TaskMaster

[jmustful]

I may try writing a macro for this but here is basic information. My necro has gone from 58 - 64 with tasks only and with timer I do other things in between. Each task pays between 73pp and 111pp and 5% - 25% exp depending on lvl, not bad for 5 minutes. Lookout Below takes 2-3 minutes

I will be working on other classes as well to see if they change.

Giant Expedition

KC /zone karnor
Karnor 2nd LCY - /warp loc 170.49, -261.95, 46.00
DL /zone dreadlands
Dreadlands Giant Outpost /warp loc -512.71, 1893.91, 312.16
BW /zone burningwood
FM /zone frontiermtn
/target Shilur - /warp target - Hail
BW /zone burningwood
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

Lookout Below

KC /zone karnor
Karnor RCY - /warp loc -75.23, -270.15, 6.54
DL - /zone dreadlands
Dreadlands Caves - /warp loc -2489.68, 3527.45, 716.25
BW /zone burningwood
FM /zone frontiermtn
/target Shilur - /warp target - Hail
BW /zone burningwood
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

Mystic Ring

KC /zone karnor
Karnor LCY - /warp loc 108.11, -446.86, 2.75
DL - /zone dreadlands
Dreadlands /warp loc 2480.67, 7751.34, 1049.22
FV - /zone Firiona
/target Socaldoor - /warp target - Hail
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

Poor Tree

FV - /zone Firiona
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
VK - /zone veksar
Veksar 3rd Dead Tree /warp loc 113.79, 586.20, -26.25
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
LOIO Throne in Sarnak Fort - /warp loc -2547.02, 5022.31, 228.44
WW - /zone warslikswood
/target Juikull - /warp target - Hail
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
FV - /zone Firiona
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

One Dead Tree

FV - /zone Firiona
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
VK - /zone veksar
Veksar 1st Dead Tree /warp loc -340.70, 44.00, -26.25
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
LOIO Far South Ruins /warp loc -3419.66, 592.44, 109.26
FM /zone frontiermtn
/target Aurueen - /warp target - Hail
BW /zone burningwood
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

Ruins Everywhere

FV - /zone Firiona
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
VK - /zone veksar
Veksar - Atrium with fallen column /warp loc -132.57, 427.11, -7.25
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
LOIO - Outcast ruins /warp loc 3308.81, 1766.17, 76.00
FV - /zone Firiona - /target Syelissa - /warp target - Hail
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

 

[Tone]

Btw lol that sig makes me laugh everytime I see. Their? That should be they're :P

 

[Jumjum5]

It's a pun on himself =P

 

[shadowman33]

Funny, I posted about the benefits of tasks a few months ago and got no response to it. I am glad though that people are starting to find what I found out a very very long time ago after they were added. Taskmasters are a vastly overlooked system and everyone should take the time to see just what they can do for you. Now I know it is not as fast as say the Bard macroing, but not all of us have bards, and quite truthfully mq2 would mean far far less if bards did not exist lol. I do the same tasks as you have posted here, as well as all the short tasks from OT up till I was lvl 62. What I do is a short task (5-10 min for 13% AA), bounce over to PoN and charm kite (15 min for 10-12%AA), then back to another short task for another 13% AA. Doing this, I am getting roughly 50-55% AA per hour. I have dreamed of this becoming automated for some time. Even take out the PoN time and just port to POK while I wait out the timer to start the next task. With that I still get almost 40% AA per hour and could just let it run 24/7. Your talking 8 AA's a day and never have to fight to do it LOL. Best part is, it CAN be done w/o warping or anything that can get you noticed and banned. Well as a druid it makes it alot easier since I can port to most places and I bind myself right at the taskmaster in DL.

 

[Tone]

What's the lockout timer between these task? And can you one than one back to back or are they all on same lockout like DoN? If they have separate lockout's I'll write 1 macro to do them all otherwise I'll just see which is the best and make a mac for that, and go from there.

