Category: Gaming

A Skimmer Mount (finally)

I don’t tend to look ahead when it comes to story lines, and that included the how-to in obtaining mounts in GW2. I have owned the springer and the raptor for quite some time but I held off on the skimmer not knowing what was involved.

I should have gotten it a lot sooner.

It’s a very easy quest chain (probably one of the easiest) and before I knew it I was gliding along the sands (and water) with the new mount. While I was at it, I decided to look up the requirements on the next mounts. Those ones, will be a while, lol. Still, progress is progress!

Happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.

A Little Minecraft

It has been a while since I played any minecraft, but a new patch came out and with it a renewed interest in the game. Moumix set up a server and himself along with a few friends have started playing there sporadically. It’s a modded server with a few packs that I’m familiar with, but it has been so long since I played last that I’ve pretty much forgotten anything I know about the game.

One thing I do like quite a bit is that there are quests in this mod bundle, and the UI has improved a thousand times compared to how it used to be. I spent yesterday making a house not too far away from the spawn spot so I would have a place to run to. Then I went exploring.

There are some ancient golems that are pretty painful, but besides that my only real danger were some pirates hanging out on ships in the ocean. I had never seen them before and I was reluctant to get a closer look, so I kept my distance. I’m still deciding what I want to create next, probably an entrance to a mine, and then some better tools. My stone ones are OK but they wear out quickly.

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

Hours Upon Hours

There are very few games out there that I have played as long as I have played Wurm Unlimited (Wurm Online would probably surpass) and I always wonder if that’s a good thing or not. It’s great that I’ve found a game that constantly captures my attention, with a community that can rarely be beat (granted the community also comes and goes in waves, Wurm is not for the faint of heart, even in the Unlimited version) the problem my nomadic gaming lifestyle is not constructive to a game like Wurm.

If you log out your animals die, and if you continue to avoid the server you could lose your entire deed. This helps free up land for newcomers, but it’s also condition on current players that can potentially cause stress. Thankfully the GMs for the specific server that I play on are understanding in these cases, and they grant players a variety of days (depending on how developed the deed is) before it disbands.

I have tried over the years to quit playing, to give up and let my deed disband (it has, once) but I always end up returning. It’s probably the best $5 I’ve ever spent, there were some sales where it dropped down to $1, and for 4,000 hours of gameplay, I certainly have no complaints.

GW2 Goals

Just a simple list of things I’d like to work on and acomplish in GW2. No timeline for any of it, they’re just things to give me a bit of direction when I find myself floundering (which is often, there always seems like so much to do I never know which to actually work on).

  • Finish Living World Season 2, 3, and 4
  • Finish PoF
  • Unlock as many mounts as I can
  • Finish Heart of Thorns
  • Obtain a legendary weapon
  • Finish gearing up in ascended gear
  • Unlock the tiger backpack & mini

Picking Out Mount Skins

Yesterday ArenaNet announced a new promotion for GW2 where for 2400 gems you’d get a little bundle of goodies each Tuesday for four weeks. Each week you DIDN’T buy the bundle, the cost would go up slightly. The first bundle included a dye pack, a mini pack, and two mount skins to choose from.

Now I only have two mounts unlocked so far (the raptor and the springer) but I have high hopes of getting the rest unlocked over time. I absolutely could not pass up on the Starshell skin for the roller beetle mount even though I am no where near getting it.

I also picked out a skin for the skimmer mount, that’s one I should be able to get fairly soon.

What can I say, to quote Pixel One – “GW2 end game is Fashion Wars” – she’s completely right, and I love it.