[Kobias]

My favorite AC in OOT Story from Live =)

I was camping the AC in OOT @ level 58 or so on a Bard on EQLive probably 6 or so years ago. Had been there for quite a few hours now.

Then, a couple minutes before my next spawn a higher level Wizard logged in and just sat there staring at my camp without responding to tells. (Don't you love when people do that, even here? -.-). I guess they figure if they pretend your invisible, your not really there. Whatever.

So obviously, I knew that if it spawned, there is no way a bard was going to out damaging a wizard by any means. I needed a plan. I equipped up my singing steel boots for a longer levitate right before the spawn, just in case it spawned this round. Surprise! It did.

Of course, the "AFK" wizard immediately sprung to life a few seconds after I had agro'd it and started following it. He started nuking it, as expected. But, I was prepared. I charmed it as a last ditch way of stopping it from dying. One nuke took it down to 65% already! I ran with it, trying to out of range him if at all possible. Bard charm doesn't last long, and the wizard was still following me adamantly. So, I decided to drag the AC into the ocean. This was part of my genius plan as you'll see.

By doing this, unfortunately I wouldn't be able to damage it either since I was levitated above the water, but neither would he. He kept trying to nuke it which was funny to watch. I ran out to sea quite a long ways with it, with the wizard still in tow. I asked him in tells a few more times to get lost, I've been here all day, etc. No response. It was time to bring out my trump card.

I ran a little farther, and memorized my trump card song. I made a mad dash into the water, and so did he moments later as he realized I done so. I always imagined that the wizard must have thought: "Finally! He stopped, I'll be able to root/snare & nuke it now and KS it np, he wont be able to run with it anymore! Haha! Damn I'm awesome."

Oh how he couldn't be more wrong. Even though I had stopped dragging it further out to sea, we both went into the water. Being the first one into the water gave me a slight edge before he had much time to react. As expected, he immediately snared it. Blowing any hopes I had of out of ranging the wizard overboard. It didn't matter though. Hit my 5th spell gem, my trump card as soon as it was in range underwater shortly after his snare hit. Song of Highsun. Thank EQDevs, for this awesome song. If you're unaware of how it works, it basically "gates" a mob back to it's spawn point. But it doesn't reset agro! Useful in a lot of other things, but I digress.

There it read in chat: "Ancient Cyclops has cast Gate!" (or something like that). The monster was gone from sight, leaving a very bewildered wizard. I quickly rose to the surface, and let my levitate carry me a few inches above the water. Selos, Selos, Selos!. I felt like being a dick and did a /thanks /bye as I ran past him on the way back. I made a mad dash back in the direction of the AC Island, praying that somebody else wasn't there, or that the wizard wasn't smart enough to Abscond and try to run from Erollisi Isle over.

When I had arrived, the AC charged at me the moment I entered visibility range. Thank God, it was still there! And the wizard wasn't either. I knew the isle probably wasn't safe, since the wizard might stumble back here. So, into the ocean again! This time, the opposite direction. It took me several minutes of twisting my chants to kill the thing out at sea, but I felt safe. When it died, I was soo happy. My plan was successful. Looted up my fancy new ring for my alt.

Of course, the only thing left to do at this point was to do the nice thing for everyone else in the zone:

/ooc AC camp open, if any wizards or other people need to camp it.

A few minutes later he left the zone, as did I with my new loot, and a awesome story to tell.

Thanks for reading =D