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== Altlist ==
 
== Altlist ==
  
(in order of importance)
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A listing of my [[User:WinterRose/Alts|alts]]. Many alts, many roles.
 
 
=== Play alts ===
 
 
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:left"
 
|-
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Alt</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Race</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Class</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="70px" | <b>Tier</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="200px" | <b>Comment</b>
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | WinterRose
 
| [[Dragon]]
 
| [[:Category:Mages|Mage]]
 
| Hero
 
| Permahero main alt / quest character.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | FlutterWing
 
| [[Sprite]]
 
| [[:Category:Fusiliers|Fusilier]]
 
| Hero
 
| Permahero.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Cobbles
 
| [[Golem]]
 
| [[:Category:Berserkers|Berserker]]
 
| Hero
 
| Permahero.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Maeva
 
| [[Sprite]]
 
| [[:Category:Mages|Mage]]
 
| Hero
 
| A Mage 800 project.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Canggar
 
| [[Dwarf]]
 
| [[:Category:Warriors|Warrior]]
 
| Lord
 
| A Warrior 800 project.
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
I focus on spellcasters. They give more freedom when exploring, adventuring, collecting/creating gear etc. While I don't necessarily abhor tanking per se, it's not really my cup of tea - I don't have the patience for it.
 
 
 
=== Utility alts ===
 
 
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:left"
 
|-
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Alt</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Race</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Class</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="70px" | <b>Tier</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="200px" | <b>Comment</b>
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Teacup
 
| [[Gnome]]
 
| [[:Category:Clerics|Cleric]]
 
| Lord
 
| SpellBOT / harmonize service.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | DarkSong
 
| [[High Elf|High Drow]]
 
| [[:Category:Wizards|Wizard]]
 
| Lord
 
| Illuminate/christen/rune service.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Thunderstone
 
| [[Dwarf]]
 
| [[:Category:Warriors|Warrior]]
 
| Hero
 
| Durr sharpenBOT.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Orkenskin
 
| [[Orc]]
 
| [[:Category:Archers|Archer]]
 
| Hero
 
| Durr fletching/skin/bark service.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Psistorm
 
| [[Lizard Man]]
 
| [[:Category:Psionicists|Psionicist]]
 
| Hero
 
| Transmute/steel service.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Lidda
 
| [[Halfling]]
 
| [[:Category:Rogues|Rogue]]
 
| Hero
 
| Pick that lockbox! service.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Blanch
 
| [[Gargoyle]]
 
| [[:Category:Mages|Mage]]
 
| Lowmort 27
 
| Semiretarded (int 10) mage for cheap and easy fading.
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
I got my bases covered with these utility alts, and in order to get clensing I'll have to invest some serious effort. Later perhaps. Much later.
 
 
 
=== Locker alts ===
 
 
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:left"
 
|-
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Alt</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Race</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Class</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="70px" | <b>Tier</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="200px" | <b>Comment</b>
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Weraxai
 
| [[Drow]]
 
| [[:Category:Warriors|Warrior]]
 
| Hero
 
| my first alt, with no DCs, no leveling gear.. a mess. Now is a locker.
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
I don't have '''that''' many alts, which I prefer - I play what I like and don't bother with much else. Some people like having 50 different alts, probably since they like diversity. I like having a single alt that's best for a single function.
 
  
 
== Gear Listing ==
 
== Gear Listing ==
  
[[User:WinterRose/Gear|Gear Listing]].
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Current [[User:WinterRose/Gear|gear listing]], largely irrelevant to you (and just a reminder for me). It's nothing to write home about, as I only invested a week or two of foddering and enchanting in my entire career.
 
 
It's nothing to write home about, as I only invested a week or two of foddering and enchanting in my entire career.
 
  
 
== Contributions ==
 
== Contributions ==
  
At January 2012 eternal HOGathon, I did an experiment on racial gains. You can see the results and the conclusion here: [[User:WinterRose/Racial Gains|Racial Gains]].
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I'm a mapper and explorer, first and foremost: [[User:WinterRose/Maplist|List of maps]].
 
