Future Proof:

Pandora:

Manage to find some Level 13 and 14 Chaos Corals, all my toon on this server are getting 60K to 80K HP. Situation seem to improve on this server after the transfer as it had become easier to get stuffs after some players transfer some of their toon and stuffs here, but the situation had become worst on Horizon with some Osiris players enforcing their bad culture and hogging limited resources.

The main issue is that they always offer to buy stuffs at half the market price and expect to sell their stuffs at double the market price, they are treating other players like an idiot and keep claiming that they are new with not much gold and expect other players to do some charity and give them stuffs for free. But since the situation had improved on Pandora with more players and more stuffs it is not logical that Osiris players did not bring their stuffs over to Horizon.

There might be another explanation for the current situation on Horizon, some old players might be using the opportunity to make new toon just to scam other players which I know a few of them who had done the same before. As I had encounter a lot of ungrateful players in the past, I had decided to ignore most of their request for help. This is not a very good sign for the server as there might be genuine new players who really need all the help they could get, but there are too many of them who display the same profile behavior that fit those old players who had disappear suddenly and haven't been seen actively on other server as they had claimed.

Since the situation had improved a lot on Pandora and I had get use to the lifestyle there, I guess I will be playing more on that server in the future. Unless the situation on Horizon start to improve I will continue to ignore all the drama they trying to start just to get my attention, it will also be good for me as they had no idea what I am doing now and start showing signs of them going crazy over it.

P.S.:

Notice a lot of players from IMPERIO Guild are farming at Wafe for the Easter Event, not sure if they are getting good drop rate for that. I think TOF will be a better choice as usually we get 50% more drop from dungeons, even those high level are farming in Dark Tomb and Lab. 

Notice a lot of new players start to get frustrated and want to quit, this is mainly because they are unable to get help from other players or get the  stuffs they need at lower price. They are also unable to sell any of their stuffs at higher price too, and all these had make it hard for them to survive.

 

Event Horizon:

 

Horizon:

Trying a few new setup which will allow me to use AOE of different class, it is still in working progress and I had already completed a few easy one. First is a Level 15 Mage with Level 1 Flame Storm, it will be use to farm on Level 12 Sassy to Level 18 Drake for some events. Next is a Level 30 Mage with Level 5 Flame Storm, it will be use to farm on Level 27 Orc Axeman to Level 33 Pilferer for some events.

Then is a Level 43 Wizard with Level 5 Flame Field, it was originally plan to be Level 38 but I got to gain a few level to ensure I had enough stats for the skill. Not sure what I will be using it for yet as i already got a few Level 40 toons for most events, but this one will be able to use AOE so might replace it for Anniversary and Halloween Event if its performance turn out better than other toons.

Last is a Level 70 Archer with Level 5 Paralyzing Arrows, this one will be a good replacement for TOF and Kami. Actually a Level 60 Cleric with Level 1 Soul Purification might be better, but I just want to try it out to compare the different. I also noticed that most mobs are not that populated enough for AOE to be effective, so the Level 1 Arrow of Blue Wind might work better instead.

As I had always thought that AOE will allow faster kill, but my experience had proven that some single target skill seem to work better when it come to charging ignition. That is why I switch my Level 87 Witch to Level 87 Ex Ranger as it can ensure continuous Level 2 Ignition better. I seem to prefer this setup better now as it can farm gold, get lots of Treasure Maps and spawn Raid Boss, the other better setup are still Level 33 and Level 53 toons.

The only one that doesn't really work well enough is the Level 67 toon, as mobs in Dratan stop dropping Treasure Map after new patch last year. Seldom really use Level 33 and 53 toon much since I had completed their affinity, so now I am trying to use the same setup for all server for easy operation. Might be using them together with my farming toon again when there are not events.

Also going to setup a few other toon in the future for testing, one is a Level 132 Witch with Level 1 Dark Smog. Level 122 Archer with Level 1 Deadline, Level 122 Specialist with Level 1 Meteor, Level 122 War Master with Level 1 Spin Chop are a few of the toon in the planning too including a Level 136 Night Shadow with Level 1 Deadly Light. But I might try it out on Pandora first as I can level faster with perm 200% XP and SP, and recently a lot of players are discussing about skipping Tomb and go straight to Travia Sorcerer instead for faster leveling.

Side Track 2.0:

Pandora:

Drop Rate seem to be better on this server, manage to get both Speed Boots and Cool Down Helmet within 50 drops. Also manage to get Wolfrik Leash with just about 500 Pumpkins, as resources are scare on this server the prices of most stuffs seem to double as compare to other server. As I could not get enough Heaven Stone Grade 5 for the Upgrade Event, I can only bring the weapon to +27. The good thing is that I get to farm open map on all channel and is able to farm gold and get drops in Egeha, the bad things is that I find difficulty in getting stuffs.

Osiris:

Situation seem to be different on this server, I am able to get the weapon to +30 and the armor set to +25. Went to try out the new set and found that the defense is already enough to accomplish a lot of different tasks, the only bad things is that there are too many players and it is very hard to get a good spot for farming. The only solution is to farm in Temple of Forgetfulness, at least I am getting 50% more drops in Dungeon.

 P.S.:

Had been playing mostly on both EU Server since the Drop Event started, manage to ensure all my toons had good Accessory and need to get some jewels and upgrade stone for the next event to further improve my gears. Osiris is very crowded, so I mostly using my TOF toon. Pandora is less crowded, so I can use my Egeha toon most of the time.

