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^[ Progression ]
^^[ Hanoleav Kingdom ]
^^^[ Repairing The North Road ]
[ Thread Creator: Marlingo ]
Figured I'd make a thread for this, since it seems pretty important. Never seen a "Progression Quest" before, but if anything belongs on this board, this has to be it.
Apparently we're going to protect some workers who will be repairing that road going north of Komeron, towards the trolls. Sounds like they want to open it as a regular travel, and trade route again. If we pull that off, then I guess it's just done? I don't think MHO does instancing between players, so progression quests might be a one time deal. I guess it would be more like world progression, rather than story progression. Or both. I don't think anyone has found anything like a MSQ for this game. Something everyone has to do, I mean. So this might be all we're getting.
The quest description doesn't sound very exciting, but I'm gonna stick with it just to see what will happen. I know people were talking about trying to do stuff to help out extra, so maybe we get a bonus, but we'll see how it shakes out. - 05/12/2041
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[ Thread Creator: Marlingo ]
That took three whole days, but finally we're done. The first couple of days were chill, but today things took a real turn for the serious.
Still, it's done now, so I'm curious what's next. All of us there were in agreement that there's just no way to get that road going without somehow dealing with the bears, and I have no ideas since those things will just respawn no matter how much we beat them, and beating them is hard. - 07/12/2041
[ Crash Dum ]
The Guardian Beast said she's going to talk to them, even if she's not sure whether they'll listen. Maybe the rest is out of the hands of us players? - 07/12/2041
[ Huffin Paff ]
what were the quest rewards like? i'm curious if the progression quests are worth aiming for. - 08/12/2041
[ Thread Creator: Marlingo ]
>what were the quest rewards like?
Actually quite good, though it required a lot of patience the first two days. Only some deer and cats to fight, and the wolves and ravens kept helping us out the whole way. I think we saw one noble deer on day one, and two on day two, but most of the time there was little to do. Road work is slow. Honestly very good pay for sitting on our asses most of the time. Then the bonus for day three was crazy.
There's also the achievement we got after completing the first one. { Marching Forth }. Along with the title, I got a perk for +5% character experience points, and some commemorative boots. No bonus stats, but the slight movement speed boost might be handy for long distance walks. Mostly a cosmetic item I'd say. - 08/12/2041
[ Huffin Paff ]
can you link the boots too? - 08/12/2041
[ Thread Creator: Marlingo ]
Yeah, of course. { Arrow Boots }. - 08/12/2041
[ Gunerahl ]
>the bonus for day three was crazy.
considering the utter chaos when those bears showed up I think we earned it
we kept all the residents from dying
I think that was worth the most
made up for my death and then some
even if we had to be rescued by overpowered npcs to proceed
but I am used to that from older mmos - 08/12/2041
[ Scott McScot ]
You were rescued? By the Guardian Beast? - 08/12/2041
[ Crash Dum ]
Yeah, she came charging to our rescue after the bears hecked us up. Even brought the boss from the other zone. I had to speak to her, which was nerve-wracking as heck, but at least she seems kinda chill.
We had to wait a bit, but she showed up at almost the perfect time, right before our dead members managed to get back to us, so maybe it was timed that way. There were no more bears after that, we just had to fight those noble deer, and the stalker jaguars.
The ruckus we could hear out in the woods made it sound like a war was going on or something. - 08/12/2041
[ Pe'Sarin ]
kosign was so sad she missed the guardian beast's arrival lol - 08/12/2041
[ Kosign ]
I got to talk to her afterwards! And I got her autograph today! - 08/12/2041
[ Frengzy ]
>I got her autograph today!
Wait, she gives autographs? Why? How? - 08/12/2041
[ Kosign ]
>she gives autographs? Why? How?
She asked me if I wanted one, and I said yes! Though in hindsight I think she was just joking... but I brought paper and a quill to the bandit raid today, and she signed it as she had promised! I made sure to set it as a protected item immediately. - 08/12/2041
[ Gressfor ]
Alright everyone. I got the footage from the stream clipped, edited, and uploaded. Here's the video I managed to get of the Guardian Beast fighting a couple of bears.
{ Video Link: Moorhold Online - Beast vs Bear Epic Showdown Exclusive Footage - Guardian Beast Solos And Wrecks A Dire Grizzly }
[ Pe'Sarin ]
great! i've been looking forward to this. - 08/12/2041
[ Scott McScot ]
>Video Link
What's this? - 08/12/2041
[ Thread Creator: Marlingo ]
>What's this?
Since Gressfor is a streamer we asked him to sneak into the woods to see if he could get any footage of the Guardian Beast.
