Ancient Greece

Log entry for the 7th of December 2014.

Monday finds me back in one of my favourite places, Ancient Greece. I’m running around in somewhat revealing armour trying my luck with various Cyclops, the main reason for me being here is to make some progress with the Steropes Cyclops 333 mission, For this I use my Archon’s Sword but this is no easy task and when solo several resurrections are normally required for me to finish just one of these although I did manage to kill one with just one resurrection.

I lent my Philosopher’s Sword to Wolta, her skill is not quite good enough to be in the learning period. I tried putting some skill enhancers into its only open slot but this did not resolve the issue. Wolta and I went and killed some Arges Cyclops by way of a hunt that we could both do.

Tuesday, two or three more Steropes, it is quite frustrating to do too many of these solo, the number of resurrections required combined with how difficult it can be to get to one of the weaker ones with several others nearby or in the way makes for very slow going. As each session progresses it becomes more difficult as at the beginning their maybe 2 or 3 weaker Steropes near to to TP but after these are killed it becomes necessary for me to work my way through some of the tougher ones to find one I can kill and I need to do this several times to achieve a single kill.

Thursday, just 2 Steropes today.

Friday, continued from yesterday and in a second session Nocturaline healed which made a big difference, I even managed a small global when I killed my 20th.

Saturday, a continuation of yesterday with both Wolta and Nocturaline healing, Nocturaline and I swapping roles after each kill. Clearly this is the way forward for me, most of the time I can survive against the lower levels with 2 Herb Box healers (Incidentally, it seems the Herb Box is no longer available from the Trade Terminal in Ancient Greece, this will make it very difficult for any Ancient Greece virgins)

Later it was Space Skilling Saturday which had it’s own difficulties, at least for me and was the parting shot as I left Next Island behind. I intend to return again soon.

Sunday, I awoke in Rocktropian Space and after sorting through last night’s lack of loot I headed to the surface in my quad. Once there I tried the Motorhead Royalty, I really should have learnt my lesson by now, the loot was dreadful, I also tried a couple of preliminary waves (8&9 I think) for a Zombie Kong but with only one other person there it seemed pointless, I know I can’t take Kong solo, I would need a lot more than 2 Herb Box healers to do that. The EMT kit EK-2900 reached tier 4.9 so it is ready to be upgraded once I can gather all the required components. I missed a Kong ATH by about 2 or 3 hours, it occurred sometime after I logged.

 

 

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– more than 1K PED, opps!

Log Entry for the 21st of September 2014.

Monday, the week begins in Ancient Greece where I hunted Brontes Cyclops, a hunt in Ancient Greece consists of using my Archon’s sword until it requires full repair, if I’m part way through a mob I switch to my Philosopher’s to finish it off, sometimes I may take a few more. Today I completed 5 hunts, scored 2 globals and did quite well.

Tuesday, 4 hunts today this time on both Arges and Brontes Cyclops, I realised I had nearly finished the Brontes 333 mission and that to get to the Arges I would sometimes have to slay a few Brontes so I began concentrating on the Arges. The Archon’s sword reached tier 1.9, I checked but do not have what is necessary to upgrade it on Next Island so it will have to wait until we get back to civilisation. I managed 3 globals plus a few good loots and later I crafted some Simple I Conductors, only about 250 clicks but I managed a global there as well, I’ve always liked Ancient Greece and it seems that it likes me. In the evening Nocturaline and I experimented with Stereops Cyclops but found this difficult even with 2 of us against a level 24 we struggled and died a few times, as these are not close to a TP the 333 mission will be very slow work with our current skills and the level of technology available in Ancient Greece. It seems a band of Herb Box Healers will be required, we are intending on doing a few experiments to work out how many we need and then recruiting prior to returning to complete the mission.

Wednesday, over night I had won an auction for a pair of Hoplite Sandals so I went back to the future to collect these from Next Island Auction, it brings me to having 6/7 Hoplite parts, I still need the arms. Having collected and repaired the sandals I went straight back to Ancient Greece were I set about the Arges Cyclops and in the process I completed the Brontes 333 mission and then some as they just kept getting in the way. I turned in the mission but it seems all 3 Cyclops missions need to be completed to receive the reward. Arges I hope to complete this week and then it’s just the Stereops to finish, I will try to take a few while I’m here but I think the healing squad will be required. Loot was not so good today, I got more no loots and did not even get close to a global. After 3 hunts I finished the day at 214/333 Arges.

Thursday, another day killing Arges Cyclops, 3 hunts and I completed the 333 mission, a slightly better day than yesterday as the final hunt was profitable, maybe things were swinging back in my favour but I didn’t stay to find out. Before leaving I picked up some Ancient Greece TT items for Feyn. I moved to Next Island where I finished some missions, one of which required I visit Creon in Ancient Greece to take what was supposed to be beer but turned out to be poison. When Nocturaline came on-line she immediately returned to Next Island, it seemed we had both done as much as we could at this time so decided to move on to Rocktropia. On Rocktropia I began to hunt some Motorhead Royalty in an attempt to gain some Tier VI Components, I had to leave part way through as it was getting late.

Friday, Motorhead Royalty are a stretch for me, I added the 5B plates to my Ghost armour as this seemed to give the best protection, even so I had frequent trips to the revive and a TP back. The loot was poor as is becoming more normal however I did manage to gain 32 Tier VI Components in 3 hunts (including the one I started late last night). The Barbarella did not really have a safe range for picking these so I paid a quick visit to Hunt the Thing and picked up a few assault rifles, these were much safer as long as I did not strafe, in which case it was a bit of a disaster. I did pick up 4 skill gains and my combat average is now 32, not sure if it went up or not though.

Saturday, on Rocktropia I hunted more Mororhead Royalty and then some werewolves, I have to Serve the Nation while I’m here, haven’t you read the unwritten rules? Later during Space Skilling Saturday I hunted some Cosmic Horrors, surprisingly the loot from them was only slightly worse than the Royalty. Looking at my total loss from hunting on Rocktropia it was a bit scary! On the upside our new Soc. name finally kicked in “Chug’s Nomads”.

Sunday, I was at Monria and hunting Arbitrator the Vermin with both Wolta and Nocturaline, go team Sleepyheads. By Rocktropian standards it was a slight improvement but still quite poor. Later we had a warp client, while completing that job I got the opportunity to visit Crystal Palace and store some items I had been carrying for far to long.

Due largely to the Rocktropian experience I managed to lose significantly more than 1000 PED this week. Not a good week for me financially but Ancient Greece did yield a positive and it’s always nice just being there.