Shaman Epic quest question (final steps)

[bertobesto]

As I understood the quest, once you had max ally faction with true spirit and the iksar scale from lord Rak'Ashir, you could turn it in to the spirit sentinel near the pond to complete the quest. The path you took to get the scale can vary and you don't need to complete all steps necessarily.

I maxed my faction by repeating the step in which you collect 6 reports in CoM and turning in the book. After waiting and saving and trading, I've finally found someone to MQ a tear with me. So now he maxes his faction, turns the tear into Rak'Ashir, and after killing him I loot the iksar scale and turn it in.

My question is: does anyone foresee any problems with this plan, or know if anything has changed in the last couple patches that will affect these final steps?

[RDawg816]

The turn in spirit isn't the one in the hut. He is at the bottom of the pond.

If he has faction to turn in the tear, and you have faction to turn in the scale....just be sure to do the dire wolf first if you want the boots. Your faction resets after the final turn in.

[shwally]

The turn in spirit isn't the one in the hut. He is at the bottom of the pond.

If he has faction to turn in the tear, and you have faction to turn in the scale....just be sure to do the dire wolf first if you want the boots. Your faction resets after the final turn in.

That's not true. You can turn in the tear before max ally. Just make sure you are max ally when turning in the scale to the one in the pond.

[RDawg816]

That's not true. You can turn in the tear before max ally. Just make sure you are max ally when turning in the scale to the one in the pond.
I never said you had to be?

[shwally]

I never said you had to be?

Sorry, I read it wrong I guess.

[RDawg816]

It's all good. :D

[bertobesto]

Do you know what faction is needed to turn in the tear if not max ally?

[Nilstoniakrath]

I have a question on the shammy epic, I hear that some steps can be skipped, but each step seems to require the item from the previous step... so what gives? especially since step 2 involves going into NFP, so if I am an ogre, do I need to wipe the guards in the path? or go invis? and step 3 sounds like a major PITA with going under water and having a KOS, MR, dispelling mob pathing right by you frequently.

[RDawg816]

I have a question on the shammy epic, I hear that some steps can be skipped, but each step seems to require the item from the previous step... so what gives? especially since step 2 involves going into NFP, so if I am an ogre, do I need to wipe the guards in the path? or go invis? and step 3 sounds like a major PITA with going under water and having a KOS, MR, dispelling mob pathing right by you frequently.
Most people do this...

1. Befriend a druid.
2. Find the NFP tunnels and bind there (both of you.)
3. Port to BB.
4. Druid gate and med.
5. You kill Pegleg and get gem from spirit.
6. Gate.
7. Turn in gem*.
8. Go to #4

*The NPC has 3 spots.
1. In the tunnel
2. In the alley near tunnel.
3. Upstairs in Jade Tiger Inn.

For 2 and 3, KOS people need the druid to share wolf form.
I believe it takes around 83 turn-ins if that is all you do.

[Gumbo]

Most people do this...

1. Befriend a druid.
2. Find the NFP tunnels and bind there (both of you.)
3. Port to BB.
4. Druid gate and med.
5. You kill Pegleg and get gem from spirit.
6. Gate.
7. Turn in gem*.
8. Go to #4

I heard but never tried it that you can leave someone with the spirit after you kill Pegleg. They can keep hailing the spirit while you gate back to NFP tunnel, turn in the gem, gate back and get another gem from the spirit, repeat the process. I guess this last until the corpses timer runs out.

[RDawg816]

That would require a 3rd person. When I did it, I had enough time to kill Pegleg, get gem, gate, turn in, get port and get a 2nd gem from the spirit. When I came back Pegleg would be ready to die again.

TL;DR If you are efficient you can get 2 gems per spirit/Pegleg kill.

[Nilstoniakrath]

Ok, good to know about the Freeport step, especially for non-barbarians, but what about the comments in some commentaries online that some steps can be skipped? I get the faction issues, but as I read it each step requires a component received in the prior step, so how can you "skip" a step?

[Jimjam]

All previous components received are irrelevant at the fear stage; that is simply the case of killing a golem, which spawns a mob that drops the single item you need for the final hand ins.

To complete the final hand ins there is a pre-requisite mount of xp, so you can rinse/repeat early stages of the quest until you have accumulated sufficient faction to straight out do the iksar child's tear part.

Frankly, the shield is not terribad while levelling up and the boots are fantastic. Hole is a fun zone with great xp. You'll probably have more funs doing the entire quest. Maybe skip the waiting to be eaten by sharks bit in erud xing.

[HalasHermit]

SoW boots are a must I did it normally for nostalgia sake up through that step, then just spent my 40s in CoM and repeated the 6 pages step, was faction capped at 47.