I finished my words of pure magic quest. Cheesenrice that is a long quest if luck is not on your side. It took me 4 hours to get the last three I needed (I snagged the first one out of pure dumb luck while running for my life in Zek). I tried EF first for the EF/Lava shrine, but it wasn't up. So I headed into Lavastorm. Oh boy. I had no idea what was in store for me. This experience provided an insight into the hell hole that is Lavastorm. This is what I came up with:
1. LS is not, by any stretch of the imagination, solo friendly.
2. Lava is a harsh mistress. It can and does kill you immediately. You do not get the chance to revive to a certain point. You hit the lava and 20 seconds later you are back on the shores.
3. The only respawn points are the beach and the docks. Dying when you get to the temple is quite frustrating. See below for further explanation.
4. Trying to shake off unexpected aggro is nearly impossible. Sure, you can hit sprint and try to outrun the ^^^heroic mob while trying to dodge the 8 or 10 5-strong groups of heroic aggro mobs, the lava, the pitfalls into the lava, the craters of lava and the skinny bridges hanging precariously over the lava, but what's the point really.
5. The Temple of Solusek Ro (well, what I saw of it) is scary. Period.
6. If you managed to get all the way to the temple while using a stealth totem which runs out when you get to the temple path that looks absolutely free of danger, don't get too excited. Triggered mobs will spawn and kill you. You now must respawn at the beginning. Yay!
7. If you remembered to make sure you were stealthed through the temple path this time, don't get too excited. You will inevitably fail to make the correct mathematically precise leaps needed to land safely on the rocks floating in the deadly lava. As an added bonus to your demise, you get to respawn back at the beginning. Yay!
8. If you remembered to stealth through the temple path, then made the seemingly impossible jumps to get to the steps of the temple and finally make it inside, don't get too excited. You will turn your first corner, run into a see invis ^^^ mob that will break your invis, tipping off half the effing temple of your arrival and...get to start back at the beginning. Yay!
9. If you remembered to hold out on using your call of home spell, you will use it now.
All in all, I died about 15 times. By the time I left that godforsaken place, I was stark *** naked. I decided to zone back into EF and look for the shrine in there. Thankfully, it was up. The next time I go into Lavastorm, I am bringing an army.
Edited, Apr 11th 2007 10:03am by Mearyk