After attempting to solo Blood Queen Lana’thel a few days ago, I used the commonly used solo method (logging in and logging out within the windows of server time that register a character’s placement), and upon fulfilling the explicit completion requirements mentioned both in the quest itself and visible in numerous YouTube guides of biting 3 allies/biting 3 times, upon killing BQL, the quest did not get marked as completed in my quest log.
A few things to note:
- I spoke to a GM, whom after a bit of back and forth, informed me that the reason I didn’t get quest completion is because (in their words),
“Keep in mind that bitten players must die in order for the group to receive credit for this quest.”
This was a very perplexing answer from a GM. Nevertheless, I investigated further.
In numerous/ guides and videos, some as recent as this year, and with comments as recent as a day or two ago explicitly confirming the GM’s statement to be incorrect. After telling them this, they told me to post it here.
In the videos I’m talking about (but 3 of literal dozens on YouTube all confirming this) you can witness it for yourself which I’ve timestamped for your convenience. Within those videos, they all show the player acquiring quest completion after doing the 3 necessary things.
- Wield shadow’s edge
- Bite 3 allies
- Kill the boss
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https://youtu.be/HObEsURbv5E?t=520
In this video, you can see that upon the third bite, the guide says “There you go, third Bite!”. The player then proceeds to kill Queen Lana’thel, and at the 9:00 mark it clearly says “Infuse Shadow’s Edge with Blood then defeat Lana’thel (Complete)”. - -
https://youtu.be/G--_OcoFymE?t=78
Right where I’ve timestamped this one, exact same scenario. You can even see the 3 allies on the left (in the party frames) with HP at 100% on top of being able to see their models standing still, alive. - -
https://youtu.be/mX4J-HGxWXU
In this last video, it shows the exact same things, but the noteworthy part is that there are many, many, comments as recently as 2 days ago that confirm that what is shown in the video, which was: Player wielding shadow’s edge bites 3 allies, allies not dying during the encounter, and as soon as 5 seconds after the 3rd bite, killing Lana’thel grants quest completion.
In most examples, all of the allies are alive (which is more than likely to be the case when you’re doing this with max level characters in a 14 year old raid. In other examples, one or two allies die. And in rarer examples (of videos from 10+ years where where characters are level-appropriate), the allies are all dead.
But the outcome is the exact same every time.
For a final bit of clarity, I should note that in my attempt, all 3 allies lived, I had bitten each once, and after making absolutely sure that every quest parameter was met, exactly like in every tutorial video, killed BQL to no completion.
The fact that this is locked to a one-try-per-week format and is explicitly not working, is both stressful and frustrating. The entire ordeal of pulling off this solo method as well as making certain you do not accidentally 1 shot the boss made of glass makes this enough of a sweaty palm circumstance already. All of that just for it to bug out is incredibly frustrating and makes me apprehensive of going to all of that effort again just to either accidentally hit the boss, or worse, do it as required and get the same buggy end result.
Please fix, and please fix quickly. Thank you.