe you can get across!
You say 'maybe you can get across!'

677H 125V 6556121X 0C>
Someone giggles.

677H 125V 6556121X 0C>
Someone tells your group 'tick in 10'

677H 125V 6556121X 0C>
Rama says 'no'

677H 125V 6556121X 0C> TICK IN 11 SECONDS.

Pterkf says 'i dont think its good idea'

677H 125V 6556121X 0C>
Sjoven says 'im not hindu'

For me, and probably for many other quest looked like this:
Sancho thought people can not form groups - so he decided to form us in random groups by his taste.
Also he thought people do not know where to zone - so he sent us into (regular) zones he chose.
And yea, plus something like 2 hours of idling in Solace in megaspam.

You might say stop bithching, he/they spent a lot of time and efforts into this quest, so i shoud say thanks for doing it. But imho try to do things good or dont do it at all.
One question: how many people could participate in this quest if we knew from announcement that it will be like it was - killing regular zone with random group.

Am i the only one who feels totally disapointed?
Do i sound like ungrateful bitch?
Sorry, i just cant say 'it was great, thank you for trying'
or anything like this, when i cant see anything but foregoing.

(!) The quest was great fun. Especially the 2nd part. (!)

lol Grouping with enemies, old friends, and some unknowns was fun. At least it kept the unnecessary chatter to a minimum :)
:( 1st part was way too short and easy. There were fewer controled mobs, probably because the imms involved had to split up into 6 zones.
:( The start was way too long and spammy, perhaps only team leaders should be allowed in the briefing room, with the other team members waiting elsewhere or running preps.

lol Well thought out 2nd part, lots of imms helping (or just idly watching), controled mobs are so much more fun than regular mobs.
:( 2nd part took too long, especially due to all the deaths and regrouping.
:( The people who didnt participate in the 2nd part, should have been given some way to watch the ending of the quest, at least through an updated log on the website.

any chance someone could post the plotline of the quest just so the rest of use could enjoy it as well? from the bits and pieces i picked up, it sounds incredibly interesting.

i'm quite curious as to what was different in the 6 regular zones and how they integrate with the final portion of the quest.

One interesting part was us trying to kill the good aligned golem in Forgotten Temple with a group which was composed, among others, by 5 paladins.

-Wiggle-

Some amusing stuff from the quest:

Commander Belgrim Halomar says 'Sorry, but you are not allowed to wander in restricted zones.'
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A black robed draconian says 'kool shit'
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Szlurgm says 'Me'
Ragnorm says 'Crush!'
Zug says 'zug smash!'
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A draconian captain says 'owned!'
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Commander Belgrim Halomar says 'Whom should I be guarding Sjoven?'
Commander Belgrim Halomar says 'You have lead of this operation, so I defer to you.'
Someone whispers something to Commander Belgrim Halomar.
Commander Belgrim Halomar says 'I seem unable to guard unfortunately, It must be the baleful influence of the demon'
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Isto says 'now if adepali was in charge, the ceiling would start lowering down'
The ceiling starts lowering down on you.
Rama starts moaning.
Long spikes emerge from the ceiling.
The ceiling descends lower.
Someone unlocks the door.
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Someone says 'lamers '
Someone says 'i guess i wont make u recall and walk back and kill everything again'
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Castor says 'take sjoven first'
Castor says 'i dont deserve to die'
Castor disappears in a mushroom cloud.
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-Wiggle-

-I organized you into groups for two reasons: 1) I wanted people to be FORCED to group with people they never had before, thus making new contacts. 2) If I had let you pick your own groups, we would have never started the quest. As you could see, it took me over 30 minutes to arrange groups due to no_shows, late participants, etc. and that was after I had already pre-arranged all groups.
-Yes, I did choose the zones I sent you into, very purposefully. Each group was made with alignment and overall group strength in mind, and thus their assigned zone was such to match.
-Blame the Solace idling and spam mostly on your fellow player. I didn't cause people to not show up, I didn't cause people to be late, I didn't cause people to spam you.

I'd just point out that no one forced you to sign up. I never made a guarantee about what the quest was going to be or wasn't going to be. I made an effort to have a fun quest that could involve a lot of people in at least some fashion. Yeah, there were lacking parts in the quest, I already said that above. Yeah I asked for criticism, but "your quest sucked" does nothing to help things. The best posts are those that point out a problem and offer a solution. I did give the players in the quest a chance to "earn" their way to the final group by letting each group nominate one player. Perhaps you weren't nominated because you group didn't think you performed very well, but who knows.

-Sancho

Yes, I did choose the zones I sent you into, very purposefully. Each group was made with alignment and overall group strength in mind, and thus their assigned zone was such to match.

Hehe, have you ever done Flying Citadel Before Sancho? Its not a 10man zone :P

Making groups of 10 is just asking for trouble. Of course not everyone is going to show up. Maybe if the groups were posted earlier and a leader was appointed, they coulda got the group communicating before the tourney.

Player vs Player tourney next time! I loved the draft thing last wipe.

Rick

Ok - on one hand sure the quest was nothin new for me - did ToT..got an ok item..not really worth waking up at 4:30am for you could say.

However on the other hand I found it really cool doing a relatively high zone with 9 nonclanned people. Youmay think its nothing exciting, but as you zone with clannies for years you learn to trust them and you know how each will react in different circumstances..usualy I just sit back and do my bit without any major thought. However being put into a zone with 9 strangers really woke me up..here i was in a spammy fight wodnering, is the maintank gonna recall as soon as he hits awful, or will he trust the healer. Will the healer typo and miss me with a heal and send me to my doom? Will the other tanks rescue or just flee newbily? I guess when the druid died within 30 seconds of entering zone, trying to open gate after forgeting a kword, I started to think 'Ok..pay attention..this wont be your normal cruise through a zone:)' - definitely something I enjoyed and a nice change

My highlight?
After recalling from spammy Spauld+friends fight in a wrong room, Immortal decided to summon us back in to save time...Unfortunately poor cleric was spamming directions as he got summoned and walked straight back into the mobs...RIP!..too funny:)

QuickQuestion: (probably cant/wont answer..) Are the 2 special items that load in the zone 'more than meets the eye'? Or do I have a +1stat item that really costs 5.5k unworn?:P

Auz

I feel the item is kind of special. The item was a bit buggy but should be fixed - so eventually you'll lore it to find 2 affects on it (but only lore when its worn *hint*)

-Axiom One-