I welcome you, Refliwe (and hello Porto Bello The Hold)!

I have done M'Boma's quest and adopted him is "Refilwe." I got that name from a random name generator (Behind The Name) and it means "we are given" in Tswana.

Boy, he sure is tall for an Absinian!

Checking his stats, M'Boma feels like an Elementalist, Wizard and Fighter mixed well. His HP rating is 6, equals that of a Fighter, making him a durable spellcaster character. Right now, I doing a "buddy system" on who goes with who from this point on. Refilwe here is buddied with Marvin for the meantime since Refilwe is still learning the Possession and Evocation Fire stances.

I updated my family portraits now, since they got new armors and hats plus Refilwe included! :D A lot has happened to me in the New World already but let's see if I can make some recollections. Yeah, I moved on to Porto Bello The Hold and those Zavi di Gavis are no joke! I missed doing Siegmund hunts already but I always ended up getting 6 Level 40 EXP Cards as a reward! :( I wonder if there's something buggy or that prize has a high chance of being chosen... For the record, I claimed my rewards four times (my best ever yet!).

In unrelated news, this is the Colony War results last July 15, 2007:

Colony War Results of July 15, 2007

Let's look at the tally and changes as well:

Destiny:
-Jezebel Glen
-Pradera de Ceniza
-The Rion Prairie
-The Old Port of Coimbra
-El Canon de Diabolica
-Ustiur Zona Uno
-Ustiur Zona Dos
-Topolo Durga
-Scorching Plateau
-Via Fluvial

GodLike Faction:
-Ferruccio Junction
-The King's Garden
-The Tetra Hill (taken from the HuntOrHunted Faction)
-Porto Bello's Deserted Quay (taken from Council the Family Faction)
-Porto Bello's Desolate Cliff
-El Lago de Tres Hermanas (taken from the Council Faction)
-El Tejado Verde (taken from the Council Faction)
-Lago Celeste
-Rio Aibi

Looks like Destiny and GodLike are tied in claiming colonies. HuntOrHunted and Council's colonies have completely fallen into the hands of the GodLike Faction and Destiny hasn't lost any of their claimed colonies during the weekend. However, we still have a third faction with their name on the map:

Merlion - El Tierra Blanco

Merlion showed their courage by defending the only colony they have claimed. That was a pretty tough scenario there! :D Congratulations to all the factions that participated in the Ad-Hoc Colony Wars. I hope the "War Declamation Bug" is finally rid of (I hope!). Sorry guys, I wasn't able to participate since I logged late already so no list of war declarations and truces.

Also, I shall be inactive in Granado Espada now and then once my lowest level hits 44. I shall be using the time to create another Flash Comic, as well as planning to make a "Touring Project" for Granado Espada. Besides, I need to find a well-paying job now! :D

Until next update, see you all in the New World!

Another update!

Alright, I must update now! :D

So far, my lowest level is 41 while my medics are at 43 each. We are still settling in The Cabin, doing hunt missions and Siegmunds that come our way. I was able to finish Najib's quest of the Hematites and I got my Bakir Rifle! It's less 2 ATK compared to a Level 44 Brown Bess but it's got additional 2.0M range! :D I also found a broken Silver Baron sword, that prompted me to give it to Claude Baudez to activate a quest. Forgot what to collect but I was able to finish it and get my reward: Silver Baron. It's a Sabre and its power is equal to a Level 44 Sabre.

I missed the Colony Wars last weekend, due to the fact I went up to the high hills of Baguio City to see my mom and check out the Philippine Military Academy. My faction mates shall e-mail me the results soon, so I can chronicle it here.

Reminder: THE COLONY WAR RESULTS THAT WILL BE SHOWN IN THIS BLOG WILL ONLY APPLY FOR THE CARRACCI SERVER. BE FOREWARNED.

Okay... Where was I? Alright, I decided to do the Siegmund Hunt since I'll be stuck around The Cabin for a while. I finally got all of the Vouchers with No. 2 being last and here's a little filler about claiming my reward.



As for my reward, I got 6 Level 40 EXP cards... AGAIN! Really, really disappointing!

But to save the best for last, I did a lot of missions at the Spotlight with my faction mates. I really got a lot of good weapons for my level but the best item I ever got was a ring. Yes, I got a bling for participating in these missions! Like Mistress Hrin commented in one of my entries, she does this for the bling! :D I didn't know that spotlight was that "scary!"

Oh yeah, I had a hard time making that screenie. Those pesky Zombie Mermen and Abyssal Claws keep coming at me. Not to mention them Dread Anchors...

That's it for now! I hope to move on to The Hold when my lowest level hits... 43 perhaps?

I've moved to Porto Bello The Cabin!

After some time at The Deck of Porto Bello, I have decided to move on to The Cabin. It was really challenging but I am able to struggle! Looks like an old habit is coming back, thanks to the presence of none other than...

SIEGMUND!!!

This time, Siegmund takes an appearance of a gigantic Zavi di Gavi. There's nine rooms in The Cabin (compared with Al Quelt Moreza's 22 rooms and Tetra Catacombs' 16 rooms) for me to hunt this Siegmund. I was able to defeat a good number of these suckers already and I just need Room 2 Voucher of Porto Bello! Room 2 can be difficult because families tend to hang out there to grind all the way (and end up killing the Siegmund in the process). I am also racking up Family Rep thanks to the mobs available from the Punitive Forces' missions! :D

When I reached level 41, I remembered a quest from Najib Sharif. I accepted it and I have to hunt Mermen for 40 Hematites. The reason why I need these Hematites is because I will be rewarded a Bakir Rifle from Najib. I have to say that this Bakir Rifle will come in handy soon! :D The only problem now is that the rate of actually getting a Hematite is really low, even if I beat up 60+ Mermen at Porto Bello The Deck.

