Class Skill:

 Horizon:

They are focusing on making Emote for dancing move,  kind of useless to most players. Mostly focus on leveling Horse and my farming toon, whole server seem dead quiet until Mother Nature is back. Most players are going on their summer vacation as usual, and only a few regular one are farming for Curse Heart for Laca just to get as many high level jewel as they can. Item Drop Booster seem to be in great demand because of that and the price had increase to become higher than Experience Booster.

My Buff and Merchant Toon setup seem to be very effective, but as I did not really use them much I just try it out for a week and resume back to weekend active as before. Avatar keep wanting a Level 57 Horse, but he don't really play much these days other than log on for Attendance I don't see the point of him trying so hard just to get one. It will be more of a white elephant to him and it will just be something to show off to other as not much players had it, but as a lot of players are leveling it now it will become a very common item in a few months.

Aphelion:

Mr yl ask if Elementalist is good for PVE, as nobody seem to response to him and I am doing my Tairan Daily with my Elementalist at that moment I just try to reply to him. My theory is that all class have dual class which is good for either PVE or PVP, that is how the game had been design to work. So Specialist will be better for PVE while Elementalist will be better for PVP.

I also go on to say that Wizard is better for PVE while Witch is better for PVP, it is mainly due to their skill as Wizard and Specialist AOE Skill work better while Witch Stone Skill and Elementalist Spirit Summon work better for PVP. The same goes for Archer better for PVE while Cleric better for PVP, or Royal Knight better for PVE while Temple Knight better for PVP.

I am not so sure about Rogue and Titan as most prefer Ranger and Warmaster for both, but I think Assassin is better for PVE due to the Death Motion and Taunt Skill and Highlander is better for PVP due to higher HP and Perfect Body Skill. But Warmaster Bellow Skill is almost the same as Witch Stone Skill so I could be wrong about that. I had only seen a few who prefer using Assassin for PVP as they like the skills better, but overall still a lot of player prefer using Ranger due to it's range attack.

Both Mr yl and Ankou laugh at my theory and Ankou claim that both Elementalist and Specialist are good for both PVE and PVP depend on how we use it, but they didn't really play all class like me and Anti so it will still be a slap in their own face when they only play those popular class and assume they know it better.

I had been an Engineer most of my life and we are always paying attention to minor details to figure out why certain thing are design the way they are, we also work like scientist and record a lot of data to analyze before we jump into conclusion. I can create two completely similar toon and spend a lot of time killing few thousand of mobs just to prove the drop rate for normal server and recommended server are the same, the drops also allow me to calculate the chance of getting different type of moonstone from moonstone box.

It take a lot of patient and diligent and that is a valuable quality that not many people had, this is also something that a Beta Tester must have and most players just want to skip through most part of the game and judge other on the numbers of max level toon they have. It end up that they would not realise the finer detail of the game design and would not be able to help newbie as they themselves had skip through that part when they first started.

P.S.:
This is the same reason why harvest tool had to be separate into different class as they are using the weapon slot and can upgrade with tool aid like weapon using upgrade stone. The only thing I haven't figure out the reason for it is why Artifact is design as an Accessory instead of gear like Back Pack, it could be due to the ability for Accessory to be combine which the Back Pack cannot fulfill the same requirement.

Another Half Time:

 

Horizon:

They had reduce the Skill Cool Down by half, so it had allow us to spam skill faster. Previously we can only spam skill when we use Cool Down Reduction, now we only need MP Steal or a lot of Mana Potion to ensure we got enough MP to spam the skill. I only notice the changes for Knight initially, but after a day later I notice the same had been done for Rogue too.

Aphelion:

There had been a lot of changes since the new patch, they had increase the target for Pet AOE from 5 to 25. But after trying it out with Tairan Daily, it is still weak as compare to previous time. They had also remove Laca Ball for Maze Token, Extreme Juno Token, Castle Siege Token, Royal Aphelion Token and Wooden Key, it is a bad decision as we are unable to choose the stuffs we want and get everything randomly.

Some players might like it as we can clear the token faster like the Moon Stone, but I personally still prefer the freedom of choice for the old version. We also have to spend gold buying the box from Merchant Geres NPC which kind of will reduce the amount of gold in game greatly in long run. 

Have seen a lot of new players quit after they reach Level 165, they do not understand why they are only given an option of doing Four Realm Quest instead of given a freedom of choice to level by different way they wish. A lot of players also decide to remain at Level 185 or 200 as leveling become hard and slow after that, they just AFK most of the time as they can already do most of the stuffs they need at that level.

