Yeah, stupidest quest yet. Most of the time when the wolf howls, the interaction never appears. This is really pissing me off and a huge waste of time. Who developed this? They should be fired. It couldn't possibly have been tested.
This Fetch quest frustrated me as well. Thank goodness guildies gave me some advices.
I was able to complete it.
1) Move to an instance with the fewest people.
2) If i don't see my wolf, go back to the quest giver for a new one (although my 2/6 bones, i never had a wolf).
3) The spots (dusty/gray cloud area) where my wolf howl is where I can pick up a bone.
I actually had a chat with the developers about this quest today based on what I've read here, on Facebook, and on Twitter. They told me that they will be investigating the issues with this quest and the others in the Well of Dragons.
I currently don't have an ETA for a resolution, but I will keep you all in the loop.
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hexanna22Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild UsersPosts: 204Bounty Hunter
edited December 2014
My wolf disappeared 2 times, I tried walking instead of mounting, still didn't help. I guess I will abandoned this.
In around a half hour of trying this quest I found two bones I could interact with, and one of those got ninjaed. So I gave up and abandoned it.
I can honestly say that I have never experienced such a thoroughly broken quest before in any MMO. This could not possibly have been properly tested. It simply isn't fit for release.
I found this quest annoying. Lets not even get on how the wolf disappears and we need to run back and get another one then run once more to quest locale. Why? What did this add to the quest?
Then I go in circles. Half the time I'm digging out boots. The node results are static instead of random, so even when my wolf runs off I already know there will be boots instead of a bone. Why? What does dud nodes add to the quest or the game? Either make the rewards random or, better, don't waste our time by adding time sinks. Fortunately this is no longer my case, but imagine a new player trying to do all the myriad campaign dailies? Streamline dailies. You have added *MORE* dailies. We have our time sinks, no need to artificially increase them further.
My wife, not a natural gamer, did the quest in a few minutes! Whilst I was zooming off with my mount and getting a bit annoyed with the slow wolf, she listened to the NPC, read the quest description, *walked* to the highlighted map area with the wolf, it howled, she dug and got a bone. She was in the middle of describing this to me when the wolf howled again in the same place, she dug and got another bone. Seems the bone re-spawned every 20-30 seconds. Quest done. I joined her and the same happened for me. Quest done. The odd thing was that the location was not one of those "dusty cloud" ones I had been targeting. There were no visual clues at all.
Whilst I can see the frustration it does show that a bit of perseverance and experimentation pays off. Instead of joining the chat whiners or the forum whiners, just give it time to settle in. Maybe there are flaws and bugs but there were plenty of folk managing to do the quest yesterday. There were even some offering to guide others.
I personally think we need more quests that get away from the "follow the sparkles, zerg the mobz, grabz the lootz" thing.
So anyway, now I have a smug wife who wonders why no-one else is following the instructions and letting the wolf do the work!
So i've still yet to complete on any character.
Problems I see with this quest thus far :
The bones once dug up stay there for an indeterminate length of time, i've waited up to 10 mins for a re-spawn, gotten frustrated and left to a new spot , rinse and repeat.
The dig spot can be stolen by other players (ninja-ed) while you fight the mob guarding it.
The wolf gets stuck in many different spots and is easily lost, forcing you to return to the quest giver and get a new wolf.
There are a few spots where there are no mobs, and bones seem to always drop. I ran mindlessly for half an hour without getting anything. Then I finally found a spot, stood in place for like 2-3 minutes and got all the bones. At some point the wolf disappeared, but after a few seconds I could interact with the node again and got the last bone.
In around a half hour of trying this quest I found two bones I could interact with, and one of those got ninjaed. So I gave up and abandoned it.
I can honestly say that I have never experienced such a thoroughly broken quest before in any MMO. This could not possibly have been properly tested. It simply isn't fit for release.
I was able to complete it. But it was completely frustrating due to ninjaing by other players. It won't even allow teams to complete it together (both get credit for a dig). I teamed up with a fellow player who ninja'd one of my spots and we searched but had to complete seperately. This is one of those missions to pick up today but complete tomorrow, so everyone is not out there stealing bones from each other.
Once I completed the mission, the wolf would not despawn. It stayed with me, even after I visited Merrisa Winterwhite to get the rewards. I had to exit the zone and re-enter.
In around a half hour of trying this quest I found two bones I could interact with, and one of those got ninjaed. So I gave up and abandoned it.
