ANSWERED: Why are the Grocers so powerful now????

[Rig]

So, I go from wound to beat because this grocer is hitting me for like 40 hp though combo, which is nuts. When Puny and I both grab a mob and we still can't kill it, it's a little ridiculous. Did the grocers get fucked with and upped or this a bug???


o HP:Wounded MV:Winded > w
k grocer
Village Grocer
[ obvious exits: E ]
The corpse of Puny is lying here.
A pale man wearing farming clothes angrily approaches you.
A Lockshear militiaman glares at his surroundings.
A merchant guard eyes you warily, intent on keeping order.
A merchant guard eyes you warily, intent on keeping order.
A grocer stocks some shelves.

* HP:Wounded MV:Winded > Wimpy reset to: 199 hit points.
You pierce a grocer's body into bloody fragments!

* HP:Wounded MV:Winded - a grocer: Scratched >
You try to pierce a grocer, but he parries successfully.

* HP:Wounded MV:Winded - a grocer: Scratched >
A grocer hits your left leg.
The pale farmer joins a grocer's fight!
A Lockshear militiaman joins the pale farmer's fight!
A merchant guard joins a grocer's fight!
A merchant guard joins a merchant guard's fight!
A grocer bellows 'eQ]?HgJPi[ SXt [D FzY_rIubz NZsI diuFsOF'
You try to pierce a grocer, but he deflects the blow.

* HP:Wounded MV:Winded - a grocer: Scratched > change posture offensive
cha mood brave
Posture changed to: Offensive

* HP:Wounded MV:Winded - a grocer: Scratched > Mood changed to: Brave
Wimpy reset to: 119 hit points.

* HP:Wounded MV:Winded - a grocer: Scratched >
A merchant guard tickles your right leg with his slash.
A merchant guard barely slashes your body.
A Lockshear militiaman barely cleaves your body.
The pale farmer tries to hit you, but you dodge the attack.
A grocer hits your body very hard.
You pierce a grocer's body hard.
You pierce a grocer's body very hard.

* HP:Battered MV:Winded - a grocer: Hurt >
Abaddon narrates 'yea, i dont really play doors'

* HP:Battered MV:Winded - a grocer: Hurt >
Puny narrates '140 db and Weir was bashing me with ksword like I was naked.'

* HP:Battered MV:Winded - a grocer: Hurt >
A grocer bellows 'I[XEDVYnc_ fdn [l cFRDzLjlg aRgv vJDE^VK'
A merchant guard slashes your body.
A merchant guard barely slashes your body.
A Lockshear militiaman cleaves your left foot.
The pale farmer tries to hit you, but you parry successfully.
A grocer tickles your right leg with his hit.
You pierce a grocer's right arm extremely hard.

* HP:Battered MV:Tiring - a grocer: Scratched >
You pierce a grocer's body into bloody fragments!

* HP:Battered MV:Tiring - a grocer: Hurt >
A merchant guard slashes your body hard.
A merchant guard slashes your left arm hard.
A Lockshear militiaman tries to cleave you, but you parry successfully.
You swiftly dodge the pale farmer's attempt to hit you.
A grocer hits your left leg hard.
You pierce a grocer's left leg into bloody fragments!

* HP:Battered MV:Tiring - a grocer: Hurt >
You try to pierce a grocer, but he parries successfully.

* HP:Battered MV:Tiring - a grocer: Hurt >
A merchant guard slashes your left leg.
A merchant guard slashes your body hard.
A Lockshear militiaman tries to cleave you, but you deflect the blow.
You swiftly dodge the pale farmer's attempt to hit you.
A grocer barely hits your right arm.
You pierce a grocer's right leg very hard.

* HP:Battered MV:Tiring - a grocer: Hurt >
You pierce a grocer's right hand extremely hard.

* HP:Battered MV:Tiring - a grocer: Hurt >
A merchant guard slashes your body hard.
PANIC! You couldn't escape!
A merchant guard tries to slash you, but you parry successfully.
You swiftly dodge a Lockshear militiaman's attempt to cleave you.
The pale farmer tries to hit you, but you dodge the attack.
A grocer hits your right arm very hard.
PANIC! You couldn't escape!
You pierce a grocer's left leg very hard.

