User:Wynthyst/Death of a Survivor

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 * For some reason I am obsessed with the idea of having a Legendary Survivor in my cast of characters. Maybe it's because my guild/friends don't think I can do it as I normally play with definite suicidal tendencies.  Maybe it's because it's one thing I have not yet accomplished in this game.  For my first attempt, I decided to try a Ritualist, as it was one profession I hadn't played yet.  I tried and tried, and had to restart many times, but then I thought I had it... as soon as I thought that, the archers nailed me at the end of the Moddok Crevice mission and I died, just shortly after reaching rank 2.  I was devastated.
 * For some reason I am obsessed with the idea of having a Legendary Survivor in my cast of characters. Maybe it's because my guild/friends don't think I can do it as I normally play with definite suicidal tendencies.  Maybe it's because it's one thing I have not yet accomplished in this game.  For my first attempt, I decided to try a Ritualist, as it was one profession I hadn't played yet.  I tried and tried, and had to restart many times, but then I thought I had it... as soon as I thought that, the archers nailed me at the end of the Moddok Crevice mission and I died, just shortly after reaching rank 2.  I was devastated.

I don't play my survivors as many others in this game do. For me it's not about finding the easiest experience farm and doing it over and over until I reach my goal. For me it's about the challenge of actually playing the storyline and not dying, capping available elite skills along the way. Indi had reached Gyala Hatchery in Factions, Riverside Province in Prophecies, and Moddok Crevice in Nightfall.

Well, being the obsessed person I am, I decided to try again. This time I opted to play with a profession that I knew well. So my survivor Dervish was born. I figured Alexa had reached almost 7 million experience points, so I really KNEW how to play with a dervish. I had a developed build that worked well for my play style. I was right. I didn't have any false starts... I started playing, and everything went well. I reached lvl 20 in Istan, and then moved out to the other campaigns. I quickly proceeded through Factions, only stopping when I reached Raisu Palace. I wanted my guild and friends to join me in that as a real party is so much better there than heroes/hench. So I moved on to Prophecies. With some help from friends I got run back to Ascalon, and proceeded through all the missions until I got to Augury Rock. I decided to wait to kill my doppleganger until I reached my rank.. trying to be smart. I have a friend who is an accomplished Drok's runner, and her and her guild managed to run me safely to Drok's from Beacon's Perch, and I proceeded with the Southern Shiverpeaks missions, and elite capping only stopping when I reached Ember Light Camp.

Well, by this time, I was well past rank 2, speeding along to my goal. I was confident this was going to be the successful survivor I have been wanting for so long.

Never get confident while playing a survivor... I lost her with less than 20k experience points to go to reach my goal. I got into a situation that was overwhelming... tried to jump to my guild hall, was alive when I left, but when I got there, it registered a death. It was like a physical blow. I started to shake, thought I was going to throw up. Anja was the only one around for me to tell. And I thank her very much for being there.

I don't know why having a 1337 Legendary Survivor is so important to me, but I am trying again. Maybe this time will be the one.

Survivor update
After a few false starts, Matara has achieved Legendary Survivor leetness, and gotten her Vabbian armor. I would like to thank all my friends/guildies who supported my efforts. Capping 42 Elite skills during the Double XP for Caps weekend really helped :D
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