Peter's Blog

Boaring

As promised I've set Maezyn up with a little black boar. A scan of the wonderful Petopia (perpetual thanks Mania if you're reading this) told me the best option was a level 11 Longsnout from Elwyn Forest so I equipped Maez with a level 14 gun she had, bought an ammon pouch and bullets and set off.

I found a boar and decided to abandom my cat, Pook, since I only plan to level one pet up. I trained the boar easily enough and fed him up. I haven't decided on a name yet, maybe another Beefy?

I tried him out on the local gnolls and accidently started a fight with Hogger, a level 11 elite. I was worried at first since my gun skill was still very low and a fresh pet, only just trained with rank 2 Growl but it didn't turn out to be a problem, Hogger went down.

The rest of the Gnolls were level 9-10 and grey so I decided to press on to Westful for serious level grinding.

The gun skill improved very rapidly and was soon viable.

Fighting level 14-15 Harvest Watchers was more of a challenge as the Boar didn't hold agro very well, Maez's first arcane shot was enough to pull agro. I actually exploited this as a chance to practise kiting. It is still my intention to level Maez as a Markswoman and I almost want to get agro and learn to deal with it. The main problem with kiting is the initial getting space between you and the mob, more of a challenge at these levels without Aspect of the Cheetah. It's a matter of spamming Wing Clip and then turn and run once it hits (about a 50/50 chance).

I kinda like Westfall, something about the bleakness is restful. I'm normally glad when I've finished there though.