Saturday, November 28, 2009

Overdose of Chims

Got a bit carried away, don't normally spend as much time as I did this morning a/d training (not counting Sun Tzu), but I did it anyway...


You advanced to level 108 of defense!


Defense Level 108


You advanced to level 108 of attack!


Attack Level 108

I pulled the session stats up for the screenies to see where I was at that point. The session time started just before attacking the first chim once I had it and the fluff back on their spawns.

As can be seen, 34% more attack than defense experience, so my "iron sword" use on the chim (with 1 diss) and the fluff (no diss) worked as planned.

Also tells me I could drop the attack god and still get about 14% more attack experience that way if needed.

I'm down to about 468k experience difference that defense is ahead of attack. Once that gets caught up I'll no longer concern myself with it.

As well, I may drop Attack god at that point. For what, I dunno yet. Need to recheck my god situation. Will keep attack god until I have a plan, of course.



Offline most of the afternoon, and semi-afk since I got back online so I'm only doing semi-afk harving. Coal specifically, for my next S2E batch.


Try and get some mixing done later, need to get 2k magic and 3k air essies done.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Here Come the Levels

Yesterday saw plan changes again, as Joule happened and my ings were limited to certain skills. But it was enough for those skills at least. Plus I missed several hours of it as I had to go offline.


You advanced to level 41 of summoning!


Summoning Level 41

I had just enough gypsum in storage to quick-mix a summon level. Glad I hadn't already used it as I was tempted to on several occasions trying to get past levels, heh.


You advanced to level 49 of engineering!


Engineering Level 49

Joule was over by the time I got this level done, but got a lot of it during the day. H/D indicators, then for the final few k of experience stock-mixed some ropes.

And not long after...

You advanced to level 54 of crafting!


Crafting Level 54


Didn't take long to mix up that level... had read a bunch of crafting books and only needed about 10k experience to finish off the level.



Did a motherload of alchemy during joule as well... mixed all essie ings I had, even did some mercury which I hadn't done in a while. No school since I needed the results. Nice chunk of experience that brought me up to the halfway point to another alch level. Still a long way to go on that though.


Switched away from experience books for a while to get more regular knowledge books read, mostly engineering books since I've got that god for quite a while to come.


Spent some time on the chims last night, but called it an early night so not long.

This morning I hit the chim/fluffy spot in Melinis for 2.5 hours to get 1 million overall experience and almost 10kgc in drops. Pretty sweet for a normal day.



Mix-wise... got a lot to do as always. Currently taking a break by just harving a while, coal for my eventual next batch of S2Es.

Still haven't done hydro runs since that latest quest has got too many people going there. Gonna wait till the quest hype dies down, which it will once most have done it.

Need to mix matter, magic, and air essies for my next batch of grizzlies/magic experience. Got the energy essies done. Considered matter essies now since that would give me plenty of "down" harving time mixing in the feros cave, but considering there's invasion critters in Bethel I think I'll wait.


Ah, that's it for now...

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Was All About the Overall

Yesterday I did something incredibly uncharacteristic... spent the majority of the day a/d training.

Well, some time devoted to LE making for my coming batch of summon stones, and took part in an Idalaron Mines invasion (8kgc+gelatine stone in drops from that), but otherwise was on the desert chims most of the day.

Majority of that was in Bethel. Astro was slightly in the red, but I found using an iron sword and hitting whatever available spawns were there (and chopping down cyclops between spawns when I couldn't find a nearby free chim) was quite effective in both giving more-than-normal experience, and as well giving me much more attack than defense experience, which is what I wanted.

You advanced to level 107 of attack!


Attack Level 107


Continued in Melinis when a Bethel invasion started, after the Ida mine invasion. By then my astro was in the green so I went back to bone training.

Your overall level is now 140!


Overall Level 140



Sweet. ;)


New Quest

New quest was added 2 days ago, lots of searching for the right spawn and killing the critter in question, from rat all the way up to ice dragon apparently.

I spent several hours on this yesterday, and worked my way through 32 of the critters (up to Yeti). When my astro was better last night I gave the cockatrice a shot.

In fact, 4 shots. Melee-killed my first 4 big chickens! Until now I'd only ranged them during invasions.

Unfortunately none of the 4 I killed was the one needed for the quest, so I'm still stuck on that. And in no rush to finish it. I'll give it an attempt occasionally and eventually get through it.




Current plans:
- Restock HEs (yesterday's mass a/d leveling wasn't planned for)
- summon stones for a summon level
- essies for another 500 mana drains and radiation shields (and some to sell on bot)
- next tailoring level for all skills 35+ (with an eng level in there making saltpeter)

Sunday, November 22, 2009

High Levels and Bar Mania

Been reading more of the Crafting experience books. Last one got me to within 12k of a level. Won't read a book for that though, need to occasionally get in one of the normal books so I'm doing a couple of those now.

