So, I decided it wasn’t fair to complain about something I hadn’t attempted, therefore I used a new (but created pre-patch) Norn ranger, got her to lvl 12, and started the quest line that had pre-patch been on my story log at lvl 3.
I went through the entire quest line to the point that previously would have ended at lvl 10. It’s important to note here that none of the mobs drop loot anymore during the instances. Also, the option to choose between items that your character might use; i.e., a choice of different chests, pants, gloves, etc., are no longer part of the quest reward system. Instead, you are “rewarded” with loot bags at random stages and then at the end.
I saved all the loot bags until I was done. Here is everything I got for doing the quest line:
1 BLC key.
6 loot bags
1 yellow champ-type bag
(Possibly coin? I didn’t think to annotate copper or silver rewards if there were any, I didn’t notice them.)
Mining pick – cheapest ones available
Opening the bags gave me:
5 bits of armor that were inappropriate for my class; i.e. cloth and chain mail
2 weapons I cannot use – scepter and shield
Trash that sold for about 2 silver total
Therefore, doing an entire quest line that would have previously outfitted me in wearable armor, a useable weapon, and all the goodies that dropped from the mobs, now netted me nothing I could use, and no mob trash to sell/wear/salvage.
I don’t know if this is a bug, if the loot bags are supposed to drop items that can be used by the character playing the quest, or if this is “working as intended” and now the story quests rewards are completely untied to the character, the class, or the story, but it was pretty disappointing to get nothing from a 10 level character story chunk that could be used by the character.
(Edited to clarify that the character was created prepatch, and had the lvl 3 quest on her books before the patch, in case that’s part of the problem.)
