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  • Bluecoal’s Diaries – 01182015

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    My followers came back with a very nice new robe for me. I should really give them a nice bonus, or perhaps a bit of Dragon P.I.E. to
    warm them up here in Frostwall. Once they returned I was able to send a few of them back out to help out with the Liberation of
    Shattrath, finally. They performed well and the mission was a success, I am pleased to say.

    With all the work to do around the garrison it’s a wonder I ever get a chance to leave. But, I was finally able to get those Abysal
    Gulper Eel Eggs that the keeper of the fishing shack keeps asking for. Sheesh, as many as he keeps asking for I’m starting to wonder if
    he isn’t using them for caviar instead of stocking the garrison pond. Though is he is, he is keeping that delicacy to himself and not sharing it with the command staff, myself included.

    I’ve had Gazlowe make some improvements around the garrison. He’s upgraded the War Mill and the Fishing Shack. Now it’s not quite a
    shack. As a result we’re getting a little more productivity there. I’m going to have to ask him to upgrade the mine soon. There’s
    definitely some improvements that can be made in there. It’s really a mess right now. But the War Mill is not performing as I had hoped. I’m getting a lot of scrap. I don’t need scrap, I need gear for my followers. They are being asked to do more and more dangerous and difficult tasks. They need gear if they are to survive.

    As always there are the chores that need doing. Setting work orders for all manner of things from fur and cloth to herbs and ore. You
    would think these people would know by now that they just need to keep making this stuff instead of waiting for me to tell them. Then again, I suppose they need to know where to pull the resources from to begin with. Really. Some initiative would be nice.

    I did finally get over to help out in Nagrand. There is so much to do over there. Good news, while storming one of the strongholds there, I picked up another follower. I think he’s going to be really good once he’s fully trained up. I’ve been sending him out with some of the veterans to get a bit more experience. The work in Nagrand continues. So far I’ve mostly been able to help to bring in some supplies but is seems there are some particularly dominating beasts that need to be taken care of which I expect to be able to do soon.

    Meanwhile, Rokhan sent me off to the Stonefury Cliffs to assault the Bloodmaul Stronghold. It turns out that Ogres are not the easiest
    creatures to kill. They have enslaved many Orc and Dranei, and even the Lava Elementals. I was able to free a few of the slaves and cause some disruption to the goings on there. I fear it is not enough.

    There is more to do. I can’t sit around here writing reports all day.


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  • Starting to ‘Get It’ in Repopulation

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    Learning a new game is always fun and challenging. There are things that seem to be pretty easy to pickup and things that are more unique and require a bit more work to learn. I’m finding this out with Repopulation.

    Basic combat is pretty easy and at the moment, because I’m not very far along, pretty easy to do. The crafting
    system itself, while involved and robust in appearance isn’t too bad, however, there tends to be a bit of a catch
    with the tutorials. It helps if you keep whatever materials you might make for one tutorial as the next may use
    it to build upon. Not a bad idea for the system, just a bad decision on my part.

    I did the next crafting tutorial to make some metal bars with certain attributes. And then I turned them in for a
    request for the city. Then I decided to do the next crafting tutorial and found I needed them. Hrmph. I spent a
    very long time trying to either purchase the equivalent or find the ingredients to make it. I succeeded for one
    item and went to turn it in and found I needed the other bar. I still haven’t found a replacement or made one.

    With that particular frustration hanging on I decided to do some assignments. I took mostly courier type of
    assignments right in the city. I did take one to help out with the Setlang population that has been getting out
    of control and attacking people. I also got to die for the first time in the game. I had been shooting an adult
    Setlang and didn’t pay attention to my health when a juvenile started attacking me. A little baby one. I
    remembered I could tame it and have it as a pet but I couldn’t find where I put my taming button and while I was looking for it the little monster killed me. Ok, it really was my fault. I admit it. Still.

    While I was running around the city picking up and delivering things I noticed that some of the NPC’s I was
    dealing with had the option to ‘shop’ as well as deal with the assignment. So I started checking out what they
    were selling and what their profession was and all. I was able to pick up some recipes this way. I had to
    purchase them of course. But at least I am starting to get some things I can use. I’m not sure what I’m goint to
    end up specializing in yet. So I’m probably just throwing coin away at the moment but I’ve tried to get basic
    things that I might want for a variety of professions.

