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Grimwold2

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--September 18, 2011--
Hi guys! Just as before, I was in the Dungeoneering mood. I still had floor 35 to complete, and like before, I couldn't find a team... So I headed to World 117. After looking around for a while, I finally found a player hosting floor 35. I joined the party, and shortly after, the party filled up.
The dungeon started, and I could tell already that this was a bad team. I volunteered myself to be the keyer, but the other players still opened doors and used all the Rune Essence. Then one of the players said something completely inappropriate, and the others followed suit, thinking it was hilarious. I could tell this team wasn't for me. I exited the dungeon.
I felt awful. That was the very first time I had ever simply exited a dungeon before, leaving the team there. In all honesty though, they had it coming. I still didn't have a team... So I ran out onto an herb run.
My first patch had died, but the others had actually yielded more than usual; about seven or eight each. When I reached my Trollheim Herb patch, something unexpected happened.
I was cleaning my farmed Snapdragons, minding my own business when I achieved level 60 Herblore! I was really excited. I can now say that I have all skills level 60 or over! That's quite a milestone for me; something that I am quite proud of!
SoulRavager volunteered to duo some floor 35 on medium with me, but first, he had to rush through the rest of his dungeons to reset. While I waited for him to do that, I banked my herbs and took out my Clan Vexillum. It had been a while since I had used this...
Cont.

06-Mar-2012 02:36:06

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Grimwold2

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Brushing off the dust and cobwebs, I planted my vexillum outside the Edgeville bank and stood next to it with my Octopus. I had a couple passing comments about it, and one player even told me I looked like I was from Pokemon! I waited quite a while, and finally, I teleported to Daemonheim. SoulRavager had said he was done, so he should be coming out soon, right?
I waited for some time, until I saw that he had logged out. I knew that he wouldn't have just logged out without saying something, so I waited patiently, and sure enough, five minutes later, he logged back on. It was time to do Floor 35!
We made progress through the dungeon really fast, until we came to the boss: Bal'Lak the Pummeller. It's official now: I hate all the demon bosses. This boss was so difficult, so frustrating... It's a wonder that I'm really into Dungeoneering. He repeatedly disabled my prayer, and hit massive damage, all the while boosting his own Defence. SoulRavager and I teleported out constantly. At one point, I teleported out with five lifepoints to spare!
Oh yes, I hated this thing. I died more than twice on him, and when he finally died, I recieved a Primal Warhammer! Too bad I can't use it
That dungeon ended, and I unlocked floor 36; My very first Occult Floor! I couldn't wait to see the new theme and to get those new music tracks. We entered floor 36.
I was quite surprised by how purple it was! The 'water' (if you can call it that) was a filthy dark violet, and the rugs, the walls and tapestries were all a velvety purple. The best part was the music though. It had a certain sinister tone to it, hinting at some unkown malevolence. And right when you entered a fight, that creepy undertone would pick up its pace, until the combat ended. Then, it would fade into the background again.
There was whispering too. I think that added that extra hint of creepiness to it. The whole mysterious atmosphere or Daemonheim is one of my favourite parts about it!
(Continued)

06-Mar-2012 02:36:15

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Grimwold2

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We made quick progress into my first ever Occult floor. There happened to be a new monster: two, actually. There was the Lesser Demon, who could shoot fireballs, and the Necromancer, whom I couldn't seem to find anything special about it...
Eventually, we reached the boss: a Runebound Behemoth. This was the first time I had ever seen one of these things, and I had to admit, it was quite intimidating. It boasted the appearance of the Bulwark Beast, yet it had the power to use Protection Prayers against all sides of the combat triangle at once.
SoulRavager gave me a rundown of how to defeat it. The idea was to stand by one of the crystals, the one that represented your side of the combat triangle. Whenever it became active, it was your job to deactivate it, else you wouldn't be able to hit. Sounded easy, right?
WRONG! This was the most frustrating boss to date! He had a special attack where he sprayed green globs around the room, dealing incredible damage to anything remotely near it. I didn't know what this was at first, and was dealt a 700 as a punishment. I had to use Protect from Magic to block his magical attacks, but his Ranged attack hit really hard too. I was getting hit 200+ over and over again. I don't know how many times I died.
Finally, his health was down to a sliver; we would finally kill it! But I watched helplessly as I continuously missed. Zero after zero, the tension grew as he started hitting me quite hard. It couldn't end like this. There was no way I was going to die with it only having a smidgen (love that word) of health left.
My prayers were answered! I killed the Runebound Behemoth with only 300 lifpoints remaining. I had better not ever come across one of those things ever again.
It was time for me to reset. I said goodbye to SoulRavager, and reset. I logged off for a break.
Coming back, I couldn't wait to start working my way through the lower floors.
(Continued)