I already looked at the stream recording, but it's still amazing to see a second time. You've done excellent editing work here. - 08/12/2041
[ Gressfor ]
>You've done excellent editing work here.
Thanks! I made sure to turn on local recording to get high resolution footage. Much clearer image that way. I streamed the entire quest, even the dull days. Some people like to watch the mundane stuff too. I managed to stir up some hype for day three after saying we would be going into dangerous territory, and viewership rapidly climbed once the bears trashed us, and the Guardian Beast showed up to help.
I set a new viewer record while streaming the fight, so I expect the video to do well! A shame I wasn't able to sneak off more times. - 08/12/2041
[ Crash Dum ]
>A shame I wasn't able to sneak off more times.
Yeah, we got a bit too busy after that. That title is rather clickbait though. The Guardian Beast doesn't completely solo the bear. She gets help from the others. - 08/12/2041
[ Gressfor ]
>That title is rather clickbait though
Sometimes you have to abandon shame. And she practically solos it, she does like 90% of the work. - 08/12/2041
[ Pe'Sarin ]
boss mobs are pretty scary. the bear's like twice as big as her, and she still pushes it to a standstill all on her own. what are those moves tho? launching the bear into the air, and having the other boss slam it into those thorns? and fighting in the middle of a gas cloud? what are all these skills even? - 08/12/2041
[ Kosign ]
I recognise Thorn Barricade as what they knocked the bear into. It's a skill Druids can unlock. It's meant to be an obstacle though, not a trap. And it looked like she launched it into the air by placing an Earth Wall underneath it, and I guess an Arcane Blast for extra lift. Not sure why she stood inside the Poison Cloud with the bear though. Maybe trying to hold it in there, and just healing through her own damage? - 08/12/2041
[ Scott McScot ]
Is it possible she's immune to poison? All the other wolves ran away first, so I think she must have warned them. - 08/12/2041
[ Gressfor ]
>Is it possible she's immune to poison?
I couldn't get close enough to see the health bars, unfortunately, but she didn't seem bothered by it now that you mention it. It was certainly strange that she was using all these skills. I used Identify after we met up outside the forest to find out what they all were, but most of them weren't there. Unless I'm just completely blind, or unaware of what skills do what. - 08/12/2041
[ Crash Dum ]
>most of them weren't there.
After seeing this video, I agree with you. Thorn Barricade, Poison Cloud, Earth Wall, none of those were there. Do mobs have secret skills? - 08/12/2041
[ Scott McScot ]
Some bosses do unlock new skills and abilities as they change phases. Maybe they are actually always able to use those, but they simply don't until they're supposed to? And when they're on their own they don't see a need to hold back? There could be a lot about what mobs do when we're not watching that we just don't know. A lot we don't get to see. In that respect this is really valuable footage. It sounds like she's shouting something too. Can Druids make it out? - 08/12/2041
[ Kosign ]
>Can Druids make it out?
We have to hear it in-character, in-person for the system to translate. A recording won't do, sadly.
[ Gunerahl ]
>A lot we don't get to see.
like trash gremlins - 08/12/2041
[ Baggcrusher ]
What the hell are trash gremlins - 08/12/2041
[ Frengzy ]
It's a conspiracy theory that's been floating around the forums since beta. Basically it says that stuff like potion bottles, food scraps, and other consumable leftovers don't actually despawn, but are collected by gremlins that move faster than the eye can see. - 08/12/2041
[ Gunerahl ]
there are no gremlin mobs in the game that we know of
but you can't have a fantasy world without gremlins
so they have to be somewhere
nro has the scavenger gnomes
so the gremlins probably do the same thing here - 08/12/2041
[ Frengzy ]
There is literally no evidence for trash gremlins. I want to make that clear. They don't "have to" be anywhere. Plus NRO is a weird game. They say it got pushed out early to get ahead of MHO, which might explain why so much of it seems slightly off. I tried it for a few weeks, but haven't gone back after MHO launched. It has its charm, but not quite my vibe I guess? - 08/12/2041
[ Kosign ]
What's NRO? - 08/12/2041
[ Gressfor ]
NightRuin Online. Uses a lot of the same tech as MHO, but seems a little wonky by comparison. Like the mobs keep breaking character, there's a black market the devs won't acknowledge or address, things seem to silently change if anyone posts anything revealing about the game on the forums, quests sometimes end up on the wrong script, and so on. They say the AI isn't quite as advanced. I still play it occasionally. Like Frengzy said it has its charm. The tone is more like grimdark horror, and it can be quite brutal. The dungeons especially.