 

[shadowman33]

Well I do not think it is a lockout as much as a minimum timer to do the task. I have finished a task before and had 15 min till he would give me another, then do a task again and have 10 min. on timer till get another. I guess that is a lockout so to speak, but it varies based off how long you took to do the task. I think it is total around 20 min till next available task from the start of the one you are on. I know i can get in 3 task per hour, or just over an hour. I do not do the ones to Veksar cause too many hard hitting mobs that see thru camo to afk it. The same goes for Karnor's but the mobs are low enough lvl that if I keep running, the train does not catch me or do much damage. Besides, when heading for a location for the task, there is no need to stop running if you know the /loc. You just keep running right on thru it and it updates the task for you.

 

[Amoger]

I have been doing the short tasks out of Gunthak as a 58 Mage. About 13% AA per short, they take about less than 5 minutes once I have my keys set up. In Gunthak there seems to be about a 28 minute lockout for new task requests from the time I accept a task till they will give me another. If you accept a task and walk away for 25 minutes, you can do that task and immediately get another upon completion of the first. Just my experience, your mileage may vary. Something else you may have noticed that I just found out. For the final hail of the task, you don't have to be near them, just have to have them targeted.

Guys that give the tasks is Assistant Vagli in the farthest hut away from the lighthouse on that island. He gives some short tasks that involve killing but I keep declining till i get one of these. I always make sure to invis, not that you have to, but I don't want to cause a train in the middle of someone's camp.

Paying Homage
/zone dulak
/zone torgiran
/warp loc 1150, -1035, -78
/zone dulak
/warp loc 2350, -1010, 40
/zone gunthak
/warp loc 1600, 160, 5 (takes you near lighthouse, I don't like warp in front of it for fear of being caught.)
hail NPC at or near loc 1620, -170, 5

Treasure for Everyone
/zone nadox
/warp loc -1705, 1490, -103 (I don't have a good zone name for hate's fury despite dozens of trys and crashes, so i warp here and run into hate)
/warp loc 867, 1238, -606
/zone nadox
/warp loc -560, -400, 10
/zone gunthak
/warp loc 1620, -170, 5 (takes you near lighthouse, I don't like warp in front of it for fear of being caught.)
hail Giksazz loc 1588, -127, 5

Scorn by the Wind
/zone dulak
/warp loc 470, -1740, -25
/zone gunthak
/warp loc -3822, 2777, 560
-gate to PoK, I don't /zone or warp with it comes to PoK, call me chicken
hail Agrakath Theric (loc -554, 1200, -125) near gunthak stone

Making a Stand
/zone nadox
/warp loc -411, 1962, -155
/zone gunthak
/warp loc -2135, 7, 45
gate to PoK
hial Winon Glahar (loc -115, 60, -120) in the base of the stairs to the library in the far east area

Leaving Home
/zone dulak
/warp loc -1078, -135, -25
/zone gunthak
/warp loc -1275, 2340, 70
/zone stonebrunt
hail NPC way north and little east of dock, I forget the name and never wrote down the loc

Do You Believe
/zone nadox
/warp loc -1080, 165, 9
/zone gunthak
/warp loc -1655, -17, 45
/zone stonebrunt
/warp loc -3910, 2785, -44
hail Selendo Skymoor

All are just zone and warp with a little running, very easy. I have only tried a couple of the medium and long tasks, gave up with it when i found they were taking longer than waiting for another short and I was loosing exp with the longer ones.

 

[Alatyami]

Which NPC in Gunthak does the short tasks?

I have been trying to get into tasks but I pretty much only get the kill X number of mobs that caneasily wipe the floor with my 62 Cleric ...

 

[Tone]

Did a couple of these not fast enough exp to be worth writting a macro. Vxed is a lot faster and I already have a mac for that.

 

[jmustful]

Btw lol that sig makes me laugh everytime I see. Their? That should be they're :P

It's fine the way it is

Shortest task is Lookout Below and really only takes time to zone loc zone target hail. Think it leaves 27 minutes until next task so 30 minutes is good guess.

If anyone can do anything in between tasks that takes some time that would be an awesome macro.

