Cay's Diary

12.12.05 A Hiryuu-project.




As Lootius is my witness, I shall kill one thousand Hiryuus (1000) from this moment on.

I will report the skill gain, maturity level and weapon used.

Please watch my progress on this thread.

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At the beginning her skill in rifle 1018, weapon Murdand Groover/Opalo with amp A104

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Thousand Hiryuus -a skilling test

Hiryuu counter

Hiryuus killed: 3
Youngs: 2
Matures: 1

Other mobs killed:
Atrax young: 4| rifle gain:+1 |ammo used on them 54/each last one with axe
Exosaur Mature: 1 with axe
Merps: 2 with axe
Molisks: 1 with axe

Hours spent: 02:21:02
Loot gained: 5,65 peds


Ammo used/left: 452/6689
Begun with 4133 ammo,
After second day 3931 left
After third day 3689 left
Ammo refils: Bought 14.12.05 3k ammo.
Loot picked: No loot so far

Skill gain:
|Rifle gain:| +1 | Was 1018 | Now: 1019|rank: qualified
|Evade gain:| +7 | Was 372 | Now:379|

Skill gain rate on rifle: apprx. 1 level/hiryuu

Unlocked skills: none at level 1019

Tactics

I´ll plan starting with young and adult ones. Try to not kill other mobs, but let them kill me. I keep my gear fully repaired between sessions.

I use Murdand Groover to alarm the Hiryuu and then kill it with amped Opalo.

So far I´ve got approx. one skill level per hiryuu adult.


Glossary:

Session: time spent on the project, usually between relogs and/or changing locations
Time: MindArk time
MG =L/Murdand Groover. Ammo burn 5, no learning gain, penetration 2, dmg burn 19 damage intervall: 5.5-21, range 70-77
SO = Sollomate Opalo ammo burn 2 (=3 with amp A104), learning gain 100%, penetration 0 (with amp 2), dmg intervall 11-22, range 55

Day one - quest begins...location not found

#1 East Scylla Mountains
Session time: 12:38:56-12:50:01 00:12:26 hours

Report:
My quest of finding Hiryuu close enough the East Scylla Mountains TP was a complete failure. Already broke my own rules by killing an atrax young (=rifle gain +1 ammo left 4079) and an exosaur mature with an axe.

Any ideas where to find Hiryuus, preferrably young ones near a TP...or at least near a revival?

#2 Camp Echinda
Session time: 19:28:11-19:45:34 00:17:23 hours

Report:
I got a lead about Hiryuus on Fort Enchinda. TP´ed there and head East. Located some Hiryuu olds and providers...my gun did not even reach to that far up! Wasted 8 shoots on my 6-ammo-burn Murdand Groover for nothing.
-No kill. Ammo left: 4039
Wandered a bit around just to bump into a bunch of berycles and decided to T. Time 19:45:34

#3 Wolverine Hope
Session time: 19:45:40-19:56:16 00:10:36 hours

Report:
Got another hot lead about big murder of Hiryuus between Wolverine Hope and Genesis TPs on Amethera. Wandered around and saw a Barhogg but no Hiryuus. My quest was to find a location with Hiryuus and a TP or at least revival nearby. TP´ed off. Time 20:00:12


#4 Fort Pandora
Session time: 20:01:57-20:07:26 00:05:29 hours

Report:
Yet another lead took me to East of Pandora. Found lot´s of Sabacumas, berycled and some Molisks. No Hiryuu. My quest was interrupted by a gang of berycled...and because of my vouche of silen....uh vouche of pardon. They killed me... Time: 20:07:26

Ended up on outpost I did not yet have, far east from PvP3. I´m stuck. Atraxes all around. I think I´m gonna have to brake the rules again.

Conclution on day 1: Note to self: "Do not waste ammo. Find ONE place and stay on it"

Day 2 -run to the hills!

#5 Outpost somewhere east of PvP3
Session time: 12:55:26-13:51:12 00:57:49 hours

Report:
Gotting stuck on an outpost far from nowhere. Funny...last time I was stuck on an outpost was on my orange days...this goddamn pardon-vouche

Started to run to NW and found myself -again- to be surrounded by red dots on radar. Atraxes...more atraxes. As I was computing the best route to avoid the dots, two atraxes attacked me. "Damn!" I cursed; "I goddamn am not gonna subdue to two youngsters...if I am, I´m not gonna get the **ll-out of here, ever!." So I decided to pardon myself from the pardon...and started to shoot at them my heart out! Ooooohhhh that felt soooo gooood.

