I find DPA lots of fun. It's like a perpetual treasure hunt. In T1 my biggest score was a chest with maybe 3/4 of the materials for an Empty Hand Tower. T2 had a lot of major finds, from a trio of named hatchets to 30 EoO mushrooms. Probably the most important score was a neighboring compound of a mid-level player shortly after we started playing in Oct 2005. We got a nice selection of metals and forged items, plus a sprinkling of other useful gear that got us off to a pretty good start. Anyway, going to make a list of nice DPAs over the course of this tale.
Boy the DPA sharks are in the water this telling. I've failed to score any of the half dozen or so DPAs I've been watching for. I had big scores in T1 and T2, wonder if I'll get any this go around.
- 09-12-2006: Newbie compound, a linen, TEN 6k carp blades! I hate making carp blades!
- 09-13-2006: Ripped down 8 brickracks for 22 boards, woo hoo. Ok, I'm just enthusiastic about this page right now, dammit.
- 09-24-2006: Scooped on my second big DPA I've been watching. First featured a fleet furnace, this one had 6 kettles. Did get some iron mines, made them public *sigh*
- 10-07-2006: 14 charcoal. Yeah, DPA'd a small chest with 14 cc in it. Yay.
- 10-19-2006: Couple newbie chests. Highlights a few dozen clay and 20 rope. Beaten out on DPAing my neighbors compound, but at least they tore it all down.
- 11-02-2006: Awesome newbie compound, 150 slate, 100 leather, 200 nails.
- 12-05-2006: Three apiaries. Ha! I haven't been exploring much recently.
- 12-06-2006: Two flax hammocks and a newbie chest. Still haven't had a big score this telling.
- 12-15-2006: Nice newbie guild. 45 cuttables, 200 nails. 9000 debens of stuff (ok, 3500 of it was bricks).
- 01-26-2007: Chest with 396 dirt in it.
- 02-04-2007: Newbie compound, mostly junk, about 2 large chests worth.
- 02-19-2007: 8 vineyards.
- 03-10-2007: Two newbie compounds and a string of mines.
- 03-14-2007: Neighbor left, DPA'd his stuff! Good stuff, but gonna hang onto it until I'm sure he's really gone.
- 04-09-2007: My gods, 10 pinch rollers, 30k-ish of stuff, small barrels, crazy loot.