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If you like these tasks let me know I will give more info - if you don't, that's fine too.

Here is a task that takes 5 minutes to get 20% exp and 73pp 4s 8c.

Task name - Lookout Below - get task in DL Mara or Klok
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Start in Dreadlands
/target mara
/splooge mob
Say, "What Task"
Karnors - /gotozone karnor
/splooge point 130.67, -54.19, 34.52
Dreadlands - /gotozone dreadlands
/target nexus
/splooge mob
Firiona - /gotozone Firiona
/target Telligron
Hail - H

Done - Gratz you just got 73pp - Exp and or aa's for little work. This task comes up several times if you finish all 3 short tasks. If you find value in this info I will gladly post more.
 
at 65 i did the gunthak task don't get hurt

went like this *note* breaking my rules i warped while fd

zone to hates fury

warp to the connoner farthest from you while at zone in (its the one at top of stairs)

zone to nadox
warp to shade merchant

zone to gunthak
on top of boat you zone in on is person hail her/him and your done

plz help us all and if you complete one post details so we all can do them and get xp

recommend posting approx level zone taskmaster is in and what task is called
 
I have been doing tasks for a very long time. I have even posted about the benefits of them here before. If you solo alot, this is really the way to go for easy xp/ AA xp. At 62, I get 11% aa xp per short task. I have dreamed of this being automated somehow in a macro (without warping). I can warp but with porting, innate camo, and running with soe, it will be virtually undetectable that you are afk. I have been to all the higher lvl zones, done the PoV thing, even got keyed and group in Sol Ro. I still get AA's faster on tasks then any other method. Granted, I do get 3% per kill AA in Sol Ro, but that also depends on whether i can find a group or not. Right now, I can get a minimun of 2 AA's per day just running around and never fighting a darn thing to get them. This is a very underused system by most people imo.
 
At lvl 47 you get better experience and I think rotates 9 tasks. So if this was automated this would be uber afk exp.

Here is another easy task
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Scary Cave
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Start in Dreadlands
After talking to Mara...
Karnor - /gotozone karnor
/splooge point -75.23, -270.15, 6.54
Dreadlands - /gotozone dreadlands
/splooge point -2489.65, 3527.45, 716.25
Burningwood - /gotozone burningwood
Frontier Mountain - /gotozone frontiermtn
/target Shilur
Hail - H

Gratz
 
I can't get either of these tasks in my task options window, what is the deal? I am lvl 58, to high? to low? Do I need to do some other tasks to get access to these? I have lots of ??? anyone have answers?
 
I have found out that the tasks you get are bases on lvl and sometimes class i believe. The tasksmasters in OT will also give tasks to the mid to upper 50's and 60's. The tasksmasters that I have gone to at lvl60ish are 2 in OT, 2 in Dreadlands, and 2 in Gunthak.
 
it depends on how long it takes for you to do the task. I believe it is a 25-30min timer. What I mean is if it takes you say 10 min to do that task you will have to wait 15-20 min before the taskmaster will give you any tasks again. NOT 25-30 min timer after you complete it no matter how long it takes. The tasks itself has an unlimited timer on how long you can take to complete it, but there is a minimum timer on how long in between tasks. I wished so much that there was a way around that lock out cause I could triple my tasks per hour and end up getting around 70 to 80% AA per hour, but I do not believe there is anything you can do.
 
I do tasks between wait time - if I wait to hail last person the wait time is zero and I can get a task right away. Sometimes you have to keep declining to get right tasks.

So MQ cleric quest - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - kill PHer for Bergurgle - Do task - go kill PHer for Bergurgle - Kill Bergurgle.
 
usually I just bounce over to PoN for 15 to 20 min after doing quick task and get about 10 to 12% more AA between tasks.
 
Here's one, but you have to know how to fly.

