I messed up big time, and I have run out of time to fix the problem.
I skipped too much content and quests, and now I cannot reach the 5000 Favor to get the skeleton mount in Hardcore Season 2.
It is a disappointment, but at least I got the sash and the hat.
Currently, I am running my alt account through much of the content I don’t normally have access to during the special VIP for all event.
I am running two reaper toons right now. A Sorcerer and a Cleric/Rogue/Wiz. Just in case a death occurs, I won’t have to start over from the beginning.
My cleric is up to 7 banking 8 with 3 reaper points [11k], the sorcerer has 2 reaper points and is going a little slower. I was running with the top player on the server earlier. Ion is an Aasimar Sorcerer who has TR’d twice and has close to 200k Reaper exp. I had seen Ionie die back in February, so I was surprised to see ’em this far ahead.
My favor guy, Ananzi, is level 10, sitting at 1k favor, and I am debating whether or not to try the level 6s out in The Twelve. I have seen a large number of death notices for those quests, especially the prison break one.
As to my trip to England, I remain hopeful that COVID-19 will go away by June. I am waiting to see if Delta or Norwegian Air decides to cancel my flights.
I was doing a quick quest before the server went down for a restart this morning.
I got myself killed in Storming the Beaches over in house D.
A balista shot me for 652 damage after 40 was blocked by energy resistance. I failed my save and took a critical hit to the face.
Instant death.
That was on my reaper toon, Gozoh, who was level 22 and had 4 reaper points. I had 16 Tokens of the Twelve and just needed a few more to reincarnate.
This is the Hardcore server, so permadeath applies. I’ve got to start all over again on Korthos Island.
It looks like someone has already claimed the top spot on Reaper exp and Favor, so I don’t feel rushed now to compete. I can take my time and safely get the rewards.
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/512854-Season-2-Server-First-5k-Favor!-(With-Pics!)
Seeing as how the pure Sorcerers are so favored, I may decide to make one for the favor grind instead of the earlier cleric/fvs/rogue build I had in mind.
I think they are running as Aasimar for the healing hands and natural resistances.
I have made it to level 13 and am attempting to do Red Fens on Reaper mode.
It is difficult to handle all the mobs and keep the NPC in Last Stand alive. Twice now, he (the NPC) has been killed, once by a reaper. Certainly better he die than me, but I don’t get exp for that.
I fiddled around with some alts and have settled on a Favored Soul with 2 levels of Rogue (Evasion) and Cleric (Turn Undead).
This character is named Tira Miron, in reference to the Silver Flame. I will use the alt character to get to that 5000 favor goal.
Currently, I am using the alt to get Qaal tokens for a mount. I had zero feathers drop when I ran the Borderlands chain on Reaper mode with Gozoh.
Gozoh is hitting rare’s in the desert for the Coronation shield, and it is really slow without a horse.
I still managed to die within the first hour of being back online…
It was an easy fix for the technician to patch up my line. He worked in the snow and even got my internet to go through a better line of cable.
My speed has increased quite a bit. I had thought that Spectrum was throttling my Internet, but it was actually just old cable slowing it down.
I got caught in an arched doorway being attacked by a dog. I had a Carnage Reaper on one side and a famine on the other.
DOOM.
It was fated to be so, as I had just withdrawn all of my savings and had all the good gear I had farmed on my person. The gold seal hireling, which I had out leveled and kept thinking I should put in the bank. All gone.
My new reaper toon is Gozoh.
A Dragonborn Sorcerer/Paladin using the Eldritch Knight tree and the shocking touch from Air Savant. I have Maximize and Empower to take out shamans and reapers fairly easily at close range.
I am using the nice shield I had crafted, running sword + board. I will get Chain Lightning at level 16 so I can nuke everything in the level 12 quests.
I have made it to level 7 and have 2 reaper points again. A slight improvement over the last life, likely due to various hardships making me step up to the challenge.