 
I've done a lot of work on exploring and mapping [[:Category:Eragora|Eragora]], so (all of) the Eragoran maps are from my workshop:
 
 
 
[[Akrikto's Farm Map]],
 
[[Eragora Walkways Map]],
 
[[Exploration Outpost Map]],
 
[[Halfling's Paradise Map]],
 
[[Healing Springs Map]],
 
[[Moonbay Village Map]],
 
[[Mountain Tunnels Map]],
 
[[Quarries and Mines Map]],
 
[[Rhuien Forest Map]],
 
[[Sphynx Gate Map]],
 
[[Sun God Altar Map]]
 
 
 
I used WinterRose, back when she was 500+ Liz Mag to map the continent and enjoyed myself tons while at it. If I could do it, anyone can.
 
 
 
As for my other work, I did some mapping of the newish (post [[User:DaveGarber1975|Dave Garber]] to be precise) lowmort areas:
 
 
 
[[Airways Map]],
 
[[Cathracharraig Map]],
 
[[Defender's Graveyard Map]],
 
[[Diplomatic Corps Map]],
 
[[Hospice Refugee Camp Map]],
 
[[Ofcol Refugee Camp Map]],
 
[[Tiureess Map]]
 
 
 
And finally a few hero areas as well:
 
 
 
[[Abishai's Pass Map]],
 
[[Aculeata Jatha-La Map]],
 
[[Alpha Thule Map]],
 
[[Ancient Bronze Wyrm Map]],
 
[[Battleground Map]],
 
[[Bloodsong Island Map]],
 
[[Cavern Of The Fates Map]],
 
[[Dragon Crypt Map]],
 
[[Dream Steppes Map]],
 
[[Fortress Of Kra Map]],
 
[[Frozen Wastes Map]],
 
[[Game Map]],
 
[[Graves Of Reveria Map]],
 
[[Great Divide Map]],
 
[[Hall Of Justice Map]],
 
[[Hunting Map]],
 
[[Isle Of NaamBres'Shho Map]],
 
[[Lair Of Shyu'Yao Map]],
 
[[Lake Of Tears Map]],
 
[[Morte Vallta Map]],
 
[[Necromancer's Tower Map]],
 
[[Necropolis Map]],
 
[[Neraka Map]],
 
[[Red Dragon's Lair Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 1 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 2 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 3 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 4 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 5 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Saint Of The Blade Temple Map]],
 
[[Serpent Weyr Map]],
 
[[Silmavar Labyrinth Map]],
 
[[Stormkeep Map]],
 
[[Summoning Map]],
 
[[Tainted Isle Map]],
 
[[Tortuga Cay Map]],
 
[[Tssasskkas's Lair Map]],
 
[[Typhus Map]]
 
 
 
With over 50 maps, and a serious deficit of non-mapped lowmort/hero areas, I've put mapping on the back-burner (nothing left to map!) and have decided to focus on remaining unsolved quests as well as the regular, foddering stuff. The boring parts. Here and there I redraw an older map, but this is not common as most are still good.
 
 
 
However, once new stuff rolls in, the plan is to continue exploring and map what remains undiscovered and hopefully profit greatly by vast riches that surely lay uncovered!
 
 
 
== Eragora work ==
 
 
 
[[Image:Eragora.banner.jpg|500px|link=Category:Eragora]]
 
  
It's no secret I'm in love with [[:Category:Eragora|Eragora]]. It's also no secret that Eragora can be a hellish place and is considered by some to be end-game, 800+ hero zone.
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At January 2012 eternal HOGathon, I did a small experiment on racial gains. You can see the results and the conclusion here: [[User:WinterRose/Racial Gains|Racial Gains]].
  
This is false. The place can be as enjoyable as any even for 101 mages, since easy areas do exist and provide ample opportunity to obtain both xp and excellent gear, even for small adventurers.
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=== Eragora ===
  
In order to both endear and to generally familiarize the players with Eragora (an increasingly difficult effort, I'm afraid), and also to alleviate the psychologically troublesome concepts of running botless, with no safety net of "c tele sanc" - I have written the [[User:WinterRose/Eragora_Survivalist_Guide|Eragora Survivalist Guide]]. Read it if you are interested in Eragora at all.
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[[Image:Eragora.banner.jpg|right|500px|link=Category:Eragora]]
  
The wiki pages on [[:Category:Eragora|Eragora]] and all the sub-areas, as well as the [[Eragora Self-Sufficiency Gauge]] should provide ample info on how not to die, and in what areas death is of no concern whatsoever.
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Eragora is an easygoing and thoughtful place that appears to fill the role of solitary exploration/survivalist place for those people that are bored to tears with the standard Sanctum/XP-runs and would love to see something new and different. It never gained much traction since most of the players are perfectly happy running identical runs for years, but for those that found beauty in Eragora it provides a great deal of joy and entertainment.
  
