Wednesday, February 06, 2002

Stupid SPAM Disclaimers

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posted by Wuphon's at 2:01 AM

Monday, February 04, 2002

EverQuest - Death follows hot on my heels

(story starts in the present, flashback to the past, then continues on to the end)

Panting heavily, I begin my climb up the side of the mountain, trying to reach the safety of the lands beyond the mountain pass.

(trees are thick here, hopefully offering me some cover, so many enemies dodged on my run across the valley, but I'm moving slower now that I'm near death, have I lost them? I can no longer hear the dying cries of my party. with my cleric's intuition, I have felt my party's threads of life slip from my grasp as each has fallen victim to the giants)

(flashback)

(we had been sneaking in and out of the giant fort all morning, pulling those dreadfully stupid young scragglies out for the slaughter)

(but the giants had gotten wise to our tactics and enlisted two elders to sit in waiting for our next foray into their fort)

(our next pull brought 2 of the young ones in addition to the two elders and the fight quickly became chaotic as the giants turned the tables, dividing the party)

(all fought bravely, but the odds were against us, the call to run by the melees)

(running, encumbered, not moving as fast as I should've since my magical speed had worn off, dropping the heavy bag of copper, dropping the huge sword that I had looted)

(flash forward to present)

(the end draws near, last minute decisions need to be made, cast my 2nd invuln? cast a heal on myself? or run?)

(stopping to catch my breath and heal my wounds, the giants catch up, death under the branches)

Labels: EverQuest

posted by Wuphon's at 11:00 AM

Sunday, February 03, 2002

EverQuest - The right way to get advice

Last night, while working on my swimming skill in Felwithe's swimming pool (a.k.a. the lake on the backside of town), I got a tell from a level 14 cleric. Now, usually at this point, I cringe, because I'm expecting to read that little purple text and see a request for money or items. This time I was pleasantly surprised, because they wanted to know how many level 14 cleric spells there were, and how many of the 14 I used (a young cleric trying to prioritize his purchases).

Well, the questions soon turned fairly far reaching, discussing healing aggro, armor class, whether clerics can solo, where to level up, do we get any DoTs, what is a symbol buff, etc. The comment was made at one point, "wow, I didn't realize this class was so complex" (and I got to extoll the rush of handling a 4 giant pull from the Frontier Mountain fort with no deaths).

It was a fun conversation, hopefully it helps add another well played cleric to our server.

Labels: EverQuest

posted by Wuphon's at 7:28 AM