    I also used the Trade system or Auction House as many know it. I can’t say that I’m an expert. It’s going to take some time for that. But I did manage to purchase some items. I even managed to filter so I wasn’t spending forever reading what was available. I also managed to post something for sale. Though I haven’t been back on to see if it sold. The trade system appears to be set up for you to create and manage your own store. I seem to recall reading something about that being a feature, but it has been a long time since I read that. And it does not yet appear to be fully functional. Or because I am in the NPC capital city I am unable to use it. I’m not sure. But I look forward to it being available. That should be fun.

    So that’s where I’m at. I’m starting to get the hang of things better and I do enjoy the game. I’m finding a lot
    of things that I’ve seen something similar in other games, but that’s for another post.


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  • A Little More Repopulation

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    I had decided that I wanted to spend those training chits I had on some additional weapon training for when I went out into the wider world. I did that. But in the process, I got one more training than I intended because I didn’t read carefully and clicked the wrong option.

    I had to paid close attention but when you speak to a trainer, you are give the choices to use a chit, pay money, or pass. It seems to me that the pay money and pass options might not always be in the same order. While it sounds like a complaint and a problem, to me it is not.This would only be a problem if I wanted to mindlessly click through things. And as I have played a few things that let me do that, this is a bad habit. You assume you are selecting what you want based on where that selection was in the list from a previous encounter. I sort of see this as a feature because it encourages me to pay attention. That is a good thing.

    I got my training and headed out to the capital city for my faction. For this toon I chose OWN. I figured I would first try playing what looks like might be the more privileged faction. Appearances can be deceiving and I have no doubt I will find the constraints of the faction culture soon enough.

    I did a few assignments. They come in the form of email. I had a whole list of them available and I opened a few and read them. There were a couple that I just closed out. I didn’t accept or decline them. Mostly because I’m still not sure what I want to do with them. There were several courier type of assignments that I did do. Some were a little frustrating as the pickup target or the end target seemed to wander around quite a bit and the map indicator had me running around in circles at times. I only had one that I failed at and it was more of an optional thing not something I actively accepted.

    There was an assignment to provide lilac to someone as the city needed it. I found some lilac, I couldn’t find the person to deliver it to. She seemed to move all over. Then she left so I failed. However, now that I have read about lilac I know I could have probably gone right to the medical facility and found her there instead of trying to follow the arrows.

    The thing with the arrows and the mini map might be something that needs to be fixed. Again, I still like things that make me think and so I don’t mind now that I know I need to put a little more thought into what I am doing. But, if it is a feature that is going to be available in the game, it should probably work properly. Who knows, maybe it was because the target was moving all over, then again, I had one that seemed to come and go on the map like he was being rezzed and de-rezzed.

    I spent a little over an hour playing and made a bit of coin. I even managed to learn more crafting. I also got outside the city and ran around a bit that allowed me to practice harvesting as well as a bit of combat. There are vultures and another hostile creature lurking just outside the city that attack when you get too close and so defending yourself is a requirement. As the looting process is not quite like other games, this is something that tends to need a little practice as well. You have to remember to select the corpse and use the corpse extraction function.

    Most of the time when I play games I use the built in tool bars and do a lot of just clicking with the mouse. I don’t usually bother with macros or even the hot-keys. Though if I’m fishing I use the hot-key. It’s just easier. However, I can see with this game where more efficient button mashing will be required. I think I will get tired of trying to find my abilities and will want an easier way. According to my macro mad friends this will be good. It will change my habits. Yeah, we’ll see.


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  • Bluecoal’s Diaries – 01132015

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    My name is Bluecoal. I’m an Orc, Destruction Warlock, and a scribe. I’ve been asked to help out in Draenor and have helped to make significant progress. Still there is so much more to do.

    And it’s not like there is a lot of extra time to do it all. Being in charge of a garrison is a huge responsibility and there are always things to do. There is the garden to tend, the mine to keep clear. I just got word today that we were out of fur so I had to go out and trap a few beasts for the barn. And the fishing pond needs stocking. Ok. I love fishing but really this just has to take a back seat to everything else.

