8-9 People... What to do? (level 30ish)

[Ari]

<div>I am looking for ideas for fun things to spend one evening of gaming on for a group 8 - 9 people in the low-30 level range.  We have already done the 'Journey is Half the Fun' quest and I am not seeing a lot of other quests that a (small) raid group can do and get quest credit for.  Any ideas?</div>

[MugnMo]

<div>There is a series of quests in Antonica that end with a level 28 epic x 2 encounter that is probably doable by your group and has a pretty cool storyline.  If I remember right, the quest starts in the Windstalker village by the drunk Professor in the bar. </div><div> </div><div>Information on the whole series is available on eq2.ogaming.com.  Search for 'McQuibble' and you can find one of the quests.</div><div> </div><div>There is also the Windstalker Rumber quest in Antonica but its a "contested" spawn and I don't remember how many groups it is listed as.</div><div> </div><div>As for single group stuff around that level:</div><div>Nek Castle would be alot of fun at that level and has numerious heritage quests involved - Ghoulbane, Fishbone Earring, and Mask.</div><div>Cove of Decay can probably be done and is part of the PGT and Manastone heritages.</div><div>Chamber of Immortality can also be done and is part of the Manastone and GBS heritages.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>

[Karlen]

If you are all in the same guild, then you could try the various guild raids that you get at guild level 5, 10, 15, etc.  I believe they scale to your level now.  Last I checked, they required at least 6 people and not more than 12 to enter.<div></div>

[Ari]

<div>We are the guild!  :smileyvery-happy:</div><div> </div><div>We have done the guild raid for guild level 5 and 10 and just got to GL 15 last night.  Definately will be doing that one.  The punkin quest I had not thought of... great idea! </div><div> </div><div>Thanks!</div>

[Sem]

<div></div>There are group events things you can do in the city arenas that don't involve duelling.  I'm not sure of the limit to number of participants if there is one, but if there is there is seating for bystanders to watch so you could all participate even if as cheerleaders and hecklers.

[Ari]

<div></div>City arenas?  How have I missed their very existance?  Are they DoF add-ons or open to everyone?

[Sem]

<div></div>They opened them at the same time as DoF.  It might need DoF to use, I'm not sure about that though.

[joeygopher]

<div></div>Think they opened in one of the later live-updates.  I went to check out the one in WFP tonight, and there's no champion vendor outside.  This might mean that you have to have DoF to go in - could be way off there tho!

[Saavedra]

<div></div>You guys are right around the right level for the Bloodline Chronicles adventure pack if that interests you at all.

[selch]

<div><blockquote><hr>Saavedra wrote:<div></div>You guys are right around the right level for the Bloodline Chronicles adventure pack if that interests you at all.<hr></blockquote>I had that adventure pack but can you believe I never went there, thanks to limited journal space, I have tons of other quests to finish yet  <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><div> </div><div> </div>

[HolyAvengerOne]

<div><span><blockquote><hr>selch wrote:<div><blockquote><hr>Saavedra wrote:<div></div>You guys are right around the right level for the Bloodline Chronicles adventure pack if that interests you at all.<hr></blockquote>I had that adventure pack but can you believe I never went there, thanks to limited journal space, I have tons of other quests to finish yet  <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><div> </div><div> </div><hr></blockquote><font color="#339900">Same thing here. Now I've hit 50 before I even realized it and will prolly have to do it with an alt to enjoy it fully, I guess.</font></span></div>

[Sandheaver]

I believe the limit is 75 now.  Isn't it?<div></div>

[HolyAvengerOne]

<div><span><blockquote><hr>Sandheaver wrote:I believe the limit is 75 now.  Isn't it?<div></div><font color="#339900"></font><hr></blockquote><font color="#339900">What limit are you talking about ?</font></span></div>

[Agraco]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Saavedra wrote:<div></div>You guys are right around the right level for the Bloodline Chronicles adventure pack if that interests you at all.<hr></blockquote>I still haven't figured out how to get there <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Dwergux]

