Was the quest ever finished, or was it one of the thousands that never got finished, and they finally removed it as an item?
What? It used to drop off the lguk evil eye, same one that drops the bag. Maybe you are confusing Manastone with something else.....
First they dropped off EE in LGuk. Second they stated some items would not be put back in the game because they were too powerful, mana stone was one of them. Lustrous Russet? was another. I know rubicite was on fippy, but not sure about the later ones.
You can't have an insta click mana robe, its completely game breaking for any class that can use it. And that old zone thing was a later nerf for the people who already had them. Because they knew it completely borked the game giving a cleric a 1:3 ratio insta click canni when their heals are a 1:6 mana/hp. This is infinite mana for anyone that can do basic math. Now throw in healing distillates and yes, this item should not exist. The mana robe is already +40ft(-23 if you aren't on a mount but still way better than sitting down) with the 3s cast and is the best item for many expansions for anyone that can use it. No one can touch a wizard with a mana robe through luclin. If it didn't have a cast time it would be god mode since you could canni down all at once and have a seat, best of both worlds.