Anyone got good info on the three DoF factions? [Archive]

Fazzarya

09-18-2005, 10:54 PM

<DIV>Any of them better for a berserker to align with then not? My EQ1 guild got burned bigtime by going "Dragon Faction" in Vellious so I am a little gun shy about commiting to anything I don't know a bit about. Wondering if any of you betazerkers or anyone for that matter has some kind of fleshed out information available.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks.</DIV>

Sinkat

09-19-2005, 01:15 AM

Here is some I had found, can't remember the link though.. To get to Sinking Sands you take a Flying Carpet ride from either EFP or Qeynos Harbor FACTION For now there are 3 major factions in Maj'Dul (afaik at least): <UL> <LI> <DIV>Court of Blades</DIV> <LI> <DIV>Court of Truth</DIV> <LI> <DIV>Court of Coin</DIV></LI></UL> When you arrive in Sinking Sands (the first zone in DoF), there are 3 camps, one for each of the faction. Each camp is giving away quests that will raise your faction when you complete them. When you start working for one of the factions, the other 2 won't give you any quest anymore and will start to really hate you. When you attain a kindly status with your chosen faction, you can enter their house in Maj'Dul, in the house you'll find more quests, a banker, a mender, FP and Qeynos fences... To be able to enter the house of your faction, though, you need to travel in the city where 2 factions now hate you and will kill you on sight. This make things exciting as you have to be careful, watch for patrolling guards and all. Finally we have some real faction system other than some guard yelling at you and forcing you to zone out.<IMG height=16 src="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif" width=16 border=0> ***Controlling the towers is rumored to summon a X4 raid mob -- not been on test long enough to see this yet thow <DIV>Common perks:</DIV> <DIV>At Kindly you gain access to the court's palace. Inside each palace is:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mender</DIV> <DIV>Merchant, better buy/sell prices than out in the city. Also you can sell your status corpse loot (ie. Gel Sealed Document, Feysteel Relic, etc.) to this NPC.</DIV> <DIV>Banker</DIV> <DIV>Freeport Broker</DIV> <DIV>Qeynos Broker</DIV> <DIV>Story arc quest NPCs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Items sold on the faction bursar:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Kindly:</DIV> <DIV>one room residency license*</DIV> <DIV>Apprentice 2 subclass spells/combat arts levels 51-53</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Warmly:</DIV> <DIV>two room residency license*</DIV> <DIV>Apprentice 2 subclass spells/combat arts levels 54-56</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ally:</DIV> <DIV>three room residency license*</DIV> <DIV>Apprentice 2 subclass spells/combat arts levels 57-60</DIV> <DIV>Advanced tradeskill recipes (Outfitters, Scholars, and Craftsmen)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>*This is a one time license that is good even if you fall out of favor with the faction you bought it from and join another.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Unique perks sold on the court's bursar:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Perk with faction: Blades Truth Coin Kindly: Arena Champion Luresong Harbinger Tempest Ally: Arena Champion Avenger Bedazzler Sandstorm Mini-sphinx House Pet Hieraco Sphinx Sphinx Crio Sphinx House Pet Cobra Djinn Leopard Armor Pieces (Chest & Legs) Blue, "of the Vanquisher" Red, "of the Preceptor" Gold, "of the Enforcer" </DIV> New CON system Looks at little intimedating at first but think is accualy alot ezr to use <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=comtest&message.id=3941" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=comtest&message.id=3941</A> RARE ITEMS Root Node - Succulent Roots / Saguaro Roots (Rare) / Lambent Flower (Imbue) Wood Node - Severed Sandalwood / Severed Ironwood (Rare) Ore Node - Indium / Cobalt (Rare) Rock Node - Rough Nacre / Pearl (Rare) - Beryllium / Vanadium (Rare) Shrub Node - Prickly Pear (fruit/grain) - Coriander (garnish) - Cloves (sweetener) - Artichoke (vegetable) - Darjeeling Tea Leaf (tea) - Maj'Dul Coffee Bean (coffee) - Macadamia Nut (nut) Fungi Node - Mulberry - Date - Foxglove - Amaranth - Chamomile - Valerian Root Den Node - caiman meat - sabertooth meat - sullied excellent (insert animal name here) pelt - Lambent Tooth (Imbue) Fish Node - Red Herring - Conger Eel - Tiger Shrimp FLYING Carpet QUEST walkthru: It's a quest in 4 parts... [PART I] <DIV> <DIV>The quest giver is in a camp just North West from the docks.</DIV> <DIV>His name is El'khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets. ( -1,327.96, -226.83, -585.57)</DIV> <DIV>Then Exit there and go to the Highwaymen just outside the walls in the Desert. After Killing them for a while "a Rujarkian highwaymen leader" will spawn.</DIV> <DIV>(It has been noted killing multiple Highwaymen will make him spawn faster.)</DIV> <DIV>After he is slain return to El'khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets and recieve 9g 27s 10c Roughly.</DIV> <DIV>Roughly 7 hours later (Real Time) he will talk to you again.</DIV> [PART II] He will then ask you to Gather: 10 Strands of Dune Tarantula Silk from Dune Tarantulas 48 Heroic ^^^ A Dye from the shores of the dead tear- An Exotic Plant at (-361.10, -146.52, -1,125.29) A Thread from the cap of a banished Titan- An Exiled Kromtorr 50 Heroic ^^^ A Perfectly shaped chitinous needle-A Dustwhip Scorpion at (-196.45, -87.99, -686.81) An Ethereal fragment of the servant of the God-king-A Sentinel of Anuk (-875.88, -235.65, -1,419.60) 52 Heroic ^^^ A Wisp of air from the highest dune (-951.09, -43.90, 838.35) Face North and click on the wind and update After you collect all this return to El'khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets and recieve 12g 77s 57c Roughly 7 hours (Real Time) he will talk to you again. [PART III] He sends you to kill Kwi'the Il'zhe in Maj'dul to deliever a message When you hail him he attacks. He's a lvl 55 ^^^ Heroic who casts ice comet so be prepared with a full group. Return to