Massively Botched Rescue
Posted: Fri 12.12.2008, 02:50
Something very strange just happened on the main server. I was handing out semi-worthless stuff from running around on 1200ft (+3,+2 broadswords and things like that). Suddenly, some low level players who were running around on 300ft were both killed by a Dreadmaster.
A Dreadmaster on 300ft. Knowing that a Dreadmaster was bad (it had the word "dread" in it's name), but not knowing just how bad it was, I decided to offer a rescue. They accepted, and I recalled down and killed it. As soon as I killed it, both of them shot up roughly 20 levels. One of them was level one to begin with (I think it was from experience drain). Oops.
I didn't know that Dreadmasters were that EXP-valuable. I went on to clear a small pit filled with surprisingly difficult monsters (they took 10 heal potions). I assumed that the monsters in the pit just had cool sounding names and weren't worth much EXP. Luckily, I was right on that. The pit didn't have much of an impact on the other people's experience (or maybe I missed it, I was preoccupied with not dying).
I'm just posting this topic to say that this wasn't a case of powerleveling, it was an honest mistake. None of us knew that these things gave so much EXP. I know that all the mods here are pretty cool when it comes to the RNG trying to get nubnub banned, but I just want to make sure that everyone knows what happened. It was pretty awesome, but it was unintentional.
A Dreadmaster on 300ft. Knowing that a Dreadmaster was bad (it had the word "dread" in it's name), but not knowing just how bad it was, I decided to offer a rescue. They accepted, and I recalled down and killed it. As soon as I killed it, both of them shot up roughly 20 levels. One of them was level one to begin with (I think it was from experience drain). Oops.
I didn't know that Dreadmasters were that EXP-valuable. I went on to clear a small pit filled with surprisingly difficult monsters (they took 10 heal potions). I assumed that the monsters in the pit just had cool sounding names and weren't worth much EXP. Luckily, I was right on that. The pit didn't have much of an impact on the other people's experience (or maybe I missed it, I was preoccupied with not dying).
I'm just posting this topic to say that this wasn't a case of powerleveling, it was an honest mistake. None of us knew that these things gave so much EXP. I know that all the mods here are pretty cool when it comes to the RNG trying to get nubnub banned, but I just want to make sure that everyone knows what happened. It was pretty awesome, but it was unintentional.