<blockquote><hr>HolyAvengerOne wrote:<div><span><blockquote><hr>Sandheaver wrote:I believe the limit is 75 now. Isn't it?<div></div><font color="#339900"></font><hr></blockquote><font color="#339900">What limit are you talking about ?</font></span></div><hr></blockquote>The limit to the number of open quests

[Nainitsuj]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Saavedra wrote:<div></div>You guys are right around the right level for the Bloodline Chronicles adventure pack if that interests you at all.<hr></blockquote>You're kidding right?  How 'bout fixing the quest breaking bugs before you try selling it.  And don't say there's no known bugs with the zone, I sent a bug report 5 times a day for a month about the broken quests.  (And still no fixes)

[Ari]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Saavedra wrote:<div></div>You guys are right around the right level for the Bloodline Chronicles adventure pack if that interests you at all.<hr></blockquote><p>Since we discovered that any quest that requires you kill MOBs does not update if your in a raid group, I have been looking for alternatives to simply going about and killing stuff.  I presume the Bloodline quests will work the same way?  Also, is Bloodlines setup in group instances?  This has been our second stumbling block, we cannot bring a raid into group instances.</p>

[Saavedra]

<div><blockquote><hr>Agraco wrote:<div></div><blockquote><hr>Saavedra wrote:<div></div>You guys are right around the right level for the Bloodline Chronicles adventure pack if that interests you at all.<hr></blockquote>I still haven't figured out how to get there <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><hr></blockquote>It's in Nektulos forest.  On the dock side of the map follow the river all the way up.</div>

[Its Da Ranger]

<div>Behind the big waterfall from the streaming river is the door (zone-in) I believe.</div>

[Sem]

<div></div><p>Nainitsuj wrote:</p><p>You're kidding right?  How 'bout fixing the quest breaking bugs before you try selling it.  And don't say there's no known bugs with the zone, I sent a bug report 5 times a day for a month about the broken quests.  (And still no fixes)</p><p></p><hr><p>I just finished the Bloodline stuff on a couple characters along with a group who also did it.  Loved it and vampire illusion alone is worth the ride =)    Didn't run into any bugs in it and we did all the content we could find including the dropped quest starters within the dungeons as well - maybe they did a stealth fix?  Have you tried it recently?</p><p>I'd agree - Bloodlines is fun with a dedicated group to go through the full timber falls good / evil camps quests series together.   There are some very rewarding INT caster drops for 40s in Crypt of Tha'en</p>

[Ari]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Semma wrote:<div></div><p>I'd agree - Bloodlines is fun with a dedicated group to go through the full timber falls good / evil camps quests series together.   There are some very rewarding INT caster drops for 40s in Crypt of Tha'en</p><hr></blockquote>That will not work for our purposes however, as we have more than 1 full group of people.

[Fern]

You can't break into two groups for some reason?<div></div>

[Ari]

<div>We can break into 2 partial groups, but for one evening a week we try to find activities that we all can partake in together rather than splitting up into multiple groups (which is basically what we do the rest of the week).</div>

[xOnaton1]

Unfortunately what you're asking for is a little tough to fulfill. You are basically a raid x1.5 group. Anything solo or for a normal group will not give you credit. The smallest raids are designed for 12 players (the epic x2.)The raids that I can think of that you might be able to tackle are:Bloodskull Valley - part of the Lightstone heritage quest, General Drull is a low 20s MOB but requires a raid of high 20s or low 30s.The Windstalker Rumbler - there are two quests that involve him. One starts from a bookcase in Windstalker Village and one you can get after the fact from Sayer's farm.The Scarecrow King - Starts from the halfling moaning about pumpkin pie in the Windstalker Village.Ladon or Anguis - Drakota found in the Commonlands or Antonica, respectively. These are very rare contested epic x2 rated in the low 20s but take very good 20s or low 30s raid to beat.The Gobbler - in Gobblerock's Hideout. I haven't tried him but I've read he's a low 30s epic x2.

