Is this The End?

Character #148 Silver Flash Lyn

Named her Kandia because she looks like Kanda Yuu from D.Gray-man.  :p

Yes, regular Lyn will be Yuuia.  :p

Family Level is currently 79-34% at 148 characters*, all at HM 10-100%

*One of each character currently released, with exception of 3 Asoka, 3 Kess, 3 Viki, 2 Cadet Lionel, and 2 JD.

No plans to add more at the moment until new characters arrive.

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And that's it...  I log on to do some dailies and then poof.  Since there's nobody left to level!  I'm too lazy and bored after all that Vesping... tired of looking at the black walls in SCR... turning into a mole... I don't feel like using the remaining spots to level stocks.  (Ten characters yet to be released would bring me up to 158, meaning four free spots.)

One of the long time veterans posted on the GE Forum that they are finally quitting.  They talked about goals that they kept revising, but finally they are done, no more.

I've kind of been thinking I *might* be at that point too.  My never ending goal was to max out all the/all my characters.  I've done that... I've collected all the currently available characters and even had some duplicates.  All of them have Expert stances leveled (the duplicate Kesses don't have Punisher and extra Vikis doesn't have ET; but they have Heavy Stinger and Trance Robo).  Even Bareknuckle.  LOL  (So obsessive about completing that stance.)

I used to have To Do lists of things I wanted to collect and things I needed to work on, but after revisiting them, they are quite outdated/long since completed.  I have a few Strata recipes that I want, but I'm not sure about working on Armonia.  Even if I did, everything would be at +5 because of this new upgrading system...

The only things left is maybe the costumes that I used to love to collect.  For the hell of it, I put all the costumes (that are currently available for sale in the Character Book) that I don't have under the Cut.  There are some I couldn't get and not for sale, like the Female Fighter Wedding Hair and Costume set.

Oh and get the Tigres medals, but I don't remember the last time I've been to that raid.  There's never enough people or the time is too late.  :<

Maybe I can take a look at what crystals I have for Evil Weapon.  I have unopened Paradox Spoil Boxes.  Maybe try my luck at Naraka Pieces for Strata Recipes.  Maybe get around to opening Bristia Boxes...

Blah, blah, blah...  Three months left in the year.

Costumes Wish List

Looking back on the last 11 months

Last Monday, December 9th, marked eleven months since we transferred from GamersFirst (G1) to T3Fun (T3).  My thoughts and the things I've done over the course of this time.

When we transferred over it was exciting to get the new patches (we were a year without any new patches).  At times it felt very overwhelming.  There were a lot of raids and some of them felt like how do we do this without pro weapons?  We didn't have the past year to build up to it.  [Aside from the fact for many of us, our weapons came over blank!]  I rushed myself a lot to recruit the fourteen characters (what I call "The Viron Group", see below, under the cut).

Just when I finally finished recruiting them, yet another patch came out, the start of "The Kielce Group".  After recruiting the first three, the Kielce Dailies kept me busy, because I was trying to reach the goal of 10,000 favor rate for Back Alley Poor (surpassed by now).  I think it was probably at this point, the game started to slow down for me.

JD came out and I recruited him and excessively took him everywhere and he maxed out (I love Joey to pieces, he hates me for calling him Joey! *squish*).  After that, it was little patches of Olivia, Veil, and Kaisse.  These recruitment quests took less than two hours.

It's a mixed bag for me right now.  The first three to four months kept me busy with character recruiting, materials gathering, and leveling.  The busiest was when there was that 500 Bounty Hunter Event to get Cadet Elisa (I pray we don't have anything this excessive again, it was too much! I had to swear off BH for a month, the HORROR! /O_O\).

Then came focusing on Lonely Musketeer hunts for Devil's Dream for Strata Bracelet (something I put off because I didn't think it was possible in a million years to craft).  I was behind on the TP Rose for Dagger, though I managed to get that and helped co-run with another clan's leaders, which eventually led me to my Main-Gauche.  I'm a bit stuck on my second TP Nephtys.

For now I just have mini goals, which will probably be a joke to the pro-players.  I don't play this game to be the top player with weapons of mass destruction or for the PVP (I'm a pacifist!), so laugh if you want to.

*Level all characters to Master (last five)
*Level all characters to High Master (eighty, more of a goal for 2014 & 2015, if the game lasts that long)
*Keep working on Back Alley Poor favor rate (even though already passed 10,000; helps with getting non-tradable and tradable Artifact materials)
*Keep doing Durant quest for Artifact materials (still six more Artifacts to craft; second Rose and Selene sets and contemplating Sniper Ring and Clover Locket; no plans at this time to get Repairman as I don't use Summons)
*Keep hunting for Devil's Dreams (someday maybe a miracle will happen and I can get a Strata Ele recipe and Strata Musk recipe and Strata Pistol recipe)
*Get more Tigres medals

Squad things that I try to do:
*Crow (weekdays/weekends)
*Back Alley (weekdays/weekends)
*ToC (generally weekends, on WC duty, sometimes get invited to speedy five-six manned runs)
*Montoro (on Sundays, on WC duty)
*CT (seldom, as they tend to run too early or too late for me, really want a Punisher stance book)
*TPs (kind of a hit and miss, trying to finish my second TP Neph; might cheat and open Paradox Spoil Boxes before year end)
*Tigres (sometimes, I'm hoping to get participation to a regularity, so far that's been either a few hours before CW or in lieu of LW , because T3 still hasn't fixed it)

Tigres is kind of a good challenge, something to do that's not out of the usual reparative things like ToC and CT.  I'm hoping with more practice we can get through the floors faster and get good at Floor 5 so we can move on to Floor 6.

