WC mision is backFollow

The WC griffen mission is back, just a bit harder, but not much.

21 minute timer, there are green-con creatures running around, but didn't seem much harder than it was before. Those things didn't attack.

Those "Newbs" will KoS you.

There is also an NPC named "Test" that will KoS you too.

Other than that, it's as simple as the day it was nerfed.

Oh and the eggs are in random places now.

Did this one for the firs time today. Got plate arms that were 41AC and good stats. I was very happy as a 66 warrior as they were an upgrade for me. Hardest part of the mission is waiting until the timer resets so you can do it again. : )

Eggs can no longer be tracked, but that will likely change (see next paragraph). You have to search for them visually but they are large and only seem to appear in west half of zone. The eggs look like large eggs alomst as big as a humanoid npc, white with speckles as you get close. from a distance it looks like a bale of hay is next to them, up close that looks like a nest.

As mentioned by another poster the newbie NPCs who are supposed to be competition for the eggs just stand there. I believe that they do not move because they cannot track the eggs. I expect that there were several fixes put into the task to fix the "too easy" complaint and the removal of the tracking of eggs was put in without realizing the effect on the other major fix that of adding the the newbie NPCs for competition. When the eggs are trackable, they will begin hunting. I assume if they get an egg you have to then kill them to recover it, hope that little portion of the task works as planned. It sounds like a potential bug to me, since looted items are supposed to be eaten by NPCS upon death.

There is a red con KOS Imp called "Test" near the guard you have to kill, he is does not aggro and cannot be hit.

The guard and merch always appear in same spot, so you can send someone there when only a couple eggs left, you can also send someone to the exit point since you get exp when 1 person get to her and then you can exit by quiting the task.

The timer is 45 mins from when you get the task, so if you do it in 20 mins, quit and then request new task it will say 25 mins on timer, if you do it in 30 mins, quit and request new task it will say 15 mins. I believe this is how all timers work for all monster missions. For some it is not possible to complete in less than 45 mins so you can repeat them upon completion. I cannot verify that all MM have the same length timer, but for most, it seems to be 45 mins.




Edited, Mon Oct 17 11:15:34 2005 by fhrugby

Edited, Thu Oct 20 16:29:31 2005 by fhrugby

Relucent Neckguard of Remorse is the rare drop.

As of 10/20 the WC MM on Stromm is dead - nerfed to a fair-thee-well.

It has wandering red mobs that have a big aggro radius, they are fast and social, and they seem to eat the eggs.

Also, the BB MM seems to be dead. Nobody is there anymore, so I couldn't make a group to test it.

So... MM are now like the Tasks: dead.

dead on Bristlebane as well
At this rate, this is going to be another empty expansion

I wouldn't say the WC mission is too hard now, it's just friggin' tedious. The NPC shouts are funny for about the first half hour but wandering aimlessly looking for eggs gets old real quick.

The entire mission took us about 45min to complete. About 40 of those minutes were spent looking for eggs (only once did we have an NPC shout that he took and egg and we killed him for it). Compared to 45min of action in the BB/FP mission, the WC mission is just a drag.

Aside from the number of chests being cut by about 66%, the Freeport mission is the same as before. With a full group, we collected just shy of 60 "loots" before the buzzer and received the chain boots you get for a job well done. Which was ironic since none of us were a chain class and we would have appreciated the augment more.

Edited, Fri Oct 21 01:40:44 2005 by Jophiel

My first impression strategy wise once I heard the newbs started wandering was inst4ead of hunting eggs you should hunt newbs in a group and you will no doubt find eggs along the way, once all the newbs are dead , finish the egg hunt with out bother from them. I would think it can be done in 25 mins that way