 

[shadowman33]

Damn Tone, I was hoping you would find it in your heart to make the macro for those of us who do not have access like you do LOL j/k.

 

[Tone]

After EQ servers are back up and I can jerry rig an MQ2 enough that I can see Window Labels I'll toss together a quick mac for each of these with all of the request I received, so keep posting info and I'll keep writting macs. I just can't remember the correct UI labels for task off the top of my head atm. If we get enough info we can start 1 long thread and have macros for task for each class, so help me out and post the info, and I'll do the writting.

 

[Tone]

Omg haven't forgot about this thread starting the macro writting now :P

 

[Tone]

Are all of the task class specific? Or can anyone do any of these. I'm going to run my necro to DL and start with those posted from the guy saying he was a nec 58-64.

 

[jmustful]

LOL I think they are on serveral toons just not sure if it's lvl specific - or maybe if you didn't start them at a lower lvl you can't get them...just like in new tutorial.

"The Guy"

 

[Tone]

Yes I tagged you as "The Guy" now deal with it bitch! When I get back tonight I fear the compile thread but I'll take care of that then work on these macros for you all.

 

[jmustful]

LMFAO.

I'll keep getting info. Any formate you want loc points so you can cut and paste?

 

[Tone]

Way you doing it is fine. Npc names = good to know don't say the npc here at loc whatever. Be like NPC bob at loc.

 

[Tone]

Make sure to include task master name/zone

 

[Tone]

Other decent info would be which # on task window it appears top = 1 and working down.

 

[Tone]

Ruh roh I see a problem... With the random task available that is going to make it really hard to automate 100% afk. They need a static list. You might be runing your Lookout Below macro, but you may not even see that in tasklist when you request. This will cause some problems.

 

[Tone]

The way I'm going to have to do it is going to be a very complex macro lol. Going to need to get info on every task that each of the taskmaster's gives. Then just pick 1 of the slots and do an event on "You have been assigned "Task Name" to do that task.

We'll have to break up the info on the task by Lvl/Taskmaster. So we'd have separate macros for each Taskmaster and lvl range.

 

[Tone]

Hmm.. interesting we'll just setup for any of the short duration task. Any medium/long we'll decline and get a new one.

 

[Tone]

The task masters in DL all give out the exact same task so that makes it easier :P Basically what I need some one to do is go to the various Taskmasters and gather info. I need lvl range, zone which taskmaster is in, taskmaster name, a list of the short task with locs/npcs, and then just a list of names for the medium duration task. Here is an example post/the one I"m working on atm.

DreadLands lvl 65 Tasks.
Taskmaster(s) = Marana Dreadflats
Klok F`tshai
Hoobert Flinkl

Short Duration:
============

Giant Expedition

KC /zone karnor
Karnor 2nd LCY - /warp loc 170.49, -261.95, 46.00
DL /zone dreadlands
Dreadlands Giant Outpost /warp loc -512.71, 1893.91, 312.16
BW /zone burningwood
FM /zone frontiermtn
/target Shilur - /warp target - Hail
BW /zone burningwood
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

Lookout Below

KC /zone karnor
Karnor RCY - /warp loc -75.23, -270.15, 6.54
DL - /zone dreadlands
Dreadlands Caves - /warp loc -2489.68, 3527.45, 716.25
BW /zone burningwood
FM /zone frontiermtn
/target Shilur - /warp target - Hail
BW /zone burningwood
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

Mystic Ring

KC /zone karnor
Karnor LCY - /warp loc 108.11, -446.86, 2.75
DL - /zone dreadlands
Dreadlands /warp loc 2480.67, 7751.34, 1049.22
FV - /zone Firiona
/target Socaldoor - /warp target - Hail
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

Poor Tree

FV - /zone Firiona
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
VK - /zone veksar
Veksar 3rd Dead Tree /warp loc 113.79, 586.20, -26.25
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
LOIO Throne in Sarnak Fort - /warp loc -2547.02, 5022.31, 228.44
WW - /zone warslikswood
/target Juikull - /warp target - Hail
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
FV - /zone Firiona
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