As I decided to take a stroll from Coimbra to Jezebel Glen to Porto Bello, Channel 3 of Porto Bello (outside) was infested with Level 64 Wolves. Wow, someone must have hunted these mobs big time and/or spent a fortune in acquiring it's Spinelles. Nevertheless, I was able to inform my faction and two members came to the rescue!

Wolf extermination at Porto Bello, Channel 3, Carracci Server

Another thing to note, help yourself in comparing these Emilia Gulianos:

Left: Item NPC; Right: RNPC

Feel free to comment on this comparison! If you ask me, the RNPC is prettier but too bad her 3D model is emotionless. That is, when she poses, her face doesn't convey with the pose she does. And the hair is just horrible. It's too static that it doesn't "dangle" unlike the hair of the Female Elementalist and Female Musketeer.

What a day...

After recovering from a sickness and doing a work-at-home job, I managed to get myself into GE once again. I have finally "finished" my Siegmund quest and this is what I got:

3 LEVEL 40 EXP CARDS


Some reward. I was eying (eye-ing) out for the ring I saw. Well, it couldn't be helped. At least I did a somewhat ridiculously hard quest, even if I spent some Vis to some lucky people. I'll just collect vouchers for anyone else who wants one. Also, I am now grinding at the Tetra Golden Road now! Visages, Reapers, Nevares and Jumeau Plaques; here I come!

In my quest progress, I managed to get Grace's card! I also did Nunez' quests involving protecting the Coimbra Nimrod Bridge and defeating some Grave Robbers at the Tetra Ruins (instance). Vespanola is plotting something? I better check to see where my loyalties should now lie in the New World.

Time for some details:

Grace Bernelli Quest:

• I was able to beat Grace with Sabrina (Doblada Corte Scout), Stephanie (Possession Fire Elementalist) and Joanne (First Aid Emilia Guliano). That "Armas Merendi" skill packs a punch while shotguns really give out spread damage. Though I've been hearing from the forums that shotguns (maybe in general?) are not good against mobs but effective against duels, especially when the opponent uses "Select All Mode."
• Part 2 of the quest seemed challenging. I had to fight the Treasure Golem located at the Tetra Catacombs. I used Samantha (Freestyle Shot Musketeer), Sandra (Psychokinesis Wizard) and Joanne (First Aid Emilia Guliano). The Treasure Golem's "Atomic Stomp"-like attack is a killer! No one in my family can survive that! When Sandra and Joanne got knocked out, Samantha was able to finish the Treasure Golem using "Triple Firing." On the nick of time!
  
• Part 3 of the quest was exciting since I had Grace on my side. When I screwed up on the first run, I thought I had to journey back all the way to the door. Thank goodness I respawned in front of the door. For my second attempt, I engaged the Treasure Golem and defeated it (with Grace's help). After that, I went after Cherlyn. But Cherlyn's attack were too much for me and it cost Samantha and Sandra's life! As Joanne, I had to keep avoiding the monsters. But Grace was able to finish off Cherlyn for me! :P

Siegmund Quest

• I bought my last voucher (Room 10) for 25,000 Vis with 5 Nevare Ambers to show my appreciation to winstalker. As you can see, that's my reward.
• Akuzihs gave me Room 1 voucher but I gave her 10,000 Vis as compensation. Also, she came as Catherine! I'm looking forward in getting a Catherine!
• Looks like my incantation habits isn't working anymore... :( Well, at least it'll be a bit less nosier in the chat! :P

Wow! A lot to share! Well, I'll finish up the flash comic during the long, semi-2-day maintainance because we're going Open Beta (not Pre-Open Beta anymore!)!

Am I crazy or does it work?

Good thing the lag issue seems to be resolved. The lag I experience now isn't severe, so I should be very thankful. On to the topic...

I really admit that I do hunt Siegmunds ever since I defeated my first one at the Tetra Catacombs. There is something that really bothers (and turns me crazy) about "getting" a Siegmund. Everytime I feel like taking on a Siegmund, I either talk to "myself" saying to Siegmund to come out or put a motto on each of my characters dictating I want to fight Siegmund. So far, 75% of my attempts in doing such act actually works! Call me crazy but ever since that, I've been doing these chants or incantations for the Siegmund to heed my call. My latest escapade was at room number 7 of the Tetra Catacombs:

"Come out, Siegmund!"
"For I shall have your head!"
"Come out, Siegmund!"
"Are you afraid of me, Siegmund?"*
"I shall avenge every families' death caused by your hands!"*

After a few seconds, a Siegmund appeared! After kicking it's butt with Marvin (Fighter, Plow-guard), Sandra (Wizard, Psychokensis) and Sabrina (Scout, First Aid), I got the fruit of my labor: Tetra Catacomb Voucher 7!

Well, I still have a long way to go!

But before that, I decided to kick the butt of Siegmund No. 11 (I didn't know it when the player who slew Siegmund got the voucher) and someone else joined on my attempt to kill it. I kinda felt disappointed but he offered to give it to me. When I couldn't get the voucher, I thought the voucher was forever bound to that family. Then I realized, that was voucher no. 11! I already had that. So, I apologized to the family and I hope he/she feels the same. After kicking SiegmundNo. 7's butt, I helped someone kick Castor's butt (or was it Pollux?) at the price of Sandra getting KO'ed and me distracting the miniboss.

As for the story, I will continue it either tomorrow or tonight. Can't rush it, for I have other things in life other than Granado Espada.

*these responses have been grammatically corrected, for my sake