as from the erthreia update it seems to me that quests updates (those side quests if you follow the steelcoin quest line) are nerfed. p.a. the mysterious wizzard quest in fotd. collecting 900 items, used to be like 1 out of 3 or so. atm it is more like 1 out of 10 kills. woa quest, also collection 900 items, use to be 1 out of 3 or 4, atm its more like 1 out of 10 or 15. seems to me big changes. someone can confirm? i know lot of people dont care as they level up to 85 with doing raidbosses. but i for one don't want to wait like a ****** for 5 hours for a rb to spawn. those quests when fully completed give as much xp as a rb killed in 1 party. now it takes like 2 or 3 times more time to forfill the quest.
quest items drop for all 900 qi quests has been decreased but in exchange they gave new dragon valley where mobs give 3kk exp (pa+vit) and are easy to solo.
they did it on purpose. the longer you grind the more exp you get. simply. imho it's a nice feature. did 73-85 at dragon valley. best exp atm.
on a personal note, hunting same mobs for 900 q items seems like a grind allready, as on the old rates like 1:3 / 1:4 you need to kill 3 to 4k mobs. the quest was meerly a bonus on top of that grind. this bonus made the difference between grinding mobs or waiting for a rb to spawn. now when it comes to a point you have to kill 3k mobs, which equilent 5 to 6 hours non stop playing, and you will still earn less xp then waiting for a rb 5 hours to spawn, to me it seems the balanse is off. oh yes, we can put every player in the level range 73 - 85 in dv, but as new player, how will you gear up your self if you do not follow the steelcoin quest line? it will certainly not be from the drops you'll get while grinding your *** off. anyways i made my point. up for the dev team to see what they want to do with it.
people really doing 900 quests? omg... follow the steel quests. after 72-73 go dv. buy pa weapons and enjoy grinding till 85.