2007

Goudia hits 59, and the update is today! *squeels*

stargrace July 31, 2007 3 Comments

Goudia hits 59, thwacking away at various mobs in TT, working the basket quests.. too bad she’s out now

The little Ratonga stopped and stood still a moment. She tilted her head to the side, a huge grin spread out on her face. She clasped her hands to her chest. Stood on her toes. Opened her mouth, and let out an earth shattering shriek. It could have pierced glass it was that loud.

HHHhheeeerrrreeee little swoop serpent! Let me cut cut cut, gonna jab jab jab! Hhhheeeeeeerrreeee little swoop serpent! Let me thwack thwack thwack let me hack hack hack!

She danced over the grass nimble as could be, tucking her tail around her waist as she passed over the small stream, careful not to get it wet. Goudia loved her job. Loved singing as she did her job, and the shinies that accumulated in her pockets after each session of work was rewarding in itself.

So as you can see above, Goudia finally hit level 59. The troubador is a lot of fun to play, I really would like to experience raids playing a scout class. It would be the first time I’ve ever played one, though she is almost exactly like playing an illusionist I find. She has PoTM now, which gives a proc for every spell cast for 20 seconds. I find myself petitioning to get her mystical orb of the invoker back (which the GM’s helped with, thank you very much, it was appreciated) and looking for proc gear. She’s going to have to do her bone-clasped girdle HQ shortly, and I’m looking forward to it. Who would have known the little Ratonga could be so much fun! I have no dreams of betraying back to dirge, though I believe I will make another bard and level up a dirge eventually. I would like to get into raids with her, but we’ll see how that goes.

The game is down for patching right now, go figure. I’m excited! Very excited. New furniture items. Revamped class aa (though there are down sides to this) and multiple characters selling. I’m excited.. I spent most of last night harvesting in preparation for writs now giving tradeskill experience, and for all of the new items. I’m sure I’ll post update notes once I can see them.

Do you Remember Tarton’s Wheel?

stargrace July 29, 2007 1 Comment

This item used to be amazing when level 50 was the cap, I found it today stashed in Dasie’s bank

You can find the walk through for the item posted above here if you’re one of those people who enjoy doing quests for sentimental value, or if you’re adventuring along looking for something to do, or heck you’re just looking for a spiffy new item to play with. Back when level 50 was the cap this item was amazing, and it was also difficult to get. Back when Obelisk of Lost Souls required access to every floor, back when the script for Nektropos Castle was hard to remember. Ahh. Miss those days.

1. Purchase an emerald gem from Merchant Dondl Fuzzlecutter in Baubbleshire or Merchant Vlepo in Temple Street (61.47, 4.11, 66.28) and keep that gem in your inventory.
2. Examine a chest on the Thundering Steppes docks (-565, -14, -490).
3. Find 10 rods all over Norrath. The rods have respawn timers, so the items to get them may not always be clicky.
   • Azia: -540, -153, -1170 a chest underwater in The Commonlands (north and slightly west of the Freeport griffon station, just off the top of the map).
   • Beza: -1882, -29, -491 on second floor of building in Windstalker Village in Antonica (scroll on desk).
   • Caza: -475, -22, +231 in Thundering Steppes (small lump of meteorite underwater in crater north of RoV entrance).
   • Dena: -241, -4, +223, under the Bridge in Nektulos Forest at the Commonlands exit .
   • Ena: at -57, +4, +5 in Ruins of Varsoon, a large wheel on the platform where Alchemist Pindula is found.
   • Fana: at -223, -11, -132 is the stump and anvil inside Middlehill’s General Store in Rivervale
   • Geza: -281.78, -4, 447.76 in Feerrott in a rock among the ruins beside Greenblood River, near where Bouncer Prud spawns.
   • Heda: +210, -14, +22 on a table in Lord Everlings laboratory in Nektropos Castle.
   • Izah: at +33, +594, +332 the throne in Obelisk of Lost Souls (room with three shadowed men around a fire).
   • Jaka: at -53, -24, -330 in Miragul’s Menagerie in a clump of candles in the room with the big cube in the middle.