Been doing a lot of potioning, both for gc and stocking SRs for summoning stones.

You advanced to level 104 of potion!


Potion Level 104

Don't normally hang out at MM storage these days... had a sale there and just decided not to move back to Naralik.



Got all but about 500 of the bars done that are needed to make my final batch of S2Es for this latest buy-nexus project. Finish those tonight, maybe the S2Es themselves as well depending on my astro.

Then it's once again time for hydro runs... whenever I feel like getting to them, and as always never announced here when I'll end up doing them. ;)



Those have been my two "big things" since my last entry, potting and S2E bars. Also bought some more Archery AP pots... with the ones I have in storage I'll be up to AP 20 when I use them. Waiting for a reconstruction day to use them since I'm in no rush, with hopes I'll save some gc by getting them to work more than once, heh.


Hmmm.... yeah, that's it.


Next plans after finishing the S2Es:
- bear stones for a summon level (need to make the LEs first)
- essies for 500 mana drains and radiation shields (another bout with the grizzlies)
- tailoring level (all skills 35+! will also likely mean an engineering level as well)

Friday, November 20, 2009

Alch Levels Are Rare These Days

Spent yesterday morning finishing off essies for mana draining and radiation shields, as well as mixing some HEs, both for myself and bot sale.


You advanced to level 114 of alchemy!


Alchemy Level 114


Sweet. Moved up to the top 15 alchemists!


Had to go offline several hours as well, came back and mana drained (with rad shields) 500 grizzlies.



You advanced to level 70 of magic!


Magic Level 70


Also got 24k BSFs and started harving 12k BQ for a batch of about 12k SRs. Working on the rest of the BQ now this morning.


Doubt I'll mix all 12k today, that would be tiresome. I'll split them up to mix over the next 2-3 days depending on what real life lets me do, and mood of course.


Other plans:
- final batch of S2Es for artificial 6 nexus buy
- kick some chims for a/d
- LEs for another bear stone summoning level batch




Harv Medallions

Been trying out a harv med past couple days to see how the latest server change affected their break rate. Actually got 4 in total I'll use for this experimenting.

Considering I wore it during my highest harv events period (while harving diamonds at that) and it survived, I think it's nice, hehe. Granted need to wait and see all 4 break to get a better idea of how useful they are now, as it could just be sheer luck it survived that. But I'm starting day 3 of a lot of harving with the first one and it certainly wouldn't have lasted this long before the last server update.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Go Go Power Ranger? Heh

Well, thanks to a combination of hundreds of moon medallions and non-stop reading the new Crafting Experience books, I've gotten both Crafting Levels 52 and 53 of late.

No screenies cuz they catch me off guard. I forget I'm reading the books until I'm suddenly getting a crafting level while walking through the C2 portal room, or harving silver. These books are bad for my screenshots. ;)


Yesterday, another random Robin Tell double ranging day showed up first thing after I woke up. Having gc from just selling all the moon meds I made, I took advantage of it... 2 mule loads of bolts with almost 2.2k bolts per trip.

You advanced to level 42 of ranging!


Ranging Level 42


Honestly had no plans to be leveling ranging as I have the last few days... but plans change on a whim, hehe.


Really do need to get back to plans though. Currently working on AEs for my next magic round with the grizzlies. Or actually, wondering if maybe I should start playing with the white tigers for magic training now. We'll see.


Made 4 more harvester medallions yesterday. No break last night though I was stress-testing it during high harv event astro. Still am for that matter.

2 enrichment stones and a rostogol came with my silver and diamond harving though. :P


Anyway, for my 500 mana drains and radiation shields, I got all the energy and matter essies done, as well as half the magic and air essies. Got the ings harved for the rest that are needed so time to go mix those.

Will probably go hit the grizzlies (or white tigers?) later today. Quite close to a magic level so will definitely get one before the 500 are done.

Also need to get some potioning done, for the gc. These bouts of ranging as well as buying experience books weren't planned expenses. ;)

And get my final batch of S2Es done for my next nexus buy...

Monday, November 16, 2009

Here Thar Be Ranging Levels!

Plans change... I say that a lot. ;) Actually did start to work on my plans from last post.

I got the essies done and mana drained 500 more grizzlies with 500 radiation shields. That's not enought for a level anymore, but not aiming for a full level when I do that anymore. Not doing more than 500 at once since just that takes quite a while.

