This the Season to be Jolly:

 Horizon:

 Nothing much had happen as there are no event, they even postpone the maintenance for a week just to enjoy the holiday. Music had been spamming the chat claiming that he was ban for no reason, but most player knew that he was using bot. He had been saying some player are duping item, but until now there are no solid evidence to proof it.

Instead of complaining about the game everyday, he could have do a fresh start and get over it. Why just sit there and do nothing about it when you can try to improve on the situation, unless you doesn't really have the knowledge and experience to achieve what you use to have or even better surpass it.

 

Aphelion:

Penkichan had been trying to get Rune of Agility, I give him 10K of Animal Heart, 2K of Maze Token and 10 Extreme Juno Essence which should be enough for two. The next day he was trying to get Shiva Pet, I give him two Collar, 1 Premium Bless and 50 Bless and Curse Book. He should be able to farm a lot of stuffs with the Pet AOE Skill.

 

 Cringee had decided to try it out after seeing my post on Discord. He was having a hard time finding Lilit at Floriam Cave and nobody bother to help him, I switch toon to recall him to the location. I didn't know he was from Horizon as he never really speak much on both In Game or on Discord, after he message me on Discord I met him in Town and give him the same Newbie Package to help him enjoy the game better.

I had help him with the Four Realms Quest and he manage to level to Level 185 in few hours, I give him Godly Weapon, Phoenix Wing, Peacock Wing, 3 Gift of Star, 3 Gift of Nebula, Rune of Fire, Reconstruction and Bravery. All these stuffs will help him in Pet Leveling and Boss Killing, he should be doing fine for the rest of the journey. 

I give him the Christmas Title which I got from Santa Boss and give him 15K Token for the 185 and 200 Title, the Christmas Title is better but only last for 30 Days but the 185 and 200 Title will last forever. I had got the 185 and 200 Title for six of my 185 toon, just need to get more Token for the same Title for another two more. It was mainly because the other Title from the 185 Box also expired after 30 Days, and two other toon is using the Zoo Keeper Title for Pet Leveling.

Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer:

 

Aphelion:

 Finally manage to get the Rudolph Pet with 20K Christmas Token, mostly got lucky with Laca Ball which give 2.5K of Christmas Token. Found out that it need Level 120 for Level 5 Buff, Level 1 when it is Level 25, Level 2 when it is Level 50, Level 3 when it is Level 80, Level 4 whe it is Level 100 and Level 5 when it is Level 120. And each Level need 5 Premium Bless, 500 Curse and 500 Bless, this will cost about 6.5T in total just for the 5% Attack and Hit Rate, as compare to Shiva Pet which need 1.75K Bless which cost about 875B.

Shiva still more useful with AOE Skill, even though it was Nerf from 50 Target to 25 Target. Summer Pet AOE Skill is 50 Target but the damage seem less as compare to Shiva when I try it on Boss. Scorpion got Poison and Cockatrice got Stun, Magic Eel seem to have Stun too but can't be sure as it can learn AOE Skill at Level 1 like Kelpie as compare Scorpion and Cockatrice at Level 38.

Christmas Party:

 

Horizon:

 The higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Most players expect the event to be better as the Christmas is getting closer, but they decided to end the Advert Laca Ball early at the recent maintenance instead of the 24th Dec Christmas Eve. At least we got 800% Jewel Event, but the Upgrade Event still at 200% instead of the 250% which we expected.

Zed had been trying to low ball and offer lower than the usual market price to buy stuffs, he had also been trying to sell his stuffs at a higher price. He had piss off a lot of players and most of them decided to ignore him, he had not been able to get most of the stuff he needed for the Jewel and Upgrade Event. Both he and Avatar had also lost interest on giving Windy Buff even though I had give them a lot of Stone of Wise, guess they realized that it is very troublesome for other to be busy with their own stuff and suddenly players are keep asking for buff almost every few minutes.

Avatar had not been able to get Heaven Stone Grade 5 for the Upgrade Event, I give him 90 of it together with 6 Heaven Stone Grade 7 to help a bit. He only manage to get his gear to +25, he should have farm more and stock up on stuffs for the event if he had not been lazy. Zed had been very hardworking farming a lot of stuffs, but he never really contribute much to the community and only use it for his own leveling. Not sure why both of them need so many toon at high level, it is just a waste of precious resources.

