Book of Mountain and Sea

 

 Recently I am not really impress with the new pets in game, then I happen to came across the video of the creatures in Book of Mountain and Sea. Last time most of the video are using ancient drawing, but now with the new AI technology they have become more impressive. The link for the video are as follows:

There are 3 videos which list the 100 creatures which spread over 5 locations of 15 in South, 36 in West, 20 in North, 15 in East and 14 in Central. It is the most accurate record of the geographic of the ancient wold, it is not just restricted within the China territories as a lot of scholars who had study it in details actually found similar stuffs in other continents.

As it is not just about creatures as it cover the landscape surrounding and a lot of plants which grow around the different region. The main reason I decided to study it is because I found some of the creatures appear in my dream which is related to The Awakening. It is like the Archive which is related to reincarnation of human soul, so my dream could have been a era in ancient time which is already history.

Anyway the are saying of us living in the 5th Era and there are 4 other civilization which had already been destroy with the most recent one cause by flood. So seem like the surrounding are not so much similar to my present time, it could very likely be memory from the Archive.

My dream is about wars between 3 continents, one with Robot and another which control creatures. The one I am in is the one which had advance technology and we are trying to attack the Robot continent before the Creatures came to attack. We manage to escape through an underground tunnel and found ourselves back on the highway bridge which link all the 3 continents.

This blog could serve as an inspiration for game developer to improve their collection of pets or it could also become a completely new concept which is similar to Pokemon for taming of creatures to fight. But in either case I had notice some similar changes on one of the game server and the only game I had found on the phone is using devour to level up and gain new abilities.

South:

Sheng Sheng. A White Monkey which is known for Speed due to Wind Element. It is very similar to Yeti or Big Foot.

Lu Shu. A White Horse with Red Tail which is known to bring Prosperity. It look very similar to Zebra.

 Xuan Gui. A Giant Tortoise with Bird Head and Snake Tail which is known for Healing due to Water Element. It is the original Xuan Wu which guard the north together with the Wind Dragon in the East, Fire Phoenix in the South and Earth Tiger in the West. There are also tales of Metal Kirin in the Central but not very popular in other culture like Korea and Japan, the more popular tales are of the Nine Tail Fox.

 Lu. A Serpent with Ox Head which is known for Skincare. It is similar to Manatee according to the description and it could be the original Qing Tian Niu Mang which is told in a lot of Chinese Mythology.

Lei. A Wild Cat that look like Lnyx which is known for its ability to remove Jealousy. It is known to be Hermaphrodite which means it contain both sex in one body and is able to reproduce by its own.

 Jiu Wei Hu. Nine Tail Fox which is known to be the Grand Master of all Demons. It is known to be able to ward off Evil Spirits because of that and it is common in both Japan and Korea Mythology too. It is known to be one of the 5 Deities which is together with the Weasel, Porcupine, Snake and Rat. They will gain one tail with every 100 years of training and 9 tails is known to have survive 900 years. Some legends say it can turn into human when it gain 6 tails and become immortal when they gain 9 tails, while some legends say it need to eat 100 human hearts over a period of 1000 years before it can turn into human.

Chi Ru. Red Carp Fish that look like Japanese Koi Fish known to be very tasty and able to cure sickness. 

Li Li. A Armadillo looking creatures which is known to appear in area which suffer structure damage. As an Ant Eater it might be confuse for eating Termite.

Chang You. A 4 Ears Monkey known for bring Flood. It is the original 6 Ears Monkey which is known to be the Evil Twin of the Monkey King Wukong. The 6 Ears Monkey is a conspiracy which say it become a replacement for Monkey King Wukong after its death halfway during the Journey to the West or before its birth for another 500 years due to a screw up in Heaven Records.

Gu Diao. A Giant Condor which is similar to Garuda or Griffin which is known as a Man Eater. While Garuda is known to be related to the Thunder Element, this bird is known to be related to the Water Element.

Qu Ru. A Crane like bird with 3 legs.

Hu Jiao. A Serpent like creature with Fish Head and Snake Tail known to be able to cure piles. Look like Eel from the description but it is related to Dragon with Water Element.

Feng Huang. A Phoenix like bird known for its Fire Element and ability to bring Peace. It is known for its Rebirth ability and Feng is the Male version while Huang is the Female version. It is use to represent Empress as Dragon is use to represent Emperor.

Zhuan Yu. A Carp like fish with Pig Head known to bring Drought.

