It's been so long of a break that it's taking a while to adapt back to playing. As such, I'm focusing less on the power-leveling I normally strive for, and just doing random things until it all comes naturally again.
Breaking Quests - For one thing, I've been playing around with breaking gear. I'm still on trying to break all the great swords as well as only on the steel set for the gear breaking quests.
Thus far, the steel plate broke yesterday. Still got the rest of the steel to go though.
Alchemy/Potion for Magic for Summoning - I wasn't really touching summoning, not in quite a long time. However, something that would get me touching several skills for one project would be to do a level's worth of bear summoning stones.
To that end, I've:
1- Mixed enough life essences and SRs for the needed number of bear stones.
2- Mixed essences to do both mana drain and radiation shield spells.
3- Used those to collect bear furs, with some magic training in the process.(*)
And now the wait... my astro is bad as of this writing, so I won't do any mixing other than alch and pot where my levels are so high that astro doesn't matter.
Once better, it'll be hitting the gypsum to finally mix the stones themselves.
I don't intend to continue a focus on summoning, just getting one level while I get back up to speed with the game.
(*) - Magic training on grizzly bears - I hit a spawn, use a radiation shield (30 mana), mana drain the bear (30 mana) and kill it, repeat. I get furs and between the two spells, 486 magic exp per bear. I've mentioned this method many moons ago in this blog as an alternative for those who don't pk or pvp such as myself.
In this case, I did this 150 times for 150 furs.
Other things done since last post have included stocking random harvestables that I know I'll need later, making a personal stock of HEs and SRs, and other minor things. But primarily, keeping my storage window open to study what all I have, as there's a lot to dig through, and that in turn will lead to what I do next.
Current plans: Do the bear stones, which will mean many gypsum runs. And work on getting some gc, which is kinda low. I'm considering a possible S2E project, as it's been a long time since I bought a nexus, but I wanna get my gc up before that.
IWannaRock - My bot expired just as I went off in December. Within the next month or two I hope to bring him back. Meanwhile, he's off.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Ooops, Burn returned, hehe
Spent 6 months away... comp died, leaving me with only a laptop that couldn't handle EL, and a lack of funds to get a better comp that I could play on. Well, that's finally dealt with!
Day 2 of my return now. It took me quite a while just to try and remember what I was doing before I left, as well as catch up on everything new. Frost trolls... haven't tried them yet but look interesting.
New perk Dedicated Harvester - at only 10kgc, no pickpoints needed, and the fact that I never harvest without a harv medallion, this was a no-brainer to immediately take.
Hello Lenny! - While trying to regain my bearings, getting used to the maps and what to wear and kicking critters and mixing and stuff, I decided to go for a stroll at night on c2 and see if I could find my favorite kitty. He died before we could play long though... :-(
First Level in half a year! - Was close to a harv level, and the triple harv exp day showed up. Combined with the new Dedicated Harvester perk and a rare sitting at dung, I quickly hit it.
The Potioner in Me - I finally figured out what I was doing in December the long way... I needed to stock leather, thread, and wine. Things I usually do via mule, but I noticed I was out of creature food. I decided to make creature food, only to notice I already had all the flowers to mix 3k of it. Aha, that's what I was working on!
So I mixed those, and muled up to stock up. Today, I added to that by stocking my SRs (2k) and mixing some BRs for gc since I had the ings for them (and I was close to leveling after the CF/extract mixing).
Where to go from here? Well, I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things, so focusing mostly on stocking needed supplies, by purchase or by mixing. My gods lie in alchemy, potion, and manu so I'll be looking mostly at those three skills, though I'm considering getting some levels in a few others. I would like to get all skills 50+, which would mean 3 more ranging levels and 9 more in tailoring, but at least the latter would take a while due to cost.
Day 2 of my return now. It took me quite a while just to try and remember what I was doing before I left, as well as catch up on everything new. Frost trolls... haven't tried them yet but look interesting.
New perk Dedicated Harvester - at only 10kgc, no pickpoints needed, and the fact that I never harvest without a harv medallion, this was a no-brainer to immediately take.
