"Elements of Destruction" Signature quests bugs and feedback

[Kaitheel]

Welcome to Chaos Descending beta!<br /> <br />The "Elements of Destruction" signature quest line begins with a mail sent to your level 110 character, entitled "Official Summons of Justice". If you miss the mail, Jerol in the Village of Shin will help you out!<br /> <br />Please post all feedback and bugs you encounter during the "Elements of Destruction" signature quests in this thread. Doing so will help to ensure they are seen and examined by the correct developer, and get the best chance of being resolved.<br /> <br />Be sure to include:<br /><ul><li>Quest name</li><li>Quest giver name</li><li>Current quest journal entry</li><li>Any other details pertaining to the issue you are encountering</li></ul> <br />Thank you!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Monstuhr]

Has anyone gotten past the first Plane of Fire zone? I have killed all the nameds I think. I ended on a giant named Pyrefist. Got a message about it "heating up" but can't seem to find anything to update the sig line.

[Leed]

Elements of Destruction: Visitation Day takes you to the Plane of Justice jail cells, and while in there you can collect components and craft 'Planar Web Shackles' but then the sentry of justice is immune to it's effects so it seems there is no current use for the item. Perhaps it is meant to be in a later version of the zone (assuming you go back again since Tayil N'Velex is in another jail cell, has a quest feather, but none of the dialog options with her results in anything) and accidentally appears for you the first time you go in there even though you can't use it yet?

[elkhan]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Monstuhr"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Monstuhr said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522421#post-6522421" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Has anyone gotten past the first Plane of Fire zone? I have killed all the nameds I think. I ended on a giant named Pyrefist. Got a message about it "heating up" but can't seem to find anything to update the sig line.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>So do I, I tried a lot of things to actually see the end boss across the island just next the first tower on the left at zoning. It seems to be a ventilator on the ground to port you there but it doesn't work ... so seems buggy.

[Whilhelmina]

Elements of destruction: Pursuit of Justice<br />Maelyn Starpyre<br /> <br />step : meditate in the Grand Librarian office<br /> <br />I gathered bark, placed it and didn't see any meditation sparks. Obviously, I was in the North Wing Shaks and not at all in the Office which is the the south side of the mezzanine. It's not intuitive at all to place the bark so far down then climb all the way up to meditate. I assumed the bark was a distraction while I meditate.<br />Could you give additionnal cues as to the fact that the two locs are not at all in the same area?

[Leisher]

Elements of Destruction - Flame/Gusts/Layers/Waves of order - Need to cleanse a gem / stone in each zone after gathering the 19 items from body drops, quest says that they are located at a high point of the zone to update it, searched everywhere can't find them

[Leisher]

would like to correct my last post, completed Flame/Gusts of order, but Layers of order in Council's Stronghold, I'm at the location but its under the floor and cant click to update

[Uncle]

Elements of destruction: Visitation day<br /><br />step : Craft Planar webbed Shackels<br /> <br />for an adventure quest The time to craft this item is way way way way too long.. i can see the long craft time if on the crafting sig line but for adventure should not be any longer then 30 sec.. not the 4 minutes it took me <br /> <br />Uncle

[Pidz]

Elements of Destruction: Visitation Day<br />Quellious<br />Find Druzzil Ro<br /> <br />There is no infos in the chat and on-screen when the carbonite cell key, mithril cell key and Planar Web Shackles recipe are collected.

[Pioneer]

[110] Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark(Heroic)<br />Fathad Zastim isimpossible to kill there<br />Yes, i have even 890 resolve

[Bardonio]

Yes leed. Further along the Signature line you are required to head back into justice zone and create the web shackle to use on the names in there who drops the key to open the cell in order to talk to the dark elf to update the quest then zone into the isle of vuul. Sleepy now. More by weeks end maybe? also, I didn’t not see any lever in doomfire solo. Maybe I was too tired? Fresh eyes on it in a few days if this thread isn’t updated by then.

[Kaitheel]

With tomorrow's Beta update you should find the following changes:<br /> <br />SIGNATURE QUESTS<br /><ul><li>Elements of Destruction: Pursuit of Justice - Meditating is now more intuitive for groups.</li><li>Elements of Destruction: Starpyre's Flames - Gathering the hypostatic oil and the silver runes of obeisance are now a group update.</li></ul>ZONE - Plane of Justice<br /><ul><li>Gathering items in zone now results in messages.</li><li>carbonite cell key - A replacement can be found in zone if lost.</li><li>mithril cell key - A replacement can be found in zone if lost.</li><li>justicarium cell key - Item is now No-Zone. A replacement can be found in zone if lost.</li><li>feyiron cell key - Item is now No-Zone. A replacement can be found in zone if lost.</li><li>a Sentry of Justice is no longer immune and will attack invaders.</li></ul>More changes and bug fixes to come!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Monstuhr"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Monstuhr said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522421#post-6522421" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Has anyone gotten past the first Plane of Fire zone? I have killed all the nameds I think. I ended on a giant named Pyrefist. Got a message about it "heating up" but can't seem to find anything to update the sig line.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />There was some issues with the progression through "Doomfire: The Enkindled Towers [Heroic]". Kander is tracking them and attending them over in the "<a href="https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq2/index.php?threads/doomfire-the-enkindled-towers-heroic-solo.586700/" class="internalLink">Doomfire: The Enkindled Towers [Heroic] [Solo]</a>" thread.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Whilhelmina"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Whilhelmina said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522510#post-6522510" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Elements of destruction: Pursuit of Justice<br />Maelyn Starpyre<br /> <br />step : meditate in the Grand Librarian office<br /> <br />I gathered bark, placed it and didn't see any meditation sparks. Obviously, I was in the North Wing Shaks and not at all in the Office which is the the south side of the mezzanine. It's not intuitive at all to place the bark so far down then climb all the way up to meditate. I assumed the bark was a distraction while I meditate.<br />Could you give additionnal cues as to the fact that the two locs are not at all in the same area?</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Considering that the two steps specify different room names in the quest directions, I think a zone map will help this issue, a lot. That way when you see it says, "Meditate in the Grand Librarian's Office" you'll know if you're in the right room or not.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Leisher"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Leisher said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522538#post-6522538" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">would like to correct my last post, completed Flame/Gusts of order, but Layers of order in Council's Stronghold, I'm at the location but its under the floor and cant click to update</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />That should have been resolved with the Beta update this morning. Let me know if it this is not the case!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Leisher"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Leisher said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522525#post-6522525" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Elements of Destruction - Flame/Gusts/Layers/Waves of order - Need to cleanse a gem / stone in each zone after gathering the 19 items from body drops, quest says that they are located at a high point of the zone to update it, searched everywhere can't find them</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />I edited some of the quest journal text to better fit. It should be in with tomorrow's Beta update.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Amefe]

NM just needed to say that then found the book

[Jazzalyn]

Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark<br />Plane of Justice: Balgros has a relatively high resolve buff (890 - I do know the new gear has a ton of resolve). With 893 resolve it still took me about 7 minutes to kill him<br />Bellengere's Dark Spire: Fathid Zastim won't seem to take any damage and hits extremely hard

[Pidz]

Elements of Destruction: Starpyre's Flames<br />Maelin Starpyre<br />Place a rune on the mural symbol for the Plane of Air/Smoke/Lava/Earth/Mud/Water/Fog<br /> <br />The runes do not appear when they are placed on the mural symbol of the planes.

[Bardonio]

I find that the web shackle doesn’t work at all. There is no root that takes place when casting the item. I’ve died countless times and can not pass this step. Even with 998.9 resolve I can get him down to 64% then he just kills me. Signature line shadow step in justice solo. Sorry

[Leisher]

Elements of Destruction Layers of Order - (Cleanse the Thudos Corestone) after the 19 body update kills. I reset the zone to see if that would fix it, still the same issue, click update is under the floor, or there's no mouse over option at all

[Poetic_Justice]

[110] Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark(Heroic)<br />Balgros <br /> <br />I'm stuck at this mob too and its very frustrating. I spoke to a few friends that didn't have a problem but I'm over 890 and he is still killing me in three hits.

[Minimme]

Elements of destruction: Pursuit of Justice. Worm that showed up after meditation decreased mana to 0 instantly and killed 2 conjes from my guild. They are both in raiding gear from PoP. Yesterady one of them killed worm on monk wihtout any problem.What to do? how can they kill this worm?

[Rougad]

<div align="left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #200b01">Fathad Zastim on isle of vul… Like so many others I can't even get 1% off his Health and he does insane damage (im at 922 resolve).<br />Devs please remember that the signature line will for most players be the first thing we do and most likely something we will have to do in our old gear. You can't have the difficulty set so high that we need the new heroic or even raid gear!</span></span></div>

[Bardonio]

Yeah so I would like to know how people are advancing through the elements of destruction shadow casting quest. The names in the solo zone doesn’t seem to be difficult yet as a summoner I’m not understanding this encounter. There doesn’t seem to be anything special about him except that it takes incredible amounts of dps to kill him. Dps is not my issue however 998 resolve would seem to work. No merc in zone. Am I missing something? I realize it’s beta and that people are passed this quest already. I’ve never had an issue in beta before so curious about this one named and his mechanics/resolve check.

[Khimaira]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Minimme"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Minimme said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522853#post-6522853" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Elements of destruction: Pursuit of Justice. Worm that showed up after meditation decreased mana to 0 instantly and killed 2 conjes from my guild. They are both in raiding gear from PoP. Yesterady one of them killed worm on monk wihtout any problem.What to do? how can they kill this worm?</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>The bookworm just about insta-killed my Fury after it drained all mana (in free gear plus some quest upgrades). As an FYI, I have yet to venture out of the library on quests so if there is some magic bullet item out there to make this doable, I haven't found it yet. <br /> <br />For me, there was absolutely no time to do anything in response to the attack:<br /> <br />Meditating, Attacked, Mana Drain/Dead, Merc Killed within a second or so.

[Thilka]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Khimaira"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Khimaira said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522859#post-6522859" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The bookworm just about insta-killed my Fury after it drained all mana (in free gear plus some quest upgrades). As an FYI, I have yet to venture out of the library on quests so if there is some magic bullet item out there to make this doable, I haven't found it yet.<br /> <br />For me, there was absolutely no time to do anything in response to the attack:<br /> <br />Meditating, Attacked, Mana Drain/Dead, Merc Killed within a second or so.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />The mob has the buff that kills anyone not protected by Fount of Power, but you can't activate Fount of Power in that zone.

