The main reason on my recent GE activity

Veteran promotion. It will come soon for us!

Alright, let me give the reason why I have leveled up these characters to 100. What comes after level 100? Veteran, right? Well, that's the exact purpose of it. Now, I'm saving up some cash right now so I can just by the Veteran Promotion Scrolls at a bundle instead of one by one. Now, each of these characters have their importance of reaching Veteran (in the future). Allow me to explain...

For Calyce, I was very interested at her Sagitta stance when I saw it in action. Many people said it was deadly than the Arbalester stance that she has by level 60. Once I give it a try, I'll let you guys know if it'll live up to its expectations (like how impressed I was with the Outrage Shot Stance).

For Karjalanien, I am after her ability to craft the ultimate gems since the NPC at Auch cannot craft Siren's Scale, Archangel's Heart or Seeds of Rafflesia. This will increase my independence on making these stuff (and maybe doing a favor like what others did for me when they had Veteran Karjalaniens). Plus, she can craft those necklaces with nifty resistance bonuses!

For Andre, it's his trademark costumes and some of the elite armors that he can craft. Like Karjalanien, I'll be able to make those elite level 84 armors (and Veteran Costumes) without looking for someone else to help me out (especially when I'm in a bind or in a rush).

Well, Karjalanien and Andre are not the only crafting RNPCs in this game. There are others who also possess the similar ability but in different specialties. Maybe I'll have Idge next to be veteran, for generic leather and metal armor crafting (of course, elites!). How about Adelina? Yeah, she'll be able to craft one-handed blades, like swords, sabers, rapiers and daggers. Maybe main gauche is covered too, no? Grace? Pistols and rifles. How about shotguns? Lorch'll take care of that! What was the name of that big guy? Oh, Claude! I bet he can craft big weapons, like spears, blunts and great swords! How about magic-based weapons like bracelets, staves and rods? M'Boma's the man for the job!

Whew! That's another one down to get off my chest. Maybe I'll make a little guide on crafting basics... Lemme go ahead and dive into some recipes as well! Catch ya later, pioneers!

The Adventures of Curious Calyce

By the time you recruited Calyce, she is suspicious of her Captain's activities, namely Gerard Lauren of the Pegadilla Mercenaries. In this quest, Calyce is still troubled about trusting Gerard Lauren, who she feels that he is keeping secrets from her about the incident when Princess Gabriella was almost assassinated on her maiden voyage to Vespanola.

Picking up where the story left off, a fellow mercenary member told Calyce to try to get her mind off the whole ordeal by watching a sunset at the Desolate Quay of Porto Bello.

"I'm so confused these days. What's the Captain hiding from me? I can't trust anyone..."

But then, she saw something that caught her attention...

Looks like she noticed something from the distance!

Heading over the spot, she encounters a bandit that she believes to have met or seen before.

A bandit that Calyce is familiar with. By what means?

After some interrogating and a little beating up, the goon happened to be one of the assassins sent to kill Princess Gabriella! He also hands over a letter with some familiar handwriting. Calyce's suspicious about her Captain grows stronger and stronger.

"You two can watch my back if you want"

Knowing that her Captain will be at the Sea Elephant Cafe, she decides to head over there. Samantha and Emilia (Shannon) accompanied her there while staying in the background to witness the event.

Confronting Gerard and Jean Pierre

Before even Calyce arrived, it seems that two men were friends in the past. However, Gerard mentions that Jean Pierre uses their friendship as a bargaining chip to get more info. I am wonder what is this "thing" that Gerard wants to stay away from. Looks like Vespanola has a lot of deep, dark, shady secrets than what we may know! Calyce then leaves to search for the answers herself once again, alone.

Samantha and Emilia (Shannon) decided to let Marvin know what's going on with Calyce. Witnessing the previous engagement at Auch, Marvin heads to meet Jean Pierre at Auch.

"Calyce is part of my family now. I won't tell her anything about this!"

Jean Pierre can trust Marvin since he helped Jean Pierre uncovering clues about Prison de Joaquin and other incidents of theft that occurred in Granado Espada. The information that was shared is that the illegible crest seems to stem from a secret scoiety. This so-called society is speculated to have agents in Vespanola as well. Well, this adds a lot of mess and confusion on what's going on in this New World.