*relieved*

So, after killing the two younglings...no loot...and no skill gain...ammo left 3931......While counting my losses I got heavily punished by the angry family of the two young-ones....Can you imagine this? 8 full-grown atraxes on my back at once!!! I had no change to do anything. Got eventually killed by a Provider.

Back to the same outpost again.

Healing mysefl I kept thinking a new tactics: instead of trying to go to Pandora or East Scylla...I´d try to get to Minopolis. Much less traffic along there...and maybe -maybe- I could even get there without breaking my pardon again.

On with it.

Begun to run towards Minopolis, running SE. On the way there I ended up on an island with a castle! Morningtear Castle it was named. Owned by Jenna Star Mercury! Not giving the coords...cause it is a private castle. Just have to say Jenna: very cosy!

After crossing the "crosses on the hill" (actually some kind of cross-looking plants) I run into some armaxes. One eager Bull wanted a piece of me, but I managed to outrun it quite easily. Kept going SE, when my arch-enemy the Atrax Provider noticed me around. Need to mention I died?

13:30:31 Another outpost on 23621,7 19183,4

After exploring the surroundings and properly healed I continued running South. Time 13:33:41.

Funny enough a Merp (which I could have slapped to death with one hand behind my back) believed I was annoying, so -as very common to Merps- it begun to hount me. A 1 dmg by 1 dmg it kept hitting me. I tought it was so small I did not even bother to FAP. Then his three bigger cousins joined the gang-bang...still believed I could run far enough to manage close enough to Minopolis.....the Merp Mature did Critical....end of Cay's running days.

New tactics: going to swim

Short run East, the swimming South, short run to Minopolis, Done. That was easy... *Note to self: never under-estimate the power of many*

Time 13:57:29 TP to Orthos West

Right on the spot recommended to me by many. Thank you everyone! I will now locate the Hiryuus and get -finally- on the killing. Tomorrow.

Conclution on day 2: "A smallest thing might be weak alone...but joined together with similar mobs, they are strong."

Day 3 -Oh Thank you Lootius! My first sight!

#6 Orthos West Mound
Session time: 12:49:32-13:23:31 00:39:14 hours

Report:
Feeling very confident about today´s hunt I decided to repair my gear (cost 10,57) and head up NW

So many people had tipped me to hunt here, so I was to meet some Hiryuus eventually.

I headed NW and bumped into some umbranoids...damn what a luck!! Because of the pardon I did not even try to kill it, so I was to end up back to the revival.

Nah...nothing could dimmen my mood today!


On with it -again.

Decided to head straight to west and this time I saw few molisks and one merp...how unusuall, the merp attacked me. So I took my loyal axe and it took only two swift hits to kill it. Another Merp on the counter. It was also the very first loot on this mission: 79 pecs


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Then, finally I saw it!!! What a beautiful sight!!! A Hiryuu Mature!!! At my reach!
Thank you Lootius! This bird I shall kill to thy name!

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Time 13:00:20

It took two shots from my Murdand Groover to lure it down and to finish him 10 shots on my Opalo. 40 ammo burned. And even some loot!!!! 1,7 peds! Thank you Lootius again!

The glory lasted few moments, when a Merp came on to me again...what´s with these mobs anyways?? Swift axe hit and it was gone...poor soul. Two Merps today.

Not a moment to breath and an atrax young came running and as I already had the axe I let it swing again. Was almost to die, but the near-by miner named Sandman came to my rescue and fapped me while I swing on the atrax to it´s death. So thank you Sandman! The atrax also gave some loot 1,6 peds. Hope these will increase along time, though.

Then wondering around a few moments, looking more Hiryuus and avoiding Merps and Molisks I finally located three of them. "This is my lucky day!" I rejoiced.

BUT BUT BUT my MG suddenly did not seem to reach them, although they were youngsters. Odd it was. I spend 22 shots with my MG trying to hit one.

One Molisk was thinking I made too much noise and I had to show him the axe... *sigh* Then on the bird again. FINALLY I hit and it begun to fly lower at the range of my opalo.

Second bird down and some 76 pecs loot. Time 13:08:50 Ammo left 3726 The another Hiryuu was easier to shoot down and I used 2 shots with MG and 9 shots with opalo 78 pec loot. Ammo left 3689

So three today!!! Yeiii!

Then I started to draw a table on my notebook to keep track what I was doing and did not notice an ATROX PROVIDER to approach...

Well...as I was happily rejoined with the revival, I decided to repair my kit (cost 3,78) again and buy some more ammo, bought 3k (30 peds worth.)

Ammo left before bought: 3689
Ammo amount now: 6689
No skill gain on rifle, evade to 379, fap to 457


Conclution on day 3: "Keep your mind on what you are doing."