Future Planning 3.0:

 Had been busy preparing for the migration, reorganizing my stuffs and did some spring cleaning before the Chinese New Year. I give away a lot of stuffs which I don't use, a lot of players thought I am going to quit. But actually I am stocking up on a lot of stuffs which I will need for the future and had detail planning on how to execute it.

I first give Elvis, Mother Nature and Gonads 9999 Stone of Wise, as I had receive a lot of Windy Buffs from them and by doing so will allow them to continue helping all those who need. I also give Gonads and Heth a lot of Lucky Stone and Chaos Stone, as Heth is a returning player and she need to upgrade her gear and Gonads is always helping other players to upgrade their gears too.

As usual Gonads give me a lot of stuffs in return which I am able to sell for a lot of gold, I use the gold to buy more upgrade stones in case anyone need it in the future. As Heth is from Philippine, I had try to link her up with Bhuto and Chille Black which are also from the same country which I think will be able to help her more.

Give away two Knightmare Mount, one to Avatar as he always wanted a Rare Blue and I find it ugly. The other one give to Cash as he did not have much gold and is trying to get a Level 31 Mount which is cheaper. As I had eight Mount and I only need about five, and got another two to three horse is also almost reach the level to be mount soon.

A returning player from Malaysia name Hannah had been trying to get a Jaguar but she do not have much gold, so I decided to give her the Level 66 Jaguar I got from godsend as I really didn't use it much. I thought she really need the speed buff from the pet but later found out that she only want it because it look cute. I would have recommend her to get a Snow Leo instead as it look much better.

The Level 66 Jaguar given by godsend is mainly because he is looking for two Jaguar Leash and I had already sold my last three to Nanthu. So I decided to give him the three Jaguar which I had level up to level 40, he also give me a lot of gold and some Grade 5 Heaven Stone to make up for it. And I also found out that he is very close to Jassy from Malaysia who always hunt Elemental Boss together, Jassy later also became very close to me after she found out I am from Singapore and give me some Element Jewel which I need.

Hannah seem to be having problem with the game, as she had been away for six years. I found out that Elvis is the one that had help her a lot, so I told Elvis to check what is the actual issue she is facing as she doesn't really seem to be able to tell me what kind of gear she had. Later I heard her saying that Elvis is angry with her for spending all the skill point on upgrading her guild, so I guess she might not have learn any skill and the issue is not with her gears.

She doesn't really seem to be interested in the game and always focus on a lot of unimportant stuffs, she later decided to get one of her Level 12 toon to join my guild for XP Lock so that she can SP Farm. At least that is a major improvement for her as she finally want to make things right. 

My plan for the future is to make two windy toon after the server migration, actually it was suppose to start at the beginning of the year but I decided to hold it back until we move to new server. I will get them to Level 50 for Merchant Profession first, then I will level them up to 100. I will then make two phoenix toon which will jump straight to Level 50 for the Merchant Profession too and make a Night Shadow.

The Night Shadow will be Level 90 and will be use for Monster Combo, Akan Temple and Grand Gold Dragon. I will get one of the Phoenix toon to Level 130 for Floriam Cave to farm Skill Book and the other one to Level 185 for Ramslo and Elemental Boss. I will later make another two toon for Holy Bless and Haste, The Level 150 Cleric will be use for Skeleton General and the Level 70 Witch will be use for Grand Devilroad Kamira and Erebus.

Tomorrow Never Dies:

 Receive news about Fawkes taking over the games fro Gamigo, it will happen around Feb 2023. Fawkes promise that everything will remain the same and they will fix the issues and improve the game, from Aeria to Gamigo to Fawkes it had been 15 long years for a game to survive. I  had known players who play the game as a family and even teach their younger generation to appreciate the game.

Not sure why but I feel that a lot of players in game seem to have medical or life issues, some are drug addict while others are alcohol abuse. Once in a while there are some young players and turn out arrogant and think they own the game just because they have some Iris Cash. They had forgotten how others had help them when they first started and did not show any respect for those who grind their way to high level.