And all of this is just a beginning, naturally. The wiki is frail. You need more Eragora info? For heaven's sake, don't hesitate, just ask me.  
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If you're not familiar with it, read the [[User:WinterRose/Eragora Survivalist Guide|Eragora Survivalist Guide]], an early text that was created by the spirit of moment - amidst the sudden influx of solo exploration experiences. Nowadays, with Eragora being explored, it's far less dangerous or deadly. So, once done, go to the [[:Category:Eragora|Eragora]] main page and start reading. For even more info - just ask.
  
== Guild / Buddyset ==
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== Guild ==
  
 
Some time ago, I have started my own guild, the '''Surveyors and Mappers Guild''', or the '''SMG''' for short.
 
Some time ago, I have started my own guild, the '''Surveyors and Mappers Guild''', or the '''SMG''' for short.
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The guild motto is simple - ''Explore and Experience the World'', as opposed to "''grind the same areas for xp over and over again for years and be incapable of running at all in the wee hours after reboot due to a lack of spellbots.''"
 
The guild motto is simple - ''Explore and Experience the World'', as opposed to "''grind the same areas for xp over and over again for years and be incapable of running at all in the wee hours after reboot due to a lack of spellbots.''"
  
We are a small buddyset of less than 10 dwindling players, mostly mappers, builders, explorers and wiki contributors We don't run together for xp and barely see each other, but still manage to exchange new quest info, interesting notes and such. If you want to join, to explore the old and new never-run areas, find new quests, items, and experiences, map the said areas and '''dare''' to go where others do not, then just say so.
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No, we're not some hardheaded elitists concerned only with Eragora or who-knows what. We are a small buddyset of less than 10 dwindling players, mostly mappers, builders, explorers and wiki contributors. We don't run together often and barely see each other, but still manage to exchange new quest info, interesting notes and such.  
  
To join the guild there is but a single requirement - have an alt that has one or more of the exploration insignia. No, the DC quests do not count.
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If you want to join, then just say so, but if your primary concern in the game is XP then some other buddysets might suit you better.
  
 
== Personal ==
 
== Personal ==

Revision as of 06:53, 25 January 2012

Altlist

A listing of my alts. Many alts, many roles.

Gear Listing

Current gear listing, largely irrelevant to you (and just a reminder for me). It's nothing to write home about, as I only invested a week or two of foddering and enchanting in my entire career.

Contributions

I'm a mapper and explorer, first and foremost: List of maps.

At January 2012 eternal HOGathon, I did a small experiment on racial gains. You can see the results and the conclusion here: Racial Gains.

Eragora

Eragora.banner.jpg

Eragora is an easygoing and thoughtful place that appears to fill the role of solitary exploration/survivalist place for those people that are bored to tears with the standard Sanctum/XP-runs and would love to see something new and different. It never gained much traction since most of the players are perfectly happy running identical runs for years, but for those that found beauty in Eragora it provides a great deal of joy and entertainment.

If you're not familiar with it, read the Eragora Survivalist Guide, an early text that was created by the spirit of moment - amidst the sudden influx of solo exploration experiences. Nowadays, with Eragora being explored, it's far less dangerous or deadly. So, once done, go to the Eragora main page and start reading. For even more info - just ask.

Guild

Some time ago, I have started my own guild, the Surveyors and Mappers Guild, or the SMG for short.

The guild motto is simple - Explore and Experience the World, as opposed to "grind the same areas for xp over and over again for years and be incapable of running at all in the wee hours after reboot due to a lack of spellbots."

No, we're not some hardheaded elitists concerned only with Eragora or who-knows what. We are a small buddyset of less than 10 dwindling players, mostly mappers, builders, explorers and wiki contributors. We don't run together often and barely see each other, but still manage to exchange new quest info, interesting notes and such.

If you want to join, then just say so, but if your primary concern in the game is XP then some other buddysets might suit you better.

Personal

I'm a 30+ year old network engineer and sysadmin, married, have wife and two kids, and consider playing Avatar a superior experience to any other game online. Text-based descriptions have no equivalent competitor in graphical games since there is no graphics that will ever beat my imagination.

Contact me at ivo@elezovic.su.