One Dead Tree

FV - /zone Firiona
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
VK - /zone veksar
Veksar 1st Dead Tree /warp loc -340.70, 44.00, -26.25
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
LOIO Far South Ruins /warp loc -3419.66, 592.44, 109.26
FM /zone frontiermtn
/target Aurueen - /warp target - Hail
BW /zone burningwood
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task

Ruins Everywhere

FV - /zone Firiona
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
VK - /zone veksar
Veksar - Atrium with fallen column /warp loc -132.57, 427.11, -7.25
LOIO - /zone lakeofillomen
LOIO - Outcast ruins /warp loc 3308.81, -1766.17, 76.00
FV - /zone Firiona - /target Syelissa - /warp target - Hail
DL - /zone dreadlands
/target Maran - /warp target - new task 

It's Murky in There

/zone firiona
/zone swampofnohope
/zone trakanon
/zone sebilis
/warp loc -283.57 -8.92 -32.25
/zone trakanon
/warp loc 2065.13 4418.97 -348.23
/zone swampofnohope
/target npc gkoroza
/warp target
/say hail
/zone firiona
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

Scary Caves

/zone karnor
/warp loc -48.92 -277.16 2.19
/zone dreadlands
/warp loc -2514 3498 712
/zone frontiermtns
/target npc Shilur
/warp target
/say Hail
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

What Place is This?

/zone frontiermtns
/zone lakeofillomen
/zone veksar
/warp loc -132.96 -540.09 -27.81
/zone lakeofillomen
/warp loc 5526.5 -5285.08 33.19
/zone warslikswood
/target npc Juikull
/warp target
/say Hail
/zone lakeofillomen
/zone frontiermtns
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

Jailing the Dead

Need info.

Torturous Endeavors
Exclude requires killing/looting.

Don't Drink That...

/zone firiona
/zone swampofnohope
/zone trakanon
/zone sebilis
/warp loc -725 660 -69
/zone trakanon
/warp loc -1671 -4765 -474
/zone swampofnohope
/target npc Muirkiaz
/warp target
/say hail
/zone firiona
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

Medium
=================
Filth of Goblins
Mastering the GrandMasters
Sentries and Their Trees
Cleaning Up the Sanctum
Reanimation
Freeing the Tortured
Five-Fingered Fiasco
Decaying Theatre

If when finding info on the shorts if they require killing npcs and crap don't worry about them just put under the name have to kill npc. Then I'll add that to exclude list. On Medium's I only need the name of the task so I can exclude it. However, if you feel like investigating them maybe some don't require killing and we could mac for more exp/money. This is going to be a lot of work going to need a couple people helping me out on this. Having the macro with the ability to do multiple task = good thing doesn't look obvious that we macing the same task over and over.

 

[Tone]

"The Guy" has better format than me oh well :P

DreadLands lvl 46 Tasks.
Taskmaster(s) = Marana Dreadflats
Klok F`tshai
Hoobert Flinkl

Big Holes Everywhere (Red is excited)

/zone burningwood
/warp loc -324.42 2201.61 -492.53
/zone skyfire
/warp loc 2365.41 3735.16 -129.87
/zone burningwood
/zone dreadlands
/tar npc korriz
/warp target
/say hail
-Done-

 

[Tone]

DreadLands lvl 65 Tasks.
Taskmaster(s) = Marana Dreadflats
Klok F`tshai
Hoobert Flinkl

It's Murky in There

/zone firiona
/zone swampofnohope
/zone trakanon
/zone sebilis
/warp loc -283.57 -8.92 -32.25
/zone trakanon
/warp loc 2065.13 4418.97 -348.23
/zone swampofnohope
/target npc gkoroza
/warp target
/say hail
/zone firiona
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

Adding to mainpost aka #24

 

[Tone]

Btw we need to get a good source of task from various zones other than DL otherwise the RedGuide crew will be obvious if everyone is running the same mac. Tha would be bad, funny, and interesting. I wanna write a mac for each of the taskmaster zones (maybe not all but a few). Also want to get a variety of lvl range macs. 40-65 should be good I think.