Lev 61

Start in OT: Klok @ 2199, -2903
Name: Watch the Teeth

Goal is "broaden your horizons" ... lol

1. Skyfire near Veershan Peaks: 2340, 3775,-110
2. Burning Woods near Western Crater: -252,2203
3. Finish up at Dreadlands: Bosellana Skyspeed @ 1218,8907

gave me about 10% of an AA pt. and 35+ pp

Time NOT using /warp /zone etc.: 30min
 
shadowman33 said:
I have been doing tasks for a very long time. I have even posted about the benefits of them here before. If you solo alot, this is really the way to go for easy xp/ AA xp. At 62, I get 11% aa xp per short task. I have dreamed of this being automated somehow in a macro (without warping). I can warp but with porting, innate camo, and running with soe, it will be virtually undetectable that you are afk. I have been to all the higher lvl zones, done the PoV thing, even got keyed and group in Sol Ro. I still get AA's faster on tasks then any other method. Granted, I do get 3% per kill AA in Sol Ro, but that also depends on whether i can find a group or not. Right now, I can get a minimun of 2 AA's per day just running around and never fighting a darn thing to get them. This is a very underused system by most people imo.

Pm me I'll see what I can come up with :P If I can fully automate DoN missions a task should be a breeze :) I'll need lockout timers, locs, npc names, etc...
 
I'll have to try to track down the info I have on the tasks. I had every short task from OT down with all the loc's, zones, and cast patterns (refresh soe, and innate cammo in every zone). Somehow I have lost the file, but will try to find it. As of now, I am doing tasks strictly out of DL. The ones I started getting after I hit 62 changed from the ones I had all the info for and mostly involved Veksar which some mobs see thru camo there so automation is out of the picture without warping. I will start on the info for the ones I do out of DL and get back to you.
 
I compiled these with Alla links to the quest and info from your posts…

This is only OT and DL .

I have not checked out Gunthak yet.

Just tryin to help consolidate info 8-)



Quests


Overthere

Klok G`rshai loc +2225, -2900

Filth of Goblins

Five-Fingered Fiasco

Watch the Teeth LVL 61

Goal is "broaden your horizons" ... lol

1. Skyfire near Veershan Peaks: 2340, 3775,-110
2. Burning Woods near Western Crater: -252,2203
3. Finish up at Dreadlands: Bosellana Skyspeed @ 1218,8907


Korriz Stillripple

Sky's the Limit

Uggrig Skullchomper

Skizz Skazz Loc -2900, +3100.

Decaying Theatre


Dreadlands


Klok F`tshai loc = 785, 9120

Crystallized Pumice

Shuriken

Marana Dreadflats

Lookout Below

Start in Dreadlands
/target mara
/splooge mob
Say, "What Task"
Karnors - /gotozone karnor
/splooge point 130.67, -54.19, 34.52
Dreadlands - /gotozone dreadlands
/target nexus
/splooge mob
Firiona - /gotozone Firiona
/target Telligron
Hail - H

Scary Cave

Start in Dreadlands
After talking to Mara...
Karnor - /gotozone karnor
/splooge point -75.23, -270.15, 6.54
Dreadlands - /gotozone dreadlands
/splooge point -2489.65, 3527.45, 716.25
Burningwood - /gotozone burningwood
Frontier Mountain - /gotozone frontiermtn
/target Shilur
Hail - H


Hoobert Flinkl

Freeing the Tortured

Sentries and Their Trees
 
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Few questions.. At what level can you get "lookout below" and "scary caves" tasks. i tried with a 56 bot and they seem to of given him everything but those two..

also. does anyone have an easy walktrough for "Decaying Theatre" ? level 70 task.

gonna start it now cause iam board. ill post a walktrough if its even worth doing.
 
armysoldier....

You need to add level to your summary.

The Watch the Teeth task is lev 61
The Look out Below and Scarey Cave are, *I*THINK*, lev 65.
 
all the ones on alla say level 65

and a bunch of the Quest NPCs are linked to one Quest.. because of how someone submitted the quest.

