Look at me, I’m right back where I left off after a day of exploration! I swear, daytime doesn’t last long enough when you want it to. How I WISH it was based off of real time (like WoW) instead of this. Also, how I still wish I could bring my horse with me. Maybe one of these years after they finally figure out how to go about doing it without blowing up the planet in the process.
\nIMO, you should be required to have a big but slow ship (Corbita\/Cog\/Caravel) that has a cargo hold which you can load up livestock (like horses), and be like Noah’s Ark. It would make SO much sense to do it like that!! Make it happen, dev team! PLEASE!<\/p>\n
I’m also starting to hate Wurm more and more. Remember when I said how the game’s beauty is the reason I play? It still is. However, I don’t seem to get the need to keep the player hot on their fucking toes with the over-spawning of mobs!
\nAnyway, I left where I logged off (though I was also checking out my deed back home (through B2) to make sure everything’s still OK) and then went in a clockwise pattern. The wind had shifted again, now a gale from the North. But as time went on, this calmed down into a light breeze.<\/p>\n
I didn’t really see anything mind-blowing as I did of the interior of the server. Kind of a disappointment. Continued exploring the bay, following the right side. Came across the first potential candidate in Deli for moving. Small’ish flat area, sitting on the ocean.. no mobs, calling my name; “Pick me, Dragonhead! I will be your new home for Oceanside Retreat!” Got close to one of the markets named “Southport”, and decided to check it out as I saw merchants (don’t have much silver left after all of the payments that went to getting new gear and getting it imped, but looking is free of charge). There was this really nice and friendly person named “Muse” here. But before I could check out the market’s wares, a random bear decides to walk in. I ask them if there’s a guard tower nearby to deal with this problem. The person said there’s a tower to the West (yet I didn’t know how far west). But the person killed the bear. They also managed to heal themselves (doubled as a priest). . So I logged back on (after jotting down everything I saw between that time), and there was a new person in local (and in the same building with me), named ‘Jothebard’. This one didn’t really talk much, just “if you need anything, let us know”. Went back to Muse’s place. Jothebard was AFK at this time, and Muse was able to heal me up. Told them what happened, and the person said that area has been known for its crocks. But now with a horse, I should (in theory) have no problem with running into a n00b trap like that. Passed by where I picked up B2…hard on the framerate as ever(but thankfully still playable). Made it back to the north coast and back to where I logged the day ago, and where I started writing this very blog post. I head out, following the first canal I went through upon entering the server. Reaching the crossroads, I had no idea there would be a total of eight<\/strong> mobs that would die here (via a nearby guard tower) within the timespan of five minutes. So not only did I have an even more unreliable map (as these white lines look like they’re blocking the ACTUAL roads), this server has hyper-spawning of mobs going on! It just went on and on.. more bears, more trolls. It felt like I was being raided by mobs! Maybe this was payback from all the times I thought I was ‘a strong dragon warrior’ and killed their brothers and sisters, and they were here to prove I’m still a n00b without proper armor. Got a few guards on some mobs, then more spawn behind me without warning. You want me to keep playing? You’re not doing a good job. Finally the guards killed all of them. THIS…this is why I put off this plan for years. Unfamiliar roads. Hyper-spawning of mobs, and myself refusing to swallow my pride and..ask for a horse(thinking it’s “too n00bish”). Yet not having my armor and weapons and being prepared, is worse. Yet I was more fed up with the map, feeling if these stupid white lines didn’t exist, outrunning the mobs would be OK(as I would know where I’m going)! Asked kchat again, telling them the problem. Expecting to put a virtual bag over my decapitated floating dragon head to hide the shame, I didn’t check the results for awhile. The “should I stay or should I go(and never do this ever again)” song was playing in my head. With the embarrassment behind me (as much as I tried to push it away, as I know it would just happen again of the next server I explore), I tried to go counter-clockwise around the server on horseback. Something I don’t think I ever did, but giving Deli’s topography, I felt it was possible. Made it to the NW corner of the server at least (as Sol is setting). Sol finally rose and I continued south and west. The west coast was a bit tricky, especially approaching the HoS(House of Swedes, the area where I picked B2 up), but I managed and eventually swung around the coast into a western bay. Here is where I managed to talk to ‘Cecci’, someone I’ve seen hang around in Global Kchat back in Indy. With that it was finally to explore this bay closer than I could on my Knarr. Though I fell asleep infront of my computer at the time of this part of the post(for a good half an hour); guess I was a lot more tired (IRL and of this game) than I thought. Thankfully the memory is still fresh in my head. This trip also makes me wonder, instead of going to Exodus(the next server on the list to explore after I’m done exploring Deliverance), to just head back home, grab my new Chain gear (and Plate just incase), then my sword and shield and then go there. Then.. well, I would be forced to ask if anyone has any free horses I could barrow (after I’m done checking everything out that I can via boat), but at least I would be able to defend myself and not look like a n00b infront of Global Kchat. I’ll still keep the clothes CD made for myself and my alt, but only around the deed. Elsewhere, I’m armoring up, even cross-server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Look at me, I’m right back where I left off after a day of exploration! I swear, daytime doesn’t last long enough when you want it to. How I WISH it was based off of real time (like WoW) instead … Continue reading
\nEntered a South bay that connects to an interior East coast. Was pretty cool. But what really made me stop in order to head back and grab my jaw that had sunk into the bay, when I saw…THIS<\/a>!! ‘Dat courtyard, yo! \ud83d\ude2e And the reason why it looked so nice, is because it was designed by the same guy who developed WurmClock. That’s right, it’s Yaga. He lives here, and it shows.