As Calyce heads back to the Desolate Quay of Porto Bello, she engages combat with a small group of thugs. Even with her mastery of the Arbalester, Esgrima and Corte Duplicado stances, she was overpowered until Samantha and Emilia (Shannon) came to her aid!

"Calyce, are you alright?!?"

Samantha was able to repel the thugs while Emilia (Shannon) tended Calyce's injuries. Out of nowhere, Fritz reveals himself and introduces himself to Calyce.

Frtiz meets Calyce

It seems that Fritz has been observing Calyce through her journey and tells her that she has grown strong. Fritz reminded the girl never to give and continue her path in uncovering the mystery of her Captain's secrets and probably reveal a connection between the failed assassination attempt and the the secret organization. As a reward, she was given a stance book that would be deadlier than her current stance.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, that's all for now! I'll make sure I promote her to veteran and review the Sagitta stance once I get a taste of all the skills. Until then, keep exploring and questing!

Leveling up Calyce (part 3)

I realized that I have fallen asleep for 5 hours when I tried to AFK my girls in a spot I tested and it worked like a charm (of course, Samantha was at the top of her game with her maxed out Outrage Shot stance!). Waking up, I noticed that they weren't moving a single inch. I think it has to do something with the Internet connection, so I immediately took action and had to crunch time since I am 2 levels away from 100!

The AFK spot

Never have I felt excited that another (upcoming) veteran is going to fill my barracks, all for a Veteran Stance that's powerful than Calyce's Arbalester stance. With around four hours remaining in the clock, I did everything I can to hurry things up.

Witness the Dancing Revolvers!

Unfortunately, I was running low on pistol bullets to meet the deadline! Outrage Shot really eats a lot of bullets, as that was my fourth batch for Samantha! I was going to immediately switch to a rifle but it didn't deliver the results I needed and got defeated by the mob! How ever, I was 93% in hitting level 100 and I realized I had some level 90 cards from the Adelina's Booty Search. I just used one card...

Lo and behold, Level 100 Calyce!

Alright! I did it! Whew! That was some stressful journey! Looks like I have to find another candidate on who will take the next opportunity to be leveled up to 100. Just a small tidbit, I'm saving up for three candidates to be promoted to Veteran because I want to buy the Veteran Promotion Scrolls in bulk, saving a little G Points along the way.

Well, that wraps it up for Scarlette! I want to give another Bonus Trivia but it'll be featured on another post. It's about getting the Sagitta stance!

Leveling up Calyce (part 2)

This post also marks my official first visit to the Ancient Territory! Looking to get away from the crowded 1st Floor of the Skullic Dungeon, I used one of the passes that I got in past events. Better put some good use to these babies! They've been in my vault for as long as I can remember!

As I entered this territory, mudmen lurk in this area instead of skeletons. Here's my early impressions of my first visit:

It ain't the undead...


...instead, it's mudmen!

These mobs resembled the undead soldiers that Gavin Jameson produces from the corpses of fallen Brestia soldiers, mush to their unrest. The prominently appear in Prison de Joaquin and target mobs in the Land of the Dead for Pure Otites. This time, they're colored in brown with cracks to resemble drying mud. The best part about these suckers is that they don't possess knockdown skills, unlike those annoying spear wielding skeletons that knock you down every chance they get! Plus, there's a quest involved in killing the mobs and it's for some Cinderella equips but it'll take me a long to finish that (not to mention a number of passes to be used!).

Like the Forgetten Territories, this place has four spots where you can start at depending on your needs. That means an area with a specific level range so you can get the most out of your EXP. As always, I got my Expert EXP Boosters activated plus one of the Devil Wings I got from a giveaway before Version 3.0 was released.

Of course, I plan to go for another 24 hour marathon but I hope I won't tire myself out! Since I had to chores to do that day, I needed to balance sitting in front of my computer and checking out the summons of my puppet army. There are times I died, there are times I was able to summon another army. When it was time to give one of my two doggies a bath (and loosen the dirt of soaked footrugs and drench them in diluted chlorox), I had to change my leveling strategy. Seeing people AFK'ing with Musketeers using Outrage Shot stance dared me to try the same. After leveling the stance for a while, I amazed at the results it delivered! So I sent Scarlette, Samantha and Shannon to Fire Island...