I got sapphires polished, got the FEs and coal needed to make bars for 700 moon medallions. Started the silver bars this morning mixing at harv, about 5k silver away from being able to mix the rest at storage.


Off the planned path, I spent several hours kicking desert chims on a Day of the Dead. Not quite Sun Tzu, but better than a normal day since it means less time waiting for a respawn and catching the respawn.


You advanced to level 107 of defense!


Defense Level 107


That was yesterday.


Today, as I said worked on the silver bars this morning, but then we got a random Robin Tell day.

Now honestly, I'm not quite rolling in gc at the moment and seriously considered skipping it because of that... but the inner power-leveler in me couldn't resist.

Especially since I knew I'd get a level with my first 2k+ mule load of bolts at the arena. :P

You advanced to level 40 of ranging!


Ranging Level 40


But that wasn't enough... I still had time in the day for another full mule load of bolts, so I did that.

And ran out of ammo only minutes before the end of the day.

With only about 3.5k experience needed for another level. That would annoy the hell outta me if I left it that way, so I did something I hadn't done in a long time... ranging outside of the arena. Heh, Egratia Point specifically since there's rarely people training there and plenty of targets.

And...

You advanced to level 41 of ranging!


Ranging Level 41


Sweeeeeeet. Two ranging levels in one day. Not bad considering I'm in the 40s levels now.



Anyway, guess it's time to get back to plans. Same as previous entry... the moon medallions are priority (need the gc), then some potting for gc, then... eh, whatever I wrote before. Those two alone will take a while, esp. the potting part, hehe.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Summon, Harvest, and Random Stuff

Just been doing random stuff past few days, sticking to plans a bit but more often not.

Being close to a harv level, I thought doing some more engineering would be a good way to push that along as well...

You advanced to level 98 of Harvesting!


Harvesting Level 98

Just 2 more for my 5th 100+ skill, hehe.


Spent a lot of time on the gypsum in Arius, mixing bear stones in bags there. Got tired of that though, and with over 10k gyp in storage by now decided to use some of that instead to finish off the level...


You advanced to level 40 of summoning!


Summoning Level 40


That brings me up to the rec level for spider summon stones, but I'm gonna keep on doing bear stones a while longer. Mainly because I still get plenty of critical fails on bear stones even on the best astro, so spider stones would be even worse. But also because I've still got over 4k bear furs in storage that were "free" compared to having to buy thread for the spider stones.



Otherwise....

- Made several at-silver bag loads of HEs, both for myself and drop off on my bot for sale. (Nice little thing, bot buys loads of FEs for me, I put HEs to sell on it to pay for those. Better experience and a positive gc.)

- Made the magic and energy essies needed for my next wave of 500 mana drains and radiation shields. Actually working on the matter essies as I type this.

- Tried spending some time ranging last night on the 4 MBs dropped in Bethel to get new experience books in game. Ended up being mostly a waste of time on my part though.

- Planned out some more books to read and what preferred order. Something to slowly do in the background. Though I wanna try the experience books that were added today as well. Currently reading Copper Smelting... yes, I still haven't finished all the tin/copper books, heh. Or Dvarium books for that matter besides the harvesting one.

I'm in no particular rush to read any of the books I haven't yet, just need to eventually for my "perfect all-rounder" goal. That and I'll need them as my levels go up, heh.

- Alchemy level is down to just 1.1 million needed to next level. Not that I'm deliberately trying to level it, it's just "happening" as I work for other skills and gc.



That's pretty much all that's been happening.


Current goals:

- Finish matter and air essies to go mana drain 500 more grizzlies

- Polish saps and make moon meds for another crafting level (and gc)

- Mix another motherload of SRs for sale and for summoning

- Finish off a ranging level when next ranging special day happens (1 more mule load of bolts in the ranging arena will do it)

- Try out experience books after I finish reading my current book (still 553 mins to go and I'm not wasting time in the reading room)

- Final batch of 125 S2Es / hydro runs / mix bars / buy artificial 6 nexus

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Engineering and Tailoring, Hand in Hand Again

Got my 3rd batch of S2Es done for the next nexus. Yippee? Heh.

Did a bunch of pot mixing, mostly SRs for stock and sale. Still a way from a level there though.

Hit the gypsum for a while to work on next summon level, but first time I got distracted with real life stuff, and this morning I was in lag hell due to a problem with the net connection so I had to stop... bag mixing and bad lag are a horrible combination.

Decided to hit engineering again. Mainly because I needed saltpeter for tailoring, but also hit the turquoise for more indicators. Ended up leveling making measly ashes for another saltpeter batch...

You advanced to level 48 of engineering!