\nSadly I couldn’t head up to take a peek into his house to get some inspiration. But the specific trees he picked (and probably has pruned them back and chopped down any tall trees that tried to show up), I…I’m lost for words. This, is perfect. This<\/span> is the way to display your deed (instead of saying “here’s my house. It’s not much’).
\nOf course, he was not alone in constructing this. There are other names when I examined the area. Either friends or villagers. Though I would had gone a step further and put stone benches along that horse fountain. Now that would look nice. Just sit down and read a good book while the birds are chirping. Such relaxing, many ahhh’s. Wow.<\/p>\n
\nLooked at it a bit. Looked pretty good. Didn’t ever think to look in the available open mine and see if there’s Iron in it. Dunno if it’s near any resources I need (aka Tar). Marked the area on the ingame map as a ‘potential’ and continued to move into the bay. There was an area where I swear someone’s been playing The Witcher 3<\/em> a bit too much, having an actual ‘school’ for Witchers. Dunno if this is based off of the actual school in the game. But this was the only other cool thing (besides Yaga’s place).
\nSouthern coast, there was this town called “Dragon Shores”(and even someone named ‘Dragonshores’ in local). Tried to say hi to the fellow dragon, but they were AFK.<\/p>\n
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\nAsked them several questions, such as looking for a place to move. The person said how there’s been a few deeds dropping along the east coast (which I really didn’t see except for that corner in the bay). Then the person asks me what I’m looking for in terms of resources. I tell them Tar and Peat. Told “you need to create a tile”(of peat)..how in the fuck do I go about doing that?
\nAs for Tar, “we actually have tar and i bought all the clay tiles here”. You ‘bought’ the clay tiles? How? By covering them up with your deed boundary?
\nThis ‘Muse’ also gave me some important knowledge of the server, such as this ‘claimant’ that “deli hs the best community”. Sure they do. They definitely showed that by ignoring me when I was lost trying to get back to Greendog(and acted like they had no idea what I was talking about). Spoiler Alert: There is no “best community”! *GASP*
\nThe person also told me that they have no ‘main market’ (like FM back on Indy), that “we use mailboxes mostly” (aka, they mostly craft their own goods instead of buying them). Also told me “mrkets tend to serve their local area”.
\nBut the most hilarious thing the person said was “well look at the topology, we are a big ft square with coast all the way round, wherever the market gets put its a long haul to travel to it”.. LOL. HELLO! Indy is the SAME fucking way(except it’s the second biggest PvE server in the game)! WE have ocean surrounding us! Wow.
\nWith dinnertime creeping up (and Sol creeping down), asked if there was a bed I could use to wait for Sol to rise back up. Found it in the ‘sermon house'(the same place I went to hide from the bear until it was disposed of). Got to sleep in one of the big beds. Pretty nice.<\/p>\n
\nI also figured out Sol’s arc in the sky(how to time out a Solrise). Daylight seems to be two hours (with it setting at the 2nd hour (at exactly #:50). It takes an hour until #:50 when the ground is bright enough to be able to see again. Used this to time out when to get done with dinner and get back in, and it worked perfectly.<\/p>\n
\nI said my goodbyes to the area and continued westbound on my boat, following the southern coast. But I didn’t get far until I saw another row of merchants. Checking out what the locals have to sell is like a museum’s gift shop(where everything is overpriced for cheap-ass quality).
