Well...my opinion would be, its fine as it is. I tried the q with SK and while its not easy, its not hard either. Admittedly, SK is g10 with RN n whatnot, but still.. with party supporting ya, it shouldn't be all that difficult. And think about it. If RB 12 quest was EASY, then what would be the fun in it ? As it is, getting to RB 6 is difficult for lower players, while RB 6 - 7 is a walk over. Do you want a repeat of that ?
Yeah doing the quest thrice is repetetive, and probably boring. But getting to RB 11 is not exactly a hair raising adventure. It should be long, maybe boring, hard whatnot. We'r talking RB TWELVE. Your almost reaching the maximum, shouldn't there be any challenge ? Lets suppose GW gets to RB 12 first. It's going to take a while for someone else to reach there, and even if someone else does, how many of them are going to be there ?
And no E-Shop jibes. Lisa, Arianna, ArcAngel, Rosemarry, Minmin, HarryKnight. None of them have anything from the shop (as far as i know), and yet they are doing the quest. I heard that Lisa finished till part 3 in 2 days (hearsay ONLY).
You could also try going to aura 5, use damage reduction pots, Larcs, Fullheminars (w/e) or just plain re-potting. Yeah the E-shop will have advantages...isn't that the whole point of it ? The server tempts people to buy stuff, so that they will have an edge over other players. Maybe it does tilt the game badly, but then, the server needs to run right ?
2. Changing the Quest contents is not possible, as it may make the quest bugged for the people who have already done it. They need to quit and do it all over again.
I think this says everythign needed. Do you want those people who worked hard to get there, to simply loose their part of the quest ?
But even then, all this being said and done, in my personal opinion, you guys (the Admins) should give us a preview of implements before you make it. Everyone knows that no one is perfect. It's always better to have more
opinions. Isn't it best we get over the problems before you implement it, so that all the time put into coding will be (hopefully) more rewarding? Right now, Scar, Eska and Kai decide on something, implement it. We don't get to know anything about it untill its right on top of us. Yes, knowing it will ruin the suprise, but if we could have a general idea as to whats going to happen, we might be able to provide some constructive suggestions
Of course, there will always be people who disagree to everything, I know, because I'm one of those.