I can honestly say that I have never experienced such a thoroughly broken quest before in any MMO. This could not possibly have been properly tested. It simply isn't fit for release.
If only the information about all these things were given on preview section. Oh wait, it was. report one report two report three
M6 almost drains your soul given how boring it is. (c) joocycuzzzzzz
I got my wolf and told him to "find the bones". He howled and ran off and after awhile he came running back and start humping my leg. I kicked him off and he grabbed a stick from the ground and start shaking it around like crazy. I tried this a few times and he always did the same thing. It was only after awhile that I realized he was trying to tell me "There are more 'effing' bones out there than you can shake a stick at".
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!" pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all." looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
I actually had a chat with the developers about this quest today based on what I've read here, on Facebook, and on Twitter. They told me that they will be investigating the issues with this quest and the others in the Well of Dragons.
I currently don't have an ETA for a resolution, but I will keep you all in the loop.
Akro, thanks for bringing this to their attention. This quest frustrated me and a guildmate to end last night.
My wife, not a natural gamer, did the quest in a few minutes! Whilst I was zooming off with my mount and getting a bit annoyed with the slow wolf, she listened to the NPC, read the quest description, *walked* to the highlighted map area with the wolf, it howled, she dug and got a bone. She was in the middle of describing this to me when the wolf howled again in the same place, she dug and got another bone. Seems the bone re-spawned every 20-30 seconds. Quest done. I joined her and the same happened for me. Quest done. The odd thing was that the location was not one of those "dusty cloud" ones I had been targeting. There were no visual clues at all.
Whilst I can see the frustration it does show that a bit of perseverance and experimentation pays off. Instead of joining the chat whiners or the forum whiners, just give it time to settle in. Maybe there are flaws and bugs but there were plenty of folk managing to do the quest yesterday. There were even some offering to guide others.
I personally think we need more quests that get away from the "follow the sparkles, zerg the mobz, grabz the lootz" thing.
So anyway, now I have a smug wife who wonders why no-one else is following the instructions and letting the wolf do the work!
My Wolf howls randomly and i stand right where he howled at for minutes and not a thing.
I actually had a chat with the developers about this quest today based on what I've read here, on Facebook, and on Twitter. They told me that they will be investigating the issues with this quest and the others in the Well of Dragons.
I currently don't have an ETA for a resolution, but I will keep you all in the loop.
Tyvm. It is the worst quest I've seen. Which is sad. Wolf looks nice anyway.
To quote myself in the thread that I guess we're not using anymore:
Only one spot in the place worked and it had a 5 minute respawn,
plus I shared it with another party member... plus a ninja.
Tried jumping to instances with only 3 people - did not help.
(Mostly because other people know to do this and the area isn't big.)
Please
1. Let party members share
2. Don't make the wolves howl at all the empty spots
3. The wolves are far too slow
4. We don't actually need the wolves since we can see the spots... odd
5. Respawn the bones faster and in more places and let anyone take them
(Like you did with the Troll's religious item)
6. Apparently dying = having to start over from scratch
7. Wolves like to get stuck. Use companion's pathing and speed
8. Oh. Or you could cut it down to 3 bones. (Which still takes 20 mins.)
Did you really think anyone could steal the power of the god of thieves?
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obsiddiaMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,025Arc User
My wife, not a natural gamer, did the quest in a few minutes! Whilst I was zooming off with my mount and getting a bit annoyed with the slow wolf, she listened to the NPC, read the quest description, *walked* to the highlighted map area with the wolf, it howled, she dug and got a bone. She was in the middle of describing this to me when the wolf howled again in the same place, she dug and got another bone. Seems the bone re-spawned every 20-30 seconds. Quest done. I joined her and the same happened for me. Quest done. The odd thing was that the location was not one of those "dusty cloud" ones I had been targeting. There were no visual clues at all.
Whilst I can see the frustration it does show that a bit of perseverance and experimentation pays off. Instead of joining the chat whiners or the forum whiners, just give it time to settle in. Maybe there are flaws and bugs but there were plenty of folk managing to do the quest yesterday. There were even some offering to guide others.
I personally think we need more quests that get away from the "follow the sparkles, zerg the mobz, grabz the lootz" thing.
So anyway, now I have a smug wife who wonders why no-one else is following the instructions and letting the wolf do the work!
I like the lack of mass killing as a break. But your wife's wolf managed to stumble on a spot
that the majority of people will never luck into. The wolf has dozens of dead spots to howl on.