To sum up my thoughts and my observations of the game, the year started out well in terms of people being excited about new content, but it was damaged partly by the blank weapons which led people to be frustrated and couldn't quest and quit.  The ones that stayed regardless of weapons felt a bit overwhelmed and another wave of people left.

I have an impression there are also some players who already "beat everything" (e.g. raids) and got "the best gear" and became bored and quit.  Playtime Events were good in the beginning but now they are rather "meh", not worth the time.  This doesn't give players much reason to log in if they've been inactive.

The economy is rough for those who don't spend cash (such as me).  To be honest, I don't know how new players survive, even though in the forum some people gave suggestions.  T3 doesn't seem to care about players' needs and just keep rolling out Cash stuff after Cash stuff (Lucky Shop and Lyndon Box).  As long as the Cash players keep pouring money, the needs of the other players will be swept under the rug.  Much of this has been discussed in the forums over and over, so I won't repeat further.

Given all this, why do I still play?

I have put a lot of effort in this game to get me where I am today and there are still nice things in the game and there are still things I can still do or yet to do.  I'm learning to do things at my own pace and give myself small goals as I listed above.  I'm going to ignore the stupid things and not let them agitate me.  I'm not ready to throw in the towel.  Just like you can't change people, you change your reactions to people.  I will get out of this game what I choose to get out of it.

We still have Bahamar patch.  I also hope that they will expand/develop the story into other regions like Armonia and Absinia and other RNPC's areas.  I do hope things will improve, until then, Ferret will keep plugging away the best she can.

I also have someone I am grateful to.  They have put in a lot of time, effort, and patience for and with me.  It is, therefore, also out of great respect for them that I keep plowing ahead.  p( '.' )q

The holidays are coming up, so I wish everyone ~*HAPPY HOLIDAYS*~!  Two more weeks left in the year!

Some info about characters:

Of 107 characters (both male/female of stocks/Reb/Auch [14] + all Cathy robots [4]) currently available, I have 99.  (Plus, I have an extra Asoka who is a stand in for Mifuyu.)
10 stocks created under G1, 54 recruited under G1, 7 promos obtained under G1,
22 recruited under T3, 5 event promos obtained under T3, and 1 promo obtained under T3.

Reaching Year End!

There's a Thanksgiving event going on that requires you to kill rabbits for items to trade in for costumes.  It breaks my heart.

I can't... I can't kill him!  T_T

I'll pretend I didn't see him!

Promoted Mifuyu to Expert to Vesp a friend.  I haven't Vesped or Secret Guarded since last October!  Maximilian (Veil) became High Master and Francois (Ion) got to Master 8.  I stopped on Franc for now.  Then I used Leopold (Barrol) who's at Master 9 now and Mifuyu.

Also took some time to reorganize my Quarters.  It's now broken up into a few sections.  First and second quarters are in the order of the characters reaching High Masters.  Third and fourth quarters consist of the various raiding support teams: wc team, tank team, debuff team, buff team, cannon team.  The last three sections are: 1) characters recruited before we transferred and got the new patches; in the order of highest to lowest, 2) characters recruited in 2013 from the new patches; grouped in relation to their stories, and 3) promo characters obtained from Playtime Events; in the order of obtainment.

I'm pretty excited as it looks like this year's year end goal might be reached!  Last year was to get all the characters to Expert and this year is to get all the characters to Master.  I'm down to the last five.  Go, go, go!  p(^.^)q

Still looking for Desperado and Bach costumes to complete the old set.  And really want to finish Capitaine series, but haven't been able to bring myself to spend Feso in the Character Book to get Male Scout set.  Also been keeping eye out for Dragon Shield to complete Dragon weapon set.

Dragon Tears & Crunch Bars

Kielce Back Alley Poor favor rate goal was completed on schedule!  \(^.^)/

10,000

The rest of the favor rates look like this:

I don't plan to keep doing all five BAPs (Victor, Daniel, Rica, Simon, Ork) anymore, but I think I will continue with Ork books until he gives me a Richard's Holy Sword, which is the last page I need for a second Encyclopedia, since I don't want to pay four Elemental Jewels for it.

I will likely to keep up with Elizabeth painting, Serena bad boy, and John flyers for vis.  And maybe Jeremy/Cain dangerous delivery.  I probably should focus on Durant research because Silk, Soft Cotton Yarn, and Royal Insignia are pricey (the other mats are good to have too).

You can tell I don't do much with Laboratory, I got lazy about doing Kelly dark water.  I only do William government stuff from time to time.  I haven't done Anthony/Scott mop pirates in ages.

Status update from last month's "goals":

~I'm down to the last seven to reach Masters.  Family level is getting close to 60.

~TP Neph crystals haven't reached 300.  >_>;

~Still keeping eye out for a Dragon Shield to complete my Dragon collection!  D:

~Haven't gone to Bahia Room in awhile, so no new-old costumes for collection.

~Taking a break from the Farm.
Crops Lv 5 ~ 140/700
Fish Trap Lv 4 ~ 149/300
Fishing Lv 1 ~ 3/100
Weed Lv 3 ~ 728/1000
Hunting Lv 1 ~ 173/200

~New: Working on two projects, one of them near completion and the other is 80% done.  Looking forward to finishing them!  ^.^  Planning a third, but going to need vis for it.