It feel like the private server is slowly transforming into official server while the official server is slowly transforming into private server. With a trend like this a lot of players might decided to quit private server and go back to official server.

Light Angel had been trying to buy all kind of token at about 3M to 5M, that is lower than half the market price. There are a lot of players who are doing the same and a few of them actually sell their stuff cheap like Moza Lito on official server too. Only a few behave like Zed on official server where they buy stuffs at cheaper price and try to resell them at higher price.

P.S.: Found out that the Skill Cool Down is due to the Accessory Seal.

Marie Kondo:

 

 

Horizon:

Decided to tidy up my toon and stuff, delete all the failed farming toon and create new one. The new toon will replace the Pacific Rim Jaeger, they are named after movie base on the Transformation Scroll as follows:

Level 5 Healer New Moon (Dire Wolf)

Level 13 Sorcerer White Light (Jaguar) Actually wanted to name Black Panther but the name already taken, come to think of it I could have use Wankada Forever.

Level 17 Titan King Kong ( Sasquatch)

Level 21 Ex Rogue Hawk Eye (Harpy)

Level 25 Mage Medusa Gorgo (Dark Goddess)

Level 29 Knight Dragon Heart (Drake)

Their class and level to lock mostly depend on their skill and gear, like Healer have Quick Bow Fixing at Level 5 and can equip Level 9 Weapon. Sorcerer Spirit can be Empowered at Level 10 and can equip Level 17 Weapon, Titan have Battle Roar at Level 15 and can equip Level 21 Weapon. Rogue have Snare at Level 20 and can equip Level 25 Weapon, Mage have Scud at Level 25 and can equip Level 29 Weapon. And finally Knight have Devotion at Level 20 and can equip Level 33 Weapon.

Actually Mage and Knight can be swap as they already got the require skill at Level 20 and 25, but I thought Mage suit Medusa better with Dark Goddess Transformation Scroll. Knight also have higher defense which allow him to survive better when getting mob, and I had always prefer Knight and Rogue over Mage and Titan.

Manage to be the first one to find Game Master Cherubim at Burbank Farm while trying do wolf quest and spawning Balrog, got a Event Box which give Legendary Iris, Legendary Skill Pill, 10 Middle Grade Reformer, 20 Medium Medicine, 20 Experience Booster, 20 Skill Point Booster, 20 Gold Booster. It is consider just a small rewards as when we create a new toon we get 5 Legendary Iris, 5 Legendary Skill Pill, 1K Experience Booster, 1K Skill Point Booster, 5 Cool Down Reduction, 2 HP Steal, 2 MP Steal, 50 Recall Scroll and 50 Memory Scroll which is so much more, but consider the stuffs are not character bound and is tradable after getting Merchant Profession it is still not bad at all.

Aphelion:

Manage to find Booster Boss in Extreme Egeha at 1334 1054 while trying to find Care Package which doesn't exist at all, it will be so much easier if the NPC Scroll for Egeha work after they change it to Extreme Egeha for higher level. I can only use Memory Scroll to save the Location for easy access for my daily routine. It took longer to kill as compare to other Boss but it allow me to complete the Achievement for other mob, it will also help in Guild Quest and Affinity too.

Swiming with the Fishes:

 Horizon:

World Cup Event had started, but the drop rate for Festival Box is very low. They had 300% Pet EXP and 500% EXP Event during the weekend, so I just focus on leveling my Horse and leveling my Trolling Toon. Manage to get the remaining 3 to complete their Apprenticeship and get Merchant Profession, now I have try out the skills for all class except Night Shadow.

Moza Lito had become another Zed, she had been trying to buy Moon Stone Box at 1.5M while the Market Price is 3M. At least she is also selling her stuffs cheap and not trying to make profit by reselling stuff like Zed. Zed had become less active these days, not sure if he had decided to play other server.

Aphelion:

CanniBuz and Speedy seem to be having a good time, guess they are staying here for good as I seldom see them log on on Horizon much. Manage to found the other 2 Immortal Boss in Juno while looking for CanniBuz to give him some stuffs, one of it is near Hunter Drenoir which I manage to complete the Horn Beast Achievement while the other is near Border Guard Tamon which is good for leveling pet as there are no mob nearby.

There are still a lot of self entitled players who keep trying to buy stuffs at half the market price, usually most players will just ignore them and they will have to buy it at the normal market price or higher if they really need it. Guess it is the same issue on most server, and you can easily identify them by their nationality.

