Tale of the Drusella poachers with happy ending

[Knowmercy]

funny/epic "fight" story on blue with a happy ending in response to https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=298674. its long, emotional, and deserves a thread, fraps at the end, enjoy

few months back Drusella was missing for a long time. got tipped off from an xp'er in HS w a /pet attack. appears shes being killed on the dot each spawn for weeks, then the poachers promptly camp out. I had to surprise these mysterious ppl, who are they? the look on their faces when they log in on the TOD to see the camp actually cleared, and they're prize dieing, i imagined.

few days later, i go into the camp early solo, to clear, get some xp, and more legitimately contest/claim the camp rather than just logging in first sitting at the door and claiming the camp, that way in the event that whoever this mysterious entity who had her on lock down didn't understand p99 etiquette, they would be more understanding. I was in for a surprise

Turns out <Modwai> leader Quidello and his officer Haderak have had her on lockdown for a long time now. wasnt expecting what happens next. a near attempt at a KS! until yours truely lawyered them down. what happend next was a battle of the ages, one for the record books. enjoy

[Mon Mar 12 06:55:41 2018] You have entered Howling Stones.
[Mon Mar 12 06:56:33 2018] Players on EverQuest:
[Mon Mar 12 06:56:33 2018] ---------------------------
[Mon Mar 12 06:56:33 2018] [54 Heretic] Archenemy (Erudite)
[Mon Mar 12 06:56:33 2018] [54 Illusionist] Molokko (Troll)
[Mon Mar 12 06:56:33 2018] [59 Beguiler] Justaddwater (High Elf) <Europa>
[Mon Mar 12 06:56:33 2018] [ANONYMOUS] Atrial <Awakened>
[Mon Mar 12 06:56:33 2018] [60 Phantasmist] Knowmercy (High Elf) <Awakened>
[Mon Mar 12 06:56:33 2018] There are 5 players in Howling Stones.

I get double invis, and enter east wing.

[Mon Mar 12 07:01:58 2018] a mortiferous golem has been slain by a bottomless devourer!
[Mon Mar 12 07:05:02 2018] a mortiferous golem has been slain by a bottomless devourer!
[Mon Mar 12 07:15:53 2018] a mortiferous golem has been slain by a bottomless devourer!
[Mon Mar 12 07:17:58 2018] a mortiferous golem has been slain by a bottomless devourer!
[Mon Mar 12 07:28:53 2018] a mortiferous golem has been slain by a bottomless devourer!

camp cleared. Quidello's henchman appears. makes no comment of what is transpiring before his eyes, but waits for pappa to show up

[Mon Mar 12 07:06:53 2018] You say, 'Hail, Haderak'
[Mon Mar 12 07:07:00 2018] Haderak says, 'hiya'
[Mon Mar 12 07:07:04 2018] You say, 'sup'
[Mon Mar 12 07:07:33 2018] Haderak says, 'hows it going?'
[Mon Mar 12 07:07:55 2018] You say, 'not bad'

[Mon Mar 12 07:15:53 2018] a mortiferous golem has been slain by a bottomless devourer!

[Mon Mar 12 07:18:04 2018] Players on EverQuest:
[Mon Mar 12 07:18:04 2018] ---------------------------
[Mon Mar 12 07:18:04 2018] [58 Master] Serpunch (Iksar) <Azure Guard>
[Mon Mar 12 07:18:04 2018] [ANONYMOUS] Quidello <Mobwai>
[Mon Mar 12 07:18:04 2018] [54 Heretic] Archenemy (Erudite)
[Mon Mar 12 07:18:04 2018] [59 Beguiler] Justaddwater (Gnome) <Europa>
[Mon Mar 12 07:18:04 2018] [ANONYMOUS] Atrial <Awakened>
[Mon Mar 12 07:18:04 2018] [60 Phantasmist] Knowmercy (Gnome) <Awakened>
[Mon Mar 12 07:18:04 2018] There are 6 players in Howling Stones.

after clearing the camp, and maintaining an active non-afk presence for over 20 minutes, both Quidello and Haderak log in outside her door.

