Grand Illusion

[Armysoldier]

I know this will be nerfed... and depending on how well we keep it under wraps .. will determin how long
we get to keep using this.

OK first things first Phara Dar: The Grand illusion is the main quest.

Say we shall see this through to PHARA DAR

Zone: Field of Scale
Who: ALL
Level: 65+NO LOWER - Tested 8-(
LOCKOUT: 6 hours

It has 4 sub quests. Hand / Foot / Head / Ribcage

The quest results in the Bone Mask of Ancient Iksar

Basic Subquest Run down:

HANDS
Search for an Iksar Necromancer of great power 0/1 (Field of Scale)
Free Deathwhisper Tharoff from his enslavement 0/1 (Field of Scale)

On the west side of the Field of Scale you will find Shade of Tharoff inside a crypt.
Clear the mobs from the surrounding area and inside the building.
Then say "Earthly Remains" to it.

Then head to the southeast around Kaesora and find "Tharoff's bones".
Kill the guards, /open it, and /loot a skeletal hand.
Take this back to Phara Dar to complete the task."

Tharoff bones are at -1620, -400. This is inside a building

Deliver the skeletal hand of Tharoff to Phara Dal 0/1 (Field of scale)

FOOT

Retrieve the foot of Grand Master Marthor 0/1 (Field of Scale)

Locate "Remains of Master Marthor" in the Kaesora area at -2039.18, -279.06, -48.32.
Kill the surrounding mobs. There are two Iksar Masters guarding this one.
They are both 85th level and pretty hard. Target the remains,
then type /open them and loot Foot of the Master.

Remains look the same as Hands.. just a pile of bones

Bring Grand Master Marthor's foot to Phara Dar 0/1 (Field of Scale)

HEAD

GO TO THE FIELD OF BONE

Find and kill Commander Koth

20 min spawn timer

Bring Petrified Skull of Commander Koth to Phara Dar 0/1 (Field of Scale)

RIBCAGE

Directly from Alla

Obtain an Iksar Ribcage and turn it in to Phara Dar. These are dropped by skeletons a fair bit. Head near Kurn's Stronghold, kill an Iksar Alchemist, and loot Sebilisian Fire. Turn this in to Talendor.

Next go back to the undead area. Kill and loot Viscid Tar and turn it in to Talendor. At this time he will give you back the Ribcage. Then head northeast to the water where you will see a small island. At 11pm game time, a Living Flame spawns. Walk under it to get the update, then hand him the ribcage. He will purify it and give it back to you. Take this to Phara Dar to complete the task."




This is two part info for you.

1. Once you have done this quest you have the illusion mask

NO MOB KILLING NEEDED UNLESS you want to do RIBCAGE AND SKULL

Go to FoS .. Get the Grand illusion quest only!!!!!
Put your Ancient Iksar illusion on.

Go to loc -2039.18, -279.06, -48.32. where the bones for FOOT quest pop
/open
go to Phara dar /say Foot (you get foot quest)
Go back loot foot
Foot is ready for turn in

NOW go to -1620, -400.
to where foot bones can be located.
/open
Turn in foot bones <-- ENJOY almost full AA at LVL 80
Go to Phara Dar /say Hands (you get hands Quest)
Go west of Phara Dar to the Shade
Say Earthly remains

NOW go back to where Foot bones are waiting for you loot
return to phara dar
Turn in Hand bones <-- ENJOY almost full AA at LVL 80

RIBCAGE is more involved and to me not worth doing over and over

Head.. well i have not felt like going to FOB to loot head but you can ..


SAME EXP for all 4 quests... and if you did all 4 then grand illusion is done again and additional EXP for you

KEY is you open the bones before getting quest.. OR have someone without quest open for you.

NEED TO DO:  

MAP
Finalize testing on macro
More pictures
more pretty colors 8-)

 

[Armysoldier]

PART 2 ...

2. OK here comes NERF BAT

BUT until then .. VOTE FOR ARMY

DO the quest as normal on your enchanter.

Bring your BOT ARMY over ..

PRESS your PROJECT ILLUSION AA

and CLICKY your mask while your bot army is targeted.


IT FRIGGIN WORK GANG .. your bot army .. with out doing the quest.. now have the illusion and faction modifier of the mask.

WOOO HOO

go get them their exp every 6 hours

 

[Armysoldier]

wow no replies

 

[Armysoldier]

OK here is what i have so far for a macro ..

some testers and feed back would be nice

REMEMBER you must be illusioned ANCIENT iksar

| Grand.MAC version 1.0
|
| Written by Armysoldier
|
| DEC 21 2008
|
| Modifications: NONE yet
|
|
| This code is designed for Field of Scale.
|
| Built in check incase the bones are already opened
|
| *** FOR THIS CODE TO WORK ***
| You need to Stand infront of Phara Dar LOC -1898,928
| You need to be in the first person view



sub main


|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| set vardelay to accommodate for your lag.. it is in seconds
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/declare vardelay int out
/varset vardelay 2

