The Longest 36 Hours of My LOP Life

So for everyone wondering I was one of the unfortunate players affected by that network connection issue LOP had a couple weeks ago. 😭 Fortunately, I didn’t suffer too much in terms of game play loss, as the timing mostly worked out in my favor. I was able to do reset on Saturday (Friday night my time) and then was unable to get back in the game until Sunday afternoon for Rong! I had A LOT of catch up to do (like 2 hours worth 😅) but was able to recoup most of the items I thought I had lost..

It was the most bizarre thing ever, though. I couldn’t get to the “Start Game” screen, where you select your server. It would just hang out at 65% or 90% forever.

And then gave this error message 5 minutes later. I lost count of how many times I deleted and redownloaded the app on both my phone and iPad hoping to get in. And when I finally did Sunday evening, I was out at the park with my kids. 🙃 I genuinely thought the problem was on my end after that. Monday reset was fine (Sunday night), but when I woke Monday morning I couldn’t get back in again. 😩 So, I made a point to go back to the park that evening to reenter the game for Rong, and it worked! The issue was resolved for good after that… But since then, I’ve been a little paranoid. 😅 I’ve trying to not close the app down, unless it’s right before reset. However, now that they just updated the game, I may go back to my old habits of closing the app entirely when I’m done checking in throughout the day. We’ll see. 🙃

But that 36 hour lockout made me realize something… I’m not done with LOP yet! Especially with some of the other new things they’ve introduced in the last two weeks. Like—

Guardian of Grottoes. I REALLY like this event. Or at least more than Strategic Encounter. 😜 My favorite part is the assist function. I love that you can help everyone and everyone can help you. It seems to level the playing field for everyone compared to Strategic Encounter. The team aspect of the latter, in my opinion, sort of pigeon holes all the less powerful players. Once I’m able to take out all that 1.6B elder on level three, I’ll start recruiting less powerful players to my Go team. But until then, I need players at my own Go skill level or higher to assist me. 😅 (Though in that note, I do think frequency of logons matters more than just your Go Skill alone. What good is your high skill, if you’re not around to play or assist. 😏) Anyway, back to Grottoes!

I also really appreciated how you don’t lose progress too. As in you don’t restart at level one each day, or get bumped down when you encounter a stronger player. I will be honest though, I spent more on extra actions points for Grottoes than I ever have in Encounter. So the next time Encounter comes around, I’ll see if the same number of action points per day pushes me up in the ranks or not. For Grottoes I was able to stay in the top 50, whereas with Encounter, I’m like on the boarder of being pushed out of the top 75. (Also not sure if that’s related to number of active players still playing. 🧐 I’ll report back with my findings.) But hey, as long as these happen every month, I should be able to recruit the respective partners in 10 months. Give or take. 😂

Oh right! Speaking of new partners, anyone else excited about the new Mansion area? 😁 (And yes, I was suckered in by that $.99 deal. 😏 That’s it though. 😉) I really enjoy the customization games/areas.

Mine are certainly not as manicured as others, but they reflect my eclectic taste. On that note though, I do find the power ups for the Mansion items to be different than Land. I guess they should be. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I didn’t anticipate they would be group the partners by attributes. (Like they are for the Confidant Devotion or Scholar Prestige areas.) And sadly my largest group of partners (Bal/War) is only affected by one furniture piece. 😜 That aside, I’m very much looking forward to decorating it! (I’ll post more pictures later. 😉)

🤔Anything else to mention… Oh! I got promoted to Deputy Leader in my guild. I think it’s the first time I’ve been one. I’ve held all the other positions at one point or another between my two accounts. It’s been nice getting to help out and open the enemy and what not for the guild, since I’m usually the first one on everyday. I like lending a helping hand when I can. 😊

Alright, I’m going now. Gotta finish up reset for the night. 🤪