[Mon Mar 12 07:19:40 2018] Quidello tells you, 'how long have you been stalking us?'
[Mon Mar 12 07:19:50 2018] You told Quidello, '3 spawns?'
[Mon Mar 12 07:19:55 2018] You told Quidello, 'how long ahve u been poopin drus'
[Mon Mar 12 07:21:43 2018] You told quidello, 'altho to be fair i was doing this for a long time too hehe'

after i clear the camp Quidello and Haderak move into the camp to sit on drusellas spawn point, Quidello summons an Animation. the situation is escalating, their intentions are clear - KS in cold blood.

[Mon Mar 12 07:23:16 2018] You say, 'what are we doing?'
[Mon Mar 12 07:23:24 2018] You say, 'im clearing clearing this camp moving on drusella'
[Mon Mar 12 07:23:36 2018] Quidello says, 'except we kileld drusella, so technically it is our camp'
[Mon Mar 12 07:23:45 2018] Quidello says, 'you only have to kill the actual mob'
[Mon Mar 12 07:23:50 2018] You say out of character, 'how does that make it your camp'
[Mon Mar 12 07:24:04 2018] Quidello says out of character, 'FTE'
[Mon Mar 12 07:24:11 2018] You say out of character, 'shes not an fte mob'
[Mon Mar 12 07:24:21 2018] Quidello says out of character, 'ok, but who killed her last?'
[Mon Mar 12 07:24:25 2018] You say out of character, 'this isa camp, ive been actively clearing and moving on her'
[Mon Mar 12 07:24:31 2018] You say out of character, 'that has nothign to do with it '

I move toward them to ask wtf and agro the back hallway pather - a helot skeleton, and cc it in the middle of the camp. Quidello drops his animation and charms the pather, then moves back, cc's it, then camps it off at the kill spot. Drusella spawns.

[Mon Mar 12 07:28:53 2018] a mortiferous golem has been slain by a bottomless devourer!
[Mon Mar 12 07:30:40 2018] a helot skeleton has been slain by a bottomless devourer!

[Mon Mar 12 07:29:34 2018] You say, 'i put in a petition'
[Mon Mar 12 07:30:20 2018] Quidello says, 'what for?'
[Mon Mar 12 07:30:27 2018] Quidello says, 'i calmed that skeleton before i camped it off'
[Mon Mar 12 07:30:29 2018] You say, 'incase you ks tth mob'
[Mon Mar 12 07:30:54 2018] Quidello says, 'wehatever'
[Mon Mar 12 07:31:00 2018] You say, 'no its not whatevert its cut and dry'
[Mon Mar 12 07:31:09 2018] You say, 'im sorry you dont understand but im making an attempt to help you understand'
[Mon Mar 12 07:31:11 2018] Quidello says, 'Alright Milton, pull the mob already'

what ensues is an epic duel of the fates! i end the fight with 46% hp, 5% mana, and my pet at 1% hp! couldnt have been more of a nail biter!

[Mon Mar 12 07:37:15 2018] Drusella Sathir has been slain by a bottomless devourer!