* HP:Beaten MV:Tiring - a grocer: Hurt >
A grocer bellows 'CgSTdVUPm` jrN Iq G]__jXhM\ sXMT ZPI^y]k'

* HP:Beaten MV:Tiring - a grocer: Hurt > nar lol, I have fragged grocer like 4 times
You pierce a grocer's right leg very hard.
You narrate 'lol, I have fragged grocer like 4 times'

cha mood wimpy
* HP:Beaten MV:Tiring - a grocer: Hurt > f
Mood changed to: Wimpy
Wimpy reset to: 199 hit points.

You panic and attempt to flee!er: Hurt >


A merchant guard barely slashes your left leg.
A merchant guard slashes your right foot.
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!

A Lockshear militiaman tries to cleave you, but you dodge the attack.
You swiftly dodge the pale farmer's attempt to hit you.
A grocer hits your body.
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!



You flee head over heels.
Malkieri Court
[ obvious exits: N E S W ]
North: A poor, solemn villager walks by.
East: A poor, solemn villager walks by.
South: A poor, solemn villager walks by.
West: A pale man wearing farming clothes angrily approaches you.
A small sack of freshly ground green ivy.
A soft leather pouch has been discarded here.

[puny]

I am wondering why the LS grocer is so powerful, as well. I went from hurt to dead after a clumsied stab and 4 failed flees. It was the grocer and his 2 guards. I have 290 defense and the grocer was hitting me for frags every attack, like I was naked or something. Why was he suddenly upped? He's the only mob up north that loads a water flask, btw.

If the imm's want him to be a miniSmob, fine. But please make DS butchers in RK/KK/SH/TKD load flasks and standard waterskins. They're lighter, and for us dodge/combo trollocs, they are more desirable than the standard DS skin of human flesh.

[Elysia]

This was done in conjunction with the removal of no-hides, to ensure that vital shop mobs aren't so easily killed. After all, it would suck if one had eq or weapon in mend and couldn't get them out due to the shopmob being gone, or if a grocer was dead and one couldn't buy a vital object like a lantern.

So, not a bug.

[Angri]

This was done in conjunction with the removal of no-hides . . . .

So, not a bug.

Why wasn't this mentioned in the no-hide post then? Plus in this instance, who on LS would go to Lockshear just for the grocer? Seems like an overly excessive change.

[Rig]

This was done in conjunction with the removal of no-hides . . . .

So, not a bug.

Why wasn't this mentioned in the no-hide post then? Plus in this instance, who on LS would go to Lockshear just for the grocer? Seems like an overly excessive change.

It's all of the grocers, not just the Lockshear one. Is fine imo I was just wondering why it was so powerful.

[Elysia]

This was done in conjunction with the removal of no-hides . . . .

So, not a bug.

Why wasn't this mentioned in the no-hide post then? Plus in this instance, who on LS would go to Lockshear just for the grocer? Seems like an overly excessive change.

Shopmobs are frequently used in multiple areas. This one is probably identical to ones in the south. As to why it wasn't communicated, the primary complaint was that players did not know whether to pay more attention in some areas, or not.

[puny]

Got it. Shopmobs like grocer got upped because nohides were reduced. Still, could someone code the DS grocer/butcher mobs to load water flasks and waterskins? Those items are significantly lighter than a skin of human flesh, and as I stated before, us combo/dodge guys desire flasks because of that weight difference.

[Elysia]

Got it. Shopmobs like grocer got upped because nohides were reduced. Still, could someone code the DS grocer/butcher mobs to load water flasks and waterskins? Those items are significantly lighter than a skin of human flesh, and as I stated before, us combo/dodge guys desire flasks because of that weight difference.

I put them on brigs.

[puny]

Awesome. Thank you

[Mhaliah]

Water skins load on the thieves in the area D from Blarg.