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Virtuous Dante Ramsey Hey Kane!

ValkoorTheVictorio... on Aug 29, 2016 wrote:

Way to go, Esperanza!! Congrats on your deconstruction and destruction of Kane-- that's pretty awesome and I'm sure you were so excited when that badge finally unlocked.

Now just four classes and 400 more runs to go!

I'm slowly but surely trying to become Kane's Bane...and yes, I'm still taking the insane route. I've got about 33 solo runs under Valkoor's belt, so I'm about a third of the way there-- with the last 23-25 all being true-solo successes without using a henchman. In the first 10 tries, I used some henchmen (8 times, I think) as I spent time learning the ropes of the Kane battle, seeing as I had never stepped foot into Test Realm. Now, the runs aren't bad at all and several times I've been left with a full crew still standing...or just one sleepy member. But I still have those "what is going on" solo runs where everything seems to be conspiring against you...and Kane says, "Nuh-uh...not this time, buddy!" Or those successes where things don't go quite right and I spend 10 rounds running for my life...but still somehow get the job done-- just barely!!!

But I'm determined to join you as Kane's Bane...with at least 101 solo runs. I forgot that I ported in to Jack, at the end of one of his runs with Dante and another player. So I have to do one extra to make it official. Though I will probably do 8-10 extra runs just to make up for those henchmen-used runs. Yeah, then that will leave me with 100 true solo, successful runs. Yeesh, what was/am I thinking!?!?!

Again, congrats on your most recent milestone accomplishment-- that's awesome!!!

That's insanely awesome, to make 100 + solo Kane runs! I'm rootin' for ya!

Well, Esperanza...I may have to put my 100+ solo runs of Kane quest on hold. At least until I hear back from P101 support or figure out, on my end, what causes my PC to freeze up.

In the last 5 runs, I've had 3 that ended prematurely-- either from the PC freeze or from lag issues. The lag is easy to know where the problem lies. At night my connection can get sketchy and when I was a couple rounds from defeating Kane, two members of my household decided to stream some videos. So there was a 12-15 second lag and I couldn't tell if my crew commands went through or not. The arrows wouldn't show up for a while, so I re-clicked, then they showed up...disappeared...showed up again...disappeared again...and I had know idea if my moves went through. Needless to say I forfeited a couple turns which lead to me fleeing out of frustrations. It was an easy win though...for sure. The Flames took out both Marines, Queen and Bishop all in 1 round and had hit both Rooke and Kane at least once. With only the 2 of them (well Deacon was there, but about to be dismissed) on the board and a near full health crew and a Flame left on the board....Rooke & Kane were toast! But the lag happened, my crew didn't get to move...and Kane had some fun.

After fleeing, I scrounged up enough gold to get 2 crew members back and went back at it. Once again, it was a great start to the battle and I had taken out most of the court members. I'd say I was about 2-3 rounds from finishing it and my PC froze. Same thing the night before.

So, I'm going to wait to continue on my solo Bane of Kane quest until Support gets back to me or I solve the problem myself. It gets rather frustrating putting in the time & then having a bug/issue ruing a rather easy run.

anecorbie on Oct 3, 2016 wrote:

Hehehe, According to Vadima's Visions in this month's newsletter, I am one of nine swashbucklers to solo Kane! ( Excuse me while I strut a bit...)

Way to go Esperanza....you's one Bad Mama-Jama!!!