ummm.... i don't like hallowe'en, or scarecrows.....New Quests Issues

[Micheal]

<DIV>umm... was doing the Hallowe'en quest  that starts in Windstalker Village and have a few concerns....</DIV> <DIV>1) One step of the quest calls for a spawn in the farm at night, <BR>this spawn only triggers for one person at a time, so for a raid group of 12, <BR>which is needed for a later part, requires up to 4 full days of game time .... <BR>wondering if this can be altered to be an 'instant' reset so that groups can all get the update at once as there is no <BR>interaction with the group required, just observation of them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>this brings us to </DIV> <DIV>2)  was in a group that consisted of 12 chars lvl 26 - 32 with 2 of the chars mentored down from 40, the group was not of optimal makeup, <BR>two healers only for a group of twelve, but . . . this is what the fight entailed, with some stuff edited out for space sake....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>[Thu Oct 13 19:13:42 2005] You say to Professor Heribert,"I'm ready."<BR>(1129252432)[Thu Oct 13 19:13:52 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Minnah for <STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>1308</FONT></STRONG> points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252432)[Thu Oct 13 19:13:52 2005] Your enlightenment dwindles.<BR>(1129252432)[Thu Oct 13 19:13:52 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed Minnah.<BR>(112925243<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />[Thu Oct 13 19:13:58 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Takra for <FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>1811</STRONG></FONT> points of crushing damage.<BR>(112925243<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />[Thu Oct 13 19:13:58 2005] The poison dissipates from Takra's weapons.<BR>(112925243<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />[Thu Oct 13 19:13:58 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed Takra.<BR>(1129252440)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:00 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Snowlite's Personae for <STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>1441</FONT></STRONG> points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252440)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:00 2005] The pulsing static fades from Snowlite's Personae.<BR>(1129252440)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:00 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed Snowlite's Personae.<BR>(1129252446)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:06 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Snowlite for <STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>1443</FONT></STRONG> points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252446)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:06 2005] The prismatic colors begin to fade.<BR>(1129252446)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:06 2005] The Rune of Enchantment fades away.<BR>(1129252446)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:06 2005] The light breeze fades.<BR>(1129252446)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:06 2005] A scarecrow guard begins to see through the illusion.<BR>(1129252446)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:06 2005] A scarecrow guard begins to see through the illusion.<BR>(1129252446)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:06 2005] A scarecrow guard begins to see through the illusion.<BR>(1129252446)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:06 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed Snowlite.<BR>(1129252450)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:10 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Sorex for <STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>1139</FONT></STRONG> points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252450)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:10 2005] The poison dissipates from Sorex's weapons.<BR>(1129252450)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:10 2005] The poison dissipates from Sorex's weapons.<BR>(1129252450)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:10 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed Sorex.<BR>(1129252456)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:16 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Shaye for <FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>1535</STRONG></FONT> points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252456)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:16 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed Shaye.<BR>(1129252457)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:17 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Froaaker for <STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>1875 </FONT></STRONG>points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252457)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:17 2005] An augmentation song ends.<BR>(1129252457)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:17 2005] An augmentation song ends.<BR>(1129252457)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:17 2005] The pulsing static fades from Froaaker.<BR>(1129252457)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:17 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed Froaaker.<BR>(1129252459)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:19 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Sayce for <STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>1341</FONT></STRONG> points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252459)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:19 2005] A scarecrow guard is no longer dazzled.<BR>(1129252459)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:19 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed Sayce.<BR>(1129252463)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:23 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Kalenn for <STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>1441</FONT></STRONG> points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252463)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:23 2005] a scarecrow guard hits Kalenn for 91 points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252463)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:23 2005] The pulsing static fades from Kalenn.<BR>(1129252463)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:23 2005] a scarecrow guard has killed Kalenn.<BR>(1129252466)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:26 2005] The Scarecrow King hits YOU for <STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>2060 </FONT></STRONG>points of crushing damage.<BR>(1129252466)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:26 2005] Your wolf shape fades away.<BR>(1129252466)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:26 2005] Your blessing of wild begins to fade.<BR>(1129252466)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:26 2005] The essence begins to fade.<BR>(1129252466)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:26 2005] Your amplification fades.<BR>(1129252466)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:26 2005] Your light red aura fades.<BR>(1129252466)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:26 2005] Your dazzling aura fades.<BR>(1129252466)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:26 2005] Your fawn colored aura fades.<BR>(1129252466)[Thu Oct 13 19:14:26 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed you.<BR>(112925246<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />[Thu Oct 13 19:14:28 2005] The Scarecrow King hits Carrie for <STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>2013</FONT></STRONG> points of crushing damage.<BR>(112925246<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />[Thu Oct 13 19:14:28 2005] The Scarecrow King has killed Carrie.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I was out of range for the  death of one char, and one char evaced themself in a buttonmashing frenzy 8-).... but the fight lasted a grand total of <FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><U><EM>FORTY EIGHT SECONDS</EM></U></STRONG></FONT>, give or take... <BR>my warden was stunned for enough of the fight that I was able to turn and see them coming when they killed me.<BR>For a quest intended for Lvl 27, this mob group appears to be out of whack.... each death in this fight was from a one-shot.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3) The Scalper is no-where to be seen in NQ . . . </DIV> <DIV><BR>that's all I guess... others from in this group may expand on this some.... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>no hallowe'en goodies for me yet</DIV> <DIV>thank you</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lupus L'Zuli of Test Server</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P>Message Edited by Micheal on <SPAN class=date_text>10-14-2005</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>01:21 AM</SPAN></P><p>Message Edited by Micheal on <span class=date_text>10-14-2005</span> <span class=time_text>01:33 AM</span>

[indigolily]

<P>We returned for our third day of Camping the Pumpkin King, ready to begin anew. Our groups were arranged so we had a full 12 people low 26 and high 35. As the main tank I was excited that we returned with 3 healers and I was mentoring down to 35 instead of 32. We werent quite ready the first time we saw the professor, and we cried for everyone to run, but he despawned in about 90seconds. We thought, oh well, it's only 8pm and the scarecrows spawn 4 times per night, so we could get the professor on the next one. In the meantime, we tried to get 4 more of our members the precious farmhouse updates, because a maximum of 4 people can get updated per night, and the final fight requires 12 people.  The professor  never spawned again that night. So the next game day people kinda mulled around antonica, killing time till nightfall. We were mostly ready when the rofessor rolled in about 9pm, but because we were afraid of the 90second despawn, the fight began a little disorganized, and missing two poeple.  We lasted at least twice as long as the previous attempt and one member of our party even survived. The king was down less than 1/5 of his life when our corpses lay scattered about his field. The professor did not spawn again that night.</P> <P>During the next day, there were some staffing changes, and we came at the king that night with two tanks level 37, a full group of 12 with 5 healers, 2 int casters, 3 scout types. We got the king down to 2/3 before we wiped. Again there was only one professor that night.</P> <P>The next night I was not personally present for. There was a full group of 12. The main tank was 50 with a 45 backing him up. There were 3 healers, and they suceeded with no deaths. They killed a level 27 Epic mob, and 1/2 of the group was able to complete a level 27 quest.</P> <P>Please have a look at this quest, the quest itself was really fun, if you were able to transcend all the difficulties, and very few people on live will ever complete it.</P> <P>Minnah Mousze of Test</P> <P> </P>