Whispers from the Crypt – A Project 1999 Event

[Sirquestalot]

+1 on a bit of disappointment over the scarcity of corrupted body parts, since I don't play a swarmkiting bard. But I do really appreciate the amount of thought and effort put into this event.

Just a thought, not sure how feasible it might be to code in, but in the spirit of the "museum piece" concept of the project, how about reviving this event, not yearly on the Earth calendar, but yearly as per the Norrathian calendar? Like the event would pop up for the October 31 - November 1 every Norrath year. Talk about the player base doing some insane math to determine when that's going to land and plan to play for those 2 hours and change, hoping for a drop and reward.

[loramin]

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

+1 on a bit of disappointment over the scarcity of corrupted body parts, since I don't play a swarmkiting bard. But I do really appreciate the amount of thought and effort put into this event.

FWIW I was barely playing during the event time (my tendonitis was acting up), and I wasn't even trying to participate in the event. Still, I got two corrupted body part drops: one in South Karana and one in Karnor's Castle.

I suspect you just weren't killing in the right places.

[WarpathEQ]

Obviously RNG, but on average from what I've seen its roughly a 2% drop rate (1 in 50 mobs or so)

[DesterWindall]

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

+1 on a bit of disappointment over the scarcity of corrupted body parts, since I don't play a swarmkiting bard. But I do really appreciate the amount of thought and effort put into this event.

Just a thought, not sure how feasible it might be to code in, but in the spirit of the "museum piece" concept of the project, how about reviving this event, not yearly on the Earth calendar, but yearly as per the Norrathian calendar? Like the event would pop up for the October 31 - November 1 every Norrath year. Talk about the player base doing some insane math to determine when that's going to land and plan to play for those 2 hours and change, hoping for a drop and reward.

Not saying never, but that would take a lot of work, lol. We dont even have seasons in game =P

[Ekco]

rewards are faction based from turn ins i think i saw right? just pick up where you left off next year.

[Expediency]

Trip report:

I got zero body part drops, but did the ring/necklace/beads turn in twice, resulting in two body parts.

Turned them in just now at hammer hill and the first one got me turned into an imp. After taking pictures for posterity I turned in the second one and got a black sapphire.

I really like the special events they do. Body part drop rate was low, otherwise event was 10/10, would quest again

[Medris]

The Halloween 2025 Event has now concluded across all P99 servers. We hope everyone had an incredible time! Check back later this evening when we will announce the winners of our raffle for a temporary title for characters who have turned in at least 10 Corrupted Body Parts to a given faction!

[Fingurs]

I had a great time -- Phase 1 of course was my favorite, and will forever be a fan. Accessible, clean, and grindy -- and you never know what you were gonna get!

That being said, I like stats so here are mine:

49 Bodyparts, across 6 characters.
3,411 kills.

16 Bodyparts were via 8 sets of Jewelry.

All of my killing was in Velketor's Labyrinth (great soundtrack!) on level 60 characters. I never did the swarming -- although obviously that was by far the most efficient/last painful, but I didnt care. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Look forward to the next event. This was the best one by far.

Kudos.

[Awweshux]

My 2cp:

I was interested an engaged for the most part. The first day was way fun coordinating with guildmates. The second day nerf was annoying. After that, and when it became clear that the body parts drop rate was so much less, I tried to puzzle out some hints in the text and that's what had me try Erud's Crossing - there was somethig about an Erudite at a place with fallen stones. Having farmed some thin bone wands in the past, I thought to go there. It panned out. It was very exciting to kill a named greenie there and get both fragments. It was entirely deflating to do the turn in and receive only a note and two body parts.
I spent the rest of the time farming in Erud's Crossing. Anyone need a thinbonewand lmk, heh. Got two more rounds of both fragments and both turn ins returned only body parts and lore note. Disappointing. I still wonder if fragments from higher level mobs would provide better rewards. Anyone know?
Finally, I feel like the event was fun but the text ultimately made no real sense (that i could figure out) and those folks who thought it sounded like AI blather, well, I guess I agree. Too bad. I'd love to see a debrief to let us know what we missed - I'm hoping there was loads more to know. It feels incomplete somehow, lore wise. <3 Eschew

[WarpathEQ]

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

My 2cp:

I was interested an engaged for the most part. The first day was way fun coordinating with guildmates. The second day nerf was annoying. After that, and when it became clear that the body parts drop rate was so much less, I tried to puzzle out some hints in the text and that's what had me try Erud's Crossing - there was somethig about an Erudite at a place with fallen stones. Having farmed some thin bone wands in the past, I thought to go there. It panned out. It was very exciting to kill a named greenie there and get both fragments. It was entirely deflating to do the turn in and receive only a note and two body parts.
I spent the rest of the time farming in Erud's Crossing. Anyone need a thinbonewand lmk, heh. Got two more rounds of both fragments and both turn ins returned only body parts and lore note. Disappointing. I still wonder if fragments from higher level mobs would provide better rewards. Anyone know?
Finally, I feel like the event was fun but the text ultimately made no real sense (that i could figure out) and those folks who thought it sounded like AI blather, well, I guess I agree. Too bad. I'd love to see a debrief to let us know what we missed - I'm hoping there was loads more to know. It feels incomplete somehow, lore wise. <3 Eschew

Everything I've seen reported is that the turn ins from both phase 1 and phase 2 resulted in a note and 2 corrupted body parts. I have not seen anyone indicate anything to the contrary.