Had confirm that JustMe is JustShot who had message me on Discord to ask about the Game Master Shuffle Event, he could have won the Heaven Stone Grade 8 if he had ask me earlier. But he still benefit a lot from our friendship as he manage to get a lot of my stuffs at a cheaper price, I sold him Wooden Key at 200K and Effort Scroll at 700K. I could sell the Wooden Key at 500K and Effort Scroll at 2M, but since he had taught me a lot of stuffs I might as well maintain the relationship.

Angel Heart had return after missing for a few months, she had some problem with her computer and also having some heart problem too. Found out that Colombo mimi is 20 years older than me, she had been giving me a lot of stuffs which I don't even know the usage for it. I give all those stuffs to Gonads during Xmas and I think he would know how to deal with them better.

Diesel had gone missing during the holiday season, guess he is either busy with work or spending quality time with his family. Zedan also away for few month due to some other commitment in life, but he will be back as he is very addicted to the Player Vs Player Castle Siege. He can even stay up late or wake up early just to participate in it.

Long Shot seem to lose interest on the other server, I met him quite often back in the old server. He mostly hang out at Ch 5 Arena or Ch 2 Store Keeper, think he like to chat with mimi about all the stuffs happening at the old server. Mange to found out that Jassy is from Malaysia, she became very close to me after she found out I am from Singapore. Guess there are not much players from Asia, so far only know Strongest, Athena and Angel Heart are from Thailand.

 

Rita also became very friendly with me after she found out that I am always joining the same windy buff party with her either from Elvis or Mother Nature. I keep getting stuffs from people who I didn't know and I think they are alternate of either Jassy or Rita as I had ask mimi and she told me those are not her toons.

Heaven Stone Success Rate

250% Upgrade able to get +30 with HS6

HS1 from +4 to +7 (4)

HS2 from +8 to +12 (5)

HS3 from +13 to +17 (5)

HS5 from +18 to +27 (10)

HS6 from +28 to +30 (3)

Christmas Events:

 

 

It is the holidays season, spam bots are very active. I got like 2 to 3 spam bots almost daily, and they are getting smarter. They check the box on Refuse Trade and Refuse Request from the Option to prevent other players from adding them to Party and Recall them to other Location. But they still can be Summon using Summon Book as they did not uncheck the Permit Summon box and can still be added the the Friend List for Private Message. They later became smarter and put their status as offline to prevent us from activating their chat windows.

A Mage name Just Me start to buy Wooden Key from me, seem like now me very well but I am not sure who until now. Could be Zedan from the way he like to teach people stuffs, could me Mother Nature as she is drop hunting on Drake like me. Could also be Jo Beth too as he is always value in game stuffs a lot, could also be Long Shot too as he might finally decide to come back to this server.

Long Shot had not been log on for days, guess the losing of Castle Ownership really did a big blow to him. But there is another Moon Knight I met which behave very much like him, hopefully he really decide to stay at this server for good. Moon Knight also had a lot of toon, he also seem to know Colombo mimi very well. So Just Me could be Blood Mage too as he keep saying I had been very good to him or her, but there is also a possibilities of so many other players including Game Master Ingwulf or lcusinfo weebly site Eiv or Sarong as i recently give her a lot of Tool Aid for the Pet Food she sell Murph.

A lot of new players appear out of nowhere, I had help a player name Purple Shadow when she need to get Skill Point for her Merchant Profession. I lend her the Level 55 to 57 +15 Set from Mercury Venus and give her a lot of potions and golds which she will need. She later decided to return the unused potions and even give me more gold to make up for the kind gesture, but later only see her in Merchant Mode for few days selling some stuffs and then disappear for good like what Blood Mage did before.

Zedan ask me to let Char418 join my Guild, he told me it is a Newbie and need someone who is always on to help. But the way this Newbie behave is really unpredictable, he always log on when I am Away From Keyboard and log off after I am back on. He only manage to Level Up from Level 7 to Level 15 and then never see him appear again. I check on the internet and found that his In Game Name actually mean I Am A Tea Pot, so most likely he should be from Europe as America drink Coffee more.

