Weekend Update Oct 26...Follow

a.k.a. "Where is the weekend update thread!"

Well since it's my 4th week back in game I thought I'd start the weekend thread this week.

Sam has been soloing in Griegs End, Nurga and Droga and finally Sebilis. I got a few more levels and a LOT more AAs (as in 85 total now). I was sticking to old(older) world places just for fun and to see things I had only briefly seen in the past. Sebilis looks like it would have been a blast back in the day and I wish I had spent more time there after popping in once to fish.

I've been collecting tailoring stuff to skill up from the 150s to the 220s so I can make my druid a few ethereal silk swatch. I had completely forgotten how tedious trade skills can be as well as how completely focused you can get on getting "just the next set of ingredients" to the exclusion of all else. Case in point, I easily spent 2+ hours in the Ro Deserts looking for a raw-hide belt for my Teir'dal tradeskill book.

And finally, I actually died. I went to the Plane of Nightmare, being cocky after a full 4 weeks of everything going really really well. The level 60 task sent me there and even though I have heard people say "where can I hunt at level 60+, just don't suggest PoN." How bad could it be I thought? Well, after finding hobgoblins, I popped over the waterfall and then had targeting issues. Minor problems resulted in adds and before I knew it I was running (levitating) all along the river trying to find a way up with a massive train of slarghilugs following me. No trouble I thought... feign death... feign death... feign death... well forget it. Every one was botched by a spell landing on me by those chain casting evil things.

At least I can say that the death penalty is much less than I thought. I think I only lost about 8% of a level and to me that's not even worth a rez.

Back to tailoring for a bit and maybe I'll collect up enough silks and pelts to get myself 60 points higher. Sebilis, here I come again.

Moved to sunny San Diego....

So not alot of EQ...but did finally get the net set up, so.

Got the Warrior and Shaman in Attiki as I try for the illusion Spectre...

Took my 2 newb warriors ( a barb and an Ogre ) to the Crypt of Dalhnir...got from 24 to 29 there...kinda fun

Got new Cleric to 61 to level with my 63 Rogue in Veksar...such a fun zone, and even more so now that it is HOT

About it, but plan on playing more now, although I am also job hunting, so who knows.

Hooray, someone beat me to starting the update! Spent the weekend only playing my 70 necro.

Friday at Grieg's End with Jonwin was fine, it's a zone I have never done much and aspire to breaking the 2nd floor. I can get XP anytime, spending time online with fun people is harder to set up.

Saturday I wasn't on too long, but did the tier 1 cycle in Plane of Hate twice for fun. Make about 1k plat in drops and got nothing fancy. I remember wanting the Marsinger quest drops so badly ages ago...

Sunday I went on a tour. First I thought I'd try the Buried Sea --an expansion I've owned for years and barely stepped into. Didn't fare too well (inefficent kills with lots of adds and pet deaths) as the mobs I needed run awfully fast when snared, let alone when resisted. Thinking I need some more AA to solo it well with my limited awareness of the zone and its inhabitants.

Also met my first Cliknar invader in Toxxulia, figured a DB mob I could at least toy with. Resist snare, distant spawns both aggro, FD casting... loading please wait. Add the little bugs to my revenge list!

Did the Franklin Teek task for PoN, but it (the zone) was too easy so I tried Halls of Honor, Plane of Tactics, and Plane of Fire in that order. HoH was boring me but probably a safe grind overall. Tactics the summoning was going to do me in so I gave up. PoFire I had only been to once before and likely would do okay once I find a better camp (zone in area was mob busy).

Nearing the end of my night I decided to go to Plane of Sky, knowing full well that I was going to die whether successful or not (since eventually I would hit a DT mob). Fortunately I managed to aggro most of Gorgalosk Island off one mob so I didn't spend too long in Sky either.

Fun time all around, although some new tour destinations may be in order.

I'm really wishing I had a merc or a friend - I was in Veksar with my 61 druid and it was rough handling the summoning mobs. I'm more curious though, with a cleric and rogue, who is tanking? That's a really unusual duo.

The weekend update thread has been going on as long as I can remember, and I have no idea who originally started it. Every forum needs people to push it and those people change from year to year as they have here.

I'm also seeing the lurkers, and I do realize that Zam seems to have taken a network-wide hit in the last year - probably from dilution among all their affiliate sites.

The bottom line is I agree, an active forum is a happy forum and I'll be doing my best to post even the stupid questions I normally reserve for really dire need. I may have 1000 posts but I'm just as much a newb as someone that started last month. Maybe we need a "stupid question of the week" thread too.

I just found the Juggs, cleared my way in and cleared the room. It was extremely exciting I can assure you. Full blues that pulled in 1-3s, enraged, and then dropped so many spells I filled my inventory.

The door locked behind me, more excitement really. I have an OT hammer so I am never stranded but I am still wondering what drops that key and where the port out is (don't tell me, I am going back with more space and time this week).

For locked doors to which you do not have a key. Stand next to door, have an illusion on. Click off illusion. You are now on other side of the door.
Its the reason I am going to try and get the haloween mask again for my paladin.

I do not know if this works for shrink/grow potions. I will try it out and see.

I thought you couldn't force Eyes of Xomm through walls/doors any longer. I know I wasn't able to do the "Stand at Sebilis zone-in and push an Eye through to spy on Trakanon" move last time I played. I'd just wind up standing on my Eye.

I still haven't read Jophiel's spoiler but the illusion trick obviously would do the trick over Halloween anyway (that's about the only time I'll have an available illusion without any form changing masks).

On the note of taking away the fun stuff - I can still remember when they nerfed the Reaper of the Dead from instant cast to 30 seconds. Unlike other nerfed items, even existing Reapers were nerfed. For a 1 charge lore item, that was pretty harsh.

I started a new wizard on Povar to play with Jonwin and Snailish. So far, mostly soloing in blightfire moors and mesa. The xp has been coming in nicely with using a tank merc. I am thinking of adding a box toon but not sure what I want to roll yet.