[MadLordOfMilk]

You could try finding more people doing clearing out Cauldron Hollow (though I doubt anyone would do that if they don't need Torig for Ghoulbane, not much incentive <span>:smileyindifferent:</span>) There's also a few high-t4/low t-5 epics but you're a tad low for 'em I'm guessing =)<div></div>

[selch]

<div></div><div></div><div>Oh and Saavedra, why dont they try doing L35 heritage quest (Stilietto's Orders) , it is even HEROIC mission, not even EPIC! </div><div> </div><div>I would so much love to see them perish in the hands of an L31 epic they need to kill and even L50 group can't manage as gray with superior power drain of that "buddy"..</div><div> </div><div>Yeah.. "Run ye cowards"..</div><div> </div><div>EDIT: Okay, sorry for spoilers, but as duo (me & my wife), we had our superior suprise for an heroic mission, our only fault was not reading "spoiler" websites. If we knew it was an epic mission, we could just delete it from journal.</div><div> </div><div> </div><p>Message Edited by selch on <span class="date_text">01-14-2006</span><span class="time_text">06:16 AM</span></p>

[Nainitsuj]

<div><blockquote><hr>selch wrote:<div></div><div></div><div>Oh and Saavedra, why dont they try doing L35 heritage quest (Stilietto's Orders) , it is even HEROIC mission, not even EPIC! </div><div> </div><div>I would so much love to see them perish in the hands of an L31 epic they need to kill and even L50 group can't manage as gray with superior power drain of that "buddy"..</div><div> </div><div>Yeah.. "Run ye cowards"..</div><div> </div><div>EDIT: Okay, sorry for spoilers, but as duo (me & my wife), we had our superior suprise for an heroic mission, our only fault was not reading "spoiler" websites. If we knew it was an epic mission, we could just delete it from journal.</div><div> </div><div> </div><p>Message Edited by selch on <span class="date_text">01-14-2006</span><span class="time_text">06:16 AM</span></p><hr></blockquote>Hehe.  My friends and I decided to help my G/f out with that quest.  58 guard, 57 SK, me (54 necro) and 49 defiler.  The guardian dies, SK almost died.  It's so stupidly difficult it's hard to get a group together to do that quest.</div><div> </div><div>And with Bloodlines, wounded scouts don't always pop.  The dead gobs don't always pop (I've cleared it twice with only seeing 3 gobs spawn.  The quest where you have to kill 2 vamps to spawn the third, if they're grey to you they do not spawn.  Just a few examples of what's broken with the series.</div>

[Sem]

<div></div>Ahh.  Yes, now that you mention it we did have 3 runs through to get all the drained goblins in the blood collection quest.   We must have been lucky on the spawn-the-vamp part as it was all grey to us by then and popped OK.     The INT stuff off the Crypt of Tha'en stuff though...   hope your Necro got some of that while the right level, it was good find.

[Yirabeth]

Many x2 mobs are very doable by 1 - 1 1/2 groups if the groups are used to working together and not too many shortcomings within the group. (many personal groups will have a player or two that arent very good at their class, but are such fantastic people that it's all that really matters, however for them to take on the x2 group they would really need to be ON THE BALL on all fronts. )Could anyone name any lvl 30'ish x2 mobs this group of friends may wish to try to take? Perhaps even 'training' to get to the point where they can take them <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  I'm not really good at names of mobs.In the 30's many HQ's start opening up, do a search on ogaming and they're listed by the level, you can plan events around those. (click show heritages and leave rest of search form blank) Greenhoods is one that comes to mind, maybe not all in one setting but if you progress the entire group at about the same pace then soon you'll be ready to take your group into DFC and finish <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> (there's 2 DFC finished HQ's, so read through them...one is something about greenhoods, the other is Training is a Shield)  These are great if your group of friends is a guild, for advancing your guild -- which also will give you a sense of accomplishment. (if you're not a guild, you may wish to consider making yourselves one) The EE bag in EL is good, if you have good dps (tried this one without alot of dps once, we whittled and whittled at the end mob until he finally depopped...lol) I believe that can be done in a raid setting but not entirely positive. That one can be done in one evening.  If it CANT be done in raidform, and you can split the group up fairly evenly, (equal healing,tanking, dps per small group) perhaps working together, in two groups and starting a chat channel to share, would give the sense of camaraderie you all wish for.I like personal groups, I think they're the best part of the game and should be encouraged <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Let's find a way to encourage these guys <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />~Yira<div></div>

