Aid Grimel and Hope Stone

[Lling]

I've searched. I come here a lot, so I'm not lazy but maybe I am blind.

If you can help I would greatly appreciate it.

I am working on the 4th earring at the moment (pauses to curse pottery).

An Alliance mate whom I admire as a very dedicated tradeskiller and a very good person is finished with his save for the Hope Stone. I got mine on a night when he was not around. I would happily MQ it with him. I have not seen many drop and I would honestly rather he finish his quest first.

Can I MQ my Hope Stone with him so that he can finish his quest? Or is that impossible?

[Bregalad]

According to the quest walkthrough here on EQTC, this is not MQ-able, as the councilman rejects items if given one at a time.

[Lling]

Then I am blind. I have the walkthrough printed out and refer to it on a daily basis - and still I did not find it.

Thank you very much for your help.

[Nimphe Wildwood]

No worries Lling, it's a good thing you asked.

You say, 'i am interested in the task'
Councilman Taldarius says 'Very well Iustus. I warn you I will not grant this without proof that you possess a valiant spirit. You may have the trust of my aid but I still require a noble deed. Through research done by the council they have discovered something called a Hope Stone that exists in the Elemental Planes. Bring me one of these stones and the signet of Grimel. Fear not I shall reward you well.

[Gorgin]

I had actually tried it when I got my earring because I had everything done but the hopestone as soon as the platter recipe was discovered and I had MQed my hopestone to a friend for a traveler's manual, the Councilman says something about needing BOTH items and that just one is useless to him(we tried handing in the hopestone first if you're curious).

[Shabura]

For what its worth, the other use of a Hope Stone (the Secrets of the Planes quest) is MQ'able. Not that the final reward there is competative with the earring, but here and there someone gets a yen to finish it, too.

[Taraddar]

No personal experience but i've read several times that it can't be MQed. Not that it's really that big a deal the hope stones don't seem to be that rare. If you exp in the ele planes you'll see pleanty of em. Heck I got 2 or 3 of them while farming saps for my tailoring combine =(

[ceno65]

if it was MQable .. do you have any idea of the money i would make ?

[Suva]

When the MQ was tried, did you both meet the quest tradeskill requirements though? If not, that could prevent it from being MQ'd like faction I spose.

[Lling]

if it was MQable .. do you have any idea of the money i would make ?

/nodnod

My husband said the same thing. He said I wouldn't have to go through all the bother - he's just do all the parts and MQ it. I LIKE the bother, though. I like the feeling that I am earning it. I just feel so bad the we have seen no Hope Stone for Gruleb. I know they are supposedly seen a lot, but I ONLY exp in the elemental planes and I raid there a lot and in the last 3 months I've seen exactly 4 drop.

[Mudcrush Durtfeet]

It IS mq-able but...

to MQ it BOTH parties MUST have 220+ in all trade skills _and_ earring #7!

I have in fact done this MQ - my shaman no longer needed his old #7 earring. (I had my shaman turn in earring #7 and then the character with a hopestone turned his in, ended up with earring #8... without giving up his earring #7).

I also turned in a hopestone by itself and the councilman did NOT give back that hopestone.

This leads me to believe that IF you have earring #7 and wish someone to mq with you they CAN... _if_ they also have earring #7 and a hopestone.

As you need elemental access to get to earring #7 this is probably a moot point.

[Lling]

Gruleb's Hope Stone dropped today - RAR!!!