Able to farm for most of the stuffs on Pandora, while trying to get stuffs at Osiris through trade. So far I had been able to survive well with the optimized setup, will be spending more time to stock up on my resources during Gold and Drop Event and spend time improving my gears during Jewel and Upgrade Event. Think I will only play Horizon when there are Experience Event as I had already had a lot of stuffs there, but so far I still find it more fun and challenging with fresh start on the EU Server.

 Avatar manage to get Wolfrik Leash with the 200 Pumpkins I give him, guess I bring him a lot of luck. He will help me get 200 Heaven Stone Grade 5 for the next Upgrade Event, with Osiris out of my mind I can focus more on Pandora. 

Manage to get another Cool Down Helmet within 100 drops and Wolfrik Leash within 200 Pumpkins as expected, this had proven that the drop rate for Pandora is really so much better than other server. I am guessing that they had set a fixed quota for the amount of stuffs for every server, and those server with less players will get a better drop rate as the fixed quota is spread evenly among the players. It will also affect the drop rate a lot if certain players decided to keep some stuffs as those will also counted toward the total quota, so when a server got a lot of hoarders or players who quit and let all their stuffs go to waste it will be bad for the server.

Manage to meld more Jewel to the Gear and Accessory during the recent Jewel Event, it bring the HP to 30K which will ensure my toon to survive better. I will continue to improve the Gear till it is near to perfection like what I did on Horizon, but it will be much easier to do that on Osiris than Pandora due to the difficulty to get stuffs on Pandora.

Side Track:

 Horizon:

Trying to get my other pet leveler to level from Level 136 to Level 150 as there is 500% XP Event, mainly is to equip Level 149 Weapon and learn AOE.  Going to complete another two horses as they are already Level 54 and 55 before the 300% Pet XP Event start, it will bring the total to twelve after the 300% Pet XP Event end. I am surprised that they did two Pet XP Event in a month and it will kind of speed up my progress for Project Ferrari.

Had been collecting data on both Osiris and Pandora last week after some players post comparison of different server, I also need to confirm some theory about Treasure Chest and Raid Boss on both servers. True enough the amount of Treasure Chest is determine by the number of players log on to the channel, and I am able to get about 4 to 6 of them at 4 different location on Osiris which come to about 16 to 24 of them.

I am unable to get the same amount on other servers like Pandora and Horizon, usually I can only get about 30% to 50% on Horizon and about 10% to 20% on Pandora. Osiris is very crowded with not much place for players to farm on both Dungeon and Open Map, so the best strategy is to make a Level 60 farming toon for Temple of Forgetfulness. It is also advisable for Newbie to make a Level 90 toon for farming gold at Egeha, and the bonus will be getting a lot of Treasure Map and get pay for spawning Grand Gold Dragon.

Players are willing to pay about 10M for Wooden Chest, but it will be better to open them for items which can be sold at higher price. Players are also willing to pay about 500M to 1B for spawning of Grand Gold Dragon, and farming and selling of Event Item from Temple of Forgetfulness will be a good idea as it drop 50% more for Dungeon as compare to Open Map.

 Also did a data analysis of God Hands and found that about 10% chance of getting Warrior Hand, 20% chance of Guard Hand and 35% chance of Bravery and Protection Hand. It is also easier to find stuffs on Osiris as there are more active players as compare to Horizon and Pandora, but I found that a lot of players from Osiris had been bringing the culture of offering higher price when selling and lower price when buying at about 20% to 50% of the market rate.

Had been noticing that some players sound very sour on both World Chat and Discord recently, I had heard that they had encountered a lot of bad luck in life. They are whining that life had been unfair to them, but I think it is just consequences or karma as they had been doing a lot of bad deeds. Most of them had to make new toon and pretend to be noob just to scam for stuffs, I think they are going to suffer even more as more players start to ignore them. 

 P.S:

Manage to get my other pet leveler to Level 152, guess the AOE help a lot to gain two more level than what I previously expected. Not sure if I am going to continue level this toon to Level 164 or start with another one and bring it to Level 150 too, but there are also another Cleric to level too for Holy Bless. There is a few other toons to level from Level 131 to Level 137, but that will be very fast and easy with 500% XP Event. Might consider to level one of the Royal Knight from Level 137 to Level 175, so that it could equip the Level 170 Set and farm stuff in Lab. 

Level Up 3.0:

 Horizon:

Manage to get my pet leveler from Level 159 to Level 164 during the 500% XP Event, going to start leveling the backup pet leveler to Level 133 to equip the weapon. After complete another pet leveler, I will start on the other Holy Bless buff toon. I will try to farm Erebus Set for other class and try to upgrade and jewel it for the coming events, I will start with Ex Ranger and Specialist first and then go on to Archer and Arch Wizard, the only one left will be War Master as I already got Royal Knight.

Since I got so many projects in the planning, I could ensure that I will not get bored and also make the best of all events. I was farming for the Pictorial Book in Dratan before the event started, and will continue with it after the events end. As I had been having very good sleep for the past one month, I kind of put Project Secret on hold. As there are only two more toons to complete, I don't see any urgency to complete it.