Eat way out of pumpkin

It's the last day of the month!  A quick review of whether I actually accomplished any goals from last month's goal setting.

Back Alley Poor - Still working on it, goal is to reach 10,000 by end of November.

Strata LOE - Crafted!  Next Strata to be determined...

Masters - Shane (Liung), Alexia (Romina), Natalia (Soso), Bruno (Irawain) were promoted.  Maximilian (Veil) and Constantin (Kaisse) in the works.  Still trying to get Cordelia (Cathy SUM) to High Master.

Magic Leather Belt - No
Crafted Physical Necklace - No
(Earrings weren't on the list last month, but I think I need more of those too.)

TP Nephtys Crystals - Completed and got an Evil Ice!  Life schedule doesn't permit me to really be actively pursuing a second bracer...

Collection - Still looking for Dragon Shield, 100e Fire and Ice bracelets.

Costumes - Still looking for Spade Ensemble, Angie's Overalls, Thai Fighter, Desperado, and Bach.

Tanking - Only tanked once my whole career... up to Light Gemini in ToC with no dedicated WC team and three other DPSers (no debuff, no buff).

Random - Wants to buy a Montoro (Viscount) Ring since I have no luck at getting it from roulette.

Other news - There hasn't been any more Tigres runs, so might be awhile before I get medal for 5th floor.
My Farm has six plots for planting...  ^.^;
The Constellation Ice bracer keeps giving me lame chippings.  :\
Went to Montoro on Sunday; I lost count after 27th run, this one might or might not have been the 30th...

Screencaps I said I would post but never got around to...

Mr. Ion & Ms. Catherine

Bunny Letter Opener

I haven't felt like writing lately.  As most people know, the game gets rather repetitive.  I don't do too many Kielce dailies anymore, though every once in awhile I do the Back Alley Poor ones to continue to up my favor rate.

Still doing the daily DD hunts.  Elminor is still twenty four hour respawn.  Orz  At least someone in the clan ends up having to do it and posts the timer.  I think I can craft the Strata LOE by the end of the year (laugh).

September is coming up in the next few days, so maybe it's time to check where I'm at with the last goals.  Not in any particular order:

Etienne (Male Musk) made it to High Master, so now I have a total of fifteen HMs!  No more are raising any time soon.  Right now working on getting Shane (Liung) to Master but he seems to be taking his time.  Slow poke...  :\  I still have fifteen (or five pairs of trios) to level to Master.  T.T

I got more two more sets of Magic type Gloves and Shoes and looking to make one more Magic Leather Belt and one more Crafted Physical Necklace.

Time Paradox Rose crystals were finished and I got my second Evil weapon (have a Dagger and a Main Gauche).  Currently a little over halfway on Nephtys crystals.  Can't find any groups for an afternoon run, so end up staying up late to go to the one at night.  z.z  Haven't decided which bracelet to craft, but I suspect it's going to be Fire...  (More on this under the cut.)

I ended up getting two more Incantation Rings, since the stance ring ended up being the same price as the Invulnerable skill ring.  (More on this under the cut.)  Have some other stance rings but haven't gotten around to upgrading them.

I finished my 96e Trump collection and just short a Dragon Shield to finish the 100e (though I didn't include the 100e Fire, Ice, Lightening Bracelets or the three Prison Series in this count).  I just like to collect and complete sets.  And it's good for afk teams.  :p

Costumes... I might start buying them off the MM (priced about 20m each).  Haven't made it to Bahia Room in awhile.  Spade Ensemble, Angie's Overalls, Battle Smith, Thai Fighter, Desperado, and Bach.  I would love another Cursed Fallen Angel Weapon costume.  D:

The other account got its Elisa, Heiran, JD, but not going to pay 100m for Kano.  Needs Montoro Ring for Grenmah.  And a Tora card.  Even finished Tower of Chaos Medals!  :D  Some of its Vets have gotten to Expert too.

Post got too long so I placed the rest under a cut.  Maybe another day I'll write about Joey JosephDominic and his climb to the top of the Magic Bean Stalk.  :3  [He jabbed me with his GS for calling him "Joey".  owie!]

Until next time, be good Granado Espadians.  Thanks for tuning in!

P.S. The post title is in reference to this .gif image.
P.P.S. The Blog Guardian Bunny needs more love!  Click!  Click!  Please!  <3

Attended Montoro #27.5

Some ramblings about teams and stuff under the cut!

My Very Own Artifact

I haven't posted any "Goals" post lately because mostly it's been character quests and sub-quests which have long since been done, except still no Claude/Claire sub-quest???

Gears wise I think I need more Belts... and one more Incantation Ring.
I give up trying to get any new weapons because of this damned economy.
No resources to upgrade them even if I did.

Collections wise:
96e Trump Crossbow and LOE
Dragon Dagger, Polearm, and Shield
Kobold Axe, Sabre, Sword

I've given up collecting costumes because the new ones are too expensive and I also don't want to waste Feso to get them.  I also can't collect the old ones because it's a waste to spend vis getting Sewing Boxes from Bahia Room for the Costume Exchanger.  Just short eight.  :<

"Playing" goals:
Get the rest of my Experts to Master...  Twenty-one more to go.
The other account I'd like to finish collecting Elisa, Heiran, JD, and Kano Character Cards. + Grenmah + Tora
Has four more quest drops in ToC (Jellyfish, Hydro, Dark Gemini, and Queen).
Would like to level its Vets to Experts someday...

