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[Saradomin_Mage]

Q should be hitting the Scythe region by the next reset :)

[Quyneax]

So much PoP progress. :thumbsup: Think you'll make the next zone by Christmas?

As Gwyn said, I'm hitting the Scythe region today. The region after that will take a week or so, probably (~15%/day). If I can keep up sending all voyages, which will be hard with just two ships. Fairly close to 3 ships now though.

[Saradomin_Mage]

Bowl region should be 450k distance, so it's looking like at least 200 voyages lol

[Zaaps1]

Scythe Region:

 

Card Sharp (morale)

Crows' Nest Sniper (combat)

Explosives Expert (speed)

 

Winds' Home (new island) - 5k all stats - Sea Witch crew reward

Bureaucrat - +75 Solidarity

Merchant - +25% resources

 

omg snipers quick we need more spies

[Quyneax]

 

The Seafaring boosting crew is called Cartographer btw, not in Gwyn's list above.

 

Got a bureaucrat for hire, 500 cherrywood fml :/.

[Saradomin_Mage]

Awesome stuff as ever :D

[Quyneax]

Awesome stuff as ever :D

Thanks.

 

Actually got a second vial of laquer (???) and so far I've had 3 mission rerolls in the Scythe (two ships sent, sent out a quick bamboo voyage, sent one ship again) and one mission was a trait (98%) and the other slate (5500/5500 for 300). Going to need ~800 more bamboo and ~1500 more slate so idm the slate voyages. They're also much faster.

 

(lol rest of post, was too excited to post the map XD)

[Kaida23]

Nice! :thumbsup:

[Quyneax]

Thanks Kaida :).

 

Scythe update: bought rudder (500 cherrywood for +350 speed, yes please) and a cartographer, now saving for bureaucrat. Voyages are loooong, 3h40 or so even with decent speed. But I haven't failed any so a good amount of cherrywood was gathered. Need 800 bamboo 400 slate for another ship, so that's my focus for today, but overnight I do long missions for cherrywood.

 

Also, scroll mission for 12k morale and 2 laquer mission for 11k morale. I think I'll go with story mission @ 3k morale, ty.

[Saradomin_Mage]

Sending out two ships atm which will get me to the Scythe! Gonna keep focus on Arc/Hook though, since I'm about 100 bamboo and 700 slate from the third ship.

[Quyneax]

Sending out two ships atm which will get me to the Scythe! Gonna keep focus on Arc/Hook though, since I'm about 100 bamboo and 700 slate from the third ship.

I am jellified by your three ships :(. Need 800 more bamboo but don't have time to babysit 20 minute voyages atm -.-. Ah well, Scythe voyages getting done well. 160k travelled.

[Zaaps1]

A brief diversion from PoP, however awesome they are.

 

Does the Royal Crossbow still have any special mechanic to it, or did they get rid of that after EoC?

[Saradomin_Mage]

Got rid of it.

 

It's still a godly weapon though, basically a ranged cmaul

[Quyneax]

^Indeed, well worth it.

 

Got 4k slate 2.5k bamboo, decent Scythe crew (2 morale/seafaring 1 combat 1 merchant 1 bureaucrat), rudder upgrade, still haven't failed any missions. Convict story mission #1 done, fun stuff. Out of ~8 Arc-focused missions I got today, two were bamboo -.-.

 

O and, somewhere between months ago and now, my scroll wheel started working again. When I switched to Chrome, it stopped working (RS only), but now it's fine again. ???.

[MightyMuddy]

Seems my port is suffering in comparison, surely you're near the head of the pack?

[Quyneax]

Seems my port is suffering in comparison, surely you're near the head of the pack?

I'm still a day behind the lead I'm pretty sure :P. Accidentally skipped a mission today too :( (2 laquer, wanted to check for duration). And failed the Occultist mission #3, first fail in a while.

 

Up to 1100 cherrywood, 100 more for a hull upgrade, if I get the next ship first I'll buy crew instead.

 

Focusing on Arc again, first two missions: chimes only (20 mins) and slate. This bloody port doesn't want me to gather bamboo -.-.

[Saradomin_Mage]

Think the leader on the HLF is at 20% lol. Insane luck + good voyages to power through.

 

Meanwhile just rolled a 13k morale for 2 chi :mad:

[Quyneax]

Need a voyage reroll then! And poor you, that's a useless mission :(.

 

Today, I got 98 smithing, combat cherrywood hull, and Winds Home island unlock:

 

 

190k travelled.

[Saradomin_Mage]

Any clue on what the distance from Winds' Home was?

[Zaaps1]

Got rid of it.

 

It's still a godly weapon though, basically a ranged cmaul

^Indeed, well worth it.

 

Now quick question. Isn't the Unload ultimate waaayy better than the Incendiary shot ultimate, given that the intended target does not move?

[Saradomin_Mage]

Only if the target does not move :D

 

Both ultimates kinda suck imo, I think Rapid Fire hits way better than either of them

[Zaaps1]

But against bosses, they wouldn't move, right?

 

And why would rapid fire be better when Unload takes out 35% x3 of max lp?

[Saradomin_Mage]

Unload's strictly better against bosses, but don't most of them have some damage cap that stops Unload from wrecking them completely?

 

Rapid Fire's better against players, getting a lot more damage out compared to Unload.

[Zaaps1]

Unload's strictly better against bosses, but don't most of them have some damage cap that stops Unload from wrecking them completely?

 

Rapid Fire's better against players, getting a lot more damage out compared to Unload.

 

Eh. That makes it even better than Incendiary Shot. And I don't PvP at all.

[Quyneax]

Ports update: bought ram, morale deck item, bunch of crew. Failed a 500 cherrywood mission (:() but overall gained quite a bit. Sent out dual assassin/convict mission for 650 + 25% merchant @ 93% to succeed, so that should be good. 25% to the Bowl, 805 port score. Haven't seen any of the special island crew yet.