August 2007

Misako’s 5-room (Freeport)

stargrace August 5, 2007 8Comments

A work in progress of course, but a picture of the nursery, complete with crib (unrest collection finally done!) and a jack-in-the-box. It has the same graphic as the city merchant cube, however it’s slightly larger, and it also plays music if you right click it. The collections are the Estate Mementos (crib) and Cursed Objects (Jack-in-the-box). I paid a few plat to get the last few items I was missing for these two collections, but they were well worth it.

The kitchen and bar area is finally done, I love the way it turned out. Added that second hanging lamp for some colour. There’s another lamp along the counter but the light is picky for some reason and only shows if you get a little closer. The new Xegonite bowls make fantastic sinks.

A comfortable living space just off of the nursery. The shelves are quite bare for now but it’s a work in progress after all. I love the new vale furniture they added to game, gave things a real nice look. The house is of course a huge work in progress, but I’m happy with the way things are going. With these three rooms done I’m below half of my used item limit, which is always a good thing. The majority of the book quests out there don’t use any house space so I can add to the collection and not worry about hitting her limit. I’m unsure of what I want to do for the remainder of the space, but I’m sure it will come to me slowly. I’d like to try to get her an easel but they’re going for a few plat now since they’re no longer in game. We’ll see how it goes!

Are you leet? My Bow Crits told me I am…

stargrace August 4, 2007 0Comment

A screen shot that I just couldn’t pass up, when I crit with the troubador for 1337…

The past few days have been hectic and a whole lot of fun. Goudia (the troubador) hit level 62, she’s pretty close to 63. Along with new skills, came new upgrades. Lots of upgrades. She can wear her mystic orb of the invoker (procs are awesome), not to mention I made her two new dollies, bought a full cheap set of melodic armor until she can wear her upgrades, bought a new weapon (or two) added some cheap adornments (+int) and at level 63 the little ratonga bardling is sitting at 430+ int, and 350+ agi and str. Oh, and she seems to have landed a few (8) master spells… wonder how that happened…

Along with Thunderwalker and Shadowgeist I managed to complete my RainCaller bow, which was a nice upgrade (until I hit 64 and then my bow from Grizzfazzle is more of an upgrade). Aside from the massive levels (all around, not just Goudia, Gerbil hit 64 and Xoolander hit 56) I had some time to work on Misako’s house, do some farming (wow, notice those rares anyone?) and a couple of other small things. Monday is a holiday here in Canada (Civic Holiday, for those wondering) so it should be some more fun tomorrow.

The only bad part about getting my bow HQ done was that now I have a huge inclination to play my ranger. Who gets not only the joys and fun of the bow, but can also use poisons, something my little troubador has to go without. So who knows, she may be next on my list of alts to level up. In the mean time, I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Oh, and one more thing. THANK YOU. Those three people know who they are! You all make this game amazing.

Goudia, a piano, and a whole lot of fun

stargrace August 3, 2007 4Comments

Goudia smashing the keys to the piano in Unrest… the home owner didn’t seem so impressed

Last night was a great night in game, for a few reasons. First of all, spent the better portion of the day running around and questing with my dynamic duo of Goudia and <insert whichever class I am playing here>. For the most part I was playing Shadowgeist, fiance’s Shadowknight. After dinner a few of us were all wondering what to do. So we decided on an Unrest group. Now unrest can take a lengthily time even with a stable 6-person group of level 70’s. This was our group make up for the evening:

Shadowgeist (70 Shadowknight), Xoolander (54 Necromancer, boxed by Shadowgeist), Thunderwalker (70 Mystic), Kaylie (Boxed 70 Swashbuckler by Thunderwalker), Dasie (70 Inquisitor), Goudia (60 Troubador boxed by Dasie).