"Helping" goals:
Daily DD hunts :o
TP Rose for Crystals
ToC for chips

p( '.' )q

Restore 4
Satisfy 2
Exclusion 2
Redemption 0
Resurrection 3

Magnum Gold Ice Cream Bar

I'm happy that I completed all those Quests from March list and Bristia list.  This list is short.
I'm waiting for information on the new sub quests, what to do and how long it will take.

Quests
*Recruit Kano (22 Purity/4 Corruption/11 Balance ~ Ferret has a long ways to go!)
*Selva Sub-Quest (in progress, 15 day quest!)
*Angie/Lorch Sub-Quest
*Claude/Claire Sub-Quest (I can't seem to trigger this quest)
*Master Guardian - Task of Guardian ~ Tokens from BH

Obtain
*Cut Ice RES Necklace [removed from list as these became merged]
*Incantation or Invulnerable ring

Craft
*Magic Leather Gloves
*Crafted Physical Necklace (need more)
*Constellation Weapons - Fire Bracelet, Ice Bracelet (contemplating Hestia!)

Chip
(If T3 doesn't give us mods back, I pretty much have to chip EVERYTHING)
T3 is giving mods back manually, I didn't submit everything, so I will have to rechip some things
*Dragon Rifle
*Angel Pistol

Upgrade
*Dragon Pistol
*White Dagger
*Black Dagger
*Dragon Rifle
*Angel Pistol

Costumes
*Male Scout Capitaine Costume & Hat
*Asupplegion Hat
*Phi Rasto Hat
*Jade Phraxi Hat
*Raid Pharxi Hat
*Ion Hair & Capitaine Costume
*Asoka Sellarsarse Bariante Hair & Costume
*Grandies Summer Hair & Costume
*Lionel Indigo 9 Hair & Costume
*Female Fighter Wedding Hair & Costume
*Mia Rainism Hair & Costume
*Adriana Sybis Hair & Costume
*Sharon Wavy Shaggy Cut & Shadow Robe Costume
*Raven Butler Suit Costume
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*Andre - Spade Ensemble
*Angie's Overalls
*Idge -  Battle Smith
*Irawain - Kickboxer (Thai Fighter)
*Jack - Desperado
*Jose -  Kalid Armor
*Lorch - Survival Hunter (Lonely Goatherd)
*Mboma - Noblesse
*Soho - Debauch
*Vincent - Bach

March Madness

Ferrety Ferret Ferret's things to work on in March!

Here is Alicia to make sure I stay on task.

Quests
Soho - A man who does not wear a shirt ~ short 1 Green/Yellow/Red Leaf of Rafflesia/1 Chocolate
Master Guardian - Task of Guardian ~ Tokens from BH
Brunie - Lost Treasure in New Continent ~ running around/killing
Coimbra - Protect Sea Elephant ~ short
Reboldoeux - Soldier of Reboldoeux with a stomach ache ~ Panfilo 5 Large Starfish/20 Antidote/20 Cockatrice Egg/20 Wolf Meat
Grace* - Familiar Stuff ~ running around/killing
Auch Solider - Infantry is in danger ~ running around
Najib - Forgotten Item ~ running around/killing
Romina - New continent exploration with Romina ~ running around/killing
Selva* - The nearest place to God ~ running around/combat/30 Memo
Mia - After that time ~ Fleuret Glacier
Billy - Billy and Nana (have to deliver his letter to her in Castilla Relics)
Cruise - Treasure Map Got cheated!! ~ combat/1 Hard Pickaxe/10 Iron Ore/10 High Quality Wood
Natalie - Make a decision ~ running around/combat
Viki - Scientist of New Ten Nobles ~ Robo Trance
Raven* - The Request of Raven ~ running around/combat/hunting
June - Memory of June (1) ~ view dialogue

Stance Books
Mia - Fleuret Glacier
Panfilo - Diable
Viki - Robo Trance

Obtain
*Cut Ice RES Necklace
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*Magic Leather Gloves recipe
*Magic Gauntlets recipe
*Magic Earring recipe
*Incantation or Invulnerable ring

Craft
*Crafted Physical Necklace
*100e - Controller, Hammer, Pendant
*Constellation Weapons - Fire Bracelet, Ice Bracelet

Chip
*Dragon Rifle
*Angel Pistol

Upgrade
*Dragon Pistol
*White Dagger
*Black Dagger
*Dragon Rifle
*Angel Pistol

Costumes
*Male Scout Capitaine Costume & Hat
*Asupplegion Hat
*Phi Rasto Hat
*Jade Phraxi Hat
*Raid Pharxi Hat
*Ion Hair
*Ion Capitaine Costume
*Ralph Hair
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*Andre - Spade Ensemble 19
*Angie's Overalls 56
*Claude - Musashi
*Idge -  Battle Smith
*Irawain - Kickboxer (Thai Fighter)
*Jack - Desperado 78
*Jose -  Kalid Armor
*Lorch - Survival Hunter 22 (Lonely Goatherd)
*Mboma - Noblesse
*Soho - Debauch 23
*Vincent - Bach

Materials (for other account)
7/50 Rare Book of Combat
55/50 Rare Book of Magic
12/50 Rare Book of Shooting
4/20 Devil's Whisper
0/1 Montoro Viscount Ring
0/1 Veronif's Diary
0/50 High Quality Cloth

But that was just a fleeting thought

No rest for Ferret with blog even when away?  (ahuehuehue...)

