Mid Year Classic 2022

Introduction

In the inaugural event of the Mid Year Classic the challenges are daunting.

Your creativity will be challenged initially as you develop a Dwarf character to a 666 wall score, with the ONLY restriction being weapon choice is limited to the Tome weapon group.

Next your grinding strength will be tested as you spend time in each of the first four areas saving up an amount of experience. Don't die with just a few experience points to go! These challenges can be done as you develop your Dwarf character, but it is not a requirement.

Thirdly your luck will be challenged as you defeat an armor dropping creature in an effort to get all seven body part pieces to appear on the screen at once. Several locations throughout Shilla are acceptable to complete this challenge, so pick one that is closest to your current training area.

Your greed will be sated next as you farm some of the most popular areas in Shilla, again pick an area closest to your current training area. Don't forget to bank often! Advice so often stated in every guide ever written for Shilla throughout the years.

Your luck and patience will be tested next as you grind, grind, grind, creatures in an effort to collect a complete set of weapons from the Tier of your choice.

Your speed, luck, and patience will be tested yet again as you try and get that pesky Stone Crab to give up its Shovel. Don't take a break or your precious pile might disappear.

And finally your nostalgia will be piqued as you grind piles and piles of food from your favorite food dropping creature, bringing back fond memories of the early shilla years and the wild wonder you once had for the game.

Progress is on the honor system, just say "I just completed X Challenge" in chat as you go.

Mid Year Classic 2022 starts on June 27th, at 8am, local time and ends on July 2nd at Noon, local time.

The Challenges

  1. Challenge 1. Start a new Dwarf character using one of the Seven Dwarves names and grind them to a 666 wall score using only Tomes as a weapon. Any quest, armor, food, items, and jewelry are allowed, this includes help form alts or other players.
  2. Challenge 2. Grind and save up 2m experience on the Beach, can be combined with Challenge 1, but excludes Mermaid Hunter.
  3. Challenge 3. Grind and save up 4m experience in the Outskirts, can be combined with Challenge 1, but excludes Convict No. 1.
  4. Challenge 4. Grind and save up 6m experience in the Sewers, can be combined with Challenge 1
  5. Challenge 5. Grind and save up 12m experience in the Vast Valley, can be combined with Challenge 1, but excludes Crystal Forest Ooze.
  6. Challenge 6. Kill the Rooted Evil until a complete set of Rootscale appears on the screen
  7. Substitute Challenge 6a. A player may substitute any of the following armor drops to complete Challenge 6: Spectral Wool, Regular or Elite versions of Hydraplate/Fishscale/Spidersilk, Illusionary, Oracle, Mythril, Mirage, or Adamantium
  8. Challenge 7. Collect and sell ONLY Silver Armor dropped by the Guards in Drakmor Castle until you have collected 1 million gold
  9. Substitute Challenge 7a. A player may substitute regular Hydraplate/Spidersilk/Fishscale but must collect 1.5 million gold. Substituting Elite versions and the player must collect 7 million gold
  10. Challenge 8.Collect a compete set of Tier 2 weapons from Warriors and Drunken Monks
  11. Substitute Challenge 8a. A player can substitute Tier 2 weapons for a Tier they have complete access to obtaining.
  12. Challenge 9.Kill Stone Crabs until 50 Shovels appear on the screen, can be combined with Challenge 1
  13. Challenge 10. Kill Kreens until 1000 Dehydrated Druids appear on the screen.
  14. Substitute Challenge 10a. A player may substitute the following vs 1000 Dehydrated Druids: Crab Legs, Fishtails, Ogre Pound Cake, Sparkling Silvers, Bottle of Rum, Sea Biscuits, Golden Showers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Whale Meat, or Shark Meat

Those Who Completed the Challenges (in order of completion)

  1. Aa/Happy - Completed 5:30pm Pacific Time on June 28th, 2022

Summary

Several people did parts and pieces of the challenges, but overall it was a failure. I think that shorter is better and a need for some element of competition should be present as well. Got people talking and the concept as a whole wasn't a without its positives.

Besides I won!

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