16 hours of Hardcore mode. I logged in at 11:40am yesterday, and it’s now 3:49am. I am still wired from all the coffee, but it will pass, I’m sure.
I made two characters, but only played on one today. Lusongee joined the Death Smile guild and reached level 8. I have done almost everything up to level 4.
I did skip Shan-to-Kor and Tangleroot. I will run the Sharn Syndicate tomorrow and the Depths chain in-house, Denieth.
I had a close call in Two-Toed Tobias with a pair of reapers and one of the new champions. I saw the hirelings had aggro and decided to use my bottle of mist from Ravenloft. Well, I accidentally moved and reset the cooldown just as the hires were turned to paste.
I freaked out and hit ALT-F4.
It was a timely move, and I was pleased to see when I logged back in later that I wasn’t dead.
There are all of these new Champions for Hardcore mode, and they are totally beastly. I feel like I spent half the day running away from stuff.
I was online when the highest-level player died.
They were level 12 when he died, racing to 20 to TR. I believe their name was Wesside, a Sorcerer / Bard build. That player was up to level 5 in the first 22 minutes of the game, crazy.
I have a little over 6k Reaper experience points, 433 Favor, and my crafting is level 42. I made a nice +2 fortification, a 55 mithril large shield of solar guard for my Favor guy.
The second season of Hardcore League is approaching. Tomorrow’s update will bring the Hardcore server back with the permadeath feature.
I have two days off from work, which will get me started. I am temporarily ceasing my Pokémon Go gaming to focus on the Hardcore event. The server runs through May, so I will be able to claim a spot before flying out to England in June.
The Anniversary Event is also running, which might have been a distraction. Sensing a possible conflict, I just spent 4.5 hours grinding to get all the gear and the sentient kobold gem I needed for my second account.
I have my builds worked out for both a Favor toon and a Reaper mode toon. I will be reusing the same names as last year’s event. My reaper toon will be Lusongee, and the Favor toon is Ananzi.
Lusongee will be 3 Wiz, 3 Arti, and 14 Cleric.
Ananzi will be 2 Cleric, 3 Wiz, and 15 Paladin.
Both will use Sun Elf for race and will be mixes of familiar classes and have Animal Domain for turning purposes.
Lusongee will need the arti levels for trapping, as I will likely play solo on her for most of the game, like last year. Ananzi will play sword’n’board, going for heavy defense and using spellsword to fill out his DPS.
I am still debating whether or not to buy an INT tome early on to boost my skill points. I’ll have to give it more thought for now.
So I managed to kill off another character.
My level 24 Purple Dragon Knight (PDK) died in Thunderholme. I was adjusting the mirrors and foolishly walked through one of the laser beams. Instant death.
This was the toon that wasn’t competing. I was just playing around casually and not taking any chances. Big fail.
I got the Bleeding Eyes and the Red Sash reward from the event.
I am looking forward to transferring this guy over to the normal server. I managed to unlock 3 filigree slots on his sentient maul.
I also got a +8 Wisdom tome and a +6 Strength tome from gold rolls on this fella.
His crit rate while buffed is 35% with a multiplier of x7.
I usually see 500pt and 700pt crits, and using Exalted Smite, I have seen it go as high as 3,500 damage. It should go higher once I complete the sentient weapon.
My maul is Cormryn from the Eveningstar challenge vendors. I got lucky and pulled a Good Blast of Improved Paralyzing. There is a 3rd effect on the maul, but I don’t recall what it was.
I died. Again.
Just 12k reaper exp away from getting my 10th point and the nice reward. I had been running everything on R2 during my second life and was quite confident.
At level 14 and holding rank 56 on the reaper leader board, I got taken out by a group of rats in “Invitation to Dinner.”
I don’t feel like there is enough time left before the event ends for me to recover from this upset. I will head back to Cannith and farm the Mabar event.
I also play Forge of Empires and Pokémon Go, which also have Halloween events running, so I have lots to do.
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