Quest Issue: Gnoll fangs (Captain Tillan Qeynos)

[ciqills]

The gnoll fang quest seems waaaay overtuned. I've taken advantage of the ridiculous XP myself, but I'm getting sick of level 10+'s camping the BlackBurrow entrance for fangs. I turned in roughly twenty fangs at level 9 and gained two levels. The XP is still ridiculously good into the early twenties, which causes a lot of folks to kill level 4 mobs forever, and make the newbie experience in Qeynos a major PITA.

The only evidence I have for this post is a post from Jul. 30th 2001 on Allakahazam stating:
"good exp i went from lvl 6 to lvl 7 with 1 stack (includes doing the moonstone part)"

I can search some more, but something really seems amiss when there's 15+ folks camping scrawny gnolls.

[pharmakos]

people camped gnoll fangs past level 15 back in the day. i always thought it was silly, but it did happen.

[ciqills]

I've searched for a long while and found zero mentions of good XP beyond that single Alla post. Really doubt that someone could sit outside BB a few hours grinding greens and gain levels on turn-ins on classic.. I was Qeynos-centric when I started playing in 1999 and I have no memory of gnoll fangs being the end-all of leveling.

[pharmakos]

i was always qeynos-centric too. i barely know my way around crushbone, lol. i always high tailed it towards Highpass by level 15, but i do recall people sticking around in Blackburrow until like 19. ridiculous as it is.

[Zuranthium]

I don't recall the fang quest ever being this good. It's very ridiculous.

[YendorLootmonkey]

I leveled 1-60 on gnoll fangs since no one wants rangers in groups [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Buellen]

heya


my memory but fang xp has always been good both on here eqmac and live.

I have personally never stayed past 15 unless their was a group doing elites or commander camp. plenty of times you can find a level 15 to 19 pet class or lower level twin running around doing circuit killing all the green from entrance to command clover camp and back. they do this no matter their is legitimate level players are in those areas xping.

it is the nature of the fang quest and from y personal memory of live , eqmac and her is accurate.

Garue 49th Level Hal Elf Warrior Follower of Karana

ps would be a pain I would think to code for gnolls not to drop fang if mob is green to killer.

[cyryllis]

a friend of mine on live stayed in BB till around 19 or 20 on the elite ledge - killing those same couple of mobs over and over lol.

gnoll fang quest was always amazing exp as far as I remember.

I stop doing fangs here around lvl 14 or 15 because the exp really starts to drop off hard - so I call BS to your claim that the exp from fangs is good into the 20s

Is it right for a lvl 15 to kill your lvl 5 entrance mobs for fangs when you are there trying to exp? I'd say its a dick move, but there isnt anything about that situation that isnt classic. I was a guide on Erollisi marr for a long time and you would not believe how many similar complaints were filed all the time. I remember one guy flipping his shit because a higher level was killing all the bats near him for wings in gfay.


Every time I step into BB its empty or practically empty =/ which is sad and a whole other topic

[Buellen]

hay cyryllis

first it is possible to go from 15 to 19 on fangs even if the mobs are not giving xp. i have personaly watch more than a few toons do this when i was leveling my war , cleric and some other alts. most of these are pet classes like mage and necro or twinks.


from entrance of bb to clover room and then through pit snake back to entrance is roughly 50 plus gnolls its a 20min timer in bb. as i leveled my from 1o to 15 i would watch these guys ding from turning fangs since i was turning i my fangs from kiling what i could find up before said twink or pet caster would get to them.

Those it take a lot more fangs then me at 10 to 14 yep but they are kiling way way more gnolls then i could in same time frame.

AGAIN it the nature of the great xp for fang turn in folks will chase the cheap xp if they can.

Garue 49th Half Elf Warrior Follower of Karana.

[diplo]

i did the fangs until lvl 20...both on live and here. exp is still decent, but after 20 it kind of tapers off.