Yong. An Owl like bird with 4 eyes known to bring Drought.

West:

Qian Yang. A Goat or Antelope like creature with horse tail know for Skincare.

Wu Qu. A Chicken like bird with Black Feather and Red Claw known for Skincare.

Fei Yi. A Flying Serpent with 4 wings and 6 legs known to bring Drought. It is similar to Quetzalcoatl in the Mayan Mythology.

Hao Zhi. A White Hamster or Guinea Pig with Black Stripe.

Xiao. A Monkey with Long Arms known for its ability Throw.

 Tuo. An Owl with one legs known for the ability to avoid Lighting.

Xi Bian. Wolf known for its ability to ward off Evil. Look like Ookami of the Japanese Mythology.

Jue Ru. A Deer with White Tail.

Lei. A Magpie looking bird Red and Black Feather with 2 heads and 4 legs known for its ability to avoid Fire.

Luan Niao. A Phoenix like bird known to bring Peace.

Fu Xi. A Chicken like bird known to bring War.

Zhu Yan. A Monkey which look like Yeti or Big Foot with White Fur and Red Feet known to bring War.

Ju Fu. A Monkey with Leopard Tail known for its ability to Throw.

Man Man. A Mandarin Duck with one wing and one eye known to bring Flood. It is the original Bi Yi Niao and Yuan Yang which always in pair.

Wen Yao Yu. Flying Fish with White Scale and Red Lip known to bring Harvest. Walk in West Ocean and Swim in East Ocean and Fly at Night. Sweet and Sour Taste.

Ying Zhao. A Flying Tiger known for its ability to control weather.

Lu Wu. A Tiger with 9 Tails known for its ability to control weather.

Tu Lou. Ram with 4 Horns known to be Man Eater.

Qing Yuan. A Humming Bird known to bring Death.

Chang Cheng. Half Serpent.

Xi Wang Mu. Leopard Girl known to bring Disaster.

 Jiao. A Kirin known to bring Harvest.

Sheng Yu. Red Chicken known to bring Flood.

Zheng. Leopard with a Horn and 5 Tails.

 Bi Fang. A Peacock known to have the ability to breath Fire.

Tian Guo. A Lynx or Dog which cause Eclipse.

 Di Jiang. Brama with 6 Limps and 4 Wings which is known for Creation.

 

Lu Shou. Tiger Warrior with Twin Dragon.

Huan. Lynx with one Eye and 3 Tails known to cure Jaundice.

Qi Tu. Crow with 3 Heads and 6 Tails known to ward off Evil.

Dang Hu. Chicken known to cure Blinking.

Ran Yi Yu. A Fish with Snake Head and 6 Legs known to cure Bad Dream. From the description should be Lobster.

Bo. Unicorn with White Body and Black Tail known for its ability to Protect.

 Qiong Qi. Flying Tiger known to be Man Eater.

Ying Yu. Flying Fish known to bring Flood.

Shu Hu. Pegasus.

 

North:

He Lou Yu. Octopus with 10 Tentacles known to cure Swollen.

Meng Huai. Coyote known to ward off Evil.

Xi Xi Yu. A Fish with 10 Wings which look like Lion Fish known for its ability to avoid Fire Element and cure Jaundice.

Yu Niao. Flying Fox known for its ability to Protect.

Meng Ji. White Leopard known for its Stealth.

You Yan. A Laughing Monkey.

Zhu Zhi. Baboon.

Zhu Jian. Leopard with one Eye and Horn.

Bai Ye. White Bird with Yellow Claw known to cure Sore Throat.

Ya Yu. Red Bison known to be Man Eater.

Zhu Huai. Bison with 4 Horns known to be Man Eater.

Yi Yu. Dog Fish known to cure Rabies.

Pao Xiao or Tao Tie. Ram known to be Man Eater.

Xiao. Owl with one Eye known to cure Stomach Aches.

Ren Yu. Axolotl known to cure Dementia.

Jue Ju. Bald Eagle known to cure Dementia.

Ling Hu. Bison known to cure Rabies.

Suan Yu. Flying Serpent with 6 Eyes and 4 Wings known to cause Fear.

Jing Wei. Colorful Bird known for trying to fill East Ocean with Twig and Stone. It is the Daughter of Yan Di name Nu Wa which drown in East Ocean.

 

Peng She. Red Head White Body Serpent known to cause Drought.

 

East:

Zheng Yu. Long Nose Gar or Marlin.

Tong Tong. Wild Boar which drop Pearls.