[Mon Mar 12 07:39:08 2018] You told quidello, 'if u want to log in and maintain a pressence at the camp you can, and its yours. but drusella isnt an FTE mob, not yet at least. that may change come chardok 2.0'
[Mon Mar 12 07:43:12 2018] Quidello tells you, 'petitioning you for casting see invis on your pet before gating and training me'
[Mon Mar 12 07:43:41 2018] You told Quidello, 'i casted see invis on the pet way before hand to junk buff it silly'
[Mon Mar 12 07:43:48 2018] Quidello tells you, 'uh huh'
[Mon Mar 12 07:43:51 2018] Quidello tells you, 'suuuurrrreeeee'
[Mon Mar 12 07:44:01 2018] Quidello tells you, 'thanks for admitting to it though'
[Mon Mar 12 07:44:13 2018] You told Quidello, 'go ahead iff u want tho, that petition is even sillier than what you were trying to pull earlier'
[Mon Mar 12 07:44:23 2018] You told Quidello, 'you dont junk your pets to help fight drusellas dispel?'
[Mon Mar 12 07:44:32 2018] Quidello tells you, 'I didnt actually do anything though did i?'
[Mon Mar 12 07:44:42 2018] Quidello tells you, 'lol no necessary'
[Mon Mar 12 07:44:47 2018] You told Quidello, 'no but you were considering it, otherwise you wouldnt have summoned ytour animation'
[Mon Mar 12 07:44:50 2018] Quidello tells you, 'you dont have to kill the room to kill her either'
[Mon Mar 12 07:44:55 2018] You told Quidello, 'im well aware of that'
[Mon Mar 12 07:45:11 2018] Quidello tells you, 'So why do we have to maintain presence if killing the mobs isnt necessary?'
[Mon Mar 12 07:45:30 2018] You told Quidello, 'but i wanted to clear the camp to get some xp, and better to maintain and active pressence there, rather than just argue with you that i "showed up first" which is what it would have turned into'
[Mon Mar 12 07:45:45 2018] Quidello tells you, 'k you still trained me'
[Mon Mar 12 07:45:56 2018] You told Quidello, 'its not nessesay to pull her of course'
[Mon Mar 12 07:46:23 2018] Quidello tells you, 'lol look at you, so knowledgeable err mah gerd you can use stalking probes to get thrudoorssss'
[Mon Mar 12 07:46:33 2018] You told Quidello, 'recorded t he whole thing because its interesting and just funny. and i had a feeling you wouldnt be aware of hte rules but its a learning experiecne for everyone at one p oint'
[Mon Mar 12 07:46:46 2018] You told Quidello, 'i dont use stalking probes personaly, dont ha ve the bag space'
[Mon Mar 12 07:46:55 2018] You told Quidello, 'but i recommend them, the farm back there is good'
[Mon Mar 12 07:47:00 2018] Quidello tells you, 'ok, I got out poopsocked by an awakened member, thats never happened before'
[Mon Mar 12 07:47:09 2018] You told Quidello, 'maybe not to you hehe'
[Mon Mar 12 07:47:52 2018] You told Quidello, 'her loot isnt even that great, or are you planning to lock her down till 2.0? maybe could sell loot right for the AoB arms or somthing, could lbe profitably'
[Mon Mar 12 07:48:41 2018] You told Quidello, 'be happy to group with you guys back there, its alot of fun or any other zones for that matter'

no response after that. Ive been meaning to get in there see whats wut and shut these farmers down, had no idea it would be play out in such glorious fashion

later that evening....

