“The ones that look like they can be my bitch because I’m bored with this game and want to do something else!”
I think this shows just how crazy I’ve gotten from being obsessed. Honestly though, I’m not that far gone — or am I? And before I forget, Happy Birthday, USA! 😀
Joke’s aside, yesterday was one of the two days, of trying to find someone to sell me the bison I needed. To make it easier on myself (and it’ll help sellers better understand what I’m looking for), I decided to make a forum post and link it as my response on the Trade channel.
I got a total of three responses. The first one, had one male yet all the females were pregnant. The second, had three males yet all of their females are pregnant (seems to be a recurring theme all the sudden). And the 3rd, had a male and a female.
I decided on the three males (from the person with this crazy ass long name of ‘Wyczesanymieczyslaw’), and the other (who had the female for sale) is actually from someone I still remember from the Glasshollow Impalong (‘Goldfinch’).
Crazy ass long name (the person’s new nickname), is from Exo (the person who has made a FUCK ton of boats). And of course Goldfinch is from Pri. Took 2.5s out of the token (as every bison is 50c.. yet looking back at this, I should had only taken out 2s(math flaw there)) and left the deed in my Knarr.
Due to the unfavorable light wind (and ‘crazy ass long name’ needing to go soon), I attempted to get to them first. Though he said that I could just buy some keys at the merchant there, and get the bison without him being there (and all I need to do is put the keys back after I’m done with them). It’s just like that ‘Vend-A-Horse’ deed (that’s near Lormere in Xanadu). I gladly accepted these terms, as I don’t want the person to have to wait for my slow ass to get there.
Made it to Exo, and had nearly passed the deed. Going over what the person said, I did a 180 and tried to look for a spot to unload 3 of the four creature cages. Found the merchant and did exactly as told, and got the bison.
And loading the full cages in… WORKS!! 😀 Then I was off to Pri.
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As I was enroute, Gold reminded me of the upcoming Pristine Impalong and asked if I’m going to attend, I told him that I’ll try my best to be there (warning that certain RL factors might cause me to not attend). He understanded this.
Though I was on the correct side of the server, I ended up going the wrong way (and it’s night). I was thinking I needed to pass by Dragon Beard.. which actually was not true. Corrected my mistake and went around to the north, and met Gold on the road. There, is where I was confused why I had more money than I intended. I thought I had gotten one of the bison for free, and instead I took 50c more out than I needed. *facepalm*
Because of this, he had to get 10c back as change that I waited for. As I waited, I checked the other three cages in my boat’s hold and saw they were near 0.50 damage. Seems they’re kicking and screaming (and it’s only been 25 minutes since I loaded them in).
Got the change, and he offered to give me a free 4-speed bison that he’s trying to get rid of. As much as I like free stuff, a Knarr cannot hold more than four cages (and was forced to turn it down).
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The bison (three adol males and one aged female) are now home with me, and hitched to my wagon. Instead of starting up ‘Operation: Nomad’ as I’d planned to do, I decided to do the same tests I did with my two 5-speed ven horses (running them around the deed, the neighborhood, and to Tap Dance). This time (for the Tap Dance test), I took B2 with me (to also test if they’ll come after him before me).
The results (after arriving at Tap Dance Market), are mixed this time. Though I absolutely love how they’ve maintained their top speed (proving that claim).. I think I may’ve ran into the ‘bug’ that Pryath mentioned (yet never said what it actually was). I saw this when I was home, and I saw it again at Tap Dance Market.
After grooming and trying to go, for some odd reason they’re defaulting to their ‘wild’ top speed of 13.67km/h.. and this lasts a LOT longer than I’ve seen with the horses, potentially up to a minute that I have to be sitting there waiting for them to realize they’re 5-speeds again. They’re still fully fed.. so what gives?!
I wanted to ask in Global Kchat if this is indeed a bug, but it was too random and shit to even bother doing so (and instead made a thread explaining my findings). This could be ‘intended behavior’, or it might actually be the bug.
Hopefully I’ll find out in the morning. Even if it is ‘working as intended’, it’s not a major issue (just a major annoyance). And of course Wargasm of all people responds to me, claiming that it actually takes ‘a few minutes’ for bison to use their traits.
Waiting for the next response, explaining my earlier testing with the horses (and how I only had to wait 10 seconds for them to start back up.. yet you tell me a few minutes for bison?! WHY!? Because #Wogic?!).. I refuse to settle with such a BS answer.
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But ‘refusing to settle’ or not, I won’t have a choice it it’s actually ‘working as intended’. Nevertheless, now that I’m back home, I’ve started the preliminary steps to get Operation: Nomad going (gathering up stuff I feel I’ll need in my wagon). I’m actually kind of concerned if the extra weight (or ‘volume’ in this case) in the wagon, is even going to fit in my boat. And I’ve got to know. Because if it doesn’t, I might have to make several trips.
In any case, I’m pretty sure attempting to sell most of my stuff is going to take a long time.. because once I disband, I’m not doing this again. I’m going deedless, just like Soleil. Paying for this deed every month, isn’t fun to me anymore. Redesigning, isn’t fun to me anymore. I’m tired of it. I’m tired of the effort, and watching my plans fail.. and I rather ‘restart’ my Wurm life by living like a nomad. Typically (in the past), I had angry that always had something for me to do. This time, I’m on my own, and I must make a decision.
Though I will admit, I also feel (at the same time), that I might be making a grave mistake by doing this. Having to literally rough it, with no deed walls to protect me from mobs (outside of maybe a public deed here and there). I’m only thinking of the positives, and not the negatives. Yet the negatives never stopped Soleil.. though I’m also not like him (with being the adventurous type).
What’s worse, there will be no ‘undo button’ (when most of my stuff is already sold, or taken by looters). This is why, I have to be absolutely 100% sure I want to do this. Aka, having no second thoughts, and no regrets.
…Infact, let’s try this! Instead of getting super stressed out over the unknown, why not ‘dip my toes’ and ‘test drive’ surviving as a nomad, for like a week and a half (while also keeping my deed alive for now)? If I’m all smiles, and feel confident that I can handle it, then I’ll make it permanent. But if I feel this isn’t for me (and all I want to do is go back home), then I’ll have an out. It’s a win-win for me! 🙂
I can do this in Xanadu, just like before when I explored on horseback. I’ll survive, only with what’s in my wagon (and bring B2 with me, as he still needs to work on his ML). It’ll be an adventure. And the whole ‘week and a half’ is basically how long I got until the Pristine Impalong gets close enough that I need to work out a plan for that as well.
All I need to do (for Xan), is to find a place (somewhere on the shoreline) that’ll connect me to the main catseye highway, sail to it and start there. I might even visit Soleil, and see how he’s doing.