June 27, 2013

Legacy Family – Day 2 #TS3 #TheSims3

Screenshot-180Even though a new Sims 3 expansion is out (Island Paradise) I decided that I didn’t want to neglect my new legacy family too much, so I went back and started playing today. As you can see by the screenshot above things are not exactly going well for this little sim. I couldn’t keep going to the neighbours place to shower and forage for food, they kicked me out again and asked me to leave. I figure spending money at the store buying pre-made food is probably not very healthy or money wise, so I came to a tough decision.

It was time to get rid of my walls.

It almost looks like I downgraded since now I don’t have a house at all, but at least I can shower, eat, and sleep. So what if there’s a raccoon pillaging my fridge in the night and everyone can see into the shower.

Things started getting even harder from that point. First of all I work as a dishwasher, so I don’t exactly make a lot of money and my promotions are heavily influenced on the mood my sim is in at work. Of course with no walls barely any food and $3 to my name as you can imagine my mood is not exactly very high. I’ve gone to work twice, and made about $140 each time. The second blow came when I realized that it’s “Leisure Day” tomorrow in game which means no work at all. Normally that’s how my sim passes her time, since she sure can’t afford to do too much. Hopefully the festival is not too expensive, maybe she can even win a hot dog eating contest and come home with a snow cone machine or some other handy item that I can sell.

In the meantime, lets collect those dishes and was– crap. I don’t have a sink.

Ding, a Level 70 Paladin #EverQuest

EQ000080Yesterday I decided I would try to get the paladin to level 70 – this lets me group up with level 100 characters, the current cap in game. I started out in The Undershore and then at 65 I moved over to Wall of Slaughter. There was the usual group of afk-levelers hanging out with their mercenary but aside from that the zone was relatively quiet. I boxed the paladin and the ranger together, along with the rangers J5 tank mercenary. There were two deaths when I got a bit too adventurous but for the most part it all went very well.

I also took down a raid mob that was in the zone that I didn’t realize was actually a raid mob until I started fighting it and noticed that the mob was dying very slowly (and my mercenary was dying not so slowly). I used the ranger emergency skills and managed to kill it before I wiped, yay. Sadly the mob is used for nothing more than someone else’ epic, so it wasn’t of any use to me but since I had pulled it by mistake to begin with I wasn’t that heartbroken.

This morning has been spent gearing the paladin up in defiant gear, the level 70-80 gear is incredibly cheap which is always a nice thing when you have as many alts as I do. I also went and purchased her spells and am now ready to brave Norrath once more. I have her set to 100% aa for the time being so I can try to catch up. Even at 70 there are a LOT of achievements I need. I’ll probably team up with Oger and do lower level zones that still grant him aa so that we can both benefit.

One of the best parts of being level 70 now aside from being able to group with a level 100 character is the fact that I qualify for the MGB buffs that get cast in the guild lobby (I believe 65 is the actual level you need to qualify). Sitting there for a little bit of time means when I go out exploring I am all ready. Still undecided as to whether or not I’ll work on crafting with the paladin, but I’m tickled with the progress so far.