I parked myself in the PC, hunting Sojos, before I went away - Mojos are more fun, but I don't have enough Rumble. I have now silvered the Sojo

Now that I'm back, passive hunting in the PC and active hunting in the Warpath and the Living Garden seems to be a good strategy for me. Although the new area is Count area, I need more from those other areas first. And I have only scratched the surface of the Rift, too.

I am in Muridae Market for the very first time.

So far I've rebuilt the Cheese Shoppe, General Store, and Trapsmith. I have the Charm Shoppe and Cartographer left.

~Riella

That's so odd. . . I thought that the new underwater area would be a "year of the noble" area. (Year of the noble = Rift, right?). Either way, it'll be fun.

I'm just running trains at the moment. The gold is good, and I've got one more trap to get (the supply grabber). I don't really see why I need it, as the train area is pretty much a dead end, but it's fun, and it's a good way to get gold.

@Varna, I noticed your stockpile of Onyx cheese and was quite impressed.

And I have only scratched the surface of the Rift, too.

The nice thing about the Rift is that it's easy and fast. I think DiGs finished it in two days and I finished it in 3-4 days, with most of the rest of the hunters right behind us. It's actually a good area to pair with the Living Garden because the bag of essences (or whatever it is) you can buy net you a LOT of essences for the LG.

@Ithil, congrats! Sounds like you're moving right along. I am sort of following your progress... at least I noticed you had gotten into the Market area.

@DiGs, Year of the Noble = High level releases (Count+). So the Toxic Spill, the M400 Mouse, and the Gnawnian Rift have all been YotN releases. The Underwater area is considered the next YotN release.

I don't really see why I need it, as the train area is pretty much a dead end, but it's fun, and it's a good way to get gold.

There's still another release coming to that area. Doesn't mean it won't be a dead end area after that, but it's not quite there yet. And yeah, I find trains fun too.

It seems I am addicted to M400 assignments and treasure hunts at the moment. I popped open a really hard Arduous map complete with Drheller and Balack. But there were lots of interested parties so we'll see how this goes.

Again, want to thank everyone involved in helping me acquire the Phantasmic Oasis Trap. I suspect it has made a necessary run through the Iceberg a whole lot easier.

Hooray for Cep

...it has made a necessary run through the Iceberg a whole lot easier.

Necessary? For a treasure map maybe?

So this mini-event: Larry's football. I don't get it. I mean, I know what you're supposed to do and all, but it's really out there in terms of meshing with the gameplay style of Mousehunt, and so I don't get it.
As I mentioned elsewhere, my best theory is that they're tossing this out there to get feedback to see if they can use something similar to this for future content. I can't really say I'm digging it myself.

First round, got a bronze and silver footlocker, and three unsuccessful runs.
One theme scrap out of three.

...it has made a necessary run through the Iceberg a whole lot easier.

Necessary? For a treasure map maybe?

Indeed. Polishing off an Arduous Treasure Map due to invite to join. Dusted an upgrade too. So it was necessary to push through the Iceberg to get the needed mice. Now in Z's Tower going after a Chess Master.

Still in Muridae Market, but I'm getting close to finishing it. I only have the Cartographer left, and I have collected 16 Papyrus so far.

I've had the worst luck with the soccer tournament so far. Haven't got a single goal yet.

Ithi, don't really worry about papyrus. At one time, the papyrus base was worth getting, but now there are much better options.

I seem to remember them saying a LONG time ago that the papyrus base would be upgradeable at one point, but that day has yet to come.

She needs the Papyrus to build the Cartographer I think. *looks it up* Yeah, it requires 25 papyrus to build.

I seem to remember them saying a LONG time ago that the papyrus base would be upgradeable at one point, but that day has yet to come.

There was never an official statement made, only a rumor. And it was based on that rumor I farmed all 98 Papyrus in case I needed to craft the base.

59th Warmonger down... no trap part drop. It's been a long time since I've gotten one. I've been hoping to get a SBM for my friends who still don't have the Monstrobot or a Crystal for my sis-in-law who doesn't have the Sphynx yet.

Oh, and I got the football theme last night. Kind of weird.

It's been a long time since I've gotten one. I've been hoping to get a SBM ...

Getting those parts to drop seems to be quite the long haul.

Entered into the Fire Station log over the last two days:
10 June 2014

Two Vermin Eliminator Reusable Systems (VERS) in place on Captains's desk in Emergency Operations Center (EOC) due to increased seasonal traffic. Please use caution around systems as injury (or death if one is a mouse) can result if fingers are caught.

11 June 2014

VERS contained two of the Rodentia Order overnight. Remains turned over to Nature for reclamation services.

The Captain lost a full half of her Butterfinger candy bar to the mice in one night. I set out traps. Overall, mice are cute, just not in the fire house - as we cannot have a mouse loose in the fire house. An sensible level of humor is permitted in the official log.

Arduous Map completed. Thank you for allowing my participation Excellent haul on the Treasure Chest. 247,500 Gold, 162,500 Points, 13 Shards of Glass, 3 Super Warpath Mage Charms, 33 Stale Cheese, 3 Spellbook Charms, 9 Wealth Charms, 3 Master Fang Shards, 7 Tokens of the Cheese Fang, 1 Rook Crumble Charm, 5 Runes, 20 SUPER|brie+ and 40 Ancient Charms from 1 Rare Arduous Treasure Chest (Season 2).

Cep. I like your entry logs.

Had a two day Rift tourny that we were unable to place in, but the nice thing is that I, at least, managed to restock my potions. Plus I got tons of points and leveled another percent. (Man, Grand Duchess goes slow...)
Then today we jumped on a Furoma Masters tourny at the last minute and took third.

Jacob drew (what I assume was) the upgrade for the shark trap today. I didn't get a screenshot, though I'm sure it's on the forum somewhere. Hoping that area comes out soon.... kind of bored.

I finally collected 25 Papyrus and was able to rebuild the Cartographer yesterday. Then I ordered my Living Garden key which I just now received.

I am now hunting in the Living Garden for the first time. I have 15 Sponge Charms armed.

Here are the answers for today's soccer challenge:

I netted (pun not intended) 5 gold lockers with this

I like Living Garden - but it takes some time to understand it.
The basic mechanisms are ok - farm petals to get cheese for the next areas, and farm essences, do mini games (or not) along the way - but I don't really know how to see that I'm about to reach the intermediate goals (the traps). With mostly A and B essences, a few Cs and one D, I think I have a long way to go even for the first trap - so currently I guess the strategy of just getting as much basic essences as possible, is good enough.

Then I try to catch the various mice and craft the best cheese in the Rift, and then there are treasure maps, assignments and tourneys - I got two more tokens from that Furoma Masters' tourney with fk, so I need another 65 tokens to get the Golden base.

I'm not doing particularly well in the soccer challlenge. But there's gold and orbs even when I don't get footballs to play with, so I guess it's nice enough. I would have enjoyed it more with better luck against the superstars, though.