If it makes you feel better, one of my clan members only started the shalemont defector quest when she was level 131. Most of us complete the evil in sv quest before we were level 90 because we were actively scouting and killing those bosses for the quest for the frag drops. In those days, these bosses wre hard to kill not like now when two high levels in a group can solo almost all sv bosses resulting in these bossess being less available for lower levels. I think thats the reason why you ae finding it so difficult to find Fellfire now. I could have soloed it when you were not around.
lol. Thanks. Tell her good luck. Ya, I finished the Defector quest at lvl 100.
The other aspect that you've hinted at in your post is that there was no where else to go before Update 3. Once the Otherworld hit, there were routinely only 4 people or less in Stonevale.
This is why I had killed the components several times. We routinely took out Spire, Fall et al., as Pre-Update everyone was in Stone. Then I started fighting in OW and only went to Stone occasionally. I probably missed 30 Spire spawns while I wasn't there.
I seriously don't know why I always missed Fellfire. Bad timing on my in-game time, perhaps, but I waited a month before seeing that x on my compass.
Now... if I can just get 4 Pristine wolf pelts to get those boots I will be a happy man.