{"id":9248,"date":"2018-07-02T04:53:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T08:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/?p=9248"},"modified":"2018-07-03T19:56:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T23:56:46","slug":"re-living-my-wurm-life-as-a-nomad-what-needs-to-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/2018\/07\/02\/re-living-my-wurm-life-as-a-nomad-what-needs-to-change\/","title":{"rendered":"RE: Living my Wurm life as a nomad? What needs to change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy July, folks! Just past the mid year point. Soon it’ll be winter again. Fun times.
\nYou know what else is fun? Having a one-sided argument with someone who thinks most of Wurm’s problems are “in my head”– how I’m stressing out for no reason.
\nAnd I think for the first time in my Wurm life… they might be right. As this entire thing has been nothing but an emotional rollercoaster for the past three days since I came back home from exploring Xan on horseback (that I ‘created for myself’ (driven from my irrational fear of dying in a video game, that continues to plaque me)).
\nIt goes up when I hear good news. Then when I ask someone else (to verify the claim of the good news(so I won’t get screwed over if it’s not actually true)) actually counters this news with logic(not<\/em> Wogic, but RL logic), it goes down.<\/p>\n

And this is about if age matters of who uses speed boosts more frequently (which could be the difference between life and death, defending on the outcome), bison VS horses. I’ve been told that adol animals run slower than aged (forcing one to be good at breeding), yet also was told that only mobs are affected by age. See where the rollercoaster comes from? This can be the difference between running away from threats, or being pummeled to death by a troll when going up a long ass 20 slope highway (that Xanadu is infamous for).
\n–
\nSure, throwing down a tent so you’ll respawn where it was, works… but it’s also the fucking principle (that death is embarrassing when you’re not a newbie)! And then the “what if”‘s come in; “what if the mob refuses to walk away and camps my corpse (and I have no way to tell if it walks away as my screen will be filled with flashing red)?” “What if the same mob keeps killing me.. will my skills literally be reduced back to 1.00 with enough deaths?”
\n*sigh* But, I also got to remember, I won’t have a deed anymore (if I do this). Living like a nomad, I won’t feel I have to be forced to come on, just to re-pay for something I really don’t enjoy anymore (in order to ‘keep my legacy alive’ as a deed owner). And without a deed, these skills would really only be needed for any future Impalongs I might feel like attending (including the upcoming one on the 27th).
\n—
\nHowever, I have news regarding the whole “age matters” debate. Recent solo testing with an alternative means to see if this stupid idea would even work (my two ven 5-speeds pulling a large cart, with my high WoA shoes split between the two), have shown some favorable results. This test originally was around the deed, then around the ‘neighborhood’, and finally a long distance test to Tap Dance and back home.
\nWhen well fed (“does not seem interested in food right now\/seem hungry any longer”), a top speed between 15-18km\/h (on flat terrain, which includes their speed boosts). The only time I’ve seen them drop below 15, is if one of them suddenly gets really hungry. Then I have to stop for 5 or so seconds after feeding, and they’re back up past 13.
\nThis test also tests something else, to see just how frequent they would use their speed boosts due to age.
\nAt the conclusion (of successfully getting back home without a single scratch on my clothing, I’m happy to report;
\nHorses\/Bison get slower when ven: NO! It is only with mobs.
\nHorses\/Bison use speed boosts less when ven: NO! Uma and my vens use it the same frequency.
\nThe only major drawback, is this isn’t<\/span> a good option for living like a nomad (as a large cart doesn’t hold as much as a wagon).<\/p>\n

With horses now tested, I now need to test a few claims about bison. One of them is that bison stay top speed, and since I unfortunately have none in stock, I have to rely on others who do (and would be willing to do said tests for me). And as luck would have it, Moonjuice (the one who gave me Briskabbas and Emilkiss when they were foals) actually did some tests on their own. And they gave me some unfavorable (and some favorable) news).
\nFirst, the unfortunate news. Moon told me, that four 5-speed bison are actually slower than four 5-speed horses with high WoA gear (and was proven with a friend of theirs). But given my current limitations (no personal priest to keep the WoA enchant high, and how I can’t imp BS items past 50), they said to just stick with bison.
\nAnd now the fortunate news. After asking the person if they could test how reliable their top speed is, and I was told that it -seems- to be true. How long though, remains to be seen. This requires further testing, that I alone must do.
\n–
\nBut the major drawback with bison, is four filled creature cages + wagon, will not<\/em><\/span> fit in a Knarr (even if it has a size increase rune).
\nSo I’m forced to decide on three options;
\n-Do I settle with less space, but less trips I’ll have to make with my Knarr?
\n-Do a settle with more space, but more trips I’ll have to make with my Knarr?
\n-Or.. do I just say “fuck all of this”, and go back to using a single 5-speed (and be limited to my player inventory for space)?<\/p>\n