The item isn’t of any use now of course, and the fact that it’s no-value means you can’t even sell to vendor. I wish there was an option to have a majority of legendary items turned into housing items. Not that we really need any more with all of the little trinkets you can get in game but it’s a quaint thought.

Stuff… and more stuff!

stargrace July 28, 2007 2 Comments

Stargrace hanging out in Qeynos Harbor, a popular spot on off days

Runningscared, a healer who was by the broker, randomly gave Stargrace a rose as she window shopped. It was very sweet, as I’d never met them before. They said that it looked like she could use a smile. I suppose the wood elf does look a little down some days. It’s not often that I play her any more. I have been arranging a few more things in her home though. When the new update goes in (supposedly Tuesday) I’ll be crafting a lot of furniture for it I’ve no doubt. Plus Misako’s house will finally get some attention.

Goudia and a few others hit Mines of Meldrath last night, and the dagger that I’ve been pinning for since she was level 47 dropped.

The fabled 2h staff also dropped for Xoolander, and he hit level 50 which is always a good thing. Goudia is about 50% into her level now. she was out of vitality which always makes things difficult. I decided last night after a huge round of insomnia (I hate it when that happens, stay up all night worrying over stupid stuff from the day) to work tinkering on the little troubador as well. She’s only got a skill level of 50 so far, but it’s a lot of fun. I figure it will come in handy as time goes on. I certainly love having it available on Stargrace. I’ve been contemplating another alt, or rather, who to level next. I really do enjoy questing and I know that there is a lot of content out there that I’ve missed. I haven’t finished off the Steamfont quests, nor have I done any of the quests in Butcherblock. I left The Inquisition, nothing much needs to be said about that. It was too much drama that I did not want to deal with, and shouldn’t have to deal with. No one else pays my subscription after all. I am sort of tired of getting the “you’re letting them win” tells, when only a few select folks even understand the situation, but all in all I feel better having left. I do of course wish them the best in their future endeavors. I really liked a lot of the people and will continue to keep in touch and all that good stuff.

The guild has hit level 11 and part way through, I’m loving the extra bank slots and looking forward to even more. They’re filled with rares and transmuted items for now, as I have a storage character set up for L&L pieces. Gothun added a fury to his collection of alts, even though he still seems dissatisfied with the game in general. I’ve been reading some Dragonlance books, finished the Dragons of the Dwarven Depths, and I’m going to take a break to read the new Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. After that, I’ll go back to reading Dragons of the Highlord Skies. I’m not sure which character I want to work up next, I think I already mentioned that. It will probably be a mixture. Ishbel (the coercer) is sitting at level 38. There’s also Satia, my swashbuckler, who is level 6.. Then there’s Qutey, my fae monk, I think she’s currently level 23 or perhaps 24. All of them are a lot of fun, so we’ll see how it goes.

Are you ready for GU37?

stargrace July 27, 2007 3 Comments

I’ve got Stargrace stacked with sales crates, if they don’t sell, I’ll just use them myself

Last night was Deathtoll, even though I am utterly bored of the zone, Goudia (the now 56 troubador) managed to snag herself a relic chain breastplate. It’s a funny thing to be able to deck out my alts with random raid loot that no one else wants. Misako would have won herself a new pretty as well, as dominance dropped, however I forgot to actually zone her into DT, and the poor girl does not have access. Transmuted instead. Oh well.

I played Arysh for the first portion of the raid. It was nice to play the fury again. She’s the best geared of all my characters with her DT access complete, as well as MoA, Claymore, and Godking. She’s also got her Ring of the Four Winds from the Fallen Dynasty adventure pack. I loved playing her in the past, but as more and more guilds requested that the fury dps, I became a little disgruntled. I realize that healers can both dps and heal, but it is just not an easy thing for me to grasp or to have any want in doing.

