Gianthold - only needs 9 of each relic now!

[Zion_Halcyon]

Some old timers might not like this, but for me, in leveling my first toon to 20, one of the major things that was NOT FUN in my grind was getting 20 of each relic to advance the quest to Gianthold Tor.

For me, this is excellent news, as I plan on TRing my toon soon, and its nice to know the second go round is going to be a lot more fun the next spin!

[Quikster]

Some old timers might not like this, but for me, in leveling my first toon to 20, one of the major things that was NOT FUN in my grind was getting 20 of each relic to advance the quest to Gianthold Tor.

For me, this is excellent news, as I plan on TRing my toon soon, and its nice to know the second go round is going to be a lot more fun the next spin!

I dont mind either way.

Youll find that getting 20 of each is much easier on a tr though as the gh xp is nice for that level.

[PNellesen]

Wow - really? 9 now? While getting 20 of each was kind of a grind, I didn't find it all that difficult either - relics seemed to drop in almost every rare chest out there when I ran them. Made flagging for TOR that much sweeter. My lowbie Ranger will be happy, though, because by the time he gets to GH, one of my other characters will likely have at least a dozen of each to give him.

[Templarion]

Finally.

This is only good news. I hope they didn't lower the drop rates.

[Maelphistez]

After that first 60, it gets progressively easier to get the next 60 anyways. After you have a TR or two, you'll probably end up feeding them into your guild or to the AH since you'll run GH enough to have them overflowing your collectible bags. It is nice that they've made this a bit less grindy, but it really only affects new and unguilded players as far as I can tell.

Although, you might be a lot more likely to see people running around in the X-crafted armors after this change.

[Shaamis]

GH raid was the first raid that you didnt have to re-qualify from the start after each time, THAT's why the initial flag was so difficult to get.

Now that the restrictions on earlier raids have been loosened, it's only natural they loosen this raid flagging requirements as well.

I'm just wondering why they went with 9 per, instead of an even 10 per.......

[Zenako]

I'm just wondering why they went with 9 per, instead of an even 10 per.......

Nine quests? in the zone?

Prison, Madstone, Crucible
Cabal, Maze, Trial
Cry, Foundation, Feast

then you get to Tor and and the Raid?

At least that would be a semi logical basis...

[Bracosius]

This is a good change, 9 seems like the appropriate amount. I have been running my TR's with a friend new to the game, after doing Gianthold, normal, hard, elite he had 11, 9, and 13 for relics. I supplemented him from my TR so we could flag Tor, but if the requirement would have been 9, I would not of had too. So again, 9 seems like a good number.

[Tanka]

GH raid was the first raid that you didnt have to re-qualify from the start after each time

No, Titan was. It just had that huge pre-raid to go through that most people still don't know to properly complete.

[herzkos]

like, omg, what am i gonna do with my hundreds of relics now . . .

all that aside, good change they are making. i remember what a pain in the behind it was
to grind out relics on my first character there. (in fact don't think i got 20 total before rerolling him)

[NinjaCereal]

I'm not gonna complain. I remember hating Gianthold because of how long it was taking to get those relics.

Which reminds me, I need to work on getting those scales. Only 21 to go!

[krud]

Aw man! I just turned in my 60 relics. I want a refund!

Seriously, the xp I got from grinding the 60 relics (if you can call it a grind) was well worth it.

[Valindria]

I like this change. I You still have to do the flagging quests and you'll still have to turn in some relics.

I assume the collectibles armor amounts have not changed?

[dkyle]

Well, guess I'll be waiting until U8 to turn mine in on my Monk... At least I don't have to grind for more as I expected I might.

Thanks for the thread!

[der_kluge]

Holy Awesome. My Cleric grinded 60 of those things out, and then I worked my butt off to get 60 more for my Bard - which she still has in her inventory.

But I hesitated before turning them in, because I wasn't sure if I wanted her, or my wiz/rog to do Tor.

Now, I don't have to choose. That's awesome!

[holfrar]

I would have prefered it if they put it up to 29 of each relic to turn in...
......and dropped the Crucible as one of the flagging quests

[dkyle]

I would have prefered it if they put it up to 29 of each relic to turn in...
......and dropped the Crucible as one of the flagging quests

No thanks. That's the one I find easiest to solo!

On a Monk at least...

[LordPiglet]

Some old timers might not like this, but for me, in leveling my first toon to 20, one of the major things that was NOT FUN in my grind was getting 20 of each relic to advance the quest to Gianthold Tor.

For me, this is excellent news, as I plan on TRing my toon soon, and its nice to know the second go round is going to be a lot more fun the next spin!

um, I think I got like 30 of each my second go around. You're grinding for the xp, the relics become a by product anyways.

[Hokonoso]

only my double tr's do gh for xp, gh xp per min is much slower than ALL other quests in that lvl range so i perfer to skip it. making the requirement only 9 will be very useful for my single TRs coming up as i know i wont need to grind these much at all to get what i need, just a few norms and elite for favor should get me 9 of each instead of borrowing them like i always end up doing. hell i still got a lvl 20 that isnt tor flagged because of how annoying this is.

and titan had to be pre-flagged each time because of the super long pre-quest and sigil system, reaver was the first raid with no pre-flagging whatsoever, so whoever said that earlier is correct. to this day the titan, dq and dragon still have a pre-raid which makes them annoying, the only reason dq is done at all is because it has epic difficulty now, otherwise we wouldnt bother... abbot is still the best flagging system imo, super fun, long, and difficult with no pre-quest to get in your way every 2days 18hrs.

[Gulnar13]

abbot is still the best flagging system imo, super fun, long, and difficult with no pre-quest to get in your way every 2days 18hrs.

Abbot would be the best if not for the sheer randomness involved. Some peoples have ran those quest for months, without getting that last sigil piece.