What's this?

A soft moan rises up from the ground as a shadowy bubble forms around JoeBazooka.

Harbinger song that shields allies periodically, if I'm not mistaken.

What afflictions are given by Shadowbeat CrowCaw, and how many are given at once?

Stupidity, Paralysis, Epilepsy, Confusion. Two.

And Stun.

it also makes you bleed

What does an aethership orb do exactly:

Does it help with PVP, PVE, or both?

Does it help evade, or give resistance against damage?

Shield orb does not directly help with aetherhunting. You can use it to divert power from and hope it takes any module damge you get hit with.

Some attacks between fighting aetherships are blocked by the shield as well as some damage until it goes down.

Who else, besides Ixion, completed the Malacoda manor quest?

Good luck with it, it's a rough one.

Oh, thanks

Wish I could help you more, but I took a break after the 5th try. Just be glad it isn't the Taerin passages quest at least. The 15 puzzle can be annoying to get right if you don't know the trick.

I think, if I remember correctly, Sidd has done it as well.

During the event yes, but there were many people involved then. I think it's been altered slightly after the event.

Overall, or just one part (one of which comes to mind)? It seems straight forward to me... though I've never gone back to complete it.

Maybe I will now.

Overall I suppose. I didn't have too much trouble with it, which tells me for most it'll be very difficult. For some reason easy newbie quests like estelbar and clarramore give me more trouble than the "hard" ones

The "shifting" in malacoda is highly annoying.

Actually, the beginning and going into the middle was easy, but I am stuck at what seems to be one of the last parts. I also have problems facing the spectres that spawn, but I usually get a demi to come with me.

It's easy to know what to do. It's just very difficult to find all the items that allow you to do just what you need to do.

You're not kidding... I know exactly what, when, where, and how to do the quest, I just... can't... because it's a pain to find everything.

Thanks. Probably WrydSong then, only effective in wyrded territory.