Truly Epic Class Quests

One part of Wow I have always enjoyed are the Epic Class Quests. I have been involved in nearly every one so far.

Lok(Rohk)'delar, Hunter Quest
This was quite the achievement for any hunter. You needed drops from MC, Ony and a rare drop from Winterspring (or from Azurgos) and you had to defeat 4 demons without aid. Then there are Greifers/Noobs that will assist you and de-spawn the Demon. I helped out on this quest 3 or 4 times, mainly with Buffs and Clearing the path.

Benediction Quest
Requires an MC Drop and a rare(expensive) World Drop BOE. Quite a good quest but not in the league of the Hunter one. I helped when you could use the Trinket to see the spirits.

Warlock Epic mount Quest.
This one was quite expensive and included a DM run that was not that popular. Though the boss did drop a good Tank Gun so it was easy to find a tank for this. I have only assisted with a bit of this but I think it was well designed.

Paladin Epic Mount Quest
This quest included a Scholo run where you needed to properly use judgements to kill the Wraiths. Was a great deal of fun. Beld came up with a Stealth type run so we didn’t need to clear trash. It involved Invis Pots and DI'ing the Rezzer after running for your life. Good quest design from what I saw of it.

Epic Flight Form Quest
I think this quest had one of the best theories but lacked the Implementation. The idea is you had to kill bosses that had weaknesses based on the 3 specs. So by using a specific spec/tree you would find it easier. I have completed this one 3 times. I think the idea was dead on but I found it a bit easy.

What’s Next?
What I would like to see is a truly epic version of these quests designed for every class. A quest that requires a great deal of skill and knowledge of all three talent tree's/roles of your class. It should be hard and be a real achievement. The reward should be unique but not loot. A title for instance or a Unique class mount.

How would it work?
The quest chain should test you in each role that you could fulfil in PVE and can also include any other skills or abilities that suit. Lets look at an example, you guessed it, with Druids.

Starting Quests
Travel Forms Part 1
Race across a course that includes Water, Lava and Underground areas forcing the best use of Cheetah, Swim, Cat and Flight Forms. There can be sections where you get shot down for Flying. There should also be sections that require you to go from one form to another. i.e. Flight Form to Cat Form (to survive a fall) then Sprint and go Cheetah when Sprint runs out. Should change forms enough to require innervate.

Travel Forms Part 2
Air Tag. There would be a very large "roofed" stadium/area where you can fly. There is a Bird Seeking Ball that travels a little faster than your Flight Form. Shifting to caster causes the ball to continue in a straight line. You need to keep away from the ball for X time limit without hitting the ground (Ground would kill you). There could also be obstacles to slow the ball down. De-buffing the ball may also slow it down.

Pre-Requisites: Travel Forms Part 1

Feral Part 1
Successfully Rawr Bomb five targets.

Pre-Requisites: Travel Forms Part 1

Feral Part 2
With an NPC Tank and Healer, The Tank holds a Boss. You DPS. Ad’s randomly spawn, you need to switch to bear, grab the add and drag it to the tank, then continue to DPS the boss. There should be a chance to Battle Rez at some point as well.

Pre-Requisites: Feral Part 1

Bear Form Part 1
Hold Agro on a Boss while being healed by an NPC. Other NPC's will be doing high DPS and Threat. This would scale based on the Druids Gear. There should be occasions when you need to use your "Oh Shit" abilities.

Pre-Requisites: Feral Part 1

Bear Form Part 2
Hold Agro on 10 mobs. You also have 10 Healers with very low health (One hit to kill). You need 8 healers to keep you alive. If you lose 3 healers you will probably wipe.

Pre-Requisites: Travel Forms Part 2, Bear Form Part 1

Cat Form Part 1
Stealth through a group of mobs without being seen.

Pre-Requisites: Feral Part 1

Cat Form Part 2
With an NPC Tank and Healer, uphold a certain level of DPS. Threat control would also be required. Would Scale with Gear.

Pre-Requisites: Travel Forms Part 2, Cat Form Part 1

Caster Part 1
With an NPC Tank and a Healer, DPS and assist Healing the tank while maintaining De-buffs. Should be a 50/50 split. Should require a Hybrid Resto/Balance Spec.

Pre-Requisites: Travel Forms Part 1

Balance Part 1
With a NPC Tank and Healer, Uphold a certain amount of DPS while maintaining De-buffs and controlling threat. Full (and swift) use of Eclipse Procs would also be required. Monitor Healers Mana for innervate. Battle Rez would be required.

Pre-Requisites: Caster Part 1

Balance Part 2
Kite and Crowd Control two mobs for a certain time. Would require Entangling Roots, Hurricane and Sleep etc. Would require timing to get around diminished returns.

Pre-Requisites: Balance Part 1, Travel Forms Part 2

Restoration Part 1
Heal an NPC Tank in a Boss Encounter.

Pre-Requisites: Caster Part 1

Restoration Part 2
With NPC Tank and DPS's, Heal the Tank and DPS's in an AOE style boss encounter. Would require De-buffing (Curses and/or Poisons). Curses or Poisons should either Mind Control or Damage after x seconds.

Pre-Requisites: Restoration Part 1, Travel Forms Part 2

Other Pre-Requisites
You would need Heroic level gear for all specs to be able to complete the quests. All encounters would scale up with Heroic Level Gear used as a base line. All Quests would be Solo only.

The Reward?
The rewards could start by completing Individual Tree's or Segments of the Quest-line, Like Feral, Resto, Balance or Travel, so you can complete the Feral Component (inc Bear and Cat) to get a Title like "Beast Master". Completing the Travel Form line could grant a title of "Path Finder". Completing all the Quests would give a title like "Arch-Druid" and a new Flight Form, the Phoenix with a 310% speed.

Summary
The idea here is to have a quest line that feels truly epic. It should not be easier for End Game raiders or for more casual players. Regardless of the content you are seeing, the quest line should be a real achievement.

Let me know what you think?