 

 Had been drop hunting on Pictorial Book stuffs, was surprise that Harpy only took me few hours as compare to few weeks for other mobs. I am now doing Dark Goddess with Hydro Static at Level 25 and will be doing Treant, Sand Golem and Salamander with Old Alpha Light after I complete the Dark Goddess. Still got Goblin Scout and Poison Myst to go for Old Hydro Dynamic, then will go back to do Dungeon again as don't really need so many Wooden Key if they already cancel the World Cup Festival.

Still no news for Advent Laca Ball yet, and the Christmas Event should be running for the Whole Month as there are not Maintenance done on Thursday. Now a lot of players are worried about the server shut down instead of server merge, but the game had been running for so long so better enjoy it while it last.

The coming Christmas Events are as follows:

17th Dec 200% Drop Rate

18th Dec 200% XP and SP

23rd Dec 200% Upgrade

24th Dec 300% Pet XP

25th Dec 500% Jewel

26th Dec 350% Jewel

27th Dec 250% Drop Rate

28th Dec 250% Upgrade

29th Dec 400% Jewel

30th Dec 300% Pet XP

31 Dec 300% Drop Rate

Elemental System:

 As the level go higher, player had to make use of the Elemental System to their advantage. It start as early as Level 31 when they change class, as some of their skill had Elemental Attack or Defense. To kill Raid Boss effectively they had to put Chaos Jewel with Elemental Properties on Weapon and Armour. The effect is not so critical at low level but it became more and more essential as their level go higher.

Level 30 Grand Balrog had Fire Attack and Dark Defense, so it will be better to put Diamond for Light Attack on Weapon and Sapphire for Water Defense on Armour. Level 50 Grand Red Dragon had Fire Attack and Wind Defense, so it will be better to put Emerald for Earth Attack on Weapon and Sapphire for Water Defense on Armour. Wizard Terre Spear, Assassin Hide Step and Elementalist Hand of Earth will be effective against Grand Red Dragon.

Level 70 Grand Devilroad Kamira and Level 77 Erebus had Fire Attack and Defense, so it will be better to put Aquamarine for Water Attack on Weapon and Sapphire for Water Defense on Armour. Although Level 73 Barren Eise had Wind Attack and Earth Defense and Level 75 Blood Terrain had Light Attack and Wind Defense, they are much easier to kill as compare to Grand Devilroad Kamira and Erebus so it is more advisable to focus on Grand Devilroad Kamira and Erebus. But player can consider putting additional Turquoise for Earth Defense to counter against Barren Eise as it is also using Magical Attack. 

 

Royal Knight Double Bash, Wizard Freeze Arrow, Elementalist Ice Spike 2 and Specialist Sonic Break will be effective against Grand Devilroad Kamira and Erebus. Highlander Cannon Spike 2, Wizard Flame Field, Ranger Flame Arrow, Elementalist Soul of Fire and Specialist Inferno Volt will be effective against Barren Eise. Wizard Terre Spear, Assassin Hide Step and Elementalist Hand of Earth will be effective against Blood Terrain.

Now they can focus on farming for Level 73 Blue Weapon at Temple of Forgetfulness, it will be advisable to put Black Pearl on the Weapon as Dark Element is strong against All Element except Light. It will be good for farming for Level 75 to 77 Blue Armour Set at Egeha, it would be advisable to put Garnet and Sapphire on Armour to Defense against the Earth Attack of Iludeterirun and Fire Attack of Arch Lich. Can also consider putting Turquoise too to Defense against the Wind Attack of Nivas, with this setup it can be use for other toons later for Grand Devilroad Kamira and Erebus too.

Next will be farming for Level 85 Blue Weapon and Level 85 to 87 Blue Armour Set at Lust Trum, it will be more simple as just had to put Emerald on Weapon for Earth Attack against the Sphinx Commander Wind Defense. As Darkmind Terrain had Light Defense, any Elements other than Dark will still be effective against it. The only issue is Anubis Spear Man is having Water Defense so Earth Attack will be weak against it, but compare the Boss the Elite will be much easier to kill even without the Elemental Advantage. 

 

Emerald will also be effective against Grand Gold Dragon Wind Defense, as most player will be using this set for grinding in Egeha it will be useful if they had that advantage. It is also advisable to put Fluorite and Pumpkin on Armour to Defense against Darkmind Terrain Dark Attack and Anubis Spear Man Water Attack, as Anubis Occulist and Sphinx Commander is using Light Attack  any Elements other Dark will be strong against it. 