 

P.S.:

Manage to farm 5 different class Erebus Set in a Day, the hardest to get is the Weapon for Specialist as I keep getting Weapon for Elementalist. Not sure if the drop rate is related to the starter set, but I do get Cross Bow for Ranger and Dual Sword for Royal Knight easy. I also manage to get Axe for High Lander, Wand for Cleric and Staff for Wizard too during the process, my initial plan is to complete the set for only Ranger, Specialist and Archer. But I manage to get the Staff for Wizard and Sword for War Master, so I decided to finish all at one shot.

I was lucky enough to get the Weapon for Specialist at the last mins before the Jewel Event start and able to complete the Upgrade to +30 as the Upgrade Event is still running, since I had already completed all the sets I might as well finish with the jewels. For the last 30 mins I skip through most of the mobs and go straight to the Boss and manage to do about 7 runs before I finally get the Specialist Weapon, usually it will take about 30 mins per run to complete all.

Manage to get the other pet leveler from Level 131 to Level 136 during the remaining two days of the XP Event, I was just trying out the Level 133 Weapon on the second day and gain 3 levels just playing casually farming for stuffs. Guess I will be playing this toon whenever there is any XP Event since I had run out of pet to level, I will move on to the Cleric after I manage to get it to Level 164. 

Overkill:

 Horizon:

Manage to complete the Upgrade and Jewel for the Specialist, also manage to level a horse for Zedan. Finally decided to make all the Armor Set below Level 73 to +30, now even my Farming Toons are all Over Power. My plan seem to work well by pretending that I got limited means of leveling my horse by using the same location, then when Peanut thought I have already call it off for the day I will still be happily continue leveling my horse at another location.

And that is just my Plan A for backup, I still got about 7 or 8 more backup plans in case the first one doesn't work. Steve seem to know about one of the few methods of leveling his dragon, and I had told him about a few other options which he can use. Even Caugs manage to get another horse to Level 57 on the first day of Pet XP Event, and a lot of other players will still be able to level their pet over the 3 days of Pet XP Event. 

 

P.S.:

Manage to harvest 55K of Pet Food, still got 35K more to go. Going to start my Project Ferrari, basically is to level 18 Level 57 Horse within a year. According to my calculation it will take about 3 months to level one, but if they are having Pet XP Event monthly, it will only take about 2 months. So I might be able to complete it in about 9 months, if the progress is good.

Finally finished harvesting 80K of pet food which will be able to last me for a year, a lot of things I do according to my instinct and doesn't really know it's true purpose until much later. It is like all the pieces of puzzle fall together in place, and it had been good for me all these years. I thought it will affect my farming toon, but it turn out that Archer doesn't have high evasion like Ranger.

Knight is also a good choice too with higher defense, but I am not sure if Specialist can do the same with Earth Sea Evocation. It will be good as the pet leveler are able to do attendance for reward, and now with them at different channel they can party with farming toon to prevent experience gain. I will use one for Merchant Mode whenever  there are events, it will be a more efficient setup.

I will reveal the details after I complete the Project Ferrari, as I had told someone that I do not wish to see them bang their head against the wall and stab themselves with a knife even though I don like them. It is for their own safety reason that they do not know about the details as it will only bring them more misery after they realized that all the while they had been wasting their time and effort for nothing, it will also make them the joke of the century if they have to spend on magic ball to find out the truth. 

Seem like Tremi had been helping Peanut spread the seed of hate against, a few Light Bringer Guildie now started to hate me for no reason. What even funnier is that even Game Sage Crossy also join their side and become bias against me when he should be fair to everybody, they are the one that gang up and Cyber Bully me while they can twist the facts and play victim and say I am the one Cyber Bully them. I told Crossy to read my gaming blog carefully and see the Chat History capture in the Screen Shot, it can be clearly indicate that Peanut is the one that keep jumping on me for no reason at every chance he have.

But I don't really bother much, I just continue to play as I like and ignore them. It is just a game after all, what's the point of creating so many drama? Sometime people got bored and try to get attention, they like to think everything is all about them. They are not happy when they see other enjoy and try to make other people misery their only mission in life. I do believe in Karma, and they will suffer the consequences if they continue their way.

In Life, there are neither Rewards nor Punishments. Only Consequences. I hope they think about the consequences before they act, if they are unable to accept that then they better think twice. 

Manage to get some Endemic Demon Summon Book from Avatar, decided to try it out with my Specialist in Earth Sea Evocation. As expected it doesn't really work well like the Blood Terrian, for Endemic Demon the mob still taking damage while for the Blood Terrian the AOE hurt the pet. So I guess Temple of Forgetfulness is out of the question now, will continue to think of other ways to resolve the issue.

Finally manage to get it to work with my Level 75 Royal Knight, guess my Level 87 Specialist is too strong. As I only got one toon lock at that level I will have to make more toon with similar setup in the future is it is require, but at the present moment the setup still perfect for pet leveling. So I will try to farm Erebus Armor Set whenever I got the time, I had already setup toons of different class for that purpose long time back.

Project Zodiac 4.0:

 

Horizon:

Start with War Master, had been familiar with is as I did ot in I Am Legand. Manage to hit Level 100 as per expected, still better than High Lander with a five level different. Power Magnum seem to work better than Ground Charge, think it is because the skill will increase damage with every hit. War Stamp AOE is similar to Mage Flame Storm, the only different is it is targetless like Chaos Nova and it can only be learn after Class Change. So Mage still gain an unfair advantage with AOE at very early stage of the game.