[Khimaira]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Thilka"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Thilka said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522862#post-6522862" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The mob has the buff that kills anyone not protected by Fount of Power, but you can't activate Fount of Power in that zone.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Grouped up (full group) and was able to kill it, but no one got the update. Looks like the quest then broke - could no longer meditate or click the book to spawn the worm. A new person joined the group and was able to spawn the worm. Killed it and got the update.

[Bardonio]

Nvm. He is dead now. Onto vul only to find the same thing regarding the names in there. Cannot damage him. Ok, moving on to other quests for bugs etc.

[Leed]

Lore/text:<br />Elements of Destruction: Pure Adventure<br /> <br />When I return to Maelin after completing Doomfire: The Enkindled Towers the text choice I have the ability to say to him is 'Absolutely! It's defenses seem to have been weakened. Elementals from other planes were there!'<br /> <br />My first thought was - hey, that's a bald faced lie, I may barely know this guy Maelin but there's no reason to lie like that.<br /> <br />In Doomfire: The Enkindled Towers [Solo] everything you fight is fire based mobs (or at least their graphics make them all appear fire based). Was there suppose to be a wind/ice/air or some other kind of elemental in Doomfire? Seems odd to tell Maelin elementals from other planes were in there when all the mobs in the zone seemed pretty solidly doomfire/fire based.

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Leisher"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Leisher said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522789#post-6522789" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Elements of Destruction Layers of Order - (Cleanse the Thudos Corestone) after the 19 body update kills. I reset the zone to see if that would fix it, still the same issue, click update is under the floor, or there's no mouse over option at all</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />D'oh! You are correct. Unfortunately, the problem is still there on Beta. I just found the reason for it, and will get that fix in for tomorrow's Beta update. Thank you, Leisher!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Jazzalyn"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Jazzalyn said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522764#post-6522764" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark<br />Plane of Justice: Balgros has a relatively high resolve buff (890 - I do know the new gear has a ton of resolve). With 893 resolve it still took me about 7 minutes to kill him<br />Bellengere's Dark Spire: Fathid Zastim won't seem to take any damage and hits extremely hard</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div><div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Rougad"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Rougad said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522854#post-6522854" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Fathad Zastim on isle of vul… Like so many others I can't even get 1% off his Health and he does insane damage (im at 922 resolve).</span></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Both <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Fathad Zastim</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> and </span>Balgros are suffering from the same issue, and have to be taken down a couple notches. We'll get that in for tomorrow's Beta update!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Lewyr]

<ul><li>Quest name <b>Elements of Destruction: Pursuit of Justice</b></li><li>Quest giver name: <b>Maelin Starpyre</b></li><li>Current quest journal entry: <b>Defeat the attacking bookworm</b></li><li>Any other details pertaining to the issue you are encountering<ul><li><b>Bookworm drains mana and quickly kills me upon spawning </b><ul><li><b>(Illy wearing new free gear only from chest in foyer)</b></li></ul></li><li><b>Tried with Merc (Level 10 Grimror) - killed us both just as quick - did no damage to the bookworm</b></li><li><b>Tried using ascension - no damage</b></li><li><b>I cannot kill to progress the quest - did not try full group but not listed as group content</b></li></ul></li></ul>

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Lewyr"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Lewyr said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522916#post-6522916" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content"><ul><li>Quest name <b>Elements of Destruction: Pursuit of Justice</b></li><li>Quest giver name: <b>Maelin Starpyre</b></li><li>Current quest journal entry: <b>Defeat the attacking bookworm</b></li><li>Any other details pertaining to the issue you are encountering<ul><li><b>Bookworm drains mana and quickly kills me upon spawning </b><ul><li><b>(Illy wearing new free gear only from chest in foyer)</b></li></ul></li><li><b>Tried with Merc (Level 10 Grimror) - killed us both just as quick - did no damage to the bookworm</b></li><li><b>Tried using ascension - no damage</b></li><li><b>I cannot kill to progress the quest - did not try full group but not listed as group content</b></li></ul></li></ul></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Yeah, it's not intended that the bookworm is so strong. I'm taking a look at it today.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Elinea]

Bookworm also kills innocent bystanders. Someone else was fighting a bookworm as I ran into the room. I stood by, waiting for the person fighting it to be finished so I didn't get in the way or anything, and it one shot killed me.<br /> <br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/r5YuSfu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" alt="[IMG]" /><br /> <br />Edit: I have 56 million health, so that 26 million hit shouldn't have killed me in one shot, nevermind the fact that I wasn't engaged in battle with it. Also, I did this part of the quest yesterday, and it didn't hit me like that.

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Elinea"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Elinea said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522927#post-6522927" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Bookworm also kills innocent bystanders. Someone else was fighting a bookworm as I ran into the room. I stood by, waiting for the person fighting it to be finished so I didn't get in the way or anything, and it one shot killed me.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Ack! NOT intended. Thank you, Elinea.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Anatha]

This is my feedback from a raid geared ranger. At first, I didn't switch out any of my T2 and T3 raid gear, cow helm, tome, or DC neck.<br />Some solo instance mobs were difficult but with a guildie along for the ride on some, was able to get the kill and move forward in the questline.<br />In a lot of the solo instances, I had to manually cast the fount of power.<br />I know that maps are coming but getting around in the new zones can be confusing when you have no idea where you are going.<br />The mob in the jail is way too overpowered for a solo questline. Yes, I realize that some have killed him successfully after several minutes with complete mit gear, heal pots, etc, etc, etc but after switching out most of my gear for mit gear, kiting, heal pots, thorns, and snaring constantly, I couldn't do it. I am not very coordinated so kiting is not easy for me. He really needs to be adjusted so that everyone can kill him because you can't even take a merc in there. Not sure about the mob after that but from what I hear, he is impossible to kill. My guildies that got through the jail mob say the next mob won't even take damage. Not sure if this is intentional right now to gate people from finishing the questline too quickly, but think that will also be a problem for a large number of the player base. <br />All the new zones were really cool looking. Great work from the art department!<br />I know there is a portal to CoV but it would help to have a banker, a mender/reforger and the ascension trainer in the library somewhere. <br />I am trying to be constructive at the moment, even though I am fuming about the jail mob. I almost threw my keyboard across my office, I got so mad and frustrated. I wanted to leave my feedback on the rest of the new expac though because it looks to be good so far. Just fix the jail mob and a few other things so everyone can at least take a buddy along and have fun going through the quests. <br />BTW, I had no trouble last year in beta with killing everything with my ranger. I did switch out to the new gear in the beginning as was able to kill everything alone or with a healer merc if needed.

[Poetic_Justice]

[110] Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark(Heroic)<br />Balgros <br /><br />I'm stuck at this mob too and its very frustrating. I spoke to a few friends that didn't have a problem but I'm over 890 and he is still killing me in three hits.<br /> <br />Update: I logged into the zone after update, and still kills me in three hits. Resolve is over 900. I tried debuff, using ascension for DoTs and buffs, and I can get him down maybe to 96%? So I guess I'll just do other zones and other quests and TS when that comes out.

[Xianthia]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Anatha"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Anatha said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522958#post-6522958" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content"><snipped to reply to one specific part><br />I know there is a portal to CoV but it would help to have a banker, a mender/reforger and the ascension trainer in the library somewhere.<br /><snip snip></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>The services you are mentioning already exist in the library. You probably noticed that there are several portals all named in a way to guide you <img src="/images/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile" /><br /> <br />SWS Portal - CoV; PoM; Detroxxulus <b>Prophecy Portal Gallery </b>/way 210 -20 237<br /> <br />NWS Elemental Portal Gallery /way 254 -20 -284<br />Earthen<br />Unresting Waters<br />Kingdom of Wind<br />Doomfire, the Burning Land<br /> <br />Ascension trainer /way 223 -4 59<br /> <br />North Wing Catalog (mezzanine) /way 304 15 -136 portal to merchant's gallery/services<br />banker<br />broker<br />purveyor of heroic services<br />status merchant<br />armor merchant, next to, unlocked armor merchant<br /> <br />Merchant's gallery portal<br />reforger<br />mending and reforger (mender)<br /> <br />also, there are guards and you can ask them for npc you need! I think I'd have asked for mender so that may not have given me any hits... didn't try though. I explored the area as I got /loc for each item.

[Anatha]

Thank you, I didn't even notice this. When I get back in beta, I will take a look at their locations.

[Xianthia]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Anatha"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Anatha said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522996#post-6522996" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Thank you, I didn't even notice this. When I get back in beta, I will take a look at their locations.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>you're welcome and I was coming to add that there is even a bartender where you can set your recall point (for those that have the stein or dhalgar call).

[Kaitheel]

The following changes have been made and should be in with tomorrow's Beta update:<br /> <br />QUESTS<br /><ul><li>Elements of Destruction: Layers of Order - Cleansing the Thudos Corestone is now possible!</li><li>Elements of Destruction: Pursuit of Justice - Bookworm is no longer ridiculously strong or casting AoE spells on innocent bystanders.</li></ul>ZONES<br />Plane of Justice<br /><ul><li>Balgros is no longer ridiculously strong.</li></ul>Bellengere's Dark Spire<br /><ul><li>Fathad Zastim is no longer ridiculously strong.</li></ul>More fixes to come!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Anatha"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Anatha said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522958#post-6522958" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">I am trying to be constructive at the moment, even though I am fuming about the jail mob.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />You'll be glad to hear that it was *never* intended to be that difficult and is being fixed with tomorrow's Beta update.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Gematria]

Just finished signature line. Generally, i though it was all too short.<br />Only problem really was a bug in Midnight Aerie (or missing hint?) so couldnt get to end boss, but ended up resetting zone to get the rest of the quest updates, the floated to the island and finished the quest.<br /> <br />Last zone, Ward of Chaos Elements i think it was called. I realise there were items to buff you and help you out, but generally the mobs seemed a bit too buffed. Decently geared monk and i didnt struggle, but mobs sure were going down slow. Especially Najena in the end took a while. I can imagine lesser geared toons would have huge troubles with the zone. (Did a feedback ingame on this as well)<br /> <br />The weapon you get as reward, how about adding some Fervor to them to actually replace the epics? They have a good amount of potency, but no fervor.<br /> <br />I have also been looking for the merchant that supposedly sells the epic buffs but couldnt find him. Are they additional rewards for the last quest if you havent completed it, or is the merchant just not in game yet?

