BRAD HAS SPOKEN ABOUT EPIC (no troll)

[heazels]

Does nobody remember that EPICS WERE NERFED ON LIVE TO REQUIRE lvl 50+??? Verant did a lot of undocumented stealh nerfs like this.

[justin2090]

Prolly would be easier to put a lvl requirement on the epic. That way it doesn't kill the MQ market. I hate level requirements on anything cause it reminds me of WoW. However with a level requirement epic it wouldn't kill the MQ market.

This would be a nice compromise between MQ-sellers and nerf-MQ-people. But if your ultimate goal is to get epic rots off a dragon then this probably isn't the answer.

[myriverse]

^ Agreed, Justin. Nothing you're gonna do about MQing. It's pretty much classic, even if it's not desired or intended. Just have the damn epic toy not work unless you're 50.

[Tasslehofp99]

Mages can't use their epic till 50, so why should anyone else be able to? /thread

[Nune]

go outside more

[astuce999]

Going to look for more information, but I used to do the bard epic a lot to sell to players back in the PoP days, and I vaguely remember there being a level requirement for them to be able to receive the award. A quick search on the forums so far has yielded this:

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=756

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# Dec 22 2009 at 9:57 AM Rating: Decent
joz
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can a level 41 bard go thorugh the quest and get the epic done?

Edited, Dec 22nd 2009 11:02am by joz
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# Dec 22 2009 at 11:43 AM Rating: Decent
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Most Epic 1.0 NPCs won't deal with you until 45, and some not till 50, unless it's been changed in the last year or so, and undocumented in the patch notes.

EDIT: Also, Plane of Fear is 46+ to enter, irrc.

Just finished doing this quest the other day and a few things to note, so you don't get confused with the conflicting information:

The turn in for the Mystical Lute Head:
1) Backbone of an Ancient Fishman - Kedge Backbone from Phinigel Autropos in Kedge Keep.
2) Amalgam Tentacle - Amygdalan Tendril from Plane of Fear.
3) Petrified Skull of a Lycanthrope - Petrified Werewolf Skull from Karnor's Castle off a Drolvarg Warlord.

Take all 3 items and the note back give to Forpar.

You must be a minimum of level 46 to do this turn in~


The turn in for the Mystical Lute Body:
1) Red Dragon Scales from Talendor, Lord Nagafen, or Echo of Nortlav.
2) White Dragon Scales from Gorenaire or Lady Vox.
3) Metal Bits (regular smithed metal bits). (There's been some confusion because the name of the item is plural, but you really only need one copy of this. Verified in-game.)

You must be a minimum of level 50 to do this turn in~

If you try to do it before these levels he returns the items to you, BUT as we found out, he does not return items that are being Multi-quested!! We lost a few amygdalan tendrils this way (not so bad, but imagine losing the phinny piece!).

Can anyone confirm this level? I have done part of the epic at 46 but the gnome outside akanon started calling me a whelp at the part right before the white dragonscale turn in and I dun wanna lose my scales~!!!
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# Jan 29 2007 at 2:30 PM Rating: Decent
Msdos
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Just attempted to hand in the scales and bits at 46, no go. He handed the items back. I was singing alliance which made me amiable. I then tried with gnome illusion (potion) and alliance and same. Am I missing something?

Jun 18 2004 at 3:29 PM Rating: Decent
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You have to be level 51 or the quest NPC's won't even talk to you. It's not a usage restriction, the NPC's will just hand you back the items and say "try again." www.eqdiva.com has explicit text in their walkthrough.

Astuce

[SamwiseRed]

i dont care if it was possible. clearly not intended. brad hath spoken. remove MQing from epics, a++++++++++++++ in the spirit of the vision.

[Laugher]

pras on getting a response

From the same thread in RnF (does not guarantee anything, but just to throw the opinion out there in this thread too):

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As a fan of the vision™, I'm liking this a lot.

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

Remove MQ - would be a game changer.

[SamwiseRed]

Originally Posted by SamwiseRed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

so i did some serious nerding a few weeks ago about epic MQs not being classic. i said fuck it and emailed brad about it lul. he responded with this.

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the MAN has spoken. remove MQ from epics for the love of BRAD and Classic EQ!

edit: wow that email made half sense, surprised he responded. i kinda did it on the fly so sorry if i sound retarded.

gotta keep this up. this is what brad would want.