Cleoboltra's Epic Quest

[Mirajj]

I'm pretty sure that's correct, lfd.  I heard rumors of Priests bringing out their Mechanical Greenches on their attempt only to get immediately reamed by The Cleaner and having to wait 2 hours (what a nasty shock that would have been, especially since if I got the Eye of Divinity around the holidays I would have tried the same thing).  The game code must treat these combat pets as an entity coming in to help you, and ends the quest.

Yep. If this works the same as the hunter quest (and no reason why it shouldn't) then "interference" is dictated by "on the aggro list". This is why moving in and out of an AoE buff (like a pally aura) may interfere, or it may not. You roll the dice. But the Greench and his ilk are all direct and the second they come onto the aggro list, you get Cleaned.

And to your earlier post, yes, it's both a fantastic quest and an idiotic one.  Fantastic because it's so much fun to play (especially with all that pressure on you to win it).  Idiotic because anyone just walking up into the area triggers the Cleaner and ends the quest, the quest flags you for PvP on PvE servers, and people have found methods to cheese the quest anyway (casters with AoE, Paladins standing still with Retribution on).

I felt the same way about the hunter quest for the longest time. I resisted it becuase of how easily griefable it was. With such consequences. There's nothing "epic" about that, just a massive PITA. At least with the priest quest, if you are successful, the NPC is still around for the next priest to try. With the hunter one when the demon despawns (Due to interference, he times out on your attempt, or you beat him) he's gone for three hours for everyone. Which is why (on SR, anyways) there is an unwritten truce rule. Any hunter can challenge the demon, and they get first "go", but if they fail their attempt and the demon isn't despawned, the next hunter is given a try. This is in place for both Alliance and Horde. Seems to work pretty well. I shared an Artorious spawn with the same Orc hunter a couple of times. The demon fights are fun and a great test of skill (Except that WS demon), and I loved fighting them...but the sheer griefablity (intentional or otherwise) of the quest drives me nuts.