{"id":9330,"date":"2018-07-18T13:02:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2018-07-18T14:48:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T18:48:49","slug":"valrei-international-talks-to-the-host-of-the-friendalong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/2018\/07\/18\/valrei-international-talks-to-the-host-of-the-friendalong\/","title":{"rendered":"Valrei International talks to the host of the Friendalong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another day, another Valrei International. This one goes over last week’s patch; addressing a ton of bugs, changes PvPers wanna see, and finally<\/em> optimizations to textures.
\nThey also go over what was a bug, is now a feature (of the ‘Death tab’), similar to that lovely popup that shows just how much of a failure you are to kill an enemy in ESO. And like that popup, this too can be toggled (thank god).<\/p>\n

But the highlight (IMO), is the team also had an interview with ‘VirusMD’, the host of the upcoming ‘Friendalong’ (which happens in one and a half weeks from now).
\nSo here’s the highlights (in a numbered list, with my responses below the last one);
\n1. The land mass was picked since 2013 to be an Impalong.
\n2. He expects to do this next year.
\n3. Serraphine gave him the ‘friend-a-long’ idea when asking for a name for the event.
\n4. A PvP tourney is planned for the event, even horse races.. interesting. Maybe I’ll bring Uma afterall.
\n5. Enki might<\/em> make a surprise visit. If not, then the other GMs (with zombies and nogumps). Oh what fun.<\/p>\n

The only ones I want to comment about are #1 and #2 (as I’ve already mini-commented about #4 and #5).
\nThe first one is quite interesting. The last time I’ve seen a deed that was built for the sole purpose of hosting an Impalong, was 2010’s (my first). 2015’s, 2016’s, and last years were all done as part of someone’s deed (as a main attraction); aka, like Wargasm’s sermon services next to the Sunset Canal (that is currently going on).
\nAnd the second thing, this highly depends on how it goes (if I’ll be there for the next one). Not a fan that it lasts from next Friday to August 1st, as this would be the shortest Impalong in my recorded Wurm history.
\nBut, it’s too early to judge at this time. It might be awesome. Then again, it might blow. Who knows? Though the only thing I care about, is getting all the skills back that I lost from death. \ud83d\ude1b With all of these events being planned, I doubt I would be able to keep my nose to the forge for these five days.<\/p>\n

As for the traditional ‘make a bunch of lamps for the deed and have them imped for free’ thing I do for Impalongs, I’ve debated if I should even bother with the limited days. But since I would be provided with mats (70 QL iron lumps), I’ll do it. I’ll make the remaining ones I need, then pre-imp them to near 50 (my max QL lumps), take them over there, and have a chance\u00a0(unsure how high right now, depends if they’ll be constantly watching over my back like hawks) to take priority and imp them higher to (at least) 60. Aka, take full advantage of the higher QL lumps that I can’t normally get myself (like I did during the Glasshollow Impalong).
\nOf course I’ll be imping other players’ stuff (to throw them off before they start taking notice), but the priority would be the lamps. And, I’ll get my BS higher to boot (where I might even take them to 70)!
\nTomorrow I’ll get to work making the lamps (as it’ll mark a week before the day I get over there and prep for it). I’ll likely bring B2 with me (to serve as another way to throw off suspicion). Him naming the lamps under his name, worked well. Might even bring my wagon, depends on just how many lamps I need to make.
\nAnd of course, I’ll bring other things that require re-imping. And that’s the plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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