Nar'issk

[Deltharien]

If you recognize the subject, then you'll know what I want. I want the old PotA back - the mid 30s dungeon that was hidden behind a password protected door. The loot there was crappy compared to the newer itemization tables, but it was a great place to test a group.

There's still some info at:

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/59972

http://wiki.silkyvenom.com/index.php/Pa ... e_Ancients

[Sacred]

I recall a discussion on Xeth back years ago with people swapping memories and war stories of the old POTA. Apparently the gear there was too good and received a wide-sweeping nerf. Some people even chimed in to say they only got better weapons at level 50. Not sure if any of that is true, but any old timers know for sure?

[Zewtastic]

I'm of the opinion that any post-50 content should not have happened as it did.

Turned the game from a skills-based one to a grind-based game.

[Cyrcle]

[quote="Sacred"]I recall a discussion on Xeth back years ago with people swapping memories and war stories of the old POTA. Apparently the gear there was too good and received a wide-sweeping nerf. Some people even chimed in to say they only got better weapons at level 50. Not sure if any of that is true, but any old timers know for sure?[/quote]
I never got to do it. It was always bugged at one point or another. Can't seem to find any old item links either. The cloak picture is active on silky venom, but not weapons.

http://www.journeyswithjaye.com/?p=739
http://wiki.silkyvenom.com/index.php/Pa ... e_Ancients

TenTonHammer would have had it, but links aren't working.
http://www.tentonhammer.com/vanguard/guides

[Deltharien]

[quote="Sacred"]I recall a discussion on Xeth back years ago with people swapping memories and war stories of the old POTA. Apparently the gear there was too good and received a wide-sweeping nerf. Some people even chimed in to say they only got better weapons at level 50. Not sure if any of that is true, but any old timers know for sure?[/quote]

I think that was the Cragwind Ridge weapon quest. Red weapons with particle effects and decent procs. Before the nerf they were godly, but even after the nerf, it was still well worth the grind.

[ArtofWar]

I think sacred is right, I remember doing the old PoTA on several toons but never finishdig due to bugging out before we could do final part in the weapon chain, and it being left in that state for ages before being disabled, and brought back in its final 50+ Form. IIRC it was supposed to be a supplement to the Hunters armor line in Skrillen, to be done after. As for cragwind line it was great but grindy, and bugged 4 ways from sunday too. when they sorta fixed it, and dropped the weapon stats, it was still the weapon to get till the 50+ stuff dropped. Also crag is/was still buggy, if you did stuff out of turn etc, could break the quest.

[Koralith]

If I recall correctly, it was a weapon that was an upgrade from the Lord Tsang's stuff but not as good as the Cragwind Ridge stuff. They were red, but sadly I wasn't able to do the questline either due to it being bugged.

[Sacred]

Wish I had the linked weapons still, even after they were nerfed, they were pretty impressive for their level. However, I am the type that will skip over some pretty good stuff it becomes a tedious grind.

[Kilsin]

I did this once and then skipped it on all my other characters, I actually preferred the lvl 51+ version with epics and a monster grind better but that's just me.

They both had bug issues and were frustrating at times, the Devs (mainly Silius) spoke about it a long time ago and said there was a problem with some of the scripting but he didn't go into every detail, which is why a lot of the PotA you see today was changed from the older, lower level version but still had bug issues.

While it did create a gap in leveling around the mid 30's mark in Qalia, there were other options on Thestra and Qalia to mitigate this loss (CiS for example).

The weapons you kept for a while would've been Cragwind, as others suggested, even level 50-55s kept their Cragwind weapons to swap in and out for buffs/EEs with macros.

[Xinghao]

I will run through some of my old, old screenshots to see if I can find any of the old Pantheon weapons. I know I screen grabbed at least a couple, but being that was so long ago this may be difficult to find (and maybe even to identify if I don't have the dialogue to confirm). I seem to recall the weapons being roughly on par with Dargun's Tomb, but as Kilsin mentioned, not quite to the standard of the Cragwind weapon.