Engineering Level 48


Feel like I've been running back and forth doing a little bit of everything, depending mostly on my fail rate astro. Eng, Tailoring, and Summoning all require very good astro, so switched to mixing essies and such on low periods... which I started working on for my next magic level.

But harved a lot during the bad period as well, particularly getting water essies done and 30k+ blue star flowers for tailoring.


And today, I finally had the ings to mix another tailoring level...


You advanced to level 34 of tailoring!


Tailoring Level 34


Sweet. Still haven't made anything above blue dyes though.



Anyway, plans didn't go as planned but got some levels anyway. ;) Current plans:

- Harv high level stuff for next harv level (about 17k exp to go for that)

I don't normally go out of my way to work on harv experience anymore, but exceptions when I'm close to a level, hehe.

- Continue bear stones for summon level

- Mix essies for 500 mana drains and radiation shields, go kick grizzlies

- Work on another crafting level

- Final batch of S2Es, then the usual hydro runs and such for my next Nexus buy

Sunday, November 8, 2009

GC Be Gone

Worked on a bit of different things here and there the past few days. Made some harv medallions from scratch (including essies/gloms/seridium bars), played with Leonard, couple more hours on the desert chims, hauled coal for my next S2E batch...


Also kicked my usual 500 grizzlies with mana drains and radiation shields a couple days ago.


You advanced to level 69 of magic!


Magic Level 69



Last night was a double ranging day, ended up wasting the little gc I had (after the 2 manu levels doing helms in a school).



You advanced to level 39 of ranging!


NO IMAGE

I didn't get a screenie of it because resyncing caused it to screw up.




Resyncing in Ranging Arena

That image shows how bad it was. It was quite packed there, with resyncs all to frequent. Fortunately ranging in the arena consists solely of clicking on one spot so not that hard to manage.



Anyway, not only did I get ranging 39, but kept going until the end of the special day. I figure one more mule load of bolts during the next ranging day will get me to 40.


But now that that's done, I need gc. Still have some moon medallion ings in storage so mixing a bunch of those to sell to NPC. That'll give me a good chunk of change actually.

As for actual plans:
- Do stuff to make enough comfort-zone gc
- mix potions for gc
- 3rd of 4 batches of S2Es for next nexus
- stock bot with some essies for selling
- mix bear stones for summon level

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Attack and Overall, Oh My!

Got the S2Es finished. Halfway to another nexus.

Got some potting done for gc though I still need to do more... got the ings for more just need to mix them.

Got all the essies I need for 500 mana drains and 500 radiation shields done, except about 1k AEs that I have ings for and am mixing as I type this, hehe.


But the last two days has been about changes of plans, just like before with the double manu.

That plan change was getting out and hitting some chims. Spent 4-5 hours per day last two days kicking those suckers. And it paid off... yesterday:

You advanced to level 106 of attack!


Attack Level 106


And today...

Your overall level is now 139!


Overall Level 139


EME drop from one of those last chims too, hehe.


Anyway, that was a "wraith visit" level, having 2 pickpoints to put on something. Considering my all-rounder status I'm going with rationality since, well, I'm already 48/48 p/c for the emu.


That's enough chims for a while, back to mixer mode for me.


Finishing up my AEs, then a mix of:

- Potions for gc
- stock some HEs
- Kick 500 grizzlies (MD+rad shield)
- 9k LEs for another summon level's worth of bear stones
- get 3rd of 4 S2E batches done for next nexus

Sunday, November 1, 2009

School Day, Good Old Golden Manu Day

Plans can change... even though I note in entries stuff that I'm planning to do next, I don't always end up following that.

Yesterday was supposed to be iron/bars/S2Es and such. Instead, the morning was a Fasting day and I wanted to do the bars mixing at the iron rather than just haul iron to sto.

So I went out and hit some desert chims for a couple hours. Not close enough for a level but just working on it.

Later yesterday was another day of Schools. I'd used all my spare ogre toes/white chans during the previous school day only a few days ago, so I decided to throw away a chunk of gc and do some manu levels instead... something I definitely wasn't planning to do.

You advanced to level 67 of manufacturing!


Manufacturing Level 67


And apparently Radu wanted to see the large number of people who were tossing money into the school gc sink, as can be seen in this next one:

You advanced to level 68 of manufacturing!


Manufacturing Level 68


Nice, 2 more levels in a skill I still rarely work on these days.



Anyway, went back to the S2E work. Between last night and this morning I got all the bars made for the S2E batch. Saving actually making the S2Es for when my astro goes back up but they're essentially done.

Need to get some potioning done, for the gc. Esp. after the huge chunk of gc I threw at the school yesterday.

And need to get essies for 500 more mana drains and radiation shields done...

An all-rounders work is never done ;)