jboots and other misleading quests.

Flange · #1 08-13-2010, 10:47 AM

Can we please make a sticky on the quests that have been "altered" so that people arn't screwed because of some obscure "classic" change.

At least warn people that there are these type of changes ... somehow... there is too much information on the net that contradicts this quest.

Any reasonable person is going to go look this up on Allakazam see that they can hand in 325 pp instead of 3250 gold and loose their quest items.

Screwing up a quest is one thing but people are intentionally being led astray here with missleading information on a quest that takes days to complete.

Yes i was dumb enough to trust past experience on live as well as Kazam and had my crap eaten today.

I'm not here to ask for anything other than some type of reasonable warning that the quest i remember and is well documented as i remember it, doesnt fit into the dev's idea of 'classic'.

Tseng · #2 08-13-2010, 10:48 AM

He asks for 3250 gold, nuff said

Kevris · #3 08-13-2010, 10:49 AM

Damn, I played on live for 9 years and had no idea you could hand his ass pp. I always took gold.

Messianic · #4 08-13-2010, 10:49 AM

Would a neon blinking light over every single quest npc suffice for you? Or should it be a pop-up window?

=P

**nilbog** · #5 08-13-2010, 10:51 AM

I'm sorry, but I'm not responsible for allakhazam leading you astray. It will also tell you about soulbinders, and task masters that you won't find here.

Hasten Bootstrutter says.. specifically, that he wants gold.

Quote:

if ($text=~ /Rare Trade/i) {
quest::say("I call for three things and Journeyman Boots are yours. I call for a [Shadowed Rapier], call for the [Ring of the Ancients] and call for Gold.. 3250 Gold Coins!! This the trade that I call.");
}

Are you saying that there is proof this guy accepted 325 platinum, prekunark, for jboots? If so, link it.

Aarone · #6 08-13-2010, 10:54 AM

IIRC, you had to hand him gold "way back when" (certainly, in the way, way back when, when I hoped to do it - but that's another story entirely). I do not doubt the OPs original assertion (that he was able to hand Hasten 325p to complete the quest on live), but I do wonder if that was a result of later changes on live (post "classic era", so to speak).

Regardless, triple checking your facts in EQClassic is always a good habit! As you've said - there's a good deal of conflicting disinformation out there. Caveat emptor.

vincin · #7 08-13-2010, 10:55 AM

that sucks man. Project 99 should have there own "Allahkazam-like" page with all the quests for different zones/classes that relate to experiences on the 99 server. That would be kickass =). Id leave it to the hands of the players.

Aarone · #8 08-13-2010, 10:59 AM

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that sucks man. Project 99 should have there own "Allahkazam-like" page with all the quests for different zones/classes that relate to experiences on the 99 server. That would be kickass =)

Sigh - doesn't anyone actually read anymore....

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5570

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Wenai · #9 08-13-2010, 11:04 AM

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...46&postcount=4

There is other threads like this... the only thing funnier is people that TURN IN their +10 Wisdom Testament of Vanear [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] They don't even check what they are being given back. They just read straight from Alla lol.

Omnimorph · #10 08-13-2010, 11:18 AM

The change in being able to hand in the 325p i believe was about the same time they made coin weightless. It became pointless having discernable differences between 325p and 3250gp if it weighed the same and didn't have any bearing on you.

Truthfully... it's the sort of thing i'd make sure to research before handing it in, as well as asking a few people in guild / ooc etc.

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