Courage Club question

Do the enemy levels in the Courage Club scale with your level?

[edit] Also, what happens if you die? Are you branded a "coward"?

 

How about “Honored Dead”?

 

He's only supposed to brand you as a 'coward' if you leave without killing all 5 mobs. If you die, go back in and finish the fights, all is good. The referee still like you and gives you the reward.

As for adjusting mobs to your levels, I'm not sure. I can only say that at L80 I got 2 green mobs, 2 yellow mobs, and an orange/red one at the end.

 

@jiirc is correct on everything he said.

If you die, there are a bunch of ankh's down there. Pick one, and you will rez up top. That gives you a chance to rebuff and go back down to try again.

At level 85, the first two were green, second two were yellow, 5th was orange to me.

 

Same. I was just wondering if you had to be level 75-80 to even think about doing it and what would happen if you were not able to finish because you're too low-level.

 

I saw in the list that one is in Central Brit.....but where are the others.

 

Where is the one in central brit?

 

No clue. And its so laggy there its hard to run about looking for it. I hate going there for the most part.

 

Reward? Maybe that is new. I just leave when done, the ref never said anything new to me.

 

How to find out more about courage club

Spoiler

Talking to a guard gets you information about the courage club, including hints of it location. I did it quickly on QA but I believe you need the key to get in.

Where it's located

Spoiler

You get the key when you talk to the guard. Ask him about courage club. I believe any guard will tell you about it.

The location of the club is down by th docks. There's a guard house sort of off from the market area. There's a basement hatch that takes you down there.

 

Spoiler

The is another inAerie, or so I understand. This was mentioned in last months instructions but I never visited it. Provided I'm remembering correctly were they said it was.

 

Spoiler

Aerie club is on the right side of the guardhouse, look for a hatch.

Use Courage and key keywords to get a key from a guard.

Banner of Valor should work with the referee.

 

Thanks @Sannio.

 

I assume these are single player instances. No groups or partners. Was confused as the scene indicator says Solo/Party. Its been fun so far been to two and have yet to defeat that tier 10 challenger. But still trying to find a strategy for it. LOL

 

You can fight as a party. We did the one in Brit. Talk to the guards in town to find it.

 

Use the pillars to your advantage.

 

*Sigh* Every time I start to think that maybe the game's on the level and starts to be interesting, I soon find myself in one of the most frustrating gaming experiences... each time getting progressively more and more unbearable.

I normally overcome the obstacles by grinding my way and brute-forcing it (such a "nice" feeling to have when you play what is supposed to be an in-depth and thought-provoking "RPG" /sarcasm) and, once I'm clear, I go "maybe this ain't so bad, after all".... and then the cycle repeats.

... and it always happens AFTER the fact that I spent some cash to continue to fund the game.

I'm ad-lvl 58 and it's (now obviously) impossible to beat.

Spoiler

This is as far as I was able to make it. Drinking tons of potions, tripping and applying poisons.


... and now I'm essentially stuck here because the referee confuses "courage" with "prowess".

So here's what "happens": you progressively lose more and more XP (and resources, like potions and poisons) as you desperately attempt to do everything in your power to avoid the "coward" branding.

Being blocked like this when the game clearly states that it's going to permanently brand you as a coward isn't my idea of fun. Giving up isn't cowardice.

You know some games like to mess with the players by tricking them into believing that their saved file if deleted? Yeah, those only make the players panic for a few seconds at most.

SotA's gonna get DESTROYED by the general public if they don't change some things.

This is in Aerie, the city of "Truth"... or what I think is more appropriate to call the city of "Omission". One would think THAT little factoid would be a crucial thing for the referee to point out or is this supposed to be some sick joke from the devs?

What in the bloody hells is a Tier 8 and a Tier 10? My dude can barely get around tier 4.

I'm literally stuck here wondering what I should be doing to get back to playing the game:

• If I log out, does it count as a failure? The key broke, so will it trigger the check on my way out or does it only trigger when in the copy of the instance where the gate is unlocked?
• If I log out and load back in from Novia, does it bypass the check? If it does, does it still trigger whenever I decide to come back in?
• Does it overrides the "cowardice" if I come back and defeat them? Do I have the ability to come back at all?

 

@Sannio Your reply was much needed and is appreciated.

I don't think the issue was ever to be branded a coward for running away from a fight, but being branded a coward for throwing down the towel when you're clearly out-matched. Because, then, the choice that the player believes to have is to either live with the brand and continue to play the game or stay in limbo inside the club and not being able to accomplish anything at all. The player doesn't know.

So the problem is being caught in a trap that didn't exist in the first place. I know @Lord British loves to make players think about these sort of things even when the game may or may not test it but, here, there's no moral dilemma in place. No one's asking if it's the right thing to do but, instead, they ask how to get out of this imaginary dead end.

I use the word "imaginary" but this isn't something the player conjures up in their minds, it's something you guys (hopefully unwillingly) planted. Essentially, the word "permanent" that the referee (or was it the guards?) uses to describe the "rules" of the game is throwing me off completely as it sounds like it's something I'll never be able to change. You're warning me of something that is less severe than you make it sound. Maybe rewording it or better explain what constitutes as "running away" would help.

Heck, this might be a case where you might be better off not saying anything and let the player be oblivious to it.

I think it'd be a lot more clear if, upon death, players would be thrown out of the instance and spawn at a town's ankh. "Come back again when you have a new key" instead of making them wonder if they'll take a courage hit for walking out the door.