\nGetting to the merchants, only one was available. Disappointing, but whatever.
\nThis merchant was actually selling healing covers for 6c a piece(and only two of them). Not bad! So I started searching around for the token, and found it by going a bit inland, next to a house. Was able to prove that I can access my bank cross-server! Nice.
\nI then wondered if I could mail them to B2 (so he can hold onto them back home)..though I should had asked CA CHAT before<\/em> I took the 12c out. Walked back to buy the covers. As I did, my Combat log started flashing as a crock spawned behind me. Was trying to say “Shhhhhiiittt!!!!” but I was also trying to run REALLY fast. Ran to a guard tower on the other side of this small bay and yelled for help to get this fucker off my tail.
\nWith the crock now being attacked by the guards, I tried to attack it with my hand. It bit me, and I ran back thinking one of the guards didn’t fully tank it yet. Then I looked down..ANOTHER fucking crock was attacking me!! With both dead (and seeing how red my health bar was), I cringed when checking the wounds. One medium. Wow. I need those covers now! Then I remembered about Muse and wondered that if I asked nicely, they could heal my wounds.
\nAs I’m butchering\/burying the crock corpses, I happen to glance over at a sign that said “FREE 4-speed horses”. Seeing as this being an anti-n00b approach (no one else in my local), I went in and looked around, and grabbed a white one called ‘Kalilcloud’. Was able to lead\/ride no problem. Yet it seemed much faster than a 4-speed (at least what I went through with Flashsilver). This horse felt like a 5-speed! Perfect! Now I finally have a horse to be able to safely explore Deli on foot (and I didn’t have to look like a n00b and ask for one).
\nThere was no notice of bringing the horse back after you’re done, but I feel it’ll be the right thing to do once I have my fill with exploring this server.<\/p>\n
\nI thought the person was going to give me something (like cotton or some healing covers), but instead gives me a slightly used piece of cotton(0.89 kg).. gee, thanks.
\nOh well. I got a horse now, so I should be OK (as long as I don’t do something stupid). Said my goodbyes and hopped back in my boat, then continued west. Stopped by the mini-market and bought the healing covers, then decided to keep them in my backpack as they won’t weight that much (and since I have a horse, weight doesn’t really matter).
\nThe rest of the journey(up the West coast) was somewhat uninteresting; still taking pictures of funny-named boats, buildings, and objects. Oh, and that the wind had shifted again of a gale coming from the NW..as I’m going<\/strong> NW. Wow. FUCK OFF, Wurm weather!! Stop trolling me!<\/p>\n
\nWith Sol now up, it was time to finally explore Deliverance on foot! Yet I questioned the reliability of the ‘current’ version of the map I’m using, and asked the locals in kchat if there’s a better version for interior navigation. Got linked to a slightly modified version of the map I have– this one showing the map dump with these white lines (I assumed are the main routes).<\/p>\n
\nThe frustration rose to epic levels when I couldn’t even butcher the corpses (or pick them up, or push them due to deed perms), but I tried to keep it together and just follow these white ‘roads’ and see if they actually are the same as on the map. This lead to even more frustration, and running like a pussy once again from mobs. At times, not being able to stop and take pictures. I haven’t even STARTED exploring and I’m being assaulted by mobs!!
\nThis ended at another guard tower. Seeing roads not on the map (as they’re barely visible). Tried to look, and a hellhound sneaks up behind me. ENOUGH, WURM!! STOP with this ‘keep the player on their toes’ BULLSHIT!!<\/p>\n
\nWent to bitch in Global Kchat(I rather look like a retard there than in kchat), hoping to get some answers as to why this is happening. And they… let’s say I closed out the chat. It was beyond retard status. It was total embarrassment. “Packing light doesn’t mean packing silly!”..but what sold the deal, was the same guy who helped pen the you know who, saying “maybe you should stay away from Indy more”, with “lol :)” by another elitist asshole.
\nIn my mind, what he said translates to “maybe you should quit Wurm”. Not going to lie, that hurt. And it brought up so many questions swilling in my head. But one thing was known.. “I KNEW this was a mistake!”<\/p>\n
\nNot depending on others(of a fear of looking like a n00b) -VS- Being prepared like a pro player. What is more important? It’s a question I still don’t have the answer (as my pride refuses to concede).