So if anyone had confirmed levels for the quest... or even "I am lvl XX and could not get Quest 123" I will edit the post and update

thanks
 
the lvl "65" for the tasks I believe must be a max lvl then, because the 3 short tasks I do in DL are

Scarey Caves
Lookout Below
Giant Expedition

I am starting on them now and will record the /loc's and zones needed to complete them.
 
Giant Expedition...........
Start at Klok T'tshai in DL /loc 780.57, 9129.65, 1065.65
Run to Karnor's Castle
Run to Left Front Tower of Castle /loc 193.93, -235.68, 45.84
Explore the Giant Outpost in DL /loc -510.76, 1885.32, 309.57
Run to Frontier Mountains thru DL and Hail Shilur Scalentine just inside FM zone /loc -3485.80, -3302.62, -384.51

I do not know if my /loc's are going to be a bit different because I never leave home without my soe on LOL. Also, inside Karnor's, there are lots of mobs that see thru my innate camo so if you automate this task, you have to take in mind for the train you will probably have on you after your first loc and running back out of the castle to zone. Since I have soe on, I never stop running when i hit the loc in the front left tower. I just run right off the front of the tower and keep running around moat till I hit zone line. Also, I bind myself right in front of the Taskmaster in DL. The skele's in DL that sometimes wander around the taskmaster see thru your camo or invis also, so have to take that in mind also. I will post the other ones as I do them.


Scarey Caves.......
start at same taskmaster, same /loc
run to Karnor's
explore the first courtyard on right in the castle /loc -77.78, -280.24, 3.90
(DL) explore the caves in the southwest /loc -2486.43, 3523.80, 725.08
run to frontier mountains and hail the same npc just inside zone as the giant expedition task.
 
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I'm level 62 Cleric and can get the following:

Drachnid Breeding Grounds
Freeing the Tortured
Shamanistic Ways

I'll get the NPC names tonight .....
 
well at lvl 70 i could only get Decaying Theatre. but a friend of mine, also 70, was getting random ones. yey she has never done any, and neither have i /shrug
 
from DL Klok

lvl 70 ENC got decaying theater also
lvl 52 DRU got

upward mobility which starts in BW
Another Way out which starts in Old Seb
Stir things up which starts in BW


going back with a 65 DRU to see what he gets.. then will go back with a 66 war and see what he gets
 
Re: Taskmaster Macro!

Well here it is! Still needs some work of course ... I am looking for the variables to automate the task selection process ... any ideas where I can find them?

Included Tasks: Lookout Below, Scary Caves, and Mystic Ring

Edit: Fixed the looping error and added Giant Expedition

Rich (BB code):
|-taskmaster.mac
|-Author: Alatyami, Redguides.com Moderator
|-Description: This macro will automate short tasks received from the task-
|-             masters using /zone and /warp. This is not a complete AFK macro.
|-             You still have to select the task from one of the taskmasters.
|-             Once the task is added, the macro will take over.
|-Requirements: MQ2Zone or equiv /zone
|-              MQ2Warp or equiv /warp loc
|-              Exp_Tracking.inc
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

#include Exp_Tracking.inc
#Event lookout "You have been assigned the task 'Lookout Below'."
#Event caves "You have been assigned the task 'Scary Caves'."
#Event mystic "You have been assigned the task 'Mystic Ring'."
#Event giant "You have been assigned the task 'Giant Expedition'."
#Event finished "#*#You gain #*#"

sub Main
  /echo Starting Taskmaster w/ XP Tracking!
  /call ExpPrep
  /echo Waiting for a task ...
  :waiting
  /doevents
  /goto :waiting


/return

sub Event_lookout

  /echo Detected Task: Lookout Below!
  /call GMCheck |- Macro will not continue if there is a GM present.
  /echo you have 20 seconds until the task is started.
  /delay 20s
  /zone karnor
  /delay 30s
  /warp loc 130.67, -54.19, 34.52
  /delay 5s
  /zone dreadlands
  /delay 30s
  /target nexus
  /delay 5s
  /warp target
  /delay 5s
  /zone firiona
  /delay 30s
  /target telligron
  /delay 2s
  /hail
  /doevents