[Leed]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Xianthia"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Xianthia said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6522987#post-6522987" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">also, there are guards and you can ask them for npc you need! I think I'd have asked for mender so that may not have given me any hits... didn't try though. I explored the area as I got /loc for each item.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Unfortunately asking guards for directions just gives you a waypoint - and that waypoint is going to try to lead you to the NPC, not to the portal you have to take to get to the NPC. (eg the wisp trail will veer off into a wall somewhere that you can't go through because it's trying to go right to the NPC directly) That's the downside to having things off in portals rather than in the 'main' area.

[Xianthia]

<ul><li>Elements of Destruction : Planes of Disorder</li><li>Maelin</li><li>Obtain a pure sample of Earth within the Plane of Earth</li><li>I'm up to taking care of the mob Heaper. The behavior isn't clear to be able to figure out what I'm supposed to do to conquer this named. Some hint/clue etc would go a long way to make it less obscure. The adds when spawned one shot unless I start kiting. The named then just heals back to 100%.</li></ul>

[Sigrdrifa]

The Elements of Destruction achievement isn't showing in the Journal.<br /><img src="https://orig00.deviantart.net/a4e5/f/2018/285/a/5/quest_achievement_by_sigrdrifa1-dcp9fnz.png" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" alt="[IMG]" />

[Xianthia]

<ul><li>Elements of Destruction : Flames of Order</li><li>a corrupted conflagration of [insert element] - for this post it's about fire</li><li>Obtain thermite briquettes</li><li>This isn't really a /bug as it is more concerning about the strats for the named in the zone. I'm finding that there isn't enough information for me to know what type of strategy to use to kill a mob. I'm ending up kiting and hoping that I'll get the kill for the update. Going to guess that's not the intention of the fights. As an example, I kited and conquered Spikesnot, but really it was a lucky kill. I'm up to Daedalus and have no idea what to do except try and kite and again hope to get lucky. Daedalus spawns flame crystals, which I can't target so maybe I can aoe them? but I can't without power so here I am.</li></ul>The post <i>sounds</i> like I'm whining. Not exactly. It's more about asking for more clues/clarity as to what am I supposed to try to do with the named mob strats. I don't want to just hope I get a lucky kill after many minutes of kiting.

[Kaitheel]

The following changes have been submitted as part of tomorrow's Beta update:<br /><ul><li>Elements of Destruction: Layers of Order - A tectonic fragment now drops for each group member on the quest.</li><li>Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order - An onzolan crystal now drops for each group member on the quest.</li><li>Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order - An ephemeral gust now drops for each group member on the quest.</li></ul><ul><li>The Plane of Justice - Crafting Planar webbed Shackles progress time required has been reduced.</li></ul>~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6523246#post-6523246" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The Elements of Destruction achievement isn't showing in the Journal.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Getting that fix in for tomorrow's Beta update, too!<br /> <br />Thank you, Sigrdrifa!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Sakurra]

Elements of Destruction : Face the Chaos<br /> <br />- all mobs inside there seems to bee nearly immune againt the dmg that i would do. My merc is better then me....that sucks xD

[Sakurra]

okay guys the fight against najena was epic........35 min fight and my merc with only 22million dps was better then me with 5million dps......really it shouldnt be so an easy fight but sooooo hard is to much xD xD xD

[Shadowscale]

for the step of ruins of rathe, after i killed the last named and looted the shard i ended up zoneing out before the trap had a chance to even go off... and now i guess have to redo the zone. should maby have a root/stun after looting or not open the exit portal and alow clicking. basicly looted, and then left thinking had to go back to Maelin. dident even notced missed a step untill he wouldent talk to me. a portal to send ourselves into the trap if we end up zoneing out and go back in.

[Minimme]

Can someone explain please about signature so Face of Chaos is it really last quest in it? I've heard that you will get your epic turned into blur rune at the end of signature

[Leed]

Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark<br /> <br />I zoned in, and then zoned out of the Plane of Justice: Eternal Prisons and logged off for the night. When I logged in this morning it put 'justicarium cell key' in my overflow. Then when I went to zone back into Plane of Justice from Myrist the key disappeared (no-zone)<br /> <br />Same quest:<br />In Isle of Vul: Bellengere's Dark Spire you have combat but aren't allowed to summon a mercenary. I generally like to have a healer merc with me so that changes the difficulty of the quest zone quite a bit not allowing one.

[Sakurra]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Minimme"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Minimme said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6523398#post-6523398" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Can someone explain please about signature so Face of Chaos is it really last quest in it? I've heard that you will get your epic turned into blur rune at the end of signature</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>mayber u will get it on Live but not here.....atm u will get that blue addorn from guk collections ( 36 collection + 3 metas)

[Azrael's Tear]

Feedback:<br /> <br />Signature Quest Reward Choices:<br /> <br />The final rewards for the Signature Quest Line forces mages to choose an option that requires them to replace their main hand weapon immediately while all other archetypes have an option available for an offhand item. If this did not cause an immediate drop in Fervor (35 from Mythical) for mages it wouldn't be a big deal but with the new focus on Fervor over Potency this will put Mages at an immediate disadvantage with having to choose a new weapon for Resolve purposes at the cost of Fervor while other archetypes do not have to make the same sacrifice.

[Brav]

<span style="font-size: x-large"><b><span style="font-size: small">Elements of Destruction: Pure Adventure</span></b></span><br /><br />On the step take <a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Emir%27s_Private_Phoenix?redlink=1&action=edit&flow=create-page-article-redlink" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Emir's Private Phoenix seem if you are running the solo zone with a friend the Phoenix vanishes for about 5-10 secs when the 1st person rides it. </a><br /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: small"></span>

[Shadowscale]

Ele,emts pf Destruction: shadow casting<br />the quest dialog with Bellengere is off, Tayil N'velex remembers me and i have options that i remember her and even remark about Bellengere, but when i get to Bellengere he dosent remember me and i suddenly dont remember him.

[Goezer]

Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order<br /> <br />Upon running zone a second time to get needed dropped items, killed final boss no portal to Oeranthia Spire appeared, Just the one to return to Library. <br /> <br />Also, would it be possible to increase drop rates on gusts so one does not have to run zone twice to complete the quest?

[Snookers]

disregard

[Celan]

Quest; Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos<br />Zone: Wards of Chaos Elements<br /> <br />If for whatever reason you have to leave the zone and come back later, you will not have the abilities available anymore you acquired before, e.g. right now I am missing:<br />- Icecrete Shield<br />- Fulgurite Strike<br /> <br />Without these you can't defeat Najena, unfortunately and with a minimum lockout timer of 2 days 20 hrs, this will be a real game breaker if it goes live like this.

[Mermut]

Weapon Reward for sig line:<br />Currently mages are the only characters that do not have an option for a secondary item as their reward.

[Chrol]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Celan"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Celan said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6523874#post-6523874" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Quest; Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos<br />Zone: Wards of Chaos Elements<br /> <br />If for whatever reason you have to leave the zone and come back later, you will not have the abilities available anymore you acquired before, e.g. right now I am missing:<br />- Icecrete Shield<br />- Fulgurite Strike<br /> <br />Without these you can't defeat Najena, unfortunately and with a minimum lockout timer of 2 days 20 hrs, this will be a real game breaker if it goes live like this.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>You can get the items back the same way you received them previously. But the next update will add them back for you if you re-enter the same instance at a later time.

[Pidz]

Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark<br />Tayil N'Velex<br />Deliver Tayil's scroll to Bellengere the Three<br /><br />There is no infos in the chat and on-screen when the void shard key is collected.

[Mermut]

Elements of Destruction: Pursuit of Justice<br />Both mediate steps dismount characters.

[Linnette]

Elements of Destruction : Planes of Disorder<br />trying to kill Heaper.<br /> <br />I am at the point of killing Heaper. It starts out ok, but then his adds show up. I kill them and he is back to 100%.<br /> <br />And the number of adds keep growing.<br /><br />I haven't seen any clue on how to defeat him. I get killed over and over with no progress. Am I missing something, <br />or is it just too much for a templar?

[avashi]

Quest:<br /><b>Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order</b><br /> <br />I have completed all steps and am ready to Take the Portal to Oeranthia Spire, however, the portal is not there.I have emptied the zone of almost all the mobs and there are no zephyren, phoenix, nilborien and wilders left for me to kill and I have only 11/19 Ephemeral Gusts. The quest says the <span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Ephemeral_gusts?redlink=1&action=edit&flow=create-page-article-redlink" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #ba0000">ephemeral gusts</span></a>.</span> are an uncommon drop lol they re so uncommon that the zone didn't drop enough for me to finish the quest. So...what do I do now?

[Daelini]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="avashi"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">avashi said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6524176#post-6524176" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Quest:<br /><b>Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order</b><br /> <br />I have completed all steps and am ready to Take the Portal to Oeranthia Spire, however, the portal is not there.I have emptied the zone of almost all the mobs and there are no zephyren, phoenix, nilborien and wilders left for me to kill and I have only 11/19 Ephemeral Gusts. The quest says the <a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Ephemeral_gusts?redlink=1&action=edit&flow=create-page-article-redlink" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #ba0000">ephemeral gusts</span></a>. are an uncommon drop lol they re so uncommon that the zone didn't drop enough for me to finish the quest. So...what do I do now?</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Unfortunately, zone out and reset then run the entire thing all over again until you get the 19/19. <br /> <br />I get the "uncommon" drop needs but there needs to be a way to guarantee you can get 19/19 in one run. Maybe some respawning mobs or something so that people do not have to go into the zone, slog through, go out, reset, and slog through the entire thing all over again. Nothing about that says fun or interesting - it just screams needless tedium

[Mercychalice]

Suggestion for the end line reward: as they're all secondary, make a standardized proc applicable to all. No one I know will choose a Decisive Strike weapon over a Devastation Strike weapon, and yet, there aren't that many choices. I myself, would use Noxious Rending over anything else, since my class is Thaum, but, that option isn't available to me. Other folks I know would much prefer the Arcane Rending, but it wouldn't be available to their classes either. This would leave quite a few folks dissatisfied with their end-line choices. Cuerva'Renda (or some other, non-class specific proc) would be much preferred as an "offered-to-everyone" reward.

[Kaitheel]

A few changes concerning the signature line coming to Beta with tomorrow's update:<br /><ul><li>Elements of Destruction: Pursuit of Justice - Meditating in Myrist no longer forces you to dismount.</li><li>Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order - Some bosses now have a much greater chance to drop ephemeral gusts for players on this quest.</li><li>Elements of Destruction: Layers of Order - Some bosses now have a much greater chance to drop tectonic fragments for players on this quest.</li></ul>This is getting better and better!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Goezer]

Quest; Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos<br />Zone: Wards of Chaos Elements<br /> <br />After gaining Filtered Breath scroll, I am unable to interact with Fires of Knowledge inside the Totality of Knowledge. The cursor shows the name of the item, however, unable to interact with it to move to the next step of the quest.

