Black Loch.. ewwww... and there is also that Water Lag, which gives 2 reasons not to run it

To me, the word bland means boring and unremarkable.  For that, I'd go with a quest like Tangleroot part 1.  Go in and kill 20 hobgoblins.  Doesn't matter which ones.  No boss.  Just kill 20.  Or, Kobold Assault.  Go stand around and kill 200 kobolds.  No other objectives.  (Well there is the trog champ, but meh).  Any quest with that kind of objective and a small map is pretty bland.   

Of the new ravenloft quests, the one on the hill is also pretty bland.  They did a great job with Ravenloft overall and the first two chains especially are awesome content, but chain 3 (von Richten;s tower quests), they kinda ran out of steam with the 3 quests you need to get into the Abbey.  (The Abby Quest is nice.  I like that one. Clearly more design effort done there) The Baba one is pretty old school "we throw up barriers to make the quest slower and, at the same time, make it impossible to miss any objectives".  The one on the hill though is just Run in a circle and kill shit.  Barrier drops.  Run in a circle and kill shit.   The Barrier drops.  Kill the boss.  Loot and recall.  Very bland.   

Then there are the tedious quests.  Ones that you just see and say "ugh.  This one again?"   Stuff like Acid Wit.  It's just a slog through same high HP mobs over and over.  Newcomers and Black and Blue are this way as well.  Any quest with the "walk 20 yards and fight 10 more mobs in front of a barrier" mechanic that was prevalent from Wheloon through Dragonblood Prophecy.  I was quite happy that there seemed to be only 1 quest in all of Ravenloft where that mechanic was really used heavily.

Everything associated with quests that have word “Delirium” in it’s title.  I think the Delirium quests suck so hard that the other quests get pulled in by their gravitational pull.  It feels like I have to be reminded every life that Sane Asylum is a quick XP quest.

Rest for the Restless.

Asheras wrote on Jan 5^th, 2018 at 9:41am:


Either we're wrong about the definition or everyone else is, seem to be more "quests I hate" being listed than "boring and uninspired."

I pretty much agree with most of your list but adding -

Tangleroot - I really hate the whole chain.  It could have been one great, epic type of quest, but chopping it up and re-using it like they did just bores me to tears.

Catacombs - think there's two decent quests in the whole chain, the rest are just crazy boring.  Too much running back and forth.

Sorrow Dusk - last half is decent but I rarely run them because I hate the first two/four parts so much.  I know it's been a decade, but the team that thought breaking up quests like that was a good idea should be beaten daily for their contribution to the grind. 

Most of the Delera's pack outside of the main story line - Keeper's sanctuary and Valak's mausoleum especially.  I don't know how they can cram so much in there and still end up with such boring, repetitive quests - plus the xp is shit.

Some of the best quests in the game are f2p, but so are the worst.  Caged Trolls and Dead Predators stick out as so boring that you can't even remember what the quests are till you step in then you're like "oh yeah, this piece of shit."

Escape Plan and Disciples of Shar - two of the most God-awful boring quests in the game.  They were the first new quests released that I was actually at the right level and didn't have to buy a pack, so I rushed to play them the day they came out.  That "are you serious, that's fucking it?" feeling has lasted to this day.

I dont plat at least 1/4 of the quests... 

SpaceGoat wrote on Jan 5^th, 2018 at 3:28pm:


It hit me after making my list that I'd forgotten my least favorite quest in the whole game.

Beyond the Rift is the promise of great things that come, but just a fucking lie.  First quarter seemed interesting, till you realize it's a lifeless walk through the demon web listening to pointless expositional soliloquies - which is still more interesting than the last 75%, which is nothing but a boring slog through caves fighting earth elementals and spiders - like we never fucking did that in Eberron. 

As soon as I get a new toon a key to evening star, I do my best to never run that quest with them again.

Asheras wrote on Jan 5^th, 2018 at 9:41am:


That one did make me think of the old school arcade classic "Star Castle"... loved playing that game.

That one where you grind for ingredients to craft outdated loot.

I like quests for the usual: xp, loot, favor, fun, but specialy, lore. Hell, i even got hooked in this game for korthos, that whole shadow over insmouth thing was just great for me.

I love with passion the Stormreaver in game chain, from waterworks to FoT where he compleates his mission, passing for  shan to kor, Deneith part of therenal, TS, reaver refuge and all the quori-linked quests that expand the lore for him.

Necro with the abbot and leading to shavarath also holds a place in mah hart.

That being said

trials of the archons is boring as fuck.

Tl, dr: I love Yaulthoon in In the Flesh.

Did they ever bring back ddoor scrolls? Or have they come up with other options?

Strake wrote on Jan 6^th, 2018 at 12:55am:


They drop rarely. I used to auction them for 10k plat each. There's also the hireling and the Shadowdancer ED, but if you really want it all the time (on a non-bard/wiz/sorc/lock) you can be a human and spend a feat and 7 ap for the dragonmark (at level 2!)