Jeez that sounds familiar. Same thing happened to a ranger and a warrior
from my guild. Same spot and all. And in our situation, the GM's still
said tough sh*t. We finally managed to do the CR after a 6 hour stint with
the help of a level 30 something Shaman and Druid. It was a nightmare.
Glad it worked out for you.
Weiland
<Disciples of Truth>
Erollisi Marr
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel P. Sniderman" <fuzzbone@...>
To: "EQ Bards" <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 2:15 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Bard Handicap of Sorts
> I guess my brother-in-law would prefer if I said =
> "Differently-abled".. but anyhow - another situation where an advantage =
> sort of works to our disadvantage..
>
> I had the nastiest of nasty corpse retrieval problems in lava in Sol =
> A. Last week I fell in lava (not sure how it happened - I think it was =
> lag relate.. So never having been in that situation I start running =
> (swimming?) through the lava to try to find a way out. Can't figure it =
> out - so I try to retrace my steps and eventually die. I petition to =
> try get help - and the guide says no more than "get a friend to help". =
> I had a gig Tuesday night so I had to leave..
>
> After my Wednesday gig - I come on at 1:00 AM and my west-coast =
> Druid buddy is about to log - so he agrees to help me. He casts =
> levitate on me and I start looking for my corpse. He gets attacked and =
> has to zone. I find corpse - and try to drag it out - and realize there =
> is a zone to Sol B in the lava (not marked on any maps I've seen btw). =
> Zone back - try to drag it the other way - and to my horror - I discover =
> there's a waterfall (or should I say lava-fall type thing) that I can't =
> climb over. Basically there is no way out of the lava in that area. =
> I'm not sure what to do - so I start to loot my corpse when levitate =
> wears off and I die - with my stuff split between two corpses. My Druid =
> buddy has to log - so I put it off till later.
>
> Another gig Thursday - late one - so I can't get on after. I had a =
> date Friday - and a gig Saturday (great week huh - four gigs and a =
> date!) but I got home again around 1:00 AM last night. I petition for =
> help - and all the guide says is - "Get a Wizard or Druid with group =
> gate to get out". Wonderful. My Druid buddy had just logged - and =
> someone in my guild mentions he's not going to be back until Wednesday =
> (which turned out to untrue - but whatever).. I start to panic because =
> my corpse will disappear on Tuesday (they only last a week right?) I =
> start telling a paladin friend - who mentions he has a Druid character.
>
> So we meet up - but we get separated - I get lost and death number 3 =
> (And I whole bubble of XP gone <sigh>). Run back from my bind point at =
> Highkeep and try again. This time we get to the corpse. Okay cool - I =
> loot it and say "Okay Gate us out". And then has says "We need group =
> gate?" I say "Sh*t, I thought I explained that" "You said that was =
> your plan with the other Druid, but I assumed if we could get in we =
> could get out" "Didn't you hear me say we couldn't?" "No I must have =
> been zoning when you said that"
>
> So then I say "Oh no my levitate ran out" So he casts mine as his =
> runs out. Tries to cast his own, fizzle, fizzle, he dies. So there I =
> am in the lava - can't get up the Lavafall - Can't gate out. Then I =
> remember the zone boundary there. I have a fresh levitate - so I have =
> plenty of time - figure if I can't find a way in Sol B - I can at least =
> zone back and be no worse than I was before (a bit better since only one =
> corpse).
>
> As it turns out - with Levitate - there was no problem getting to =
> dry land in Sol B. The only problem I had there was that the higher =
> level characters there were pretty much jerks and completely ignored my =
> please to show me to the zone. Eventually I find a nice guy who does so =
> and I'm to safety.
>
> Meanwhile my Group-gate-less Druid buddy died trying to find the =
> corpse on his own (didn't remember to ask me if I took loc). So I give =
> him the loc - and tell him I'll help him with locate. So we are about =
> to try again when the server crashes. By this point it's 3:00 AM and I =
> tired. We both do get in - but there are like only 500 people on - and =
> I decide a) I'm too tired and b) too few people on - with all the Gob =
> Casters that have see invis - we'll get attacked.
>
> Okay - assuming you're still reading this you're wondering what the =
> hell the Subject has to do with the story - so finally I can get to the =
> point. I log this morning at the set time I told him I would to help =
> him get to his corpse - and he's already on (in his primary char) and to =
> make another long story short (I can do so when I really want to!) he =
> had a GM retrieve his corpse for him.
>
> I start to get angry about this - why did they help him and not me? =
> Basically - he did find the corpse - and could drag it - but he couldn't =
> loot it. Being at the bottom of lava - there was no way he could target =
> it. No target no loot. I was easily able to target it by using the =
> locate song. So in a sense - by having the locate song - we were able =
> to avoid a situation where other players can get GMs to help them get =
> their corpse. We never have it easy <sigh>
>
> Well anyway - I was ready to quit the game if I lost all my items; =
> and while I'm a full bar of XP back - I have my stuff; my friend has his =
> stuff - and I can go back to trying to get to level 32 so everyone will =
> love me!
>
> Slyde - 29 of Xegony
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