Two Kamiras

SirPerivale and CaptainScarlet were in action fairly early this Sunday morning, but Argoth, Ratel's titan, was already in Randol. He'd recruited a new level 13 rogue MissElegant into the Norcaine guild, so, after Cap had taken a drake egg to Lorraine, and then gone to Jajan in Dratan to get it exchanged for a brand-new dragon hatchling, MistressDomina logged in briefly to put the newcomer on a 50% experience gain freeze as requested.

It only took about an hour to finish getting the white horse to level 37, and after that Cap switched over to starting to level the new hatchling. Then a little later after coffee SirDarth logged in, and passed the level 24 horse he'd been holding over to Cap, in exchange for the hatchling, and then traded the hatchling across to SirPerivale in exchange for the level 23 drake - so that's Darth equipped with a useful-level pet, as well as his mount.

MistressBlaze teamed up with Darth then, and headed for Prokion Temple on Auzura-4, where we were lucky enough to find the back room free. I noticed two visitors over the couple of hours or so MD and Darth were there, but they left before I could even note down their names, to try another room or a different sub-server.

With her experience gain now on the 50% freeze, MistressBlaze added 13.03% during the morning, and 172 skill points. I noticed that before Darth arrived she got 642 experience & 550 skill exp from an Orc Axeman, and 948 & 1650 from an Orc Sergeant; the first two kills after Darth got into compass range gave her 3022 & 1725 from an Axeman, and 6698 & 2139 from a Sergeant, though the figures do vary from one kill to the next.

SirDarth reached level 27 during the session, so will now be able to borrow one of the 30/32 +10 knight armour sets; in all he added 128.18%, and 171 skill points.

Before the usual lunchtime pet-levelling, I was able to trade the level 37 white horse across to Ratel's healer Jacqueline, and assist with some transfers of pets between her and Athema and Thabitha, ending with me getting the drake I'd loaned out back. Then, after lunch, Ratel sent a call that Kamira was back, and could Rage please come and get rid of her?

Rage was able to use the same Lucky Scroll as last time as she hadn't logged in between the two Kamira battles; the magical defence mineral doesn't last that long though, so it and the item drop booster were new. Despite attacks from the Sphinx types, Rage brought down Kammy fairly easily, but again there were no rare drops - well, they wouldn't be rare if they dropped all the time - just the usual moonstones etc.

MistressDomina logged in and headed out that way, but Ratel had to leave for a time, so some cautious soloing of the regular Sphinx Fighters and Sphinx Speer Men was the order of the day, until before too long Ratel was able to return.

The sorcerer VinDiesel was there too, but was just sitting at the side, afk, all afternoon; the rogue Flashpoint turned up right at the end. After a while Ratel was able to persuade a level 43 archer called Chelsea to join us. Ratty called her "Chelsea the Healer", but she wasn't actually the same player as the "chelseathehealer" Cariae character we have mentioned a few times round about last September (a quick Google search confirms), though she did say she had used a "Sky" name over there.

We worked pretty well as a team, except that on two occasions poor Chelsea got killed - healer armour just isn't very good defence-wise, and she is one armour set level below Ratel and me, so a full-on hit or two from a Speer Man is all it takes. The only time I got "frozen" by casting a skill just as Ratty used Teleport on the Elite Sphinx Speer Man I luckily was safely off to the side, and was quickly able to use a self-buff to free myself.

Ratel had to log out at around four o'clock UK time; Chelsea and I continued, ignoring the Elite, for a few minutes until her experience scroll was over, and the one hour + 30% experience potion I'd belatedly triggered was ending. MistressDomina had added 27.58% experience, which included reaching level 49, and added 3 skill points - it would probably only have been 2 if the "Sunday Teatime" bonus hadn't been a 50% skill exp boost. Oh, and MD's drake added 646 pet points.

Over the early evening food break CaptainScarlet's current horse went up from level 24 to 25, and SirPerivale's new hatchling reached level 6, and 98% Sympathy.