    Just today, Rokhan tells me that Gazlowe has some plan to assault the Iron Siege Works out past Thunder Ridge. So I catch a flight over there. First, he wants payment up front. Then we have to pick up a few parts as well as sabatoge some of the equipment. Oh and of course, we need to kill a few of the leaders. I guess the good news is he got a lease on a Mole Machine from Thelin Darkanvil. It’s supposed to take me to the outpost in Gorgrond. I don’t know if I want to go by some tunneling machine. Then again, at least it isn’t a flying mechanical chicken. What to do, travel via tricky Goblin equipment or trust Dwarf technology.

    I did get a bunch of the followers off on some missions. Three of them are supposed to bring me back a really awesome robe. I hope they hurry. I really want to send them off to help liberate Shattrath. That one has a sweet payoff. Not everyone is out on missions. Benjamin Gibb and Shadow Hunter Rala are helping out in the garrison, and Kimzee Pinchwhistle is just hanging out. She’s really not one for the long missions and every mission the others are out on are long ones. Maybe there will be someone she can go out with tomorrow.

    In the meantime she will just have to stay around here and stay out of trouble. I hope she doesn’t  blow anything up. Goblins. So enthusiastic about inventing stuff and just no concept of what will blow up. Give them nitro and they make alcohol out of it. Oh wait, that might have been the Pandas. I haven’t seen any of the Pandas around here. You would  think they would help out since it was their stupid Sha that Garrosh was playing with. But no. Voljin and Thrall decide we need to take care of this problem ourselves and if the Pandas come along that’s cool but they won’t ask them for help. Really?

    That’s enough of my grumbling. I have to get back to work. I need to get over to Nagrand and help out and then there are those fish I need to catch. And better find something for Kimzee to do.


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  • Getting Started in The Repopulation

    Posted on by suguay Comment

    I spent most of my New Years holiday time working on reorganizing my home office. This was quite an undertaking that required the occaisional break to spend some time on games in order to maintain a bit of sanity. During one of the breaks I was trying to get into WoW only to discover they were having technical problems. Since I was intent on spending some time playing agame and was not too interested in my other options, I decided this was a great chance to get started with The Repopulation.

    I did go ahead and get early access through Steam. Sadly though, I missed the sale. Oh well. I’ve been reading about the game for so long and have intended to help fund it on Kickstarter without ever getting to it, so I’m ok with the extra few bucks.

    This is an early access game. I have to remember that. And I did pretty good. When if first logged in, I didn’t really have any time to do much so I created a toon sort of on the server for the east coast of the US. I tried getting back to that toon but couldn’t get on. The server went down pretty much as soon as I logged in. So I created a toon on the west coast server and got just far enough to get the toon created before it too went down.

    I waited a bit and tried again. This time I was able to choose the east coast server and not get booted. I wanted to delete my toon there that was generic but was not able to because it was my only one on that server. So I started a new one. BONUS! Apparently, during the time the servers were unavailable, code changes were being implemented. The with the west coast toon I created I was unable to change things like hair color and a couple of other things. Now, on the east coast server, I can choose hair color and a few other customizations. Yay!

    I am still getting used to the controls. The usual keys are part of the movement controls but a little different. W and S work as usual however to actually turn you need Q and E because A and D just strafe, they don’t turn. This will take time to adjust to. I play one other game that has really different movement controls and it always takes me a while to adjust.

    Some of the other controls are pretty cool, though I may not remember them if I don’t play often enough. And I think I will want to remember them. Seems crough and prone will be good options to keep in mind. I don’t play other games that really use them so, I will need to make an effort to remember them and use them.

    The game starts with a set of tutorials that cover most of what you will need to get going. There is combat and medicine as well as crafting and entertaining and pet taming, and even one on harvesting. As part of one of the basic tutorials you recieve some training chits. More advanced training at this point, for the most part, cost either chits or coin. I have very little coin but I still have all my chits that I got. I was able to get a couple for free, mostly to get started.

    There is even a tutorial for completing a mission or assignment. I have forgotten what they are called. The nice thing about this is that it lets you earn a little bit of coin. You can of course skip all the tutorial stuff after you have played for a while and know what you are doing. But as far as I’m concerned, with a new game, it’s time well spent.

    I have managed to finish all the tutorial assignments and I am ready to venture out into the wider world. However, when I logged off I left my toon still in the beginning base. I think I will go spend one or two of those training chits before I venture out, just to have a little extra preparation.

    This is not going to be a quick one for me to pick up, but I think it’s going to be fun.


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