06-Mar-2012 02:36:27

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Grimwold2

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I started my progress through the Frozen Floors. I was finishing these dungeons really quickly; about six minutes each. On floor nine, OverMaul (Itoku's pure account) asked me to make him a Fractite Maul. I finished off my floor and switched over to a free-to-play world.
I always feel better when I'm in a free-to-play world. Almost no one is ever over level 90, so for me to be level 107 there, most players think I'm incredible!I waited for him to finish his own dungeon, then we entered one for ourselves.
I started collecting coins right away. But a few minutes into the dungeon, we came across a room with two Fractite Ores! Quite the rare occasion! I mined four ores, then smithed them into his Fractite Maul. He thanked me, and I exited the dungeon.
Back onto my member's server, I started working my way through the floors again. No Night Spiders yet... If I ever got that Shadow Silk Hood, I would be so happy...
I started the Abandoned Floors before it was time to log off.
Thanks for reading! If you ever want to go Dungeoneering together, feel free to drop by my Friends Chat!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 02:36:44

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Grimwold2

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--September 19, 2011--
Hi guys! Today was full of more Dungeoneering awesomeness! As soon as I logged on, I was ready to go! lilmk PMed me (we had arranged to do some Dungeoneering today), and we decided we would do floor 31, on large. And so the hunt to find a team began. I refuse to go with random people though; they're almost always immature or simply uncooperative. I drafted Camdozaal and Arimede. I couldn't find anyone else to join, so it would be just the four of us. I sorted out the details, and we entered the dungeon. No sooner than we had got all of our supplies though, lilmk managed to get another player! We all exited the dungeon and we got our newest dungeoneerer, Archer Zero!
Into the dungeon again, I took on the role of keyer. I used to be quite intimidated my keying a large floor, but now that I've done it a few times, I know exactly what to expect. Like walking into a room with full health and getting KOed in a matter of seconds.
I was having a blast! Arimede was the skiller, while lilmk, Archer Zero and Camdozaal cleared the Guardian Rooms. Everyone was being fully cooperative; it was great! After fourty minutes, the entire dungeon had been keyed, with the exception of two doors, which required skills we didn't have.
Unfortunately, the boss was one of my least favourites... It was a Shadow Forger. Everyone got their gear ready and headed in. After dying twice, I started to actually understand how I could block the special attacks. As soon as I saw him begin to glow or form an orange ball, I had to hide behind the pillar! Much easier said than done, I assure you.
Everyone was getting annihilated by this boss.
(Continued)

06-Mar-2012 02:38:08

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Grimwold2

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I had accumulated four deaths simply by keying, and yet another two deaths from the Shadow Forger. But as soon as I discovered the secret to dodging the attacks, I was staying alive for significantly longer. I only died one more time after that... But I had a staggering seven deaths.
I recieved 17,000xp from that dungeon. Not bad, but not good, either. I should be getting level 73 Dungeoneering in the near future! Dordracio had asked me to do a quick duel with him right when we started the dungeon, so an hour later, I teleported to the Duel Arena.
As I was running through the Waiting Room, about to switch worlds, I noticed a Green Dot on my minimap. Who might that be? It was Zefff, who had PMed me only twenty minutes ago, complimenting me on my blog! I said hello, but time was against me, so I had to switch worlds.
I found Dordracio and started the duel. He only wanted to test a new weapon on me, so I didn't bring any weapons or armour. He started attacking me with a firebreathing salamander! I didn't even know those existed in Runescape...
I started punching at Dordracio's Rune Platebody, and to my surprise, I was actually hitting! He was hitting fairly accurately with his firebreathing salamander though; it would be close.
I started hitting very hard with my fists all of a sudden. It was clear I was going to win! I wanted it to be a close match though. I waited a bit, until my health was at 50lp, until I reached out and punched Dordracio, killing him. Another victory!
I'm actually getting close to the Tier 4 Duellist's Cap... About 120 more kills to go. I can't wait! I logged off for a while.
Logging back on, it was time for a Farming run. I was completely out of Snapdragon seeds though... So the dilemma came: Should I plant Lantadymes or Snapdragons? I could only clean Snapdragons, although Lantadymes would be much more experience... I decided to go with Snapdragons though. I'll get some free Herblore experience for making the potions!
(Continued)

