So I get on last night, and watch as Armboy’s attempt to load a Friglantis killed the only Cit run on the board — only to have his Friglantis run peter out as well. So, I decide to join a rather strange Kraken run being loaded by a guy named Rohitpa. He was looking to load a baglah — 18 people for a kraken. He did attempt to organize things, looking for 9 eggers, 5 podders, a small chest runner, and 3 bombers. We only had 2 bombers, and no one specifically for small chests — we were actually a few people short on each category, but on the whole I thought it went well. I definitely learned a few things…
1. The importance of a GOOD bomber can not be stressed enough. The value of 2 GOOD bombers is beyond words. On at least 3 separate occasions I was nose to nose with a tentacle – I heard that comforting boom of a powder keg, and the tentacle slithered below the waves allowing me to safely return home.
2. 15 to 18 people are too many – but 12 might work well. 2 bombers when there’s only 7 people hurts the harvesting effort. Bombing is fine, but someone still has to get the chests. But too many people and you… Well, let’s put it like this. Last night, I was doing very well in getting pods, EXCEPT for my run ins with a furry blue, hook nosed muppet of a pirate (who shall remain nameless) constantly trying to kill me. I’m serious – I’d be heading out from the start, and this guy would be stalled in front of me. He’d spend multiple turns looping in whirlpools I was desperately trying to get through. He’d knock me off course and into walls. I swear, one trip up, he’d ran me into two walls, and then sat at the only safe exit for the pod box, like he was waiting for me to exit so he could kill me. Unfortunately, Yarmatey was also trying to get through – she asked me to go, and all I could say was ***** (the pirate’s name). He finally managed to trap himself next to a wall, and I made my escape — only to have him directly in front of me as I was trying to leave the board!! The next trip up, I managed to avoid him completely and manage a 6 minute or less pod (which is good for me).
3. Vent is really useful, as long as you keep the chatter to just navving issues.
Anyway, for 3 entries, I got 26K and a pair of inky fancy boots – not bad for 90 minutes. But then, things got weird – I encountered this in my chat log..
I started getting strange chat appearing in my window. One of them, Brokenhalo, is a hearty of mine, so I tried to find where I was when I was near her talking to someone – and I couldn’t find them. i finally did a /w and discovered them on a ship somewhere else. Somehow the game decided to send their chat to me.
Maybe the kraken is making Lillyth a little schizo….