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gaia_left What are your opinions of the event so far?
Considering we are at just the "tutorial" stage of the event so far, I am disappointed on how much this event is frustrating me already. Instead of their typical "This is what you need to push to do such-and-such," it's more of a "Let's-throw-you-to-the-wolves-and-let-you-figure-it-out" set up. If you are familiar with RPG games, it might go a bit easier than those who aren't as game savvy. The battle mechanisms are fairly easy to understand, you can either attack or use an item. However, there seems to be a lot of aspects of the battle mechanisms that still needs to be balanced out more even with what adjustments they've apparently done.

gaia_right What class and moral alignment would your avi be?
Druid/Ranger/Cleric. Chaotic Good.

gaia_up Any music you're listening to while you're playing?
"One Way or Another" by Blondie was the first song that popped into my head after playing a few rounds of the game.

gaia_down Any tips or strategies you want to share?
- Pay attention to what the NPCs are saying when you wonder around town. One of them will mention something which is a clue on where you need to go to find another NPC who will direct you to where the dungeon is located.
- After opening the dungeon, go back into town. Two stores will now be open - one for armor, another for potions. Stock up on the items. Make sure to equip your armor by selecting the purple bag of holding icon and clicking on the armor! ((Another "tutorial" aspect they don't tell you about.))
- Don't bother creating yourself a cheat sheet on where to go in each floor of the dungeon (unless it helps you from getting confused and lost), if you end up being killed before reaching the boss. The maps randomly regenerate new layouts each time you reenter. At this time, no one seems to know if there's a certain number of map layouts it circulates through.
- Final Boss is on the 4th floor (as soon as you go down the stairs). So once you find the stairs on the 3rd floor, make sure your health is full and you have utilized 3 of both the strength and defense potions.
- During battles, there's two strategies to consider on who to attack: 1) Kill the monsters closer to you than those furthest away and 2) Kill the stronger enemies (i.e. Jack, Imps, etc.) before the slimes.

I finally was able to find the boss (again) and defeat it!

In case you haven't heard, there's now a frying pan weapon available for purchase. Better stats than either of the swords you can purchase.

The map is a nice addition. Makes it so much easier to figure out where I've been and haven't been.

What are your opinions of the event so far? When I logged in, I was genuinely surprised they'd gone to the effort of making a semi-decent summer event. But also amused by reusing old assets for backgrounds and baddies. It's like they went digging around in their recycle bin.

What class and moral alignment would your avi be? I typically play the Chaotic Good alignment. I also like Bards because they tend to be the jack of all trades type.

Any music you're listening to while you're playing? No, I'm at work and have to listen to two radios tuned to two different channels, plus the phone. It's a slow Sunday though, so I'm able to play on the side and keep up with documentation/routing calls.

Any tips or strategies you want to share? I literally went to the forums, found a thread with a guide in it, and have been following it. I'm supremely lazy with some RPGs, especially kinda lame ones like this just meant for passing time. xd

That would make sense. Once they've laid the groundwork, I imagine it's relatively easy to create new content or change various elements to match whatever theme they'd be going for.

They've been releasing parts of the event over the month time frame, so that's why it's been going so long.

This event is so close to reaching its finale. whee