I had give a lot of stuff to Avatar and Mother Nature, the most recent one are 500 World Cup Festival Box when I heard they going to craft Gold Bar to get the Golden Key from Laca Ball. They do get a lot of stuffs from Fox Tail and Hide later, but they just spend all of their gold for other stuffs when they manage to sell it. It is a vicious cycle of selling and buying which keep bring them back to the point when they become poor with not much gold.

 

Manage to Jewel most my gear and Upgrade some of them to +30, but will not be using them in near future. Still using both my Raid Boss Killer more for farming, it is more efficient to spawn Raid Boss while farming. Using them will save me the trouble of switching toon for the kill, but I will still have to hunt Fox and Zombie to replenish the stuff I use for Laca Ball after the Christmas Event is over.

Aphelion:

Finally manage to farm enough fragment for the Party Invitation, they had increase the drop rate for it few days after the event start. Not many players actually had the chance to participate in this event, think only about 30 to 40 players manage to get the Party Invitation.

As expected the event start with Hide and Seek few hour before the party start, then it continue with Monster Spawn. All the players who participate in the Christmas Party Event were given the Santa Claus Costume, Christmas Title and Santa Claus Pet. The Christmas Party is just another Monster Spawn Event, never really get much stuff as other players are able to kill faster than me.

Found out that the Immortal Boss at Juno is different from Dratan, it does not have a level limit of Level 166 and it give random item at every 250 hits. It is able to get the Gift of Universe Accessory if lucky, but it doesn't help much for leveling. It is good that pet are allow again in Juno, and I can use any of my high level toon for it.

 

Still farming for another 7K of Christmas Token, need 20K of it for the Rodolph Pet. The Santa Claus Pet was not that impressive, it is just like the usual Legendary Pet with higher Attack. Hopefully the Rodolph Pet will be able to give better buff, but 5% doesn't really matter that much. Saw some Halloween Pet too, but not sure how they got it and what kind of buff they give. Guess just have to wait till the Halloween Event next year to figure it out.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas:

 

Horizon:

They had start to Nerf the Laca Ball, a lot of players are unhappy about it. They had replace Lvl 5 Jewel to Platinum Tool Aid and Platinum Rune of Protection to Golden Magnifying Glass x 5. There are option for Panda Box, Heaven Stone Grade 5 x 2, Gold Booster x 3, Lvl 3 Jewel and Moonstone Box x 3 or Ascadia Treasure Box, Socket Reset Card, Pink Drake Egg, Blue Pan Flute and Moonstone Box x 3. But the first option still better as it give useful stuff and the top prize is not random.

Element of Iris prize had been change from Party Potion to Exp Scroll and Fire Cracker, Exp Scroll is still useful but the Fire Cracker is totally useless. Hopefully they will make Laca Ball for Fire Cracker next week, if not most player would just trash it. This week only have Horse Blood and Dragon Heart for AGR, Succubus Pet, Snowman, Lucky Scroll and Effort Scroll. Those who complete Burbank Affinity will have advantage for this but still not really worth the effort.

Usually the event should be getting better as the days become closer towards Christmas, but from the current situation it had become great disappointment. This clearly show that they do not really understand the game, they should have put Production Material which drop from mobs instead of item which can be crafted or get from Affinity Shop. Hopefully they will listen to player suggestion and improve on it.

Aphelion:

They also screw up the event big time, player only able to get about 25 to 50 Party Invitation per day. How is it possible to complete 25K of it before Christmas? It will take about 3 years to get so much unless they reduce the amount needed or increase the drop rate for it. The Boss for the event also very hard to find and kill, Rudolph is very tiny and hard to see from other normal mob while Santa always disappear when it get hit and can't really stun it.

A lot of Pet Collar also doesn't work, so it kind of repeat the same mistake for Easter and Summer Event. A lot of player are frustrated with it and less and less players are really interested in the event anymore. The Legendary Pet are suppose to have higher status and buff, but I am still skeptical about it as the Summer Pet doesn't really impress me.

Christmas Event:

 Horizon:

 Christmas Event had started, mob are dropping Cookie and Decoration. They had remove the Sharoyan, the NPC for Santa Puzzle to play Scissor Paper Stone. At least it help to free up 9 inventory space, but the Cookie is just like the Empty Basket for Halloween. There are 5 type of Christmas Candy instead of 6 for Halloween, guess they had run out of idea for new event. Other than the mentioned change, the rest is still the same.

