Trolls beware, you may lose your cultural tradeskill

[Cantatus]

I heard there is a Grobb forge in Neriak FQ now, but I haven't personally confirmed it. Also heard there are now tradeskill containers in Gukta as well.

[Cigarskunk]

I've pestered Sony about Grobb ever since I got into tradeskills - after they had thier bread shortage routine, Grobb was officially the only starting city in which you could not do ANY tradeskill without getting supplies from another city - they didn't even bother giving us bread back after the famine was over.

Then they gave us a cultural oven but still on baking supplies.

Finally, nearly a year ago, they gave us false hope - they put in a full spread of baking supplies - all of the basic ingredient and the smithing and pottery supplies to make cooking gear.

Then they gave us "cultural smithing."

Then they let us rot again.

Sony and VI have ignored and left trolls hang out to dry for so long that we've become a rare race since we don't have anything going for us so Sony/VI uses that as justification for not giving us anything because no one plays us.

I'll be really surprised if they give us another home rather than treating us like [insert downtrodden race/nationality/religion of your choice here] and just shoving us into the DE ghettos.

As a troll, I had next to nothing - just my little hole in the mud that I could come back to and train at and re-enjoy all of the memories of fighting for my life against the frogs, kobolds and other critters of my swamp.

Now they even took that away from me - like a thief taking a begger's coin cup in addition to the money and then smashing it just to make sure that his victim now has NOTHING left. I rolled into Neriak Foriegn Quarter and all I could think of was feeling like those refuges you see crowding off of the boats and plains on TV.

Here I am, a mighty troll SK, afraid of nothing, having faced death countless times and cut a swatch of death and distruction through my enemies, yet I was beaten, my character didn't carry his weapon proudly, he barely maintained his grip as the blade scratched along the ground, cutting a notch through the paving stones of Neriak.

/em's eyes swell up with tears...

They took away my home...

[Cyrnan]

/applaud Quinner

A little patience. Let's see what happens. It's been all of TWO DAYS!

Keep a list of Quinner's Questions in hard copy next to you and look at them occasionally while the EQ worms work their way through the corpse of Grobb.

Personally, I think since this started with a Froglok-Troll battle, it'll be settled with a Froglok-Troll battle.

But none of us REALLY knows what VI/Sony will do, do we? Unless you work for them...

I'll just be happy if they don't require frogloks to carry water to keep their skin moist so they can breath... :roll:

[gummo]

The first thing I saw while I was exploring the new improved NFQ was a Troll Forge (YAY!) at or around /loc -240, -335. When you go into the Troll/Ogre section of town, it's on your left at the bottom of the ramp.

[Cigarskunk]

The first thing I saw while I was exploring the new improved NFQ was a Troll Forge (YAY!) at or around /loc -240, -335. When you go into the Troll/Ogre section of town, it's on your left at the bottom of the ramp.

Any sign of our cultural oven???

[Dazumm]

Has anyone seen the the two groundspawns in Innothule needed for troll cultural smithing since the frogs invaded? They are Innothule vegetables and mushrooms.

I was there shortly with a non-KOS character, and didn't see any, but it could have just been bad luck. Maybe they will start growing in Nektulos now where the young DE's can harvest them for me.

[Cigarskunk]

Has anyone seen the the two groundspawns in Innothule needed for troll cultural smithing since the frogs invaded? They are Innothule vegetables and mushrooms.

I was there shortly with a non-KOS character, and didn't see any, but it could have just been bad luck. Maybe they will start growing in Nektulos now where the young DE's can harvest them for me.

I stumbled across a shroom growing on the side of a tree near were the bard used to hang out in the swamp, so I guess that atleast some of the spawns still work.

That's a hell of a thing - it's hard enough as it is trying to find these things and now we've gotta find them in a hostile zone - it would be like only having acorns spawn in the middle of Kithcore and only at night or having Morning Dew only spawning inside of Mistmore.

[Zopharr]

Swamp Veggies in Innothule

I had my druid running to Gukta to see of Dar Forager Lumun would upgrade MQ Bear and LQ Rockhopper hides, and stumbled across a Swamp Vegetable just outside the enctrance. So apparently both still spawn there.

BTW, Dar Forager Lumun responded to hails, said he would [exchange] my hides, then gave me nada. Quest may not be working - have asked on Tailoring Board if others have had any luck.

[Dumez]

troll forge

Browsed through and didn't see it mentioned, Neriak Commons...round the tailor shop. new name of troll forge..think this what you looking for. As far as ground spawns in Innothule..I have yet seen any for the past few days, maybe once the fallen trolll/frogloks clear up, they will once again spawn.

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Cancel the groundspawn bit..I went back in and found a couple shrooms in 30 minutes heh....just seemed odd that I used to find them where the corpses are.