Things fell into place yesterday evening. I logged into WAR to find several people already online. A few more came on shortly after and before long we had a full warband heading out to complete yesterday’s Heavy Metal Event (HME). The nature of the event allowed us to combine T3 and T4 characters. That combination wasn’t without its funny moments. The T3 rank healer accidentally got herself RVR flagged and healed us T4 people a couple of times, which promptly turned us into chickens. I was laughing too hard to remember to take any pictures. Boo me!
After completing the HME us T4ers went off to gain some Chapter 18 Influence points. I quickly hit rank 32 and am 75% of the way to rank 33. I will of course, see rank 33 before the weekend is out. One of the more interesting Public Quests called down a dragon as the Stage III hero. She was no Onyxia but it was exciting to see her hovering overhead while we killed our way through her minions. Once we’d dispatched them all, she landed with a thud and the clash of wills began. Of course she lost and dropped phat loots.
I also finished solo grinding Chapter 17 in Thunder Mountain for a very cool staff. The stats are great for my class and it looks sweet. I'm so happy to finally have a different looking staff. I got so sick of looking at the other model I would have changed regardless of stats just to having something different to look at but it seemed like that was the only model available until late T3. Consequently, I had the same staff model for 31 levels. Level 32 brought me my first new model which I enjoyed. However, it was short lived and quickly replaced by the Elite Influence reward staff from Ch17. Isn't it purrrrrrrrrrrty!!
It’s been a good week all ‘round in WAR. The HME has brought more players online at a decent hour making it easier to find PVE groups to do content with, in between running the HME scenario, Reikland Factory (RF). RF is a riotous battle in and of itself and lots of fun. I for one, am hoping RF remains in the line-up, even after the event is over.
I got a picture of some chickens from that night... albeit just a couple. I've got to remember to post them.
I'm loving Reikland. And the fact that they're adding in little tiny objectives or "fluff" to it as the event goes on is genius.
Like last night's scouting quest, or the fact that we'll soon have to kill chickens (not player chickens) inside for a quest, or find a sand castle (who knows why, but I'll do it!).
It's these kinds of little things, directed tasks that are making the Heavy Metal event stand out in my mind as one of the best live events in any game I've played. The thing changes each day, and it doesn't require that I'm able to play for hours to take part and reap the rewards.
I'd love to see this same amount of care and consideration done for an O-RvR Event one day.
Posted by: JoBildo | November 21, 2008 at 08:55 AM