/return

sub Event_caves
  /echo Detected Task: Scary Caves!
  /call GMCheck |- Macro will not continue if there is a GM present.
  /echo you have 20 seconds until the task is started.
  /delay 20s
  /zone karnor
  /delay 20s
  /warp loc -75.23, -270.15, 6.54
  /echo Part 1 Completed!
  /delay 5s
  /zone dreadlands
  /delay 30s
  /warp loc -2489.65, 3527.45, 716.25
  /echo Part 2 Completed!
  /delay 5s
  /zone frontiermtns
  /delay 30s
  /target shilur
  /delay 2s
  /hail
  /doevents
/return

sub Event_mystic
  /echo Detected Task: Mystic Rings!
  /call GMCheck
  /echo you have 20 seconds until the task is started.
  /delay 20s
  /echo Stage 1: Explore Karnor's Castle.
  /zone karnor
  /delay 30s
  /warp loc 99.05, -420.49, 1.5
  /echo Stage 1 Completed!
  /delay 5s
  /zone dreadlands
  /delay 30s
  /echo Stage 2: Explore the DL Druid Rings
  /delay 5s
  /warp loc 2516.27, 7723.75, 1047.97
  /echo Stage 2 Completed!
  /delay 5s
  /zone firiona
  /delay 30s
  /echo Stage 3: Hailing Socaldoor
  /target socaldoor
  /delay 2s
  /hail
  /echo Mystic Ring is completed!
  /doevents
/return

sub Event_giant
  /echo Detected Task: Giant Exedition!
  /call GMCheck
  /echo You have 20 seconds until the task is started.
  /delay 20s
  /echo Stage 1: Explore Karnor's Castle
  /zone karnor
  /delay 30s
  /warp loc 228.92, -218.05, -11.33
  /delay 2s
  /zone dreadlands
  /delay 30s
  /echo Stage 2: Explore the Giant Outpost
  /warp loc -502.15, 1891.73, 310.91
  /delay 2s
  /zone frontiermtns
  /delay 30s
  /echo Stage 3: Hail Shilu Scaletine
  /target Shilur
  /hail
  /doevents
  /delay 2s
  /zone dreadlands
/return



sub GMCheck
    /if (${Bool[${Spawn[gm].ID}]}) {
       /echo A GM or Guide has been detected.  Waiting for five minutes to check again ...
       /delay 300s
       /goto :GMCheck
    }
/return

sub Event_finished
   /call ExpTrack
/return
 
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i know it would be a painstaking process, but can't these macro's be adjusted for running and not /warp or /zone? I see you have the gm check in there and that is great, what about when you zone into Karnor's and there are 5-10 players there at the entry camp. Karnor's is a very popular place on my server and I just know I would be seen using this. Also, with running instead of warping, it cuts down on wait time in between tasks with the block out.
 
I prefer not to use warp however, in karnor's two of them require you to go into the castle, I run this with a 62 cleric and he can't with-stand all the hits from the train of 10 - 14 mobs. I haven't tried yet to see if they see through invis ... I'll do that tonight.
 
some of them do see thru it yes. I do these tasks on a dailly basis with my 63 druid, and as long as you know the spots to run to, just keep running. I pull a train on occasions, but i almost always outrun them to the zl so they stop chasing. I guess maybe the advantage I have is innate camo (insta cast camo) so i can recast it while running or as soon as i get hit and take off. Helps to cut down on trains. I've done these tasks with nothing but pot9 on and just barely over 4k hp and never died yet. Just have to keep running to waypoint and back to zl and do not stop.
 
The real problem with the KC tasks part is that you need to re-trace your steps to get back out: can't keep running "forward", looping back around to the zone-out (ie. kiting-like). Since you have to backtrack your path in, you encounter all those mobs you angered on the way in on the way back out.

