Recently, some new level 31+ bosses have appeared on the multi-alt server, one being Genevieve, the Mage-only boss. While I am all for unique bosses like her, it has been kept under wraps a bit that she drops high-end Crystal Shards fairly frequently, including the Perfect Crystal Shard, equivalent to 100,000 Crystal Fragments. This really defeats the whole purpose of the quest, as what may take three years of hard work on Magimoxes is suddenly made pointless by a path that allows the coveted prize at the end (Staff of Light) to be obtained in, perhaps, only a few months.
The issue I have with Genevieve is that only two or three players actually have level 31 Mages and it provides a monopoly over the Crystal Shards, without having to go through the hard work and patience of killing Magimoxes and Magimoxama if you are lucky enough to find him in (rarely spawns). Not to mention that Genevieve is high XP and drops generous gold as well.
Okay, to get a level 31+ mage is a very good job and should be rewarded, but not through the Crystal Shards like that, because those who have collected them the traditional way will feel nothing short of cheated to learn that the Magimoxes have been made obsolete (and I am not the only one who has been collecting them that way).
I propose knocking Genevieve's drops down a notch, so her best reward is a Brilliant Crystal Shard, although keeping her worst drop as the Dull Crystal Shard somehow.
Edited by Crane, 16 October 2008 - 03:51 PM.