Epic Quest now optional

Nadia

http://eq2wire.com/2013/10/02/epic-weapon-quest-now-optional-shattered-weapon/

Summary

With yesterday’s update the Epic Weapon quest has now become optional.

ANY character (level 85+ ?) may speak to Kinloch Skry’mir in Tenebrous Tangle and get “a shattered weapon“, take it to Researcher Sel’Quar in Lavastorm, and then continue on to Sa’ib Waseem in Paineel in The Sundered Frontier, to do the quests A Fiery Jewel of the Underfoot, and later Epic Repercussions.

 

doing Cella and other SF dungeons is still required for mythical conversion

GwapoJosh

So pretty much now you create an account, log in, and SOE hands you everything on a silver platter?  Including almost max level toons?  Holy hell whats the point of playing this game?

Nadia

epic weapon gear is 5 years old and was designed for level 80 characters

the max level in EQ2 is 95

 

doing the level 80 epic quests solo w a merc is easy

http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Epic_Weapons

 

epic weapons wont benefit you much until you do the mythical buff conversion

 

http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Epic_Repercussions

Cella is not easy - and will require at least 2 other players

Research Halls requires at least another player (unless you are raid geared)

Tygranir

Originally posted by GwapoJosh
So pretty much now you create an account, log in, and SOE hands you everything on a silver platter?  Including almost max level toons?  Holy hell whats the point of playing this game?

To have fun. Isn't that the point of most games?

Konan

so now you have choices if you prefer to level the old fashioned way know yourself out but it you to pass a long boring part of questline getting all the runes u can and dont need to find people to do the RAID parts. The nice thing is once its done you have you can do the quest to get the spells from the weapon effects and get a weapon to use for appearance as well. Same thing with the instant 85 you get to bypass all the level grinding so you can play with other high level players and there plenty of quests to grind in the last slow 5 levels or you can like me go to SS and grind from 90 to 95 and then play content from there.

skeaser

Originally posted by Tygranir

Originally posted by GwapoJosh
So pretty much now you create an account, log in, and SOE hands you everything on a silver platter?  Including almost max level toons?  Holy hell whats the point of playing this game?

To have fun. Isn't that the point of most games?

Right but this is pretty much SOE conceding that the majority of their game is not fun.

Nadia

Originally posted by skeaser

Right but this is pretty much SOE conceding that the majority of their game is not fun.

this is no different than Blizzard nerfing most of the outdoor heroic content in BC and LK

 

SOE is reducing the difficulty of 5 year old content

the old level 80 Kunark epic quests are only a prequest to the Mythical Buff

 

mythical buff questing is unchanged for level 85+ content