I guess we'll file this one under "There's a first time for everything!"
While attempting to make Level 57 today in Dr. Torsche's Mansion, Reception Hall, in Cervantes server, I turned a corner and found a team with the glowing red Baron signs over their heads. I can't remember what the family name was, but it involved the Filipino word "maharot" [adjective meaning "flirty"/"lusty"], and several crosses, like so ††.
[Please comment on the post or in the chatbox with your family name so I can properly recognize you ^^]
Being the occasional scaredy-cat that I am, I promptly turned my girls right around and prepared to run the heck away from them, in case I got targeted.
And then the other player said, "^^" - and when I took a look at the dead bodies littering the corridor, I realized that they were all bots! The Baron family was killing the bots!
So I gave them a compliment - though not without inadvertently firing at them because I pressed the space bar in their vicinity - and when they had moved into another section of the map, I decided to try it out myself, as there were a LOT of bots in that map at that time.
Imagine my surprise when, after targeting one family for Forced Attack, an entire squad of double musk/scout families also got targeted! There's something new, I suppose, that we have to watch out for: bots squadding up. *facepalm*
Anyway, I managed to finish off one family, though my wizard died in the process [and lost 1% of her EXP as a result]. I went back to Barracks, and happily clicked on Los Toldos for the very first time.
Here's a pic of the NineMoons main team as new arrivals in the forbidding Baron den:
After a little exploring, I managed to pick up the Tomb Stone back costume, and guess who I gave it to....
There's my scout Aurana with that forbidding burden of hers!
Another shot, this time after working the Baron status off, and upon return to Auch:
Remember, bots = double plus ungood = Baron Points fodder! Death to all bots!
The results of the first Colony Wars session of the commercial phase, not to mention after the departure of Yakisoba faction.
A relevant question raised during the course of the past week: Who will lead the Royalists in the absence of Yakisoba?
Further, I'm looking forward to how the ChocoPoring faction - led by former Yakisoba members including Crimzama - will do in succeeding CW sessions.
Congratulations to the factions that acquired colonies: CARNAGE, Dominion, Vradical, Anonymous, Fenrir, DarkCrusade, XeNaTioN, WrathOfGod - and good luck in defending them from now on!
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Random notes:
- While squadding with my faction leader Harbin at El Lago de Tres Hermanas, we suddenly got Baroned by a wiz-Bernelli-scout team! Harbin and I both asked the other player why he PK'd us, and were astounded by the reply: our attacker thought that Harbin and I were *bots*!
[Thanks to Thoraine for helping us both out~!]
- B> Catherine's pelvis/hips - at a reasonable price, please!
- S> Lisa Lynway, Alejandro, Brunie Etienne character cards [original, NOT mercenary], please PM me!
Before anything else, here's the results of tonight's Colony Wars session:
Congratulations to the following factions which acquired and / or defended their colonies: Dominion, Yakisoba, CARNAGE, Vendetta, Orb, CloudNine, Anonymous, Vradical, and DarkCrusade!
I'm wondering now if there will be a wipe of this map tomorrow - remember that in this entry it was stated that from 29 July until commercial release, there would be no wipe of the Colonies. Well, we've made it to commercial release - is this a last hurrah before that happens? Stay tuned!***Last week after the Colony Wars session DeSanggria and I agreed to do something we'd never actually done before then: we made an agreement to meet each other in PvP today and see how much we both had to learn with regard to that feature.Before I tell you what the results were, here were the line-ups we used:NineMoons - Aurana, scout / Tuon, fighter / Chimal, wizardDeSanggria - Cyradis, scout / Alaena, fighter / Verdandi, elementalistWe decided to do a best-of-three match and met up in the City of Auch on Channel 3.And...I won!
Which only means that when the inevitable rematch rolls around I'd better do my best~! ^^Good game, girl!***But the fun doesn't stop there! After our match DeSanggria and I decided to go farm for Catherine parts at the Torsche Mansion dungeon. We saw a bunch of bots there and out of sheer curiosity, we tried Baroning some of them!I did manage to hit one family, but they logged out before I could complete the kill.In stark contrast here's DeSanggria as a Baron, after she managed to whack 2 bot families!
Woot girl~!***And finally, a bit of a change in the current line-up:
This would be: Aurana, First Aid / Fortitudo scout; Ravashi, Possession Ice elementalist; and Shahnti, Standing Shot Grace Bernelli.While attempting to level Ravashi at the Tetra Ruins so that she could use her nifty elite stuff, I managed to pick up a Daemon Shooter - so I promptly rotated Shahnti into the line-up so that she could make good use of a good rifle! And it's because of that gun that they've both leveled up very quickly at the Tetra Dungeon. I think I'll stick with this team for the moment, at least until Ravashi makes Level 28. Then I might go back to my regular line-up to continue farming at Torsche Mansion.*** Props to DeSanggria and to Welling for sharing the fun at i-Hooked Katipunan tonight!See you around and happy hunting to all~! :D
Hope no one minds that there's no screenshot - I was too busy trying to figure out something I need to do on Sunday....
But, yes, the very first sGE player to win Baron Points off me is none other than the entity whose in-game name is miaka. This took place in Channel 2 of Cervantes server, on the El Lago de Tres Hermanas map, near the Pioneering Memorial. All it took to take out my team - and the mobs I was fighting - was a supercharged Chain Lightning spell from a female elementalist wearing Rosa Matrimonio robes.
Hey, miaka, I hope at least that my death by PK allows you to get your very own Wheel of Destiny costume that much sooner!
And man, I am so NOT looking forward to the day when I actually have to defend myself again, as I never even got a chance with this one....
