Himitsu has posted the Eyes of Puddleby report on Chaos Storm #296.
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AUTHOR: Artesia
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DATE: 08/03/2003 10:14:11 PM
Just an update to changes I noticed on the cloud.
The cloud is no longer the place to hunt for coins as it used to be.
Normal maha were removed from the cloud completely and replaced by sky and cloud mahas. The new ai makes them quite a challenge to hunt yet they give no extra experience compared to normal maha and give worse skins then island panthers. After further testing it is true that the mahas will target the healers in a group. They will go so far as to leave the fighter to attack healer. The new mahas also normally appear in packs of 4 or more.
The other cats on the cloud that give good skins (summer artacks, boloks, artacks, and island panthers) are still around but appear far less then they used to. Oddly The vermine still swarm in the large packs like they always did.
The biggest problem with the island now is that you don't really recieve any rewards for the increased danger.
Before if I was surrounded by 4 maha and fought my way out I had a smile on my face and a few coins in my purse.
Now if I face a pack of cloud maha I still have a smile on my face but thats about the only reward.
I thought it was suppose to be with increased danger there was increased rewards. Guess not.
Artesia
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AUTHOR: Tyking II
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DATE: 08/04/2003 08:42:36 AM
Yes, indeed. It's now more profitable to hunt in the south forest than on the cloud. As a healer, it's not only a pain financially to try and hunt on the cloud, but it's a pain physically. How does it make sense for a creature to go after a healer even when it's about to die from a fighter's blade? I appreciate the innovation in the AI, but at times it's just stupid.
Damn, I was getting to close to getting near starting a small bank account for the possibility of getting close to possibly purchasing a purgatory pendant. Then this update comes along, and now instead of making 500c in 30 ooc minutes in that place, I make 100c in 2 hours.
At least snow vermine give furs.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Lundar
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DATE: 08/05/2003 01:08:56 AM
The new mahas attack the person with the lowest ammount of health-- not just healers. That is, if there are two exiles hunting the cloud, one on 'green' and the other on 'yellow', a pack of mahas will attack the exile with 'yellow' health, regardless of the profession or relative strength of that exile.
I think this makes perfect sense. Exiles use similar tactics when confronted by a pack of monsters-- it's usually wisest to finish off the one with the least ammount of health.
I don't see how this new behavior would affect a solo hunter at all, and a small party of hunters could even use this behavior to their advantage, if they're clever and careful enough.
Posted by Para at August 02, 2003 10:49 AM