Time for "Goals" post.  ;p

Unfinished Quests (leftover from Sword2)
*Burlon Village - Adelina Extended Quest (leads to Lisa Extended Quest)
*Alejandro Extended Quest (22/50 Dragon Leather 22/50 Black Steel)

New Character Quests (roughly in this order and quests that are blocking me)
*Ludin - HB, LL, CT10
*Grandice - Judgement Day scenario, lots of running around
*Adriana - Viviana 50 favor points, CM, CR, ToC
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*Beatrice - Time Paradox
*Ion - Demonic Jurgen quest, Time Paradox
*Cruise - Secret Tower, lots of hunting
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*Mary - Mary 100 favor points
*Tora - Blitz Assault
*Sharon - no info

Stance Books
*Vincent - Montoro Ring Los Muertos Veronif Diary 30 day quests (for Magic Book)
*Create Elisa - Create Adriana and 30 chicken breasts
*Create Ludin - Fire Isle
*Create Beatrice - Lightening Gate
*Create Ion - Ice Wizard
*Create Grandice - Grenmah
*Create Mary - Torsche
*Cruise - Farrel 20 chips for 5 days

Craft
*Second ET ring (I need more Rhodolites)
*Third Crafted Necklace
*Second Constellation Weapon

Chip
*Dragon Rifle
*Angel Pistol

Upgrade
*Dragon Pistol
*White Dagger
*Black Dagger
*Dragon Rifle
*Angel Pistol

Obtain
*300 Dragonfly Silk (for Tora)-----
*Cut Ice RES Necklace
*Elite Le Blanc Scout-----
*Magic Leather Gloves recipe
*Magic Gauntlets recipe
*Magic Earring recipe
*Artisan's Earring recipe
*Incantation or Invulnerable ring

Collect (unfortunately names have changed)
*Elite Bracelet of Ziz
*Elite Bracelet of Leviathan
*Elite Bracelet of Behemoth
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*Dragon's Fury Sword (Greatsword)
*Dragon's Scales Sabre
*Dragon's Wings Blade (Sword)
*Dragon's Bones Rapier
*Dragon's Wings Dagger 
*Dragon's Fury Spear (Polearm)
*Dragon’s Heart Shield
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*Elite Destruction of Steel (Greatsword)
*Elite Grim Reaper (Polearm)
*Elite Mallet (Polearm)
*Elite Mucerati Warhammer (Polearm)
*Elite Bandersnatch (Sabre)
*Elite Gladius (Sword)
*Elite Battle Crossbow
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*Fire Gate weapons
*Lightening Gate weapons
*Ice Gate weapons

Costumes
*Male Scout Capitaine Costume & Hat
*Asupplegion Hat
*Phi Rasto Hat
*Jade Phraxi Hat
*Raid Pharxi Hat
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*Gertrude - Dashing Detective
*Alejandro - Ali Baba
*Andre - Spade Ensemble
*Angie's Overalls 45m
*Claude - Musashi  30m
*Coimbra Trooper
*Idge -  Battle Smith
*Irawain - Kickboxer 115
*Jack - Desperado 45
*Jose -  Kalid Armor
*Lorch - Survival Hunter 85
*Mboma - Noblesse 33
*Najib - Sultan
*Panfilo -  Battle Cook 33
*Reb Soldier - Centurion 15 [two]
*Soho - Debauch 30
*Vincent - Bach
*Yeganeh -  Devourer

New Character Materials for other account

Happy December

We are now in the month of December with [less than] thirty one days left to go!  My November Goals list has dwindled, which I'm happy about.  I'm not going to relist it all again, just the key things I really wish to complete or obtain before THE END of the Sword2 Era.  :o

Wanted Items
*Cut Ice RES Necklace (to complete collection)
*Elite Le Blanc Scout (for second set)
*Magic Leather Gloves recipe (would like to get this and craft)
*Magic Gauntlets recipe (to complete collection, not crafting)
*Magic Earring recipe (don't have at all, craft if able)
*Artisan's Earring recipe (don't have at all)
*Incantation or Invulnerable ring (would like to have a third for WC purposes)
*Strategy and Rouse ring (to craft second ET ring)
*Raid Phraxi Costume (F-Scout Greek Croma costume that hasn't been released yet!)
*Capitaine Costume and Hair for M-Scout (he's the only one left who doesn't have new clothes!)
*Capitaine Hair for M-Fig [some commentary on the Capitaine series below]

Other Things
*Level last three characters to Expert
*Level last six three Expert stances (three of which are the trio above)
*Rechip two one 100e weapons with better mods
*Would be nice to craft the Crafted Shoot, Lightening, Fire, and Ice Necklaces
*Socket eight weapons (not really trying too hard with this)
*92e Baron (12), Lightening Gate (9), Fire Gate (9) weapons to add to collection

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So... the Capitaine Costumes series!  The first one I saw was from the loading screen during warping.  The Male Wizard was posing with Brunie in Angelique.  I was really looking forward to it, because the poor M-Wiz has, by far, the worst set of costumes.  T.T   It makes him look very eloquent.  :)

Next, I believe was the Male Elementalist set, which in my opinion, makes him look like a pimp.  ^.^;  He hair is nice though.  The next one I got was the Male Fighter costume from the Alphabet event.  I think it's very befitting of him.  However, though the hair has yet to come out, it's too shaggy!  D:  I don't care much for it, but will get it for collection purposes.  ^.^;

My favorite is the Male Musketeer costume.  :O  *lots of love*  I'm already biased towards Musks as it is...  It's very, very nice on him.  <3  Unfortunately, his hair... I can't get used to the auburn-ish color.  It just doesn't work for me.  He's permanently on Black Shaggy Hair.  ^.^;

Now just looking forward for the Male Scout costume to come out.  :)  The hair behind the looks like dreadlocks...?  Hope it makes in one of the last two Quinzel Boxes along with that F-Sco Greek Croma costume!

