Day 2 is now complete. Chilling in a structure near Whitefay.
\nYesterday was an… interesting day. Lots to talk about, and lots to do.<\/p>\n
The main highlight of the day, was getting to Esteron (the SE side of Xanadu). Looking at the map, I could see no clear way to get there. Hoping the locals might know the road layout, I asked. They told me to find a waystone and plot a course there.. I stood there confused, “wait. Did you say ‘plot a course’? But I’m on horseback!” However, since I was near the entrance to Amish Estates, I tried right clicking on the waystone here, and sure enough I see a Plot Course option. WTF?! I’ve never seen this before!! This is interesting. Day 2 is now complete. Chilling in a structure near Whitefay. Yesterday was an… interesting day. Lots to talk about, and lots to do. The main highlight of the day, was getting to Esteron (the SE side of Xanadu). Looking … Continue reading
\nTyped in ‘Esteron’ in the search bar;
\n‘No routes found to Esteron!’ it tells me. Quite discouraging, and told them this. Was told “Esteron has yet to be connected to the rest of the network”. One of the people that were working on getting this taken care of, said “it’ll be months before it’s done though”.. ugh, months<\/strong><\/em>?! NOW how in the fuck am I going to get there?!
\nThen someone else mentioned “someone named Soleil stopped here yesterday in a wagon, asking to get to Esteron.”, mentions a bridge somewhere, then he said “he knew how to get there”. I was then told to try and contact this ‘Soleil’ and see if he made it to Esteron. Fortunately for me, he was online (and still enroute there). He was able to give me directions in what he thinks is the way there.
\nKnowing how this guy could be my only hope to reach that deed, I followed the roads he said to go, and eventually caught up to him. Since I was much faster than his wagon, he said he could hitch my horse to it and let me ride on the back of it. Seeing how Sol was going down (and I don’t like traveling at night), I took him up on his offer.
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\nTwo and a half Wurm days later (I’m not kidding, that’s exactly<\/span> how long it took), we finally reached it! And it paid off too. Esteron looks pretty good compared to the other starter towns I’ve visited.
\nAnd as for the person who helped me get here, he too is an explorer. And now he’s going to do his own thing (with his wagon) while in Esteron, and I’m on my own again (including, figuring out how to retrace the steps he took to get here).
\n…It was here, that the wheels began to turn (if I should do the same (have a wagon instead of a horse)), and started thinking about all the advantages of doing so (mainly the thought of hitched animals don’t have to be branded, as the vehicle takes care of the perms). This would even possibly answer just how I go about living like a nomad.
\nLooking back at the conversation that I had with Soleil, never once did he say it was a good idea to do so (more like to stick with what I have). But he doesn’t even know what ‘perms’ are, yet he also claims he’s been playing for as long as I have.
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\nBut the negatives are also just as important to note. The lack of a view behind me, and the fact bison are so much slower than a 5-speed horse (allowing mobs to catch up to me a lot easier).
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\nThe final highlight, was coming back to the ‘mainland’ of Xan. I’ve visited what I could of this ‘island’, even saw the remains of Black Rock Isle’s Xanadu location (Black Rock Isle is originally in Inde). The way Esteron is (currently), none of the deeds here are connected to the main catseye highway network.
\nDid follow the way out of this ‘island’, only to be “okay, I’m fucked. I have no idea where to go now!” I feared I might have to get B2 to pick me up.
\nBut somehow, luck finds a way, and steered me exactly where I needed to go (after speaking to this RL couple). Though the husband (after being ambushed by a troll) decided he would be all “I’m too scared to help you!”.. nearly died there with 27% health left, and all he said was “thanks”. WTF! Why in the FUCK couldn’t you had helped me kill it!? I was doing the tanking, you could had DPS’d it for me!
\nWhat an ass. Left this unhelpful coward behind.
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\nMade it back to the passageway around the mountain as Sol set. Repairing Umawarrior’s gear, when the coward popped up again in local. At this time, I was just glad I was able to heal myself (Life Transfer FTW). He wanted to make sure I found the way that I remembered, and I said yeah.
\nSol’s back up, and I made it back to the main roads just before Soldown. Now heading for Vrock Landing (final unexplored starter town). Or at least I will be, on Day 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"