Lore and Legend quests which are also known as Enemy Mastery quests involve the study of various creatures to learn more about them. In order to gain knowledge about these creatures, you must find and study various body parts. You can find these body parts for by killing the type of creature you wish to learn more about. You do not need the book to progress the quest. You obtain most of the Lore and Legend quest by finding a book and then reading the book until a quest becomes available. The quest will scale to your level so no need to worry. However some books can only be found in higher level zones and the mobs related to these books are quite high and may not always be found in lower or more common zones in Norrath.

Each of these quests will require you to kill mobs that are described in the books. As you kill these mobs you will need 3 Quest updates that will automatically update with a non inventory body part. This is most likely to prevent someone from just buying them all off the broker like you can with the remaining body parts. You also need to obtain 5 other body parts but there are uncommon drops from the mobs and you will need to examine them while they are in your inventory to get an update. This will also remove or consume the item from your inventory as well. The good thing is you can buy these items of the broker if you do not wish to farm them. Just keep in mind some of the drops are rare and can command a lot of plat for them. The good thing is if you are killing other mobs and have not found the Lore and Legend book you can save the un-common drops for your other characters or for when you located the book.

The rewards for each quest will be a Book to place in your home and a Trophy along with one of the following combat abilities which you can use against the mob. Below are the abilities for each of the four archetypes. Cost and damage scales with level.

Sinister Strike – Scouts		Master's Rage - Fighters		Master's Strike – Mage		Master's Smite – Priests
Decrease Mitigation of target vs slashing, piercing and crushing damage by X Inflicts X - Y melee damage on target Must be flanking or behind		Decreases Deflection, Parry, an Defense of target by X. Inflicts X amount of melee damage on target		Direct Damage Spell that does X amount of elemental damage		Decreases Slashing of target by X Decreases Attack Speed of target by X Decreases Piercing and Crushing of target by X Inflicts X amount of divine damage on target

EverQuest 2 Wiki (http://eq2.wikia.com) coined the phrase timelines. There vision of a timeline is a series of quest that tie other quests together within a given tier of EQ2. Sometimes these are a series of quest within a zone and sometimes it is just a series of quests such as the Claymore quest line that spans multiple tiers and zones. This is a great way to determine what content you should be working on in a given adventuring level. I highly recommend you check the site out for detailed timeline breakdown.

I highly recommend that you first explore the zone you plan on questing in for a given tier. While you explore you will gain discovery XP and AA points (Tier 2 and above). You should make a mental note of the names of the places that flash on your screen as you explore. Also it is a good idea to take notice on the mobs and their location within the zone. This will be beneficial later when you go back to take up the quests for the zone. Now it may not always be possible to explore the entire zone at times since most zones progressively get more difficult as you make your way to the end or far side of the zone. Some mobs just roam a lot or can see through stealth and invisibly spell’s.

From all of my prior experience and research involving leveling it seems it is best to do a combination of solo XP grinding, collection/adventuring quests, discovery as well as some pick up group content such as a dungeon or a raid. Not only does this help to minimize boredom it also helps you develop you character by gaining the ever so important alternate achievement points (AA). These points are used to specialize your character by spending the points earned from quests, named mobs and discovery experience.

If you want to maximize your leveling experience you should always follow these important notes:

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EQ-IQ Show #3 Zone Series (The Sinking Sands)

 

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Show # 3 is the first in a series of shows that cover Zones. This show the host covers the Desert of Flames zone The Sinking Sands. Some of the topics covered are the named mobs, quest lines, collections, harvesting locations, points of interests and much more. The show also has a quick walkthrough of the zone with tips on where to solo and what to watch out for when traveling in the Desert. Game Update 46 is also discussed as well as the live event Gathering Tempest. A special shoutout goes to the new EQ-IQ sponsor Daonii!!

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Guild Recruitment listing (EQ2)
Guild Recruitment listing (EQ1)

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EQ-IQ Show #2 Quest Series (In Honor and Service)

 

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Show # 2 is the first in a series of shows that cover quests. The host covers news about the community’s reactions to the Living Legacy promotion as well as some of his in game activities around Nostalgia the Guild adventures in the original Everquest. The main content of the show covers a detailed walkthrough of the Heritage Quest called In Honor and Service.

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Show #2 will be available June 15th and will be the first show in the Quest Series covering the Heritage Quest “In Honor and Service”. This tier 2 Heritage Quest is idea for new players wanting to earn some excellent status points for your guild. The level requirements are low in comparison to other Heritage Quest’s and you can successfully do this quest with two or more friends around level 16-20. Of course anyone of higher level can always earn the status and Alternate Achievement points at any level but as with all quests they are usually more fun to complete at their intended level.

Some classes can solo this quest as low as 16-17 especially if you are a crowd controlling class such as the Enchanter or Coercer. The quest can get quite tricky towards the end as the encounters are linked with 3 to 4 mobs engaging all at once and some are Heroic. This quest is fun and there is a ton of lore however some stages of the quest can leave you wondering where to go next. I will try to help with that problem with the Podcast this week as well as the written step by step walkthrough guide full of spoilers.

Also this week I will be covering the News and a possible new and exiting announcement of the shows future home! Can you say Collective?

While doing some research for some upcoming shows I came across some very cool Quest tracking sheets made by ripchi from a website called Council of the Five. (http://www.ripchi.com/cotf/index.htm)

These are very useful and will be mentioned in the upcoming Podcast.