Screaming Into the Sunset

A weirdo with a fascination for horses in games. Will follow/like from @bearer-of-embers

[dorianwolfforest]

Welcome to jorvik.

something about filming people just doing their thing, going about their day without knowing what they did before that moment or what they’re going to do after it. It’s very peaceful. Also yes those two riding together definitely thought i was a weirdo. they kept trying to friend me so i sprinted into the forest.

third to last and the last one aren’t people it’s just NPCs but I thought it fit lmao

[jorvegiancollective]

Happy Halloween Ghouls & Ghosts! The Jorvegian Collective is hosting a spooktacular Halloween party & trail ride! We look forward to seeing you there!

Date: Friday Oct 29th

Time: 6pm CST

Server: Night Sprinkles

Where: Meet us at the Circus, after 30min we’ll be heading to Galloper’s Keep!

Costumes are highly encouraged and our hosts Jade and Sarah will be available in the JC Discord voice chat!

[hayley-swiftriver]

Me trying to come back into the community only to realize I missed a bunch of awesome events in the past few months including a new Jorvik’s Greatest Trail :’)

[hayley-swiftriver]

Day 6 - Warmblood

I want to try and put a different horse in each picture so there’s no duplicates, so since I already took a picture of my Jorvik Warmbloood, I decided that my Trakhener, Malakai would be a good fit for the bill! The Trakheners used to be one of my favourite breeds before they changed the animations, but I still love this sweet boy!

[hayley-swiftriver]

Something doesn’t seem quite right here...

[hayley-swiftriver]

Day 5 - Forest Ride

I remember a while ago I made a post about Greendale since it was updated that got pretty popular. Now a couple of years later it has still remained one of my favourite areas in the game.

[hayley-swiftriver]

Day 4 - Pony

My current favourite pony is my Gotland, Venti! Named after the character in Genshin Impact! I did my best to make his tack fit his colour palette, and he even has a spunky little personality to match. He loves just running free through large fields, feeling the wind in his mane. He also adores apples and grapes.

[hayley-swiftriver]

Day 3 - Show Jumping

Draft horses aren’t conventional for show jumping, but that’s not going to stop me! Featuring my lovely Eros.

[hayley-swiftriver]

Day 2 - Beloved Horse

A horse that I am absolutely in love with still is my beloved Artemis aka Moonprincess. Back in the day, the Gen 2 Friesians were my absolute favourite horses in the game, so much so that I got two of them (my other is a white Friesian Sport named Apollo). Artemis has been my favourite for a very long time, and was the first horse I ever gave a nickname to. I still think the Gen 2 Friesians are absolutely stunning, and far better than their Gen 3 counterparts. She’s pretty well the only Gen 2 horse that I regularly ride these days, and I still adore the way that she looks.

[hayley-swiftriver]

Day 1 - Starter Horse

To get myself posting more on this blog a bit, I’m going to be doing a prompt month that can be found on SSO’s social media. You can find the Twitter post here. Since the prompt list came for the second of September, I’ll be posting the second one today after a few hours.

 I’ve been playing this game for 5 years now, and Nightwhisper has been with me through all of them. Not once have I ever changed his name or his appearance, as I wanted a very unique horse with an uncommon coat, and he’s remained the same, except for the model updates. I always take him out for story quests, even if he’s not required, because I do feel like he is my soul steed and the perfect match for me. Honestly, it was such a throwback to just go and take this picture. (Yes I kept my starter gear, I’m a hoarder)

[writingonjorvik]

Hey! Listen! The ROJ x LoZ event has a date! This is a role play type of event with NPCs, quests, and princess rescuing to do. Time to put together your hero’s clothes and find a perfect Epona to join in on the adventure!* There will be a follow up post going over the story intro and some basic rules next week but I wanted to give everyone a date to save. This is a very big event to host, and I’m afraid I cannot bring this to other regions outside of NA. It is going to be utilizing lots of areas around Jorvik and a lot of dialogue that I may or may not be able to translate for accounts like my Swedish one. However, I highly encourage folks to stream the event! I cannot without exposing the strings of the event’s story, but I will be thrilled to see others giving it a go and pop in post event to shout y’all out. Looking forward to seeing you all there, heroes! *You are not required to dress up to attend or bring any certain horse. Costumes are for fun, and I may spotlight some of my favorites after.

[hayley-swiftriver]

They’re beauty, they’re grace, there’s something wrong with his face.

[hayley-swiftriver]

So when is SSO gonna update these chunky boyes?

[hayley-swiftriver]

Guess what, fellas.

[jorviksgay]

***Random SSo Questions

If you have a little time to spare, feel free to rb/reply and answer! I’m trying to see what’s the general consensus of the community. 

1) Is a larger number of horses better than just a couple you’re attached to?

2) Do you, assuming you’ve already reached a high level and unlocked the trailer everywhere, still take the ferry/ride from place to place?

3) Do you still manually take care of your horses or do you pay for Stable Care? If neither are true, do you just not practice daily care for your horses?

4) Would more coat recolors be better than more horses, or vice-versa?

5) Do you think the game is more “threatening” for new players? (Aka, the abundance of quests you find at the beginning is overwhelming) Or do you think it gives players a lot to do in a positive way? 

[hayley-swiftriver]

1. I have a large number of horses anyway, but there are only a few that I regularly ride. I definitely have favourites!

2. Yep! I rarely ever take trailers to save on money.

3. I buy stable care every second day because it’s the most cost efficient way to do it.

4. I don’t really mind either way! A lot of the time it’s hard to decide what between the coats that are already out!

5. It’s definitely intimidating, and I think more content needs to be moved to late game so that high level players actually have things to do. Low level players have so many things on their plates that it can be a bit overwhelming, while high level players only have a few tasks to do. I really don’t get why they lowered the entry level into Wild Woods. I thought it was fine the way it was. We needed another higher level area.

[hayley-swiftriver]

Time for me to post my more thank likely janky training route! I’ve trained almost 40 horses to level 15 at this point, and yet I still have no idea how to do this efficiently enough. Usually I just aim for 2 levels a day, and finish levelling the horse in a week.

As you can see, my home stable is in South Hoof, so I start there and work my way around. Sorry if my lines are a little hard to follow, I’m no artist. Eventually, I end up in Goldenleaf Stables. This route can also be done backwards when you’re looking to change things up a bit as well. Anyway, cringe at how long this takes probably!

[hayley-swiftriver]

It’s been a while!

Do any of you even still remember me? Maybe, maybe not. I know I’ve been on hiatus for a long time now, just due to some personal reasons and hyperfixations on other things. I’ve always been playing SSO, training my little pixel horses and doing quests whenever they come out, so I’m definitely still up to speed on everything. Hopefully I’ll be able to take part in more events in the future and interact with more of you! I’m also on the SSO tumblr discord if you guys wanna make friends with me there. It’s a little lonely by myself now, and I just need people to talk to about the game because none of my other friends play it, so I hope I can be a little less withdrawn and more active in the community again! I look forward to seeing you all again :)

[dorianwolfforest]

Reblog if you’re a SSO blog

I think we need to make a new SSO blog masterpost. Reblog if you are one, and I’ll combine us all into one post for everyone’s following needs. I’m pretty sure we’ve had a masterpost in the past that people would link to whenever someone new joined the community which was incredibly helpful, but it’s pretty outdated.