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I am a naughty, naughty blogger....  I have been way too busy!  You want to know the worst of it?  I have a job now.  *ducks*  Yeah, I know, the perennial gamer chick has capitulated and gotten a real job.  But it is a gamer girl job!  No really, Im working at home doing tech support for XBox Live.  No, you can't call me.

Also, Fly and I are quitting Aion and going off to a new game.  It's not so much that Aion really has any problems, it's that Aion's makers have decided that their game would be more successful as a PVE oriented game and not a PVP oriented one.  They killed rifting by giving the a buff against rifters, they added a new system that you can only meet up with the other faction under special circumstances, they increased the requirements for AP items but reduced the opportunities for earning AP and made medals untradeable.  Almost all 1 v. 1 encounters (and they are rare) are won or lost based on RMT (para proc, who jumps who first) or gear based with it being, if you have good gear you can faceroll 90% of the population and the other 10% just based on chance.   Here is the last shot of my char.  T__T



But instead of concentrating on this past, Im gonna talk about the future.  First, we are really looking forward to playing Guild Wars 2.  While no one really knows when this is going to be released, pre-orders have just recently gone on sale on sites like Amazon and Game Stop.  A lot of the Aion Avalon group is going to be playing this.  Also, we are going to try TERA but unfortunately there is no real ETA for this one other than next year some time.

Between now and then we are going to be playing Forsaken World.  Here are some facts:


If you are interested in playing, we have a pretty comprehensive informational post on our guild forum.  You can go to the game site and sign up for beta testing, I havent heard of anyone getting denied so far.  Ill probably post a bit more often cause I am in between games atm.  ^^

Mount Erie, WA

Oh, a lot has been going on but I just havent had the oomph to do much blogging lately. So here is a basic rundown of what's been up.

I got a job. OMG!  It's just part time and it started out just because my vaccume cleaner broke and I wanted a really expensive new one. But the job is OK, I think ill keep it for a bit.

I've been going outside. WTF? It totally goes against everything I stand for as a gamer, but yeah, there have been some great outdoor adventures. You can check out my latest adventures here on my flickr account.  All of the recent ones are from Mount Erie on the island next to mine, Fidalgo.  It was a nice day hike and the view was kickass.  RL has the best graphics...

I discovered Squiby.  It's annoyingly fun.  I have always liked those little adoptable websites where you level up some little creature through forum clicks but this one is the mother of them all because its not one artist creating lots of adoptables, its thousands of them.  Most aren't that nice looking but a lot of them are awesome just cause they are all different and unique looking.

I don't really watch much TV anymore except True Blood and First 48.  Now that ninjavideo is gone, I do my watching on icefilms.com.  I have even chitchatted on the little chat in there a couple times cause I was bored.  Speaking of True Blood, if you watch it, tell me, was that sex scene where the chick got her head turned around backwards a bit over the top?  I read all the books and that DEFINITELY wasn't in there.  I'm not saying it shouldn't have been, it was just "dot dot dot" for me.

I'm still playing Aion.  They merged a bunch of servers together which seemed cool at first cause there would be more people to play with but they didn't really take into account balance when they did it.  Now Aion has two Elyos dominated servers, one kinda balanced one and one Asmo dominated server.  Doesn't sound too bad until you factor in the free server switching.  Yes, free.  So you are getting roflpwn'd on your server?  Go to one where your faction dominates!  Instead of being a little out of balance, now they are wildly out of whack.  On New Vaizel Eloys are outnumbered 5 to 1.  The good part?  Dredge pops instantly, dailies aren't really a problem and LFG is always full of people talking (OK, QQing, but who's counting).

Oh and on a side note, I got this coupon code from artscow.com for a free mouse pad.  Mine was old and shabby so I made one.  I got it in the mail on Saturday and it's kickass.  I also sent one to Fly cause the 2nd one was only $1.99.   I <3 being able to make stuff like this and artscow.com is massive, you can make all kinds of things.  You should check it out and no, this isn't a paid endorsement, I just like the site.  Pictured left is the actual image of the mouse pad I made.  The screenshot I used for my pad is an old one from taking artifacts long before merge.  Good times!

Well no, not really but I did when Aion opened. A lot has happened in the last couple weeks. Avalon is of course the largest legion with the most Abyss points on our server. We hold a fortress which we defend nearly every evening. Aion doesn't work the same way that SRO does because it's faction vs. faction. We defend our own plus any other fortresses that are held by Elyos. That was three till last night. (I'll get into that later)

I leveled up to 38. That is not super high level but it's at the head of the curve. I am constantly distracted by the multitude of other things to do in this game. Crafting takes up my time every so often, gathering has to be maintained and Ive been kinda leveling my aether gathering up when no one is looking. I'm playing with the Broker, trying alternative ways to make kinah on other chars on my account. Ill make a post about it once I get some solid ideas.