Most players will try to level up fast at Tomb of Theo right after Temple of Forgetfulness and choose to skip Egeha, so they would not need to have so many set of Weapon and Armour. As I am a farmer and I like to do drop hunting and raid boss hunting, this will just be use as a general guide for those who prefer to enjoy the game at a slower pace. Getting more Blue Weapon and Armour Set will also help other players as there is a serious lack of resources as the demand is always more than the supply.

Tomb of Theos will be a place to farm for Level 97 Blue Weapon and Level 95 to 97 Armour Set, some prefer to get Purple Weapon and Armour Set from Akan Temple Hard but Purple Gear cannot be change to other class. It would be simple for this setup as we only need to focus on Shadow Dragon, they are having Dark Attack and Fire Defense so just having Aquamarine on Weapon and Fluorite on Armour will be able to gain advantage over it.

Streiana is easy as most mobs does not have any Elemental Attack or Defense, the only mob with Elemental Attack and Defense as mentioned earlier is Shadow Dragon. This will be a place to farm for Level 109 Blue Weapon and Level 105 to 107 Blue Armour Set, you can get Level 100 to 115 Purple Gears in Extreme Cube but the same issues of unable to change class became a major turn off. It will be advisable to put Diamond for Light Attack on Weapon and Garnet and Sapphire on Armour for Fire and Water Defense, this is to gain advantage over Leviathan Earth Attack and Dark Defense and Hecate Fire Attack. The other concern is Bael Water Attack and Manzazuu Dark Attack so maybe can consider putting Pumpkin and Fluorite on Armour to Defense against that, but as we are not farming on them as there are other easier mobs to farm on we can avoid that.

Bloodymir will be a place for farming Level 121 Blue Weapon and Level 115 to 117 Blue Armour Set, it would be advisable to put Ruby for Fire Attack on Weapon and Sapphire and Pumpkin for Water and Wind Defense on Armour. This is for gaining advantage over Fluton Fire Attack and Earth Defense and Patriarch Botis Water Attack and Earth Defense, the remaining of the mobs does not have any Elemental Attack or Defense and Raging Spirit of Sorcerer is the popular mobs for fast leveling.

Floraim Cave is for farming Level 145 Blue Weapon and Level 135 to137 Armour Set, it is also a place for farming Skill Books. It would be advisable to put Ruby for Fire Attack on Weapon and Garnet, Turquoise, Pumpkin and Fluorite for Fire, Earth, Wind and Light Defense on Armour. The main reason for choosing Ruby for Fire Attack on Weapon instead of Black Pearl for Dark Attack which is effective against All Elements is because the one of popular Seeker is having Light Defense and Rawhead is having Earth Defense, so Black Pearl will not be effective against Seeker but Ruby will be effective against Rawhead. The Garnet for Fire Defense is mainly for the Raid Boss Skeleton General, as it is also having Light Defense Black Pearl would seem a bad choice for Weapon.

Mondsnihe would be for farming Level 157 Blue Weapon and Level 154 to 156 Blue Armour Set, does matter what Element is on Weapon as Hackboss Grokta is having Light Defense so as long as it is not Black Pearl should be ok. The main concern is to put Garnet for Fire Defense against Earth Attack of it. Level 154 to 157 Purple Gears can be found from Cotantoce of Ruin and Level 163 to 165 Purple Gears can be found from Heretic Drill Master Chief Toffse.

Ramslo Lab would be a place for farming Level 175 Blue Weapon and Armour Set, putting Aquamarine for Water Attack on Weapon and Fluorite for Light Defense on Armour will be effective against Black Tyrant Ramslo Phantom Dark Attack and Fire Defense. Level 170 to 173 Purple Gears can also be found at Tairan, but the one from Black Tyrant Ramslo Phantom are better. The Level 186 to 190 Purple Gears will be from Theos Darkness.

Speedy Gonzales:

 

 A lot of happening recently, mainly due to the holiday season I think. A young player name Vinai add me to her friend list, mainly because she is curious about the Bad Boy song which put on Channel Chat. She say her father always like to sing it, so she is guessing I should belong to the same age group.