[Anatha]

Feedback for sig questline from a gimpy defiler. I ran through everything before on my raid ranger and struggled in a few spots but made it through. On my defiler, I am really struggling as I am not built for DPS. I took along Gustav (monk merc) that I had from current expac, leveled and geared him up but he is only a merc so can't really expect much. Getting through overland trash is fairly easy and quick. The solo instances are not so easy and quick. It is taking a lot longer to kill trash and some of the named are brutal for a solo instance. Ones that come to mind are in the fire zone (Elements of Rage) Manacrush was impossible with a merc. I had to have a guildie come in and kill it with me. Kept draining my mana too quickly. Couldn't keep up with the loss and trying to heal, do DPS, etc. Hopelessly lost in Midnight Aerie again (I was lost on my ranger but had tracking), so gave up until a guildie can run me through. I did kill the first boss (Beatnik). The 2nd set killed me almost instantly. I have not ventured any further as I know I will run into problems. The water zone (Marr's Ascent) I know I will have major problems with the last 4 named. I had to kite them on my ranger while my hawk killed them. Won't have that ability on my defiler.<br /><br />Last year's beta I had no problems getting through the sig questline on both my ranger and my defiler. I do prefer a challenge but there is a limit! I know beta has only been out for a week and there is lots more tweaking that needs to be done. Once some of that tweaking is updated and there are at least some maps (hopefully in The Midnight Aerie at least), I can continue on with my defiler.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Anatha"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Anatha said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6524369#post-6524369" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Feedback for sig questline from a gimpy defiler. I ran through everything before on my raid ranger and struggled in a few spots but made it through. On my defiler, I am really struggling as I am not built for DPS.<snippage></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>My paladin has some of the same issues. I'm going to probably have to have my conjy go hunt stuff to get drops the paly can use that are better than what's in the lockbox, I think.

[Balcerak]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Goezer"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Goezer said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6524316#post-6524316" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Quest; Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos<br /> <br />Zone: Wards of Chaos Elements<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />After gaining Filtered Breath scroll, I am unable to interact with Fires of Knowledge inside the Totality of Knowledge. The cursor shows the name of the item, however, unable to interact with it to move to the next step of the quest.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />I had the same issue, someone told me in general chat to kill all the rumblers etc. I found I had to kill the ice rumblers again (I'd killed them before) and there were also 3 Wildfires that I'd ignored earlier since I was able to get the paper and crystals from their room without aggroing them all. Once those were all dead the Fires of Knowledge was clickable.

[Anoushka]

Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order. May have been unlucky with the RNG, but only got 12 onzolan crystals from a complete run through Awuidor: Marrs Ascent. Problem seems to be with lower levels, I only had 2 by the time I killed 4th named, then got a load of them on the last platform.

[Celan]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Chrol"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Chrol said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6523991#post-6523991" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">You can get the items back the same way you received them previously. But the next update will add them back for you if you re-enter the same instance at a later time.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Chrol, I know in beta we can just use the reset tool, but that is something not possible on live servers. And I wasn't talking about items but the "abilities" (like Icecrete Shield) you get when killing a named. And once that particular named is dead, there is no "re-gaining" the ability when you go back at a later time into the same instance. Hence my comment about 2 days 20 hours lockout time being a game breaker for "live" servers.

[Chrol]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Celan"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Celan said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6524488#post-6524488" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Chrol, I know in beta we can just use the reset tool, but that is something not possible on live servers. And I wasn't talking about items but the "abilities" (like Icecrete Shield) you get when killing a named. And once that particular named is dead, there is no "re-gaining" the ability when you go back at a later time into the same instance. Hence my comment about 2 days 20 hours lockout time being a game breaker for "live" servers.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>As posted previously, as of yesterday's [Beta] update, you get those items back on re-entry.

[Shadowmists]

Question on the Beta Reward mount Errithak, the Black Ravager. When you complete the TS Beta quest line, the Beta mount reward shows up on your live account upon completion. I found my TS mount on the live server under the Claim > Beta Reward option. However, the Signature Beta Mount reward is not showing up on the accounts on live where I have completed the Signature quest line.<br /> <br />Will this show up some time in the future? <br />Is the presently a bug in the reward process?<br />If it is suppose to be present upon completion, but not there, what is the process to request it?<br /> <br />Thanks

[Celan]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Shadowmists"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Shadowmists said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6524844#post-6524844" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Question on the Beta Reward mount Errithak, the Black Ravager. When you complete the TS Beta quest line, the Beta mount reward shows up on your live account upon completion. I found my TS mount on the live server under the Claim > Beta Reward option. However, the Signature Beta Mount reward is not showing up on the accounts on live where I have completed the Signature quest line.<br /> <br />Will this show up some time in the future?<br />Is the presently a bug in the reward process?<br />If it is suppose to be present upon completion, but not there, what is the process to request it?<br /> <br />Thanks</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>You do not get a mount as a /claim for finishing the adventure signature line. <b>The adventure mount reward comes from an achievement "Vanquishing the Chaos Descending"</b> that needs more stuff to be completed than the adventure signature line. Open your achievements -> quests -> Chaos Descending and check what you are missing to complete the achievement "Vanquishing the Chaos Descending"

[Shadowmists]

Thank you..will check that out.

[Kaitheel]

The following signature quest changes should be included with tomorrow's Beta update:<br /><ul><li>Elements of Destruction: Starpyre's Flames - Placed runes are now visable.</li><li>Elements of Destruction: Pure Adventure - The foreign elementals in Doomfire and Eryslai are more obvious now.</li></ul>Keep those bug reports coming!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Sigrdrifa]

<b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Quest Name:</span> Elements if Destruction: Starpyre's Flames</b><br />Issue: Looks like I do not have the texture file, the runes show as solid black.<br /> <br /><img src="https://orig00.deviantart.net/2bce/f/2018/292/c/9/silver_rune_of_obeisance_by_sigrdrifa1-dcpv14z.png" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" alt="[IMG]" />

[Darcmoon]

<b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Quest:</span> Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark</b><br /> <br />I am playing my Conji. The mobs in the Isle of Vul are killing my tank pet quicker than I can heal him and killing myself if just a few hits. They are not listed as heroic yet they hit me for about a third of my life each hit. Since we aren't allowed a Merc in the zone, the mobs seem to be a bit overpowered.

[Kaaheel]

The SIg Quest reward "Inferno, the Fyreiron Poker" has a designation of Offhand. Shouldn't that be Secondary?

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Darcmoon"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Darcmoon said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525021#post-6525021" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The mobs in the Isle of Vul are killing my tank pet quicker than I can heal him...</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Why on earth aren't you using your Planeswalker??? Or, if you didn't do the <a href="https://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Mage_Epic_Weapon_2.0_Timeline" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow"><b>Epic 2.0</b></a> to get the Planeswalker, at least use a good DPS pet? Your goal is to do enormous DPS and kill them before they kill you. Stoneskins + big DPS + Ascensions. However, my conjy + Planeswalker were one-shotting them.<br /> <br />If you have your Planeswalker and it isn't Ancient, I can make you the Ancient. It needs a Greater Fragment of Planar Energy, which I have, plus the following KA rares:<br /><ul><li>3 Shadowstone Ore</li><li>3 Shadow Quartz</li><li>1 Leatherly Shadeleaf</li></ul> <br />Drop me a PM here if you need the Ancient and give me the toon name and when you'll be on. The thing is NO-TRADE so it has to be commission crafted (if you yourself don't have the recipe).

[mitsybitsy]

Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order<br />Awuidor: Marr's Ascent [Solo]<br /> <br />ran the Zone cleared all trash/Named and looted them all ended up with 16/19 ( Onzolan crystals )<br /> <br />Maybe worth Upping the drop rate of them in this Zone

[Darcmoon]

I haven't done my epic 2.0. The mobs there shouldn't be so difficult that you have to have your epic to kill them. I can only imagine how tough they will be when I take my assassin through the questline. The main questline for the expansion shouldn't be designed with the idea of having your epic 2.0 or ancient spells. I would guess that the majority of people doing it will be on alts that they level up to that point or toons that they only solo'd with.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Darcmoon"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Darcmoon said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525153#post-6525153" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">I haven't done my epic 2.0.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Please tell me you're not using a pet that is not Expert or better. If you don't have the Planeswalker, then use your Aery Hunter, hopefully at least mastered, better yet grandmastered. The scout pets were fixed a while back so that they actually became the best DPS, before that we were using fire pets.<br /> <br />Also, I'm guessing you need gear and spell upgrades. Did you get the Tishan's Lockbox gear at least? Your need to have good enough armor on that you can take at least one hit if you're soloing... that's so if the pet loses aggro you can root it and run away, or use a deaggro.<br /> <br />If you do not have at least Expert for all your main profession spells, ask in Crafting channel and let's get a sage to update you. By this point, having been level 110 for a wholew expansion, you shouldn't be using Apprentuce or Journeyman spells. It's like using a peashooter instead of a bazooka.<br /> <br />Note that the handcrafted Scholar's gear is a bit better than Tishan's Lockbox, and the mastercrafted Academic's gera is much better. If youdon't have better luck once you are using a DPS pet and better spells, then ask in Crafting channel for a tailor to make you some MC armor.

[Darcmoon]

My earth pet is at expert level. The spells that I use the most are at least expert level also. I didn't grab the gear from the lockbox because I don't know if it will be there when the xpac goes live. As I mentioned I can take the mobs in the Isle of Vul hitting me about 3 or 4 times before they kill me. <br /> <br />The main issue as I said is that alts or players on their first toon generally won't have spells anywhere near expert level. The gear will also be at best probably from the panda in Sundered Frontier. The mobs in the overland zones where you harvest at are approximately the same level as the ones on the Isle and they don't hit anywhere as hard. If they are going to send us into an instance without a merc and no fount of power, the mobs need to be of a similar difficulty.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Darcmoon"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Darcmoon said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525192#post-6525192" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">My earth pet is at expert level. The spells that I use the most are at least expert level also. I didn't grab the gear from the lockbox because I don't know if it will be there when the xpac goes live.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Again, why are you using a low DPS earth pet? The lockbox gear is only a little worse than HANDCRAFTED, and within the first day, people will be able to make HANDCRAFTED and MASTERCRAFTED. Upgrade your armor.<br /> <br /><div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Darcmoon"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Darcmoon said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525192#post-6525192" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The main issue as I said is that alts or players on their first toon generally won't have spells anywhere near expert level.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>That's ridiculous. Players on their first toon have had a year to improve their skills. If you mean they JUST started a new toon and are brand new to EQ2, they need to be working on their Ascension before they come to Myrist in the first place. They need their Tome of the Planes. They need at least expert spells. They need adorns.<br /> <br /><div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Darcmoon"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Darcmoon said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525192#post-6525192" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The gear will also be at best probably from the panda in Sundered Frontier.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>If that's true, they need to run overland solo missions and kill overland nameds for better armor then. When I started PoP, I had to run solos for a while before I could get geared up for heroics, like pretty much everybody else. The PoP questline actually FORCED you to go through the solos before you could get into heroics.

