User:Aperio

Materials Wishlist

I'm not actively pursuing Tests (SEE BELOW) but have to complete some in order to resume The Great Work. This is stuff I can't quickly obtain or is otherwise distracting from main tasks.

Highest Priority - UPDATED Aperio 18:00, 10 July 2011 (EST)

• ANY useful documented FLAX or VINE research out there

High Priority

Genetics Projects

Genomes

Testing Ariella's Shortening and Elongation Theory

Brief - Using the shortest even-length plants and crossing them against themselves verify whether random length changes ACTUALLY occur or if observed changes are actually natural rounding events.

Aperio_-_Genome_Elongation_Tests

• Bloodheart
• Solvent shrooms (as noted below)

Rebuilding Tedra's Folly

Brief - The best flax of which I am aware produces 2 flax and 2 rotten flax.  IIRC, Tedra's was 16 flax and some arbitrarily large number of rotten flax (16 rings a bell and seems natural).

• Fez's flax research
• Any useful flax stains with superior flax stats

Wine Me Seymour!

Brief - At the end of T3, I was very close to a super-vine using mutagens and a technique of creating mono-gene strings.  This allowed me to place whatever gene I wanted wherever I wanted.

• Barrel supplies

Prospect for the marble I need)

• Small Gears (for quarrying gearboxes)
• Large Gears (for quarrying gearboxes) - well-stocked on medium gears
• Marble Partner for Prospecting & Quarrying

Venery on making Nut's Essence

• 7 Eyelet Cut Amethsyt (Venery)
• 7 Eyelet Cut Lapsis (Venery)
• 7 Eyelet Cut Turquoise (Venery)
• 7 Eyelet Cut Garnets (Venery)
• 7 Fine Glass Rods (Venery)
• 7 Gold wires (Venery)
• 7 Copper (Venery)
• 14 Small Gears (Venery) - DONE
• 250 Papyrus Paper (Venery)

Medium Priority

Miscellaneous Productivity Upgrades

• 2 cucumber seeds (Cooking)
• 2 eggplant seeds (Cooking)

Low Priority

• 1 huge ruby (Dessication) - Dessication 2 is sufficient for most of what I need to do
• 14 Snowberry Butterfly (Fly Tying 3)
• 3 knife blade (Filleting)

ONGOING - NO LIMIT (Donations taken at my small warehouse; trades possible)

• Nut's Essence

1. Hairy Tooth

• Solvents (in order of preference)

1. Sand Spore (Milky)
2. Salt Water Fungus (Diamond)
3. Peasant's Foot (Crystal)
4. Slave's Bread (Clear)
5. Razor's Edge (Glass)

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Attribute and Indulgence Stats

(borrowed from Lill's page)

Attribute Stats			Indulgence Stats
Strength	5		Gastronomy	8
Dexterity	0		Beer Testing	1
Endurance	3		Fumeology	130
Speed	10
Constitution	5
Focus	2
Perception	2

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Aperio's Personal History

T5 (LATE GAME)

Newly Returning

• Could use materials help - chat me to discuss; SEE ABOVE
  • Genetics Researcher
    • Aperio_-_Zombie's_Guide_to_Nuts_Essence
    • May produce a Flax product first since current strains do not match Tedra's work and it would be a fresh challenge
    • Vines secondary; but could be persuaded to focus here instead
  • Thistle Grower / resource (chat me to discuss)
    • I've forgotten / misplaced some of my work products
    • Being newly returned, I have limited motivation to do silk until I can produce it unassisted (level 28ish?)

