Greetings!
I started doing the quests at level 32, and finished at level 38. I did
most of the killing, resorting to looting others kills for the bracelet on
one of the Greater Darkboned Skelies and a couple of lambent stones for the
sake of the time required to camp/wait in line to join a group to fight the
mobs (and maybe another item too...can't remember a couple of kills). I
died about 10 times during the quests. The key to killing the mobs a lower
than level 30 is obviously a good party. If a lower level bard (say in the
high teens to low 20's) sets the goal of obtaining pieces, it can be done,
but it depends on the parties the bard can get into or whether the bard can
make it to the slain mob to loot it. I personally have respect to any bard
for completing the quests in any fashion they choose. I have grouped bards
15 levels below me in my parties to help them get items for the quest. I do
not think the quests are easy. Some quests are more difficult than others.
What are the solutions to making the quests more difficult? Tougher mobs?
No...if a lvl 19 bard can group with a level 40 party, they will to get
their item. Also, guilds or friends can do the quest for the bard to get
around higher level mobs. I don't see a clear way Verant can make the quest
more difficult. I also don't see why they should. Enterprising bards
should be allowed to risk all (ie corpse in a very bad place)for the big
reward of lambent. My only complaint about the quests is that other classes
can do them. If I were Verant, I would make lambent quests bard only, or as
has been stated in this forum make the armor lore.
Fflewduer Fflamson, 38 tunes, Cazic Thule
>Well they are designed to be armor you gain from levels 25-40.
>(assuming 25-40 is "mid-level") If you finished at 34 then
>you had "easy" quests. I personally looted from others kills
>the following items, any bard with invis song could get these items:
>
>Mudwater Rune from Cazic
>Opalline Helm from Oasis
>Shin Gauntlets from Lguk
>Shin Greaves from Lguk
>Icy Greaves from Perma (semi-risky, ... not really)
>2 Runes from the One-Eyes in WK
>Lute in Mistmoore
>... and more.
>
>I was overjoyed my quests were this easy at first...then it kinda
>hit me that i was a blueboy at level 25, and would be wearing mostly
>the same stuff until the 40s.
>
>I think the armor quests were designed to make us go to unexplored
>parts of the world, but the bard quests just seemed to be on a lot of
>the monsters that were already killed, sometimes killed a lot.
>
>
> >
> > From: "JasonF" <JasonF@...>
> >
> > I agree with Kitasi here. I don't think our quests are all *that* easy.
> I
> > started doing them at around level 27 and I can assure you that I didn't
> > find most of them trivial. My set wasn't complete until about 34th.
>Sure,
> > some pieces are easier than others, but even if you're simply looting
>quest
> > items from other people's kills, it's still pretty risky. The Dark Bone
> > bracelet from the basement of Unrest, the Basalt Carapace from well
>inside
> > Lower Guk, the Gypsy Lute from the heart of Castle Mistmoore, the Icy
> > Greaves from the King Room in Permafrost, these are not easy things to
>get
> > for a lower level bard even if you're scavanging other's kills.
> >
> > Crier Sharpsong, 41st bard on Fennin Ro
> >
> > > From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
> > >
> > > The bard quests may be easy at 30th level, but I have not found them
> > > particularly easy at 20ish. On the other hand I completed my
> > > fourth shaman
> > > piece last week with my 21st level bard, and I did all the
> > > required killing
> > > myself for 3 of the pieces. I've also done 3 crafted quests,
> > > including the
> > > slaying required, and 1 ranger piece. I'm halfway thru about 5
> > > bard pieces.
> > > If you think our quests are easy try some of the others, they
> > > make ours look
> > > many levels off for me.
> > >
> > > I have had no luck getting the icy greaves despite trying four times
>now.
> > > I've spent about 6 hours in the king room with no luck. I know
> > > others have
> > > been more fortunate on this note, but since the critters involved
> > > are still
> > > far beyond my means for almost all the bard quests, while the critters
>for
> > > some of the other classes' quests are not, I don't believe ours
> > > are as weak
> > > as people seem to think. Our quests are relatively easy for the level
> > > Verant seems to think should be doing the quests (30-35). Other
> > > classes can
> > > get some pieces 10 levels before this easily although some of their
>pieces
> > > may be fairly difficult.
> > >
> > > Kitasi
> >
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