It's also known for its funny bugs. I feel like half of the viewers I get during those streams are just there to see what is going to go wrong next. - 08/12/2041
[ Thread Creator: Marlingo ]
We're getting seriously off-topic here, you all. I want to actually keep this thread up for whatever the next development might be. - 08/12/2041
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[ Guild of Unusual Taxonomy - Guild Chat ]
Le Hoot: We have a new member today! Welcome, Cramble!
Laloti: Welcome!
Barls Stein: Welcome!
CurryMan: Welcome!
Scott McScot: Welcome!
Cramble: Thanks! Happy to be here! :D
Sa Lamba: Welcome!
Cramble: When I heard y'all had a base in Komeron, I figured I'd stop by. Things have gotten pretty interesting lately, so I want to help out with... uh... the things you do.
Scott McScot: We're always happy to get new members, no matter what they'd like to do. So long as our general interest in unusual mobs aligns.
Le Hoot: We picked our name for a reason, but don't worry, we're not actually all that strict.
Laloti: If they were, I'd probably been kicked out already. :P
Le Hoot: Nonsense! How will we find the mobs without a good tracker? ;3
Grulsen: So things have been heating up over in Komeron then? I've seen some of the forum threads.
Jenn Dice: I even saw someone post a video of that Guardian Beast of yours fighting out in the woods.
Scott McScot: I watched that too. Seems like there's even more mysteries about her than we thought. Why would she have a bunch of abilities she hides? A lot of those didn't show up during the raid.
Sa Lamba: Maybe for game balance? She knows it's a game, so maybe the developers, or the AI told her to only use a certain amount of skills when she's in boss mode?
Grace Jansen: I'm not sure she actually knew it was a game until we told her. She just knew that mobs hadn't been around until the beta started.
Sa Lamba: I have a hunch she knew all along, and was playing innocent. Well, whatever the case, I'm just happy I got to pet her.
Grace Jansen: You and your hunches. And I still can't believe you asked for that.
Sa Lamba: She loved it! And you joined in too, Grace. She was really soft, right? I'm also really soft now, so you're free to pet me too if you want. ;D
Le Hoot: All right, all right. Any news on anything similar to the Guardian Beast in the other nations?
CurryMan: Still looking into the Sacred Beast of the orcs, but haven't found it yet. It might just be lore for now, and they intend to add it later. Maybe the Guardian Beast is like... their first test case?
Scott McScot: That's certainly possible. I'm excited to see what the future will bring.
Laloti: You found the Spirit of the Forge, right Scott?
Scott McScot: Yes, though it was not particularly friendly, or accessible. I'm not sure how much it's like the other spirits in the game, but maybe we need a Naturalist to talk to it?
Le Hoot: Mm... I still want to go Shapeshifter. I want to fly! Then I can spot things from the air. :D
Barls Stein: I've heard it's disorienting as hell. People aren't meant to fly like that. Then again, I guess you're a bird. ;)
Le Hoot: I want to try it so bad! I hit 28 today, so only two more to go! But if it turns out I absolutely can't handle it... then I'll suck it up, and pay to change to Naturalist. ;_;
Sa Lamba: I've heard we're getting a free class change ticket as well as a race change ticket as Xmas gifts, so you might not have to pay anything.
Jenn Dice: I wonder how many will spend that to change to Druid. :3
Barls Stein: I was thinking that maybe the mid-month patch is going to address some of that. That's just speculation on my side, but it would make sense that if they want to involve more mobs in non-combat situations, they would make communication easier.
Sa Lamba: Eh, I'm fine with Druids getting to keep Commune With Animals to themselves. Better that all the classes have more unique features imo. They can just make sure the really important ones have some extra way to communicate, like the Guardian Beast.
Cramble: I think it's more fun that way as well. It encourages more cooperation between players, and with Residents.
Laloti: I understand what you mean, though I guess it sucks a little for solo players maybe...
Le Hoot: I wonder what that girl talked to the Guardian Beast about today? She looked really happy about it, but I wasn't close enough to overhear.
Sa Lamba: I was able to catch some of it. I couldn't hear what she asked for, but she gave the Guardian Beast a quill, and said there was already ink in it. I couldn't understand anything from the Guardian Beast's side, so I guess the girl was also a Druid. That Lieutenant started talking right after that, so the rest was drowned out for me.
Le Hoot: I wonder if we could get her to join the guild too. It didn't look like she was already in one. Her name was Kosign, right?
Sa Lamba: Yeah, I think that was it.
Scott McScot: Kosign? Hang on, let me check...
Le Hoot: Check what?
Scott McScout: I looked at that thread again. There was a Kosign in there, who said she had gotten an autograph from the Guardian Beast.
