On Sarissa, SirDarth got the benefit of an hour's double pet experience during last night's Creature Carnival, without having to go to Dratan's grassy uplands, while, over on Cariae, Galahad got the double pet experience for two hours. However, their overnight work wasn't all plain sailing.
The older computer decided to install some new Microsoft security updates, and then restart, so that put Galahad out of action for a couple of hours. SirDarth got a disconnection a little later - and then, when I checked before breakfast, some little darling hadn't just ks'd him, killing the bandit he was sparring with - he'd lured in a level 37 boss-type "elite bloody outlaw", which was attacking Darth. These creatures are pet-eaters, apparently, but luckily this one had only attacked Darth, whose armour was quite good enough to protect him, so that, while some time had been lost, Darth didn't have to return to town and spend good money to revive a dead level 20 horse.
By breakfast Galahad's horse had started on level 35, with plenty more hours to go, as today I would be too busy downstairs to play actively until the evening. The intention was to start slightly before five if possible, since a bonus 75% skill exp was promised from then, for two hours. By then SirDarth's horse had reached level 22 - Galahad's horse was still moving through level 35.
The combat party teamed my level 39 rogue Memree with my level 29 healer Kaerella, on Tairen-5, and, after getting the Elizabeth's Enhancement buff, we headed for Prokion Temple, and were able to get into the back room safely. And there we stayed, with only the occasional knight running in, getting attacked, and running out again.
The only problem was that they forgot to switch on the boost to the skill exp - and there were no gamesages in the forum shoutbox for ages, either, so there was nothing that could be done about it. The "event" finally started around 90 minutes late, though it did go on for an hour beyond the scheduled ending time. Actually, the increase in skill exp wasn't hugely dramatic, as the extra 75% only adds on to the extra 100% from the Elizabuff, so if an orc sergeant was normally giving around 1400 skill exp, the Elizabuff would make it 2800, and the event would move it on to 3850.
With the delayed start, plans to switch to a different scenario after a couple of hours were slightly scuppered, so Memree and Kae spent the whole evening session there, except for briefly logging out, respawning in Randol, and getting another three hours' worth of Elizabuff before rushing back to the temple. By the end, Memree had gone up by 17.56%, and earned 388 guild points, while Kaerella had gone up by 15.00%, and got 57 guild points. More importantly, they had each added 406 skill points, taking Memree above the 8,000 mark, and Kae above 4,000.
As far as active GM-hosted events went, today was a bit quiet, although a "Simon Says" event was scheduled. Unfortunately, it was scheduled a bit late in the evening for those of us on European time, with Katar setting the ball rolling at 11:00pm. If I do stay awake long enough to investigate, you may well read about it tomorrow. Galahad's horse may just reach level 36 before that, but it will be a close-run thing.
These events do seem to be drifting later in the evening - but at least tomorrow's event, which involves everyone piling in and attempting to kill two GMs within 20 minutes, to win prizes, should start its rotation an hour earlier.
No comments:
Post a Comment