Joining the 21st century

[mellicious]

On Wednesday, I will be getting high-speed internet at home. Woo-hoo! Of course that did not help me today, when there was a HUGE game update and it took me THREE HOURS - yes you heard that right - to download the whole thing. In all fairness, though, it was a monster. I'm amazed that you could even do it in three hours when I remember how long it used to take me to download anything at all a few years ago. (Remember the Napster craze? Practically everybody was still on dialup back then, and boy was it a pain to download a 4mb song. Took forever and often didn't even finish. The good ol' days.

Updating my list because I haven't in a while - I've actually made more progress than I ever thought I would on both sides of the game. The furthest along are Rima on the Canthan side and Alessa on the Tyrian side, and they are Befriending Kurzicks and fighting dragon facets with the best of them.

Jade (level 12):
quests: (don't have the list, but she just started in Yak's Bend)
next mission: Borlis Pass

Lily (level 18):
Canthan quests: Naga Oil, Captured, Going Home, more
Tyrian quests: Villainy of Galraith, Hot Springs Murders (more?)
next Tyrian mission: D'Alessio Seaboard
next Canthan mission: Vizunah Square

Gia (level 20):
Canthan quests: Eliminate the Jade Brotherhood, Eliminate the Am Fah, The Challenge, The Shadow Blades, Lambs to the Slaughter
Tyrian quests: Report to the White Mantle, Villainy of Galraith, Hot Springs Murders, Bandit Trouble
next mission: Tahnnakai Temple

Tamaya (level 20):
Tyrian quests: Ancient Secrets, Ghostly Vengeange, Forgotten Wisdom
Canthan quests: Emperor in Peril, Captured, Naga Oil, Seek Out Brother Tosai, Going Home
next Tyrian mission: Dunes of Despair/Elona Reach/Thirsty River (& hasn't reached any of those places)
next Canthan mission: Nahpui Quarter
bonuses needed: Riverside Province, Sanctum Cay
(missions skipped: Aurora Glade)

Mel (level 20):
Tyrian quests: Ancient Secrets, A Belated Betrothal
Canthan quests: Welcome to Cantha, Emperor in Peril, Feed the Hungry,
Captured, Naga Oil, Seek Out Brother Tosai, Passing the Buck
next mission: Elona Reach
(missions skipped: Bloodstone Fen, Aurora Glade)
bonuses needed: The Wilds, Riverside Province, Sanctum Cay

Alessa (level 20):
Tyrian quests: Path quests (Mesmer, Ele, Monk, Ranger)
Canthan quests: Charting the Forests (Arborstone is done), Charting the Jade Sea (all done but Maishang Hills), The Challenge, The Shadow Blades, The Missing Link, Lambs to the Slaughter, More Cowbell
next Tyrian mission: Ice Caves of Sorrow
next Canthan mission: Sunjiang Province
bonuses needed: Sanctum Cay, Dunes of Despair (other desert?)
last town reached: Granite Citadel

Rima (level 20):
no Tyrian quests
Canthan quests: Befriending the Kurzicks, Defend Ft Aspenwood, Jade Quarry, Artistic Endeavors, Return of the Yeti, Charting the Forest (50% done), Discord W. Lyre, Beak of Darkness
next Tyrian mission: The Dragon's Lair
next Canthan mission: Gyala Hatchery
bonuses needed: Sanctum Cay, Dunes of Despair, Elona?
last town reached: Lutgardis Conservatory
has Tyrian Explorer title (60% of map) - would like to get to 70%