So, there are three of us really in the group. We’re all boxing. One is below level 61, the other is below 55..so there’s really only four people in the group. We wiped once, while doing the final portion to gather all the bones and spawn the last guy and did pretty damn good even if it did take 4 hours. Shadowgeist got the helmet to drop which was an upgrade, Goudia and Xoolander got plenty of aa, and Dasie got her class specific breastplate. She just needs two more pieces now (shoes and either gloves or pants, go figure) and she’ll have her 33% reduced spell casting. Even better then the fabled set out there in my opinion.

Dasie, pleased as punch about her new breastplate

Everyone did an amazing job, and I was just thankful that I wasn’t tanking it. I really don’t enjoy tanking at all. Hence why I only have my one little monk alt as a tank-type class, and she is a solo quester for the majority. I haven’t gotten to play Misako a whole lot lately or work up her gear to a great extent, but I’ve still been having a lot of fun in game. Lader was sending me frantic excited tells last night as he did FTH (Freethinkers Hideout) and sounded so happy to be raiding (and taking down) EoF content instead of the KoS stuff he’s been struggling through for the past few months. I’m so glad that he’s happy and doing what he enjoys in game.

Misako also got two new pretties from the adventures in Unrest, but I’ll write about that in another post tomorrow! It was an exciting day.

The Symbol in the Flesh: Crested Mistmoore Shield

stargrace August 2, 2007 0Comment

Level 68

This quest starts by examining the Glyph Tattoed Flesh, dropped by a Glyphed ghoul in Loping Plains.

1. Find someone that can tell you about the tattooed flesh. Talk to Tavish Dracinov in the Village of Somborn in Loping Plains ( -395, 12, -53 ). This step can only be done if you are level 66 or above, otherwise she will ignore you.
2. She will send you to speak with Amares D’Venhz at the other end of the room ( -373, 12, -33 ).
3. He tells you that the symbol is the glyph of Mordiggian, a cannibalistic creature that stalks the Plains, and he sends you to gather:
   • 20 chunks of raw meat from bone golems (a carrion abhorrence) in Breathless Hollow ( -150, 7. 6 ). The rictus gnawers in Mistmoore Catacombs also update this step.
   • 20 congealed blood drops from stirges (a borebeak gorger, a borebeak sipper, a borebeak stabber, etc.) found in Mistmoore Catacombs.
4. Return to Amares D’Venhz. He sends you to find information about a relic or weapon suitable for ghoul hunting.
5. Talk to Havras "Hack" Scutter  in Somborn ( -310, 11, -49 ).
6. He tells you to create a weapon suitable for slaying a powerful undead ghoul lord. This will launch one of 2 sub-quests

Gouldbane Empowered – If you have Ghouldbane BEFORE returning to Amares.

• 1. Speak with Toranim Skyblade in North Qeynos (535.29, -32, -173.74).

  2. He will perform the empowerment ritual for you, but he needs you to:

     • bring him 1 Enchanted Ore from a transmuter. (As of Live Update #34)

     • bring him 6 phosphorescent pearls from deep spawn consorts in Loping Plains. You will find them on the beach, around the small wooden platforms.

     • find, and kill, Kassar The Uncontrolable in the Mistmoore Catacombs.

  3. Return to Toranim Skyblade (not to Amares D’Venhz)

Gogas Afadin – If you do not have Ghoulbane

1. Speak to Gogas Afadin in Nektulos Forest
   • He is in one of the Thexian camps by the tunnel to Darklight Woods at ( -1392, 25, -1399 )
2. Acquire the components for the ghoul-slaying weapon.
   • Acquire one Enchanted Azurite Capillary from a transmuter
   • Get 6 Phosphorescent Pearls from deep spawn consorts in the loping plains
   • Slay the beast called Kassar The Uncontrolable  in the Mistmoore Catacombs
3. Return to Gogas with the components and 20g  and he will craft the weapon for you.

