{"id":9233,"date":"2018-06-27T22:41:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T02:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/?p=9233"},"modified":"2018-06-28T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:39:04","slug":"springs-here-and-im-xanadu-bound-but-problems-made-it-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/2018\/06\/27\/springs-here-and-im-xanadu-bound-but-problems-made-it-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring’s here, and I’m Xanadu bound! ..But problems made it fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring of 1076 is here! Time to explore the final server of my Freedom Isles Server Mega-Exploration Trip. However, I had an unwanted snag I hoped to ‘ignore’ in VRChat (even though I also promised I would try to help him).
\nThe first thing I did was create a thread in the Xanadu sub-forum, asking someone to please brand my horse (once I bring it and myself to the server). Went ingame and saw Dark, and decided to ask them if they knew any nice people (while they were in Xan) that would be willing to do this. Unfortunately, I also was forced to deal with the ‘unwanted snag’ I mentioned earlier; a guy who needs my help in figuring out why his gun is disappearing ingame.
\nI was recommended Dragonhearts (his actual name is ‘Dragonshearts’), but he was offline. Dark also told me that the guy has multiple alts, and tried to remember a few of them. I told him how I met one of his alts in Deli (near the Inde\/Deli boat bridge).
\nSo I tried PMing these three alts of his, but the guy on Discord wanted my attention more (which I gave). Soon I’m getting PM’d by Dark and his father that Dragonshearts is PMing me. It was quite annoying how I couldn’t respond quicker, because of this other guy.
\n—
\nAnyway, he said he would make me a villager in his deed, where I’ll be able to do it myself. Yet he also claims that I won’t need to get to his deed to do it, claiming that I could do it anywhere on the server. Huh, since when did this<\/em> become a thing? I thought you can only do it on your deed.
\nSo I chose Umawarrior to be the one to explore Xan. Since she failed to give me at least a 4-speed(gave me a 2-speed instead), this is her ‘punishment’. Got her in the cage, and loaded it up in my Knarr. Went South.. would be my mistake and I should had turned around, but I didn’t want to make Dragonshearts wait long for me. Since what he claims could be true, that’s why I went south.
\nGot to Xan (while dealing with the guy again. Was unable to tell Dragonshearts that I made it over because of this guy, but I got the invite and was a villager of his deed. Then I turned around and went back to Cele, and use it as a quicker way to get to the NW side of Xan (where Glasshollow is).
\nWas about ready to make the turn south (having reached the island).. again, having to deal with the guy (who now wants to know how to decimate another gun he found, to get it below 20k polys)… on top of that, it’s dinnertime. Ugh.
\n—
\nBack to fully help the guy (telling myself “You got plenty of time to explore Xan, and you agreed to help this guy. Now DO IT”) Sadly, this came to suggesting him to ask the VRChat Discord server. I seriously had no<\/strong> idea what was wrong with the animation (I even watched him do it, to verify he did it right). Even the other gun, this one didn’t disappear when he used the other hand emotes. Everything was so fucked up for him. It actually felt quite upsetting (to me) that I wasn’t able to help him (since he had my full attention).
\nTold him “this is beyond my level of expertise”, yet it’s like he wasn’t getting the message, thinking I still know how to fix it. I told him how with my latest Best Boi, how I too was having an animation that wasn’t working. Yet he interrupts me, acting like “your problem isn’t mine!” Rude much?
\nFinally he got the message, and starts acting like “you were my only hope.. you failed me”. *facepalm* Just ask the VRChat Discord server already!
\n—
\nHe’s finally out of my hair, and I put myself on ‘vacation mode’ in the Best Boi Discord server, including being in DND (hoping this would deter anyone from bothering me).
\nI’m sorry guys… but this is “ME TIME”! I’ve been waiting for Wurm Spring to come, it’s finally here, now f off<\/strong> until I get bored with it!
\nBack in Wurm (fully this time), I made it to Xan. Had a bit of an ‘out of boat’ experience (literally out of my boat when I crossed over). Thankfully it was right next to me, and all I did was wait for the game to sync (a bit of ‘debugging’) and was able to re-embark.
\nThe plan was to go north of Glasshollow (close to the person’s deed, where I bought the mortar and bricks for the redesign project), and ‘set up camp’ there (aka, get the horse out, set up a campfire, warm up my branding iron and then brand the horse there).
\nI ended up getting lost at the islands that are near Glasshollow, and get in a small canal with a deed to the left of me, and a spot to the right.
\nI re-premed (thanks to a wolf who just couldn’t fucking stay on its side of the canal). The flat area to the right had a lot more mobs than just that one wolf. But I was able to chop a tree down and got a campfire started. With the area secured, I went back to my boat to unload the cage. I had no idea I would run into that super annoying “this would be bad for your karma and is disallowed on this server”.. so whoever owns this deed, doesn’t allow unloading by guests. FUCK! On top of that, a troll is now standing over the campfire…
\nI managed to lure the troll away (to a bridge that spanned the small canal) and was able to unload Umawarrior, who wasn’t happy being in that cage for an extended period of time (3.15 damage on the cage).
