Desperate Measures
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| Desperate Measures | |
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| Campaign | Nightfall |
| Region | Vabbi |
| Type | Secondary |
| Given by | Kamveh in Forum Highlands |
Contents |
[edit] Quest information
[edit] Requirements
No known requirements.
[edit] Objectives
- Kill the harpy leader, Render, in the Forum Highlands.
- Exterminate the heket commander, Harrk Facestab, in the Forum Highlands.
- See Kamveh for your reward.
[edit] Reward
- 2,000 Experience
- 250 Gold
- 10 Lightbringer Points
[edit] Walkthrough
Walk towards the immediate objective, killing hecket and harpies along the way. Be careful not to aggro too many enemies. It will spell death for you. AoE skills are extremely helpful in killing the masses of enemies. An MM is helpful for a meat shield, but be careful if the minions aggro too many enemies. After killing the first commander, Render, move on to the next commander. If you wait a little bit, the Heket will attack the Vabbian Guards nearby who can help you if you are having issues with killing the Heket. After killing both commanders, head back to Kamveh for your reward.
[edit] Alternative Walkthrough
This is not a true walkthrough, but it works. The quest implies that the Harpies and Heket are at war... take advantage of this. With a few running and damage reduction skills just run into the Harpie/Heket camp and bring them to the other one - make sure to bring the boss along - and watch the full scale war. Clean up any leftovers and you're done. If soloing, then bring an AoE spell/skill so you get the XP while they kill each other; this is very useful if trying to lvl up heroes - just don't take quest reward ever.
[edit] NPCs
[edit] Allies
*While not technically part of the quest, they do appear to get attacked by Heket
[edit] Foes
24 Skree Raider
28 Elder Skree Tracker
- 24 Skree Tracker
24 Skree Griffin
28 Elder Skree Singer
- 24 Skree Singer
[edit] Bosses
- 28 Render → "Incoming!"
28 Harrk Facestab → Contagion
[edit] Dialogue
[edit] Initial dialogue
Kamveh
- "Greetings, <Player Name>. I have a situation that requires your attention. In the past, merchants stopped here as they traveled through Vabbi. They sold us all manner of goods that sustained our people, but they have since stopped coming. The hostilities between the skree harpies and heket have been boiling, but it's gotten out of hand and is affecting our village. It's a simple job. Find the leaders of these two warring tribes and eliminate them. Of course we are prepared to pay you for your trouble."
- Accept: "You know how much I love killing things...."
- Decline: "Sounds fun, but no thanks."
- When asked about quest: "Those beasts are still out there! I'm not paying you to stand around. Please find the leaders of each tribe and finish them off before this war goes on any longer!"
[edit] Reward dialogue
Kamveh
- "Thank you so much. With those leaderless beasts regrouping, the merchants won't have to worry about their safety. They will surely return and our people will no longer go hungry or subsist without amenities. We are grateful."
[edit] Notes
- Proper aggro management is of great value in this quest. The leaders are surrounded by several small groups clustered together, so it is essential that the party know how to pull each one out without aggroing others. Henchmen/heroes are very bad at pulling, so flag them far back.
- After completing this quest the heket and skree groups between Tihark Orchard and Jennur's Horde are replaced by Kournan and Margonite groups.
- A useful strategy is to slowly go around the walls to the south fighting as you go. This will cause you to end up right near the main monsters to kill. Then back track and go kill the second group.
- Parties should be able to spike large amounts of damage to kill the griffins, which use healing spells often.
- You cannot kill just one commander and leave the area without completing the quest; the quest will reset fully.