\nAnother reason why I refuse to ask for a horse, is “what if the person (or people) say that buying one is the only option they’ll accept, because they’re greedy assholes?” And that seems to be a risk, and that’s going to be a HUGE problem for me.. which is why I wish I could take my OWN horse cross-server. But nooooo “that would kill the horse market”! WHAT ‘market’?! You can ONLY USE IT ON THAT SERVER!! That’s restrictive as fuck to explorers!
\nSo it seems we don’t ‘own’ our horses; always borrowing them (even with paying).
\nWe can own our boats, as we can take them with us cross-server. But a boat won’t go inland and allow me to outrun mobs (or give an advantage in height to be able to kill a mob better).
\nIt feels so… harsh. Why restrict exploration like this? My only thought to an answer is, exploration is perfectly fine..as long as it’s a social thing. Aka, people who play alone, get their asses handed to them (by mobs and by the community). That’s quite punishing.<\/p>\n
\nBut I finally took the plunge and checked, and it paid off. Got a new map, yet overreacted my “thank you” by saying “Oh wow. That is what I’m looking for! Thank you! :D”.. WELL DONE trying to not<\/span><\/em> act like a n00b! *facepalm*<\/p>\n
\nWas forced to make a pit stop at a town named ‘Oakney’, no wooden structures all stone, and stayed the night at this person’s house. While there, I discovered several things. One thing, I didn’t know you could put mob ‘drops’ (aka what I get from butchering) in a BSB(minus meat, sadly). That’s awesome. I need to do that. The person also stored lumps, though I assume only for imping purposes (going by their QL).
\nKchat came alive, so I decided to ‘have some fun’ by making myself look like a retard again, except saying about horses for cross-server. Surprisingly, most of them are against it. Though this one guy saying “it will ruin this game” and myself saying “and just how would it ‘ruin’ the game?”, no response out of them. Got a good laugh from that.
\nA bit later as I’m waiting for Sol to rise, someone said it would “ruin the horse market”. Ohh BOO FUCKING HOO(didn’t say this in kchat), with how there’s already an over-saturation of breeders out there! It’s one reason why I decided not to join the bandwagon.
\nSomeone suggested that only Caravels should be allowed to do this “cause cara has no use ingame right now other than looking nice”. Well, the person has a point there.<\/p>\n
\nShe (assuming this is a female(“Oh my god..did you ASSUME MY GENDER?!?!”.. chill, Tumblr in my head) once said she was “offered land on Inde” (East coast, near Mist Lake after asking her), she’s telling me how she was once invited to live on Indy (somewhere on the East coast, near Mist Lake) over having the potential to have a mine that has gold in it, yet eventually settled in Deli and still found what she wanted. Though she still wants to place a deed there.
\nAsked me where I live on Indy, and I told them. Also asked how old I have, and I said “since Gold 2 closed” (which is technically true, as angry convinced me to come back while Samling was still a thing).
\nShe says after I told her where I lived, “aha that is near where Nachtiti were and I think Brandonsf is in that area now”. Having not played since early 2011 and coming back late 2015, I don’t know these people sadly.
\nAlso discovered she’s a really good friend with Yaga, proving he lives in Deli.<\/p>\n
\nSo Cecci pointed me to a town nestled in the NE corner of the bay, called “Mermaid’s Lagoon” in order to get inspiration for my deed. Yes, it’s pretty nice, but not something I would need, nor want to do.
\nThe rest of the bay was also pretty nice. I managed to get past these two low-hanging wooden bridges (they were literally touching the shoreline.. that’s one hell of a safety hazard for anyone crossing these bridges at the time I would be going “under” them.
\nWith it getting pretty late, tired and frustrated at the same time (and Sol setting), I found a 3×2 stone shack called ‘Atlantis II’ sitting on the coast (that’s accessible to the public). Decided to log out here, knowing the horse won’t be able to run away from me. This is what happens when I can’t put a saddle on the horse (didn’t have a saddle with me anyway).<\/p>\n
\nAll the preparation to not<\/em> make myself look n00bish, blew up in my face as I never anticipated the number of mobs that would spawn in.
\nThis, I refuse to let happen again. It can be prevented… and it will, because that’s what I’m going to do. The mobs will pay for making me run like a pussy. They were wrong for infuriating the dragon inside me, because it only made me stronger.<\/p>\n