Monday, I started the week at Zeus Space Station where I began the journey to Arkadia. After arriving on Arkadia I visited the Madana so that I could complete the IFN stage 1 challenge. Later I visited the Otorugi, to work toward completing the 400 challenge, I think it’s stage 2, I got to 300 from just over 200 and was on a skill pill. My tagging weapon, a Modec VXT 100(L), expired, so I switched to an Assault Rifle (FA) but they do not last long.
Tuesday, I was just hanging about not really doing much when I heard someone requesting a warp transport.
Wednesday, still in space from yesterday and stayed there. I paid a visit to the Dropships in search of Tier VI Components but got none.
Thursday, as part of my travels I descended to Rocktropia where I picked up a Lux Secondary Armor Luggage from auction and placed a bid on something else before Serving the Nation by taking on the werewolves, I made a decent start on this stage, I think it’s the 5k and it looks like I’m already halfway through the Assault Rifle (FA). I checked storage and found some Tier VI Components, clearly something I have hunted here has given me some, I suspect it to be Zombie Kong but will need to test that.
My travels took me to Crystal Palace where I stayed over night.
Friday, I put all lootables into Crystal Palace storage before heading to Calypso in my quad. Once on the surface I retrieved a Rome Pedestal from auction and went to my home at Treasure Island Castle where I put Pamela on a pedestal. I placed a couple of items on auction and checked storage for Tier VI Components but found none. I headed back into the black and at Calypso Space Station found a red and a green triangle, while red came to investigate me green made a run for it, red noticed and pursued while I flew to Crystal Palace completely unmolested. I did not get enough time to hunt or move on so I’m aboard the ship for the second night in a row.
Saturday, straight to dome 1 and the lower level Aurli, I dropped a skill pill and spent an hour being robbed by the Aurli, I did manage a small global and got 3 skill gains, at the end I was 304/1000 on the Aurli stage 3 challenge. After it was back to the ship.
Sunday, Late in the day I descended to the Arkadian surface and decided on a Huon hunt (apparently they drop tier VI Components, though of course I did not get any). I did manage 3 small globals .
Return for the week was not too bad at nearly 83%. Sorry about the constant jumping between logs for this week I will need to think of a better way to deal with this.
Planning on taking it easy this week and catching up on a few other things, after last week that should be quite a contrast.
Monday, I was surprised to see Vinge on-line, we spent a little time catching up, hopefully she will be on-line on a more regular basis now that the summer is beginning to fade.
I paid a visit to the Riptor to bring my challenge stat. up to 1160/1200, very close on this one now. Only just managed to go into the red on this hunt so a pretty good to start to my laid back week.
On Calypso auction, a bid placed last week secured me a Lux Armour Plate Case, I will have to pay another visit to Calypso soon so as to collect it. I am hoping this is more than a box that can hold a few plates but am not optimistic.
Wednesday, again I visited the Riptor until such time as I had completed the 1200 challenge, then I jumped into the “Bad Moon Rising” and headed to the nearest Oratan Mine where I got a few more points in the Oratan 60k challenge, only at 5443 after today so still a way to go. I had taken a skill pill for this hunt and burnt a few minutes of it in the Riptor/Oratan transit, at the end of the hunt I had broken the back of Laser Pistoleer (Hit) level 54 and am now closer to level 55, still a long way to go to reach it though. I do hope to have the time to do this very soon. I cashed in the Riptor 1200 but am not sure what I got from it, my memory is getting quire bad.
Thursday, I put quite a few stacks on auction while trying to decide what to hunt, sometimes that’s a really difficult decision and this night was one of those times. By the time I had finished placing auctions I was still clueless! I went to Steadfast to see if the Oratan Miners were spawning again but they were not so I headed underground to have a go at them there. It was a bit more intense than on the surface, what with there being and abundance of Miners unfortunately the results were quite poor. Looks like the Oratan are taking their revenge.
Saturday, I was not sure what to do and in the end had a go at the Teladon, I managed a small global but the return was poor again.
