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Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:51 am
by Harry Dresden
You do indeed have the needed runs. Congratulations! The stars are on the way. Feel free to do whatever you wish with them.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:43 pm
by Hannahmaus
I'm level 5 (without having played today's turns) on Maso 3, going for a consolation prize or even just an honourable last place.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:33 pm
by Lxndr
I'm level 8 today, post-turns. Is it a race for third between Hannah and me, or are there other participants? (acidcat seems to be lagging behind us)

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:04 pm
by seventhcross
MEMEME! Third place? I sures hope so...

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:46 am
by Lxndr
well, I'm at the end of my run.
sadly, it's a Psion run, and I can't figure out how to defeat The Mick just yet.
Wasted an entire day's worth of turns getting smacked down by him.
Maybe tomorrow I'll be done with this contest.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:09 pm
by Lxndr
I was right. The Mick is down. Retconning now. That should make me #4, if I'm right.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:45 am
by Harry Dresden
Yep, congrats. Stars will be on the way soon.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:18 am
by Lxndr
and a pre-emptive congratulations for Hannahmaus for fifth place!

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:27 am
by acidcat
Still floundering along at the back here - I hate psions... They feel so weak.

I can't even adventure in bayside - I'm getting killed by normal foes, let alone the troutmaster :(

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:01 pm
by Lxndr
Oddly enough, the Psion was the fastest run for me (up until The Mick, which took me an extra day before I could beat him). I'd rate the Psion as the fastest pre-Mick, and Elementalist as the best Mick-killer.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:01 pm
by Cristiona
Elem's the best Mick killer? Maybe if you overlevel for Firestorm. Also, Psions aren't too bad all around, mainly because of Vim. Even now, with a whole bunch of skills, I still max Vim and run it for the entire run.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:07 am
by acidcat
I think we've got the answer. Although I had vim cast, I didn't bother maxing it out with points. Ooops.

Was wondering why I wasn't hitting anything :oops:

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:12 pm
by Lxndr
Cristiona wrote:Elem's the best Mick killer? Maybe if you overlevel for Firestorm. Also, Psions aren't too bad all around, mainly because of Vim. Even now, with a whole bunch of skills, I still max Vim and run it for the entire run.
I used a maxed-out Tornado. Was actually pretty easy.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:43 am
by acidcat
Just in case anyone was wondering, I'm still plugging away.

I can't beat the Mick, so I'm off to level :(

Psions really suck with Maso.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:56 am
by Lxndr
I concur. My psion DID manage to beat The Mick at 11, but that was thanks to some lucky equipment, not because of the Psion skills.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:57 pm
by Cristiona
acidcat wrote:Psions really suck with Maso.
I did the Mick in nearly-maso (I went naturally hyper instead of abstainer), and he's not too horrible, you just need to prepare.

For one, you'll want to have Vim running for the fight, and you should have maxed it during your run. An alluring suit (CEO's secretary) or slick suit (Mr. Stoat) will help, especially the slick. Furthermore, Mr. Stoat drops one of the best Mick-killing weapons around: the long knife. From there, the rest of your equipment should focus on initiative, +damage, +DA, and elemental resistance. The force gloves are a good start for the elemental resistance; it's not a lot, but every bit helps.

Many people sing the praises of Webbed Sand for its (possible) weakening effect and its stun. You also might consider hunting down some powdered gingko from Yang Street for the +20 defense.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:06 am
by Hannahmaus
Just beaten the Mick and was about to ascend into another Maso when I thought... wait, have I finished? So I checked, and I seem to have finished on the 24th of Feb and this run was my fourth in a row. Either I'm so Maso I can do a whole Maso run without noticing it, or so dumb I can't count to three. Or maybe it's a little from column A and a little from column B.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:59 am
by acidcat
Thanks for the advice Cris. I was already using long knife and forcegloves and maxed Vim. The rest of it was generally items I didn't have.

I took your advice and got powdered gingko which helped. Also spending so long in Yang meant I picked up plenty of Strength from the non-com there, and was using juggling pins so my reflexes helped. I picked up the fire orb to help weaken him further, so all that and levelling up to level 12 did the trick.

Finally finished! Can I have a post-Hannahmaus consolation prize please Harry?

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:11 am
by Isladar
My alt (Ishavriel) Just completed his third Maso run.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 8:46 pm
by Nommy
Isn't it the most fun? You should just do Maso forever.

Re: Maso wants you!

Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:44 am
by Lxndr
I liked my time in Maso.
However, I love my various items of the month.
And the ability to use said items wins.

(What else am I going to do? Sell them? That's a pain)