A New Purpose for GPQ

So I was chatting with some buds today and we got to talking about how bad GPQ is. I think it would be good for the server if it was buffed into being viable content especially since summoning sacks aren’t in the PQ now. So I have some suggestions.

1. Buff Ergoth’s EXP. So his exp is actually comparable in exp:hp ratio to other bosses of his level range. He gets a little less than 1:10, which is around the norm for pap and rav. But there’s also the statues with around 1m HP each, and they all give 0 exp. My suggestion is to give the statues each exp at 1:10 exp:hp ratio, to make the boss more comparable to other bosses of his level range. Additionally, I think ergoth himself should receive an additional exp buff to compensate for the time spent doing the rest of the PQ. So all in all, I am thinking:

Knight statue A: 90k base exp
Knight statue B: 90k base exp
Lion statue A: 100k base exp
Lion statue B: 100k base exp
Ergoth: 400k base exp for PQ labor

Guild members at level 95 can gain exp from the statues as compensation for their participation in the PQ, and level 110 guild members would gain the full exp from killing Ergoth and the statues.

2. Mastery books aren’t really worth as much as they used to be. Which is why I think the equips in the drop table of other bosses should be added to increase the meso reward. (Maybe coin pouches too if they aren’t already dropped by Ergoth).

That’s all.

#MakePQsGreatAgain

 

I’d just like to add, one other change I think would be sensible for GPQ is to make Ergoth holy weak.

Currently he is holy strong for some reason despite being undead? He is resistant to all other elements, so at the very least he should be holy neutral, not holy strong…

 

Shameless bump because someone necroed another GPQ thread today

 

Honestly looking back at this thread, 800k exp total might be too low, considering ravana which is basically a punching bag that can be consistently cleared quickly gives almost double that at 1.5 million base exp. According to Soblets journal, when they ran solo GPQ it would always take at least 20 minutes to clear.

With this in consideration, I’m wondering whether or not it would be reasonable to double, triple, or even quadruple the base exp amount I listed originally.

Thoughts?

 

I also think a drop table buff is in order, but it is not sustainable as the sole reason to run GPQ. In a run of 3-5 people using mules, the splits are going to run very thin. Not to mention if GPQ is to ever become as popular as Ravana or Papulatus are, any value gained from their drops outside of raw NPC meso would be reduced to pennies due to oversupply.

Still, you could be right that is would be too much to increase it so drastically. I’m just afraid it would not be enough to incentivize people to play it even with the originally suggested changes.