Lag monster

There's a horrible monster that recently arrived in TMW-land - it's called the lag monster. In the last week or so the amount of lag has been very pronounced. Even with the new no-botting rule clarified the amount of lag makes me wonder if a fair amount of botting is still going on. It's also worth questioning whether the main server is undergoing load from something else other than TMW.

Anyway it's good to be back and writing about TMW again. A tremendous amount has changed since I last wrote, more than a dozen quests added, a number of monsters and prizes. Happily some old faces are still around.

Despite the popularity of the Ranger class I've stuck with warrior all the way through. I've chosen the Tank/Poison route. I haven't been poisoned by a scorpion, spider, snake, poison skull or any other monster in a very long time. It might surprise some to know that I also have the speed skill maxed but not focused. Speed is a cool skill to have, but it takes away some of the extra resistance to poison focusing on poison offers.

Zombies, I can handle a couple at a time, but getting mobbed by 3 skeletons and 2 zombies is usually a problem unless I've got a fair amount of healing. A couple of times I've been stuck in this scenario because a player purposefully draws a mob my way, talking to you axel14. Inevitably I kill all the monsters, but it's not cool. I understand when people need help, but there's a difference between the pattern of someone who needs help and someone just trying to draw a mob.

One of the things that I really like is the addition of snails. Snails are easy to kill and offer a lot of healing items. It's been a great benefit not buying water/beer - though I still buy from time to time.

The graveyard still seems to be the best place to train for experience. From time to time I get the itch to take down a yeti. On their own they're simple, but in groups of 2 they still hurt like the dickens.

That's it for today... bugged by lag, hope its resolved soon. I thought it could be on my end, but we don't have torrents running and tomato (firmware) shows things good on our side. Wondering if the main server is being lagged out due to some unannounced stuff at the ISP.