Took part in the Treasure Hunt Event, never really bother much until I saw the Game Sage is near to the Immortal Boss when Ankou and his Alternate claim the Token at Farmer Jack. Since I am nearby I might as well take a few step to go over and claim the 3rd position, I actually thought I would just stop there and go back to Immortal Boss as I am trying to level my last Trolling Toon on other server. But the location in Juno Map is too obvious and I just got to move my butt to participate.

The Dratan location is challenging, Ankou was not happy when I manage to reach the first location before him and his Alternate. I decided to let him claim first and second place before I go just to make him happy. The other two location I also mistook it for the one near NPC but I still manage to find it after some effort due to my exploration of the map when I am bored.

The third map is Merac, the first two location is easy but the last one kind of encounter some giltch. All of us actually reach the exact location but could not find the Game Sage after searching high and low for her. Later we found out that she got disconnected and we just wait for her to log on back. Actually I am not sure if I reach later than the other players but it doesn't really matter much as I just join for fun, end up I got 37 Token and Ankou got 75 while his Alternate got 59.

Star Trek The Final Frontier:

 Horizon:

Manage to get about 40 Platinum Blessed Iris, 8.5K XP Booster and 740 Socket Reset Card with Wooden Key, and we are not surprise that they turn back on their word again and decided to end the Wooden Key Laca on Monday instead of permanent as they had promised, The price of Wooden Key had increase from 1M to 5M, and it will still worth about 4M after the Laca end because now we only need 250 of it to trade for Gold Key.

We believe they would also end the Curse Heart Laca too as it will also affect the economy, it will be fair to both low and high level players as both Laca cater to different group. Some high level players even prefer to farm Wooden Key with their Noob Alternate as they find the rewards for Wooden Key Laca are more appealing and useful to them.

Make a few changes to adapt to the new situation, first is to use my Buff Toons for Merchant as got too may stuffs to sell. They can be in Party and do Buffs without closing the Merchant Mode Window, only the one that need to Mount Knightmare will need to close the Merchant Mode. Due to the new changes I will need to speed up the leveling of another Horse and Dragon, the Dragon is just to fulfill the dream of having Twin Dragon Shop which I have during Aeria time.

Been trying out using my Raid Boss Hunter for Pet Leveling, the Level 33 Royal Knight is not that suitable due to low hit rate but the Level 53 Assassin and Level 75 Royal Knight can do it at both Dratan ad Merac and kill Boss when it spawn. With the new setup it would increase the efficiency for selling stuff and pet leveling, it will also help in Farming or Leveling of other toon as they can receive buffs anytime.

Toy Story:

 

Horizon:

Guess they finally realized that they are losing a lot of players, they decide to make a lot of changes according to players suggestion. Most of it doesn't really interest me much as it is more for high level players, like the increase in drop rate for Dark Tomb and the Curse Heart Laca which give those rewards like Level 19 and 22 Jewel, Theos and Darkness Chest, Key, Medicine and Jewel Fusion Scroll.

They had allow the use of Pet and Ignition on Channel 4 which is for Castle Siege, remove the Penalty for Red Name, let Night Shadow ride Mount which I think are stupid as it will backlash and cause more issues later as that was not what the game is design for. Now we can fully convince that they don't really know the game at all and are just making changes to make most players happy.

What really interesting is the Wooden Key Laca which give Pet Exp Potion, Jewel Removal Scroll, Lucky Scroll, Pet Exp Booster, Platinum Quick Mana Potion. It also give Platinum Super Skill Pill, Sublime Scroll, SP Spell Box, Skill Point Booster, Green Herb Leaf or Platinum Blessed Iris, Socket Reset Card, Exp Scroll, Exp Booster, Quality Stone.

They also reduce the amount of Wooden Key need for Golden Key from 1K to 250, Treasure Chest also give better stuffs now as it give Heaven Stone 5 instead of Heaven Stone 1 and also better Potion and Jewel. The Golden Chest also give better reward which is Heaven Stone 8, Legendary Scroll, Medicine, Socket Reset Card, Perfect Moonstone and Red Diesel Pet.

The Skill Point for Curse Weaver and Curse Lich in Egeha, Sorcerer Spirit in Travia Valley and Ramslo Lab had been increase to help with Skill Point Farming at higher level, but not sure why the Skill Point for Spider in Temple of Forgetfulness did not get increase back as it is also a very essential location for pet leveling.

