ootpek
11-23-2005, 09:35 PM
So last night with the database fubared me and a 55 Necro, Ael, ran into Permafrost to knock off some of the statue quests. The place was packed, what with everyone else stuck in the old world it seemed everyone and their mother was in the zone. Bob, the necro tank pet was up to the challenge, especially with me stunning and using reactives on him we were fighting through the green ^^^ mobs without too much issue. Finished one statue quest for Ael downstairs and then moved upstairs in the ice castle to finish my last statue quest which had been hanging around in my journal for ages. Ran across a group that had lost it's healer to a mishap and we stopped for some good samaritan work and gave her a rez. This would be fortunate as later on that karma would come into play. (As an aside, this was the FIRST time I have seen someone OOCing for a rez anywhere in EQ2 and they even wanted to PAY for it.) After our good deed was done we made our way to the top of the castle for the level 50^^^ Ikro Kromise Protectors that I needed. Knocked off a few and was even using a lower level healer giant as my pet and things were going smoothly when a wanderer ran up behind the necro and smacked her dead in one hit just as I was mezzing another add from the front. Ael yelled "RUN!" as I was already midcast to mez the giant that had killed her. So there I was, in the middle of a fight, with only a healer pet to help me which was already busy fighting 1 level 49^ protector, with TWO level 50^^^ protectors mezzed waiting to smack me dead as well. *(1) In a fight that seemed hopeless, and not seeing any way I could run and expect to survive I figured I might as well get some of the quest credit completed since I already had the one Protector mostly dead and my pet was still in good shape so I leapt into action! Dumped some stuns and reactives on the almost dead Protector and proceeded to throw up some HO's in the few seconds I had. Ael asked: "You're not running are you? Shall I just rez and wait for you at the tent?" Remezing the front giant I replied "Sure, cause I sure as hell wont be able to rez you even if I survive." Ael rezzes and waits at the tent in Everfrost. The reply takes too long and the back Protector gets free for a swipe at me. Run away while stunning. I'm down into the orange already. Get him remezzed and help my pet finish off the one giant with my Giant Mastery strike. I hear the pleasing ding of my quest counter going up and my charmed pet runs at the giant that just smacked me while I furiously cast root to keep the about to be awoken giant from running over to ME. Root sticks and I help my pet a big with Magus and Mindbend. With the battle moving so fast I am a second late in getting the front giant mezzed and he smacks me down to a sliver of health. Just then! Karma steps in and a dwarf appears out of thin air and casts a heal on me. His raid, heading into The Chamber nearby, starts to help my pet behind me as I see my health rush back to full. I OOC "thanks" and get back to business as I see this as my CHANCE to live. Remez the front giant which hasn't even been started and I dump every reactive on him as the back giant goes down to the raid force and I hear another quest ding. My pet is already rushing the front giant as I cast stun and hope it lands before my pet breaks mez as I'm standing right beside him. It lands!!!! I root and cast perplexity to try to keep the Protector stunned and OFF me and run away to root. Nuke nuke, dot dot, more reactives and stuns, use my manastone AND trade some health for much needed power at this point. More stuns and roots and finally my mastery strike pops and I manage to finish the protector and get quest credit JUST as he runs over to me to give me one final blow. Taking me back into the red. Just then...my pet comes to and realizes he's been fighting for the wrong team and decides to have his revenge. Of course the timing is both bad and good as just then Perplexity came up for me again and I managed to stun him on the run. He was pretty beaten up already so a few nukes and stuns got him down to 25% while a volley of Ranger and Wizzy fire from the raid collecting behind me finished him off. Turned to the raid and said..."Thanks but I could have handled it. JOKE!", and they all laughed. Ael...still waiting by the tent says..."Aren't you dead yet?". I reply "No...I won." I let her run back to Perma as I invised and hid amongst the raid force until I was healthy enough to run down to meet her. Shame she didn't wait around as I'm sure we could have gotten her a rez too. Meanwhile, she's in guildchat going on about how I single handedly killed 4 heroic giants solo in one fight. I basked in the glory in guildchat for 5 minutes before I explained that a raid force happened by and helped me win. Ael's only comment..."[expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] I shouldn't have revived, I hate this run!" The End. *(1) Ironically this is the same situation that dev mentioned about a coercer controlling 4 encounters at once. Please note I was dead without the raid force coming by just at the right time and helping. <div></div>