They had Nerf the Laca Ball for White Token, Lvl 15 Jewel had been replaced with Lvl 5 Jewel. Jewel Protection Scroll had been replaced with Coin of Hero too, the Element of Iris still remain the same. Lvl 21 Weapon Manual give Coin of Hero, Magic Shield, Shield, Party Speed and Party Attack, Gold Bar give Coin of Master x 50, Big Snowman, Snowman, Golden Key and Golden Chest. Fox Tail give Affinity Booster, Affinity Seed, Sour Plum, Golden Key and Golden Chest. Fox Hide give Epic Exp Spell, Epic SP Spell, Super Haste Potion, Golden Key and Golden Chest.

I foresee there will be a lot of Party Potion and Affinity Booster by the time the event end, the Golden Chest is pretty useless but the Golden Key will help in opening the World Cup Festival Box. Guess other than farming stuff for the Laca Ball there are really nothing interesting for this Christmas Event, it is kind of disappointing as compare to other event. At least Rain Drop give better reward, Halloween had new Exp Pet and even Moon Cake Ingredient give good reward for Laca Ball.

 

P.S.:

Sharoyan NPC is still around, only instead of playing Scissor Paper Stone it become Wheel of Fortune. To play it we need to trade 15 Cookie for Santa Hat to wear it so that we can see Snow Pile and collect Snow Flake.

Aphelion:

They are also going to start Christmas Event too, from the information given we are suppose to collect 25K of Christmas Party Ticket. I foresee it will be another disappointment like the Pre Patch Event, but this time Foxy is not longer around to receive the result of my farming. Not sure why they want to make a separate map for all event, at least normal mob still drop Easter Egg and Empty Basket. I never bother to do the Summer Event, but I still do the Halloween Map just for the Pumpkin.

They should make Tairan Center and Event Map like Personal Dungeon like Temple of Forgetfulness, at least player can avoid the crowd and doesn't have to fight over limited farming spot. I realized that I didn't reform the Gift of Star Accessory for the Royal Knight Boss Killer, after I had done that it seem like Royal Knight now had higher Attack and Defense as compare to Ex Ranger. I was expecting Ex Ranger to have higher Damage due to the buff but it end up otherwise, guess the status still play a greater part in the character build.

 

P.S.:

Mob outside Christmas Map drop Santa Puzzle and Decoration, Daily Quest require to collect 500 of each type. But only Christmas Map drop Token and Party Invitation, the Gift Box that spawn every 2 hours give Lottery Ticket ad Quest Token.

The Nightmare Before Christmas:

 

Horizon:

 

Server seem to be more active since the start of Advert Laca Ball, but seem like the economy still doesn't improve much. A lot of players are getting a lot of good stuffs, but they are unable to sell it because there are only that much gold. Wise Man say only Fool rush in, those who brought a lot of stuffs from the start must have start to regret as they got no more gold to buy more stuffs when the price become cheaper.

A lot of players also start to sell pets and +30 Weapon cheap just to get more gold to buy the stuffs they want or need. Weekly Maintenance had been postpone to next week, think they are preparing to start the Christmas Event soon. It kind of match the timing for other server to start the Christmas Event too, which is rarely happen as other server usually start their events early and end late. Now it seem more possible that both side are having the same team, one day they might merge.

Aphelion:

Still farming for Troll Mucus at Four Realm, start to put up some Maze Token, Animal Heart and Troll Mucus for sale in Trading Agent. As expected there are high demand for Maze Token and Animal Heart but doesn't seem to have any demand for Troll Mucus, so most players are still doing Extreme Juno for the Rune and nobody really bother about Phoenix Wing as they can still use the Rainbow Wing.

Have try using Pet Buff on Boss Killer, seem to improve a bit with higher damage, faster speed and higher defense. Able to farm about 600 to 800 Animal Heart on each by Daily Quest, so should be able to get 5K of Animal Heart in about 3 to 4 days. Now is just have to try getting more Paragon Shard to trade for Rune or just sell Animal Heart.

Try Gilese and Frost Core, as the mob are not aggro it is harder to farm or complete the Affinity. It also require 500M Gold Entry Fee, so it is not advisable to switch channel to kill Boss. As it is not important to complete the Affinity after the new patch, I can just take my own sweet time to do it. If it get boring, I might go around Juno to farm 10K of Gold Card from Treasure Stone to trade for Caraxes Dragon Pet with the Trillionaire NPC.

Christmas Event going to start on Monday, very much look forward to it. Think the rewards will be better than other server, had to make tough choice of which server to play for the Christmas Event as both side will be having it at the same period. Have been playing both server at odd hour on both for the past few weeks to avoid the crowd, but the good thing is this server is easier with AOE Pet.