[Darcmoon]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525200#post-6525200" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Again, why are you using a low DPS earth pet? The lockbox gear is only a little worse than HANDCRAFTED, and within the first day, people will be able to make HANDCRAFTED and MASTERCRAFTED. Upgrade your armor.<br /><div align="left"><br /></div></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div><div align="left"><br /></div>I use the earth pet because it is a TANKING pet. It is supposed to be able to take hits and hold agro. While in the overland zones and the solo's he does exactly that. There is no reason whatsoever that he shouldn't be able to do that in the Isle of Vul. As for getting gear that people make, I almost never buy anything from the broker because of the prices.<br /> <br /> <br /><div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote"> <aside> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">That's ridiculous. Players on their first toon have had a year to improve their skills. If you mean they JUST started a new toon and are brand new to EQ2, they need to be working on their Ascension before they come to Myrist in the first place. They need their Tome of the Planes. They need at least expert spells. They need adorns.<br /> <br /> <br />If that's true, they need to run overland solo missions and kill overland nameds for better armor then. When I started PoP, I had to run solos for a while before I could get geared up for heroics, like pretty much everybody else. The PoP questline actually FORCED you to go through the solos before you could get into heroics.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Players on their main may have had a year to work on their skills but that doesn't mean that they have them all at expert. And telling someone that they need to stop, work on their Ascension spells, get the Tome, get adorns and expert out all their spells is like me saying that you have to wait to go into the new expansion for another year after it releases just because. They won't do that. They want to get to max level and get the latest gear. Even if they did every timeline before they get to the current expansion they aren't going to stop for a year.<br /> <br />I don't know why you are bringing heroics into this however. This discussion is NOT about doing heroic content before solos. I am talking about the main questline for the expansion. The entire thing up to the point of the Isle of Vul has been solo. The solo dungeons have had heroic mobs but you also have the Font of Power buff to compensate for that. I did the entire PoP main questline without having to be geared for heroics. I just needed to use the gear that dropped or was given to me during the quests to finish it.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Darcmoon"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Darcmoon said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525207#post-6525207" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">I use the earth pet because it is a TANKING pet.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>The reality is that the tank pet is inferior for pretty much everything. Try the scout pet. The things in that instance were dying with one shot of Crystal Blast. And the mobs are far enough apart that you can pull one at a time. If you get more than one, Etherflash or other AOE Ascension.<br /> <br /><div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Darcmoon"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Darcmoon said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525207#post-6525207" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">As for getting gear that people make, I almost never buy anything from the broker because of the prices.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Go and harvest, then ask for a crafter to help you or <span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><b>/who all tailor 110</b></span> etc. Be prepared to provide any rares, cover the cost of fuel, and tip at least 4x the fuel cost. The Crafting channel is helpful.<br /> <br /><div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Darcmoon"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Darcmoon said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525207#post-6525207" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The entire thing up to the point of the Isle of Vul has been solo.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>And its tuned for people wearing the armor from Tishan's Lockbox, and upgrades you get along the way.

[Khimaira]

Elements of Destruction: Planes of Disorder<br />Vegarlson: Ruins of Rathe<br /> <br />Got to the Najena fight. Built the ice bridge to the portal. Entered and teleported back to zone entrance...escaped to Myrist...and...quest is stuck on <b>Lady Najena is attacking me! I must defend myself.</b><br /> <br />Zoned back in, found the ice bridge thinking I had to keep fighting Najena but she <span style="text-decoration: line-through">had despawned</span>. I have the tectonic fragment in my inventory but Maelin doesn't recognize I have it.<br /> <br />Edit: tracked her back to her spawn point and looks like she reset. Ice bridge is still there. Fought her again and this time quest updated.<br /> <br />Suggestion: Keep the portal inactive even if the bridge is complete (maybe with some sort of message like "Najena isn't quite done with you yet!") until Najena tells you to go. I didn't realize just escaping wasn't enough and that you had to keep hitting her until she gets fed up. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile" />

[Khimaira]

Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark<br />Plane of Justice: Eternal Prisons<br /> <br />With Wizard (Resolve 960): Balgros is unkillable. Yes, I can do damage but even with Ascensions he kills me before I am even close to killing him.<br /> <br />Oh, I don't know if this is as it should be but Fount of Power was not active in this zone and could not be cast manually either.

[Lewyr]

<div align="left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #200b01">Signature Quest Reward - Bugged item</span></span></div> <br />Choice for my Illy was Shield (Secondary) or Poker (Off hand) - I chose poker<br /> <br />It will not equip in my secondary slot - also tried primary and ranged just in case to no avail.<br /> <br />Not sure if my secondary slot just does not recognize the item type of "off hand: It was a valid "highlighted usable mage" option<br /> <br />Thank you

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Khimaira"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Khimaira said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525246#post-6525246" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark<br />Plane of Justice: Eternal Prisons. With Wizard (Resolve 960): Balgros is unkillable. Yes, I can do damage but even with Ascensions he kills me before I am even close to killing him. Oh, I don't know if this is as it should be but Fount of Power was not active in this zone and could not be cast manually either.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>My paladin did not get the Fount of Power buff when I brought her to beta and beta buffed her to 110, and she can't kill certain things either. Seems like the instances are definitely tuned expecting you to have Fount of Power.

[Chrol]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525284#post-6525284" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">My paladin did not get the Fount of Power buff when I brought her to beta and beta buffed her to 110, and she can't kill certain things either. Seems like the instances are definitely tuned expecting you to have Fount of Power.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>The spell should have been scribed in your spell book when you zoned into Myrist. Was that not the case?

[Chrol]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Darcmoon"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Darcmoon said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525192#post-6525192" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">I didn't grab the gear from the lockbox because I don't know if it will be there when the xpac goes live.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>It will be there on live.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6524970#post-6524970" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Quest Name:</span> Elements if Destruction: Starpyre's Flames</b><br />Issue: Looks like I do not have the texture file, the runes show as solid black.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Good news, the Silver Runes of Obeisance are showing up in the middle of the Main Stacks where we placed them now. They still have no texture.

[Leed]

Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order<br /> <br />I don't know if it's just raw chance, bad luck or what, but I finished the zone and was at 16 of 19 gusts. I went back, scoured the zone (Eryslai: The Midnight Aerie) and ended up getting it to 18 out of 19 gusts with every mob I could find dead. I ran around a few more times, used escape, and couldn't find another mob to try to get the 19th.

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Leed"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Leed said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525352#post-6525352" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order<br /> <br />I don't know if it's just raw chance, bad luck or what, but I finished the zone and was at 16 of 19 gusts. I went back, scoured the zone (Eryslai: The Midnight Aerie) and ended up getting it to 18 out of 19 gusts with every mob I could find dead. I ran around a few more times, used escape, and couldn't find another mob to try to get the 19th.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>It is just luck with a random chance at getting the loot. And as such, there is a chance that you'll have to do the zone more than once to get enough drops. This is the case with all of the __ of Order quests.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

Tomorrow's beta update should include the following signature quest changes:<br /><ul><li>Elements of Destruction: Pure Adventure - One can now restart the icecrete fight even after the zone has reset, or rejoin the icecrete fight even after they have left the zone.</li><li>Elements of Destruction: Planes of Disorder - One can now restart the Najena fight even after the zone has reset, or rejoin the Najena fight even after they have left the zone.</li><li>Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos - "Eye of the Vegerog" is a new reward option for priests and mages. "Inferno, the Pyreiron Poker" is now a secondary equipment slot item.</li></ul>~ Kaitheel

[Leed]

Even after finishing the signature line the 'a purified conflagration of earth' / fire / air / water remain clickable in Myrist. Clicking them doesn't seem to do anything though.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Chrol"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Chrol said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525294#post-6525294" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The spell should have been scribed in your spell book when you zoned into Myrist. Was that not the case?</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>It was not the case. I had already beta buffed, but I got a second bauble and did it again, and then I got Fount of Power.

[Moorefallen]

As of last night 10/22/2018 The sig line reward Poker says "off hand" , the first one I got says "one handed" if this is as intended please disregard.

[olleran]

Elements of Destruction : Gusts of Order<br /> <br />Have run this 3 times now , last time was yesterday.<br /> <br />2 / 3 time I did not get enough ephemeral gusts, Yesterday was an all time low , with only 9 ephemeral gusts from doing the zone up to spawning the rainbow

[Kaaheel]

The poker is no longer able to be used by a Mage, as it is now a Scout item. Where can I turn it in to get the appropriate Mage reward?

[Katzandra]

Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order<br /> <br />Thanks for the group update on the onzolan crystals! However, we only got 17/19 and had to reset the zone to finish this bit. This would be really annoying on a live server having to wait to redo the zone!<br /> <br />Actually it was pretty annoying even in beta to have to redo the whole zone to get to the tripearl we had to purify!

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Katzandra"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Katzandra said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525524#post-6525524" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order. Thanks for the group update on the onzolan crystals! However, we only got 17/19 and had to reset the zone to finish this bit. This would be really annoying on a live server having to wait to redo the zone! Actually it was pretty annoying even in beta to have to redo the whole zone to get to the tripearl we had to purify!</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>I think that the zone should be set so that the drops are frequent enough to ALWAYS get you the number needed for the quest. I don't care if that means outlying mobs respawn, or if the drop is made 1 kill = 1 drop, or what. It does make me cranky to head into a zone with a clear objective and fail that objective. This feels like failure.