Tests

• Test Philosophy
  • I don't much care. I just want to achieve the levels necessary to resume my T3 genetics research service as I found that most rewarding.
• ARCH Tests I will likely pursue
  • Towers - PASSED
  • Life
• ART Tests I will likely pursue
  • Khefre's Children - In Process
  • Pyrotechnics ?
  • Formal Garden
  • Dancing Waters ?
• BODY Tests I will likely pursue
  • Acrobat - Need LOTS of help... I've never passed Acrobat - In Process
  • Oyster Catcher - In Process
  • Singing Cicadas - PASSED
  • Safari - Just need rats - In Process
  • Darkest Night - In Process
  • Ritual Tattoo - In Process
  • Banquet
• HARM Tests I will likely pursue
  • No idea -- any & all of them as convenient
• LEAD Tests I will likely pursue
  • Plantation - I like this one... It's really a BODY test in disguise and it serves cooking - In Process
• THOUGHT Tests I will likely pursue
  • Venery - I like to do educational veneries to share what I've learned
  • Bijou - I liked gemcutting but I don't know if I'll have time to practice and collect mats
• WOR Tests I will likely pursue (still need Init)
  • Vigil - always fun
  • Pilgrim - also fun. Kind of a BODY-like test
  • Beacons - A BODY-like test
  • Festivals ?

Materials

• Materials Philospohy
  • I'm trying to avoid unnecessary grind so I can become productive for the benefit of Egypt.
    • No digging/metalworking so I can use help here (I don't think I even have ore extraction)
      • TEPPY - Seriously... make mining OPTIONAL and offline-able. If a skill is essential, don't make a mini-game out of it (reference Bartle's book; he references you <grin>). Instead, reward players who indulge in the mini-game with gems and increased production (like offline-able crops) and consequently break their mines to sink their materials (the cost of gemming).
      • No glassmaking - Charcoal is the biggest hit and in of itself manageable. But digging up limestone, growing flax/papyrus/leeks, and additional vegetables as supporting activities is a whole subculture of activities I don't have time for and I've NEVER been able to make thermometers... far too twitchy for my connection and arcade abilities, I suppose. I need a healthy amount of glass products but fortunately those needs are finite. However...
    • ... Shrooming (for genetic mats) is my mission-critical game cycle and it already forces me to schedule my RL activities around the game timer and forces me to log in odd places loaded with mats when I can't sync up with the game server. I enjoy shrooming (and Body Tests) but stand-around tasks, grind accumulation, and offlining tasks isn't even viable much of the time unless I'm prepared to plop down a storage basket when I log just-in-case.

T4 (EARLY GAME)

• Wanderers [1] - Inherited (Abandoned and Quit T4 - chat me to discuss)
  • Designs to be a leader in Egyptian Research AND be a Mentorship Guild could not be supportive and often seemingly at cross-purposes (shortage of effective leaders)
    • T4 Dowsing Ramblings / Guide [2]
  • Provided guild-activities and resources, like Kits, Mentorship, and Walkthroughs for many principles in the early game
    • Enjoyed leading efficient weekly Initiation into Worship [3] ; 2 sponsors & 2 candidates (most resources are reusable/renewable)
    • Managed Empty Hand Tower Kits for a quick pass, accelerated skill acquisition, and an obvious reciprocal task for new players (replenishing the kits to gain access to more advanced Kits for other tests)
• Obelisk Guild (Failed but Elegant & Viable - chat me to discuss)
  • Aperio - T4 - Obelisk Guild

T3 (EARLY GAME and END GAME)

Legacy T3 Link [4]

• SEARCH (Simple Egyptian Archaeological Relic Clearing House) - Founder
  • Aperio_-_T3_-_Test_of_the_Archaeologist_-_Aperio
• Silk / Thistle Expert
  • Aperio_-_Thistle_Magic - FIRST graphic diagram for thistles
  • Created Online Thistle recipe Solver (based upon finding voids with pre-existing Thistle.xls)
  • Thistle Trainer [5] (chat me to discuss; personal reference Sun-Aj)
• Genetics Researcher
  • Vine Focus
    • Mutagens - Ariella / Eldrad?
    • Flowers - Ariella
    • Flax - See Tedra
    • I know I'm forgetting a few (Eigam?)
  • Developed "Aperio - Solvent Distributions" technique for genome research and validation
  • Genetics Resource [6] (chat me to discuss)
• Aperio's Diabolical Thought Puzzles
  • I feel my Tomb of the Immortal [7] was one of the best in Egypt and wish that test had survived to T5. I hate the silly dot puzzle...
• Sponsored Pilgrim Tour Groups
  • Venery with popular destinations [8]
• Rough Gemming Guide [9] - Notes on how to maximize mats and stake out gemming mines
• Wanderers Guild [10] - Inherited