Specialist had been a popular class for good reason, it had surpass Elementalist by three level to be on par with Ex Assassin at Level 104. I guess Ex Ranger still the most popular due to it's OP and simplicity, Specialist and Elementalist still require a lot of additional operation for the skills to be efficient as possible. Don't really see much players use Assassin as Ranger range attack does had advantage, the Death Motion Skill also doesn't seem to have much use like the Temple Knight Telekinesis which is just for fun.

Fire Wind Evocation are more popular due to it's higher damage, but it does not have high defense like Earth Sea. I am able to use single target skill Inferno Volt to lure mobs close and then use Lightning Shock AOE to kill them in batch, I had try to do the same with Earth Quake and Sonic Break but it does not show good result. When doing Sphinx Commander I had to keep and eye on the HP and constantly use Stone Skin buff to prevent from dying when I get mob by three or more.

Royal Knight had been my favorite due to the balance between attack and defense, I do not have to worry much about dying like other class and can just leave it AFK and get mob. But it is still consider weaker as compare to War Master due to the lack of AOE, and it seem to have the worst hit rate while still able to give buff to improve hit rate to other which doesn't really make sense. I guess they should give Rogue a buff to improve Evasion too as all other class had buff that related to their best quality.

Triple Bash and Dash still work well for me, I am not sure why a lot of players say Double Bash seem to be faster with shorter skill animation. The other skill is Two Hand Pierce at higher level but most seem to prefer Kick instead, but after I had try out all the skills I still find my own preference work better even though the damage and skill description say otherwise. Guess it is same like Arch Mage Flame Volt and Rogue Double Strike which I think most players should take consideration of the multiplier for the skills.  

Overall Ex Rogue and Sorcerer are good choice for new players as they are additional class that was added to the game, but Arch Mage doesn't seem to have much advantage as Regular Mage seem to be better with AOE at early stage. Still prefer Witch over Wizard due to the self buff and debuff which make it easier in most situation, but notice that there are scroll available for Keron Affinity which are able to do similar debuff.

I actually wanted to do Regular Ranger, Witch and Wizard to prove some of my theory, but guess I will leave that to a later time and conclude Project Zodiac early. I will continue those in version 5.0 later when I find time as I am using those account to setup Merchant Mode to fulfill my legacy during Aeria time.  

 

Project Zodiac 3.0:

 

Horizon:

Started off with Cleric so that I can finish up all the difficult one, but to my surprise it is not that bad. I am still able to bring it to Level 100 without much difficulty, what really surprise me most is the Soul Purification AOE Skill. It had a really wide range and can almost cover the whole Zombie Room, so I just had to stand right in the middle and use the skill to lure mobs to me. I am able to level it fast with a few Zombie getting killed in batch, but the difficult part and most disappointing part came when I got to do Sphinx Commander.

The single target skill Judgement Strike perform much worst than Terra Spear and Ice Spike, so even though I am able to hit Level 97 before I go back town to rebuff the remaining three level became a drag. I should have stick to Zombie all the way and maybe I could have level it more, but since it is just to try out the skill I got to do it the hard way. After I reach Level 100 I am able to learn the skill Call Lighting, I decided to try it out and still the damage is way too low than what I had expected.

Arch Witch was another major disappointment, it doesn't have AOE skill as early as Regular Witch and the power of the skill seem to be nerf as compare to Regular Witch and Arch Wizard. It's single target skill Flame Volt also seem to be weaker than Arch Wizard too, I am only able to level it to Level 93 before the HP and MP Steal ran out together with the Cool Down Reduction.

The next is Archer, although it still perform as per what I expected and able to reach Level 101 and the Paralyzing Arrow seem to work well as AOE but because it is also consider a stun skill so it had a cool down of 2 sec. Arrow of Blue Wind also perform worst than Poison Arrow and Rapid Arrow only work well at lower level in TOF, basically if it is still able to reach Level 100 or higher I will still consider it as playable character.

So far only Temple Knight, High Lander and Arch Witch are unable to reach Level 100, but I did enjoy the skill of Temple Knight and High Lander as the damage is still very high as compare to magic user. I had save the best for the last and will be trying out War Master, Specialist and Royal Knight for the Grand Finale, as some may have notice a few of the toon actually pay tribute to some of the old players which I had known over the years.

The Rock is related to Mohawk which I always say that he just had to stare at mobs and they will go kill themselves, that is why I choose Deadly Stare as the custom title. High Voltage is link to Zeus who had always trying his best to teach other about PVP at the Arena, although he is not very good at it but I must say he got a good knowledge about Jewels. Ragnarok is an extension of God Slayer aka Blood Mage, he is crazy enough to play hard mode and level to Level 100 with only +4 gears.

The last class I try out for this series is Ex Ranger which most players had already been very familiar, it is simple with just using Dark Arrow and manage to go all the way to Level 109. I notice that when I go back town to rebuff I lost the Elizabeth as the GM Buff will remove it, the Middle Level Buff will also overwrite it too. And to make things worst the Legendary Iris and Legendary Skill Pill will be gone after re log.

So I decided to forget about getting rebuff and go all the way with just Elizabeth Buff which had been double after getting GM Buff, it actually still got about three hours left when my HP and MP Steal run out and if I continue with the level with the second set of potions I might even be able to reach Level 113 or more. This had been tested with War Master before when I record the fast leveling guide named I am Legend, and now I manage to perfect it even more with enough SP to max skills from TOF Quest and using +30 Platinum Refining Stone on Level 61 Weapon. 

