Game Mechanics: Should not be able to complete epics before 45

[Ele]

Early parts of the shaman epic, at least, appear to be doable before 45/46. Several people in this thread discuss getting through the shield at 29 and 33:

http://web.archive.org/web/200107162...&f=46&t=000145


Also seems there was an issue Pre-Velious(?) about inflating faction too high to cause the quest NPCs to not allow you to advance or repeat steps.
http://web.archive.org/web/200107162...&f=46&t=000216

They fixed the too-good faction problem several months ago.