Haunted Halls is an iconic D&D module, and it's executed well in DDO. Well-done modules - esp famous pnp modules - help the DDO brand. But it suffers from a few issues that result in it rarely being run anymore. Suggestions:
1. Increase the XP. There are only 3 level 28 quests in the game, and all of them have bad xp. You could double the xp this quest grants and it would still be on the low side for how long it takes to complete.
-Also set the duration modifier to "Very Long" (thus boosting the rxp), because it is.
2. Fork a Legendary version. There are already two alternate modes for this quest and each exists as its own standalone quest afaik; I suggest:
- Make the Standard version into a clone of the L28 Extended version, such that non-extended no longer exists.
- Re-scale the current Extended Version of the quest into an L35? quest (not expecting this to happen before the level cap increases).
- Commentary version can just remain as-is? Idk if it's worth the work to fork an additional legendary mirror of it. Personally ambivalent either way.
3. Revamp the loot, with both epic and legendary items. Get rid of the Black Stone upgrade system. There are only ~10 items that drop in this quest, so this shouldn't take overly long - especially if you get rid of the Black Stone system, negating the need for multiple versions of the same item and their upgrade recipes (and afaik this system is incompatible with mythic/reaper bonuses, so all the more reason to discard it).
1. Increase the XP. There are only 3 level 28 quests in the game, and all of them have bad xp. You could double the xp this quest grants and it would still be on the low side for how long it takes to complete.
-Also set the duration modifier to "Very Long" (thus boosting the rxp), because it is.
2. Fork a Legendary version. There are already two alternate modes for this quest and each exists as its own standalone quest afaik; I suggest:
- Make the Standard version into a clone of the L28 Extended version, such that non-extended no longer exists.
- Re-scale the current Extended Version of the quest into an L35? quest (not expecting this to happen before the level cap increases).
- Commentary version can just remain as-is? Idk if it's worth the work to fork an additional legendary mirror of it. Personally ambivalent either way.
3. Revamp the loot, with both epic and legendary items. Get rid of the Black Stone upgrade system. There are only ~10 items that drop in this quest, so this shouldn't take overly long - especially if you get rid of the Black Stone system, negating the need for multiple versions of the same item and their upgrade recipes (and afaik this system is incompatible with mythic/reaper bonuses, so all the more reason to discard it).
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