Project Zodiac 2.0:

 

Horizon:

I started the 2nd stage of the project with Ex Assassin, mainly because I need a toon with Merchant Profession on every account to ensure most of the stuffs are tradable. At the same time I would be able to compare it with Regular Assassin to see if the result end up the same as I had expected, but to my surprise it actually surpass Regular Assassin with a 4 level different. The skill is very similar with Ex Rogue able to learn short duration buff which will be useful in most situation, but Ex Ranger seem to be more popular with the benefit of attack speed and range.

High Lander is another surprise for me, I never expect the Axe Crasher skill is as good as the Wrath of Light for Temple Knight. But as expected due to their attack speed they are unable to level pass Level 100, but getting Level 95 still better than what I had expected. Never really use the Wild Axe AOE skill much as I felt that Axe Crasher seem to work better as it got shorter skill animation, it is also able to hit mob at a distance with range attack.

Overall Titan still a very powerful class if players knew how to use it wisely, it had higher DPS as compare to Knight and the higher HP seem to offset defense as compare to the Knight. I also never really had the chance to use the Perfect Body Skill much as I am lazy to keep unequip and reequip the Accessory with Coral to activated the skill, but since the duration is short I guess it is not really going to make much different.

The last one which I decided to try out is the most controversial Elementalist, not much had been said and done since the new patch had make it more powerful. I guess most players are still skeptical about it as not much improvement had been done, but to my surprise it is actually very powerful after the revamp as now the summoned spirits can actually deal the same damage as the player itself. This is what Elementalist is suppose to be in the first place and not the usual weak spirits which can only kill low level mobs, and to my greatest surprise is that the AOE Skill Chain Lighting when combine with the Soul of Fire of Fire Spirit and Hand of Earth AOE of the Earth Spirit actually make the whole gaming experience extremely enjoyable.

I didn't think much about Soul of Fire much as the skill description say that the spirit will explode and sacrifice itself, but the spirit did not die after the explosion and continue to attack the mobs. Although it still have a 2 sec cool down like those stun skill even with 100% cool down reduction, but it is reasonable for them to keep this powerful skill nerf at certain level to prevent Elementalist to become too OP. Ice Spike is disappointing as the Terra Spear of the Wizard, but since I got other better and more powerful skill to use it doesn't reallybother much.

I manage to hit Level 94 just before the server is down for maintenance, as the GM Buff are almost finish and I am also going to go abck to town for another rebuff I foresee it will be able to cross the Level 100 limit when the server is back online. From the above experienceI do not think players really had to level as Specialist and then later do class change any more, and I hope the same would happen for Cleric when I try it out later. But it is just a very slim hope as Temple Knight situation still remain status quo after all these years.

 P.S.:

Manage to level Elementalist to Level 101, as expected most magic user are better with AOE instead of single target. Melee Class still got higher DPS as compare to most magic user, so magic user are abale to level fast if there are no mobs that debuff. They had make a lot of changes with new update, an additional inventory space, auto Laca and Moonstone, ability to open multiple box, P2 Weapon and Armor become permanent, quest and shop slot increase.

A lot of these changes are suppose to occur earlier but seem like they keep delay the schedule until now, but it is still a good direction and hope for more to come in future. With all the new changes, the private server would have to start worrying on the lost of players as the official will continue to improve to become like private server. 

Project Zodiac:

 

Horizon:

Easter Event had ended, manage to setup another two Raid Boss Hunters for next year as the existing one had already completed the Affinity. Didn't really like to play on the other two as the mobs are aggro against the pet, I had to level the pet at TOF and only use it for buff. Despite the existing two are slow at pet leveling due to the level of the mobs, at least I do not have to worry so much about pet dying.

As per my plan, I decided to start a new project and try out all the dual class to learn more about their skills. The main focus are on those which are not popular and find out the real reason behind their disadvantage as compare to the more popular dual class. They are mainly Elementalist, Cleric and Temple Knight where most players choose to level them as their other dual class and later switch class.

As I need to use a toon to setup the guild, I also decided to make the same toon as Merchant Profession. My only worry is the lack of SP as I don't intend to waste an hour to farm 15K of SP before I level, I am going to use the method which I had perfect during the Guardian of the Galaxy to see how far they can go within two hours, but the result really surprised me as I still got a lot of SP left after getting Merchant Profession, create a Level 6 Guild and even max out all the essential skill which I need to use.

The first toon I start with is Assassin, the reason I choose it is because I am familiar with it like Royal Knight and Ranger. Had a little set back of disconnection in TOF when I hit Level 69 and lost the Elizabeth Buff, but I decided to continue with the progress and try it with Mid Level Buff instead. It had been done before and I am sure a little set back will never deter my plan based on my pass experience.

Manage to reach Level 100 which is already so much higher than what I had achieve in Guardian of the Galaxy, guess proper planning and good knowledge really goes a long way. At Level 20 I decided to focus on maxing the Hawk Strike Skill which is similar to Ex Rogue Multiple Attack which is available at Level 15, this will help in TOF until Level 60 where the Double Strike Skill is available at Level 38. I did try another skill name Splitting Field which is suppose to have 4.5K of Skill Power as compare to 3K at almost same level, but I guess twice the Skill Power seem to make it having more damage and the Skill Animation also seem to be shorter.

