i tend to agree that they want you to explore and the xp was pretty good all together, but usually quests that take you into an instance have better rewards, especially if they have a chain of several quests leading up to them.&nbsp whether or not the rewards were good enough, (blizzard can do what they want to do with the game) i do think it's true that people's expectations are built up throughout the chain and it was a pretty big letdown to see that mace and wand.&nbsp it starts out as a test of who your character is,&nbsp and after passing all the tests they give you a crappy reward(is that all my character is worthy of!). so while you learn the lore and travel to places you should have already been, you come out feeling like you proved your worth for nothing.

okay the Quests for this item go as follows: if your a twink you need to know this, incase you are close to level capping

1050 1. Test of Faith
2450 2. Test of Endurance
3050 3. Test of Strength
1200 4. Test of Lore
1850 5. Test of Lore
0250 6. Test of Lore
1200 7. Test of Lore
2100 8. Test of Lore
0250 9. Test of Lore
4200 10. Final Passage
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17600 exp TOTAL Account for an additional 2-4k for mobs when traveling with a 70 or 2
so 20-21k exp.. if alone.. you face a much higher rate of exp..
The best idea i can give you is to have the person(s) helping you clear the way to the objective with you out of party as much as possible.. making sure not to attack, this means taking off a shield that may do damage to an opponent so that you do not gain exp for someone accidently attaking you, when in the instance.. remain outside as to not get unnecessary experiece, the book you need is on a table.. it requires no fighting on your part.. you may even be able to ask a group who is in SM to simply let you retain the group so that you can loot the book.. this may be a "more practicle" solution if you do not have the resources availible to get a runner.
if you are doing this quest you may want to also think about doing the quests for the marbled buckler as well..

Not only does this quest take you to lots of different places and meet lots of different people.
It also gives you a reason to learn the lore and history of such a large world. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that the instance (SM) was respawning before I could read all the lore books :(.

Then again, the only other two MMORPG's i've played has had a story line that was influenced by the gaming population, so yeah, I like the lore in almost any game, especially if I have to search for it.

This quest was probs created for people who need abit for a tuneup on the important bits of the storyline, the dragon question for example told us about Deathwing (( Father of Onyxia and Nefarian )) and the other told about the lich king. May i remind you all these things pop up at higher level. The deathwing and other dragonflight facts = Caverns of time, Nefarian and Onyxia. The lich king question = talks abit in naxx at the end.

Now the story was created to keep you playing and so the game doesnt turn into some crappy run round and hit things to level game, the game is more complicated with quests and all that give small stories. If you dont like the story then just go grind from 1 - 70 then because if a quest said 'Go kill 3 tigers, it gives a small bit of xp' and EVERY quest said something similar i'd get bored pretty quick.

MOGRAINES MIGHT FTW!

Experience reward increased by about 1000, watch out twinks. (5250 experience at level 34.)

I have to say that this chain is one of the more fun and entertaining quests I have done in a while. From how it begins to how it ends. It was truly enjoyable. :)

if you can't use either reward, get the hammer, it's worth 20% more

For now whole chain gives:

1. 1050 XP
2. 2450 XP
3. 3050 XP
4. 1200 XP
5. 1850 XP
6. 250 XP
7. 1200 XP
8. 5250 XP
9. 250 XP
10. 5250 XP

For total amount of 21.800 XP. Without exp from killing mobs (4k+ I think).

better than BFD reward
use for a long time
wait kill sm last 2 boss
rise my champion
at your side my lady

the hammer is worth 1G 12S 62b, the wand is worth 85S 08B.
pretty much a no-brainer which to take :)

You also gain rep with Horde (150 I think)

crappy reward

Let me get this straight. People are complaining about the quest rewards, when it gives 500 Rep with every Horde faction? That's a total of 2500 rep points just on the last leg of the chain, and all you have to do is talk to an NPC. This is without a doubt one of the best reputation building quests in the entire game. As a BE that's going for exalted rep with UC for the mount, this chain was very valuable.

Can anyone confirm that the level you attain this hammer is indeed level 36? thottbot says 37 and I'm not sure what level you can attain this at...

if you do library around 33-34, this is prolly going to be the main hand that gets you through to your sword of omen. it has the same base dps as the Electrocutioner's Leg from gnomer, and you dont have to roll on a thing to get this. If you wait until level 40 and do all the SM runs at once, then this is definently a lousy reward... just dont wait :)

I did the SM portion of both Mage's Wand and Final Passage quests together. Double your money double your fun. Pick up both books at the same time in the Scarlet Monastery.

Same, 4200 XP @ lvl 39

a nice inbvestment of time. not to long for all that XP and a nice mace used untill i got my morgaines....

Then, too bad that the quest requires level 30. )

This might have been changed in some patch though, and it's not enitrely sure that the level req. is correct.

The Dancing Flame wand is as good as Starfaller: (Item #13063) for casters, this quest has a decent reward.