Congratulations!

So, over a few days of doing this series of dailies, I've noticed that the rewards seem somewhat… lacking. I've been tracking all the dailies I've done, and these were no exception. What I did find out after doing a little math may put you off doing this series in favor of others*.

(Please note that I'm writing this from the view of a lv80 character, and will not discuss XP rewards.)

The Troll Patrol set of dailies are started by talking to Commander Kunz, who tells you to head out and do the tasks assigned to you by 4 others. Three are Captains whose dailies vary between a set of three, and the final one, Alchemist Finklestein.

It should be noted that the gold reward at lv80 is a static (and small) 3g18s for EVERY Troll Patroll sub-quest.

The first stop on your patrol is Captain Brandon. He offers you one of three possible dailies, Troll Patrol: Can You Dig It?, Troll Patrol: High Standards, or Troll Patrol: Something for the Pain. Each of these rewards 75 rep with The Argent Crusade.

The second stop will be Captain Rupert, who offers Troll Patrol: Done to Death & Troll Patrol: Throwing Down for 75 rep each, or Troll Patrol: Intestinal Fortitude which rewards a whopping 250 rep.

Third, we have Captain Grondel, offering Troll Patrol: Couldn't Care Less & Troll Patrol: Creature Comforts at 75 rep apiece, and Troll Patrol: Whatdya Want, a Medal? offering a paltry 25 rep.

Fourth and finally, Alchemist Finklestein offers Troll Patrol: The Alchemist's Apprentice, which requires you to run around like an idiot in his lab for 75 rep.

So, if we were to average the rep reward for each stop, it would look like this:

Captain Brandon: 75
Captain Rupert: ~133
Captain Grondel: ~58
Alchemist Finklestein: 75

Added together, this is a mean average of 341 rep, or ~85 rep per daily over 4 dailies, as well as the gold reward total of 12g72s.

But, we haven't figured in the Troll Patrol rewards yet, and assuming you complete the entire patrol before you timer buff wears out, we also need to figure in Congratulations!.

(It shouldn't be a problem to complete these quests within 20 minutes, unless you're on a PvP server, in which case, good luck.)

Troll Patrol adds 250 rep and 12g69s, while Congratulations adds 350 rep and 19g05s.

This brings our total mean average rewards up to 941 rep and 44g46s, or an equated average of ~157 rep and 7g41s per daily over 6 dailies. Even as a best case scenario, you can only get a max of 1075 rep and the aforementioned gold*.

The reality of this series of dailies is, if you're looking to make gold, avoid them at all costs. There are far more lucrative dailies to be run out there. If you're looking to grind Argent Crusade rep, this and Slaves to Saronite are really your only options, unfortunately.

*I didn't include the contents of the Patroller's Pack you get as a reward from Congratulations!, since it's contents can vary in value from a few silver to several gold, or have a value completely based on your server's economy. I leave it up to those reading this to decide if it's worth going after.

There is currently an issue with this quest. If you complete Troll Patrol only a few seconds before the On Patrol timer/buff expires and you do not click Complete Quest on this quest before On Patrol fades, you will not be able to complete it even if the NPC has already offered it to you.

I completed Troll Patrol today with only a few seconds left and was offered this quest. When I clicked on the "Complete Quest" button nothing happened. Upon closing the window the blue "!" was still above the NPCs head but he no longer offered the quest. When I relogged the "!" was gone.

I petitioned a GM and he told me that there were "several other petitions citing the same problem."

The GM was not able to do anything about the experience or reputation I missed out on so do your best to complete Troll Patrol with enough time to spare in order to avoid this problem.

if you are for this fancy reward (with that nice warm feeling inside), i suggest you start it backwards, alchemist's quest first. it's the most time consuming if you make an error (and you will at first). if you couldnt complete the lab fuzzle within 2 tries (5-7 min) you should drop your daily and retake it at the Commander Kunz, timer will be reset and you can push training your memory again :>

Edit: Also, if you missed the timer by several seconds and so upset about it you want to start over - you can do it on every stage of the quest. Even if you did 1-4 patroller's quests they all will be reset once you drop the main quest, and you will be able to do them again that day, losing only 1-4 points to the daily quests counter.