She break her Witch Staff during the Upgrade Event, she took the risk of 80% Success Rate. She is considering buying the Reset Card from Item Mall just to change the Class to Wizard because she only got Weapon for Wizard. I feel that it is a bit too extreme as it will be easier to just find a Weapon for Witch, so I ask her to wait while I try to get help from some of my friends.

I was unable to find Long Shot on the other server, so I try to get Colombo mimi to help. But I am not sure why she didn't approach Colombo mimi for help but decided to make a new Healer instead. Guess she decided to just use her Witch as Alternate for Haste Buff, and her Healer should be using for Cleric Holy Bless later too.

What worry me most is that she wanted to complete her Skill Point Farming fast and also Level Up Fast, she manage to complete her Skill Point Farming in just 2 days and Level Up to Level 120 in just 3 days. She had been staying awake and addicted to the game without any sleep, this will affect her health condition a lot. I had help her with getting her Merchant Profession with the Certificate of Guardianship which I got from Moonstone, I also give it to The God Slayer as he also need it for his Merchant Profession.

To my surprise The God Slayer is actually Blood mage which I had help long time back during the first Fall Event, I am glad that he did not really quit the game. But his style of playing is weird to me as usual as he still want to Level Up fast, he still doesn't want to get the benefit of the Guardian System and join Guild for Experience Lock and do Skill Point Farming.

What even puzzle me more is that he doesn't even bother to upgrade his gear and prefer to use +4 gears he got from Elite Monsters drop. But the good thing is he finally start to explore about Jewel and focus more on his Skills, he also mange to Level Up fast and became higher than the Old Apollo Mars in just a few days. He refuse to do Extreme Cube to get the Buffs and also refuse to get Windy Buff from other players, so although both he and Cleri is similar in some ways but they are also totally different in two extreme opposite ways.

Spam Bot seem to be very active these days, I manage to find the previous Spam Bot still at Till the last Treant when I Recall another Spam Bot to the same location. So they kind of spamming each other and also keeping each other company at the same time. Kind of funny to see that, but still had to thank TuckerT for discovering the method 12 years ago. Now it had become a tradition for me to do Operation Tele Tubbies in memory of an old friend.

Game Master did a Pet Hide and Seek Event, I manage to be the second one to find his pet. It is a location which I use to like when I need some quiet time, it use to be a Drake location but had become a Dimension Gate after the Map Update. Manage to win a Goalden Ticket from the event, I try to give it away but nobody actually want it.

As I am not staying in America or Europe, I didn't think they will send the prize overseas even if I manage to win it. As I had already had a lot of Keyboard and Mouse, it will be better to give to those who really need it. Krystael Dagger assure me that the prize will be send to any countries as the event is open to all, so I just had to stay up late for the 2nd December Twitch Live Stream again for the Lucky Draw.

Since I already had a Goalden Ticket, I thought I might as well participate in the Screen Shot Contest. I also participate in the Take a Hike Day and Shuffle Event, think I mange to win 2 Grade 8 Heaven Stone from the Shuffle Event as only Sly and me actually participate in it. I think Sly mange to figure out the second location after he saw my post for the Screen Shot Event, I also manage to figure out the fifth location after I saw his post for the Shuffle Event.

If I really did win the 2 Grade 8 Heaven Stone, I will give it to Sly as I got not much use for it. I had been giving all my Item Drop Booster to Mother Nature as she told me she need it, this is also a way to thank her for all the Windy Buff she gave which help in my drop farming. Now I just had to find out what Elvis need to return the favor of his Windy Buff, but that will be a bit difficult as he seem to had everything he need.

After the Mooncake Event, the 16th Anniversary Event start. What surprise me is that the Mooncake Event never actually end and is running together with the 16th Anniversary Event together. We had to collect Sugar, Flour, Egg and Cocoa, 25 of any Ingredient Type will be able to get Candle which give 100 Skill Cool Down and 40% Attack Speed for 2 Minutes.  5 of each Ingredient Type and 1000 Golds will get Chocolate Cake which give 50% Experience and Skill Point for 5 Minutes.

