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Fear and Loathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thursday, December 14, 2000 --  tigole

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A quick, mid-day update for all my peeps.  Leaving for Las Vegas in a few minutes but figured I'd post some pics of what we've been up to the past couple of days.  Unfortuantely, I'm missing some really cool stuff tonight that the guild will be doing.  Hopefully, my homies will have discovered the minus sign key then so I can post some screenshots of what they're up to.

Anyway, we whacked some Giants in Kael last night, mostly for faction.  We really wanted to take the Vindicator down but, with all big mobs, it was a learning process.  We now know exactly where NOT to fight the Vindicator.  We pulled him to a spot that was so laggy our casters couldn't get a spell off.  We also learned that some buddies will come help the Ol' Vindicator out if we try him in that spot.  I didn't stick around for the second attempt. . .not even sure if we took another try last night.  I got invited to some party in Hollywood that was supposed to be fanstastic, according to my friend.  He told me there would be tons of women there.  Well, there were.  If only he had warned me that they were ALL lesbians I wouldn't have gone and gotten my hopes up.  You gotta love any chick who, when toasting, raises her glass and declares, "Here's to all the kisses I've snatched. . . and Vice-Versa!"  Think about that one for a second.  Shit, I'm doing it again.  Ok back to the topic.  Giant Lesbians.  Wait, the topic was giants.  Ok here's some Giants:

Ariel solos the Vindicator

Ah, how cute, they're holding hands. . .

Some Giant Loot. . .some good, some bad, some ugly:

Nice high AC shoulders (casters can wear. . .)

Lamentation's Big Brother

We got a lot of other stuff from the giants as well.  Some more Giant Scalemail Leggings.  Gladiator Legs.  Picked up one of those Warrior, AC 15 necks. . .I wasn't a very good roaving reporter last night.

The day before we poked around for a while in Necropolis.  At times that dungeon rocks.  Other times it feels like The HOLE meets Kedge Keep.  Anyone who knows me, knows how I feel about the HOLE and Kedge Keep. . .I look forward to spending more time in Necropolis.  Gotta love assassinating Ratmen.

Don't get your panties in a wad -- it's not a willsapper.

Quotes of the Day:

This was Oog's advice to Ferrix who had zoned into Kael for the first time:

 

Like I said, it's off to Las Vegas now.  Nothing like driving a truck from L.A. to Vegas at rush hour.  At least I'm not hungover.  Oh wait. I am.

Honestly, I don't have much to update with.  I wasn't on Monday, had too much Real Life (tm) to deal with.  Apparently we killed Venril and some other shiznit.  Today a bunch of us took advantage of a Night of No Guildevents to do some more exploring of Necropolis.  So far my feelings are mixed on the zone.  I think I'd really like this zone if A) Melee could bind closer or B) Group Gaters could port to Western Wastes. 

The main drawback to Necropolis is related to Siren's Grotto, a.k.a Sirran's Ghetto. . .the Goatass of Velious.  I decided to contribute to you, the vast Everquest community, my review of Siren's Ghetto (well, actually I have jack and shit to post so I am just keeping the dogs at bay here).  I slaved over this review, pouring time, blood, sweat and tears into communicating all there is to know about Verant's gift to us, that gem of a waste of hardrive space known as Sirran's Goatass.  Without further delay, I present you with my review:

Siren's Grotto, A Review

by Tigole Bitties

Siren's Grotto is like a dream turned into a nightmare.  You find yourself snug in your bed, dreaming about eating fudge, then wake up with a spoon planted firmly in your ass.

VELKETOR THE OWNED

Velketor's Lab: We gathered forces there yesterday to take our first attempt at the Freeti Monk and Velketor the Sorcerer.  If Velketor's Lab wasn't the single laggiest zone in the game I'd give it credit for being pretty cool.  We were a bit nervous about our prospects against Velketor, we knew that he had a ton of hit points and it would be a long battle.  We'd kept hearing this silly rumors that Velious boss mobs can only be killed with an army of clerics with Donal's Breastplates.  Well, unfortunately Trak has stiffed us on the Donals. . . we have Pally, SK, and Druid Breastplates just rotting in the bank, but only one Donals.  Never being a guild of nay-sayers, we charged Velketor anyway.  WTF did you think we were going to do, sit around doing quests until some Donals dropped?  Loot from Velketor was fairly amazing, at least Jeddy's new boots are:

Grats Jeddite!

Grats to Winkin!

Grats Madkidzx!

The Lord Djdespieisaslutwhosekneesarescabbedfromsugginsomuchcack was also a fun fight, although nowhere near as epic as the Velketor battle.

He had some nice stuff too:

Congrats to Arlos!

Grats Phalinn!

Yesterday, two of our members finished their epic quests as well.  Meggan now has her sprinkler-hanger-downer.  And Gandalfina has her wicked snake staff. We're proud of you both.

Had a lot of fun dinking around in Necropolis last night with what limited *free* time we actually managed to scrounge up.  Finally found one of those two handed piercers I'd read about.  Now if only rogues could wield a 30 damage weapon. . .

Quotes of the Day:

 -- see above picture