Another lost level 60

[mjdoom]

I would like to see something that gives good gear, not even uber, but stuff that might even be above the blue sets, which can be done in chunks of an hour or less.  These would most likely be the life quests that were talked about.  I want something that the hardcore people could blow through in a few days of course, but it would allow the people who don't have the time to put into 3+ hour instances to get somewhat decent gear.  Without this, since the end game is gear dependent, you're basically giving up on a somewhat big subsection of the players. 

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Hmm, I'm not sure that a real "solution" is out there but this little passage made me think of one possibility. What if there were quests that involved very long chains but were still accessible to smaller groups? These quests would have many steps but have some pretty good loot at the end. There are a few quest chains like this currently in the game but off the top of my head I can't think of any other than the Battle of Darrowshire that do not require going into an instance at some point. These chains could obviously be completed more quickly by the more "hardcore" players but if you could find that magical intermediate loot level that oldmandennis talked about you could add a few of these with each patch. They could keep the more casual players occupied for days and be a little diversion from instance running for the more hardcore players. I think that the Battle of Darrowshire chain is an excellent example of how this could be implemented.

For those of you who feel that end game content is lacking for more casual players have you tried this chain? If you have do you think more like that would help or not? I personally haven't even finished the last step because it is a difficult step requiring a competent group. Still, this step would take less than an hour to do on its own so it fits within Alarick's constraints. This might give people a chance to point out to Blizzard what they did right and be a constructive way to try to influence some change. Just a crazy thought.

- mjdoom