Ling Ling. Tiger with Horn or Bison known to bring Flood.

Zhu Bie Yu. Oyster like Fish which give Pearls.

Qiu Yu. Armadillo known to appear in area with Structure Problems.

 

Zhu Nuo. Fox with Fish Fins known to cause Fear.

Li Hu. Pelican.

Bi Bi. Flying Fox known to bring Drought.

Long Zhi, Fox with 9 Tails known to be Man Eater.

You You. Goat with 4 Horns and Ox Tail known to attract Cunning Politician.

Jie Guo. Bird with Rat Tail known to bring Pandemic.

Yuan Hu. Moose.

Dang Kang. Wild Boar known to bring Harvest.

He Yu. Wild Boar with Yellow Skin and Red Tail known to bring Flood.

Fei. Bison with one Eye and Snake Tail known to bring Death.

 

Central:

 

Fei Fei, Lynx with White Tail known to cure Depression.

Ming She. Flying Serpent with 4 Wings known to bring Drought.

Hua She. Flying Serpent known to bring Flood.

Ma Hu. Tiger with Horse Body or Horse with Tiger Stripe known to be Man Eater. Description look like Zebra.

Fu Zhu. White Deer with 4 Horns known to bring Flood.

Wu Lou. Leopard Girl.

Tai Feng. Tiger known to be able to control Weather.

Jiao Chong. Two Head and 6 or 8 Arms known to be able to control Insect.

Ji Meng. Dragon known to be able to control Rain.

Qi Zhong. An Owl like Bird with Tail known to bring Pandemic.

Yong He. Monkey know to bring Fear.

Ling. Tiger with Scale known to cure Stroke.

Wen Ling. Yellow Wild Boar with White Head and Tail known to bring Typhoon because of its relatio to Wind Element.

Shen Yu Er. Half Serpent known for Light.

 

Down Time:

Horizon:

Server been under DDOS attack for the past two weeks, longest down time was more than 12 hrs. Since I couldn't play much I had go back to play Final Fantasy VIII.

I try out the PC Version with Steam Link App first, it was ok other than bad connection once in a while. Then I decided to try out the Android Version on my phone, found it much better.

The PC Version have a Boost function after you complete the game which give you some magic to junction without having to draw it again. The only draw back is there will be less slot for other magic.

The Android Version had 3x Speed and Invincible Mode which speed up the process and make it so much easier. The only draw back is that it will be not challenging as before.

 

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197343-final-fantasy-viii/faqs/72431/introduction 

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly:

 Horizon:

Give my Level 57 Horse to Elvis as he will be giving more buff than me, the next one will be ready in about 3 to 4 weeks. Some players will always do what is best for the majority, they truly understand that it is just a game. I had receive a lot of help from them since I started back before the migration, now is the time to repay their kindness.

Not all players really show appreciation, some of them are selfish and only think for themselves.  They care too much about their gain and loss, treat other players like an idiot and try to take advantage of others. Slowly they build a bad reputation and most players start to ignore them, they will not be able to get much help or even get the stuffs they need.

A new player named MiMi keep whining that blue mob doesn't drop event item, when I ask her why is that so a lot of other players start to give their opinions. Some say only getting Rain Drop from blue mob but not Insect other than last Insect Collection Event, but I told them I had been getting Insect from blue mob since Gamigo time and Fawkes had not make any changes since then.

I also point out that blue mob also drop a lot of other stuffs like Token and Moonstone Box, and it still give Ignition as long as it is within 6 Level different. I go on to elaborate that green mob doesn't drop Treasure Map or Iris Element and doesn't give Blood Seal when they are 5 Level different, but it will still give when it is 4 Level different.

The reason that MiMi doesn't get XPB most likely is because the event clearly stated it is for Level 1 to 35 and it is only Proycon Temple, MiMi is already Level 63 and some other players still think this event also include Velpist Temple too like the Gold Booster. Assume = Ass U and Me, it is like the blind leading the blind when they don't even bother to read the fine print or really try it out themselves.

Most of them just think they got a lot of experience after playing for few years, or think they know everything when they refer to the info provided in the Weebly site. I guess a lot of them are going to hate me for telling the truth and publicly shaming them, but I wouldn't bother much about them as they don't really contribute much to the community.

Another player named Big Natty Crits had been destroying all the remaining Dratan Flower even after it had manage to spawn the Elemental Boss, I am not sure it is just targeting me or all the pet leveler but I just had to shift my location to Merac. I also don't understand what is the point of keeping the Elemental Boss since they had already remove the Elemental Jewel, a lot of changes they make just doesn't make any sense to me.