November Goals

Two more months left in 2012!!!

Items Wish List
Cut Ice RES Necklace
Elite Le Blanc Scout
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Magic Leather Gloves recipe
Magic Gauntlets recipe
Magic Earring recipe
Artisan's Earring recipe
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Incantation or Invulnerable ring
Strategy, Rouse ring
1 Exclusion, 1 Satisfy, 2 Redemption ring
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Mega Quartz
30/30 Snail Shells
5 Large Starfish
50 Black Magic Stone
50/50 Rare Book of Shooting
0/1 Montoro Ring
550 Rhodolite
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Taurus Symbol
Scorpio Symbol
Aries Symbol
Gemini Symbol
Libra Symbol

September Goals

Here we go again!

Items
Level 84 Chips
Level 92 Chips
Level 100 Chips
Veteran Chips
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Cut Ice RES Necklace
Le Scarce Musketeer
96e Scout Inviardeco
Elite Le Blanc Scout
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Magic Belt recipe
Magic Leather Gloves recipe
Magic Gauntlets recipe
Magic Earring recipe
Artisan's Earring recipe
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Whole Cancellation rings
Incantation or Invulnerable ring
Strategy, Logistics, Rouse ring
1 Exclusion, 1 Satisfy, 2 Redemption ring
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Mega Quartz
19/60 Snail Shells
5 Large Starfish
31 Dragonfly Silk
50 Black Magic Stone
46/50 Rare Book of Combat
49/50 Rare Book of Shooting
0/1 Montoro Ring
550 Rhodolite
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5 Taurus Symbol (fluctuates)
3 Scorpio Symbol
1 Pisces Symbol
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Trade 25 Ti for 25 Te
Trade 25 Ar for 25 An

August Goals

August will be a full month for me.  No more scheduled travels.  :o

Items
Level 84 Chips
490 Level 88 Chips
Level 92 Chips
Level 100 Chips
Veteran Chips
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700/1000 Mega Quartz
3/3 Le Scarce Wizard
2/3 Le Scarce Musketeer
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Cut Ice RES Necklace
Artisan's Leather Boots
96e Scout Inviardeco
Le Noir Wizard
Elite Le Blanc Scout
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Magic Belt recipe
Magic Leather Gloves recipe
Magic Earring recipe
Crafted Ice RES Necklace recipe
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Strategy, Logistics, Rouse rings
1 Exclusion, 1 Satisfy, 2 Redemption rings
550 Rhodolite
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60 Snail Shells
90 Old Chess Pieces
5 Large Starfish
31 Dragonfly Silk
57 Wolf Meat
50 Black Magic Stone
41/50 Rare Book of Combat
41/50 Rare Book of Shooting
0/1 Montoro Ring
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5 Taurus Symbol
3 Scorpio Symbol
2 Pisces Symbol
1 Leo Symbol
Trade 25 Ti for 25 Te
Trade 25 Ar for 25 An

July Goals

Getting ready to start a new month next week!  Time sure flies...

***Raise Family Level to 51 by July 15th***

Items
Level 84 Chips
Level 88 Chips (461 at the moment)
Level 92 Chips
Level 100 Chips
Veteran Chips
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2/5 Jewel Powder
5 Old Chess Piece
5 Snail Shell
568/1000 Mega Quartz
2/3 Le Scarce Wizard
2/3 Le Scarce Musketeer
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Cut Ice RES Necklace
Le Noir Wizard
Elite Le Blanc Scout
Strategy, Logistics, Rouse rings
Exclusion, Satisfy, Redemption rings
550 Rhodolite
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5 Large Starfish
31 Dragonfly Silk
57 Wolf Meat
50 Black Magic Stone
37/50 Rare Book of Combat
50/50 Rare Book of Magic (ty mb!)
38/50 Rare Book of Shooting
0/1 Montoro Ring
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4 Taurus Symbol
2 Scorpio Symbol
3 Pisces Symbol
Trade 25 Ti for 25 Te
Trade 25 Ar for 25 An

Updated Goals Listing

Didn't make too much progress in this past month's goals.  :o

***Raise Family Level to 50 by June 17***

Materials
Level 84 Chips
Level 88 Chips (350 atm)
Level 92 Chips
Level 100 Chips (always!)
Veteran Chips
5 Old Chess Piece
25 Snail Shell
378/1000 Mega Quartz
2/3 Le Scarce Wizard
1/3 Le Scarce Musketeer
Le Noir Wizard
Elite Le Blanc Scout
Strategy, Logistics, Rouse rings
Satisfy and Redemption rings
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5 Starfish
31 Dragonfly Silk
50 Black Magic Stone
37/50 Rare Book of Combat
33/50 Rare Book of Magic
38/50 Rare Book of Shooting
Montoro Ring
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4 Taurus Symbol
4 Scorpio Symbol
4 Pisces Symbol
Trade 25 Ti for 25 Te
Trade 25 Ar for 25 An

Craft
White Bishop
War Crescent?
War Prominence?
Crafted Physical RES Necklace
Crafted Shoot RES Necklace
Crafted Fire RES Necklace
Artisan's Earring
Magic Leather Shoes
Greek Croma Wiz (Mega Quartz & +7 armors)

Obtain
Cut Lightening RES Necklace
Cut Ice RES Necklace
Complete 92e Baron series collection (list at bottom)

Cash Shop
11 Veteran Promotion Scrolls
Upgrade Accelerators
+5 Veteran Lacquers
+6 Veteran Lacquers

Time to Recharge

Don't mind this post, just rambling about goals/wishlist for May.

