Got myself into a pickle. I made earring "#4" (Tenacious Combatant), because I was reading the walkthrough and not the quest text, I did the earring combine before I completed the "collected restless padding" step. So I ended up with the earring, but not completing the quest. Now I've evolved the earring, and I still have the old, unfinished quest. I cut a ticket to support, and they're looking into it. In the meantime, I'm missing out on the phat xp bonus for evolving the next earring. So I'm thinking, I could drop Morale of Despair, and Cursader might give me the next task, because I have the Blooded Tenacious Combatant earring. Or he might not, because I haven't completed the previous task. Anyone (or dev) have any experience or insight with this, how the Crusader hail script determines what quest you're ready to receive next (i.e., is it based on what earring you have, or what previous quests you've completed, or a combination?)
Trading the padding wont help them in this case. Their problem is the step for creating the earring wasn't open yet.
