zeeg

June 19, 2005 - 5:18 pm [ Reply ]

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June 19, 2005 - 5:11 pm [ Reply | Edit/Delete ]

Well basically, i`m not sure if i`m posting a guide here or not, the `submit` link seems to returm to original page but just in case, here goes :)

A small party (2, maybe 3 if bottom level) of 45-50s can do this easilly. The creatures you need to kill for this quest are located outside the instance on the purple side, so after entering the mani doors of Maraudon just follow the main (only :)) path until you see orange and purple crystals.

here are a few lvl 40-42 centaur beings who don`t hit hard and can easilly be taken 1 or 2 at a time. Now follow the leftmost path which is lined with purple crystals. You will encounter mainly the elementals who drop the shadowshard fragments (jumped up rock eles) and a few rock worms, all lvl 41 - 43 and elite.

If you have casters then it is very easy to take the worms on at range - they do very little damage like this, and only slightly more when in melee. but overall hardly any damage if they are just casting on you. The eles are slightly different in that they can disrupt spells fairly often and have an attack that hits you high into the air and backwards. so be careful of your position and surraoundings - is easy have a wall at your back than land in the middle of a bunch of elites....

All you really have to do is follow this path killing the eles until you have enough shards. Stealth characters will find this even easier as there is no need to fight worms at all if you pick your fights well.

As an indicator i finsihed this quest solo with lvl 50 druid (Zakk, Turalyon) with ease, only getting caught out once when knocked over a ledge into a pile of eles and worms by one of those ele specials that launches you.... i went on to kill the 2nd Khan solo easilly too, 4th i had help with (but was no harder than 2nd anyhow) but failed against Vyletongue (also in the purple instance).

The maraudon map at the header of this forum is quite helpful, would be more so if there were a key to the map included though too i feel. :)

Zakk