Cleoboltra's Epic Quest

[Zoid]

Your post was a bit confusing at first, since at the start:

Considering Blizzard's idiotic policy of repeating one of the stupid mistakes of Everquest design (world bosses on long respawn timers), it meant that only a rare few Priests on a server could EVER get this staff. [...] in later patches, Blizzard gave players another chance at an Eye of Shadow, letting it drop from the elite demons in Darkwhisper Gorge of Winterspring.

The Priest epic quest, like the Hunter epic quest, is irritating.  Blizzard, in their infinite wisdom, made it so if a Priest fails the quest or is interfered with while running it, the NPC that offers the quest despawns for 2 hours.  So NOBODY else on the server can try it.  The quest is hard.  Very hard.

That sounds like you were complaining about it and I was leading up to see you bitch and moan all about the quest for the rest of your post. But at the end you come back with:

But boy, that was as fun as the best "oh crap" healing moments I've had in the game.  5 minutes of total gaming excitement in a situation that I crave as a healer - when everything goes wrong, I get aggro, and still have to keep everyone alive.  Blizzard, PLEASE ADD MORE HARD SOLO QUESTS LIKE THIS!
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Which lead me to believe you enjoyed the quest! I think the epic class quests such as the Priest and Hunter one really are incredibly challegning and really rewarding. The priest epic is the best weapon in the game for the priest (there's nothing else that even comes close yet) and earning it myself was one of my favorite moments of the game.

Dwarf priest, Bolty? Tsk, fear ward is for nubs! :) I'm an undead priest.