I had an awesome EQ weekend, full of firsts for me.
Friday night: was only a few % from dinging 46, and when I did my friend logged his 65 bard on and showed me around the Plane of Tranquility and the four other planes I could get to from there. Had never seen them before, so it was pretty exciting to me.
Saturday: joined my first guild! A really cool group of people, the first thing we did was go to Castle Mistmoore (which I had never been to) to pop Xicotl for pally epics that two pallys needed. We actually got him to pop twice in about an hour, and he dropped the item both times. Went to Splitpaw after that so one of the pallys could do a turn-in, but for some reason it didn't work. Apparently he lost faction somewhere or something like that happened and he didn't realize it. So now he has to start all over. Big bummer.
Sunday: went on my first raid ever at noon. I logged on nice and early but then while coming back from the bazaar I went LD hard. After being kicked out I couldn't even go online at all. I ended up having to call the cable company, although the solution was pretty simple: I just had to unplug the cable modem and router, wait, and plug them back in. Pretty weird though. I logged back on and ran to Chardok to join the raid, which was another place I had never been to before (fortunately I have all the maps downloaded). The raid was more or less a "test" raid, since we only had 12 people and no chanters, but we made it to the bridge outside the library in a little over an hour and no deaths, so it was a great mini-success. Was told by someone that I was one of the best Beastlords he had ever seen played, because most of them solo and don't know how to group. I almost hope that he was just being flattering, because of course I just played they way I always do. I'd rather think I was just average and he just had bad experiences before.
Anyway, after logging on in the evening I got my Pottery up to 120, so I am pretty much ready to make Vials of Velium Vapors, but the bazaar prices are sky high so I'll have to do some farming. Ended up going to Dulak with some other new guildies (never been there before either!), and started the LoY Beastlord spell quest but was confused as to the area where the wolf spawns, so we skipped it on the way in, and on the way back invisibility broke on one person so we had to hightail it outta there. But now that I know where it is it shouldn't be a problem to get it at some point. Dinged 47 in Dulak too, so I still have 5 levels until I can use the first LoY spell. Yes, for some reason on Beastlords the first one is the level 52 one and the second, much much harder one, is the level 44 one. At least, I think Beastlords are unique that way, perhaps not.
Monday: at work today, but I discovered that I can use TEQIM to access my guild's chat channel, so my productivity will suffer anew! At least most people aren't on during the day, but perhaps I will be able to attend guild meetings when otherwise I couldn't, although they'd have to use the chat channel instead of the guildchat, which probably isn't worth doing. Unless there are other people that can't leave work early to make guild meetings like me, in which case it could work out.
Great weekend for me, I really had fun. Sorry for the long post though...
Game on,
The Oneiromancer
Edited, Mon Jan 19 17:33:51 2004 by Oneiromancer