El'khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets and recieve 12g 58s 73c Roughly 7 hours (Real Time) he will talk to you again. [PART IV] He will then agree to weaving you a Magic Carpet but only if you capture a Djinn for him. The Djinn you must slay is Near the Bay of Anuk, there will be a little island in the bay. The Djinn will be at the top. He's lvl 58 heroic with 2 lvl 62 Elemental guards. Then Return to El'Khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets and Recieve the Carpet ODD but Usefull INFO --There is no longer doors u click it is now like eq1 where u just walk into zones.. some spots ppl say u zone by mistake ezy --U can kill Lockjaw and Cazel (both have there own instance weee) --u ride on flying carpets instead of griphons --Nice Movie i found: <A href="[Removed for Content]lol/DOF.mpg" target=_blank>[Removed for Content]lol/DOF.mpg</A> Pokemon pets/areana Not had a chance to test these out yet myself <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5026" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5026</A> Zone names: Outdoor Zones: The Sinking Sands Level 45-55 Maj'Dul Level 45-60 The Crags Level 50-60 The Anvil of Ro Level 50-60 The Pillars of Flame Level 50-60 Dungeons: The Living Tombs Level 50-55 The Clefts of Rujark Level 50-55 The Silent City Level 55-60 The Shimmering Citadel Level 55-60 The Sun Spires Level 55-60 There will be over a dozen new instanced zones for characters level 45-60 The Sinking Sands At the docks are the camps for the 3 factions. The first guy you see will give you some very basic information on the faction and the city. There is a carpet at the docks as well that will fly you over to the city. To the right from the docks, is another small emcampment with some more quest, and the crock caves. The Crock cave i orginaly though would just be a small cave system that many of the out door zone in the currenet live game have. The reality is that crock cave are a huge expansive dungeoun that probably goes the leath of the zone under near the sinking sands. Its also NOT a small cave like the ones where used to. It really wide and has a high celling. To the left of the docks there are some scatered islands with mostly solo and group mobs. Most of the islands have climbable walls, climbing the wall will break and end the enouncter if you where fighting. Climbing takes to specail buttons, pushing your normal walking button will make you go up, and your normal walking backward button will make you go down. Straight from the dock (well a little to the left) Is the oasis of marr. and the main path up to the zone. When you get up past the clift to the main part of the zone it pretty much opens up to you. (before you get up there most of the zone from the docks has clift that you can't get up). There are a few oasis and camps out in the deserts. You can export most of the zone with out dieing if your careful. There where a lot of contested raid mobs up when i did a quick pass (i think 3 or 4), Some of the Orc look like they had kinda like mohak type hair, and the Gnoll looked like they where out of egpyt. There is a small island to the left of the docks if u run around the beach of it u will see a bottle u can rub and summon a Gennie to talk to he teleports u to a SOLO instance. You go thru a few small fights similar to Sp solo arean and win a realy nice item at end. Like a 10 int 50 powr ring, 10-12 wis 50 power bracer and similar str/agi item. sarry i dont remeber the exact stats MAP of Maj'Dulz <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5041" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5041</A> Maj'Dul The City, its a busy city. There are several towers in the city that each faction can control. The inside of the tower have 10-20 floors it seem, of that faction gaurds. Doing a quest from another facttion to kill the gaurd of another tower will make that faction guard spawn in the tower and in the area around the city. (The more tower you faction own the more of your gaurd there are around the city, and the safer the city is for you). There are slums in teh city (in that map they tend to be the darkcolor shapes), this is where most of the theifs are, And the only few place where a nertural person might get aggro (i counted 2 or 3 people in the entier city that where aggro to me). Most of the building here have something you can climb to walk on the top of the building and get from build to build as well. There is a big building with grass around it, This is the barter house, there some quest giver here and all thet tradeskill books as well The big building in the middle of the zone is the arena. PICs Few sites i saw with lots of cool pics <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5091" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5091</A> <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5027" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5027</A> Training Option CHANGES Alot of these changed for everyone, they now start at lvl 14 and progress everey 10 lvls. You will now receive a choice of 4 spells all Master II ---so be careful what u pick <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=comtest&message.id=6571" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=comtest&message.id=6571</A> And Finnaly the stuff ppl waiting for ---- 50 to 60 SPELLs<IMG src="http://stormwatch.guildportal.com/Faces/face_grin.gif"> ahh the Mother Load..... looks like most classes just get upgrades to spells u have just new names. U do get a new spell or 2 thrown in there but owe well. Biggest thing to keep in mind is atm you do NOT receive spells when u lvl u have to buy them or have them made <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5028" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=desert&message.id=5028</A> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Next time try the DoF boards or the Tips and Tricks board for better info, this is only zerker so it can be harder to find the info ;(. I hope it helps.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good Luck!</DIV>

Fazzarya

09-19-2005, 04:23 AM

Thanks for the info. Yea I was sort of looking for a Berserkers slant (if one existed) on which way to go. Again, great post and thanks.