I only see one issue with the quest, which i will come on to. The key quest itself is not a new principle, SSRA, ST, Xegony, VP and probably more need keys to access in some way or form.
No issues with that, and the higher you move up, the more difficult it becomes.
There are people complaining here that havent completed Dreadspire yet they are causing a fuss regarding Tier 8? It would be a safe assumption to say that if people cant do Tier 7, then they shouldn’t be thinking about Tier 8. If people think it's a race to be the first to tier 8, then i think that race is pretty much done and dusted. Anyways people can do what they want, I don’t care.
So going back to issue i have and having been told about this quest last night, are the tradeskills. Everyone in the guilds I have played in hated them. Some like them, but in my opinion they are the minority. Forcing people to go down the tradeskill route i think is wrong. I don’t know if the combines are no drop or not, if they are then its ultimately forcing people to do something they dont like, which removes the fun and people will grieve. If its not no drop, then maybe someone in the guild can just make it for everyone? Again i dont know the details of the quest to know what can be traded or not. Maybe someone can enlighten me on the details?
With regards