Not a lot of playing got done today; the computers didn't even get switched on until six in the evening, with SirDarth and SirPerivale going down to Merac for some pet-levelling, and it must have been approaching seven when, after getting something to eat, I was able to log Darth out, and log MistressDomina in.
The experience and skill exp were down to the normal rates by then, so it was a pretty steady slog for an hour or so, without any particularly good drops...and then it all came to an abrupt end.
There was a time when the arrival of Kamira, Dratan's raid boss monster, would have meant almost instant death, as she was aggressive and would attack immediately, so that if you were close to her arrival point, down you went. Luckily, when the Dratan map was changed, Kamira's behaviour changed too, and all the raid bosses are now passive - if you don't attack them, they won't attack you.
So, the abrupt end was just MistressDomina logging out - so that my level 70 rogue Rage could log in. Rage doesn't have the Poison Mist location on her memory scroll now, as there is only room for five locations on it, but it didn't take long to ride down from Prokion Temple...there would probably have been time to ride all the way from Dratan City, in fact.
Anyway, Rage arrived, and Kamira was still innocently floating there, so I triggered the last of Rage's level twelve magical defence crystals, plus a lucky scroll and an item drop booster, and attacked. Snare worked a few times, I think, and I used a few pretty big health potions - Kamira's health gradually declined, and, ignoring the Death Goddesses she spawned, I kept attacking until she slumped to the ground, dead, and then easily despatched the Death Goddesses.
There wasn't a rare drop this time, just the usual items, but as that included five lucky scrolls, and five moonstones, plus other minor items, I still came out ahead. I'd much rather fight Kamira with Rage, both at level 70, than try with Chuck, at level 54, to kill the equivalent Merac raid boss, the Grand Red Dragon, who is level 50.
As there was still some time left on the lucky scroll and the magical defence mineral, I teleported to the Forgotten Temple and, remembering this time to re-apply the horse buffs before entering, killed a few Legendary Slayers and their spiders, and Curd Hadians, but the lucky scroll didn't get me any good drops, just slightly more gold. Still, it would have been a pity to waste its remaining time, they are expensive.
Once the boosts wore off, and Rage had gained in all 0.41%, 2 skill points, and 15 pet points, it was time for another quick log-out - as it was time for the Sunday Quiz.
Rage and Kaerella were the ones to attend, as usual. On the guild chat channel Rage was able to check the intended time for some NefariousShadows guild "monster combo" parties, it seems that the announced "9:00pm GMT" is in fact 9:00pm British Summer Time, so I'll have to try to be around on Tuesday then to see what happens. If Rage is too high-level for the intended party, well, maybe another character would be useful.
The Quiz itself ran smoothly, without any of the harder questions, so both Rage and Kae got all the prizes. Ratel wasn't online, though, despite having intended to be along..
After that I quickly switched back to MistressDomina and went off to kill some more Poison Mists, with SirPerivale levelling his horse and providing the solo party again... but after a rather long day, I didn't feel I could stay quite long enough to reach the next level, which remains 2% away. MD in total added 19.86% experience, 47 skill points, and 1287 pet points.
And then it was time for Peri to be joined by Darth, fo a bit more pet-levelling. Peri should end the day with his horse a little over 80% of the way through level 33, while Darth's drake will have reached level 23 by then.
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