I played Stargrace for the second portion of the raid. Oh. My. Gawd. She was 2nd on the dps list for the majority of the fights she was in. She out parsed the wizard and scouts quite frequently. Lader (conjuror) gave her some issues on a few fights but it still felt great to be up that high as my illusionist. Sort of crappy for the rest of the raid though, she should not be able to out parse them so easily. She was 3rd a few fights, parsing around 1.2-2k and I missed playing her. There’s just really no need or reason to on a raid now though. Illusionists are pretty much everywhere. I think that I personally helped the parse go up though, as other classes started to try a bit more once I’d joined the group. Motivation is a wonderful thing. Though maybe I’m speaking too highly of myself here.

Anyhow, as you can see by the screen shot above, Stargrace is well equipped for the new GU37 once it comes live. I’ve bought all the rough ebony that I could find cheaper then 70g and made it into sales crates, priced for 2p. If they don’t sell, I’ll ues them for my own characters since I’ll be taking advantage of the new change (I’ve always dreamed of my characters being able to sell individually and making their “own” money) and if they do sell, then I’ve made over 1p profit per container. I’m eager for the update, every day that I exp I’m forced to send all of the goodies to one of my two seller characters. It’s a huge pain and I’d rather just be able to sell from the get-go with the alts.

And no, I have not forgotten about the 24 new furniture items coming into game at that point either. I expect I’ll be quite busy crafting before too long. Looking forward to it as well might I add. I’m also looking forward to being able to get Goudia a few tradeskill levels by grinding writs for exp. Weaponsmith only gets 2-3 recipes a level and it’s very frustrating compared to a class like a sage or an alchemist.

More rambling later.

Well Hello There Naithi

stargrace July 25, 2007 4 Comments

Arysh taking a stroll through Qeynos Harbor, happened across another traveler

When I see a guide wandering around the Shattered Lands, I always remember when I had applied to be a guide, and wonder why I decided against it. In the end I think it was just my general love of the game that stopped me from going any further with it. While I love being able to enhance someone else’ game play through the guide program specifically with their contests and rp events, I just found it much more fulfilling if I delved into the game from a players perspective (though I am well aware of the fact that guides are also regular players). It’s great to have a volunteer program like this though.

Yesterday was raids. We didn’t exactly have our core group (which is an ever-present issue these days) so we headed off to Lyceum. No deaths for Misako (the mystic) which was nice. The zone was completed in barely over an hour, and everyone did fantastic. We decided to give Freethinkers Hideout another run. If you remember my previous posts, we’ve had issues with this zone from the start, and yesterday was no different. We downed the first two mobs with little difficulty, though I still have to swap out for my illusionist for the second battle which sort of peeves me because it is a fight that drops class set pieces, and that means my mains class piece will never drop. The warden forearms fell none the less. We wiped a few times on the second last guy like we always do, at the exact same spots that we always do (right after the second mem wipe and reflect hits) and called it a night.

I feel bad for wanting progression. I shouldn’t though, right? I mean, we all pay our monthly fees and want specific things out of the game. I love this guild but there are days when I long to be able to progress some. People have mentioned to me (I won’t name names here, but you all know who I’m talking about if you’re in my guild) that “we” are trying to make The Inquisition into some “uber” raid guild. Which ‘we’ are not. If “we” wanted to be in an “uber” raid guild, “we” would be. You’ll have to forgive my use of quotes around all that stuff.

So. I have no idea what direction I’m headed in game. I have no idea what goals I want to set, or what I want to do. More often then not I’m just left feeling flustered and frustrated. I doubt my quality of playing, and my ability to know my class. Better then the average person? Sure, but there are lots of very incredible players out there.

Sorry for yet another drab post, here’s hoping I stop being so gloomy real soon! Maybe a quest walk through or two will finally make their way to a post.