Quest System

[pevec]

Hi, is there a way to make the Quest System somehow easier ?
I just got over to Matis Mainland and i am supposed to do some quest to get the Knowloedge Thingy

Well, i took a quest that says the searched Person is in Majestic Garden.
(since its right on the Map, i tried to get an easy one)

Then i noticed that the whole big Area is called Majestic Garden and it seems that the searched Person could be pretty much everywhere.

So i spent now a hour searching around and died a couple times during that.

That way to describe Quests is not very Noob-Friendly and might make a lot of new Players leave.

So i wondered if there is a way to get additional Infos on the Locations of Quest People ?

PS: Someone in Game gave me a Webpage with a NPC Location Database but it aint all that Good coz for example on my Person it said its in Majestic Garden...doh

Thanks for your Help

[mmatto]

I agree, finding NPCs and foraging mission mats is hard for old players too. Luckily we have site like http://www.ballisticmystix.com/index.jsp that shows NPC locations on map.

You should also note that some NPCs wander around and may be in different places depending on season.

[thlau]

So i wondered if there is a way to get additional Infos on the Locations of Quest People ?

First thing I do if I seek a NPC that is supposed to a be in a region, is to zoom the compass to 250m radius and pay attention to the light grey dots. Then is go to every light grey dot, to see if its the right NPC.
But be careful with groups of several light grey dots, the may be cutthroats.

If you need a general direction ask in region chat. Maybe a homin can help you with a direction.

[ozric]

....zoom the compass to 250m radius and pay attention to the light grey dots. Then is go to every light grey dot, to see if its the right NPC.

/target <name> can help tell you if the npc is "in range" (which seems to work up to about 250m)
Note :- Just using the first part of the name works. If you want to put the full name, enclose the name in quotes. (ie /target Apon, or /target "Apon Boethus" )
/target works the same for entities/mobs also

[oldmess]

/target <name> can help tell you if the npc is "in range" (which seems to work up to about 250m)

I've had great luck with this when hunting mobs and named mobs. But when using it on NPC's, the range seems a lot lower. I haven't done any formal tests, but it's more like 50m IMO. Except when I've already found them, then I can go 200m away and /target them successfully.