06-Mar-2012 02:38:17

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Grimwold2

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I ran out on what would be one of my worst Farming runs
Two of my five herb patches had died, leaving me with a measely harvest of 16 herbs... I had bought 100 Snapdragon seeds, and for the first time in a long time, my cash stack dropped below 1m. Good thing Dungeoneering is free to train!
My Farming run completed, I headed back to Daemonheim to resume my slow progress to get to the 30+ floors. The bad part about always being the keyer for my dungeons is that I almost always get a ton of deaths... It does make me want to be a non-keyer, or even a skiller, but I always find that other players keying simply isn't fast enough. For that reason, I always find myself volunteering.
My progress though the Abandoned I floors was pretty quick; each floor took about ten minutes. I had three floors in a row where the boss was the dreaded Hobgoblin Geomancer... I was prepared with lots of food though, and some ranging supplies. So this time, the Dungeoneering Rage didn't come to full fruition.
After floor 17, it was time to log off. I logged onto the forums and started typing this. Until, right now, I just realized that I forgot to get my daily 30,000 Fletching experience! So I'm off to get some Fletching assists!
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 02:38:25

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Grimwold2

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--September 20, 2011--
Hi guys!
I didn't have too much time to play Runescape today, due to school and sports, but I did have time to get in two dungeons.
The first was simply a small dungeon on floor 17. lilmk and I though, were planning for a Large floor on Floor 35! After I came back for dinner, lilmk and I met at Daemonheim and we started trying to form a party.
Joshyway was in, as was a player lilmk drafted in from a Dungeoneering clan. We only needed one more player to make it a 5:5... I looked around for a bit, and finally managed to get a hold of Seriousruss. He was doing some Troll Invasion, so we decided to wait for him to be done. Speaking of Troll Invasion, I ought to be doing some of that soon...
Finally, Seriousruss was done, and we headed into Floor 35. I was the keyer as usual, Seriousruss was a skiller, and the others cleared the Guardian Rooms. I have to say, it wasn't the fastest dungeon I've ever done... But I had fun, and that's the main point of playing a game!
Seriousruss made me full Gorgonite! That helped me with my keying like you couldn't believe. Before that, I had stepped into a room and was hit with a 270,190,240 and a 104, killing me instantly. That wasn't going to happen again!
I think sometime, I will try out the skiller role. I guess the only problem is that I only have 80 Cooking, and 77 Fishing. I think it would be fun to just make as much food as possible, along with potions for the fighters.
This dungeon had an unbelievable amount of Guardian Doors; many more than I had ever sen before. Albout half of the doors were Guardian Doors, so that slowed progress down significantly.
After a while, we had finally opened every room, and it was time for the boss. Thankfully, it wasn't an insanely difficult boss. It was an Unholy Cursebearer!
(Continued)

06-Mar-2012 02:42:35

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Grimwold2

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The fight started out good. Everyone was hitting in the high 200s, and the boss's health was draining rapidly. But, of course, the stat draining ability of the Unholy Cursebearer came down on us in all it's wrath when the boss only had a sliver of lifepoints left. I had run out of food, and my stats were so low that I couldn't teleport out of the room.
I didn't want to die... I only had three deaths; quite good for a keyer in my opinion. The constant 124s being hit on me was battering my lifepoints. But the boss's own health was almost down! One of the constant 12s hit me, and I was down to 12 lifepoints. One hit, and I was gone. We hit the boss over and over again, but its health never diminished! Please, I thought, I did not want to die!
The last part of the boss fight dragged on for ages. I was so close to death... Surely, one of the 124s was due any second. But luck was on my side! We killed the Unholy Cursebearer just seconds before the 124 hit came, I'm sure.
We all thanked each other for the dungeon, and we ended it. I got some pretty awesome experience! 36,000xp in total. Way more than enough to get me to level 73 Dungeoneering! Now I can reach floor 37 in Daemonheim!
It was almost time to log off... Almost. I had enough time to go on a Farming run! I banked at the Fremennik and teleported to the Ectofuntus. No sooner than my feet had hit the ground though, I was whisked away to the Jail in Yanille! I quickly unlocked myself and came back to the Ectofuntus.
I started running over to the patch. Along the way, I noticed a player with a Mining Cape. Maybe it was someone from Mining Golds! I right clicked the player, to see that it was actually Seriousrus*! What a coincidence!
We ran to the patch together, where I managed to pull up eleven herbs from my patch. Looked like it was going to be an awesome Farming run!
(Continued)

06-Mar-2012 02:42:52

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Grimwold2

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Unfortunately, my prediction didn't come true. I recieved only five herbs from all my other patches, so in the end, I only came out with a normal yield. I visited Miscellania to boost my approval, too. It's just killing me to know how many resources I have. Too bad I can't check them without collecting them at the same time
I teleported to Lumbridge and then to Daemonheim, where I recieved my daily Fletching experience. And if you're reading this lilmk, log on right now, I might still be able to assist you with your effigy!
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 02:43:00

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