Clarification

[Ree]

Hello Thelanis

I ran into something interesting today that I would like input about from the community.

How do you usually run to the blocked gate in SC?

Usually I run right, kill the kobalds, jump off the hill, kill the wolves, run up the ramp and to the gate. I mean that's pretty much par for course right?

I was just in a group with someone who insisted that however you get there through the optionals was the ONLY way they've ever done it (for the past two months). I don't even know how to get to the gate through the optionals!

So is the FTP phenomenon essentially re-teaching SC? I can absolutely understand why you would do the optionals, xp is xp after all. But to have someone insist that the route through the optionals was the only way they were taught took me by surprise (well, that and all the attitude of the player informing me).

Anyway, I wanted to try and check in about this with other people on Thelanis, mostly so I can have a better idea of what to expect when I hit an SC lfm.

[Wrigley]

Different groups run different routes. You can even bypass all the optionals except the first wolves and skip the fight after the bridge.

[hydra_ex]

I just run accross the pillar bridge, kill the scorpions, minotaurs, and ogres, then dash to the gate. There are many different ways to get there; I prefer the beeline, and if you kill some optionals, you might as well kill them all.

[DoctorWhofan]

I do it as per the OP, unless we are not doing optionals. Then kobalds then jump down, dogs, run up dogs, then start the quest.

[Clay]

I run past the kobolds... run past the wolves... run past the wolves pt 2... get the gate down... go left after the bridge and the first mobs i kill are the troll/minotaurs at the 2nd pillar... Kill everything there... run back to first pillar and kill dogs, trolls, 2 minos and mephits... then go to the giants by the crate...

You don't have to kill anything before the black barrier.