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.

Loyalty Rewards:

 Horizon:

They had introduced a Loyalty Rewards System, the more Fawkes Gems you spend the better rewards you get. It split into Beginning, Seasonal, PVP and PVE, think Beginning and Seasonal stack together but not sure if PVP and PVE stack. The rewards are as follows:

100 Gems PVE LI, LSP and LSB x 2

150 Gems PVP Curse Removal, Candle and Red Pouch x 50

210 Gems PVE XPB, SPB and IDB x 250

250 Gems PVP Candle x 100

270 Gems Beginning +30 PRS 30D x 2

270 Gems Seasonal Chang Thai Leash

320 Gems PVE Plat Aff Booster and Plat Pet Pill x 2

350 Gems PVP Red Pouch x 100

450 Gems PVP White Cake x 100

450 Gems PVE Aff, Pet, Gold Booster x 500

600 Gems PVP Medium Med x 500 and Strong Med x 250

600 Gems PVE HP, MP Steal and Plat Adren x 15

650 Gems Beginning Prem Char 30D

650 Gems Seasonal 30D Box x 10

750 Gems Seasonal Snow Leo Leash

790 Gems PVE HP, MP Steal and Plat Adren x 15

900 Gems Seasonal Pet CD x 100

900 Gems PVP Douge, HR Potion x 20

1000 Gems PVE 30D Box x 20

1275 Gems Beginning XPB, SPB and IDB x 1500

1300 Gems PVP Eva, HR Scroll x 200

1350 Gems Seasonal XPB and IDB x 1500

1350 Gems PVE Prem Char 30D

1700 Gems PVP Candle, Red Pouch x 200

1800 Gems PVE Coin of Hero x 1500

2000 Gems Seasonal JPS x 100

2100 Gems PVP Frog Leg Candy x 1000

2500 Gems PVE XPB, IDB, Pet and Gold Booster x 2500

2600 Gems PVP Curse Removal, Candle and Red Pouch x 500

2750 Gems Beginning Capybara Leash and Pet CD x 250

3000 Gems Seasonal AGR and MGR x 500

4500 Gems Seasonal IDB and SPB x 2500

7000 Gems Seasonal AGR x 1000 and Coin of Hero x 10000

9550 Gems Seasonal Loyalty Costume and Extender x 1500

13750 Gems 185 Jump Box Level 25 Jewel x 80 Level 25 Chaos Jewel x 50

As you can see to make the best of it you will need to spend $100 per month for a period of 3 months to get the most stuff up to 7000 Gems for Seasonal and 3 x Beginning and PVE at 2750 Gems and 2500 Gems. Some might go for PVP at 2600 Gems too if they like to do Castle Siege. It will flood the market with more cheap stuffs, only not sure if it was good or bad.

Hater Got To Hate:

 

Horizon:

Saw a strange situation, a Archer named Rinsh was at Channel 2 Dratan Flower near Jinarr NPC together with my pet leveler. I thought he was also leveling his horse, but the next moment the flower was killed and spawn Muta Elemental Boss. I was planning to teleport my pet leveler back to town as I notice the other pet leveler got killed by Muta at another location near Estella, but I saw him manage to kill Muta in just a few seconds so I decided to target another Dratan Flower and continue to level my horse.

But before I can do it, I saw him hitting the last remaining Dratan Flower and kill it within a few seconds. Now I was like OMGWTFBBQ, I realized that he was not leveling his horse at all. Maybe there is a chance that he is really trying to level his horse but didn't realized that he need to use a weaker toon or weapon, but the fact that it happen at both location and he never let any flower remain became highly doubtful to me.

I had to assume he is trying to harass pet leveler, but I was surprise he did not do the same when I switch to Channel 5. If it was unintentional, then he must be a noob who doesn't really have any knowledge and experience. So he is just being boostful when he say he got a few max level toon on other server and leveling is easy, but either way he is going to be dislike by most players and will slowly quit and left.

There is another player named Kirito who is trying to buy Level 120 Jump Box at 20B, he is able to buy from Item Mall but he thinks it will be better to sell Fawkes Gems and use the gold to buy cheap from other players instead. The Item Mall price is about 50B, who in the right mind would ever sell it to him for 20B? Really dislike those players who treats other people like an idiot and try to take advantage of others.