Materials

148/150 Level 92 Chips

!!!/1000 Level 100 Chips
???/250 Veteran Chips
3/3 Le Scarce Fighter
1/3 Le Scarce Wizard
3/3 Le Scarce Scout
3/3 Le Scarce Elementalist
0/3 Le Scarce Musketeer
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Taurus Symbol
Aries Symbol x2

Pisces Symbol*

Trade 25 Ti for 25 Te*

Trade 25 Ar for 25 An*

 (*At the rate I'm going, I might as well just try to invest [aka save vis] on an Angel or Jewel pistol, since I'm not likely to make a second Constellation Weapon, ever.)

Cash Shop
15 Quarter Slot Permits

Upgrade Accelerators

+5 Veteran Lacquers

+6 Veteran Lacquers
12 Veteran Promotion Scrolls

Costumes

Rose Roja (old Cash Shop)
Gloriosa Costume - Baek Ho (from IV)

Serpent Male Elementalist Costume (from V)

Unbalanced Hair - Selva (from V)

Lord Plate Costume (from VI)
Black Pearl Hat - Adelina (from VI)
Serpent Female Musketeer Costume (from VII)
Le Sagittaire Optimiste Hair - Grace (from VII)

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Raid Phraxi (F-Sco Greek Cremona)
Pirate (old Cash Shop)
Grim Phoenix (old Cash Shop)
Immortal Chief (old Cash Shop)
Dashing Detective (old Cash Shop)
Kick Boxer (old Cash Shop)
Bach (old Cash Shop)
Survival Hunter (old Cash Shop)

Level

Viki (finish Tactical Assistance)

Lorch to Expert (finish Exp stance) 2 pre-vet, 1 vet, 1 expert (Gemini)

Jose to Expert (finish Exp stance) 4 pre-vet, 2 vet, 1 expert (Sagi)

Angie to Vet (finish pre-Vet stances) 3-prevet

Panfilo to Vet (finish Vet stances) 4-prevet, 1 vet

Najib to Vet (finish Vet stances) 4-prevet, 2 vet

Obtain
Complete 92e Baron series collection
Cut Lightening RES Necklace
Cut Ice RES Necklace

Rechip

Serpent Revolver

Dragon Shotgun

Elite Teorbe
Dragon Lumiere Rod

Dragon Crossbow

Resonance of Steel
Ruby Dragon
Flame Thrower
Lightening Pistol
Cumulonimbus

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Elite Pollux Sword
Chevalier Sword

Elite Castor Sword
Elite Phobitan Imp Knuckle

Elegant Rose

Upgrade +6

Dragon Shotgun

Elite Teorbe

Glacial Crystal

Elite Grim Stick
Resonance of Steel (+7)

Socket 3S

Dragon Shotgun

Elite Teorbe

Glacial Crystal

Elite Grim Stick
Resonance of Steel

Craft

War Crescent
War Prominence
Magic Gloves

Artisan's Earring

Magic Leather Shoes

For Another Month

Raise Family Level to 50 by June 19

Elite Daemon Slayer (3S)

Elite Black Dragon (+6/3S)

Elite Grim Wraith (+6/3S)

Golden Damascus (+6/3S)

Golden Fists (+6/3S)

Golden Feet (+6/3S)

Golden Guard (+6)

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

I'm not home yet, but I think tonight will be like Monday night, won't have anything to report.
Instead, I took a moment to reflect on the things I need to do.  I tend to do this once a month.


Wish List
Pisces Symbol
Trade 25 Ti for 25 Te
Trade 25 Ar for 25 An
Rouse Ring
5 Snail Shells (for Glacial Crystal)
92e Elemental Bracelet
Derange Sorian Costume
Serpent Female Fighter Costume
Serpent Male Elementalist Costume
Gloriosa 
Unbalanced Hair
Byzantine Costume


Cash Shop Wish List
Master Scrolls (3)
Quarter Slot Permits (22)
Enchantment Boosters
Upgrade Accelerators
+5 Veteran Laquers


Level
Etienne (Male Musk) to Master 3
Flavia (Fem Fig) to Master 3
Rosaria (Grace) to Expert 3
Federic (Vincent) to Expert 3
Sonia (Ania) to Expert 3
Portia (Adelina) to Expert 3


Rechip
Constellation Bracelet (Vantz)
Dragon Crossbow (Vantz)
Elite Silver Crossbow (Vantz)
Dragon Shotgun
Elite Grim Stick
Glacial Crystal
Golden Fists
Golden Feet
Werewolf Dagger
Golden Guard
Selva's Glove
Piernoente
Chevalier Sword
Cresent Axe
Elegant Rose
Rainbow Shield
Nightengale sabre
Hellspit rapier
Raionu knuckle


Upgrade to +5
Elite Silver Crossbow

Glacial Crystal
Golden Guard
Golden Fists
Golden Feet
Dragon Shotgun
Selva's Glove
Ogre Shotgun
Werewolf Dagger


Upgrade to +6
Elite Silver Crossbow

Glacial Crystal
Elite Grim Stick
Elite Black Dragon
Elite Grim Sword
Golden Guard
Golden Damascus
Golden Fists
Golden Feet
Dragon Shotgun
Selva's Glove

Socket 3S
Elite Silver Crossbow 
Elite Daemon Slayer
Glacial Crystal
Elite Grim Stick
Elite Black Dragon
Elite Grim Sword
Golden Damascus
Golden Fists
Golden Feet
Dragon Shotgun

This will take me another year!

