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The before times... [+]

A great cheer burst from the ranks of assembled players as Garnet finished his speech and directed his challenge to the rival 'New Terror' party. Victoriana Rose simply sighed at the insults and jeers the gathered masses were spitting out, having little taste for aggressive 'politics' when they all had so many other problems to worry about. Trying to remain focused on the deadly problem that they would be facing that day, her steel-gloved hand pulled down the UI's inventory menu for the hundredth time and she did another quick eyeballing of her equipment's stats and durability. Her half-plate armor gleamed in the daylight, a dark crimson color with gold highlights that made elegant patterns along the edges of her shoulders, chest, and bracers. Her black silk cloak was draped across her shoulders and gave her a rather imposing image around her noble, stoic features. "Hey, Rose!" A sub officer of the Liberation Group approached her with a slight wave and a friendly smile; a rather scruffy man of clear Asian decent with unkempt black hair, dark woodland leather armor and a green wool cloak of his own. He had a massive wooden longbow slung over his shoulder. "It's almost strange seeing you alone out here."

"Well met, Yanosuke." Rose said, turning to face the man with a polite nod of her head. She had little to do with the LG, but had dealt with this particular individual on two other occasions when she'd been asked to join their hunting group. Or rather, when she and her usual partner had been hired to help them gather a few semi-rare mats from some particularly ornery Giant Hornets. Rose and Millicent were somewhat well-known in the smaller adventuring circles as their particular combination of skills made them a formidable and effective team. "Millicent should be around her somewhere, though I admit I haven't seen her since the LG meeting this morning."

"So you'll be tanking with SteelReign and Gerard. I take it they explained our strategy this morning?" The sub-officer pointed to two armored figures talking quietly a short ways away: one bald stony faced man with jagged full-plate and an imposing silver tower-shield and the other a kid who looked a bit younger than Rose with spikey blonde hair, sky-blue splint mail and a wooden round shield painted with the image of a matching blue eagle. Examining them for a moment, Rose then adjusted the large kite shield strapped to her own arm, eyes quickly glancing over the large golden rose printed on the black ebony surface; its sharp thorns glittering against the void. It had cost her a hefty sum to craft and then enchant with a few durability boosters but she was certain it was the best purchase she'd ever made. The shield had saved her from more than one potentially fatal encounter and would likely do so many more times in the future.

"I know Steel; he's a skilled warrior; we worked together during the Hive encounter last month," Her striking green eyes flickered back to Yanosuke as her free hand feel to her hip. "But I'm not so sure of this... 'Gerard'. His armor is lacking, to say the least, and his shield is incredibly weak. I'm not sure-"

She was cut off by a wave of Yanosuke's hand, the annoyed look crossing his features a clear indication he'd heard the complaint before. "Which is why you will be sharing center with Steel! Gerard was assigned the task of being our secondary and he still needs a bit of practice so he'll be watching at Steel's flank and learning the ropes, only jumping in if we need him." Rose's thin brow furrowed at the plan, not agreeing with using a dangerous and unknown boss fight to train a rookie in the techniques of tanking, but just as she was about to voice her concern someone called out Yanosuke's name. Another officer stood a ways away, an annoyed look on the man's face as he unprofessionally gestured for the sub-officers presence. "It'll be fine." The man said, ending their talk as he was already hustling towards his master like a dog looking for a treat. "Just follow the strategy and we'll have this thing dead by noon!"

Rose's expression hardened as she flipped a lock of short fiery red hair out her face, eyes watching the man go and get pulled into the LG officer's tent before muttering under her breath. "Yes, but at what cost..."

Rinion said
flying creatures are fine (you included) and im not sure what the comment ment but if you didnt have a flying mount after 6 months on a game like wow for example you were deffo a casual XD, so yea flying mounts are fine, but airships are more of a guild thing.the only reason you wudnt get falling dmg from an A.ship is because you would repelle down a rope, not jump from it =)

Haha, if you played WoW for 1 months and didnt get a flying mount...

I was referring more to my opinion that flying mounts (and airships) shouldn't be a standard for players (hard to purchase/acquire, ect). That was simply my thought on the matter, though, and if they are indeed standard then almost every player would have one by now, i think.

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