Two Levels

SirPerivale was busy all day long, just about, as usual.  He'd just got Stavanic's drake to level 23 when the man himself decided that was enough, and asked to take it back - he also asked if Peri could level up a pony for a new friend of his, a healer called WintersVoice who he'd been helping.  Since a bribe of five tool aids and 125,000 gold was involved, how could I refuse?

So, the exchange was made.  The idea is to take the pony to level 16, when it changes into a horse, though not of course one that can be mounted; luckily it was level 3 already, so Peri was able to get a couple of levels of Armour Increase, which came in useful, as even with the Butchers a total physical defence of 634 did mean that his health bar did fluctuate a little.  I switched from his hit rate accessories to his defence/evasion ones, which at least moved us on to 638.

SirDarth had some pet-levelling time too, in the early morning, at lunchtime, at the later food break (and I do mean later), and at the end of the day, so that the horse that MrChuckNorris is liable to end up with has got through a fair part of level 31 today.

After coffee Kaerella headed out to the Sphinx Fighters, and had a solid session there up to lunchtime; another archer, Hevenlee, was there too, and we did chat a bit, she was three levels lower than Kae but had managed to find more up-to-date armour.

The afternoon session was a bit of a marathon, starting as soon as I logged back in with a summons to the Auzura-1 Tomb of Theos from Optimusprime, the level 53 knight.  I think we must have battled the Screaming Zombies for at least four hours before we finally ran out of people; Hevenlee was there when I arrived, and stayed quite a while, though when she left I was the only healer.  The level 45 specialist sorcerer StrongLT was sometimes in the party and sometimes not, and annoyed some members, who seemed to think he was "speed-hacking", but otherwise everyone got along well, and nobody seemed to blame me for the deaths - well, those zombies hit harder than I can heal, and I used two resurrection scrolls myself. 

The level 45 knight Corbenik got in touch with me after a little while, as he's on my Friends List, and I told him where we were and who the party leader was, so he came to join us, and was a mainstay of the group.  The level 40 mage Paranvarun was also a very useful member, good at luring and hexing, and we missed her after she had to go.  Mistletoe, a level 50 rogue, was also a long-time member, with some life-saving snares, though she did tend to die rather often, if the snare failed to work.  The level 53 titan WaSKonE was sometimes in our party and sometimes outside, when he let us "KS" his zombies while running an Iris.  

Other members for a shorter time included BlackKnight8, though at level 35 he was capped by some of us, and the specialist sorcerer BassIsKicking, who at level 33 had the same problem, as indeed did the level 33 titan Maxim.  Kn1ghtP0w3r at level 42 was useful, though, as was the level 52 warmaster titan Tynian towards the end, though he did complain of bad lag on the server.  He wasn't imagining it, when I logged out I saw that Auzura-1 was tagged as "congested".

So, as I said, it was a marathon session, and I delayed my food break as long as I could.  It wasn't too long before I reached level fifty, and was able to put on my new gloves - and by the end, I was almost three-quarters of the way through the level, having notched up 146.18% experience, including the morning session of a little over 25%, along with 10 skill points (mainly from the morning) and 2223 pet points.

After a rather late food break, Kae was able to get her new level 50 passive skill, Enchant Arrow, which for 573 skill points for its five levels, increases her attack by 165, from 746 to 911 - which can't be bad. Kae headed out to the Akane Giants for a change, just to see if they'd drop another boots manual, and then moved across to the Sphinx Fighters.

The aim was to get the necessary experience to reach level 51, and be able to wear the new level 56 shirt and skirt - and that was accomplished by the time I logged out.  For the last twenty minutes or so, the level 42 specialist sorcerer CZnaruto2 insisted on joining me, and we certainly fought fast - he never waited to be fully healed before, in his knight form, charging off to attack the next Sphinx Fighter or Sphinx Speer Man, so that often I had to use the one-two of Heal and Party Heal to keep him alive, which really drained my mana fast.  Still, we both survived, and shortly after I reached level 51 it was time for me to go.  I did say that he could solo them with enough health pots, but perhaps he'd also need horse buffs, or their equivalent.

Another 29.47% experience had been added, for a total today of 175.65%, plus 21 skill points, and 2904 pet points, which was just enough to get SirFrancis (my Drake) up a level too, to 31.  The Sphinx Fighters are now pretty easy for me to pick off, with the added physical attack power, if I use Slow Shot the Fighters tend not to quite reach me before dying, while the Speer Men too are almost finished, and only get the chance of one lucky hit before going down.

A busy day for Kaerella then, though it will be another 97% before Kae can wear the boots and headgear for her new armour.