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My thief had finished a run and found that the house gold pile was up
to 60K again. So he dumped off all the junk he'd brought back for my
miner to smelt and started thumbing through his runebook for a bank
rune. "I haven't been to Cove in awhile." he said so he loaded up
11K of gold (all that he could carry) and Recalled.

There were 4-5 orc mages, a couple of orc choppers, and half a dozen
orc brutes within 1-2 tiles when the screen refreshed. He didn't even
get a chance to say, "mommy..." before the world turn B&W. Lost his
best Thief suit and ~2K in gems to boot. I didn't know there was a
town invasion going on. Must have missed the memo.
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If I get back first, let me know that I'm
looking for myself and don't let me leave.

 

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"OrionCA" <OrionCA@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> My thief had finished a run and found that the house gold pile was up
> to 60K again. So he dumped off all the junk he'd brought back for my
> miner to smelt and started thumbing through his runebook for a bank
> rune. "I haven't been to Cove in awhile." he said so he loaded up
> 11K of gold (all that he could carry) and Recalled.
>
> There were 4-5 orc mages, a couple of orc choppers, and half a dozen
> orc brutes within 1-2 tiles when the screen refreshed. He didn't even
> get a chance to say, "mommy..." before the world turn B&W. Lost his
> best Thief suit and ~2K in gems to boot. I didn't know there was a
> town invasion going on. Must have missed the memo.
> --
> I'm on a journey in search of myself.
> If I get back first, let me know that I'm
> looking for myself and don't let me leave.

Yeah try having a home right outside the gates. 🙁
I log in in B&W and my tele pads never work because people keep dying on
them.

 

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"gildhaus" <gildhaus@comcast.net> wrote:

>Yeah try having a home right outside the gates. 🙁
>I log in in B&W and my tele pads never work because people keep dying on
>them.

Set your house private and always log out behind a closed door.

D.
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:04:31 GMT, fairwater@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) wrote:

>"gildhaus" <gildhaus@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Yeah try having a home right outside the gates. 🙁
>>I log in in B&W and my tele pads never work because people keep dying on
>>them.
>
>Set your house private and always log out behind a closed door.
>
>D.

My houses are public but I've noticed that for some time now monsters will
not come inside, even if I'm jumping up and down waving my hands and the
door is wide open. They don't spawn inside either.

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"Polychromic" wrote:
>
> My houses are public but I've noticed that for some time now monsters will
> not come inside, even if I'm jumping up and down waving my hands and the
> door is wide open. They don't spawn inside either.
>
>

I had a new character who was running from Umbra to my house (a beachfront
property on Gravewater Lake) to pick up some stuff. I was chased almost all
the way by a Vampire Bat and that followed me into my house. I logged off on
the steps after locking it in and the logged back in with a more advanced
character to snot it easily.

In this Cove business I just went visiting again just now. I figured that
I'd go by boat so as not to be clobbered by the OLs. Next thing I know an
Orc Mage has appeared on my boat and after a quick duel I'm seeing grey
(damned close though). I thought that boats were supposed to be immune from
unwanted visitors?

 

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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:23:48 GMT, "The Unbound" <non@valid.email>
wrote:

>
>"Polychromic" wrote:
>>
>> My houses are public but I've noticed that for some time now monsters will
>> not come inside, even if I'm jumping up and down waving my hands and the
>> door is wide open. They don't spawn inside either.
>>
>>
>
>I had a new character who was running from Umbra to my house (a beachfront
>property on Gravewater Lake) to pick up some stuff. I was chased almost all
>the way by a Vampire Bat and that followed me into my house. I logged off on
>the steps after locking it in and the logged back in with a more advanced
>character to snot it easily.
>
>In this Cove business I just went visiting again just now. I figured that
>I'd go by boat so as not to be clobbered by the OLs. Next thing I know an
>Orc Mage has appeared on my boat and after a quick duel I'm seeing grey
>(damned close though). I thought that boats were supposed to be immune from
>unwanted visitors?

You didn't happen to piss off an Orc Brute, did you? They throw them
at you. It's how you get an Orc on a boat; then you sail around as an
invisible ghost and freak out the other boat owners - "OMG, ORCS GOT
BOATS NOW???"
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If I get back first, let me know that I'm
looking for myself and don't let me leave.

 

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Cyrus of Sosaria wrote:
>>There were 4-5 orc mages, a couple of orc choppers, and half a dozen
>>orc brutes within 1-2 tiles when the screen refreshed. He didn't even
>>get a chance to say, "mommy..." before the world turn B&W.
>
>
> Stay away from the Prison in Yew, there's more orcs & trolls, and even a few
> brigands thrown in for fun....

This has been a boon to my "I hate to mine" GM miner on Napa. I think I
picked up 1650 shadow ingots worth of ore my last trip there.

 

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"OrionCA" wrote:

>>In this Cove business I just went visiting again just now. I figured that
>>I'd go by boat so as not to be clobbered by the OLs. Next thing I know an
>>Orc Mage has appeared on my boat and after a quick duel I'm seeing grey
>>(damned close though). I thought that boats were supposed to be immune
>>from
>>unwanted visitors?
>
> You didn't happen to piss off an Orc Brute, did you? They throw them
> at you. It's how you get an Orc on a boat; then you sail around as an
> invisible ghost and freak out the other boat owners - "OMG, ORCS GOT
> BOATS NOW???"
>

I don't think there were any brutes there. Just Orc Mages & OLs. The mages
seem to have a spell that combines recall and teleport.
I'm giving it a wide berth for now anyhow. Mainly because these events seem
to be getting a bit samey.