Hello Lenny! - While trying to regain my bearings, getting used to the maps and what to wear and kicking critters and mixing and stuff, I decided to go for a stroll at night on c2 and see if I could find my favorite kitty. He died before we could play long though... :-(
First Level in half a year! - Was close to a harv level, and the triple harv exp day showed up. Combined with the new Dedicated Harvester perk and a rare sitting at dung, I quickly hit it.
You advanced to level 109 of harvest!
The Potioner in Me - I finally figured out what I was doing in December the long way... I needed to stock leather, thread, and wine. Things I usually do via mule, but I noticed I was out of creature food. I decided to make creature food, only to notice I already had all the flowers to mix 3k of it. Aha, that's what I was working on!
So I mixed those, and muled up to stock up. Today, I added to that by stocking my SRs (2k) and mixing some BRs for gc since I had the ings for them (and I was close to leveling after the CF/extract mixing).
You advanced to level 110 of potion!
Where to go from here? Well, I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things, so focusing mostly on stocking needed supplies, by purchase or by mixing. My gods lie in alchemy, potion, and manu so I'll be looking mostly at those three skills, though I'm considering getting some levels in a few others. I would like to get all skills 50+, which would mean 3 more ranging levels and 9 more in tailoring, but at least the latter would take a while due to cost.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
The Big Catch-Up- OA 152 and More
Hmmm, been around 3 months since my last entry. Play has mostly been just a couple hours each day with occasional longer days, with at least one hour of those devoted to dailies.
Focus has been very heavy on alchemy, with my Health Essence count now at over 700,000 mixes on stats.
A secondary on potions since I wanna actually get some usage of that goddess. I try to get some SR/BR mixing time in when I can.
Would really like to aim for "all skills 50+", which would mean 3 more ranging and 9 more tailoring levels. But I just haven't had time to work on them so much. Only 1 level in each since my last post for that matter.
Currently dead skills are summoning and engineering. Crafting technically though I do sometimes mix rings, especially my precious Naralik rings which I use by the truckload since Naralik is my home. I'll eventually work on these skills again of course, a Jack of All Trades can't help it, heh.
Okay, the screenies of most of the achievements the past couple months... A lot but feels like a few considering the passed time. They're just much harder to get these days plus limited play time.
Focus has been very heavy on alchemy, with my Health Essence count now at over 700,000 mixes on stats.
A secondary on potions since I wanna actually get some usage of that goddess. I try to get some SR/BR mixing time in when I can.
Would really like to aim for "all skills 50+", which would mean 3 more ranging and 9 more tailoring levels. But I just haven't had time to work on them so much. Only 1 level in each since my last post for that matter.
Currently dead skills are summoning and engineering. Crafting technically though I do sometimes mix rings, especially my precious Naralik rings which I use by the truckload since Naralik is my home. I'll eventually work on these skills again of course, a Jack of All Trades can't help it, heh.
Okay, the screenies of most of the achievements the past couple months... A lot but feels like a few considering the passed time. They're just much harder to get these days plus limited play time.
You advanced to level 119 of attack!
You advanced to level 120 of attack!
You advanced to level 121 of attack!
You advanced to level 120 of defense!
You advanced to level 121 of defense!
You advanced to level 41 of tailoring!
You advanced to level 109 of potioning!
You advanced to level 108 of harvesting!
You advanced to level 47 of ranging!
You advanced to level 126 of alchemy!
You advanced to level 127 of alchemy!
Your overall level is now 151!
Your overall level is now 152!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Changing of the God, Global Quest, and Yet More Levels
'Tis been a long while since the last post. The levels just keep getting harder and harder to get, not justifying writing so often when there's nothing much to write.
But figured it was time to upload some screenies and get another post done.
Changing of the God
As much as I hated to do it, I realized it just wasn't feasible in my current state to have 2 gods for gc-loss skills and only Alch to rely on for profit. Of course I can do other skills I don't have gods for, but in the end I'd do a skill more to get more gc to pay for the sink skills. So I figured I may as well have the god to go with that skill.
As such, I reluctantly left the Engineering god and replaced him with the Potion goddess.