I've mapped the waypoints, just haven't coded a point-to-point-to-point example to try the process. Yes, you will need to be able to withstand some hits, but it can be done without resorting to warp or zone.
 
I would like to get rid of the /zone and /warp. Anyone know of an example that has point to point waypoints?
 
Made the mistake I guess of leveling my Beastlord to 67. All the tasks I was doing for xp using the short cuts are no longer available. The Task Master in DL and Gunthak will only give me one choice and it involves killing mobs which obviously slows things down. Does anybody know of another Task Masker that gives out tasks that can be done in 5 min using warp or should I bite the bullit and de-level him so I can build my aa's up?? Any help would be appreciated. The main thing is even on days I work and dont really have time to play in the evenings, I can make 1 AA a day easily.
 
Maybe just silly question but :
how many taskmasters can we hail in how many zones?

i know Dreadlands, it seems you can get tasks in Overthere and Gunthak, is there another?

Thks
 
I think it depends on level...DL OT and Gunthak are for 35+ there are taskmasters in PoK for low levels, and i think there is at least one taskmaster in every hometown for lower levels.
 
has anyone been able to select a short task using commands from the task request window? cause if someone has done it, i'd write up a quick macro while patch is going to automate the task selection, seing as i have nothing better to do. I have the info down for every short task in this thread and jmtrustful's other thread, but i just can't automate because would need to be able to request tasks and select a short task. By the way, using tasks , i get 1 aa in about 6.5-7 hours on my druid, not bad for side aa's
 
KOKKOR said:
Maybe just silly question but :
how many taskmasters can we hail in how many zones?

i know Dreadlands, it seems you can get tasks in Overthere and Gunthak, is there another?

Thks

They are everywhere...however, they may tell you to go to Dreadlands depending on class/lvl. /target taskmaster
 
has anyone been able to select a short task using commands from the task request window? cause if someone has done it, i'd write up a quick macro while patch is going to automate the task selection, seing as i have nothing better to do. I have the info down for every short task in this thread and jmtrustful's other thread, but i just can't automate because would need to be able to request tasks and select a short task. By the way, using tasks , i get 1 aa in about 6.5-7 hours on my druid, not bad for side aa's


It takes you 6.5 to 7 hours to get the aa? What % are you getting per short task? I have never gotten any less than 10% per short task. I get 13% per short right now and can do 3 per hour. As a druid, tasks should be faster for you being a porter. I guess it also depends on if you are running exclusively on tasks. I am getting 1 aa every 3 hours doing them. That is the reason why I wished someone automated them without /warp or /zone and set them up as just go to loc xyz. That way, it is nearly undetectable that you are afk macroing and you are looking at around 7 to 8 aa's a day if you just leave it going. Maybe one day it will happen LOL. IF I had the skills, I'd do it, but not learned quite enough for that yet. I'd need alot of checks in it like for innate camo, soe, hp for heals, buffs, etc.
 
There's a 30 minute timer between requesting tasks, so 2 task per hour is my max. Appears to be 14% per short task at level 62, so 3 hours per AA is right (should be sufficient time to earn the other 2% while you wait on the task timer).

I have gotten a "movetoloc/movetospawn" macro to work and have mapped the waypoints for the three short tasks I use at lvl 62. I have not had the time to complete the process of full automation:

1. Still need to manually select a task, but automation would kick in after you accept.
2. Have to tie together the zone-to-zone travel. The moveto macros work fine intra-zone.
3. Good practice calls for storing the waypoints in an INI file; haven't had time for that.
4. Should augment the macros to allow traversing a given path in either direction (or create complementary macros)

5. Lastly, the BIG ONE: mitigating trains in Karnor when there are other players in-zone. Don't know any way around this. In manual mode, I usually alert other players that I'm going to run to a back room, please watch out for a train. Since this is truly manual, I don't mind being polite. However, if I "fire and forget" once every 30 minutes, some folks will get caught unaware. Haven't decided if that is attention I want (despite running instead of warping, there's still a macro in the background).

Interested in opinions/feedback on #5.
 
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