**** - I was one of the people who just kind of knows the map, and was in on this, and it was indeed a mess. Now I wish I hung with it because I really wanted the elite favor and those chests, but when the few people who seemed to know what they were doing bailed on the thing, including the original group leader, I figured it was done. Hell, I even gave it one more try re-entering with 3 other people.
But yeah, that was a real mess - my second time up the spine, and just a wreck.
The real issue is this - if you are in a new map, and don't know it, then STAY WITH THE GROUP. Too many hot shot players who just ran around and got lost. And it ticked me off, because at times, since I don't know the quest great yet (only my second spine run), I ended up following someone who had NO CLUE where they were going!
It was a royal mess, but man, now I really wish I had stayed. Was hard at the time though too, because when I finally did bail, it was already 2am here. Awesome to hear that someone helped you finish. I'd have stuck around had the group leaders not bailed on the thing.