7. Return to Amares D’Venhz.
8. Kill Mordiggian, 68^^^ Heroic mob in the Breathless Hollow. To spawn him you will examine what looks like a plate on a rock near FTH. He will have 3 waves of adds. When the adds pop, he depops and seems to respawn back at the plate. The adds are a separate encounter.
9. Return to Amares D’Vehnz in the chapel to claim your reward.

• Crested Mistmoore Shield

• 77,400 Status

An Old Memoir: Cloak of Flames

stargrace August 2, 2007 0Comment

Level: 70

A. This is part 1 of 9 in the Heritage Quest for the Cloak of Flames

1. Collect 11 tome pages from mobs found in 5 zones.

• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 1 (LesserFay)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 2 (LesserFay)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 3 (LesserFay)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 4 (Loping Plains)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 5 (Loping Plains)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 6 (New Tunaria)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 7 (New Tunaria)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 8 (Mistmoore Catacombs)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 9 (Mistmoore Catacombs)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 10 (Kaladim)
• Snuffing the Fireknight – Page 11 (Kaladim)

– Chest drops for most of them, stick to green or higher. They’re VERY rare and annoying to collect, so just stick with it. It can take literally weeks.

2. Once you’ve got the pages, speak to Juna Crankfizz on the Butcherblock docks.

B. This is part 2 of 9 in the Heritage Quest for the Cloak of Flames

You will recieve 3 quests

• The Fourth Warrior-Silken Drape
• The Fourth Warrior – The Woven Metal
• The Fourth Warrior – The Leather Cloak

C. This is Part 3 of 9 in the Heritage Quest for the Cloak of Flames

The Fourth Warrior – Silken Drape:

1. Juna mentions that the drape is in the hands of Taerenun.
   • This is the cursed elf who can be found in Lesser Faydark roaming near Obelisk of Blight.When you talk to him he becomes agro. He is level 70^^^ Heroic.

   Note: If more than one person in the group is working on this step, everyone must finish clicking through the dialogue before he dies, or they will not get the update. He has a 15 minute respawn.

2. When you kill him, go back to Juna.

D. This is Part 4 of 9 in the Heritage Quest for the Cloak of Flames

The Fourth Warrior – Woven Metal:

1. Juna asks you to find Valyn Gloin
   • He is a dwarven ghost, standing in a corner near the Mushroom Patch at ( -88,26,-391 ) in Kaladim.
   • You can use invisibility to get to this NPC and then huddle into the corner to avoid mushroom agro.
   • After some dialog he gives you the metal.
2. Return to Juna.

E. This is Part 5 of 9 in the Heritage Quest for the Cloak of Flames

The Fourth Warrior – The Leather Cloak:

1. Juna asks you to pick up Balarus’ armor and blade in Felwithe.
   • found in the building in New Tunaria just before you reach the castle at ( -360, 100, -480 ) and ( -370, 100, -480 ). They are 2 highlighted pieces on the pedestals and the mouseover name is NOT Belarus.
   • There are several see-invis mobs that are green and agro to a level 70 in the area of these pieces.
2. Go to The Combine Spires in Greater Faydark. In the center of the spires is a ghostly presence, shifting in and out. Interact with him and give him the armor and blade.
3. He respawns as a 70^^^ Heroic Shadowknight and attacks, kill him.
4. Return to Juna.

F. This is Part 6 of 9 in the Heritage Quest for the Cloak of Flames

The Fourth Warrior – The Ardent Cowl

1. Juna sends you to speak with An Ardent Elder in the Mistmoore Catacombs.
   • She is found on a ledge near the Myr’Dal, to the Southwest of the middle ascent, at ( 60, -124, 152 ).
2. She tells you that in order to re-power the cowl, you must do a favor for each of her 3 children, and one for herself:
   • Ardent Cowl – Living Stone
   • Ardent Cowl – Lyrech
   • Ardent Cowl – Raem Stone
   • Ardent Cowl – Spirit Gem
3. When you have completed all 4 tasks, speak to An Ardent Elder again to empower the cowl.
4. Return to Juna.