Could you post the Map Coordinates for her spot? (Hit M and look at the bottom left corner I think.)
Did you really think anyone could steal the power of the god of thieves?
I have been doing this quest for the past couple of days now... and only once have i been able to dig something up... and even then some <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> came along and nicked whatever it was i would have got from digging. This quest is beyond a joke.
This quest needs sorting asap. Come on devs, pull your fingers out!
I needed to come back six times at the NPC to get the quest completed. No ninja by other players or anything. Just the wolf unable to follow, or getting stuck, or howling for nothing, or finding five shoes in a row, and finally vanishing. I won't be taking this quest again.
...one could think they are unable to learn from past mistakes...
...or they have a real high turnover developerwise.
It really feels like the people maintaining it now are a sort of "B-Team", and not those responsible for the original game- it feels like it's now looked after by a skeleton crew.
I actually had a chat with the developers about this quest today based on what I've read here, on Facebook, and on Twitter. They told me that they will be investigating the issues with this quest and the others in the Well of Dragons.
I currently don't have an ETA for a resolution, but I will keep you all in the loop.
Wait? We still have developers and not just forum admins????? Holy cow - I was beginning to worry for a bit there. That is definitely going to help me sleep a lot sweeter tonight.
It really feels like the people maintaining it now are a sort of "B-Team", and not those responsible for the original game- it feels like it's now looked after by a skeleton crew.
That is exactly how I feel too. Mod 1-2 = freaking awesome.
A. team puts together Sharrandar, it is awesome, boons are good, dungeon was pretty rough at first, 3 new maps,
B team puts together the rest - just 1 map, worse dailies, class changes get more and more drastic... Little to no community feedback.
B team puts tail b/w legs and goes into hiding leaving forum mods to delete more and more threads to make it seem like players haven't noticed, and even generate false replies that they have spoken with the dev team recently lol...
Oh WELL - it could always get better, gotta be optimistic.
I actually had a chat with the developers about this quest today based on what I've read here, on Facebook, and on Twitter. They told me that they will be investigating the issues with this quest and the others in the Well of Dragons.
I currently don't have an ETA for a resolution, but I will keep you all in the loop.
So... one stupid quest that people can just drop and forget about and move on, the devs get involved. But, people being completely locked out of doing any WoD dailies, thus locked out of the new content, thus locked out of future content, thus having no reason to log in anymore... nobody cares? Thinning the herd maybe? Good way to cut down on the playerbase.
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Seriously though - epic fail. Flawed design, top to bottom. Never seen such a poorly designed/executed mass waste of time.
This Fetch quest frustrated me as well. Thank goodness guildies gave me some advices.
I was able to complete it.
1) Move to an instance with the fewest people.
2) If i don't see my wolf, go back to the quest giver for a new one (although my 2/6 bones, i never had a wolf).
3) The spots (dusty/gray cloud area) where my wolf howl is where I can pick up a bone.
Took me a good 20minutes to finish this.
I actually had a chat with the developers about this quest today based on what I've read here, on Facebook, and on Twitter. They told me that they will be investigating the issues with this quest and the others in the Well of Dragons.
I currently don't have an ETA for a resolution, but I will keep you all in the loop.
Mara Angelbane - 22k Thaum CW, Vaya Con Dios 15.2k Dragon CW.
Mara Shadowskiss - 21.5k Destroyer GWF, Mara - 17.2k Sentinel GWF
Mara Duskwalker - 15.4k Healing DC
Mara Hawkeye -14.6k HR
Mara Spiritforge - 16.9k Tanky GF
Bad Religion - 14.7k Pew Pew DC
Mara Shadowstouch,Maara - TR's
I can honestly say that I have never experienced such a thoroughly broken quest before in any MMO. This could not possibly have been properly tested. It simply isn't fit for release.
Aelar Hawkwind - Archer
Karrin Feywinter - Mistress of Flame
Errin Duskwalker - Executioner
Darquess - Soulbinder
Then I go in circles. Half the time I'm digging out boots. The node results are static instead of random, so even when my wolf runs off I already know there will be boots instead of a bone. Why? What does dud nodes add to the quest or the game? Either make the rewards random or, better, don't waste our time by adding time sinks. Fortunately this is no longer my case, but imagine a new player trying to do all the myriad campaign dailies? Streamline dailies. You have added *MORE* dailies. We have our time sinks, no need to artificially increase them further.
