Well, haven't played a character of any significance out of the newbie levels in years, and haven't had a hero since, I dunno, 2005. Unfortunately Meyvian was mostly boring. Made it to hero quick under double-xp, but all the bad guys stopped pre-hero, which meant there was rarely anything to do. Should have level sat for a bit! Unfortunately I despise ranking, I find it the most tedious, mind-numbing exercise in the game, so if I hadn't taken advantage of double-xp I likely wouldn't have made it at all.

Early on there were some fun things to do with Gujra, Harlvy, Athtar, Auril and a few others, but once most of them got bored and deleted, there was REALLY nothing to do. Seems like Imperials have finally made it to hero range, but I've already lost the feel for the character and have no desire to play him. Suppose it's for the best, I've got plenty of other things I should focus on right now.

I'm not sure the assassin class is good for me. I've always been a conservative player, and the assassin class lends itself to conservative playing. Thus, I kinda ended up with conservative^2. If a fight was bad for me I just avoided it, which for a looong time basically meant "Do I try my luck assassinating Knacnar, or... wander around in boredom until I quit?" I did try once!

This tied for the best set of gear I've ever had, but I'm not sure it counts since most of it came from mobs due to the dearth of other heroes. It was fun wielding Bal'talon for a while though. Other than when I was play-testing the area while writing it, I've never wielded it. There's something enjoyable about seeing your own work in action!

I don't have much in the way of individual goodbyes. Oh, except for one bone I want to pick: Adekar, I couldn't believe how hard you rode me and Gujra about fighting a neutral mob for gear. Is this some new popular attitude on CF, that goodies can't kill any neutrals for equipment? Unless there's some overwhelming reason why, like a super patriotic dwarf killing Ludan, it makes no sense. Not to mention it's incredibly impractical and unfun. And you didn't even just bring it up, you dwelled on it for the rest of that conversation. If you had pushed any more I was about to throw my hands up in disgust and delete.

Anyway, this farewell ended up way longer than I was planning already, so, thanks to everyone I interacted with. May be back, may not, depends on timing and interest. I'm moving to Europe the end of this summer and don't plan on having as much time after that, so I may try to get in another character before then!

Aarn