I purchased the Silver Starter Pack as I had run out of skill pills and consider this totally worth the money although I have some items I need to dispose of but I cannot trade, drop or TT them, I suspect this will change and it will at least be possible to TT them.
Later it was time for Space Skilling Saturday which was a slightly unusual session due to the beer. I had sent Wolta a crate of local beer and had a crate here myself, so we managed to have a drink together. Back on Arkadia I watched the auction for for the new market stalls but got fed up and went to bed.
Sunday, I finished my Hadraada Stage 1 and then made some headway into the Madana (pronounced Mad Anna) Stage 1, again the return was not good but nice to gain a few extra skills. In addition the Karma Killer gained tier 5.2, I have been looking out for tier VI components, but these seem to be rather rare, I have checked on entropedia and found the few mobs that drop them so I shall have to focus on these for a while.
Monday, judging from my notes this was a full day. It was the 8th anniversary of my arrival on Calypso. I normally end up with some kind of gift from the one outside of the screen but this year nothing, he says I have to wait a while.
The day began with a celebration hunt with Wolta we took on the Riptor who were clearly unaware of today’s significance and whilst bringing a global to the party were somewhat lacking in generosity.
I returned to the Oratan Miners with Feyn healing me, she had acquired a Gyro FAP smuggler of some type and was eager to try it out in spite of not quite having enough skill to be in the SIB range, she started off using a Herb Box and soon had enough skill, I tried different armour combinations in order to balance staying alive with keeping her busy, both of us had taken skill pills and did not want to waste them. The Oratan were generous with a few globals, odd considering how the humanoids of Entropia Universe hate us so much (I have worked out why that is). I paid Feyn’s decay plus a tip as I had done quite well scoring 4 globals in the hour and a positive return.
Happy Birthday to Cee
Later I returned to the Oratan and again did well, this time with 2 globals and a HoF, I was quite confused by the HoF, I got the fanfare, I got the HoF style swirlies but looking at global spam I noticed I had got 69 PEDs, whilst this is a lucky number I did not think they awarded a HoF for it (although that would be entertaining and a little weird). I checked the HoF board the lowest one was 500 and something so clearly I had got this wrong. I rechecked global spam and noticed a second entry, it seems I had found a rare item a Gravis GLR-29, I had not had one of these before, I guess it was a present from Arkadia, thanks chaps. The hunt returned another positive result, I could get used to this but something tells me I had better not.
I made a few purchases in some of the Arkadian shops as well as placing several auctions and having a few sales. I decided I needed to visit Calypso briefly so headed off in my Quad Wing, there was an item on auction there that I would like to trial and Pamela needed stuffing! I think that deserves an explanation, the shopkeeper at my residence on Calypso is called Pamela for 2 obvious reasons, having sold some items from her she was in need of re-stocking. Now I could have just said that I needed to re-stock my shopkeeper but that would have been dull. I will not explain this again in future posts.
The journey their was fairly uneventful, there was pirate at Arkadia who flew away so I took the opportunity to head toward Crystal Palace, En-route I spoke with Bonnie who pointed me at a clip of her destroying Normandie, now she stressed several times that this was not her fault so I can only assume that it was and that she is in denial. I do like the clip so am including it here:-
The music reminds me of GTA 4, I shall have to check as it’s been a while.
Approach to Calypso was uneventful though on arrival I could not find a TP, looks like they have been messing with Port Atlantis again. I placed my bid on the item I was after then found a TP and headed to Treasure Island Castle. After stuffing Pamela (5 times), I checked a few items in Calypso storage to see if they could be auctioned, the ones I was interested in were those that came with the Gold Starter Pack as I am very near to using all the skill pills and want more. Obviously if I purchase more I will have spare items to sell however it seems I cannot do this on auction so I will need to test if I can trade them.
I headed spaceward and arriving at the space station discovered that micjack was making a nuisance of himself along with one other of similar ilk. I just could not be bothered with it tonight, I know some of them will repair the damage but that’s just to make themselves feel better, the vehicle is still decayed. I left myself sitting in space while I did a few other things, checking in now and again to see if the coast was clear, it was not and twice my quad had been turned around so he was clearly trying to encourage some reaction. It was too late to continue so I logged.
