Unable to Complete Drk Af1 quest "Dark Puppet"

[Wyattearp]

The ??? in Ordelle's caves H-12 is missing and unable to Spawn the NM to continue with the quest.

[Octaviane]

I am sure this is another case of GoV being involved with the problem. SE is taking care of the issues surrounding WAR af1 and ZM Headstone Pilgrimage in Behemoth's Dominion next week, Hope they add this too.

[Baccanale]

Greetings, Wyattearp!
Thank you for posting your concerns about the "Dark Puppet" AF quest. In order to make sure that we have enough information for the investigation, it would be a great help to us if you filled out as many details as you can in the following form:

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[Wyattearp]

Platform:
Windows 7 64bit
ISP:
Embark

Type of Internet Connection:
Dsl

Internet Connection Speed:

5Mb download 756kb upload

Date & Time:
13 May 2011 1400hrs
Frequency:

Always


Character Name:
Wyattearp

Race:
Galka

World:
Lakshmi

Main Job:
Drk

Support Job:
War

Area and Coordinates:

Ordelle's caves H-12

Party or Solo:

Solo

NPC Name:

None

Monster Name:

Gerwitz's Axe

Steps:

The ??? used to trade the Darksteel Ingot to Spawn Gerwitz's Axe is missing and unable to continue the quest.

[PSYKOPATHYK]

Same for me the ??? is missing
Platform:
Windows 7 64bit
ISP:
Comcast

Type of Internet Connection:
Cable/Broadband

Internet Connection Speed:

5Mb download 756kb upload

Date & Time:
19, May 2011

Frequency:

Always


Character Name:
Bigfornuthin

Race:
Galka

World:
Cerberus

Main Job:
Drk

Support Job:
DNC

Area and Coordinates:

Ordelle's caves H-12

Party or Solo:

Solo

NPC Name:

None

Monster Name:

Gerwitz's Axe

Steps:

The ??? used to trade the Darksteel Ingot to Spawn Gerwitz's Axe is missing and unable to continue the quest. Possibly something to do with the Gorunds of Valor update. Unable to complete any other DRK AF1

[Baccanale]

Greetings again, Wyattearp!
Thank you for filling out the form that I provided. I have made sure to submit the information to the development team, so that the situation could be thoroughly investigated. I recommend checking on www.PlayOnline.com or http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/forums/84-Version-Updates for any news about the investigation. Thanks again for your report!

[Qeepel]

Thank you very much for your report.

The placement of monsters at Ordelle's Caves was changed during the May 10 version update.
In order to prevent players from getting stuck while doing the "Dark Puppet" quest, quest-related checkpoints were moved to areas without high-level monsters.

For more information on changes made to quests during the version update, please refer to the Version Update information which can be found at the link below.
[http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/7267]