[Kaitheel]

Tomorrow's Beta update should include the following change:<br /><ul><li>Elements of Destruction: Starpyre's Flames - The Silver Runes of Obeisance are now only known as Runes of Obeisance.</li></ul>~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

A couple more changes headed your way with tomorrow's Beta update:<br /><ul><li>The Plane of Justice: Eternal Prisons now also commits the instance upon items gathered or doors opened.</li><li>Elements of Destruction: _ of Order - The purified conflagrations are no longer clickable since they had no reason to be.</li></ul>~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Goezer"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Goezer said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6524316#post-6524316" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Quest; Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos<br />Zone: Wards of Chaos Elements<br /> <br />After gaining Filtered Breath scroll, I am unable to interact with Fires of Knowledge inside the Totality of Knowledge. The cursor shows the name of the item, however, unable to interact with it to move to the next step of the quest.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />You had missed another requirement to activate the Fires of Knowledge. To help alleviate confusion I've added some messaging to the brazier.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[poj2]

I was on the Lady Najena fight and was working on Cinderstench. He was around 75% and Bhoohghar cast verdict on him, which took him to 1%. He then died. I went back to killing Najena, got her to 7% or so and Bhoohghar again cast verdict, taking her to 1%. She gave the message 'You will regret your actions this day, pet. This I promise!' and then I got a message 'This encounter will no longer give encounter rewards.' but the quest updated.<br /> <br />The encounter breaks if you die and Bhoohghar gets Najena down to 5%.

[Khimaira]

<span style="text-decoration: underline">Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark</span><br />Isle of Vul: Bellengere's Dark Spire<br /> <br />While playing a Fury:<br />Vul adherents and, to a lesser extent savage grathoks, are more formidable than Fathad Zastim (who is difficult enough). They seem overpowered - not sure how someone without heals can survive them. I cycled through my ascension spells, constantly healing, until they died.<br /> <br />After being obliterated by the first adherent, I revived, avoided them and killed Fathad. Got the Shadow Gem but could not destroy the barrier. If killing all the mobs is necessary, perhaps having some sort of textual feedback given upon approaching the barrier since given the adherents' strength, it seems like the player <i>should</i> avoid them.<br /> <br />Killing 3 of the 4 grathoks gave enough goo to destroy the barrier into the tower. Ignored the 4th, killed the shadowmen, climbed the tower, removed barrier, started conversation with Bellengere...and the 4th grathok aggroed from outside the tower (who then ran in and attacked).<br /> <br /> <br /><span style="text-decoration: underline">Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark</span><br />Plane of Justice: Eternal Prison<br /> <br />While playing a Fury:<br />Balgros was killed by my Fury but seems was too damage resistant / tough. Was a very long, drawn out, slug fest. As above, not sure how classes without heals can defeat him.

[cellinaire]

Agree, Guardian with 1017 resolve still stands no chance against Balgros(tried different ascension/skill rotations to no avail). This is sig content where both Fount buff and mercs are disabled(and no heal support) he should be beatable at least... <img src="/images/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink" />

[Edward Steeleye]

Also can't advance past Balgros. I'm a swashbuckler can barely make a dent in him before he kills me. My wife was able to kill him as a Templar she said she didn't see how a non healer was gonna be able to kill him. I'm sure some have but I don't see how a casually geared(Solo/Advanced Solo, Quest and PQ gear)player is gonna get thru him.

[Mermut]

Elements of Destruciton: Gusts of Order<br /> <br />Eryslai; The Midnight Aerie<br /><br />Still having trouble getting enough ephemeral gusts on a single run

[Argonath]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Edward Steeleye"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Edward Steeleye said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526058#post-6526058" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Also can't advance past Balgros. I'm a swashbuckler can barely make a dent in him before he kills me. My wife was able to kill him as a Templar she said she didn't see how a non healer was gonna be able to kill him. I'm sure some have but I don't see how a casually geared(Solo/Advanced Solo, Quest and PQ gear)player is gonna get thru him.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>I have been having issues with Balgros as well. As an illusionist I'm both quishy and minimal damage outside of ascensions. I tried multiple times and best I got him down to was like 50% by burning all my ascensions. Can get one health potion off but that only briefly delays the inevitable. <br /><br />With no merc or ability to have another player with you;I'm assuming this is one of those "I'm the hero I must go alone" moments; this seems like an impossible fight as is for quishy/low dps people. For record I did the fight in gear from live and then changed it out for a mix of the new free gear and quest/solo dropped stuff. End result was the same no matter what I wore.

[Yado]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Argonath"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Argonath said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526112#post-6526112" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">I have been having issues with Balgros as well. As an illusionist I'm both quishy and minimal damage outside of ascensions. I tried multiple times and best I got him down to was like 50% by burning all my ascensions. Can get one health potion off but that only briefly delays the inevitable.<br /> <br />With no merc or ability to have another player with you;I'm assuming this is one of those "I'm the hero I must go alone" moments; this seems like an impossible fight as is for quishy/low dps people. For record I did the fight in gear from live and then changed it out for a mix of the new free gear and quest/solo dropped stuff. End result was the same no matter what I wore.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Balgros is impossible on my Coercer, I can get him to 97% before I am dead. My necro was able to kill Balgros, but is stuck in the Vul part. Forced solos seem to be very difficult if not impossible even in the scaling test gear. I have had no problem with toons I have copied over with and without test gear but are well geared on live. The nec and coercer I have been running through the quest lines I copied over from Fallen Gate.

[Kaitheel]

Thank you all for the continuing feedback! The following changes have been submitted and should be included with tomorrow's Beta update:<br /><ul><li>Balgros' challenge level has been reduced.</li><li>a Vul adherent and Fathad Zastim have had their damage reduced some.</li><li>Mercenaries can now enter "Isle of Vul: Bellengere's Dark Spire" and "Plane of Justice: Eternal Prisons"</li></ul>~ Kaitheel

[Yado]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Kaitheel"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Kaitheel said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526336#post-6526336" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Thank you all for the continuing feedback! The following changes have been submitted and should be included with tomorrow's Beta update:<br /><ul><li>Balgros' challenge level has been reduced.</li><li>a Vul adherent and Fathad Zastim have had their damage reduced some.</li><li>Mercenaries can now enter "Isle of Vul: Bellengere's Dark Spire" and "Plane of Justice: Eternal Prisons"</li></ul>~ Kaitheel</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>That's awesome

[Argonath]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Kaitheel"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Kaitheel said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526336#post-6526336" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Thank you all for the continuing feedback! The following changes have been submitted and should be included with tomorrow's Beta update:<br /><ul><li>Balgros' challenge level has been reduced.</li><li>a Vul adherent and Fathad Zastim have had their damage reduced some.</li><li>Mercenaries can now enter "Isle of Vul: Bellengere's Dark Spire" and "Plane of Justice: Eternal Prisons"</li></ul>~ Kaitheel</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Woot! Thank you Kaitheel!

[Sigrdrifa]

<b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Quest:</span> Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark</b><br /> <br /><b>Zone: <i>Plane of Justice: Eternal Prison</i></b><br />I just ran this with my paladin, who is wearing all mastercrafted/refined gear. I dismissed my merc and ran this a couple of times, zoning out and resetting to try it a couple of ways. Sigrdrifa has a resolve of 1,270, potency of 50K, and does ~32M DPS. I had Singular Focus on to avoid aggroing an enforcer anywhere.<br /> <br />I actually found killing the Sentry of Justice in the hallway more difficult than killing Balgros, though neither were really difficult. Both runs, I just used normal combat to kill the sentry. The first time with Balgros, I just used regular combat. The second time I one-shotted him with a Levinbolt Etherealist Ascension (the one I got from being Beta Buffed, so it's still apprentice-level).<br /> <br /><b>Zone: <i>Isle of Vul: Bellengere's Dark Spire</i></b><br />Using only regular combat arts and no mercenary, the Vul adherents took me 20-30 secs to kill using just regular combat. While I <i>probably</i> could have killed Fathad Zastim just with regular combat, it was going slow so I started using Ascensions. I did have to use Demonstration of Faith (pally ward) and I used Lay On Hands (big heal) once (total time 2 min 39 sec).<br /> <br />I zoned out and reset, noting that I still had the Shadow Gem. I deleted the Shadow Gem. This time I brought my merc, Kenny, along. This time I used no Ascensions at all. The Vul adherents died in 15-20 seconds each, and it took me 3 min 7 sec to kill Fathad with no Ascensions. The savage grathok died in 22 sec (without Kenny, without Ascensions) and in 15 sec (with Kenny, no Ascensions), same with the shadowed men.<br /> <br /><i><b>Problem:</b></i> I was unable to see the void shard shiny at all. I fumbled around until my cursor turned into a hand, then grabbed it.<br /> <br /><i><b>Summary:</b></i> This is my low-DPS toon, and I think the mobs in this quest were all tuned just fine.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Cyrrena"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Cyrrena said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526604#post-6526604" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">This has probably been asked and answered somewhere, but exactly how many sections does the ADV Sig line have? Yesterday I did the Plane of Fire, Plane of Air, and Plane of Water for Starpyre, today I need to do the Plane of Earth. How close am I to completing the ADV Sig line? Am I like 50% done, 70% done, etc, I see no light at the end of this tunnel.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div><ol><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Pursuit_of_Justice" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Pursuit of Justice</a></li><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Visitation_Day" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Visitation Day</a></li><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Starpyre%27s_Flames" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Starpyre's Flames</a></li><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Pure_Adventure" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Pure Adventure</a></li><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Planes_of_Disorder" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Planes of Disorder</a></li><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Shadow_Casting_in_the_Dar k" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting in the Dark</a><ul><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Waves_of_Order" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order</a></li><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Layers_of_Order" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Layers of Order</a></li><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Flames_of_Order" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Flames of Order</a></li><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Gusts_of_Order" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Elements_of_Destruction:_Face_the_Chaos" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos</a></li></ol>

[Balcerak]

It does take you through a lot of the zones (and takes time) Plus to get the Beta reward takes even more work!

[Yado]

Ward of Chaos Elements<br /> Glimmerghast, the fog archon has killed me 6 times, and I gave up on my Coercer, my NEC died a lot as well and took over an hour to finish the zone. I just plain gave up on my Coercer. Neither have their epic 2. I was using the ice shield buff, and had Zhugrus Blightstrike as a healer merc. I am in the scaling test gear. The mobs in whole hit way too hard and makes the zone long not fun at all due to all the deaths. I am all for a challenge but this, this is something way more. I won't even have the magical scaling gear on live when I attempt this.