The usual sight to behold in Fire Island

Of course, I did a 30-min trial before I did the AFK itself. I minimized the game (yes, I play it on windowed mode) and did other stuff like play casual games and surf the web. Going back to the game and I was satisfied on how it turned out. In fact, I was able to try out the "Dancing Revolvers" skill of the Outrage Shot stance. It was really funny how the animation went! It looks like the Musketeer is teleporting left and right! Doesn't look very realistic but it is deadly!

Behold, the Devil Wings!

Anyhoo, I decided to leave them alone as I did my chores. When I came back, they were on their feet. Oh well, I better get my Musketeer better armor and max out the stance. Since the computer has my "undivided" attention, I decided to keep the same team and went back to the Ancient Territory of the Skullic Dungeon. Looks like this working well like a charm! Not only am I leveling Scarlette up but I'm also leveling Samantha's Outrage Shot stance as well!

Slap those pistols, girl!

Well, I better at this point now since I'm in the progress of hitting level 100 for Scarlette as I am making this post! If I can get her to 100 by tomorrow morning, I be happy like the time I won 300 Linden Dollars from a nightclub in Second Life! :P

As a treat (again), here's another bonus trivia!

For all Calyce owners, you probably notice that something comes out of her crossbow when she fires. You'd obviously guess that it's an arrow or bolt that fires away. If you ask me, I see something else.

Taking the liberty of capturing a screenshot (or two) of this "arrow," here's what I got so far:

No arrow. Better try again...


I got it!

Let me "zoom in" on this object I see...

Is that a... sword?

I knew I wasn't seeing arrows or bolts coming out! But it's so strange that a sword comes out of the crossbow. Programming error or bug? Trying to save on memory? Who to blame? Let's see if I have another picture to prove it's a sword!

By golly gee! Is it a sword!

I just don't know what to say. IMC, can you make some adjustments on this one. It doesn't look right seeing swords popping out of Calyce's crossbows. I have a feeling the same thing goes for the Sagitta stance, which is the main reason why I am leveling Calyce now!

Leveling up Calyce (part 1)

Wow... Been some time since I last posted. Just posting just to let you reader that I'm still doing everything I can to enjoy Granado Espada, even if the Nintendo Wii and Second Life is totally distracting me!

Anyhoo, here's what I've been up to: leveling Calyce to 100. That's right. Calyce. The lady who can use a crossbow. I've been leveling her up after I got her to level 72. What I did first is that I leveled her up within the Old Port of Coimbra. It also had another purpose, since I was collecting Unknown Green Gems to get myself a Catalyst Powder. It didn't improve my chances in getting a better rumin. So much for 1500 pieces of Unknown Green Gems...

Getting back on track, I then proceeded to level her up in Forgtten Territory of Joaquin. That places gives me memories of my life of leveling up many characters and Calyce is now part of it. Coupled with Expert EXP Boosters, this really lessened my workload in getting the EXP. Of course, I attempted to play for 24 hours straight but I needed to fall asleep. Of course, here's what I finally got to see during my stay in the Joaquin FT.

Fallen Champion spotted!

You saw it, alright! The Fallen Champion appeared in the area where the highest level spawns of this FT existed. Surely, I took the chance of fighting it with my puppet army (thanks to my Catherine, of course!).

The battle wages on...


...and to the victor goes the spoils!

But the spoils of defeating this so-called champ were worthless (to me), so I just opened the chests up and left it to rot and fade away. I did hit level 89 at that time and I needed to move on to bigger places. The Skullic Dungeon was the obvious choice but it got crowded lately and I am not able to level up in peace as expected. Oh well, I better try the Ancient Territory in Skullic Dungeon this time, I've got passes that I got for free from different events.

Now, a bonus trivia on my Calyce! I named her after a North American blogger who goes by the alias of Scarlette. Yep. Aside from these characters I created after my blogging friends, she's now included in my family as a dedication as a fellow GE blogger. Presea, you will be part of my family soon!