Re: Dinner Party
I tried to do this legit and came here to find that there was this tip on how to do it "better" (aka exploit it lol).
I'll try to explain what the original poster meant:
So, zone in. Hand in the dinner invitation to the doorman, and do the hails until the room blackens out and Mr. Smott is schwacked.
IGNORE the proofs.
Now, you DO still need to figure out which class of dinner guests is the killer. To do that you hail around, talk to those fools, and then ONE AT A TIME (make sure you keep track of where you are taking the item from) hand in the food item taken from the table to Melion. When the task updates, the class of NPC you took it from is the killer. Once you know which class the killer is, go back to Melion and simply say "the druid" or "the shadowknight" or "the bard" or whatever class it was.
As soon as you say this the red con will attack you/your group, so be ready to grab it. Kill it, hail Melion again, and the red paste will pop on all your cursors. The second run I just made I wasn't sure which room the murder was done in because my rogue was killed in the lab by a see sos mob. So I just ignored that part and just said which class it was. That was enough to get the mob to go active and get the turn-in item for the aug.
Once you get the red paste, head to the real dreadspire and turn it in to any batling for your aug.
Hope that clarifies things. Cheers.
Actually.. i didnt hand in the invitation until AFTER i /say laboratory (for example) and /say necromancer (also just an example) to Melion... it updates even if it doesnt show it..
So.. i did in this order:
1-zone in
2 -look on our MQ2 map what the ground spawn in front of each character class around the table is called.. then one by one hand them to Melion.. the one he accepts is the murderer's.. then you find the room by matching the groundspawn name from the one he accepted to one somewhere on the map... for example.. the apple is actually called 'burning ember' on the groundspawn (mq2 map)...
3- when i've finally got the one that Melion took, then i look on the map to figure out what room this is.. you need to know dreadspire for this part.. or have a good map of it with the names of the rooms..
4 - go over to Melion (being careful to NOT step on that rug beside him, which is a pit trap) i like to stand away a bit, because of the guards on the other side of the door behind him, and target him, /say laboratory (again if i determined the room where i saw the burning ember was the lab) , then if you are correct, he'll ask who i think the murderer is.. then you can /say necromancer etc...
5- be sure to have your grp's KA's running n not paused, cuz then the necromancer is gonna lose his shit on you... kill him
6 - i go over to the other side of the room, nearish the door man, again standing about as far back i can to hand him the invitation.. that way no mob aggro from the guards on the other side of the door
7 - talk to the remaining guests (can only get 7/8 this way, but im not interested in finishing the mission, just want the aug)
8 - go back to Melion and hail him.. he will reward your group with red paste .. Yay soilent green for all!
at this point i drop task and head for the static dreadspire..
If you wanted to finish the mission itself, you'd have to hail the npcs before you accuse the necro, but this will affect what events trigger within the mission.. possibly forcing you to jump through other hoops..