Oh... and I hope I have some luck in the next 35 days to get Ralph Character Card and all his accessories...  If not, I'll trade my Asoka Character Card.  :x

Goals Rambling

No highlights for today, which is perfectly fine because all the raids I went on the past three days wore me out.  I also don't know if I can keep up with all the vis expenditures on ToC roulettes.  :S

Plus, I was really exhausted from work today, even though I drank an energy drink (I only had one of these my entire life and that was twelve years ago) I was still really drained.  I might be coming down with something.  :\

Oh!  Miss Ophi-Star gave me an Elite Ziz Bracelet Recipe the other day!  *_*  So now I have that, the Elite Leviathan Bracelet, Elite Behemoth Bracelet, Golden Damascus, Golden Fists, and Golden Feet Recipes!

I also took a look at my weapons and I'm just short Star Knuckle and Elemental Bracelet to complete the 92e Cash Shop weapons collection.  There are too many 92e Baron weapons, so I don't care to collect those.

Some goal updates...

Gears

UAs and +6 Lacquers to upgrade BB to +7

UAs to +5 four 100e gears, five 96e/100 gears, 14 92e gears [undecided about Dragon Shotgun] – probably won't do anything about the 92es

Socket Flux to 2S three 100e gears, 3S four 100e gears [undecided about Dragon Shotgun]

EBs for Golden Guard, Elite Black Dragon, Elite Grim-Stick, Dragon Crossbow

What jewels to put in Dragon's Lumiere Rod and Serpent Revolver?

Characters

Quarter Slots for 24 characters

Create Angie, M’Boma, Alejandro for Extended Quests

 – Adelina, Lisa, Mia Extended Quests need to be done

Claire – Tested Guard

Grace – Flintlock

Helena – Occultism & Augury (need another Pisces)

Emilia – card spam to Expert then Darkness & Enhanced Tactics (need Scorpio)

Leveling

Lisa to Vet 3 – 71.4097% (Vet 1 – 76.7408% atm)

Soho to Vet 3 – 71.4097% (Vet 2 – 0.4379% atm)

Brunie to Vet 3 – 71.4097% (Vet 3 – 03.758% atm)

Claude to Vet 3 – 71.4097% (Vet 3 – 22.7840% atm)

F-Fighter to Master 3 – 2.8102% (Master 2 – 58.7568% atm)

Experts will depend on where Claire or Grace end up after finishing their Expert stances

 – Adelina, Ania, Vincent, and Nar will need to catch up

Goals, Goals, Goals!

Raids

Castilla Tower of Chaos questline
Clan Raids (Scorpio and Pisces and 3 Dragon Heart Recipes)
Joaquin Prison Raid (Innocentio Stance book)
Clock Tower Raid (Punisher Stance book)
Lucifer Castle Raid

Leveling

Lisa to Vet 3 – 71.4097% (Vet 1 – 76.7408% atm)

Soho to Vet 3 – 71.4097% (Vet 2 – 0.4379% atm)

Brunie to Vet 3 – 71.4097% (Vet 3 – 03.758% atm)

Claude to Vet 3 – 71.4097% (Vet 3 – 22.7840% atm)

F-Fighter to Master 3 – 2.8102% (Master 2 – 58.7568% atm)

Experts will depend on where Claire or Grace end up after finishing their Expert stances

 – Adelina, Ania, Vincent, and Nar will need to catch up

Stance Leveling

Claire – Tested Guard

Grace – Flintlock

Helena – Occultism & Augury (need another Pisces)

Emilia – card spam to Expert then Darkness & Enhanced Tactics (need Scorpio)

*Make use of the 100% Experience buff during Clan Wars on Saturdays 10PM-12AM EST

Other Leveling Goals

Secret Guard Renji (Male Musketeer) to Master and Merc
Secret Guard Shirasaya/Miyabi (Asoka #3) to Master and Merc
Secret Guard Shikomizue/Eugenia (Grenmah) to Master and Merc

Crafting Goals

Constellation weapon (which one?)
Dragon Hearts (Golden Damascus? Fists? Feet?)

Re-Chip

Constellation Bracelet
Elite Daemon Slayer
Golden Guard
Elite Black Dragon
Elite Grim Wraith
Elite Grim-Stick
Serpent Revolver
Dragon's Lumiere Rod
Dragon's Fury Crossbow
Dragon's Fury Shotgun
Selva's Glove

Upgrade

Constellation Bracelet (+5)
Black Bishop (+6)
Elite Daemon Slayer (+4)
Golden Guard (+4)
Elite Black Dragon (+4)
Elite Grim Wraith(+4)
Elite Grim-Stick (+4)
Dragon's Fury Shotgun (+0)
Selva's Glove

Socket

Black Bishop (2S)
Dragon's Lumiere Rod (2S)
Elite Daemon Slayer (2S)
Elite Black Dragon (1S)
Elite Grim Wraith(1S)
Elite Grim-Stick (1S)
Dragon's Fury Shotgun (0S)

Costume Collection

Raid Phraxi (Female Scout Greek Cremona)
Blue Serpent Female Fighter
Blue Serpent Male Elementalist
Blue Serpent Female Musketeer