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May

2007

J R Kerr

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I am waking up just now, and before I went to bed I had 1,150 ish kills for Croesus at a time when many of my peers had like 100 kc for same boss, and there is a strategy for doing this that y'all need to embrace to make best use of the time you make to play:

PUBLIC INSTANCES

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I promise that Public Instance is better. A four or eight man grouping system private instance can be a nice way to practice beforehand, but its vastly inferior to Public Instance for this main reason: the group does not disband if one guy, or ten guys, need to take a break. The game rolls constantly on.

First and most important lesson is bank/rebank/rejoin.

You 100% need to have a load out that makes sense for you, accomodating needs of any large group, so that you can move to fill a need if it arises. For me this is one particular of the four obvious sets for gathering (like nature's sentinel), and then a toggle of the torch/hammer, charos clue carrier on shoulder (purple bag that auto collects clues when prosper perk on your tools procs), grasping rune pouch with 4 slots for runes that cast crystal mask (also purple in my case), grace of the elves, pfex/hsr toggle, lotd relic (the mobile relic would also be great), and then... probably a gatherer's cape with 2 perks. This should start you with like 4 tools, 4 super restore flasks, and... in my case a ring toggle, but if you have lotd relic, and thats all, then you stop at 8 things and keep 20 slots free.

NO STAIRS

what stairs? No. I don't even see any stairs. There are no stairs here. At victory, you teleport immediately to war hub, hit bank, hit preload, hit portal, RIGHT CLICK THE GATE and scroll down to "rejoin" the same public instance you left with the same players, hit chest and send yer loot to bank, then wait on balcony while afk and/or while the game that started immediately when you left concludes. Right click the dragon to ride to your corner, and yer back at it. There is no AFK on the floor

I have quit rsof because moderator found comments about darklight bonus damage on demons "off topic" for wildy flash mobs full of demons

09-Oct-2021 13:37:18

May

2007

J R Kerr

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BEING NICE

this is super important, and not actually something that comes naturally to me (I'm a terrible ogre irl), but its crucial to adopt being nice as a strategy to keep the game flowing, with delays expected when conflicts between learning and attention seeking... conflict. I love teaching pink hat moms to do this with text typed as we play, and those moms rock so steady once they know what they're doin. I even have a little taste now for reforming naughty behaviors of skulled wildy griefer types, but it requires some extra effort to convince them to adopt the same practices as the rest of the group. Making money is very persuasive. Everyone likes money.

I regularly play with people who began as griefers! No. Really. I do. Once they figured it out, and it took maybe as many as ten games in the worst cases... they bring AMAZING anti-griefing contributions to the game. Diversity is strength: believe it y'all.

Two lines of text to put on a card and tape to your monitor:

1. the words of the greatest leader the world has ever known, Marcus Aurelius, who taught his stoics "

if you can't blame yourself then blame no one

." If the shutter rises early... its my fault for not explaining when to open it. Not theirs. Try explaining again.

2. this will make sense later:

gas 202 ant 210 mid 225 pray 240

I have quit rsof because moderator found comments about darklight bonus damage on demons "off topic" for wildy flash mobs full of demons

09-Oct-2021 13:37:35 - Last edited on 09-Oct-2021 20:55:27 by J R Kerr

May

2007

J R Kerr

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HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

You might try this and walk onto an empty balcony and think "you lied to me!" and no, I really didn't. There are multiple active public instances rolling all of the time. The system is actually really good, but we are weird. So what happens is a guy steps onto balcony, is alone, waits a minute, and then leaves like "aw no one is here," and that is happening multiple times at once. The system is correctly assuming you are learning to make a new friend, not coming in with your friends.

A really good way to get one of these going is use the "grouping system" to get your first 4/8 guys together, but then DON'T make a private instance, but all go Public instead. This will easily allow the irons to join you, and croesus is iron heaven.

I have a lot to say about irons, but the MAIN most important thing is... they hide in plain sight. They cannot join groups, but they CAN join instances, and the weirdest thing is that I will have a game afoot with 7 players and we jusssssst need one guy but the grouping system will make it look like I need 6 guys cause the grouping system doesnt show the irons. I can watch someone join the private group, they see "aw there is only 2 guys here," and they leave. sigh. So this is a great reason to roll public, because... they're not lookin at nothing when they decide to play. Theyre up on the balcony watching me, 4 irons, a griefer, 3 really nice moms, and some totally bewildered high level players who cannot believe all of the glorious chaos around them. Its a cool spectacle, and they're like... "yeah! I want a piece of that!"

I have quit rsof because moderator found comments about darklight bonus damage on demons "off topic" for wildy flash mobs full of demons

09-Oct-2021 13:37:51 - Last edited on 09-Oct-2021 14:02:50 by J R Kerr

May

2007

J R Kerr

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WHAT TO IGNORE

see above "being nice," and "if you cant blame yourself, blame no one," and then try to forgive 99% of what you might see that you don't like, because real life happens, sleep is not xp waste, all of us should stay safe, and all of that is good for the game in the long run; HOWEVER, there is one weird thing happening because of mythology floated on corrupt social media sites where players stack prayer on statues to like 50% thinking its this or that (and they are so wrong but will plead "its been proven!&quot

, and that makes it super hard to click off a statue if a new, or just human, player misclicks the statue after a bomb. Beware the subsequent scapegoating. Its player 1 you need to right click his name and IGNORE. Forever. Just ignore them. All they are going to do for hundreds of games is tell lies. Make sure you can see who it is. They will ALWAYS do it. Do not ignore the misclick guy. Ignore the loader. Trust me.

