The Golden PathFollow

Ever since a dev said "The Golden Path" on a podcast there's been a lot of confusion about it.

Confusion-eliminating article here:

The Golden Path

There seems to be a problem with that path. Sinking sands is a no-go since the mobs are 8-10 levels higher than the quests required to kill them and I've been reduced to grinding in Sanctum of the Scaleborn due to mobs not spawning and not being able to continue the quest series in Tenebrous Tangle.

Not true anymore about SS. They went back in and lowered the mob levels so they match with the quests now.

Silvers was right outside Gnomeland, at the bottom of the climbing wall. I based the level on the level Silvers has you go there on his quest, but my information is from Beta. I meant to re-run this on live today but got sidetracked :)

Edited, Feb 22nd 2010 8:17pm by Calthine

I was just there last night and it was all ok for me. Mobs were mid 40's to mid 50's for the most part.

Maybe I just got the special one.

He's not at -645, 131, 940?

I got sucked in by Odus content yesterday; I'll run down there today, promise. Unless something else goes all strange on me, yesterday was the strangest day.

They have indeed changed some locatins and tweaked some quests since Beta. Just finished the first one. You have to meet him in BBM at the GFAY entrance, THEN he sends you to Steamfont. He's not in Steamfont until after you meet him in BBM.

Going to Steamfont right now; updating my writeups on the fly.

EDIT: confirmed, what happene dis you followed my beta writeup instead of the quest :) Do what I said above, then he's right where he should be in Steamfont.

Edited, Feb 23rd 2010 2:52pm by Calthine

I did meet him in GFay. He did send me to Steamfont. I have it in my quest journal.

Er, at the GFay entrance in BB, that is.

Edited, Feb 23rd 2010 12:01pm by Samira

Dunno then, 'cause I did this not an hour ago and he was right where I said he was :(

ole man silvers is in steamfont right near the climable wall. went checked yesterday as well.

Update! Cause I know you all care, and stuff.

Little Meander went back to the wall leading up to Gnomeland Security and verified that her contact was not there.

At that point I dropped the quest and returned to BB to talk to him there again, at which point I decided to go directly there from BB, through the new pathway that branches off from the LFay path.

And there he was, right where he said he'd be.

I don't know at this point whether it was just bugged, or whether you have to take that route to get to him at Gnomeland Security. Previously I'd gotten there by taking the druid ring. Re-reading the quest text, going through the newly opened pathway may be more than a suggestion.

I seem to recall a dev post that he wasn't responding to people. Completely forgot about it.

I think you're right. There are a few more intermediate quest givers around. In GFay, for example, the matron of the nursery sends you to a person at the base of the tree you need to climb. He tells you how to climb the tree to talk to the next person. That middleman is new; before, you just had to figure out how to get up that tree.