/echo Starting to run the Grand illusion SUBQUESTS foot and hand


|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Load plugin to allow you to do things from far away
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	/plugin mq2reachit /load

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| get grand illusion quest ... incase you don't have it
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	/tar phara

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/say we will see this through

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/keypress esc

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| move to door
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	/echo Moving to Door

	/call moveto -1975 859

	/call moveto -1975 250

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| move to foot drop
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	/echo open door and moving to Foot spot

	/keypress u

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/call moveto -1937 -49

	/call moveto -2040 -278

	/keypress esc

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| FOOT QUEST PART                   
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	/echo Time to work my Magic .. FOOT Drop

	:Foot

	/tar Remains of Master

	/if (!${Target.ID}) {

	/echo no target delay 1m

	/Delay 1m

	/goto :Foot

	}

	/if (${Target.PctHPs}==0) {

	/echo someone else opened bones

	/delay 1m
	
	/goto :Foot

	} else {

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/open

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/tar phara

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/saytarget foot

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/tar Remains of Master

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/call Loot

	}

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| move to hand drop
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	/echo moving to Hand drop

	/call moveto -1721 -302

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/face nolook loc -1626,-397

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/keypress u

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/call moveto -1667 -370

	/call moveto -1626 -397

	/keypress esc

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Hand QUEST PART                   
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	/echo Time to work my Magic .. Hand Drop

	:Hand	

	/tar Bones

	/if (!${Target.ID}) {

	/echo no target delay 1m

	/Delay 1m

	/goto :Hand

	}
	/if (${Target.PctHPs}==0) {

	/echo someone else opened bones

	/delay 1m
	
	/goto :Hand

	} else {

	/open

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/tar phara

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/saytarget hand

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/tar shade 

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/saytarget earthly remains

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/tar Bones

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/call Loot

	}

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| move to phara
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	/echo Moving to Phara

	/face nolook loc -2036,-273

	/call moveto -1667 -370

	/call moveto -1710 -310

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/face nolook loc -1736,-286

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/keypress u

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/call moveto -1736 -286

	/call moveto -1925 -223

	/call moveto -1937 -49

	/call moveto -1973 212

	/keypress u

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/call moveto -1975 265

	/call moveto -1975 854

	/call moveto -1898 928

	
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| turn in items to phara
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	/echo Time to REAP my rewards...... WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO

	/tar phara

	/ctrl /itemnotify ${FindItem["Foot of the Master"].InvSlot} leftmouseup

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/click left target

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/ctrl /itemnotify ${FindItem["Skeletal Hand of Necropsy"].InvSlot} leftmouseup

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/click left target

	/delay ${vardelay}s	

	/notify GiveWnd GVW_Give_Button leftmouseup

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| unload the plugin                  
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	/plugin mq2reachit unload

/return



|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Movement Sub
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sub moveto(int y, int x)
		/echo Y ${y}, X ${x}
	:KeepMoving
		/face fast nolook loc ${y},${x}
		/delay 2
		/keypress forward hold
		/if (${Math.Distance[${y},${x}]}>6) {
		/goto :KeepMoving
		} else {
		/keypress forward
		}
	:StopMoving
	/keypress forward
/return
        

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Movement Loot
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sub Loot

	/echo ${Target}

	/delay ${vardelay}s

	/loot

	/delay 5

	/itemnotify loot1 leftmouseup

	/delay 5

	/autoinv

	/delay ${vardelay}s

/return

army

 

[Armysoldier]

i am going to pick up my son from airport in an hour..

so i have to clean up the house a bit

post issues.. and i will fix when i get back

ARMY

 

[Kelsar]

not sure how to even get GRAND iksar illusion, otherwise i'd test it for ya. Why would this get nerfed? Is it major exp or something?

 

[Armysoldier]

1st post had the main quest and a brief run down on the quest itself.

EXP my LVL 75 Ranger set to 100% AA EXP got 2+ AA for HAND ... and 2+ AA for FOOT quest.

Only toon that has done the full quest is my main .. which is a ENC.

SO I am using the part 2 ... Projecting my illusion onto toons so they can enjoy the free EXP.

Should i make a more detailed run through on the main quest?

ARMY

ps my son is here and we are off to my brothers house for dinner.. joys of visiting..

I will be back in a couple hours

 

[hawthorne]

not sure how to even get GRAND iksar illusion, otherwise i'd test it for ya. Why would this get nerfed? Is it major exp or something?

2 AA per toon every 6 hours, macroable. It's not a huge amount but it's afk able and if abused would get it nerfed pretty quickly. Simple make the tasks not repeatable and it's gone.

 

[Armysoldier]

what i expect to be nerfed.. is the project illusion working witht eh ancient iksar illusion ..

this gives you the faction mob to do this quest .. in about 10 min or less

lock out every 6 hours... you can hit it 3 times a day if your at KB .. or run AFK for weeks on end ..

army

 

[cudacuf]

They won't nerf the project illusion, but what they have nerfed is opening the things. If the guards are with the "chests" now to loot the hand and foot, it won't open.

 

[orion949]

Thank you for the work on this ArmySoldier, I will give it a shot when I get a chance.

