User:Chronicinability/Journal

Second Entry 7/3/2007 Jo Takes Blades (and so does everyone else)
Today Jo decided to step out of the usual worlds she explore's and step foot into the mayhem that is RA. Well, having not been there for a little while I couldn't quite decide what i thought would work best. I remember when first going there (a long time ago) i decided to go as a heal monk so that i was always sure my party would have a monk. But today i was looking for something a bit more fun so decided to try the A/W build that i use for GvG's and HA.

Now i know the BoA build is popular but i didnt quite realise just HOW popular it is. My first round consisted of what seemed like a fairly balanced team (we had a monk, an ele, a ranger and myself). However the monk turned out to be...erm...less than adequate shall we say, and following his early death he decided to leave whist i was mid res-sig. Attempt 2 was much more fun! We again managed to get a monk, however i was one of 4 Mellee attackers in in the party (2 BoA's). We had a little joke about it before the gate opened and then we all ran out...to find a team with a mesmer casing Empathy on us all, which was just added to by the SS N/Me who probably thought it was his birthday.

I found it quite amusing so decided to grab a screeny of my aftermath: BoA meets Empathy and SS:

So i thought oh well...can't happen that often. So I went again...and once again i wasn't the only assassin in my team, in fact...one of THREE! And the other team had at least 2 as well. I decided i'd go for one of their assasins first as i know how deadly they can be. Apparantly the other assassin had the same idea about me (and the same build). Some dodgy Shadow stepping backwards and forwards followed by a display of aerobatics that would make the Moscow State Circus jelaous, and both of us were wobbleing for a while before hitting the floor at identical times. This resulted in another image that i just had to reach for the top right and hit 'PrtScr': BoA meets BoA:

My conclusion is there are WAY too many playing that build at the moment...and i would complain but i'm not going to. Because i'm coming back there, very soon. Right after i go back to Tyria and grab my Wayward Wand, Villnar's Glove and slap SS, Empathy, Price of Failure etc. onto my skill bar! xD

First Entry 5/3/2007 Dunkoro FTW
Ok, so where do I start? My first entry and so much to tell! I must first of all start with the very recent tales of my time in the Underworld. I had been joing FoW/UW PuG's for some time before this day and was well aware that the mental capabilities of such groups was, how should I put this, 'challenged'. Yet most trips usually turn out to go quite well for at least a short while so I go with the flow. This perticular day I join a group calling out 'LFP UW 5/8' hoping that there is some sort of organistion to the group. Well i was pleased to see that the group was headed by a Monk which meant that one of the two hardest places to find were filled. I join the group and introduce myself to hear shouts of 'Just add hero's and go!' At which point the monk adds his Dunkoro and his Koss and says that he's paying so if we are all ready we would be off. I was, to say the least sceptical anout these hero's he had added (both of which with no secondary proffession) so decided to ask him nicely to Ping they're skills. The long and short of it is that his Dunkoro must have had the same build that he had when he first got him at whatever low level it was. I suggested looking for real players but he was having none of it. I would have left but since he was paying i thought why not, go with them. So i convinced him to replace his Dunk with mine and off we went.

We arrive in the Underworld and immediately the map is being scribbled on by someone (I found out was the Monk) thinking they know everything and we have to do a certain number of steps to kill them or some crap like that. The party moves forward and aggro's the first group and to my suprise they are dealt with very efficeintly. While i was thinking I had maybe got lucky with the group. The monk was busy typing away. up came the message: " YOU! I was looking for a team not an army! you're all !!!!" This message came up 3 times in a row and he then left, taking his beloved Koss with him.

So we were now a 6 man team, With one Hero monk running a ZB Prot build. The run went exceptionally well from then onwards. We cleared out the first area and completed the Chambers quest and got a good few drops from the Smites before people decided they had otehr stuff to do and left. However the best thing i got was a new confidence (and respect) for dear old Dunkoro. He was duely rewarded with a nice set of new armor for his work! xP