\nFinally the branding iron is glowing from heat, and I tried to brand.. no Brand option! WTF?! Assumed it was the fact I was in a perimeter. The problem is the perimeter is everywhere!
\nI asked CA HELP, and I was told “it has to be on-deed”… no, Dragonshearts said I could do it anywhere! But again, “only on-deed”. So all of this hell I went through, WAS FOR NOTHING?!?!
\nDragonshearts, you done fucked up, bud. You gave me wrong information! Luckily for me, he came back on and was quite surprised why it wasn’t working for me, and thought it was probably a permission issue. Pretty sure it wasn’t (since what I was told about it has to be on-deed, was coming directly from a CA). Instead, I tried to follow Xan’s NW coast (in hopes to get to the West coast, to worm my way through the canals to reach his deed).
\nHe asked me to try it again, and I found somewhat of a flat place on a beach\/rock mountainous area. Multiple wolves here, and a scorp.. followed by another fucking troll. Wow, this just isn’t my day!
\nManaged to get my branding iron from the troll, and tried to look for a safer spot. Found one quickly and tried to brand again, still no option.
\n—
\nGoing over the Xanadu community map, it seems I never had to follow the West coast. I can turn around, as there’s two canals to the North. These lakes are connected to more canals, with one that will loop back to where I originally was heading. Told Dragonshearts that this is my only option.
\nHe gave me some somewhat understandable ‘hints’ (without just saying “I live around here”. He tells me about looking for something “with the cord in the building”, but I was too busy of making sure I was going the right way, to use my head and try to ask him for some more detailed hints.
\nA half an hour later, I made it to the canals and followed them south. This is going to be a long and brutal ride for me, I just know it. But this is kind of what I signed up for.
\nCame to a point where Sol’s going down, and was able to set up camp on a somewhat flat area.
\n—
\nCame back (after getting on as B2 to ask Dark for some more details in the location of Dragonshearts’s place, and he came true, telling me what he believes to be the exact location; said to just look for “a big deed that’s made out of marble” on the left side.
\nBack on DH, another issue presented itself; thick fog that seems to enjoy hearing me use all caps and choice words. When I got back, it looked like the fog was thinning out.. then it does a dick move and re-thickens! ..Wow! God, Wurm. You can be a total butt sometimes!
\nI thought for sure it was going to fully thicken up and wait ’till Solset just to spite me, but I swear I could almost hear it saying “HAHAHAHA.. alright alright, I’m done trolling you.” and starts to thin again.
\nWith it thin enough that I can see the SE channel, it was time to get back on the water. So now I can see again, Wurm seemed like it also wasn’t done trolling me (with a light breeze). LMAO.. 12km\/h down the channel! (Fuck you, game)
\n—
\nAn hour after departing (and sometime after leaving the canal), Sol’s nearly at the horizon and fog is starting to build up (still getting a light breeze by the way). I’m starting to get discouraged (and worried), that either I’ve passed Dragonshearts’s deed, or I might be going the wrong way. Then a stroke of luck happened as I’m passing around this one land mass. What looks like a normal shoreline, turns out to be a large building (with a gate infront), made of marble. Closing in to the point I can read structure names, ‘Dragonshearts’s cottage’ shows up! WOO! I found it! Was able to pass through the gate, and moored inside.
\nHe told me he’s been moving his stuff to a deed he owns in Pristine (for the Impalong next month), and it shows with how barren the place is. Not really a fan of the fact I have to climb just to get on the deed property.
\nSo anyway, I eventually found a few forges and was able to heat up my branding iron. Sure enough, there is now a Brand option. Knew it!
\nHistory has now been made (by myself);
\n1. Being a part of a deed on another server, for the first time.
\n2. Branding my horse on another server, for the first time (and likely won’t be the last).<\/p>\n

Now that the horse is branded, it’s time to plan out a route to start exploring the server on horseback. At this time, my only POI is to visit the close’ish starter town of ‘Lormere’. After that, I’ll have to plan another route. But this is what I should had been planning for, for months now.
\nOne thing I do know, is this is going to take the most time to explore (hopefully) all of Xan, compared to any other server. I also have to compensate for lag, server downtime, and fog. This is the biggest PvE server in the game, and all three could<\/em> come into play as I’m out there.. and I got to be ready at a moment’s notice to respond to it (while hopefully not<\/span> being chased by a conga line of mobs).
\n–
\nFrom where I am, there’s sadly no way to reach Lormere on the East side of the lake (as any road here, stops short). Something tells me, that Dragonshearts doesn’t do much traveling on land.
\nOnly way I see to reach the town, is to cross the lake (by boat) and get to the West side (where I see large main roads that will get me right to it). This means, this will also be my ‘base camp’ of where I’ll keep my boat until I’m done exploring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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