 

[Armysoldier]

i am not sure... cause i can not project any other clicky illusion .. i think

and your right as long as you have the quest... you can not open the bones.. you have to open then get quest and go back



or have someone else open for you

Army

 

[cudacuf]

Chanters can project illusions with all the illusion masks.

 

[Armysoldier]

hmmm guess i should get some others... lol

never knew that

 

[Armysoldier]

admins

since someone posted about this in forums..

can you move this to macros forum

I posted it here to give the lifetime members a head start

ARMY

 

[Armysoldier]

macro needs a little tweaking..

but its almost there

Army


ps thanks to htw for moving this over

 

[Armysoldier]

tweaked macro .. looting needed more delay

and turn in part.. i had a = sign where it should not have been

I hope some folks find this helpful

ARMY

 

[rawwar]

little late maybe

People have been running these tasks for months now... Day 1 I think .

Couple things to keep in mind:

A LOT of people are doing this task set now.
A lot of people watch what your doing.
Don't macro it in front of others and DON"T loot thier hand or foot on them using one.

The easiest way to do this is with your maps open and a good check of who is around.

Use MQ2reachit ... use /saytarget to get your updates you need.

Do not get tasks before you open the Bones or Remains. Open the bones or remians run get tasks and come back and loot hoping no one ninja looted on you.

Here is the routine with no one around:

Go to bones check for people around you and Phara Da .. if it looks clear at the loot location and not to many peeps are at Phara open Bones (simple /open command) Target Phara Da use /Saytarget (Foot) or (Hand). Watch for update. Loot bones or remains if doing the Foot. If doing the hand then also target Shade of Tharoff and /saytarget earthly remains. Watch for update. Loot hand.

Little more less obvious but faster is to do the same thing while doing the run. On the way by the update Mobs use the /saytarget on Phara and go to the Shades building and on way by use /saytarget earthly remains and run back and loot.

Couple things not to do:

Do not ninja loot someone already waiting.

Do not run outside and do it with someone inside (Ya I watch to see how many use MQ2 by how far they run.

Do not do it from inside in front of people as they know how it has to be done.

Do not use MQ2speed to do the run as people know how long it takes now.

This ia a great Task set and give huge exp pre 80 and great exp post 80. So be smart and do it normal as often as enhanced so if challenged you can at least tell them the right way to do it.

Last thing Enchanter illsuion is the best way to do the hand and foot tasks the first time.

 

[imgregrice]

People have been running these tasks for months now... Day 1 I think .

Couple things to keep in mind:

A LOT of people are doing this task set now.
A lot of people watch what your doing.
Don't macro it in front of others and DON"T loot thier hand or foot on them using one.

The easiest way to do this is with your maps open and a good check of who is around.

Use MQ2reachit ... use /saytarget to get your updates you need.

Do not get tasks before you open the Bones or Remains. Open the bones or remians run get tasks and come back and loot hoping no one ninja looted on you.

Here is the routine with no one around:

Go to bones check for people around you and Phara Da .. if it looks clear at the loot location and not to many peeps are at Phara open Bones (simple /open command) Target Phara Da use /Saytarget (Foot) or (Hand). Watch for update. Loot bones or remains if doing the Foot. If doing the hand then also target Shade of Tharoff and /saytarget earthly remains. Watch for update. Loot hand.

Little more less obvious but faster is to do the same thing while doing the run. On the way by the update Mobs use the /saytarget on Phara and go to the Shades building and on way by use /saytarget earthly remains and run back and loot.

Couple things not to do:

Do not ninja loot someone already waiting.

Do not run outside and do it with someone inside (Ya I watch to see how many use MQ2 by how far they run.

Do not do it from inside in front of people as they know how it has to be done.

Do not use MQ2speed to do the run as people know how long it takes now.

This ia a great Task set and give huge exp pre 80 and great exp post 80. So be smart and do it normal as often as enhanced so if challenged you can at least tell them the right way to do it.

Last thing Enchanter illsuion is the best way to do the hand and foot tasks the first time.

Great points! I think I will wait a while before I use this macro all of the sudden this zones become packed again on my server

 

[[onslaught]]

They won't nerf the project illusion, but what they have nerfed is opening the things. If the guards are with the "chests" now to loot the hand and foot, it won't open.

easist way to do this is to find a spot (hide behind a tree in a spot inside the wall of kaesora) and make a waypoint for safe or something. use this spot to do all your turn ins and hailtargets and saytargets.

what i did while i was working on this was simply go and open both bones and remains before getting the tasks. then /warp wp safe so no one is around to see your hott.

/tar phar
/saytarget what about the foot
/saytarget what about the hand
/tar shade of
/saytarget earthly remains

now you have both hand and foot quests and ready to loot, just go and loot the two items.

/warp wp safe
/tar phar
/ubertrade
turn in hand, get reward

/ubertrade
turn in foot, get reward

thats if you have the illusion on you, project illusion has worked like this for a long time. i wouldnt' expect it to be nerfed but its possible. i'd get the mask out of the way now though