Logged in today, currently night. Snow is covering the ground. All trees now have a snow covering. Sadly, pines no longer are converted to huge Christmas Trees like they were back on JK-H. Then again, Christmas isn’t exactly here yet. Didn’t see the puffs of smoke like I did before.
\nHouse walls (both wood and stone) have holly, bells, and wreathes on them. Similar to last year’s Wurm Christmas.<\/p>\n
I put another month into my settlement’s upkeep. Unfortunately I didn’t know my prem ran out and all of my high skills are down to 20. However, they still act like their high skills (still able to captain my big boats).<\/p>\n
Also, it seems that decay has been increased on Stew. It’s all gone again<\/strong>. Talk about pointless to even cook it… I’ve been gone for about three weeks and I spent half of that day getting my alt to fill up that barrel, and it’s ALL GONE!! D:< To help my alt with the drudgery of fishing, we both fished. Filled up one of the small barrels with Stew enough that I was able to gather up all of the lamps and set sail for the Impalong. I finally got to the docks leading up to Freedom Market. Several people are in the water (night again at this time), acting like they were playing Marco Polo by using the “Hey! Over here!” emotion alot. I grabbed my lamps and followed the road an arrow to Impalong is telling me to go. which leads all the way around the bay. It also leads to a long tunnel that goes through a mountain. Seeing how fucking heavy my 11 lamps are I turned around and headed for my boat, then went over to the tunnel entrance.<\/p>\n On the other side of the tunnel is more ocean. An “URGH!! I COULD HAD JUST SAILED HERE?!?!” feeling goes through me, but I continue following the road. Ahead of me is a shitload of parked boats, and so is Impalong. I then head back through the tunnel, get to my boat, and go over to the Impalong site and park. Knowing it’s going to be a long<\/em><\/strong> time until someone finally imps my lamps to 50, I get my alt back on and get him to mail me my compass.<\/p>\n As I wait, Local begins to get more active about a game where you can win coin. The Wurm version of Deal or No Deal<\/em><\/a>. I go to where they’re telling people to go if they want to be a part of it. I don’t win, but I get to be part of the audience. How this Wurm version of DoND is like this<\/a>; Meanwhile, back at Oceanside Retreat, my alt is still on, watching the place for me. He decides to head up the road to where the ruins are and notices alot of construction is taking place, and informs me. In the backyard of the area is a new settlement, called “Iron Hold”. Due to him placing that deed there, I cannot expand my deed.<\/p>\n There’s only two things I can do about this.. Fast forward several hours in the future (to keep myself from adding another blog post about this) I PMed one of the guys supervising Impalong. Was shocked when I heard MD was one of them, but I got one of them. I explained to him that I traveled halfway around the server, and have waited for four months for this day of days to come, that I appreciate that everyone took the time to help us but told him that I had things to do back home, I don’t feel like waiting this whole week, and to PM me when they’re done, and he said he would and understood. Little did I know he would be the one that would imp my lamps.<\/p>\n So I FINALLY left that place of madness (even before I left, one of the supervisors said that “you’re all crazy”. I wanted to say “Yeah.. ‘crazy’ to think this was a good idea to come down here”). When I got to the Cave Canal, the guy PMs me to verify which forge I left my lamps in. I tell him and he asked if I was sure I wanted them imped to 50, and since I didn’t want to be greedy (and 50ql is all I really need), I said yes.<\/p>\n Thinking that they may be imping them right now, I headed to New Galway which hasn’t changed the last time I saw it, infact it looks dead. And went to Vorgon. I wanted to hug the one that imped them, and should had also said “Thank you all for doing this” in Local (and also giving them the sapphire I’ve been trying to sell for awhile) but all that was on my mind was getting back home and rest. And I did. I planted my lamps and.. here I am, typing this thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Logged in today, currently night. Snow is covering the ground. All trees now have a snow covering. Sadly, pines no longer are converted to huge Christmas Trees like they were back on JK-H. Then again, Christmas isn’t exactly here yet. … Continue reading
\nApparently, they’re forcing you to cook more often. And be more active to keep Stew from decaying. Tell me that doesn’t fucking suck…
\nI knew there was a catch of having quick cooking times.<\/p>\n
\nI had to deal with a strong headwind (gale from the NE, which has been persistent all day today) as I made my way to what was Samling. The rest of the trip was problem-free. As I approached what I thought was the site of Impalong (Festival Cove), I began to get concerned because I wasn’t seeing an increase of boat traffic.<\/p>\n
\nI docked and there was this guy telling me to get him out of the water. I didn’t know how I could (wasn’t thinking of using my boat). Another guy tries to assist him but the guy in trouble couldn’t see the other guy’s boat. I tell him to relog and he logs out and doesn’t come back. But I didn’t stick around to see, as I was focused on getting to the Impalong.<\/p>\n
\nI find the area where you go to get all iron-made items imped, walked in and see a bunch of people happily working, and ohh the noise of hammering, tempering, and other sounds of imping acting like an orchestra.
\nI then asked if I could get my lamps imped to 50. Someone told me to just throw them in one of the forges and someone will get to it.. eventually, so I do.<\/p>\n
\nI wait in line, and then look in this large barrel with a bunch of numbered keys, and told to say out loud what number I want. I pick “1” and get the key named 1 on it.<\/p>\n
\nThere is 20 large chests, each with a small chest and each have a different sum of coin. The object is to NOT find the one that has 20s in it, as that’s the highest you can win.
\nThe gameplay is just like Deal or No Deal. One of the game hosts is in this fenced-in area with the 20 chests, and the guy who got the winning key tells the host which five chests to open, trying to get low numbers. For example, trying to get like 1i or 20c. Anything lower than 1s.
\nAfter five are opened, the “Banker” is called and the guy has to decide to take the banker’s deal, or pick more chests, trying to isolate the one with 20s. We the audience encourage the guy to make the right decision.<\/p>\n
\nHe goes over to the token and finds out the guy I saw about three weeks ago at The Howl is the owner of the settlement. The one named Irondragon.
\nHe and his villagers have blocked off access to the mine, and the road that goes further east, which connected Oceanside Retreat to points east.
\nThat’s not even his road. The guys from New BroVegas built it.<\/p>\n
\n1. Talk to this Irondragon and ask him to be allies with Oceanside Retreat.
\n2. Work on my own eastern road connects to the settlement’s secondary access path, and connect it to the road that New BroVegas made.<\/p>\n
\nAt Vorgon, I got a PM from him saying “8 done so far”. I thanked him and quickly ran down the path to my boat, to head back to Festival Cove.
\nDue to the delightful Northeast gale in my face (and my current position on the server), I got there an hour after they were all imped.<\/p>\n