You don't have to stop playing with the loader. Just don't waste any time reading any of his lies ever again. Give it a few games to make sure you know you see what I am talking about. They think they're subtle, sneaky, and... they are not. It is very easy to see who is doing it. They will almost always use the ability "escape" with wild abandon, so watch for that a couple times in a row to be sure you're ignoring the right person.

I regularly play with like... ten? players who load. I tell people who to ignore when/if I see the "it wasn't me!" but otherwise... no reason to share my list of ignores. They don't actually make the game stop. You can play on with them. When I am done with Croesus (ha ha maybe never) I will prune those names out of my ignore list. I think this is the best way forward.

I have quit rsof because moderator found comments about darklight bonus damage on demons "off topic" for wildy flash mobs full of demons

09-Oct-2021 14:03:29 - Last edited on 09-Oct-2021 14:21:47 by J R Kerr

May

2007

J R Kerr

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at the moment the game is waiting for you on w98 (the server is now named "elder god wars dungeon" not "group bossing" ) , w48 (lots of skill levels, lots of dps), and on w2 (very FFA). Its happening right now, and you can join, learn, shred, or chill. Just don't get eaten, or advance the mechanics at the wrong time.

I have been super hopeful that the mob of players from w60 would start running public, but they're not doing it just yet. I need someone who knows her well (or at least who knows her better than me... like one of her favorite ghost hunters) to point this thread out to her. She has the power to put thousands of players into public instances like this, and she will. I am 100% sure she will be the champion MVP of this front (bik) for a long time once she gets started.

I have quit rsof because moderator found comments about darklight bonus damage on demons "off topic" for wildy flash mobs full of demons

09-Oct-2021 14:31:38 - Last edited on 09-Oct-2021 14:40:29 by J R Kerr

May

2007

J R Kerr

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oh yeah.

PROTEAN LOGS, ORTHEN CORE, OR THE FYRTORCH

please bring those. if you don't then you get eaten by stickies and the game ends for everyone. thats super important. also be aware that most new players won't have done this, and -WE- need to free them, or the game ends. We will also have to type instructions to them what to go get from their bank, and how to get back to your instance. W have to do both. If we tell them to just get logs, then they might not get back to our instance.

I have quit rsof because moderator found comments about darklight bonus damage on demons "off topic" for wildy flash mobs full of demons

09-Oct-2021 14:48:38

May

2007

J R Kerr

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FAMOUS PLAYER SPECIAL CARE

Y'all will see some of the most famous players doin it this way. Public, but with perhaps their public chat turned off. Y'all gotta be gentle with your expectations of the famous ones. The optics make it -look- like they're shy, and thats not quite it. They have lots of chats open, and a LOT of people talking to them, so they can SEEM unresponsive to you. Be cool. Try not to do the "notice me senpai!" thing. They will notice -how- you play, especially if you're setting a good example (freeing the new players). Give it time. The famous players did not get famous overnight, and they're cramped at friend list 500, so they might not be able to remove a clannie and add you. Never take that personally.

I have quit rsof because moderator found comments about darklight bonus damage on demons "off topic" for wildy flash mobs full of demons

09-Oct-2021 14:57:42 - Last edited on 09-Oct-2021 15:06:04 by J R Kerr

May

2007

J R Kerr

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GOT REAPER! HEY WHERE'D EVERYBODY GO?

Its reallly cool to get Croesus as your reaper task, but be very mindful that the players who are truly the best at Croesus... theyre most likely to turn visibility off at 00:00 GMT every day and run 30 to 120 minutes of daily errands. Especially when you're having fun for hours, and everyone is like "oh brb" or "my dog is sick" all at once it can make you reflect "oh no did we do something wrong?" Remember its not you. Timing is key. Hang in there. Everyone is coming back.

I have quit rsof because moderator found comments about darklight bonus damage on demons "off topic" for wildy flash mobs full of demons

10-Oct-2021 01:34:44

Mar

2015

Foxxie

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NO STAIRS

what stairs? No. I don't even see any stairs. There are no stairs here. At victory, you teleport immediately to war hub, hit bank, hit preload, hit portal, RIGHT CLICK THE GATE and scroll down to "rejoin" the same public instance you left with the same players, hit chest and send yer loot to bank, then wait on balcony while afk and/or while the game that started immediately when you left concludes. Right click the dragon to ride to your corner,

I take issue with this. If someone doesn't have to restock, then just stay in position and wait for the next encounter.
If you're any good you can go at least a dozen encounters without having to restock.

Pressuring people to "not afk" is very bad behaviour when there is no need for it.

10-Oct-2021 21:13:27

May

2007

J R Kerr

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oh! thanks for prompt to clarify. this is for public instance, not for 8 man. If I am the one starting then ofc I can wait, but public is chaos*, and if we don't adopt precautions about not afk'ing on the floor, then theyre dead no later than 00:40 at blobs and the team will wipe because the enrage spikes. So afk'ing for public is actually teamkilling.

yes too a stock of 4 super restore flasks, my grasping pouch now loaded with like 10k soul runes (thank you croesus), and familiarity with dodging mechanics... I can last as long as an hour at a time. maybe longer. I do take breaks though, and thats a good way to rebank/reload, send to bank from loot chest, and then chill on balcony til the start of the next.

come play dude. game is always on.

edit/add: that asterix. anyone in public can start, and some start early without corner checking. I have started games without corner checks, to my chagrin, more than once, and I always apologize, and the team copes.

I'm at 1400+ KC and 8/10 log. There is weird mythology that 4 man is better for... idk what. I tried some and its always so precise that no one needs to talk, and if one guy takes a break... it disbands. Its hard for me to stay awake with a really good 4 man.

I have quit rsof because moderator found comments about darklight bonus damage on demons "off topic" for wildy flash mobs full of demons

11-Oct-2021 19:37:09 - Last edited on 11-Oct-2021 19:47:41 by J R Kerr

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