Hey! What's this doing here?

During one grinding session, this appeared at Porto Bello The Hold!

Vladimir came and killed my family!

It seems someone wanted to harass the players in this place. The place is already a place of quality gaming experience (I mean there is no bot-like players with bot-like names) but someone decided to unleash this monstrosity in the place for reasons unknown. But just when all is bleak...

A hero came and sent the monster back where he belonged! This mysterious hero also had a lightning-fast family as well! I pray that there will be people like him to heed the call of clearing out monstrosities summoned using spinelles. Looks like people just love using spinelles for the thrill of seeing the weak fall easily, though I understand a reason why they release such things on certain hot spots.

Actually, you can tell that this hero is actually my faction mate. But I have decided to withdraw his identity for he might be a threat to these spinelle abusers.

My patience is being tested... again. (plus some updates!)

Before I continue on to jabber about v2.1.18 updates, I just want to let this out my chest. Even though I have recently leveled up, I'm beginning to get bored after grinding at PB The Hold. I decided to grind somewhere else and I did, for a short while. Thueringenwald isn't very fast to level up, based from my observation. I did a few Bison hunts and it was really slow. I loved the music there though. I also tried the Desolate Cliff but I got overpowered by the strong mobs that are resistant to ice and fire (those pesky spiders are really hard to battle!). My elementalist must switch buddies at this point, for I let Stephanie focus on fire among the three elements.

It's either I stay in PB The Hold until they're level 48 or I will risk it all at the Desolate Cliff.

In other news, I was able to finish my Escudo Pecher hunt from Alejandro via Trinity Level 2. I was able to survive attacks from those pesky Merman Chieftains and able to kill Escudo Pechers by my own hands. Of course, none of this was possible thanks to a faction mate who accompanied me while I hunted the Escudo Pechers while he defended the home base. I was even able to acquire Alejandro's card for finishing his final quest. Loby Dick is one huge Octopus! I let Alejandro take the glory since allied NPCs seem "invincible!" I was able to claim my Alejandro card as well.

Loby Dick up ahead!

Since the commercial phase is just days away, I have decided to fill my remaining free slot for Gracielo! Will talk about that on the next posts, okay? :D

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!