As said, with the personal stress of what I went through (with the Best Boi model), it feels good when I’m able to pass it to someone that can handle it a hell of a lot better than I can (with payment, of course).
Now I can turn my attention back on securing the mine on the other side of the lake. And of course, I totally logged in and did just that (instead of aimlessly walking around my deed, wishing I didn’t have to do this). Totally focused! 😛
Eventually though, I did finally get my ass over there (on horseback) and get to work on making the area easier to navigate. While I was doing that, Fooli was in my local. Asked what was bringing him over here, and he said in a PM that he was “going on a trip” to Inde, for a day or two.
Hmm. Maybe he’s an explorer too. Though I didn’t bother to ask if he was going over there to meet a friend or something like that (as it really wasn’t my business).
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There came to a point where I had a bit of an issue bringing this ramp down (to meet up with the rest of the area); kept hitting rock. I tried to reveal the troublesome thing, and see if I could surface mine it down.. but I would have to rip the road up (by removing the pavement). Thankfully in my favor, the slope leading to the ramp was within acceptable levels to work. Eventually I turned the really messy ramp into something a lot more tolerable (and easier to walk on).
All there was left was to make a deed stake, and have B2 find a place to plant it. The reason I didn’t do this sooner, as I was so sure I would have no issues with any deeds in the area..
‘You cannot found the settlement here:
Simple Things has perimeter within the planned settlement or its perimeter.” was showing up in B2’s event log. GREAT! Freed from from the stress of Blender.. annoyed by the stress of a deed that’s some distance away, with an even larger perimeter than any starter town I’ve ever seen in this game!!
I get the purpose of it, but it’s halting my progress. This will not stand! Ever since losing my mine (from my own stupidity of not deeding it sooner), this just makes me more and more want to move away from Wargasm and his ‘cronies’.
I tried to get ahold of War, while repositioning B2 to a point where be could actually start the process of founding (hoping to at least cover the mine entrance). He found a spot, but it was literally in the way of the protected catseye highway (and I seriously doubted he could found here). Though it didn’t really matter, as the range of the deed was two tiles short of covering the entrance.
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I knew I was out of options (except hoping War could do something about this deed’s perimeter). Had no choice but to wait (of course this started to really irritate me, thinking he doesn’t see the problem as big as I do.. not at all thinking he could simply be busy doing something else. Don’t think that when I get pissed).
Time passed, then an unexpected person comes into local (named ‘Luckydog’) showing up in a rowboat. I tried saying hi, but I got no response. The person is spinning around in their rowboat on the lake, as in either they were lost or looking for someone. The person then stops near Darkloden’s place, and walks around. I walk over and try to introduce myself, still no response. So I’m thinking “maybe the person doesn’t speak nor understand English”.
Decided to walk away, knowing what I’m dealing with is far more important than figuring out this person’s intentions are. Finally the person speaks, saying they’re looking for Dark. I tell them “you found it, it’s directly ahead of you”. He ‘hanks’ me, tell him no problem and go back to getting pissed off about waiting for War to respond.
Eventually, he does respond. He says he was dealing with a villager over paying for their prem time. I also apologized to him for sounding like I was pissed off, but adding that I “just don’t want this to happen again to me”.
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War comes over, and verifies the problem. Says he can’t do anything about the deed’s perimeter, but then suggests an alternative; a mine door (instead of a 1×1 structure). But I tell him “what about people simply able to tunnel past the door?” He says to use reinforced walls to stop that.
Then he lays some brass facts on me, saying the idea would work for the time being, but when the veins deplete (and they eventually will), I would be as fucked as he is. He says he has to go out of his way to find iron (though he typically loads one of his Knarrs with crates, goes mass mining, and uses that supply. And says I would likely have to do the same.
When I said “yay, new server, new challenges”.. if I knew I would have to go through this, staying in OR would had been a better idea. Because.. UGH! WHY?! Even though I already know the answer (the low rock layer), but.. WHY?!
I so very much hate it when money can’t take care of your problems (only hard work can).
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But for now, I’m going to go with the mine door suggestion. I’ll cross that bridge when it forms (when the ore eventually depletes). But until then, I’m going to use what local resources I have, that are available to me.