My notes were right, Monday was a full day.
Tuesday, at login I waited to die and after revival spawned my Quad and left the Space Station. I had a quick look about and noticed no one so headed toward Crystal Palace, no one gave chase, I skirted Crystal Palace planet side and slightly z minus on an arc before heading for my selected Arkadia entry point. It was an uneventful journey although in Space Chat someone was somewhat miffed at micjack. There was an exchange of words at some point micjack said “you talk crap you can stay up here with me all night”, I was wondering if this was prison lingo?
I arrived at Arkadia, grabbed some ammo and headed to the Oratan Miners, arriving with about 58 minutes left before the servers were being shut down for patching. I took a skill pill anyway and began shooting, in less than an hour I had scored 6 globals, this has to be a record for me. There were warnings in global spam of so many minutes until the servers shut down, I just kept shooting squeezing every drop of skill out of the skill pill, with about 20 seconds to go I started on a fresh Miner in the hope that a little leeway might be given, that the chap performing the shut down was getting a cup of coffee but no luck, I was about halfway through when the connection dropped.
Ma tête me fait mal
I reconnected in the evening and worked out the return it was another positive one. I tried the Oratan again but at Steadfast Firebase (my usual location) the Oratan Miners were not spawning, apparently this was the same in the PVP area. I did find a spawn that worked West of Implacable Firebase but it seemed my armour did not work, I think the graphic showed it as equipped but that it was not. This made the task a bit tricky so I gave up on it after just 2 rounds with a smallish loss. Donning the Viceroy armour no longer removes my hat, the back of my head and most of my nose become invisible as the helmet does not display at all.
I succumbed to the Skill Pills and bought me the bronze starter pack for $5, this had just 5 pills in it, I gotta have my fix. As the pills give a 50% bonus and last an hour it means I get 30 minutes of skill gain for 10PED which is a total bargain. I have not been able to TT or drop the other items but that could be due to a new bug.
Bonnie tells me there are a couple of bugs in space, it seems the repair movement is wrong and that the mobs no longer give chase, the first is no big deal but the second will make Space Skilling difficult, lets hope that gets resolved soon.
One other thing I noticed today, my average combat skill has risen to level 31, this probably happened sometime last week and I just did not notice but it’s nice to see it crawling along once in awhile.
Wednesday, I raised a support case about the armour and Oratan issues, just so it is logged.
I was impatient, I was only about 2k kill points from completing the Oratan Stage 5 (80k) mission so I dusted the ghost webs off of my ghost armour, fished the ghost spiders out of the ghost recesses, lubed the ghost joints with some ghost oil and donned the armour before heading off to Steadfast to see if the Miners wanted to come out and play, sensibly they did not. I headed over the hill, I’ve been over the hill for quite sometime now, well on the way down the other side to be honest but that did not deter me from trying my luck at the closest Oratan Camp. I did not partake of a skill pill, with the big delays between waves it would be a waste. The Slashers did want to play and so did the Lancer, the killpoints were going up but by the end of the camp I was about 900 short. I headed North to a second camp and these Slashers wanted to play too. When I killed the last Slasher I received notification that I had completed the Oratan Stage 5 mission. Obviously I finished off the Lancer before returning for my reward which was almost 7PED of Dodge, this gave me nearly 2 levels, not bad. I did take the Stage 6 mission which requires a further 60k of killpoints, so easier than the stage 5. Completion of the stage 5 means the only investment of time I have left in Arkadia is the 1200 Riptor challenge at which I’m at about 750.
Thursday, as my Viceroy armour still did not work, there having been no further updates, I decided to work toward the completion of the 1200 Riptor challenge using my Pixie armour, this was slow going with more healing than I care for. It also resulted in a loss, I’m guessing it’s back to business as usual as far as that is concerned.
Friday, on login I was surprised to see Wolta on-line, we caught up on the week and I asked her about her Viceroy armour, she told me it was working fine. I tried mine again this time removing my hat first and it looked normal so I grabbed some ammo and headed out to take on some slightly larger Riptor, the armour worked fine and the hunt was much easier and speedier, I even considered taking a skill pill but was unsure of how long I could stay on line for. The results were a big improvement on yesterday but then it would be hard to do much worse.
