Stanos' failure to give Head

[Crazyeye]

NPC needs checking into, after 13 kills tonight and 26 dagger,dagger drops no head..

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=1257
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=5817

[Cast]

uhh why isn't he giving head? Stanos gives the best head...

[maximum]

Don't you have to trigger him to spawn with Head?

[kanras]

Do you have proof this was available pre-velious?

[Shiftin]

The final parchment used in the rogue epic references an assassin disguising himself as a high elf to assassinate the ambassador to the high elves.

The Guise has been handcrafted
my our Master Coercer and
should allow the wearer to
pass undetected as Koada'dal,
thus allowing the assassin to
gain entry into the
Ambassador's quarters.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=20792

Seems safe to assume it was always this way. You can also turn the head into the rogue guildmaster in qeynos to get the fanged skull stiletto. No one liked stanos, it's kinda the whole lore of the quest if you read the dialog.

[Kassel]

I like how you posted about the drop problem but not the power of the mob..




Another issue regarding Stanos is as follows:

He is a warrior not a rogue like he should be (he kicks and will not backstab)
He hits for 200, not the 550 he should
He does not drop his head after may kills.
He has no faction when killed.
HP Seams low for a lvl 65.

We killed him with 3 groups and our tank did not need a heal, he should be much tougher for a red con at 60.

http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=15970

[Nizzarr]

Also, the fight as it is is not classic

He should summon rogue GMs at 75, 50, and 25% making this fight incredibly hard.

Also there is no current faction hit associated with his death -- you should get KoS to highpass/freeport in about 2 kills. They were massive hits.

[Shiftin]

bump for stanos fixes. make him harder, make him drop head.

[Shiftin]

oh hai.

[koros]

When the highelf mask quest was finally solved Kendrick confirmed that he had put it in game during/as part of the Ragebringer quest and he had been waiting for over a year for someone to find it. If anyone wants to look it up.

[Autotune]

When the highelf mask quest was finally solved Kendrick confirmed that he had put it in game during/as part of the Ragebringer quest and he had been waiting for over a year for someone to find it. If anyone wants to look it up.

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5204

[Autotune]

bump for rogues to get more head.

[maximum]

Earliest post I can find about Guise of the Coercer is May 3rd 6:11 PM 2001 (post-Velious)

http://web.archive.org/web/20020220135744/http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=5817&mid=9889279045607

[Autotune]

Earliest post I can find about Guise of the Coercer is May 3rd 6:11 PM 2001 (post-Velious)

http://web.archive.org/web/20020220135744/http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=5817&mid=9889279045607

click my link and you will realize why it took so long for it to be posted about.

It isn't because it wasn't in game, it was because that is how long it took someone to figure it out. It was in the game from the release of epics.

Woohoo!
http://pub13.ezboard.com/fthesafehou...cID=6891.topic

Almost like having a baby, took 9 months for that one to get out.
I think it's really cool that it took this long to actually solve it to this point. Most had given up on it, assuming the mention of the item was just a false lead to an unimplemented quest. It makes me wonder if there is even more to this quest, and somewhat restores my faith that maybe the many quests that are thought to be broken are really just unsolved.

[Szeth]

Google EQ unsolved quests/items. I spent an entire afternoon lost in it

[Shiftin]

bump for rogues to get more head.

i appreciate the effort but my wife doesn't read the boards.

[Kender]

It isn't because it wasn't in game, it was because that is how long it took someone to figure it out. It was in the game from the release of epics.

which according to the timeline recently issued by sony, epics weren't released until after velious which means this quest wouldn't have been available till then.

however since all the other epic quests are in game already (and maybe they shouldn't be yet), and this quest is for the rogue sub quest for epic for the unlucky ones, it probably should be in now like the rest of the epic quests

[maximum]

which according to the timeline recently issued by sony, epics weren't released until after velious which means this quest wouldn't have been available till then.

however since all the other epic quests are in game already (and maybe they shouldn't be yet), and this quest is for the rogue sub quest for epic for the unlucky ones, it probably should be in now like the rest of the epic quests
Sony retconned (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroactive_continuity) the timeline to facilitate their own Progression Server ideals. There are posts about it, most famously this one:
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62158
The real 1999-2001 timeline (http://wiki.project1999.org/index.php/Players:EQLive_Timeline) is different.

[Ele]

which according to the timeline recently issued by sony, epics weren't released until after velious which means this quest wouldn't have been available till then.

however since all the other epic quests are in game already (and maybe they shouldn't be yet), and this quest is for the rogue sub quest for epic for the unlucky ones, it probably should be in now like the rest of the epic quests

Not sure if serious.

[kanras]

The Kendrick quote is good enough. It'll get added when I get time.

[Autotune]

The Kendrick quote is good enough. It'll get added when I get time.

Thx Kanras <3

[maximum]

Confirmed in P99 yet?

[Kender]

Confirmed in P99 yet?

it's been a few weeks since dev posted. even if it was, the drop is so rare it shouldn't realisticly show up for another 3-4 months (i didnt say 9 months cause people know about it now and might try to farm it more)

[Crazyeye]

Bump, great event in place for killing stanos now.. seems theres about 20 mobs in total that get called to him during the event, we killed him twice and dropped head the second time.

Seems like the script is broken though with no reward after handing general the head of stanos. I made sure to go darkelf form and sneak behind him before turning it in, he turned around acknowledging me but no text/quest reward.

[Crazyeye]

Some missing text dialogue and quest reward per allakhazam :

This is actually a subquest of the Rogue Epic quest, but since it has it's own reward, I'm listing it separately. General V'ghera is a triggered spawn.

Ask General V'ghera about Stanos and he says:

"Stanos? Stanos!! That dog, I WILL see him dead for what he cost me. Outcast I am, stripped of my position, my god has forsaken me, blaming ME for the loss of some tome. And you, Melchiord, you have aided him. For that, you will die first. Please, struggle and beg, I do so enjoy watching my victims squirm, and I have little joy left in my life now. If you want my favor, perhaps if you came bearing Stanos' head I would be more forgiving. But I doubt it."

Head over to Highpass and kill Stanos (bring lots of friends) and loot his head. When you bring it back to V'ghera, you get a nice reward.

General V'ghera says 'Life is indeed sweet! Thank you, ______, you have done me a great service this day. Take this, Stanos was kind enough to return it to me, and I have no use for it now. Know that you have the blessing of Innoruuk for this deed! But of course, I leave it to you to leave here alive. A leader has to feed his minions,you know.'
Your faction standing with the Fallen of Bloody Kithicor got better.

Rewards:

Guise of the Coercer

[kanras]

Yeah, I hadn't finished testing this prior to last patch. I finished it up about a week ago. Fixed, pending update.

[Crazyeye]

Thanks kanras. Now to get some luck with a reimbursement >__<

[Alienorg]

yes but this was like 2 months ago did this get updated in the last patch?

[SamwiseRed]

i chuckled at the title.

[hagard]

i chuckled at the title.
Lolol

[reppa]

Subject line lol /thread

[Safon]

Try wining and dining Stanos first before asking for head

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