SirGalahad went back down into Merac's Maargadum Jail in the morning, and got his horse to level 33 soon after coffee. Getting into position hadn't been easy, as the death mask soldiers had been perilously close to the entrance, but I finally managed to get them to lose interest. With those aggressive types, and the beast crawlers, whose magic attack would probably kill Gal immediately if I clicked on one by mistake, it's not exactly a friendly place, but a death mask lancer makes an ideal sparring partner, he can take Gal's bare-handed 44 damage forever.
After coffee Kaerella went out on Cariae-1 to her spot near the Tomb of Theo, and fought the elite akane giant there and his friends. Kamira must have had other engagements, as she never showed up this morning, but as Kae got a couple of +4 level 45 weapons, and no less than three of the rare production manuals for level 57 boots, it was still a potentially profitable session. There was no solo party to join, or other players to party up with, but Kae still managed to add 10.66% experience, and 70 skill points, along with 917 pet points for SirFrancis.
The afternoon session involved SirGalahad and RedRyder going to the back room of Prokion Temple on Tairen-1 again, where everything ran smoothly. A titan from the OrdenLatino guild, DESTRUCTOR, did charge in and do some orc-killing himself towards the end of the session, but there seemed to be enough orcs to go around. I did wonder if he was moving suspiciously quickly, but probably not, I remember someone thinking my titan was "speed hacking" in that room, when I'd not have had the first idea how to go about that even if I wanted to.
By the end of the afternoon SirGalahad had added 26.02% and 138 skill points, while RedRyder had received 9.21% and 136 - they earned 213 and 35 guild points for Discipline, respectively. It looks as if the non-fighting member of a Combat-type party does get almost exactly a sixth as much experience as the fighter, along with an equal share of the skill exp.
I just managed to get back from the food break in time for [GM]Valsharyn's European "Mad Monster Spawn" on Auzura-4; RedRider, my level 26 rogue, went along, and managed just to die four times. Val's spawnings do seem to be becoming slightly more standard, but there were still monsters one doesn't see at an MMS usually, and thankfully no cave spirits - though one of Red's deaths was from a Fluton coming up behind me, using its flamethrower. The loot that Red grabbed from the various spawnings of the Hands was about the usual, with 7 large attack and 10 large defence potions, 5 item drop boosters, 4 skill point boosters, 14 tool aids, and 26 small mana and 27 small health recovery pots.
The final "boss wave" included a lot of anubis spear men and sphinx fighters - but these were the "[mercenary]" versions, so couldn't actually be fought, they just stood around looking menacing. I don't think Val intended to bring in that type, and indeed seemed to expect us to fight them - in the end she had to remove them with her GM powers. We had seen them before at Prokion Temple during the "epic event" there, just adding an extra bit of colour...they were still standing there the following morning.
The main evening session was, again, SirGalahad and RedRyder in Tairen-1's Prokion Temple. Since it is entirely possible that after tomorrow night's maintenance the Tairen sub-servers, except 4 and 5, will finally be PvP-enabled, we may not have much more time when we can enjoy the first sub-server's Elizabeth's Enhancement buff without high-level people rushing around on killing sprees, it seems a good idea to make the most of what time we have.
My favourite back room was busy, and the corridor room too; in fact the whole place was pretty full of people busy farming their skill points. SirGalahad ran around quite a lot of the place, in fact, with RedRyder clicked on him to follow, until finally I ventured into the other half of the place - which in some ways is a mirror image, but with the mobs changed around, and subtle differences. I found the "back room" there free; the corridor outside has higher-level orcs than on the "normal" side, while the room itself has, as well as the orc sergeants and orc axemen, a few lower-level orc soldiers too. The room seems bigger to me, although that may just be because it is better-lit, and has a step down at its entrance.
The only visitor I had, who stayed for a few minutes, was the knight Slymitor who, unless there is a subtle difference in the spelling, was SirGalahad's Guardian, back when Tairen was just starting. It's surprising that he is still low enough to fight in Prokion Temple, since he was level 26 back before Christmas. Anyway, I wasn't entirely sure I had remembered the name correctly, and he didn't say anything. We hadn't really talked when he was Gal's Guardian, either, come to that, but the server was so new that he would hardly have been able to offer any assistance.
My stint there lasted for the whole three hours of the "Elizabuff" - and a few minutes beyond that, as Gal was, when it ran out, just 0.5% away from level 34, and it seemed a shame not to get him the extra 3 points of dexterity that levelling up offered. It keeps him ahead of his horse, too. In all SirGalahad went up by 38.08%, 217 skill points, and 316 guild points, while RedRyder added 13.73%, 218 skill points, and 53 guild points.
So, that was the end of the evening's adventuring. SirGalahad just needs one more level before he can learn Canid Fence 2 to further increase his physical defence stat, which ought to make fighting a death mask lancer when one has a low-level pet (and thus not much in the way of the Armour Increase buff) a bit safer. The new level has added 1 to Gal's bare-handed attack, moving it from 44 to 45, but the lancer seems okay with that - if necessary we can reduce it by 1 again, as his gloves have a "+4 physical prowess" bloodseal which could be removed.
Anyway, the evening ended with SirGalahad down on level five of Maargadum Jail again, fighting the usual death mask lancer, and moving his reindeer-style horse past a third of the way into its 33rd level.
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