The skill actually last all the way until I finish Tomb and it got shorter cool down and using less MP which make it a better choice if Skill Cool Down and MP Steal are not available. I later realized that skills really make a lot of different at the later stage of the game and choosing a dual class wisely is mainly choosing the right skill. Of course I also discover a lot of advantage and disadvantage of different dual class as I try them out later, this will help a lot of newbie in the choice of the dual class they want to play.

I had not play with Temple Knight for more than 17 years, after I switch to Royal Knight I never look back as it was like switching from Apple to Android. I repeat the agony of slow killing speed and unimpressive skill with buff that seem to benefit other more than self. Temple Knight is a very supportive role which are being use as Tank for Castle Siege and Boss Fight, they are good at taking damage but not really good for DPS like the Royal Knight. That is why most players are able to level Royal Knight faster than Temple Knight, and later choose to switch class after it reach higher level.

I initially thought the Weapon Break and Mana Break Skill would be good but I was wrong, turn out that Light Spear actually work way better due the the shorter skill animation. The skill was good until Level 60 where another skill name Wrath of Light become available, I was surprised that this elemental skill actually work better as compare to Royal Knight Sword Wave and Whittling Spray. I guess the same theory that Triple Bash work better than Double Bash, Two Hand Peirce and Kick due to the multiplication of the damage even though the skill power indicate lower in the skill description.

The good thing is that they had remove the need for energy crystal to cast the skill like they had remove the wear down of dura weapon and accessory to make thing simple for us. But I still hope they would bring back the Elemental System and Cube Buff as it is what that had help to balance the PVP without affecting the PVE. As expected I only manage to reach Level 90 due to the slow progress and I would say those class with AOE skill does have a major advantage although I prefer melee over magic.

The moment of truth came when I start playing Arch Wizard, they are really powerful with Chaos Nova skill at Level 70. But due to the debuff risk of the Occultist in Tomb, it only work well in TOF and Zombie. The Terra Spear doesn't cause much damage as it was expected and the Flame Volt only work well at lower level, use to prefer Flame Field over Chaos Nova before they make 100% Cool Down possible. The Meteor Fall prove to be even more powerful at higher level with skill cool down taken out of the issue, so there are three different AOE being use at different stage of the leveling process which make it enjoyable if not of the Occultist debuff risk.

Manage to reach Level 101 with Arch Wizard but I would say Mage is still better than Arch Mage if you are going to choose Witch Dual Class instead of Arch Wizard due to the Flame Storm AOE available at early stage which would help a lot. The other class would be Sorcerer and Titan which have AOE skill available at slightly later stage as compare to Mage. Arch Mage still got certain advantage like Ex Rogue over Regular Rogue due to the availability of short duration self buff.

But having short duration self buff would also mean a more complicated gaming experience which players had to keep operating the keys and monitor the duration before it expired, they also design for certain advantage like higher damage or faster speed to cater for the lack of buff like what Regular Ranger had over Ex Ranger and Archer. But the starter armor set for Ex Rogue and Arch Mage does help a lot at the early stage of the game before they start giving +15 set and good items to help with leveling.

The project will continue further with twelve different dual class, I would consider Ex Rogue and Arch Mage to be similar to Regular Rogue and Mage as their skills are almost the same in many aspect. Like the Horoscope which represent by the different star constellation, each have unique qualities which attract different players to choose what they like most and provide a variety of choice to make the whole gaming experience more vibrant.

 

Guardian Of The Galaxy Vol 2:

 

Horizon:

I had try out the Mage class today, the first one is ok without much issue but the second one encounter problem at Tomb even though it is at 70%. As I only use it for trolling, so I decide to try out the Rogue instead. The Rogue still survive well even when Tomb is at 50%, I guess that is the reason why I do not like to play magic class because of their low defense.

The first Mage manage to reach Level 88 which prove that most class should be able to reach that in 2 hours, the second Mage only manage to reach Level 71 which prove that the condition of Tomb did affect a lot for some class. The Rogue only manage to reach Level 82, but I had try Ex Rogue on Pandora with better result so the condition of the Tomb doesn't really matters for those class with higher defense or evasion.

I will start working on the remaining Healer, Sorcerer and Titan when I am ready, at the moment I am trying to redo them with better name for trolling. The previous Knight class had been doing Tomb when it is 100% and 90%, so not much issue at all. But I did make a few mistake which kind of put them at a slight disadvantage.

I did not really follow the rebuff for Elizabeth at Level 60 as I am lazy to disrupt the progress in Temple of Forgetfulness. I went all the way to Level 70 to 75 to complete the full run, but the first one got stuck when it try to use skill on mobs which is near to wall and there are no other mobs nearby for the tab to work. I got to close the client and relog again which cause me to lose buff.

The second one also die at the fire pillar path before the Erebus Boss, and the same happen when I play the Mage and Rogue. I also make a serious mistake of using the first Knight to reset Tomb instead of using my main, this will also cause the lost of buff which give 200% Attack, Experience and Skill Point. The higher level buff only give 20% Attack which is clearly a major disadvantage as reference to my previous guide.

Mage and Titan are able to level fast in dungeon because of their debuff and AOE skill, but it must be careful in Tomb when there are Occultist. Actually for those hard core players, they can still continue to progress even after losing their buffs. But most Newbie prefer to take thing easy and refuse to play if they are unable to get buffs.