Saturday, the Smugglers decided not to show in underground but the Oratan thought it was time to attack Repulse Firebase again, I spent quite a few hours here, there was a distinct lack of big Lancers which was a shame as they give good evade skills. I did not lose too much here considering the hours of entertainment involved. I did have a few crashes but no where near as many as in the past and I was running at max graphics mode so this was a big improvement. It seems the IFN are always calling for citizens to assist them but then completely fail to turn up themselves and leave the citizens to do their job. I find myself wondering why the Oratan want Repulse Firebase so badly. In the evening it was Space Skilling Saturday which provided a welcome change of pace, nice to slow down and relax after the mania of the Oratan.
Sunday, I returned to Repulse Firebase and once again stood in the thin green line, I did not do too bad and gained a few skills. I had a few more crashes today but they were not to much of a detraction. Once the Oratan had given up I went to the nearest Oratan camp and took on the slashers and the lancer there, which resulted in two globals after which I headed to the furthest Oratan camp, I do not do so well here. I missed the middle distance camp as I am not tough enough and spend most of my time healing. Because of all the Oratan deaths I had been responsible for today I have effectively made a start on the 60k Oratan IFN challenge.
Later I tried the Riptor and made the first profit since Tuesday, managed a couple of small globals and at the end I was at 1051/1200 for the Riptor IFN Challenge, so that challenge should come to an end soon. I had taken a skill pill for this hunt as I knew it would contain very few pauses so I would get the greatest advantage from the pill.
The overall result for the week was a return of just over 96% with which I am more than happy, looks like I will be giving Arkadia another chance. Looking at the length of this log entry I have had a busy week, it’s been a lot of fun.
Monday, I found myself a bit short of cash after the weekend in the underground so I TT’d a load of low MU loot to build up some reserves. After that I visited the Oratan Miners but did not do too we’ll. On the upside I discovered that I had sold some stuff from the shopkeeper on the 30th of July, all 5 of the Pirons sold, I guess the MU had gone up and someone spotted the chance to make a few PED which is just fine by me.
Tuesday, “A timeout has occurred during the login process. Please try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, please contact planet support for assistance.”
“A timeout has occurred during the login process. Please try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, please contact planet support for assistance.”
“A timeout has occurred during the login process. Please try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, please contact planet support for assistance.”
Meh!
I did get online but found I just wanted to sleep. I had seen a BP on Rocktropia a few days ago and wanted to visit to pick it up but checking the auction it was no longer there , so I gave up.
Wednesday and Thursday, both days I visited the Oratan Miners, both days I managed a global, the first being considerably better than the second. Both hunts returned a loss as has become usual. On Thursday I did get a Hit Point gain, I’m now at 169.
Friday, nothing happened, well I’m sure something did happen just not to me.
Saturday, I found I had very little PED left, this seems to happen often on or shortly after visiting Arkadia! I TT’d some low MU items and created a few auctions. Later I tried some more Oratan Miners, they were their usual stingy selves. I TT’d more items and created more auctions. Then it was time for Space Skilling Saturday. After which I stayed aboard ship as I wanted to test the 0.0 bug the following day. I also needed time to think, I was not sure if I should return to Arkadia as I seem to do rather badly there.
Sunday, I decided to try Arkadia again, if nothing else I had stuff in storage that needed to be moved. I decided to give it one last shot and surprisingly did rather well after 2 hunts on Oratan Miners both of which supplied me with a profit I found that my return for the week was at 99.15%, which I certainly cannot complain about. I created a couple more auctions and a few more stacks sold. I also purchased a few Weapon Damage Enhancers as I was getting a bit low in 3 slots.
I finished the week with almost 69k of the 80k Oratan mission, at 25% of the way toward my next level of Laser Pistoleer (Hit), an extra Hit Point and on top of that the unusual lack of financial loss. I am feeling rather pleased. Lets see if Arkadia turns round and kicks me in the teeth next week.
Chela Bias, Life on the Edge 