Experience controversy

A lot of new developments in Puddleby lately ... so much going on, I haven't had much time to post lately. I did want to share this hilarious sketch with everyone. I don't remember exactly when this hunt took place, but I have to admit I got a smile out of being called a "tough healer." My clanmates often tease me, calling me the "Bloodblading Healer" or "BB Wannabe."

Anyway, the number of invasions by all sorts of creatures seems to have increased lately. There was a major drake invasion just the other day, with forest and fire drakes attacking both east forest/farms and north field/farms. Luckily, many strong exiles were available to band together and beat back the threat.

The orga invasions may not be as "easy" to quell. It seems that a new orga tribe has arisen in the lands, and they are aggressively defending their camps, perhaps defending some sort of treasure or object therein. I unfortunately am not strong enough to join in most of the adventures to OC or the orga village, so it is all still mysterious to me. My usual function in major invasions is to hang in the library and heal fallens.

Which brings me to the main topic of this journal entry. Lucy Fur informed me and Klio the other day, while we were hunting at Kitty Beach, that healers and mystics do not receive experience from killing/tagging creatures. She says she was given this information directly by JoeGM himself. JoeGM allegedly said that healers and mystics receive their experience only from sharing other exiles (fighters), and in the case of healers, from healing.

Later the same day, I saw Lucent and asked him about it. He said this absolutely is not true. I don't know who to believe. I know Lucy Fur wouldn't lie to me about it, but I wonder if there is any way she misunderstood JoeGM. I can't imagine all the time I've spent solo hunting in boring spots like myrm hives and rat towers just to get a few dispatches, thinking I was gaining at least a bit of expy!

Last but not least, I got invited rather unexpectedly to join a large group, led by Garion of Clan Hunter, in a Pitch Cave raid. Never having been to the mysterious and notorious Pitch Cave, I decided to throw caution to the wind and go along. D'Noma "adopted" me for the course of the hunt and watched my back, chaining me a couple of times when I fell and generally looking out for me. I had a lot of fun on this raid and got some good ideas about zuing, even though we were ultimately unsuccessful in actually entering PC1. The entrance was thoroughly blocked by hordes of red and pitch noids, apparently.

Unfortunately the raid ended rather badly, with many exiles falling on our way back to the portal and being left behind. I'm sorry to say that D'Noma and I were left unrescued by a number of D's clanmates, who went to study as soon as they were raised by one of the various rescue parties. Unable to hail a rescue, I finally departed and was able to let some rescuers know that D had been ported to the Orga Village. She and some other fallens were eventually found there and saved.

I made mad coin on that raid but broke a chain, so it ended up a wash. Still, as I said, the first part of it was fun. :-)