I found myself not getting around to much Eng anyway due to the heavy ing needs.
Now with the Potion goddess, I have both that and Alchemy to rely on for gc, and the Manu god to sink some of it into.
Current Work
Having just got the Potion Goddess, I am of course doing a lot of potting, selling SRs on market and BRs to the NPC, whichever I can buy the most ings for.
Spent some time doing Trik runs with leather helms as well now that I'm getting the gc to start that again.
Global Quest
We recently got the new global quest which requires grapes, pears, and a ton of harvestables to complete.
Radu had us searching for the NPC for it when it was introduced (per usual). And I managed to be the first to find it.
As well, when it came to the second part where you have to find worms in trees, I also was the first to find a worm. :)
The Leveling Goes On
And last but not least, I've gotten a few pretty high levels since the last writing...
The final one gotten while doing the feros daily. I very rarely train.
Oh, and why I'm mostly naked while training... I still need to break those damn damaged iron greaves. So I'm only wearing those.
But figured it was time to upload some screenies and get another post done.
Changing of the God
As much as I hated to do it, I realized it just wasn't feasible in my current state to have 2 gods for gc-loss skills and only Alch to rely on for profit. Of course I can do other skills I don't have gods for, but in the end I'd do a skill more to get more gc to pay for the sink skills. So I figured I may as well have the god to go with that skill.
As such, I reluctantly left the Engineering god and replaced him with the Potion goddess.
I found myself not getting around to much Eng anyway due to the heavy ing needs.
Now with the Potion goddess, I have both that and Alchemy to rely on for gc, and the Manu god to sink some of it into.
Current Work
Having just got the Potion Goddess, I am of course doing a lot of potting, selling SRs on market and BRs to the NPC, whichever I can buy the most ings for.
Spent some time doing Trik runs with leather helms as well now that I'm getting the gc to start that again.
Global Quest
We recently got the new global quest which requires grapes, pears, and a ton of harvestables to complete.
Radu had us searching for the NPC for it when it was introduced (per usual). And I managed to be the first to find it.
As well, when it came to the second part where you have to find worms in trees, I also was the first to find a worm. :)
The Leveling Goes On
And last but not least, I've gotten a few pretty high levels since the last writing...
You advanced to level 118 of attack!
You advanced to level 106 of harvesting!
You advanced to level 64 of engineering!
Your overall level is now 150!
You advanced to level 107 of potion!
You advanced to level 108 of potion!
You advanced to level 119 of defense!
The final one gotten while doing the feros daily. I very rarely train.
Oh, and why I'm mostly naked while training... I still need to break those damn damaged iron greaves. So I'm only wearing those.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Catching Up, Mostly via Alchemy
I've actually been actively playing, despite my silence here. The past few days though I've been busy so mostly in an afk-harving mode. Specifically, harving flowers for eventual mixing of another 3k of creature food. Got all those harved now and started mixing extracts this morning.
Alchemy Mania
But prior to the flower harving, I've been keeping busy, particularly with Alchemy.
I reached the 500k mark for mixing Health Essies during all this. :P
Heh, don't be fooled, it took forever and a day to get those levels. Some serious health, energy, and (to a much lesser extent) life essence grinding.
Other Skills
I also got a couple levels in other skills, but those were due to special days (ranging) and dailies (defense).
And well, in all that, I finally managed another of these...
The Phoenix Shift
I dunno what I'll do with the phoenix. But then, I didn't have big hopes for the mule and it's become quite useful since I fully leveled it many moons ago. We'll see.
In the meantime, this all-rounder is leveling the phoenix as well. Spent some time in phoenix form to get it up to level 5.
Yeah, you can still get into the C2 portal room without magic. Just takes a while. But I was bored. ;)
And I got curious about how the invisible phoenix would look...
Future Plans
Current future plans are...
1- Mix 3k creature food, I'm out of it.
2- Continue mixing HEs and EnEs for alchemy leveling
3- Hopefully get around to leveling engineering, the god is getting wasted of late.
4- Hopefully get around to mixing helms at Trik, the manu god is getting wasted of late.