Currently, the bane of my existence is KRALL MOLARS. Innocent little drops from Elite mobs that give blue gears. I want them all. Im leveling too fast in that area tho and I think you kinda outlevel the place around 42. Im getting closer.... Right around 35, till around 42 the game gives you grindy ways to get a full set of blue gear. While anyone can get the same gears, most throw up their hands in disgust at trying to get 100 or 150 krall molars or each piece (in a group that means you get 1 for every 6 mobs). I am determined. I have the pants cause I wanted them more than the shoes but the shoes and hands are next. The messed up part is you do it all over again in another area for blue jewelry. Right after that you do a campaign quest and get a blue helm. Viola, full blues.

So here are some screens from the last week. They start with an image from a cutscene I just thought was cute cause it showed the actual party (yeah, in order from L to R that is AkillerX, me, Spanktastik, Corrupt, KanjiX and Fly) and go through fighting in instances, fighting bosses, winning the fort, the Dredgion and some nice scenery.

01 July 2009, 12:30

Astrum Online and Joymax announce the russian launch of Silkroad Online

Astrum Online Entertainment, the leader of Russian interactive online entertainment market, and Joymax, global entertainment company of South Korea, are happy to announce the beginning of cooperation. According to Agreement signed by parties, IT Territory as part of Astrum Online entertainment group now has publishing rights for Silkroad Online on the terrritory of Russia, CIS and Baltic states.

During the Signing Ceremony that took place in Moscow the 30th of June, Chan Woong Jeon, CEO of Joymax, and Alexander Vashenko, CEO of IT Territory, put the signatures starting the cooperation under the terms and conditionsof Silkroad Online licensing Agreement.

The Russian localized version of Silkroad Online (http://silkroad.ru/) will work on free-to-play model. The Russian release of the game is scheduled on a boundary of 2009-2010.


source: Astrumonline

So Legend IV Plus: Roc update has been announced on silkroad online's official website. The actual release date hasnt been announced yet, but it seems like they are really trying to pack a lot of content into this update, including a new client. That means a small hope of bot relief for you you legits out there. Maybe this time they'll do it!

New Areas

New areas are being added such as Gate of the Sovereign, the entryway to the Roc Mountain dungeon and the Roc Mountain Peak, where you encounter Roc himself.

New Monsters

Roc and his minions are being added. Roc is of course the level 107 boss. He also has some friends he is bringing. source: Konpaku

I have a little list of resources for you for the Legend IV update that is coming soon (rumors are for the 17th, delayed from the 3rd because of the Titan server rollback). I have a nice list of links from all over the internet. Once the update occurs, all this information will be compiled into the wiki, but here are the sneak peeks I have found so far...

FileFront Client DL: Click to Download - Faster than JM's peer to peer download by a LOT.

Maps: PaiNs Blog - These are the nicest ones I have seen so far as a hybrid between the old ones done in Chinese and the new ones that were done by someone at the MMOSite (they were hideous).

Everything else: Zatomik's Update Site - Good stuff here, especially the list of elements you will need for stones. Also weapons, maps, gears and a partial quest list.

Videos:

Someone made a video on SREmu that showed all the future job suits in action. I wish they had showed the Chinese... *hint hint at whomever goes through the trouble of making these things* I think that the F 3rd lvl thief suit is particularly lovely. It looks all golden. So enjoy.



You can also find more movies featuring amazing PK2 edits at the IGL Video Library. Also, the rumors have been flying regarding the fabled Islamic race. Apparently there have been stirrings that KSRO is going to be having a beta run of this race soon, so keep your eyes open. If you can get a Korean friend to make an account there for you, this would be the time to do so!

I love this new suit! I know, it wasnt anything like we thought it would be. I mean, 28 day rental??? Kind of a rip off but it sure does look awesome! I got a lot of the update details before hand and I really pored over them but there is no subsitute to seeing it on your char in person. I probably wont renew it, just play with it for a month. The rest of the update was interesting.

Apparently you cant own two fortresses. We looked at the sign ups and the button is grayed out. =( We tried to go around and test all the walls and apparently JoyMax fixed the wall hack for the new fortress. Too bad they didnt fix it for the old one. We keep reporting it, but they keep ignoring us.

As for the new fortress, there is a big buff about who is gonna take it. My own guild cant participate, we already hold the older fortress and the game wont let us hold two at once (we could SO do it). We are encouraging our union guilds to man up and go for it. We think they have the manpower to hold a fortress of their own while we defend our own. For more information about the new update, you can visit the silkroad wiki.