Problem with 6th Necro Skullcap Quest

[Zakaton]

Keeper Rott in West Cabilis gives out the 6th Necro Skullcap quest. He initially cons indifferent and refuses to give the quest and responds to "I am the chosen occultist" with

'When you have shown more devotion to the Brood of Kotiz, we can discuss such things.'

This is normal and expected if you haven't done the faction work. So, I spent 5 and a half levels in WW killing Bandits and maxed out both my Brood of Kotiz and Legion of Cabilis factions. He should now give me the quest, but he still cons indifferent and refuses.

Link to 6th Skullcap Quest (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=727)

Edit: And yes, just for the record I've completed quest 1 through 5 and have my 5th Rank Occultist Skullcap. I'm not trying to skip ahead or anything like that.

Also, I guess this should have gone into the Kunark section under Quest Issues. Sorry about that.

Further Edit: I was told in game that Keeper Rott doesn't actually give you the quest, he just tells you that you need to gather the parts and return them to Master Kyvix. And that you don't actually need to do any faction work to do the turn in. Setting aside the amount of hours I might have wasted doing faction work, does anyone know if this is true? My recollection from doing the quest on live is that you can't complete the quest without the faction.

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I turned in 34 stacks of bone chips and found that raised my faction with the merchants, including Keeper Rott, up to amiable. He still won't give me the quest text though.

[Ropethunder]

I did these quests on live and I do believe some of them required some mildly painful factioning.

[Zakaton]

I turned in another 2 stacks of bone chips, 12 scorpion pincers and 7 sacks of scaled curskins. That got my faction with Keeper Rott up to Kindly and got the expected text reply:

'Oh, great occultist! I am glad you have arrived, but I do not have the artifacts Kyvix seeks. etc.

So I'm set, but Keeper Rott should be moved to his correct Brood Of Kotiz faction.

[Knightmare]

I turned in another 2 stacks of bone chips, 12 scorpion pincers and 7 sacks of scaled curskins. That got my faction with Keeper Rott up to Kindly and got the expected text reply:

'Oh, great occultist! I am glad you have arrived, but I do not have the artifacts Kyvix seeks. etc.

So I'm set, but Keeper Rott should be moved to his correct Brood Of Kotiz faction.

Erk. Well at least with them nerfing the Pincer and MM quest the items won't be so hotly camped now.

[Uthgaard]

All of the npcs in cabilis are on the correct faction. Including Keeper Rott.

[Zakaton]

All of the npcs in cabilis are on the correct faction. Including Keeper Rott.

That surprises me. I'd assumed when he said "'When you have shown more devotion to the Brood of Kotiz, we can discuss such things." that it meant I needed to improve my Brood of Kotiz faction rather than Cabilis Citizens or whatever faction he's actually on.

[kanras]

He's on the right main faction, like Uth said. The issue was that the faction checks he was making was against that main faction, instead of BroodOfKotiz. Should be fixed, pending update.

[Zakaton]

Thanks a lot for the explanation. I was really confused, but that clears it up perfectly. I didn't realize NPCs could check against multiple factions, but it makes sense.

[maestrom]

So to do this quest which faction do you have to raise? Kinda bleh to have to faction up to do a newbieish quest in your own starting town.
I'm really trying to get Keeper Rott to give me the quest for Intensify Death. I've had the scrolls in my pack for the past 5 levels or so but he still won't talk to me.

[starguitar33]

some problems that happen later in the quest:

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35217

[Knightmare]

So to do this quest which faction do you have to raise? Kinda bleh to have to faction up to do a newbieish quest in your own starting town.
I'm really trying to get Keeper Rott to give me the quest for Intensify Death. I've had the scrolls in my pack for the past 5 levels or so but he still won't talk to me.

You can just do the combine with these words (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=50095&page=1&howmany=50#msg1153629933155407722) yourself. Hell I may even have an extra copy of the spell on me. I'll check tonight and PM you if so. but if you're 5 lvls above this quest then you'll be looking at Augment Death soon anyway so why bother.

Either way you'll still need the faction for when they fix the 6th cap quest so in the meantime, the fastest way to raise the faction is this:

Kill Outcast Iksar in the FoB cave or the Swamp of no Hope camp (Swamp is easiest on your pet but slower). Save all the MM rings the marauders drop and turn them in, not for xp, but for the faction. A day or 2 of that and you'll have all your factions set. The faction is Brood of Kotiz.

[maximum]

He's on the right main faction, like Uth said. The issue was that the faction checks he was making was against that main faction, instead of BroodOfKotiz.
Should be fixed, pending update.

Is there still an open issue here?