I had seen a lot of them just AFK waiting for buff, while I kind of use a different approach and only get buffs whenever they are available. Getting use to playing without buffs had help me develop a stronger immune against the constant dependent on buffs, and I really enjoy the lay back playing style of farming for stuffs while waiting for raid boss to spawn.

Guardian Of The Galaxy Vol 1:

 Horizon:

Anniversary Event had ended, seem like it will be back to the same old boring days till they start the Easter Event at the end of month. I was thinking of continuing farming for Pictorial Book and complete at least 1 set of my farming toon, but the recent drama cause by Peanut had prompt me to complete a few of my trolling toon first.

I could have just stop at Level 60 as it can already use World Chat and got the Level 60 to 62 +15 Set, but I decided to try a different approach to see how far it can go. The plan is to use 2 toons and chose different path to see if they end up with same result, the end result actually surprised me.

The first toon start directly with Level 30 Elder Drake until it get Event Weapon at Level 20, it then went to Prokion Temple and do Orcs until it get Level 30 to 32 +15 Set. It will do class change and learn some skills before it start leveling at Temple of Forgetfulness, it will try to clear the dungeon at one single run before it go Tomb at around Level 70 or higher.

As it did not do any skill point farming, it did not have enough skill point to max most of the skill. I just focus on passive and try my best to force my way to as high level as possible. To my surprise it manage to hit Level 88 after about 2 hours when the HP and MP Steal finally ran out, it still got a lot of boosters left over although it kill slower with much difficulty due to the lack of skills.

The second toon start with skill point farming at Level 12 Sassy, it only switch to Level 30 Elder Drake at Level 18 just to get the Event Weapon at Level 20. The rest of the journey is quite similar from Prokion Temple onwards, but to my surprise it only manage to reach Level 87 after 2 hours when the HP and MP Steal finally ran out. It also use up more boosters and progress slower even though it manage to max most of the skills and progress much easier.

I will continue to do the same for the rest of my trolling toon, it will allow me to see the different between various class which will help Newbie in their choice. I think it will be better to do it according to class but I got more toon with 4 Knight and 2 Mage class as compare to Rogue, Healer, Sorcerer and Titan which only one. But it will still be able to provide useful information even though some of the class does not have similar data to compare.

I think I will try to use the second path for remaining toon as it is easier with most skill max, the end results doesn't really matter much as long as they are able to hit Level 85 or higher. I will also be able to get some Certificate of Guardian during the progress as most of them doesn't need Merchant Profession as long as there are already one for every account to ensure most of the stuffs are able to transfer by storage and trade to other account. 

I am Legend:

 Horizon:

Since there is 500% XP and SP Event, I thought it will be a good time to finish leveling my War Master Simply Red to Level 111. I manage to hit my target and get it done within 6 hours with 2 hours doing SP Farming getting about 14K SP on Sassy. It was not smooth sailing all the way as I forgot about rebuffing Eliz Buff before I enter Tomb at Level 60 and it expire just a few minutes after I enter Tomb.

Met Spider Chaser while at Zombie and he just here to gain two level to be lock at Level 77 for TOF I think as there are no spider in Tomb. I am able to go TOF at Level 20 after I get my Event Weapon from the Guardian System, most would have do so after getting the Level 31 Set and doing Class Change to learn more passive skill.

The Back Pack Quest at Level 60 can also be done before going Tomb but I prefer to do it later as I do not want to waste the precious pot which will be more purposeful to be use in Tomb. Very proud of myself as I still got 7 LI and LSP with more than 400 XPB left after hitting Level 111, usually it will consume 2 LSP for SP Farming and 4 LI for leveling without any event.

I got debuff Anubis Occultist the moment I reach Sphinx Commander as  I forgot to switch my AOE Skill to Single Target, but that doesn't really matter to me much as my determination to level and the hassle to run all the way with Anubis Archer to stun you is way worst to me. I could have get some cure from Magician Coen or transfer some Curse Removal Scroll from my Raid Boss Hunter which had been farming them during event but it will waste some time as I did not plan for that in advance. And since I am killing zombies and they don't have a dog pet, I guess I will just accept pony.

My Level 121 Night Shadow had been complete few months ago with using of Level 120 Jump Box and killing a few mob to try out the gear setup. The Level 137 Witch still at Level 130 waiting for GM Buffs to complete the Mond Entry Quest in Floriam Cave, actually it doesn't really need to complete that as it is meant for farming in Trivia Valley but I thought it would be nice to be able to use for pet leveling in Tairan like the Level 164 Ex Ranger.

The Level 164 Ex Ranger is now Level 131 waiting for Pet XP Event before it level a few Polar Bear into Nanook or Lizard into Battle Kai, I had level two Elephant to Level 60 for Buffs using my Level 150 Cleric while leveling her from Level 130 to Level 150 in Tairan. I had use Level 120 Jump Box for those toons that I plan to get pass Level 120 and those I plan for Level 130 or higher will hit Level 127 with Vlad Quest and then level to Level 130 for Mond Entry Quest at Sorcerer at Travia Valley.

My gaming style might be a bit different from usual but I prefer to farm for stuffs or level pet instead of grinding, that is the main reason I still prefer to use my low level toons for most events which can farm other stuffs while spawning raid boss for a more efficient game play in my opnion. This will serve as a good leveling guide for newbie if they start whining about how hard the game be.

