I Can Finally Be At Peace

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Today, I finally got my Sword of the South title after defeating Gabriel. The nerd screams were ripe and echoed though my home.

Said primal howling included:
"It is over."
"I am free."
"Now I can play the game."
"I can finally be at peace."

...Those aren't screams of joy. Those are desperate screams of relief. And even then, more waves of relief came over the course of the night, and once, I almost came to tears. All of this was due to two and half weeks of grinding Bozja 1v1s.

In the beginning, after a couple days, I sought out the most badass content this game has implemented: solo, difficult PvE content. (The Brawler's Guild, WoW’s solo PvE content, was my favorite feature, ever, and yielded my most exhilarating experience in my MMO history.)

I started studying the fights and the mechanics. After almost a week of trying to get in to any 1v1s, I got my Sartauvoir defeat on Wednesday, Oct 21. I howled with nerd screams of pure bliss. It was a very exciting day. With my sights on the other two bosses, I kept at it. …After, again, almost a week, I get my fantastic, blood-pumping Lyon defeat on Monday, Oct 26. …Granted it took me three tries, but I considered myself incredibly lucky on the sheer number of attempts.

....Then came the grueling trek of Gabriel. It was a nightmare. I would burn through most evenings, just trying to spend what free time I had. I would hop instance after instance asking people if Gabriel had been fought. If not, I would then drain 30-60 minutes spawning him, only to lose the lottery roll to the other 7-18 people.

Finally, on Friday, Oct 30, after TWO WEEKS of trying to fight Gabriel, I finally get in. ....And I, laughably, die because my nerves paralyzed my brain and I faced the wrong way for the knock-backs.

"That went different than I expected." -Anon watching

By the grace of the Twelve themselves, I was allowed back, that very night, to fight Gabriel. Again, paralyzed by nerves, I spaghetti-ed hard on the first Extreme Caution, and waited far too long to get out. Dead. (Reraise wasn’t very helpful.) The following weekend was mental torture. I hardly went in to Bozja, only dedicating a few hours. My soul was crushed.

Today (Monday, November 2), I decide to go back in. After sinking 45 minutes to drudge through the miscellaneous CEs, the More Machine Now Than Man pre-fate spawned. Conveniently, Castrum spawned at the same time. Only 10 people made it into the Vigil for the Lost CE. Of those 10, only two tanks survived because towers were missed at the very end. We both wanted the Gabriel kill, and again, by the grace of those above I won the 50/50 roll off. After hardening my resolve and doing my best to calm my nerves I finally finished the goal -- beating all 1v1s.

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