Sa Lamba: An autograph? She signs autographs? ... is she a bit of a diva, or something?
Grace Jansen: I guess if you suddenly get that much fame in a week, it might go to your head...
Le Hoot: I wouldn't mind an autograph...
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After years of being stuck in the position of a regular Priestess, even as she had gotten closer and closer to level 30, things were finally starting to move forwards in terms of Mirielle's rank within the Temple of the Moon.
She had first joined as an Acolyte, which felt very long ago now, and had worked hard to become a Priest worthy of becoming an Apprentice Priestess. Then her abilities had fast-tracked her from Apprentice to full-fledged Priestess very quickly, and then... it had stopped. She had already gained a reputation as being strange by the time of her promotion, so the majority of the clergy worried about allowing her to proceed any further, but she was too skilled at healing and treatment for them to push her out. She wasn't entirely without people sympathetic to her, but they hadn't been enough to convince the majority.
And now... after the wild ride that had been the past week and a half, she was finally undertaking the trials to move up to Holy Priestess. She had even been assured by the Archbishop himself that she would get to take the High Priestess trials shortly after she had succeeded (which almost made it sound like she wasn't allowed to fail), and since she had reached level 30 she could go on to Shepherd trials after that, and maybe become a Shepherd before the new year arrived.
She was happy that things were finally moving again, and also just a tad bitter that it had to take this much to get there. Many years of her performing her duties to great praise hadn't been enough. She'd had to do something that actually changed the course of the kingdom's future. Other Priests didn't have to go that far, they only needed to not be seen as weird. It just wasn't fair.
She was grateful to Sara for arriving, not just for her own sake, but for everyone else who were helped by this alliance, and she had gained a very valuable friend she cared about a lot. She didn't feel bad about any of that in the least. Her life would be sadder without it.
But she felt that she was also allowed be a little annoyed at how unreasonable some of the clergy had been towards her. She loved the Temple, the Goddess, and the work she did. Even if she'd remained a mere Priestess for all eternity she probably would have stayed at the Temple so she could keep helping people. That was the honest truth.
It was simultaneously true that she was annoyed at the sort of politics, and attitudes that had held her back. So long as she did her duties, and remained devout, she didn't think what she did on her free time was any of their business, or that it should have any impact on her position in the Temple.
She sighed. "I'm getting too worked up over this," she mumbled to herself. Probably the product of years of frustration finally being let out. Not just at not being recognised, but also the way they talked behind her back. She had refused to give up on her dreams, maybe out of stubbornness as much as anything else, and it had paid off, but it shouldn't have been necessary for it to go that far in the first place!
She slapped her cheeks. "Calm down, Mirielle. Focus." She had completed one of the three trials, and she was waiting to start the second. If this went well, then the final trial was the next day, and the day after that she could meet the new Sara with a new title of her own.
I wonder what she's going to be like? Mirielle mused as she looked out the window. The clouds in the sky were turning pink, so Sara was probably deep in her slumber by now. Come to think of it, I haven't actually been to her home, have I? She's mentioned her den a few times, but I haven't gone to visit it. I didn't think to ask. Maybe I should do that when I see her next.
She would probably get bigger. The Mist Wolf... Sara had introduced her as Gloria... she was bigger than Sara. Not by a huge amount, but she was slightly bigger than a Dire Wolf, while Sara was slightly smaller than one. And Mirielle had heard that a Warg was even bigger, roughly the size of a Dire Grizzly. So Sara would probably also get bigger than she currently was. Maybe somewhere between those two?
Thinking about this made her think about her family as well.
Is that how close we've gotten? In barely more than a week? Thoughts of Sara are in the same realm as my family? Maybe it was just coincidence. Anyway, I should stop by my parents after tonight's trial.
Assuming she got through this trial, and the next day's successfully, they should all go out and celebrate afterwards. Or stay home and celebrate. They could discuss it that night. Make plans. That would be fun.
Living on her own sometimes made her feel like she didn't visit them enough. She'd barely gotten to see them since all this started, so it felt like a good time to make sure she did. Hopefully her little sister wouldn't be offended that it had been a while since her last proper visit. They'd talked at the Temple a few times, and they had seen each other on the day of the ceremony, but it had been a couple of weeks since last time she stopped by at their place.
It would be nice to see them again for more than 10 minutes at a time. And she wouldn't have to cook for herself that night.
She just wants to meet her family for food.
What a tease btw. I was expecting to see her new form as I saw the notification. But then I saw the title... Still great chapter
Damn, I just noticed that there are chapters up to 97 already posted on Archive of Our Own.
Thanks for the chapter
Ah, caught up at last
Amazing!
Thanks for the Update!!