[MadLordOfMilk]

<div><span><blockquote><hr>selch wrote:<div></div><div></div><div>Oh and Saavedra, why dont they try doing L35 heritage quest (Stilietto's Orders) , it is even HEROIC mission, not even EPIC! </div><div> </div><div>I would so much love to see them perish in the hands of an L31 epic they need to kill and even L50 group can't manage as gray with superior power drain of that "buddy"..</div><div> </div><div>Yeah.. "Run ye cowards"..</div><div> </div><div>EDIT: Okay, sorry for spoilers, but as duo (me & my wife), we had our superior suprise for an heroic mission, our only fault was not reading "spoiler" websites. If we knew it was an epic mission, we could just delete it from journal.</div><div> </div><div> </div><p>Message Edited by selch on <span class="date_text">01-14-2006</span><span class="time_text">06:16 AM</span></p><hr></blockquote>Ya know, the captain ain't all that hard... I trioed him, with me (low 30s warden), and two guildies (low to mid 40s tank & low 30s warlock).I find it hard to believe that a group of 50s can't kill him. try working more with an out-last-him strategy than a take-him-down-quick one (for example, have the tank use PGT for the ward it provides). Obviously you'd have to factor in the power drain, but we managed w/o power regen stuff and whatnot.</span></div>

[selch]

<blockquote><hr>MadLordOfMilk wrote:<div><span><blockquote><hr>selch wrote:<div></div><div></div><div>Oh and Saavedra, why dont they try doing L35 heritage quest (Stilietto's Orders) , it is even HEROIC mission, not even EPIC! </div><div> </div><div>I would so much love to see them perish in the hands of an L31 epic they need to kill and even L50 group can't manage as gray with superior power drain of that "buddy"..</div><div> </div><div>Yeah.. "Run ye cowards"..</div><div> </div><div>EDIT: Okay, sorry for spoilers, but as duo (me & my wife), we had our superior suprise for an heroic mission, our only fault was not reading "spoiler" websites. If we knew it was an epic mission, we could just delete it from journal.</div><div> </div><div> </div><p>Message Edited by selch on <span class="date_text">01-14-2006</span><span class="time_text">06:16 AM</span></p><hr></blockquote>Ya know, the captain ain't all that hard... I trioed him, with me (low 30s warden), and two guildies (low to mid 40s tank & low 30s warlock).I find it hard to believe that a group of 50s can't kill him. try working more with an out-last-him strategy than a take-him-down-quick one (for example, have the tank use PGT for the ward it provides). Obviously you'd have to factor in the power drain, but we managed w/o power regen stuff and whatnot.</span></div><hr></blockquote><p>How soon did you do that? And how do you manage power regen stuff to keep up with 1600 power drain in one shot?</p><p> </p>

[Finora]

<div></div><p>There's Grimfeather in Thundering Steppes. lvl 37 x2. (at least he was the last time I was low enough to kill him and get xp).</p><p>There are the ones in Commonlands and Antonica too but I think they might be a too low of level, Landon and Angus (sp?).</p><p>Gustfeather in Commons might also be epic, but my evil is low so I just run away when I see him. There's a epic spider in Nektulos, but I think he is 40ish...I might be wrong.</p><p>There is also Doomsquall and Coldtooth in Thundering Steppes and Cragshell in Enchanted lands. There are more I just can't remember the names atm.</p><p>Good luck to you!</p><p> </p>