The more I explore, the more abandoned deeds I find. Some are downright shocking of how nice their locations are. And I think it’s because of kchat’s quietness. And when they aren’t quiet, they..well, it’s not that they’re being assholes to eachother, it’s..I wasn’t really seeing any friendly in their conversations. Exodus is proving to be an unfriendly (inhospitable) place.
Even Indy is nicer (for the most part) than this. I only hope things will change for the better when it’s time to explore by horseback.
Oh yes. Two other things. Fog Spiders will no longer spawn on deeds, and lamps can now be planted inside fences(with a new “Plant in corner” option)! The first thing is awesome. So now I can just wait out the fog in a deed and not feel exposed.
Starting from where I left off, no mobs were around me. I was able to get back in my boat and lead the horse away, continuing going counter-clockwise around the coast. There is another reason I go counter-clockwise like this, as the sail and the rigging of a Knarr is on the left side. Yet on the right side has nothing blocking pictures from being taken.
Though this large expanse of ocean, I saw nothing really interesting. Just more abandoned deeds. There was this pretty cool pointy mountain called ‘Wolf Mountain’. I saw a hut on the side of it, proving it can be accessed on foot. Infact a lot of these mountain peaks can be accessed. That’s interesting.
Now on the West coast (but going by ‘Wolf Island’), I found a ‘market’ that didn’t even have merchant stalls. What a joke.
Soon I was going further inland again in a large bay. Continued to follow my marked out path through a few lakes. Saw a section of a marble bridge under construction. I’m amazed how well the planning is defying gravity like that.
With Sol going down and seeing a guard tower on a hill above a canal, I went for it after spinning around in the lake. Had to use the horse to reach it. In the area is a deed called ‘Breannah’. I didn’t know this deed would cause me issues later on(from my lack of knowledge).
In the deed, there was a single spirit guard. I thought that this is perfect. If a troll shows up when I get back, it’ll help get the thing off me. Tried to see if I could lead and ride while in the deed, and I was able to. So I assume I would have no problem later on.
Later on, came. Tried to lead the horse… no ‘Lead’ option. So much for assuming, huh? I looked around for any other animals off the deed in order to re-tame the horse, thinking I would have the option there. Yet it would’ve been pointless anyway as the owner of the deed blocked the option to Tame.
My only other option was to frantically ask in CA HELP if there was a way for a GM to get the horse off the deed in order for me to lead it, and was told “I doubt it”. Was also told I would need to provide proof…somehow. And even one telling me “looks like you’ll have to find another horse”. FUCK YOU!! I am NOT leaving 2.5s in equipment behind because of an asshole mechanic!
I decided to send a support ticket anyway, praying there was still a kind person that would do it. But it was getting closer and closer of needing to get off and eat. I asked kchat if they knew of the owner or anyone of their Alliance(thinking the GM wasn’t going to show up in time). Yet three minutes after “You let out heavy curses over the settlement token”, I saw “An aged horse now follows Forsete”.
Flipped to Local and saw someone in a yellow-colored name(a GM), and the person also PM’d me. The person lead the horse off of the deed, allowing me to lead and ride it again. Thank CHRIST there are kind GMs!!
I assume the GM possibly read what I said in CA HELP (even reading everything I had said in Local, possibly including my “FUCK THIS GAME!!!!” outburst).
Of course I greatly thanked the GM (disguised as a white horse). Was told about branding. Sure. Let me bring my OWN FUCKING HORSE cross-server with me that IS branded, and we’ll talk!! Their response was “have fun :)” and disappears, leaving me with seeing a Support tab every time I log in for the next two weeks.
So, I cannot log out on a deed for an extended period of time. If I dismount while on a deed, I only have a few minutes to be able to re-lead. That means if it’s foggy (and RL is calling that I have to log out), I have to find a guard tower off-deed and pray nothing happens.
I assume this proves, no one explores on horseback (that their horse isn’t branded by them or a friend/alt of theirs).
That costed me a lot of time. Though with Sol taking longer and longer to rise, it’s hard to tell anymore if there’s time being wasted.
Back in, with no more horse-related issues.. well, I’ll be frank. I’ll save you the rest of the journey as this server has put a bad taste in my mouth. Not only is it extremely taxing on my low-end CPU(to the point I wish I had the $400 or whatever I need to replace whatever I have to, to make my gameplay much more enjoyable than 5-15FPS in some areas), there’s hardly anything that really caught my eye.
But here’s what did(in order since last time);
-Seeing a huge gathering of cows/bulls, and sheep on the bottom of a mountain.
-Having someone suddenly RP with me in Local as I was leaving a bay, saying “no dragons allowed, or the heads of them”. I didn’t realize this at all. This person is actually RPing as a dragon (without having ‘dragon’ in their name). I’ll be DAMN!
-Seeing an array of arch bridges attempting to go at an angle to a deed.
-Killing my first bearshark.
-Saw a Statue of Vyrona inside a mountain, as if it was carved out of the mountain.
-Passing by a canal with a large farm next to it, reminded me of Black Dog Canal in Indy (in the past).
-Passed through a strange canal with a very large castle on the side. This thing made my FPS tank to 6.
-Checked out the ‘Sandhill Market'(accessed from accessing multiple canals). Let’s say it had more merchants than I’ve seen from other ‘markets’ of this server. Though it pales in comparison to Deliverance Keep.
-Managed to access Esert(Exodus’ new player spawnpoint) via a pretty cool-looking canal. Esert itself is… well it has nice rolling hills, but besides a few buildings(and a Pumpkin farm), there’s really nothing there. Was told the area used to have a pretty large market, and now it’s gone.
-Found a flatraise fail of one of the sides of a Grass tile, rose up to form as a spire.
And that’s all I really saw. Yes, a few of those happened to me instead of something I saw. Plus, I feel instead of heading to the next server (Celebration) after I get done with exploring…I’m going to be forced to go back home. And it won’t be because of the change of seasons or that I forgot something, it’ll be to beg people to re-imp my gear. Which is going, to cost a LOT of silver (that I don’t have) in order to make sure I still kill with 70QL gear.
And it probably won’t stop there. Ohhhh no. Those horseshoes, and the saddle? They too will need to be re-imped. Because fuck me for not knowing someone willing to imp for free.
Sure, I can just re-imp them myself. But I…I cannot see myself mindlessly grinding infront of a forge all day in order to eventually get up to that level (which will take several months). So either I get over my hate of how grindy the crafting system is, or find a way to make money in order to afford re-imps to be able to explore safely.
People are going to get filthy rich, where I would just get poorer and poorer (all because of my hate for the crafting system).
Anyway, I made it back to where I started. Tomorrow, I’ll be exploring the server on horseback.