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Shadowscale"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Shadowscale said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6523781#post-6523781" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Ele,emts pf Destruction: shadow casting<br />the quest dialog with Bellengere is off, Tayil N'velex remembers me and i have options that i remember her and even remark about Bellengere, but when i get to Bellengere he dosent remember me and i suddenly dont remember him.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />This should be corrected with tomorrow's Beta update, Shadowscale. Thank you for catching that!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Keegan]

Don't know if this has been addressed yet but the sig line quest reward for non monk class fighters is poo poo.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Keegan"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Keegan said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526652#post-6526652" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Don't know if this has been addressed yet but the sig line quest reward for non monk class fighters is poo poo.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Be more specific. Just saying it's bad doesn't say what it lacks, or what should be added.

[Cyrrena]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6524970#post-6524970" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Quest Name:</span> Elements if Destruction: Starpyre's Flames</b><br />Issue: Looks like I do not have the texture file, the runes show as solid black.<br /> <br /><img src="https://orig00.deviantart.net/2bce/f/2018/292/c/9/silver_rune_of_obeisance_by_sigrdrifa1-dcpv14z.png" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" alt="[IMG]" /></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>I know this has probably been fixed, but that is exactly how I saw them Sigrdrifa.

[Cyrrena]

This has probably been asked and answered somewhere, but exactly how many sections does the ADV Sig line have? Yesterday I did the Plane of Fire, Plane of Air, and Plane of Water for Starpyre, today I need to do the Plane of Earth. How close am I to completing the ADV Sig line? Am I like 50% done, 70% done, etc, I see no light at the end of this tunnel.

[Yado]

Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Layers of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Flames of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order<br /> <br />The above quest zones do not drop the required 19 items you need to imbue. I have had to rerun each zone 2x to get the required items. the zones in question are:<br /> <br />Awuidor: Marr's Ascent [Solo] for onzolan crystals<br />Vegarlson: Council's Stronghold [Solo] for tectonic fragments<br />Doomfire: Elements of Rage [Solo] for thermite briquettes<br />Eryslai: The Midnight Aerie [Solo] for ephemeral gusts

[Keegan]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526661#post-6526661" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Be more specific. Just saying it's bad doesn't say what it lacks, or what should be added.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Ok a two handed weapon? No self respecting tank uses a 2 hander. The shield is not better than the PoP shield.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Yado"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Yado said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526710#post-6526710" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The above quest zones do not drop the required 19 items you need to imbue. I have had to rerun each zone 2x to get the required items. the zones in question are:<br /><ul><li>Awuidor: Marr's Ascent [Solo] for onzolan crystals</li><li>Vegarlson: Council's Stronghold [Solo] for tectonic fragments</li><li>Doomfire: Elements of Rage [Solo] for thermite briquettes</li><li>Eryslai: The Midnight Aerie [Solo] for ephemeral gusts</li></ul></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>The only zone where I have had trouble getting updates is Eryslai. The others, I just mass-slaughtered trash mobs and usually had enough updates before I was 2/3 through the zone.

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Keegan"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Keegan said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526725#post-6526725" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Ok a two handed weapon? No self respecting tank uses a 2 hander. The shield is not better than the PoP shield.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>It depends on the expansion and what that tank is doing. In some expansions, people tanked RAIDS with a two-hander in offensive stance. They've changed mechanics so that doesn't happen, but a lot of times in the past soloing my paladin uses offensive + a two-hander for the DPS... I haven't tried that in Beta yet to see if it's at all viable.

[Shadowmists]

Elements of Destruction: Face...<br />During step to get buff for third mob, killed a stormstone twister. The Wellstone dropped in mid Air over the cavern...out of reach. <br /> <br />Could not find a way to pull it to me. /sum did not work either.

[Chillispike]

drops np for me, even more then needed did drop for me for the following quests<br />Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Layers of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Flames of Order<br /> <br />I only had to few drops for<br />Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order<br />18/19 on the first run, had to run it again to get the "last" drop. Maybe the spiders can drop em too ?

[Sigrdrifa]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Chillispike"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Chillispike said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526777#post-6526777" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">I only had to few drops for<br />Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order<br />18/19 on the first run, had to run it again to get the "last" drop. Maybe the spiders can drop em too ?</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Or the budgies and parrots?

[Yado]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Chillispike"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Chillispike said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526777#post-6526777" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">drops np for me, even more then needed did drop for me for the following quests<br />Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Layers of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Flames of Order<br /> <br />I only had to few drops for<br />Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order<br />18/19 on the first run, had to run it again to get the "last" drop. Maybe the spiders can drop em too ?</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Yea I have had this happen to me as well. I have run the sig line 5x now on various toons. Its only recently where the items seem even more random.

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Yado"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Yado said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526710#post-6526710" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Layers of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Flames of Order<br />Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order<br /> <br />The above quest zones do not drop the required 19 items you need to imbue. I have had to rerun each zone 2x to get the required items.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />While it is possible to get enough drops on one run through of any of the zones for these four signature quests (as other players have attested), it will not be typical. It may take you a couple runs of the zones, either on Beta or on live. To help increase the drops for Gusts of Order and Layers of Order, some bosses have a much greater chance to drop the needed items, too. And all of the drops, for all four of the quests, are group-wide so it definitely pays off to run the heroic versions with other players.<br /> <br />May the RNG smile upon you!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Yado]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526747#post-6526747" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">The only zone where I have had trouble getting updates is Eryslai. The others, I just mass-slaughtered trash mobs and usually had enough updates before I was 2/3 through the zone.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Yea I did that too =) They should up the drop rate or lower the required amount needed, to say like 10 or 15. I was missing between 1 and 8 items so I had to go back in.

[Oranorn]

Not 90 minutes since you will be running 4 solo zones and the first zone's timer will count down while doing the other 3. But yeah, it will be discouraging to those that need to wait for that zone to be available again.

[Celan]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Kaitheel"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Kaitheel said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526808#post-6526808" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">While it is possible to get enough drops on one run through of any of the zones for these four signature quests (as other players have attested), it will not be typical. It may take you a couple runs of the zones, either on Beta or on live. To help increase the drops for Gusts of Order and Layers of Order, some bosses have a much greater chance to drop the needed items, too. And all of the drops, for all four of the quests, are group-wide so it definitely pays off to run the heroic versions with other players.<br /> <br />May the RNG smile upon you!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br /> <br />I'm sorry to say this, Kaitheel, but in <b>my opinion</b> this advice is kind of questionable. My understanding from the past of the solo adventure signature line is to tell the players the story of the expansion and then the players can to move through the expansion step by step, from solo content to tier 1 heroics, to tier 2 heroic and so on. The instances involved are:<br /><ul><li>Eryslai: The Midnight Aerie</li><li>Vegarlson: Council's Stronghold</li><li>Doomfire: Elements of Rage</li><li>Awuidor: Marr's Ascent</li></ul>In their heroic versions, all of these are <b>Tier 2 heroics - with a resolve requirement of 1058. </b><br />My main will start into the new expansion with 756 resolve. So I will be just a measly 302 resolve short to run these heroics to help me get through the solo signature line. On beta, when I got the achievement "Vanquishing the Chaos Descending", for finishing all quests in the Great Library, all quests in the outdoor zones and the complete solo adventure signature line I had gotten some rewards/drops that helped me to raise my mains resolve to 950ish. So even at that point tier 2 heroics were roughly another 100 points of resolve away.You saying "it definitely pays off to run the heroic versions with other players" to help me through the solo adventure signature line makes me think you're in cahoots with the mender in the Great Library, and he'll be the only one that gets paid. <img src="/images/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink" /><br />In my opinion this is a flaw in the concept of the new expansion at least.

[Mermut]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Kaitheel"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Kaitheel said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526808#post-6526808" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">While it is possible to get enough drops on one run through of any of the zones for these four signature quests (as other players have attested), it will not be typical. It may take you a couple runs of the zones, either on Beta or on live. To help increase the drops for Gusts of Order and Layers of Order, some bosses have a much greater chance to drop the needed items, too. And all of the drops, for all four of the quests, are group-wide so it definitely pays off to run the heroic versions with other players.<br /> <br />May the RNG smile upon you!<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>That's going to be rough if it's 'expected' that people will be stuck for 90 minutes, repeatedly, while doing the sig line... People are likely to get frustrated if they're stymied, repeatedly, doing a solo quest line.

[Yado]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Mermut"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Mermut said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526830#post-6526830" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">That's going to be rough if it's 'expected' that people will be stuck for 90 minutes, repeatedly, while doing the sig line... People are likely to get frustrated if they're stymied, repeatedly, doing a solo quest line.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Yea the point I was trying to make exactly. There isn't even an added bonus for having to run it 2x's cause it isn't like you can log the daily again for another 18 hours.<br /> <br /><div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Oranorn"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Oranorn said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526857#post-6526857" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Not 90 minutes since you will be running 4 solo zones and the first zone's timer will count down while doing the other 3. But yeah, it will be discouraging to those that need to wait for that zone to be available again.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>You still have to run the entire zone to its completion killing the last named in each zone. This all takes time, even if you stop in your 1st run of the instance say your missing 8 item updates and you know you only have 2 named left to kill and 4 flagged trash mobs because you know you're not going to have enough, you are still eating a large chunk of gameplay.

[Chellema]

Is something still up with Balgros? I've run 6 toons past this boss but my squishy Wizard can't seem to dent him at all. Has it been changed ?

[Xianthia]

Something is up with Fount of Power in Plane of Justice: Eternal. The buff isn't on as I zoned in (on an alt) so I clicked it from knowledge book. It casted but immediately turned off.

[Chellema]

Ah thanks Xianthia I didn't even think to check Fount of Power. You're right it's bugging out. Won't stay on.

[Chrol]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Xianthia"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Xianthia said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6527351#post-6527351" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Something is up with Fount of Power in Plane of Justice: Eternal. The buff isn't on as I zoned in (on an alt) so I clicked it from knowledge book. It casted but immediately turned off.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>There's a bug with Plane of Justice today which causes Fount of Power to be removed shortly after casting it. This will be fixed tomorrow, but until then, the workaround is to cast Fount of Power, then attack the mob within 5 seconds. As long as you remain in combat the buff will stick around throughout the fight.

[Sigrdrifa]

<span style="text-decoration: underline"><b>Quests: </b></span><br /><b>Elements of Destruction: Waves of Order</b><br /><b>Elements of Destruction: Layers of Order</b><br /><b>Elements of Destruction: Flames of Order</b><br /><b>Elements of Destruction: Gusts of Order</b><br /> <br />Especially if you are forced to run a solo zone more than once, you can easily end up with excess tectonic fragments, onzolan crystals, thermite briquettes, and ephemeral gusts in your bags. <br /> <br />Once each of these quests has been successfully completed, any remaining tectonic fragments, onzolan crystals, thermite briquettes, and ephemeral gusts should be automatically deleted.

