Wurm Online

December Impalong #WurmOnline

stargrace December 5, 2012 0Comment

I’ve always been a huge fan of player run events, no matter what game they happen to take place in, and for Wurm Online that means the Impalong. This years is going to be especially gigantic, not only is is the last year for Willow to be hosting it, but it also takes place after 1.0 goes live which means we’ll have armor graphics and multi story and “officially” be out of our 6 year open beta.

So what is an “impalong”? The name comes from ‘improve’ which is of course how you better all items in Wurm Online, you ‘imp’ them. There is a pretty detailed post about the event on the Wurm forums, which you can read here. The event takes place at Festival Cove, which is on the Independence server, just south (and slightly West) of The Howl, which is where new players on Independence first land.

You don’t need to be of high skill to participate in the event for prizes, and there are some very nice ones so far:

• 1 gold coin yes thats right a whole shiny gold coin!
• 95ql Drake Set    there will be some enchants on this set, but as of yet it is still being worked on
• 1 Settlement form    plus 10 silver to help you get started
• 7q pickaxe (102 coc) – thank you Eladia
• free pan filling   (10k  meals) everything supplied – thank you Ishy and Akan
• another 1g coin – Ruger will hold a contest to be decided later – thank you Ruger
• Boat – Thanks Ugora
• 2 cherrywood sailboats,  both are over 60 ql and will come with lock and anchor – Thank you Crutchly
• I will be donating a full set (minus greathelm) of enchanted 90ql scale.  AoSP from 83-93 across the set – Thank you Tam
• 5 freee forge imping – Thank you Raycg
• 91CoC 5QL butchering knife  – Thank you Blahsonson
• 2 rope tools of 26 and 23QL, both with 63CoC – Thank you again Blahsonson
• Brass Compass ql 82.60 – Thanks Raybarg
• super special prize alert* 1 newbie account comes with a full year premium already added
• Variety of high enchanted tools and weps for random daily shout out giveaways – c/o Tam again, thank you so much Tam, always my partner in crime.

I’ll be sailing down with some of my deed mates as we get closer to December 19th. The event runs from then until January 2nd, so there’s plenty of time for people to make their way.

Of course the more people who help out for this event, the better. I’ll be bringing two priests down with me to act as batteries / cast spells for those who need it, as well as Stargrace to help out where she can. Without the players behind this event, it would never happen.

If you play Wurm Online but you’ve never checked out this yearly event before, or you’re thinking of getting involved in Wurm and want to see what a player run event is like – this is your chance. Come help make this years the best ever.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

Peaceful Days #WurmOnline

stargrace December 4, 2012 0Comment

Things in Wurm Online are going well. The dock has been completed at Mystic Cove, and I’ve been working on my skills. I expanded the deed slightly, taking in a bit more land. I tried to fix up the waterfront a bit but along the East side is a lot of clay that is a bit of a pain to terraform.

Today I spent most of my day on the steppe collecting animal bits so that I could trade them to another player who will use them for alchemy. In return I’ll get 75c credit at his dye store. I have my eye set on some pink dye for my brand new sailboat that Moumix crafted for me.

In the mean time, tonight disaster of a sort struck. I died in a mine due to a troll, and so far have been unable to find my corpse. It’s fallen into the geometry of the game so I’ve had to send in a support ticket. On the corpse are all my tools, armor, and keys. Hopefully I can get it back.

As always happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

What Else is There to do? #WurmOnline

stargrace November 27, 2012 1Comment

Despite the fact that a lot of my posts talk about me creating my deed in Wurm Online – that’s actually my least favorite thing to do. I would prefer to purchase a full deed already built, which is what I did when I first obtained Thorin’s Bay. There was very little work that needed to be done. Since this time I was starting over completely from scratch (literally, no tools or armor or anything until Yetian donated some) I had no choice but to build Mystic Cove from the ground up. Now that the village is up and running I’m enjoying myself 100x more than I was before, which is a huge amount since I was enjoying myself while building the village too. That’s just how smitten I am with Wurm Online. Anyhow.

What else is there to do if you’re not working on your deed? Well. There’s a LOT of things. Some of my favorite things to do include alchemy (making healing covers, and dye), animal husbandry (taking care of animals, grooming them, breeding them), working on a skill like weaponsmithing, leather working, chain armor, or cloth. Creating bows, or arrows. Exploring and pillaging old lands that have since been abandoned. Building ships. Working on hot food cooking – and under that same category, making wine. Farming. Fishing. Working on my meditation skill.  That doesn’t even include the ‘basic’ skills that people tend to work on (especially to sell in bulk) like mining, making bricks, digging, making planks, etc.

There’s always a LOT to do in Wurm, and it really depends on what you enjoy doing. If you don’t enjoy building your own village then don’t do it! That’s the fastest way to get annoyed at the game. Later this week I’ll be posting a few “what the tutorial doesn’t tell you” posts, so look for those in a few days time.

Meanwhile, I’ll be working my weaponsmithing. Slow. That’s the word that best describes this skill, lol. It’s perfect to do while multi tasking though and watching shows on Netflix or writing a blog post and working on NaNoWriMo.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

Progress on Mystic Cove #WurmOnline

stargrace November 22, 2012 0Comment

A week back in Wurm Online, and Mystic Cove is coming along nicely. The digging has been completed, which took the majority of the week to do. The dirt from the hills Moumix and myself have cleared was used to fill in the waterfront and square it off. The land used to have rows jutting out for people to try to park between but they were really difficult to navigate and I more often than not found myself parking the boat up on land, through a fence. Now that it’s squared off, parking is much easier. There’s also a lot more usable land, having covered a good portion of water.

That’s one of the (many) things I love about Wurm online. You very literally change and adjust the layout of the land. You can build mountains or take them down. You can create islands (so long as you have the dirt), tunnels, caves, anything in your imagination.

The kitchen was completed out of wood. The public shrine building will be stone, which is my project for today. The workshop is also stone, and my villa is wood (which I should also be able to complete today). Working on one deed for so long can make you a bit stir crazy, so I’ve taken some trips exploring old lands, to see how they’ve held up since I’ve been gone. Sadly Arkenor’s place is no more, but I did salvage a few items from where his buildings once stood.

I also read today about the December “Impalong” which is a player run event on the Independence server. I’m going to try my hardest to attend, it runs from December 19th until January 2nd, and there are some very amazing prizes being given away. It will also be the final time that the event is hosted by Willow, who is an amazing person.

I’m still sorting through my progress pictures, but I am going to have an album organized fairly soon. It feels very good to be back in game, even if it’s not the most popular game out there. Wurm has always felt like home.

Happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!