In this Issue: C5 on Erica (Why it will be Different here than anywhere else, Saturday's Sieges, Joke of the Week, and more!
News Flash! Paintings stolen from the Lourve in Paris...Security breached, artwork stolen and smuggled out, loaded into van and driven away! But the perp was an idiot and ran out of gas two blocks down the street and arrested.
When asked why he didn't fill up the tank before the robbery, he said, " I had no Monet to buy DeGasse to make the VanGogh." Har! Bet you didn't think I had DeGaulle to tell a joke like that.
So you all been reading the C5 info? It's all tentative, of course. Everyone gets something. Dwarves, the longsuffering patient class, get less than they deserve...but can avoid sleep/stun a bit and have a hope of instakill. The different dagger classes become, well, different...with skills that make them each unique rather than generic 'daggers'. In fact, I think that this is a trend that we will see developed in C6+, that each class will become increasingly unique so that our generic monikers of 'healer, dd, w/e' will become less meaningful. Nukers, the current flavor of the month class, won't be so uber. Or will they?
Defensive mages (EE, Bishop, OL, etc.) are the counter to the nukers now. Kinda sorta, maybe not. It really depends on the effect of ManaBurn (MB), doesn't it? Does the target need to be flagged? If so, then nukers get first shot and they win. Does the MB take out 100mp, or 400, or 100%? One class, just one, gets the AreaEffect ManaStorm....
Bishops. I think we have about seven on Erica. No, more than that...but seven high ones. Which brings up my point here...the dwarves, bishops, EEs, and other rare classes tend to be people who play the class they like (often roleplaying) rather than the one people tell 'em is uber. Those rare high WSs, BHs, EEs, Bishops who patiently levelled an unpopular, easy to kill, hard to grind toon are the real Heros of Erica. They exhibited the patience, self-honesty (a term few will understand), and perserverence in heroic measure. Good job guys and gals!
Saturday Siege Report: I think that these sieges were such a great snapshop of Erica that the highlights deserve retelling, they show heroism against odds, the results of expereince and smooth organization coupled with competent leadership, and the results of iimproving organization offset by bad leadership. Herein lies the tale, so let me set the stage: Aden & Giran, held by SP, Oren taken by MeatPuppets (by two or three of em, two weeks ago, in a curcumstance of luck and bravery), the COPS alliance (new name, imitation of SP...kinda lame...) lusting for Aden, and siege time rolls around. Aden is the jewel, that's where SP congregates their strength and where COPS attacks. A bit slow starting, the fight there is hard for an hour or so, almost to the point of the issue being in some doubt, but the COPS come to the conclusion that they cannot succeed. Meanwhile, in Oren, a couple SP alt clans are knocking down the front gate in case the opportunity arises to launch a major assalt later. I'll say it now, I think the MeatPuppets got guts...they fought SP to a standstill there and piled a buncha bodies by the front gate.
But now Greed enters the picture. When the COPS gave up on Aden, instead of going to Oren (as promised) they made a run at Giran...unsuccessful, of course. If they had kept their word and gone to Oren, then Oren wouldn't be held by SP now. But, the main force of SP went to Oren and overwhelmed the small, doughty defenders...tho they did take it back for a few minutes, not long enough. Avalon showed up at IT to hinder SP movement to Oren, they did a decent job of trying (gratz to the red dwarf!) but would have been 20 times more effective at the castle. DS had the job of blocking SP movement from Oren Town to Oren castle but they didn't do diddly squat...no blame to the soldiers, a lot of blame the leadership on that one.
So...SP has the power and the organization to use it, they don't make many mistakes. COPS power doesn't matter much because they don't have military leadership. MeatPuppits got the guts but no longer a castle....and don't that sum up Erica!
Nukers > all? Nope....heard from a friend who is trustworthy: B*t-train observed in out of the way place, BH summoned by observer. BH trains b*ts, good! Even without drops it still decreases the Cheater's income. Oh OH. B*tMaster's necro with recharge slave shows up to teach the BH a lesson, blasts the little BH. Well, just cause someone's a dwarf doesn't mean they didn't know how to fight. Stun, slap slap slap STun, slap slap...and necro takes a dirt nap. Says nasty things, too. BH picks up stuff, wanders off. Mana battery rezes necro, buffs necro, necro attacks BH...STun slap slap slap Stun! slap slap slap slap, dirt nap #2 for necro. More dirty words. <end of story>
In the next issue: I was Antharas Love Slave, Bigfoot battles Aliens, Some C5-7 tips and tricks, and more!
