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What is the purpose of the Foundry Event?

klixanklixan Member Posts: 447 Bounty Hunter
edited July 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
I wanted to save the best for last, so I did my first Foundry mission last night. I got the daily quest from Rhix and dutifully waited for the Foundry Event to start.

I did 2 Foundry missions while the event was active, I thought it would work like Skirmishes, and I would get 1000 AD for every mission I completed while the event was running. But I only got junk from the reward chest and Rhix only gave me 1000 AD when I turned the daily in.

Am I missing something? Is there a reason to wait for the Foundry Event to start before doing a Foundry mission?

Cheers.
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  • lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I think the Foundry Event is for extra xp rather than AD. You can do the Foundry quests for AD at any time, once per day as long as you have the prerequisite quest from Rhix.

    I'll warn you right now... doing this quest at level 60 is a pain as you have to do FOUR of them... for 4k AD.
    *sings* "I like Gammera! He's so neat!!! He is full of turtle meat!!!"

    "Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
  • klixanklixan Member Posts: 447 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    Aha! That makes sense. At least I was getting something for my effort :)

    Thanks Lonnehart.
  • zgsylarzgsylar Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    When the foundry event is on and you click on it, it says you get 150%(i think) more XP after the quest is finished.
  • mconosrepmconosrep Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    zgsylar wrote: »
    When the foundry event is on and you click on it, it says you get 150%(i think) more XP after the quest is finished.

    I thought it said 150% XP, not 150% additional XP, so it is only 50% rather than 150% more than usual?
  • adinosiiadinosii Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,294 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The thing is that the "extra xp" makes it kind-of pointless to do foundries once you hit level 60 (unless you are leveling up companions).

    Also, foundry quests are relatively harder at the higher levels....best do do them while you are level 10-40.
    Hoping for improvements...
  • buxirbuxir Member Posts: 18 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Im lv 60 and had no more quest to do, and a pet who needed 5 more ranks.
    Foundrys are really a good way to level your pet, not the mobs but the end xp rewards :)
  • rapticorrapticor Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,078 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    lonnehart wrote: »
    I'll warn you right now... doing this quest at level 60 is a pain as you have to do FOUR of them... for 4k AD.

    True. But you can do one of them a day if you want so the end result is still the same as doing them at level 20: 1k per run. Just because it's called a "Daily" doesn't mean you have to complete all 4 runs in one day.

    When it was double AD I thought they were worth doing 4 in a row but now that it's back to normal I probably wont really bother.

    As far as the difficulty at 60 goes it looks like they will be getting a bit less painful soon. From preview server path notes:
    End Game Balance Changes

    Difficulty at level 55-60 has been mildly reduced for solo content, this affects:
    Solo quest instances
    Adventure Zone exteriors
    Foundry quests

    On the negative side that might make some Foundry missions that are currently sitting at 15 minutes ineligible for the daily if people can go through them faster which will bring the average down.
  • mconosrepmconosrep Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    rapticor wrote: »
    On the negative side that might make some Foundry missions that are currently sitting at 15 minutes ineligible for the daily if people can go through them faster which will bring the average down.

    The issue with the '15 minute" Foundry qualification limit isn't just that well geared solo players can do them quickly (although this is a factor) - it is the lack of scaling for groups which makes many of the quests trivial and extremely quick. I heard that quest makers can put in a 'timed' gate - this would really help address this issue.
  • karitrkaritr Member Posts: 662 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    The Foundry Event sucks (me feeling only semi-literate this morning), but the Foundry quests can be a joy in themselves. It's about the only content I play at L60 and I spend a lot of time doing so. For anyone only repeating 15ish minute Foundries to get the daily completed, you're missing some of the best content in game.
  • lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    mconosrep wrote: »
    The issue with the '15 minute" Foundry qualification limit isn't just that well geared solo players can do them quickly (although this is a factor) - it is the lack of scaling for groups which makes many of the quests trivial and extremely quick. I heard that quest makers can put in a 'timed' gate - this would really help address this issue.

    I guess Bill's Tavern will soon be getting itself an expansion...
    *sings* "I like Gammera! He's so neat!!! He is full of turtle meat!!!"

    "Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
  • lltsnwnlltsnwn Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 787 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    klixan wrote: »
    I wanted to save the best for last, so I did my first Foundry mission last night. I got the daily quest from Rhix and dutifully waited for the Foundry Event to start.

    I did 2 Foundry missions while the event was active, I thought it would work like Skirmishes, and I would get 1000 AD for every mission I completed while the event was running. But I only got junk from the reward chest and Rhix only gave me 1000 AD when I turned the daily in.

    Am I missing something? Is there a reason to wait for the Foundry Event to start before doing a Foundry mission?

    Cheers.

    The foundries are currently about farming runes to sell on the AH and leveling up companions. The daily foundry AD reward is just a added bonus.
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  • sh4dowrunn3rsh4dowrunn3r Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    mconosrep wrote: »
    The issue with the '15 minute" Foundry qualification limit isn't just that well geared solo players can do them quickly (although this is a factor) - it is the lack of scaling for groups which makes many of the quests trivial and extremely quick. I heard that quest makers can put in a 'timed' gate - this would really help address this issue.
    The real issue is that you can do a 2 hour foundry and still get only 15 mins counted for daily and you're expected to do 3 more foundries. Really wish they made a simple fix so you can do 1 hour foundry and get daily finished instead of promoting running the same 15 mins dailies over and over.
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