Temple and Tomb

I didn't hear from Tuffsen during the morning, so SirGalahad was able to do a few sessions in Prokion Temple on Auzura-6; the second time, though, I didn't notice that he'd reached the top of level 22, and he levelled up - but level 23 is just as good as level 22 for skill point farming. Slightly better in some ways, since it means Gal is the same level as the orc soldiers, so they give him the maximum possible skill exp per kill. Normally the maximum skill exp per kill in Prokion Temple is 5,500, or double that with Elizabeth's Enhancement, but for some reason SirGalahad was then getting not 11,000 but 11,550, an extra 5%. When I got the ignition system to level 4, while it lasted, and while I could find orc soldiers to slay, I was getting 25% more, for 14,437 skill exp per kill.

Anyway, the amount of skill points SirGalahad got per visit did vary, mainly depending on whether the hour of "dungeon time", with its 50% extra experience, was running, though also affected by any ignition sequences. The double-length session, including the level-up, got 298 skill points, while subsequent sessions added 220 and 176. SirGalahad was able to finish maximising all his general and passive skills; he is also now a fully-qualified miner, with some expertise in herb farming, and minor levels of some of the other "special" skills too.

Kaerella provided the solo party and, with further skill exp benefits from SirGalahad's work, while she just stood around in Dratan City, has in all gained 9 skill points.

By mid-afternoon, though, it was time to head over to Cariae-4, and for a change, and because a "happy hour" was due in the evening, with double skill exp and experience, this time it was my level 100 mage and my level 110 archer, Keerella and Barbarienne, who went along to the ancient grey mummies. It wasn't very long before BadFairy arrived - since she is now level 100 too, she was able to join the combat party, though, over the course of the rest of the afternoon, and the evening, she was away from her keyboard more often than not. With a combat party, of course, that is not a problem. Her second-stage polar bear reached level 49...and the last time she checked, had got 11% into its new level, the final one before it can be "evolved" into the biggest type of bear.

So, Keerella and Barbarienne fought the ancient grey mummies, with the usual food break. BadFairy's friend the night shadow xShadowWarriorx was around for some of the time; early on he was in the party, despite being level 103, when you'd think he'd want to be solo for the maximum amount of skill points; he then went off drop hunting, but was back in the later part of the evening, in the corridor. The mob-happy night shadow Margadus was also back, just for an hour, but slightly more considerate of other people's needs to keep busy, though he still got on BadFairy's nerves when she stopped being afk for a few minutes. He's approaching the top of level 108 now, so won't be able to get useful skill exp from the mummies for much longer.

At level 110, Barbarienne certainly wouldn't have got much in the way of skill points without the combat party. The ancient grey mummies are blue-named for her, so she didn't get ignition, or pet experience, but she added 8.32% and 81 skill points. Keerella did reach level 4 ignition eventually, but even fully-buffed the boost only lasted for around three kills. Kee ended the evening up by 5.31%, as she kills rather more slowly than Barb, with the same 81 skill points, and 5826 pet points for her drake, Greedo.

So, that is all there is to report on today. The shoutbox provided some interest along the way; I do think the GMs keep a closer eye on it than is generally realised. The "happy hour" was scheduled just to last from six to eight, UK time, with a second two hours at a more US-friendly time after a five-hour gap, but they'd forgotten to switch it off, until someone in the forum shoutbox insisted on asking how long it was going on, and the gamesage finally had to say that it had already gone 50 minutes beyond its scheduled end time. It got switched off mere seconds later.