PS So all the 'I gotta be Uber to Compensate' people gonna roll clerics to make bishops now? Probably many will try. By July will Bishops be as common as dandruff and Necros? Nope. Why not? Necros fit the playstyle of the Uber to Compensate crowd, healers don't. But I will make a prediction...the price of Elven Mirthril Gloves will go up!
That for sure requires some talent to tailor a good story from a chain of failures, but reading your articles kind of raises the troop morals. ;) I'm looking forward to more of that kind. Welcome back EE.
LOL, nice.
and we got guts?
**** right.
my guys died and died and died, we rightfully own that castle.
its just another trophy to SP.
o and if u guys dont know what C.O.P.S. stands for:
Continually Offering Peace and Serinity, on erica.
I didnt come up with it, cause if I would have, it would
have been alot funnier.
MEAT PUPPETS DIE WITH HONOR.
LOL, nice.
and we got guts?
**** right.
my guys died and died and died, we rightfully own that castle.
its just another trophy to SP.
o and if u guys dont know what C.O.P.S. stands for:
Continually Offering Peace and Serinity, on erica.
I didnt come up with it, cause if I would have, it would
have been alot funnier.
MEAT PUPPETS DIE WITH HONOR.
In reply to a number or emails from the victors of the weekend's siege battles, generally (and sometimes pleasantly) asserting that the winners are the heros, not the losers. This, of course, is only one orc's opinion:
You are brave if you fight those stronger than you. When you fight groups weaker than you are, you are not brave. Thus, Meatpuppets are brave and SP is not brave.
When your motivations are based on morality, you exhibit heroism. When your motivations are based on greed and self advancement, you do not.
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Sir Winston Churchill
You are brave if you fight those stronger than you. When you fight groups weaker than you are, you are not brave. Thus, Meatpuppets are brave and SP is not brave.
SP owns the castles so obviously we will fight whoever shows up to try to take them bravery or not and in Oren's case it was SP held then taken by meat puppets we jsut came back for it. While we commend our enemies for their vallant effort if SP does not fight you to the best of their ability and as harshly as then can then any victory you obtain would be given not won and thus worthless
When your motivations are based on morality, you exhibit heroism. When your motivations are based on greed and self advancement, you do not.
Its a video game! Nothing done on L2 will cure disease, end war or solve world hunger, we are not heroes, saviors, saints or devils we are all just gamers!
LOL, nice.
and we got guts?
**** right.
my guys died and died and died, we rightfully own that castle.
its just another trophy to SP.
o and if u guys dont know what C.O.P.S. stands for:
Continually Offering Peace and Serinity, on erica.
I didnt come up with it, cause if I would have, it would
have been alot funnier.
MEAT PUPPETS DIE WITH HONOR.
o.O!
Hippies =_=
hey like i said i didnt come up with it.
it would have been funnier if, we(meat puppets) came up with the name.
LOL, nice.
and we got guts?
**** right.
my guys died and died and died, we rightfully own that castle.
its just another trophy to SP.
o and if u guys dont know what C.O.P.S. stands for:
Continually Offering Peace and Serinity, on erica.
I didnt come up with it, cause if I would have, it would
have been alot funnier.
MEAT PUPPETS DIE WITH HONOR.
o.O!
Hippies =_=
hey like i said i didnt come up with it.
it would have been funnier if, we(meat puppets) came up with the name.
Gamers ? And gamers know nothing of morals ?... they can be as devilish as they want or as angelic as they want (and get their *** ***** (really nasty words :P) by the devilish ones... as after all non-legits can get uber in no time...).
I dislike folks that act way different from what they are in real life when in a game, that's just me.
As for the conflicts on Erica ? No comments... (nothing pertinent to say).
In reply to a number or emails from the victors of the weekend's siege battles, generally (and sometimes
pleasantly) asserting that the winners are the heros, not the losers. This, of course, is only one orc's opinion:
You are brave if you fight those stronger than you. When you fight groups weaker than you are, you are not brave. Thus, Meatpuppets are brave and SP is not brave.
When your motivations are based on morality, you exhibit heroism. When your motivations are based on greed and self advancement, you do not.
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Sir Winston Churchill