Alchemy Mania
But prior to the flower harving, I've been keeping busy, particularly with Alchemy.
I reached the 500k mark for mixing Health Essies during all this. :P
You advanced to level 124 of alchemy!
You advanced to level 125 of alchemy!
Heh, don't be fooled, it took forever and a day to get those levels. Some serious health, energy, and (to a much lesser extent) life essence grinding.
Other Skills
I also got a couple levels in other skills, but those were due to special days (ranging) and dailies (defense).
You advanced to level 118 of defense!
You advanced to level 46 of ranging!
And well, in all that, I finally managed another of these...
Your overall level is now 149!
The Phoenix Shift
I dunno what I'll do with the phoenix. But then, I didn't have big hopes for the mule and it's become quite useful since I fully leveled it many moons ago. We'll see.
In the meantime, this all-rounder is leveling the phoenix as well. Spent some time in phoenix form to get it up to level 5.
Yeah, you can still get into the C2 portal room without magic. Just takes a while. But I was bored. ;)
And I got curious about how the invisible phoenix would look...
Future Plans
Current future plans are...
1- Mix 3k creature food, I'm out of it.
2- Continue mixing HEs and EnEs for alchemy leveling
3- Hopefully get around to leveling engineering, the god is getting wasted of late.
4- Hopefully get around to mixing helms at Trik, the manu god is getting wasted of late.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Alchemy - Easy as 1-2-3!
You advanced to level 123 of alchemy!
\o/
Alch levels aren't simple these days. I'm estimating it'll take mixing 70k Health essence to get the next level... that's 70k mums, 140k silver, and of course the bones to mix 'em. Fun! ;)
Yeah, health essences. Not bars. I make bars as needed of course, and other essies as well. But my primary focus has been HEs simply because they're easy to sell, or trade for ings. Which in the end makes leveling using them a lot faster.
I got a little web project I'm developing that'll be used to help increase my leveling. Coming soon...
Back to mixing. More work on the alch levels planned. Also looking to get my gc up a bit so I can mule some leather/thread and get my manu helm mojo going again.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Eng level, Quests, Lenny, and Such
Gotten a bit done in-game of late, though I've been off more than on...
1) Quests ... finished the medallion quest, and gotten a start on the latest Novac critters. 4 of the 5 have been kicked, only 1 to go on that.
2) Helped Lenny kick the bucket twice while out hunting Novac critters. ;)
3) Found a new Joker location in the process as well to add to my limited list of those.
4) Got an Engineering level, mostly from Eng dailies and as well exp from finishing the above-mentioned quest. (Screenshot not available unfortunately.)
Most of my time has been working on Alchemy. Tons and tons of health essies as well as energy essies when I have the iron. Down to just 1.7 million exp needed for an alch level now, which isn't bad considering the full level is about 6.4 million exp! Focusing on getting ings and bones for mixing the essies rather than gc.
Though I've kept some essies stocked on my bot for sale for gc... had to buy some more books, and will need to again before the week is up.
Continuing to do dailies, attempting to finish the latest Novac, hopefully finally break my damaged iron greaves (gah!), and mix-mania for alch leveling.
Latest status update, done. ;)
1) Quests ... finished the medallion quest, and gotten a start on the latest Novac critters. 4 of the 5 have been kicked, only 1 to go on that.
2) Helped Lenny kick the bucket twice while out hunting Novac critters. ;)
3) Found a new Joker location in the process as well to add to my limited list of those.
4) Got an Engineering level, mostly from Eng dailies and as well exp from finishing the above-mentioned quest. (Screenshot not available unfortunately.)
Most of my time has been working on Alchemy. Tons and tons of health essies as well as energy essies when I have the iron. Down to just 1.7 million exp needed for an alch level now, which isn't bad considering the full level is about 6.4 million exp! Focusing on getting ings and bones for mixing the essies rather than gc.
Though I've kept some essies stocked on my bot for sale for gc... had to buy some more books, and will need to again before the week is up.
Continuing to do dailies, attempting to finish the latest Novac, hopefully finally break my damaged iron greaves (gah!), and mix-mania for alch leveling.
Latest status update, done. ;)
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