MistressDomina headed back out to the Sphinx types afterwards; as Ratel had remained in a party with CaptainScarlet, MD was able to rejoin, so finding Ratel already back fighting the Sphinx Speer Men and their friends was rather convenient, and we settled back into our routine - I started another hour-long 30% experience boosting potion. Before long VinDiesel arrived, with a level 37 elementalist sorcerer friend Blazersn, and they joined our party for a while - having Vin's sorcerer stun was useful, though he did sometimes head for a different target to the one Ratel was attacking.

The two sorcerers left us for a bit, to attempt to level Blazersn using experience boosters, but, except when Vin died, they couldn't get them to work, and so rejoined us for a bit. And then Kamira showed up again, so MD had to log out, and Rage teleported in. This time was slightly more perilous than the previous one, Rage's health did seem to dip a bit more, but soon Kammy slumped to the ground, again just dropping the moonstones, tool aids, lucky scrolls, and other oddments.

When MD got back, Ratel was thinking of leaving the party, as he was finding the two sorcerers rather impetuous - but as it happened they had to leave then, so Ratel and MistressDomina continued for a little longer, until Ratel got some very bad lag, a couple of episodes lasting about 20 seconds each. Luckily we had just retreated to the corner to re-apply buffs, so he didn't get into any trouble, but he sensibly decided that it was too risky to continue fighting then, and logged out. So, I continued solo for a little while, until it was time to get ready for the Quiz. In all, MistressDomina added 20.29%, 2 skill points, and 459 pet points.

As Rage was again halfway through a lucky scroll, Kaerella was joined in the Auzura-2 Quiz Room by my level 10 healer Barbarienne - and also Ratel, back online, and Stavanic. The questions were generally the usual ones, but with a couple that may have been new - 18 and 19 were actually repeats of earlier questions, but, sadly, question 20 wasn't, it was asking whether or not GM Krash does the "Old Skool Treasure Hunt". Most people stayed on the "yes" side - I've been caught out by that one before, though, and just in time dashed over to the "no" side, as GM JediMike does that one, Krash does "Pharaoh's Treasure", which is similar but involves Sphinx Fighters and Speer Men at the non-treasure locations.

Barbarienne followed, and Stavanic, but Ratel wasn't quick enough, he told me afterwards that he hadn't been concentrating. Still, his five heaven stones was enough to take his new weapon from +4 to +8, which can't be bad. I'd say 75% of the people in the Auzura-2 Quiz Room were booted out on that one, and so only got the five heaven stones for 18 correct answers, missing out on the extra ten for getting all 20 answers right.

Ratel also mentioned that he had bought a 65/67 knight armour set for, I think, 35 million - three pieces were +5, and two just +3, which with heaven stones and a pair of lucky smelting stones he got up to +5 as well, so, once he reaches the appropriate level, he is well provided for. The 30/32 +10 armour sets are apparently selling for as little as five million now, there are so many around, but that can't last long.

After Kaerella had put her heaven stones into storage, she used some of her tool aids on a little mining, after buying twenty healer-type hammers from Geres, and then delivered them to CaptainScarlet in Merac - which reminded me that, when MistressDomina had rode down earlier to kill a Pandora's Beast, the border guard captain had the "Q" over her head for a new quest. So MistressDomina logged back in, and found two quests in Merac Caron - a delivery to Rau at the pillar of magic, and a quest to kill thirty Beast Flyers. The ride across to Rau didn't take long - and then MD rode down to Maargadum Jail, ran down to level three, and killed the required number of Beast Flyers in a side room, four at a time. On the run back out, I noticed VinDiesel had arrived, and was busy fighting the canines on level one - we did say "hi" to each other, but it's not a spot to stop and chat in.

All this activity gave MD another 1.09% experience, mainly in quest rewards, plus 3 skill points and 67 pet points. Doing the Beast Flyer quest means that MD now has the quest to kill "Beast Leaders", so a trip back to level five will be needed, to kill those two Beast Crawlers (which is what one is actually meant to fight) at the far end, out of range of any others that might want to get involved, until enough of their rings are dropped.

But that is something to do tomorrow. It was time to send SirPerivale down to join Cap at their pet-levelling spot in Merac. Peri's hatchling finally reached 100% Sympathy, and will be in level 7 by log-out time, while Cap's horse should reach level 26 by then.