They also increase the amount of gold for selling to NPC by 20% and hold 200% Upgrade, Drop Rate and Gold Event to balance all the resources on the server. If they had been closely monitoring all these data, it would not had reach the point where it become a disaster. I don't think it will really make much different as the amount of active players had greatly reduce and the remaining players cannot do much to save the economy with limited resources.

Mission Impossible:

 

Horizon:

After trying out with Beta Tester and get an idea of the perfect leveling path, I decided to make a few alternate to try out for different class. The list of alternate are as follows:

Brocco Lee (War Master) Brother of Bruised Lee

John Wig (Specialist) Highest Body Count in Movie History

Bread Pick (Royal Knight) Breakfast at Tiffany

Bruised Willy (Royal Knight) Die Hard with a Vanity

Tailor Swift (Archer) Fast Fashion Statement

Cereal Killer (Assassin) Killing you slowly with a Spoon

Mad Donna (Witch) Crazy Pop Queen

Morning Wood (Royal Knight) Hard On

Fat Man (War Master) Brother of Bat Man

Hairy Porter (Specialist) Sassy Carrier

Brag Pit (Royal Knight) Boost Hole

Dick Tracy (Royal Knight) Straight into your Pants

Catty Purry (Archer) Pussy Cat Doll

Fast N Curious (Assassin) Speedy Gonzalas

Bettle Juice (Witch) Insect Terminator

Sum Ting Wong (Royal Knight) Daze and Confuse

Their main purpose to to get Certificate of Guardianship and Troll a few players while we wait for another new patch which hopefully will improve the situation for PVE Player. It will also provide Level 1 +15 Armor for few of my Farmer Toon, and maybe Level 30 +15 Armor too.

Aphelion:

Another new player named Light Angel from Brazil asking for help with killing Newbie Hunter Boss, as I am doing some morning logistic with my toon I decided to send my Level 22 Rogue Striker Eureka to help. He was skeptical at first as his Mage is 4 level higher than my Rogue, but I had done it with Level 16 Toon with Level 5 Ignition so this toon should be able to do it with Gilese Rune and Legendary Pet.

As expected it was an easy task and I got it done within a few seconds, he couldn't believe it and ask if I could kill Level 220 Balrog too. Actually I am also not very sure about it and decided to give it a try, fair enough the fate of Balrog also end up the same as Newbie Hunter. It was easy as I just need to keep the Boss Snare and just let the Pet do all the Damage, it might not be possible when we are not allow to use pet in Juno.

Beta Test:

 Horizon:

Noticed that one of my toon got Level 30 to 33 +15 gears at Level 31 instead of +10, decided to make a new toon to try out after god told me that he get Level 1 +15 gears with some useful items. Since I had already try a few Ex Rogue, I decided to give Arch Mage a try too. Their Level 1 armor had the defense of Level 50, with the new update they will have no issue to reach Level 50.

True enough I am getting all the stuffs as god had told me, other than the Level 1 +15 gears I am also getting the followings:

5 Legendary Iris

5 Legendary Skill Pill

2 HP Steal

2 MP Steal

5 Cool Down

1000 XP Booster

1000 SP Booster

50 Recall Scroll

50 Memory Scroll

It starting to give the private server vibe with the newbie package, not sure if they send Game Sage to try out private server and copy the idea.

The SP stuffs can be use at Level 12 Sassy if got XP Lock from Level 6 Guild, or it can also be use at Prokion Temple from Level 23 to Level 35. The XP stuffs can be use at Merac Jail or Temple of Forgetfulness to level fast, or can save it for Tomb or Vald Quest if you plan for higher level.

At the moment my plan is just to get it to Level 50 to complete the Guardian System, might continue to get it further to Level 70 for pet leveling later. Although all the item are Character Bond, it is still a good way to get Certificate of Guardianship which is in demand for Merchant Profession and learning Soul Skill.

There are more update on the next coming patch, we are not sure what surprise it will give but we can only hope for the better. For now we just had to play and enjoy the game while we still can and not to worry about what the future had planed for us. I just had a bad feeling that they might decide to merge all server and finally shut it down if a lot of players just decide to remain AFK and not going to play until they fix the current issues which come with the new patch.

Aphelion:

They had increase the level require for Shiva to learn AOE from Level 1 to Level 100, it is not really an issue for old players as we can do it in about 30 mins or less. It will still be a difficult task for newbie without the gears, accessory or rune to boost pet experience and pet experience pill or pet experience booster. But at least the base status for the pet is high and doesn't die easy like the buff pet, it is still easy to level it as you kill mob to level your toon.