interesting detailFollow

actually, the original requirement was to cleanse 12 tempest touched creatures. that was reduced to 9 on the 10th of June (the date of the test server update notes you read).

Darn! Well at least they're making them respawn more quickly and giving everyone credit for the kills...

Guess I'll just settle in for the big grind... /sigh

Yeah, I took a run at these this morning and it was a snap!

The mobs tend to be in threes clustered around the base of the storm and static so you find a spot and pick off three sets of three for each note you need.

I wound up running through the quest about 10 times just killing a couple hours!

Picked up some groovy new house items...

A bit too similar to the previous event, healing the blights; it's a fairly nice time sink, with some nice house items. Did it once for the Axp, but I won't keep doing it to get more of those house items. I forgot to see if there were any books, I might go for that one too.

There was some grumbling yesterday in the chats about the rather uselesseness of the items gained. But as others then stated, the game is more than just loot.

I think this event is a huge step forward for SOE. Past world events often offered a (single) *useless* trinket as a reward (building the TS & Nek bird towers or rebuilding the spires are both good examples) but their thinking has advanced to the point where they now offer us choices from a wide range of reward options.

They have also made the quest scale to level so that everyone can participate. And finally the note/barter system allows us to repeat the quest as much or as little as we choose and be rewarded accordingly based on individual desire.

As far as the *uselessness* of the rewards involved, EQ2 world events have never offered rewards that were in any way *game changing*. I believe that to do so would invite massive complaints from those players who for whatever reason are unable to participate and would feel they were *missing out* on something important to which they were entitled.

In short, I think SOE "gets it"! Players have complained in the past that the events were too short or that they were for too narrow a lvl range, or that the rewards lacked variety. All of these concerns have been addressed in this event.

And the guys that want to receive a *sword or uberness* for curing a few mobs are barking up the wrong tree!

Who's scoffing? Personally, I'm tryin' to clean the merchant guy out!

End tables... inkwell... crystal chamber... pillows... goblin pet... there are tons of things I just can't live another moment without!

Don't know when the last time you moved was, but there have been a number of improvements to the whole experience.

First, there is a single button option on your housing pop-up that says *pack contents of house* (I'm paraphrasing here 'cause I don't remember the exact wording)

Also, you now get a "moving crate" when you change addresses and everything from your old house automatically goes into it when you move. This box ends up on the floor of your new house and can be moved to any room as you unpack your stuff to decorate your new digs.

And finally, anyone who has placed and left items in your house (including alts) gets an email informing them that you moved and listing your new address.

PLEASE NOTE ~ Be careful, the moving crate is a one-way deal - you can take stuff out but you can never put anything back in!

Now that's very interesting, to say the least.

Last time I moved, I switched from Qeynos to Maj'Dul (easier during my betrayal bouts), had to fill up every box I had to fit everything in it!

Very tempting to just get me a big old mansion, see how long it'll take to fill that one up!