Author: Simulacrum  <nub>    205.209.243.42 Use this link if you want to link to this message and its entire thread of discussion. Post a Msg
Date: 8/6/2022 9:49:51 AM
Subject: V Rising update

For some time, we were unable to progress owing to stupid developer decisions, to wit:

We could not defeat the Spider Queen in the cursed forest because we needed an armor upgrade. The common way to get this upgrade is from a product you can manufacture by defeating the Spider Queen. Fortunately, ILA bravely began expeditions into villages in the forest to acquire small quantities of this product. Over time, we amassed enough product to just barely give us the upgrade we needed.

One of the source villages is lorded over by a bully boss whom we were now able to beat down. In the process we got a little more product. It was time to pay the Spider Queen back for our numerous embarrassing defeats.

After defeating the Spider Queen, things started falling into place. In total, we downed three bosses in a single night and got some much needed power upgrades. Now we no longer worry about enemies in the forest; they worry about us. (Well, of course they don't really worry about us, but the mood of the game did seem to change -- no joke.)

Now we will be able to turn our attention to the west and conduct raids in the Silverlight Hills. Victory has been seized from the jaws of defeat.