[Niami DenMother]

<i>nevermind, figured it out</i>

[Xianthia]

ah nice workaround, thank you!

[Monstuhr]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Kaitheel"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Kaitheel said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6526808#post-6526808" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">While it is possible to get enough drops on one run through of any of the zones for these four signature quests (as other players have attested), it will not be typical. It may take you a couple runs of the zones, either on Beta or on live. To help increase the drops for Gusts of Order and Layers of Order, some bosses have a much greater chance to drop the needed items, too. And all of the drops, for all four of the quests, are group-wide so it definitely pays off to run the heroic versions with other players.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />May the RNG smile upon you!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~ Kaitheel</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Yeah, I am not a fan of this. There has never been a sig line that I can recall where you had to run the same SOLO zone more than one time. It is one thing if I could auto-reset the zone and run it back to back (like on beta) but on live, stopping my sig quest for 90 minutes to allow a zone to reset is just a waste of time. This is especially true as was pointed out above concerning the resolve numbers needed to run the heroic versions of these zones.<br /> <br />Now, I will say I just re-ran the sig line last night and got all 19 updates in all 4 zones on one run. Assuming that is the standard, this is fine. If it is anticipated that you are to run these zones more than once, you should reconsider that.

[Godelpus]

Elements of Destruction: Starpyre's Flames<br /> <br />Only a cosmetic issue, but on the last step when you place the runes on the mural symbols in the middle of the main stacks, the clickies don't align with the circles on the new floor graphics and once placed the 4 floaty things representing the 4 planes don't align with the corresponding floor mural.

[Vanhallen]

<ul><li>Quest name <b>Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting In The Dark</b></li><li>Quest giver name: <b>Maelin Starpyre</b></li><li>Current quest journal entry: Kill the <a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/A_shadowed_man?action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">shadowmen</a> and gather the <b>Void Shard Key</b></li><li>Any other details pertaining to the issue you are encountering killed the Shadowmen but there no clickable Void Shard Key. Zoned out to EL & back in it was there.</li></ul>

[Whilhelmina]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Vanhallen"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Vanhallen said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6527681#post-6527681" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content"><ul><li>Quest name <b>Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting In The Dark</b></li><li>Quest giver name: <b>Maelin Starpyre</b></li><li>Current quest journal entry: Kill the <a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/A_shadowed_man?action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">shadowmen</a> and gather the <b>Void Shard Key</b></li><li>Any other details pertaining to the issue you are encountering killed the Shadowmen but there no clickable Void Shard Key. Zoned out to EL & back in it was there.</li></ul></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>I just had the exact same problem. Came here to see if there was a fix, read the message, zoned out to EL, zoned back in and here it was at 89, 45, -108<br /> <br />Additionnaly, the Fount of Power buff doesn't work in the zone and I had huge troubles killing the mobs (with beta scaling gear)

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Vanhallen"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Vanhallen said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6527681#post-6527681" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content"><ul><li>Quest name <b>Elements of Destruction: Shadow Casting In The Dark</b></li><li>Quest giver name: <b>Maelin Starpyre</b></li><li>Current quest journal entry: Kill the <a href="https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/A_shadowed_man?action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">shadowmen</a> and gather the <b>Void Shard Key</b></li><li>Any other details pertaining to the issue you are encountering killed the Shadowmen but there no clickable Void Shard Key. Zoned out to EL & back in it was there.</li></ul></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>That is really odd. I didn't have any luck reproducing this. The Void Shard Key doesn't have a view predicate and is spawned immediately (in one of many possible locations) when the zone is brought up. Perhaps the particle appearance was just not loaded for you, yet? I am not sure.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Kaitheel]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Whilhelmina"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Whilhelmina said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6527755#post-6527755" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">Additionnaly, the Fount of Power buff doesn't work in the zone and I had huge troubles killing the mobs (with beta scaling gear)</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div> <br />Ah, that is intended. The Fount of Power buff only grants additional power in the Celestial Realms. The Isle of Vul is on Norrath.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel

[Sigrdrifa]

<b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Quest:</span> Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos</b><br /> <br />When fighting Blazeanger, he emotes <i>"Blazeanger, the lavawurm golem ill temper is back". </i>There needs to be a possessive in there: <i>"Blazeanger, the lavawurm golem<span style="text-decoration: underline">'s</span> ill temper is back"</i> or else something like<i>, </i><i><i>"Blazeanger, the lavawurm golem <span style="text-decoration: underline">becomes ill tempered again</span>"</i></i><br /> <br />Similarly, Cinderstench's emotes need some grammar help:<br /><ul><li><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon smell wafts through the air"</i> s/b <i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon<span style="text-decoration: underline">'s</span> smell wafts through the air" or maybe </i><i><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon <span style="text-decoration: underline">has a</span> smell <span style="text-decoration: underline">that</span> wafts through the air"</i></i></li></ul><ul><li><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon toxins fill the air"</i> s/b <i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon<span style="text-decoration: underline">'s</span> toxins fill the air"</i>, or perhaps <i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon <span style="text-decoration: underline">fills the air with toxins</span>"</i></li></ul><ul><li><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon fumes spread"</i> s/b <i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon<span style="text-decoration: underline">'s</span> fumes spread"</i> or better yet, <i><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon <span style="text-decoration: underline">spreads </span></i></i><i><i><span style="text-decoration: underline"><i><i>fumes</i></i></span>"</i></i></li></ul>

[Chrol]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6527924#post-6527924" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Quest:</span> Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos</b><br /> <br />When fighting Blazeanger, he emotes <i>"Blazeanger, the lavawurm golem ill temper is back". </i>There needs to be a possessive in there: <i>"Blazeanger, the lavawurm golem<span style="text-decoration: underline">'s</span> ill temper is back"</i> or else something like<i>, </i><i><i>"Blazeanger, the lavawurm golem <span style="text-decoration: underline">becomes ill tempered again</span>"</i></i><br /> <br />Similarly, Cinderstench's emotes need some grammar help:<br /><ul><li><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon smell wafts through the air"</i> s/b <i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon<span style="text-decoration: underline">'s</span> smell wafts through the air" or maybe </i><i><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon <span style="text-decoration: underline">has a</span> smell <span style="text-decoration: underline">that</span> wafts through the air"</i></i></li></ul><ul><li><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon toxins fill the air"</i> s/b <i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon<span style="text-decoration: underline">'s</span> toxins fill the air"</i>, or perhaps <i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon <span style="text-decoration: underline">fills the air with toxins</span>"</i></li></ul><ul><li><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon fumes spread"</i> s/b <i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon<span style="text-decoration: underline">'s</span> fumes spread"</i> or better yet, <i><i>"Cinderstench, the smoke archon <span style="text-decoration: underline">spreads </span></i></i><i><i><span style="text-decoration: underline"><i><i>fumes</i></i></span>"</i></i></li></ul></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>These have already been updated, as well as messaging hinting at what should be done to counter the Toxic Mist.

[Alenna]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6524970#post-6524970" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Quest Name:</span> Elements if Destruction: Starpyre's Flames</b><br />Issue: Looks like I do not have the texture file, the runes show as solid black.<br /> <br /><img src="https://orig00.deviantart.net/2bce/f/2018/292/c/9/silver_rune_of_obeisance_by_sigrdrifa1-dcpv14z.png" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" alt="[IMG]" /></span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>they show solid black to me as well

[Alenna]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Sigrdrifa"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Sigrdrifa said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6525531#post-6525531" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">I think that the zone should be set so that the drops are frequent enough to ALWAYS get you the number needed for the quest. I don't care if that means outlying mobs respawn, or if the drop is made 1 kill = 1 drop, or what. It does make me cranky to head into a zone with a clear objective and fail that objective. This feels like failure.</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>I agree it took a friend of mine 4 tries to get all the drops he needed in one zone i'm dreading trying this on live where I will not have the reset bauble to immediately go in again. I've said it before and I'll say it again making it take longer to finish sometime because of bad RNG is not an engaging or challenging mechanic it is just a PITA. took my main character 2 weeks to get one part of her 2.0 done because of the same sort of mechanic, a rare drop off of the end mob in one of the TOT zones not fun at all.that was a horrible gaming experience

[Whilhelmina]

<div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote" data-author="Kaitheel"> <aside> <div class="attribution type">Kaitheel said: <a href="index.php?goto/post&id=6527885#post-6527885" class="AttributionLink">↑</a> </div> <blockquote><span class="ae_quote_symbol">“</span><span class="ae_quote_content">That is really odd. I didn't have any luck reproducing this. The Void Shard Key doesn't have a view predicate and is spawned immediately (in one of many possible locations) when the zone is brought up. Perhaps the particle appearance was just not loaded for you, yet? I am not sure.<br /> <br />~ Kaitheel</span><span class="ae_quote_symbol">”</span></blockquote> </aside></div>Not sure, for my part, there was definitely no trace of the particle/shiny when I was first in the zone. Zoning out and back in made it appear and it wasn't in the zone previously I checked everything 3 times before giving up and checking here, the dark purple thingy wasn't there.<br />I'm trying to get hubby to preorder and when he does I'll run the zone another time and write you if I find the bug again.<br /> <br /> <br />Any way to tone down the mobs in the zone if the fount of power doesn't work? Or maybe it's a scaling gear problem? My pet died over and over and I had real troubles surviving. The buff states that it activates in Planar zones or quest zones, so it made sense to have it activate.

[Sigrdrifa]

<b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Quest:</span> Elements of Destruction: Pure Adventure</b><br /> <br />After killing and looting the bixel queen Aurorax, the quest ports you immediately to the encounter with the icecrete rumbler. Then you are returned... to the entrance of the Bixel Hive. Meanwhile, your shiny is up at the very top of the hive near where you slew the queen. It would be nice to return the player to that spot, especially as that's MUCH closer to a portal back to Myrist.

[Whilhelmina]

<b>Quest : Elements of Destruction: Face the Chaos</b><br />Could the respawn of the "a stormstone twister" be a bit faster or the drop rate of the wellstone be upped? I ran the sig 3 times and twice I had to kill 10ish of those to get the wellstone, it was a bit painful.<br /> <br />Additionnaly, why are the tower of Vul zone and the Ward of Chaos Elements player +merc but not 2 players? It's a pain to run on low DPS chars and I don't understand why I can bring a merc and not another me?<br />Sorry for the late feedback on that one but it took me a while to start two-boxing it.