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6:14pm on Tuesday, 5th April, 2011:

Anatomy of a Rift Quest

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Round 1
NPC1: I want you to go kill a bunch of these bad guys.
NPC2: While you're there, kill a bunch of these bad guys too!
NPC3: And these particular bad guys there are only a few of!
NPC4: I don't want you to kill bad guys. I want you to collect a bunch of these things. They're guarded by bad guys.

Round 2
NPC1: I want you to go back there and kill a bunch of these other bad guys you could have killed while killing the first set of bad guys.
NPC2: While you're there, kill a bunch of these other bad guys you could have killed before, too!
NPC3: And these particular, named bad guys you could also have killed before!
NPC4: I don't want you to kill bad guys. I want you to collect a bunch of these things. They're carried by bad guys you could have killed before.

Round 3
NPC1: I want you to go through the previous bunch of bad guys and kill a bunch of these new bad guys.
NPC2: While you're there, kill a bunch of these new bad guys too!
NPC3: And N of these particular bad guys that there are only N-1 of!
NPC4: I don't want you to kill bad guys. I want you to activate these machine things. They're guarded by two bad guys each.

Round 4
NPC1: I want you to go through both sets of the previous bad guys I asked you to kill and kill this one really bad guy.
NPC2: While you're there, kill a bunch of these slightly different but still bad guys nearby too!
NPC3: Hey! Don't I do the named bad guys? What gives here?!
NPC4: I don't want you to kill bad guys. I want you to collect a bunch of these things. They're parts of the bad guys' bodies.

Round 5
NPC1: I want you to go down the road and speak to my replacement NPC1 down there. Have fun!


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