Recently, I’ve been playing a bit more of Pirates of the Burning Sea from time to time (Brit on Rackham, for you stalkers out there) and I’ve been noticing that some of the quests there, though often well written, are just as ridiculous as the quests in most MMO’s these days.

Case in point:  This weekend I was running a quest line from a gent in Bartica, Guyana.  Seems he accidentally gave some quicksilver (mercury) to some settlers nearby after promising them a cure-all remedy.  The villagers in question apparently began rubbing themselves with the “miracle cure” thinking it was a salve…and they’ve gone stark raving mad.

The good doctor’s request?  He wants me to fix his problem for him by dumping a couple of bales of herbs into the village well.  Up to this point, it’s an interesting story line.  Of course, I should have known what was coming next…
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