Mission Impossible:

 

Pandora:

Try to level a Ex Ranger and see how far I can go, took about 7 hours and manage to reach Level 103. It was not easy as I do not have any good accessory or buff to support it, but overall it still turn out well. The procedure will be as follows:

Get to Level 9 by and start SP farming on Sassy with LSP and SPB for an hour or two, you should get about 10K of SP by the time you finished the 1K SPB. Then continue to level to Level 20 and go to Procyon Temple until you get the Level 31 Set, you can use LSP if you want. Make sure you choose your dual class, learn all the passive skill and learn the highest damage active skill.

You can now go to Temple of Forgetfulness using LI, XPB, Cool Down, HP and MP Steal until you get Level 60 Set. After that you can go Tomb until you reach Level 100 or more, but it will be advisable to learn more passive skill and the highest damage active skill and also relog to refresh your Elizabeth Buff. The trick is just to keep spamming skill as you have Skill Cool Down and MP Steal, the HP Steal and fast leveling with LI and XPB will ensure you survive the higher level mob.

Horizon:

I decided to try out the same on Royal Knight after 6ix 9ine say it is trying to level a knight for Phoenix, the good thing is that I got good accessory and GM Buff to provide good support. But the result turn out to be a surprise as I only manage to reach Level 95 as Sphinx Commander seem too difficult for me, but overall it is still satisfactory as I only did it in 4 hours as I did not SP Farm on Sassy.

The lack of Invisible Skill and Range Attack also a major contribution to the failure as getting pass Anubis Archer became difficult, so certain class still got better advantage in this area and would be a better choice for it. Have try using Wizard using AOE Skill but found that the defense is too weak to tank when getting mobbed by too many mob, the situation is still manageable in Temple of Forgetfulness but it became worst in Tomb.

Aphelion:

They have start a Daily Log In Reward System, all the stuffs are character bound and having issue of opening in bulk. They have make mob in Mushroom Land to drop Level 200 Gear, it is a move to make it easy for newbie like the three Gift of Star Accessory, Superior PBI and Title Status Boost. But a lot of players seem to lose interest in it as there are not much events or new contents, the main reason that contribute to that is mainly because they Nerf a lot of things and doesn't really allow players the freedom of choice.

Actually it will came to the same result sooner or later, I will try my best to explain the theory. If they make it too easy, a lot of players will complete fast and find it boring. If they make it too hard, a lot of players will start complaining about it and quit. They have to strike a perfect balance between the two extreme and by doing that they become not much different as compare to official server.

They had increase Drop Rate and XP to make it easy for players to get stuffs and level, but they also have to increase the amount of mob require to kill for quest or amount of item require to collect for pictorial book. The only advantage they had so far are free cash for players and improved user interface like Buff, Auto Laca Ball and Moonstone, but all these are going to change soon when the official server start to do the same in near future.

The greatest advantage the official server had is the wide variety of events, and they are trying their best to improve on the rewards to make it more enjoyable for players. They also did not try to make players follow a fixed path for leveling and offer players a wide variety of option to choose their own path.

Optimize Setting:

 

Horizon:

Create a few new Level 60 toons for pet leveling and farming at Temple of Forgetfulness, the Wizard and War Master should perform well with AOE. Not sure what to do with the Archer and the Specialist at the moment, but i am sure they will be useful in the future. After trying out pet leveling with both my Skippy and Kami Hunter, I decided to create two Ex Ranger for pet leveling. Having range attack can position them at a distance which allow more location, the level will be just nice so that it will not cause too much damage and also not make pet hungry fast.

With three Eye of Spirit, the hit rate is high enough that doesn't miss like my raid boss hunter. I can also keep it continuously working without any disruption to kill raid boss. I had also created another Kami Hunter at Level 67, at least it can farm on Sphinx while it try to spawn Kami. Although it might not be as effective as the original Kami Hunter, but at least it will be able to get drop from mobs as they are not blue.

I am considering whether to create another more effective Ex Ranger Goldie Hunter at Level 97, or just continue using my Level 87 Witch as it can also get drop from mobs as it try to spawn Goldie. The only problem with it is that it still getting damage from mob even though it is wearing +30 Armor Set, it also take long time to kill the boss due to lower attack. The situation will become worst after they remove the Elemental System, so I foresee I will still be using Balrog and Skippy Hunter more for most event.

Aphelion:

Light Angel had been trying to cheat by party with his Alternate Hello Castro 2 at Tairan Center for Daily Quest, I am not sure why he need so much token or gold for. It is same like Zed or Moza Lito on official server, what is the point of having so much stuffs and gold while a lot of players dislike you. Moza Lito recently got a few of her old account back, she had been trying to sell a lot of stuffs at cheap price. But I do not understand why she would want to keep buying a lot of stuffs which I don't think she will be using, I am doubtful about her motive until it can be proven wrong.

Game Sage Mine Lyric had been trying to do Hide and Seek like previous time but no player seem to response, I took some time off from Immortal Boss to help a bit. Not surprise that Ankou and his Alternate Absynth are the first to find us, I told Game Sage that it had been so since I join the server and he told me he will try to investigate further. I think having players who try to cheat and exploit the system had cause a lot of other players to shy away from most event, if they do not do anything to improve the situation the server will be dead in no time.

What is the point of being the richest player with the most stuffs when all other players quit and you were all alone with nothing to show, all the gold and stuffs you have would be worthless when the server is dead with no other players. I had not been very active since I hand over most of my stuffs to Speedy, I guess I am going into semi retirement after I found someone else to take over the helping of newbies.