Though, there would be a light at the end of this dark tunnel (in the form of ‘Jimbean’).
\nSince the wiki says that a Knarr can hold “>200,000kg” as it’s maximum weight, I tried doing some simple math to see if my first option would even work (as I haven’t made a second creature cage.. too pissed\/anxious\/lazy to focus on making one). So I’m thinking “if I could just simulate the weight of a creature cage, maybe I can get a rough idea if this is going to work”. And by ‘simulate’, to load random things into the Knarr that would weigh 150.00kg (the weight of an empty creature cage). Things like the FSB with meat, one of my small carts, and a full log. It weighed 10kg higher than what I was looking for, but with the actual cage and large cart in it, it was still way below the maximum weight.
\nMaking sure this wasn’t going to fuck me over (if my math was incorrect), I asked CA HELP. And…yes, yes it was. And not just ‘incorrect’, but flawed! Apparently, instead of weight (which is on the FUCKING wiki as BEING A THING), a Knarr (like all containers) uses size<\/em> and volume<\/em> to determine what can\/t be loaded.
\nThen.. why.. in.. the LIVING FUCK, is there a god damn ‘Weight’ tab when you open it up!? If weight isn’t a thing, then WHY is it there?! And it seems no one had an answer (outside of “LOLOL WOGIC!!!”) Because ‘Wogic’ is always<\/span> the answer to bullshit mechanics.
\nHow about, once, the devs actually fucking say why they did it like this, or that (instead of defaulting on “Wogic” to cover their asses)?
\n–
\nAnyway, this is where the aforementioned ‘Jimbean’ comes in, saying “I have a knarr, wagon, cages, animals … what do you want to know?” And what I wanted to know, was actually two things.
\nHow Wurm actually… allowed<\/strong> an idea I have. And two, why someone from Xanadu wanted to help me so well (who wanted nothing in return). I’m starting to feel Dragonshearts may have probably dealed with bad crowds, and felt the entire community is like this.. because they’re not<\/strong><\/span>! They are<\/em> nice, just like this guy! But what’s more important… I. do. NOT NEED TO MAKE TWO TRIPS!! \ud83d\ude00 He showed me a secret, to load the wagon in first, then the cages (even while all of them are filled). The reason, is (currently) the cages have no volume. So, this may (or even may not) fuck me over in the future, if they decide to add volume to the cage.
\nAs a bonus, after asking him if he’s selling those cages, he sold me them (after imping them to 40QL) for 60c (since creature cages are a pain in the ass to make (mainly for the need of iron fence bars of how much iron they require), it’s fair to me).
\n–
\nNow that the cages are home with me, all I need to do is buy four 5-speed bison.
\nI asked Jim (as I was enroute to Xan to pick up the cages), he said one of his alliance members were using them for milk. Since I don’t have the apparent ‘required’ AH needed (need 50 and I currently have 29) to nearly guarantee the offspring will be a 5-speed (definitely explains why Uma ‘failed me’ with that 3-speed), he said the ally member has agreed to breed me some 5-speeds.
\nBut how I would have to wait a week (or two) ’till they’re born, and<\/em> how I would be betting the RNGods would be nice and work in my favor… I rather try to find someone that already has some for sale. But I made a deal with him, that if I can’t get anyone willing to sell me some 5-speeds (within two days after buying the cages), I’ll have no choice but to accept the offer (and hope for the best).
\nIf Zien gets on (the one that sold me Umawarrior), he offered bison. I actually plan to sell her back to him (since I won’t need her anymore with bison, and I might<\/em> be able to use her to take some of the price for the bison down). That is, if he’s still selling the bison. If so, there’s my ticket (and it’s right up Cele).<\/p>\n

In other news (and to close out this post), I’m currently getting B2’s ML up to 23.00 (currently 20.83), so he can drive my Knarr. The idea, is he can reposition it while I’m somewhere on the same server, and need a pickup. Yet it’s going to be a very, VERY long time until I get to have this luxury.
\nI’m also trying to get my copper chain gear re-imped, but this time to 90+. I’ve already gotten my axe to 95QL (it wasn’t cheap (costed 5s), but it was a necessary evil). All I hope is it lasts me a very, very long time until I need it again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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