 

[Tone]

Ok, last one for me before I go to bed I'll mess with these more tomorrow.


DreadLands lvl 46 Tasks.
Taskmaster(s) = Marana Dreadflats
Klok F`tshai
Hoobert Flinkl

Hey, Watch Out Over There!

/zone frontiermtns
/zone lakeofillomen
/warp loc -1237 2341 295.97
/zone frontiermtns
/warp loc 4482 1350 372
/zone lakeofillomen
/target npc Malkez
/warp target
/say hail
/zone frontiermtns
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

 

[Tone]

DreadLands lvl 65 Tasks.
Taskmaster(s) = Marana Dreadflats
Klok F`tshai
Hoobert Flinkl

Don't Drink That...

/zone firiona
/zone swampofnohope
/zone trakanon
/zone sebilis
/warp loc -725 660 -69
/zone trakanon
/warp loc -1671 -4765 -474
/zone swampofnohope
/target npc Muirkiaz
/warp target
/say hail
/zone firiona
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

 

[Tone]

DreadLands lvl 65 Tasks.
Taskmaster(s) = Marana Dreadflats
Klok F`tshai
Hoobert Flinkl

Torturous Endeavors
Exclude requires killing/looting.

 

[Tone]

DreadLands lvl 65 Tasks.
Taskmaster(s) = Marana Dreadflats
Klok F`tshai
Hoobert Flinkl

Scary Caves

/zone karnor
/warp loc -48.92 -277.16 2.19
/zone dreadlands
/warp loc -2514 3498 712
/zone frontiermtns
/target npc Shilur
/warp target
/say Hail
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

 

[Tone]

DreadLands lvl 65 Tasks.
Taskmaster(s) = Marana Dreadflats
Klok F`tshai
Hoobert Flinkl

What Place is This?

/zone frontiermtns
/zone lakeofillomen
/zone veksar
/warp loc -132.96 -540.09 -27.81
/zone lakeofillomen
/warp loc 5526.5 -5285.08 33.19
/zone warslikswood
/target npc Juikull
/warp target
/say Hail
/zone lakeofillomen
/zone frontiermtns
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

 

[Tone]

I swear I've been requesting task for like 20min trying to get Jailing the Dead, so I can get info on it and start writting the DL lvl 65 macro :P

 

[Tone]

Finally got it gimmie like 5min and I'll post it.

 

[Tone]

DreadLands lvl 65 Tasks.
Taskmaster(s) = Marana Dreadflats
Klok F`tshai
Hoobert Flinkl

Jailing the Dead

/zone firiona
/zone swampofnohope
/zone trakanon
/zone sebilis
/warp loc -422.09 515.63 -49.78
/zone trakanon
/warp loc -1757 3653.95 -282.70
/zone emeraldjungle
/target npc Gelliza
/warp target
/say Hail
/zone trakanon
/zone swampofnohope
/zone firiona
/zone dreadlands
-Done-

 

[shadowman33]

these macro's are all fine, but not even gonna use them sorry LOL. All these zones are too popular on my server to be warping and zoning all over the place like that. I was hoping someone had a way to put together the macros without the warping and just leave them running and porting where i need to. That way you could total afk these if the macro could get the tasks on it's own. Guess I better get to work on trying to write macros lol.

 

[Tone]

These aren't macros they're just the info on the task. These won't do shit atm lol. If you go through and get exact locs of the exact path you want to run I can make it do that. Otherwise I'm just going to make a mac that does task with warping :P You're in the zone for less than a min highly unlikely the noob will even know that you are warpin around.

 

[Tone]

Should I stop working on this little side project? Seems like I'm only one submitting new info. WTB 200 post I'm closing the gap between Redbot's post vrs Mine :P

 

[moorthon]

Should I stop working on this little side project? Seems like I'm only one submitting new info. WTB 200 post I'm closing the gap between Redbot's post vrs Mine :P

I wouldn't stop. Better chance for Best of July.

 

[Tone]

lol :P That's not why I post stuff.