G. This is Part 7 of 9 in the Heritage Quest for the Cloak of Flames

The Fourth Warrior – Solusek Mining

1. Juna asks you to condense some Dozurite to power some lamps inside of Solusek’s Eye, to power the big machine in the front of the giant crater.
2. Go down to the area with the magmatic golems, titans, and sentries (-166, -225, 48). The golems start if you go through the teleporter to the giants and then head east back to the entrance.
   • Use the Focused MCE Ray that Juna gave you on the golems and sentries to make a superdense magmatic gloem(70^).
   • If you get two golems be sure to kill the un-condensed one first.
   • When the dozurite golem dies he will drop a harvestable dozurite. It will disappear very quickly, so gather the dozurite fast.
3. Once you have 30 dozurite find a large refining machine to convert your dozurite to a refined version.  It takes three unrefined dozurite to make one refined dozurite. There are several machines throughout the golem area. There is one at (-5,-250,33) and another at (-259, -239, -40).
4. Once you have the 10 refined dozurite go to the tall lamps and insert the dozurite by right-clicking on them. They look like old fashioned street lamps with a glowing yellow light and are scattered throughout the upper part of Sol’s Eye. Not all the lamps are clickable. There are exactly 10 functional lamps and can be found at:
   • (-5,-250,30)
   • (15,-285,90)
   • (-25,-245,30)
   • (-15,-240,0)
   • (-50,-240,-150)
   • (-145,-230,-85)
   • (-225,-240,-25)
   • (-300,-220,20)
   • (-270,-40,-190)
   • (-215,-20,-60)
5. Now you need to turn on the power generators so you can re-imbue the cloak. Go to the large hole near the zone entrance. On either side of the hole by the ramps at (-104,11,-18) and (-104,-11,68) there will be a lever. Click them both to route power to the machine.
6. Now go to the middle of both levers where there should be spinning gears (-69,-12,25) and click the center of the machine to get the final update.
7. Return to Juna.

H. This is part 8 of 9 in the Heritage Quest for the Cloak of Flames

The Fourth Warrior – Jhal’Dolek

• Juna asks you to heat the leather cloak.
• Go to Steamfont Mountains, to the geyser area (the one with the steam elementals and harpies).
• Mine Flamesalt in the area around (-670, 75, 1475) near the vents, before the water.
• You need to summon Jhal’Dolek (70^^ heroic). Stand on top of one of the vents and use the Flamesalt in your inventory. This summons either Jhal’Dolek the air elemental or a fire elemental. Kill the fire elementals till the named spawns. You can continue to harvest more flamesalt to use on other vents, but you need to find a different vent each time.
• Once he appears, right click and use the paste Juna gave you. You will get an update message that the cloak has erupted into flames. This puts an incurable effect on you for about 10 minutes or until you zone/evac.

• Note: You may also use the paste right before using the flamesalt to summon Jhal’Dolek. The important part is you need to be fighting Jhal’Dolek after applying the paste.
• Warning: If you die after applying the paste you will have to go back to Juna for more paste! Just delete the quest and she will give it to you again.

• While the cloak is on fire, kill Jhal’Dolek. He drops a chest with the Heart of Jhal’Dolek in it.
• Use the heart on the cloak. The heart can be traded so everyone in your party can use it on their cloaks. This must be done while you are under the incurable elemental effect.
• Return to Jun

I. This is Part 9 of 9 in the Heritage Quest for the Cloak of Flames

The Fourth Warrior – Unification

1. Juna sends you to Greater Faydark with an item that summons goggles.
2. In Greater Faydark, summon the goggles and wear them. You will now be able to see previously invisible miniscule spider silks. These look like harvestable ?’s, however, they have the words "miniscule spider silk" above them rather than ?’s.
3. Harvest 20 miniscule spider silks’
4. Return to Juna for your reward.

• Reward: Cloak of Flames
• 86,000 status points