Guess Candle are much better than Chocolate Cake as Chocolate Cake is just the same as Stripe during the 4th of July Event. I think both the Mooncake and Anniversary Event are better than the Fall Event as Mooncake is selling from 25M to 50M and I think Candle will be selling at 100M to 150M. I can get about 100 Mooncake per day and 50 Candle per day, so I will be able to make around 2.5B per day and 5B per day just by selling Mooncake and Candle. Fall Event only get about 1B per day with Boosters while Insect Collection Event get about 3B per day with Chaos Smelting Stone.

Long Shot is worry about the Server Merge again, this time there are some players who also heard about it too. He is going to lose some of his toons again, and he is not happy about that. He also told me that got one Level 178 Sorcerer is going to challenge the Merac Castle Siege, so we might lose the Castle Ownership next week. Actually I don't really bother about it that much as there is nothing we can do about it, but he seem to be too much involve in the game and see it as a competition. I hope he and the others will be able to enjoy the game like me as a casual past time, it is just a game after all.

Social Experiment:

 

Had been busy farming for Boosters during the Fall Event, they had extend the event by another week as usual. Had been doing a Social Experiment during the event by selling the Boosters at a higher price, it is still a reasonable price with Experience Boosters at 18M, Skill Point Boosters and Item Drop Boosters at 15M.

Diesel doesn't understand why I am selling my Boosters at higher price while other players are selling at lower price just beside me, he was very surprise when I still manage to sell all my Boosters in the end even though the price is higher. It is very hard for me to explain the theory behind the whole experiment, but at least I manage to teach him how to sell his stuffs at a more reasonable price.

It is a sales tactic that most of the retail business use in real life, they will put similar products at different pricing side by side and it will help them sell the cheaper product faster. So what I am doing is actually helping those players beside me sell their stuffs faster, and since there is a demand for Boosters and not enough supply of it most players would not mind the slight price different and still buy my Boosters.

A few smart players who buy stuffs regularly from me will still ask me to lower the price for them, so they are the one that really understand the theory behind my Social Experiment. Overall I still make more gold as compare to previous event even I didn't really farm as much Boosters compare to previous event. I am more focus on preparing for the Advent Laca Ball in December and farming for Pictorial Book items, never knew there are a lot of items which are overlook by me as I do not have much information about it.

Found out that the following items are use for Advent Laca Ball: Fireworks, Pan Flute, Drake Egg, Sasquatch Fur (Sasquatch 12, Red Godey 22), Treant Fruit (Little Treant 15, Aged Treant 19, Treant 26), Horn Beast Eye (Horn Beast 16, Great Horn Beast 24), Rusted Shield (Corpse Ranger 16), Ghoul Poison (Ghoul 17), Drake Scale (Drake 18), Bandages (Mummy 19, Corpse Sergeant 25), Harpy Tear (Harpy 20), Orc Ornament (Orc Fighter 25, Orc Sergeant 29), Raw Wood (Treant 26), Soft Sand (Sand Golem 28), Salamander Tail (Salamander 31), Goblin Ear (Goblin Scout 37), Grass of Juno, Stones of Egeha, Rain of Strayna, Snow of Bloodymir.

There might be more items for the Advent Laca Ball as I had heard players saying Myst Eye and Thick Liquid from Poison Myst 39, I will update on the list after I actually participate in the event next month. At the present moment I just keep farming for those items I need for Pictorial Book and hope that they are also the same items for Advent Laca Ball. I had trash all the Fireworks as it is not useful at all and sold all the Pan Flute and Drake Egg, but I still got those Elements of Iris on a few toons.

Mooncake Event had started after the Fall Event end, we are able to collect Flour, Lotus Seed and Egg to make Moon Cake with Lorrine. 10 Mooncake Trade for a Full Mooncake and Full Mooncake Trade for the Following Prizes with Domain Merchant Landy:

10,000 Gold

50,000 Gold

200,000 Gold

500,000 Gold

2 Heaven Stones

Mooncake give 20% Attack Speed and Movement Speed Buff for 5 Minutes, so since the prizes are not attractive enough most players would prefer to use the Mooncake for the Speed Buff instead of trading them for prizes.