Originally Posted by htabdoolb
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I adventured in Lower Guk during the event, not really changing my routine much, and found that the Corrupted Body Parts only ever dropped off of named mobs or their PHs. The quest jewelry seemed to drop off anything and at a much higher rate than the parts, green con mobs or not, but only during a short period at the beginning.
I just turned in seven parts, all I have looted/quested during the event, and was illusioned twice, received two antiweight potions, a potion of unlife awareness, and got two Polished Fine Steel Mantles for my efforts.
The one mantle I got to keep, because the other poofed due to lore, was a MAGIC LORE NO DROP shoulder slot item for all races but only paladins. It gave +5 strength, +4 stamina, +20 hit points, and had 17 AC.. all for 1 weight on a item size SMALL. The icon was the standard leather shoulderpads. I would add it to the wiki, but apparently creating new items is a big pain in the ass, so I'll let Loramin do it if he wants.
Though it isn't quite over, I'd rate the event as a whole as a solid "meh" so far. The parts were a pain the ass to get, even after grinding for hours on high green/low blue named mobs. The one saving grace that would have allowed the average player to collect more of them, via the jewelry turn in quest, was disabled half way through for some reason. Supposedly new mobs are spawning related to the event, but I've only seen one so far when I was traveling through outdoor zones with my mid level ranger(via track), and someone else was already killing it when I got to it. None seemed to be spawning down in Lguk when I was playing, though.
The Polished Fine Steel Mantle I received was nice, and even a bit of an upgrade, but I honestly don't like event gear all that much as a concept. That brings a bit too much FOMO to EQ, as far as I'm concerned (play a whole bunch during the event, or miss out forever!).. and fuck that modern game skinner box exploitation crap with a rusty pipe. It's already bad enough that Rubicite and Manastones stopped dropping and that the Sleeper is dead forever. Please don't bring even more artificial scarcity to my old man video game museum experience.
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