Got lucky and found the shardwing courier up in western wastes once. I didn't know what it was for at the time but figured it must be some quest and I should probably kill it. So I did....killed it as a 60 shaman. Not sure if I had torpor or not then, probably not, it took me a while to get the spell. I slowed, dotted, rooted. Took at least 10min to kill, probably more, but everything takes forever to kill as a shaman. It didn't hit that hard but had lots of hp. It doesn't cast at all.
So then I looked it up later and found it was for the quest for the frozen shard. I had heard about that before and wanted one for my rogue. So now my 47 rogue Faypoker has it. Is a nice weapon, procs enough, and 13dmg for a rogue weapon is pretty good until you get your epic.
And yes you'll need ally faction or close with tormax for the quest and probably at least dubious with the other 2 giant factions so you can get to the NPC alive. He is by the armor quest guys behind Tormax's throne.
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This is the result of a simple quest. You must loot from the Shardwing Courier in Western Wastes a note of some sort. Turn the note into Fjohar Frozenshard (not really his first name, but that's close) he's behind king Tormax in Kael Drakkel. You must have ally Tormax faction to get the Shard. Also heard it could be done with warmly faction. I dunno how easy the shardwing courier is, though. I would assume that this item isn't that common, cuz I never see one for sale in EC. The price shouldn't be 200pp imo, more like 12-25kpp.
#Anonymous,
Posted:May 18 2001 at 6:29 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Ok stop your arguing, this is a great weapon, and thats what we have come to look at. We don't want to hear all this other crap, thank you.
What a great rogue weapon. And yes, the drive through gentlemen had it correct to a certain degree. Rogues are the masters of MELEE damage when an N.P.C.'s back is turned from us (i.e. your grouped). Nobody outdamages us in that situation, sorry.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Apr 05 2001 at 11:49 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Why can't warriors use this thing? It'd be the perfect warrior 1h piercing! It'd go great with any weapon and their dual wield! I can't believe warriors, masters of combat, can't use this weapon!
You can't honestly say that without giving the duration of a fight. If the fight lasts 2 seconds, then a wizard can manaburn and do more damage than anyone in the game, if you're talking a 20 or 30 minute fight, I'd say Rogues and Monks are about tied for damage output.
what does it matter, you cannot judge every class in the same situations. a wizard/mage can deal the most dmg fastest, yet they cant take dmg for squat. but there are times when the mobs are quite resistant having to rely on melees. rogs are excelent dmg dealears in group, and monks also, yet there are times when you can only use special weapons to even hit the mobs, ie: seru, having to rely on casters. every class has their strong points and weaknesses in each situation. it is quite pointless to argue over it.
also.... while hunting in UP the other day, group 1: warrior, SK, warrior, pally, cleric, druid group 2: wizzy, mage
i was in group 2 and we got the xp about 3/4 times without getting agro, so =P
#Anonymous,
Posted:Apr 05 2001 at 4:12 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) uhh, where did you learn to read? Where in the guys post did he say ANYTHING about warriors being the master of damage? He said master at combat, which means warriors can use all "types" of weapons such as 1hb,2hb, piercing, 1hs, 2hs. Did you get your education at McDonalds or something?
#Anonymous,
Posted:Apr 06 2001 at 9:51 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Rogues are the masters of piercing weapons.. but there are still some piercing weapons that are warrior only. Its a part of the game, adding some flavour.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Apr 06 2001 at 8:28 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) OH, jeez, quit whining for pity's sake. "Why can't we use this? Why can't we use that?" Good grief, do you have to get EVERYTHING? Do you have ANY idea how many more weapons are warrior usable, not to mention warrior only than rogues have? Should rogues get to use anything warriors have that isn't 2 handed ? Hmmm, that sounds fair. There are easily 10 times as many rangers and warriors than rogues, the reason that ranger, warriors, rogues, or any class for that matter, get specific weapons, is to balance the use of good weapons among everyone. Quit lusting after everyone else's weapons and go get a Trantor's Tusk or something. *Rant Off*
#Anonymous,
Posted:Apr 10 2001 at 1:56 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I was really hoping you guys would catch my sarcasm. :)
Check out www.thesafehouse.org and look under the message boards for more info, and of course the rogues new all about this weapon soon as they heard about it :)
well no sense keeping it a secret from us on bristlebane , we get beat up by Vox basicaly everyday of the week. so unless this drops from an orc pawn you wont see many on our server