Aggrovating?...very!! Outdated?...Probably..but this is one of those type of quests where its kind of like a status thing. Making you first decent bow as a Ranger of Tunare is supposed to be a challenge or this game would be called "Easyquest". And not to mention the amount of skill ups you get while doing this quest is considerable compared to buying a bow from the bazaar. how much did your tracking skill go up while trying to find the trader in the bazaar? or how much xp did you earn while "dealing" with your banker for the funds for your purchase?
Also, as you stated before, there is a fair amount of runnin around to this quest, but thats part of the fun of it, too!! Exploreing different lands is what a ranger does anyway.
As far as the trivial goes, unless you are VERY unlucky then a 235 trivial might be scary...personally it took me 7 trys to make, but i bought extra of everything and had enough components for several combines..i got mine at 182 and my second one at 184(which i did sell to some rich twink ;)!!)
I still belive this is a good quest for a new ranger to undertake,especially if you are new to the game.
Anyway , thats my 2 cp's worth.
Edited, Sat Dec 10 20:41:24 2005 by Phayder