Whilst I can see the frustration it does show that a bit of perseverance and experimentation pays off. Instead of joining the chat whiners or the forum whiners, just give it time to settle in. Maybe there are flaws and bugs but there were plenty of folk managing to do the quest yesterday. There were even some offering to guide others.
I personally think we need more quests that get away from the "follow the sparkles, zerg the mobz, grabz the lootz" thing.
So anyway, now I have a smug wife who wonders why no-one else is following the instructions and letting the wolf do the work!
Problems I see with this quest thus far :
The bones once dug up stay there for an indeterminate length of time, i've waited up to 10 mins for a re-spawn, gotten frustrated and left to a new spot , rinse and repeat.
The dig spot can be stolen by other players (ninja-ed) while you fight the mob guarding it.
The wolf gets stuck in many different spots and is easily lost, forcing you to return to the quest giver and get a new wolf.
These are the issues I have observed.
The bones are usually located near the mobs
I was able to complete it. But it was completely frustrating due to ninjaing by other players. It won't even allow teams to complete it together (both get credit for a dig). I teamed up with a fellow player who ninja'd one of my spots and we searched but had to complete seperately. This is one of those missions to pick up today but complete tomorrow, so everyone is not out there stealing bones from each other.
Once I completed the mission, the wolf would not despawn. It stayed with me, even after I visited Merrisa Winterwhite to get the rewards. I had to exit the zone and re-enter.
If only the information about all these things were given on preview section. Oh wait, it was.
report one
report two
report three
LOL! Thanks, I needed that laugh!
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
HR got 2 bones (around 5pm EST) but no matter where I lead that **** wolf, he didn't sniff anything out. Abandoned quest.
My other toons - didn't even pick up the quest. Too frustrating.
Akro, thanks for bringing this to their attention. This quest frustrated me and a guildmate to end last night.
My Wolf howls randomly and i stand right where he howled at for minutes and not a thing.
I was able to get 1/6 and that was it.
To quote myself in the thread that I guess we're not using anymore:
Only one spot in the place worked and it had a 5 minute respawn,
plus I shared it with another party member... plus a ninja.
Tried jumping to instances with only 3 people - did not help.
(Mostly because other people know to do this and the area isn't big.)
Please
1. Let party members share
2. Don't make the wolves howl at all the empty spots
3. The wolves are far too slow
4. We don't actually need the wolves since we can see the spots... odd
5. Respawn the bones faster and in more places and let anyone take them
(Like you did with the Troll's religious item)
6. Apparently dying = having to start over from scratch
7. Wolves like to get stuck. Use companion's pathing and speed
8. Oh. Or you could cut it down to 3 bones. (Which still takes 20 mins.)
I like the lack of mass killing as a break. But your wife's wolf managed to stumble on a spot
that the majority of people will never luck into. The wolf has dozens of dead spots to howl on.
Could you post the Map Coordinates for her spot? (Hit M and look at the bottom left corner I think.)
This quest needs sorting asap. Come on devs, pull your fingers out!
The wolf spirit is a re-use from Vellosk.
Music is a re-use from Dread ring. One of the minidungeons is too.
http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?777571-Official-Feedback-Thread-Well-of-Dragons-Adventure-Zone&p=9324551&viewfull=1#post9324551
It really feels like the people maintaining it now are a sort of "B-Team", and not those responsible for the original game- it feels like it's now looked after by a skeleton crew.
Wait? We still have developers and not just forum admins????? Holy cow - I was beginning to worry for a bit there. That is definitely going to help me sleep a lot sweeter tonight.
That is exactly how I feel too. Mod 1-2 = freaking awesome.
A. team puts together Sharrandar, it is awesome, boons are good, dungeon was pretty rough at first, 3 new maps,
B team puts together the rest - just 1 map, worse dailies, class changes get more and more drastic... Little to no community feedback.
B team puts tail b/w legs and goes into hiding leaving forum mods to delete more and more threads to make it seem like players haven't noticed, and even generate false replies that they have spoken with the dev team recently lol...
Oh WELL - it could always get better, gotta be optimistic.
So... one stupid quest that people can just drop and forget about and move on, the devs get involved. But, people being completely locked out of doing any WoD dailies, thus locked out of the new content, thus locked out of future content, thus having no reason to log in anymore... nobody cares? Thinning the herd maybe? Good way to cut down on the playerbase.
http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?799121-WoD-3-dailies-not-showing-after-abandoning-the-Cult-Prison-lair
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