Allright now that most of the flame throwing is actually done and there seems to be some logical discussion i'm going to really settle things here...
So after all this bitching we have finally agreed that the only thing wrong about this quest was that Kiola nuts were stacking? What if you started around SOL era and had absolutely no clue that it was not supposed to be stackable? Well then, I guess you're screwed! har har har
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Here's the real conversation stopper though... Just be prepared to read
Whats to stop 10 people (or more) from helping out 1 single dude get level 50 extremely fast? IIRC hand made backpack is a 10 slot. 10x8=80... that means each person could make about 80 tonics. Do you know how long it takes to make 80 tonics? If you did the quest you'd know that it would take a long time to make 80 tonics. Here's what I would do if nuts were NOT stackable and the guild was trying to level someone fast.
*Note* this would easier and faster exp because the guy who is getting leveled wouldn't have to make any tonics and instead would just be given them
Step 1 - 10 people go get 76 nuts + 4 stacks of water flask (80 slots filled).
Step 2 - They make Tumpy Tonics 10x faster than 1 person could
Step 3 - They give all of their tonics to the guy who they are trying to level up. (who stands in the bar waiting for the dwarf)
Step 4 - repeat as many times as you want
At a trivial combine rate, I heard it took about an hour to make 8 backpacks full of tumpy tonics (normal 8 slot backpacks that is). I dont know if this is accurate but it certainly takes a long time to make them. You can only hit combine so fast. It actually doesn't let you hit combine again after a certain time has elapsed.
This would mean that if 10 people each made 76 tonics and tonics that were stackable. then that would mean that you could make 76 tonics in about 3 minutes give or take. This means that you could be making approximately 760 tonics in 3 minutes and have them all in the guys hands in under 5 minutes. Turning them in 4 at a time unstacked takes time too... meanwhile people can be making you more tonics and just feeding them into your inventory...this is a total no brainer...
If a guild decided that 10 people would be making tumpy tonics they WOULD be able to make tonics just as fast if not MUCH faster than 1 guy doing it the way people did on this server. And lets say that 10 wasn't enough to equalize 1 person doing it. Well then, make 20 people take 30 minutes out of their day and in a few days you have any class to level 50 for the guild effortlessly...
Was exp incorrect? That's not even a debatable topic because you can't blame someone for getting the incorrect amount of exp. It certainly was not mind blowing good. Not like you are getting a blue per hand in...
So knowing what I know now about nuts NOT being stackable in classic I can say that the quest was overpowered if you are one person trying to just level up fast using this quest. I didn't know nuts were not stackable. I didn't start till around SoL...Jify handed in Greater lightstones and went from like level 12-20 unknowingly leveling up very fast and what did they do to him? They took away some of his exp. Fair enough. No need to perma ban him from all things EQ or even yell at him on the forum. He didn't know better so the problem was solved the right way.
So after reading what I just typed up, please remind me, why exactly are they banning selective people over this quest? Because people didn't know that kiola nuts were not stackable? That's insane... and I just explained how you could still easily get 1-50 in a day with assistance. If you still don't think people could get 1-50 very quickly with guild assistance you are just wrong
If people say that it was too OP in classic to come onto this server then ok... thats an argument that I have been making for a long time but the Dev staff absolutely insisted that things that were in the game stay in the game...
So meanwhile, enchanters are charming FGs and planar mobs for minutes at a time. Enchanters were whirling 12 seconds all the time every time that it landed, mages were soloing content that full groups of melee couldnt dream of touching, and melee were absolutely wothless... unable to take damage, deal damage, get aggro, or hold aggro... but that's how they wanted it to be, so thats how it is. So personally, if you are going to have classic charm in the game, then you should have classic Tumpy Tonic int he game - its only fair.