Levelling Up

I didn't try any overnight pet-levelling; both computers wanted to download vital updates and then shut down, so I left them to it. Both Galahad and RedRackham started up at breakfast time, though; progress seemed slow, but that isn't surprising when the horse is level 34, and the drake is level 40. A whole level gets to be a lot of pet points.

After coffee, it was time for ColonelScarlet to head for Prokion Temple on Katar-5; unfortunately there was already a knight in residence in my favourite back room, so a switch across to Katar-6 was needed, where the Colonel was able to settle in, and send for Kaerella. The Combat party continued until lunch was due, taking advantage of the continuing 50% extra experience and skill exp, by which time the Colonel had gone up to level 29, so that he was able to start using the level 33 +10 dual swords. In all he added 126.25% and 147 skill points, with his pony levelling up too, reaching level 13. Kae added 13.88% and 137 skill points, meaning that she was able to learn a new level of Expert Armorsmith when she was back in Randol.

For the afternoon, ColonelScarlet tried Katar-6 first, but the back room was occupied; in Katar-5 the same knight was still in action, so he and Kae ended up in one of the square "statue rooms" close to the central staircases, which have plenty of Orc Sergeants and Orc Axemen, but do tend to get more visitors, some of whom tend to stick around and take more than their fair share of the Orcs. After an hour or so the Colonel ran back to check on the back room, and, as it was by then empty, we moved on there.

The afternoon session went on ten minutes or so longer than usual, so that I could get ColonelScarlet to level 31 - the free 30/32 armour set, and the two types of level 33 swords and the shield, all +10, arrived safely. That session added another 160.59% for him, and 232 skill points, along with 2558 pet points, moving the pony on into level 14. Kaerella got 22.19% experience and 217 skill points, which meant that the next level of Expert Armorsmith was now available.

Zenderfly had left a message that she would be around for a chat at 6:00pm UK time, so while I logged Kaerella in again after the food break, this time it was the original one over on Cariae-3, who headed out into Merac, first of all to rendezvous with Galahad to pass some minor accessories, and Jail-drop armour pieces, across for him to store. He moved up from the Gnoll Lancers to the Berserkers, to be easier to get to. A nearby Pandora's Box was opened by Kae, who was easily able to kill the level 50 Beast that sprang out - and as she was leaving, I spotted another Box nearby, and that one also released a Beast. They dropped 93,600 and 84,000 gold, respectively, which was useful.

After that Kaerella went down into level three of Maargadum Jail, with the hope of finally reaching level 49. It did take a while, but finally Kae made it, and was able to equip her shiny new wand, a level 53 +15 one. The Beast Flyers were now green-named for her - so perhaps it is time for her to investigate the level 49 Elite Goblins out in the Dratan desert, where at least she will be able to use horse buffs. They give a bit more experience, though I fear that it won't be possible to kill them as quickly, and the description "aggressive, protective, pet-eater" doesn't sound very friendly. Maybe the level 52 Giants would be a better bet, since they at least aren't protective of each other?

Kaerella had gone up by 18.00%, and added 160 more skill points, so she is doing pretty well there, for someone who didn't have the chance to farm sp in Prokion Temple, as the Orcs hadn't had their skill exp boosted back when she was the right level for that sort of thing. SirFrancis, her drake, added 3154 pet points.

Zenderfly was actually about 80 minutes late, but eventually whispered me, mentioning that the German Last Chaos had had problems today, with a bug meaning that hour-long potions were lasting for 1.5 years instead - in-game time, I hope! A "maintenance" to fix that took many hours. Apparently they, like Aeria's version, are expanding, intending to add Turkish and Italian servers. Zen hadn't heard about the "free" spin of the Loot Wheel on offer today, one per account with a 100 ap rebate after the usual short delay, so eventually rushed off to take advantage of that.

Once my Cariae cleric Kaerella logged out, along with Galahad who had been pet-levelling and providing the solo party, my Katar archer Kaerella was able to log back in. Another platinum adrenaline potion had sold, so Kae started with a look through Roy's merchant house listings, and found the rogue +12 level 31 leggings which she'd not previously been able to afford; she paid the ten million for them. ColonelScarlet logged in too, and transferred the new armour set to Kae, except for the plate mail shirt - he equipped the new +10 one, and passed the +13 one he had been wearing across. He also passed across the new dual swords, and the old level 29 ones he had used.

Kaerella transformed all the relevant pieces into their healer equivalents, for a total of 259,000 gold, and is now a lot better armoured than before - still, her physical defence is only 645, as opposed to the Colonel's 799, so Orc Sergeants won't be a pushover. Healer armour just isn't as effective as most other types. One other purchase from Roy today should help, though, a Necklace of Wind which adds 58 health/hit points and 5% suction of life. It only cost 4.5 million, which seemed pretty good to me.

Kae also used all 54 tool aids that she and the Colonel had collected to mine quality stones, buying the necessary healer-type hammers from Geres. Some of the quality stones she traded across to the Colonel, and others she kept, either for her own use or to sell. And then she settled down into merchant mode, attempting to sell an assortment of Halloween candies and other items at 100,000 gold each. And Galahad, over on Cariae-3, went back to the Gnoll Lancers.