Kind of lame you have to get party members to finish the class quest. Not that I don't like grouping, its just hard to find someone willing to lend a hand with little payoff.
The guy is a little overpowered to begin with. I can't really see soloing him at 33 and I can't hope to overpower him anymore without doing FP quests for Exp and gear, which on my server groups are few and far between at lower/mid 30s.