Warhammer Online is about to wrap up their second live event, “Keg End.”

This perfectly Dwarven Festival probably got it’s name from my dedicated, stout race feeling obliged to empty all the half-empty barrels, kegs, tuns, tureens and other sundry beer-storage devices regardless of consequences, then inventing a holiday as an excuse for it.

Humans call this “New Year’s Eve.”

At any rate, I did not enjoy this event half as much as the Heavy Metal activities. There was altogether too much GRIND and not enough FUN to Keg End. How like human devs to mess up a proper good Dwarven holiday with mindless repetition. It’s enough to drive me to drink – not that I need much excuse.

Brakk wore his Dorfy disguise for this one, and together we mashed and grinded and hunted and punted for several days... and I think barely got the first mark of three in influence bar for the series, having completed all events save the Ogre Tyrants (and of course the “complete all tasks” tag). ALL BUT TWO, and we only earned one third of the points??? BAH.

The good thing is, the BEST reward was not earned at all, but rather a rare drop from random mobs… the Keg End Cloak.

Now, that’s probably not the right name for it, but it is a cloak with kegs all over it, and it is only available during Keg End. As I am too damn lazy to log into game to check the actual name, I’m going to go ahead and call it the Keg End Cloak. Sue me.

Oh yeah, as an extra added special bonus to its awesomeness, the cloak has an effect of “Throw Explosive Port.” NOTHING beats that, especially as I am not generally fond of port and am glad to have found a good use for it.

So forget grinding till my eyes bleed for the other two event rewards. I don’t need a beer mug trophy, I have a cloak-full! And I don’t need a recall keg that’s only good for fifteen uses, I have a guild with cheap, stackable recall scrolls.

Ahhhh, the end of a great holiday!


…and Mythic, a little less grind on the next event, please.

;-)#
Brasse