[Tue Mar 13 02:53:44 2018] Quidello tells you, 'Hey, got a sec?'
[Tue Mar 13 02:53:52 2018] You told Quidello, 'idk cause i dont know what u need'
[Tue Mar 13 02:54:07 2018] You told Quidello, 'oh its you, hey man'
[Tue Mar 13 02:56:30 2018] Quidello tells you, 'Just wanted to apologize. I have a horrible temper, and I did some stupid shit. I got it into my head that you see invised the pet on purpose to train us, but then the more i thought about it today, that would have just been dumb. I am not sure if you already petitioned, but you had every right to. What I did was petty and dumb, and I am sorry.'
[Tue Mar 13 03:00:45 2018] Quidello tells you, 'Anyway, if you ever need a res or anything, hit me up. You won the drusella camp fair and square, and I shouldnt have been mad.'
[Tue Mar 13 03:00:54 2018] You told Quidello, 'all good man'
[Tue Mar 13 03:01:08 2018] Quidello tells you, 'I really need anger management, seriously'
[Tue Mar 13 03:01:21 2018] You told Quidello, 'drus is 55 necro they cast annuel magic, hits two slots just like emp does. so i like to mez, maybe root, whirl ti your hurl, then eye of confusion or somthing then charm'
[Tue Mar 13 03:01:40 2018] You told Quidello, 'then all of those debuffs fade really fast and ill bracer, feedback, umbra, etc to fill those slots'
[Tue Mar 13 03:01:50 2018] Quidello tells you, 'yeah, I even looked at your magelo and saw the bracer, and thats when I was like'
[Tue Mar 13 03:01:54 2018] Quidello tells you, 'oh, i am an idiot'
[Tue Mar 13 03:01:54 2018] You told Quidello, 'you can even break the charm and do it all over again if you want a really good cushion'
[Tue Mar 13 03:02:30 2018] You told Quidello, 'but as far as camps and basic educate on p99, i get it not alot of ppl understand. and honestly im not gonna go for drus again on the dot like that'
[Tue Mar 13 03:03:00 2018] You told Quidello, 'really just did it for a video and a laugh. was a big hit w the forums hehe'
[Tue Mar 13 03:03:21 2018] Quidello tells you, 'lol im sure. Your pet barely survived, right?'
[Tue Mar 13 03:03:25 2018] You told Quidello, 'but if u got a shaman friend, enc and shaman is a dream team just about anywhere'
[Tue Mar 13 03:03:47 2018] You told Quidello, 'yeah ill link you the videos later'
[Tue Mar 13 03:04:03 2018] You told Quidello, 'just got Helot Skull Helm here in east. good demand for this peice can sell it for 10-13k'
[Tue Mar 13 03:04:10 2018] Quidello tells you, 'shaman is my bro. Yeah, we like this spot bc we can just log in and kill her in 5 minutes and then log out'
[Tue Mar 13 03:04:24 2018] You told Quidello, 'best peice drusella has is the necklace which is a good seller'
[Tue Mar 13 03:04:44 2018] You told Quidello, 'as far as stalking. periodically ppl will /pet attack drusella in the zone just for fun to check if shes up'
[Tue Mar 13 03:04:44 2018] Quidello tells you, 'did you know that you can pull the named just before drusella the same way you can her with indirect aggro?'
[Tue Mar 13 03:05:05 2018] You told Quidello, 'my friend did htat, noticed she was up then she was not in the span of like 5 minutes. so he gave me the tod, few days go by and i wanted to see who was in there doing that'
[Tue Mar 13 03:05:14 2018] You told Quidello, 'was just curious haha'
[Tue Mar 13 03:05:32 2018] You told Quidello, 'yes indirect agro u can pull off if a mob cuts los from the otehrs fast enough'
[Tue Mar 13 03:06:36 2018] You told quidello, 'swappin'

is was a jolly good time in HS, thankfully it worked out in a kill, otherwise i doubt it would have been a happy ending with a learning experience for Quidello

part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsznp0FZpF8
part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB8215NNbqA

[Bboboo]

ib4whor

[Teppler]

What do you want us to do about it? Petition it if you have a problem. Take it to rnf if you want it to go nowhere.

[Dreenk317]

Originally Posted by Teppler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What do you want us to do about it? Petition it if you have a problem. Take it to rnf if you want it to go nowhere.

I think his whole point is that the problem was resolved without GM intervention....

[Tobius]

Can someone give me a TL;DR?

[Samaritan]

This is exactly why I prefer Red.

[Knowmercy]

Originally Posted by Dreenk317 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think his whole point is that the problem was resolved without GM intervention....

hehe its just a funny story with a good pve fight and a happy ending appropriate for general chat inspired by this thread https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=298674

Originally Posted by Teppler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What do you want us to do about it?

Originally Posted by Knowmercy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

enjoy

[Knowmercy]

Originally Posted by Samaritan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is exactly why I prefer Red.

would honestly love to play if population was better. contradictory reason tho. we need a red dead redemption!

[ygagarine]

Nice video, great fight but I don’t understand why you don’t have fetter memed.
Also why the ae tash? You can aggro unwanted mobs with it.
Also why you didn’t tot drus earlier?
I find tecmos style much more logical.

Cheers

[Erati]

AE tash is a bigger -Magic debuff

Christmas came early for Santa, lots of good stuff here, well played!