Ho Yeah! Made 35 and...

Still hangin on and finally made 35 after about a week.  Also, this final act as 34 by soloing a Zombie Master brought me 64% of the way to 36.  I was tryin to get another Magic Burst in, but this seems just right.  May have lost EXP and wasted scrolls upon each death, but again, still hangin on.

Could've used my confident war cry, "I am the Soulrider", but I can wait til the "Prestige" job change to say that.  It's just that I'd leveled almost twice in one single quest is what's so interesting about this.  In the meantime, "go hurt/heal something."

The Rider Keeps on Going

You can off 'im, you can make 'im lose EXP, but nothing's gonna outlast the Soulrider's determination.  He'll keep on going and going and going...

Sounds kinda like the Energizer Bunny, yeah?  In only a few days time, I'm already up to lvl 33 with Soulrider1 and the XP to the next level is 90K and it's but another stepping stone.  Earlier, I mentioned that it may take a good 4-8 months to get him to at least 100, but the way I'm leveling him, it may be less.  But another challenge is trying to craft enough scrolls to reach at least 1600 points to gain the T2 Vitality which increases max HP by 500 instead of 200 like the T1.  Though, I have a T3 which increases it by 900, but that won't be for a while yet.

So, in the meantime, I'm just gonna try to level at least once per day.  Now, "go hurt or heal something."

At Long Last, Level 30!

I thought it'd take forever to get Soulrider1 to 30, but I pulled him through.  I found a way to grind with more XP per critter offed.  For those without an idea, it's called a Free Battle Zone, FBZ.  Not only did I get to 30, but even reach 31 in a matter of hours, not days.  This would make leveling easier.

Beware the name though, you may get more XP in there to level faster, but if you're hit, you lose double the points.  At my level, it's somewhere along the lines of 430-something EXP lost each time I'm out.  But, in the fbz's, I'd lose about 750-800.

The name fbz says it all, but beware the PVPers who'll off just anyone or create a gauntlet at the exit.  This happened to me several times today by a couple 30-somethin Fighters.  This is just another reason to prepare for there.  Anyways, "go hurt/heal somethin!".

New Heaters for the Soulrider

Granted it may not be too significant, but here's the story of how I came across one.

Just a few hours back, while grinding Ice Vivis in Moonlight Tomb, one of them ended up droppin one of these lvl 30 wands.  Obviously, I had to snatch it up before it's swiped by another player.  Why a wand?  First off, I heard Warlocks can morph into birds for recon, a thing I like doing in games along with stealth or enough shielding to mow through.  If I'm right, it's called the Sad Moon Geste Wand.  Just a little bit ago today, I found a staff with the same name, but ...Staff instead of Wand.  The latter increased my health while the former with the mana.

Anyway, back at lvl 20, I could've chose the wand for my promotion bonus, but stuck to the staff.  So, long story short, I was lookin for a wand and a Vivi decides to drop one for me.  Even though I'll find more as I get closer to 100 when I'll finally choose either Wizard or Warlock.

Slowly Gettin Stronger

I've already introduced him in a few other blogs.  So, for the rest of Soulrider1's progress, I'll post 'em here.

Anyway, he's up to level 29 as of 3 or 4pm today.  Just shortly after that moment, the game crashed or messed up while I was in the middle of offin another Ice Vivi for a grinding quest.  The thing was I had a couple Cleric buffs increasing my HP/SP and a few scrolls for even more health and defense.  A couple hours ago, the server went back on, sending me back to Elderine, losing said buffs and 250HP.  No matter, it didn't send me back to lvl 28 as I feared.

Yet, I was tryin a new strategy to fight:  kite, hit, close in, Burst, repeat while healing when necessary.  For those unfamiliar with the term "kiting", it's basically in my words, "hit and run" on the fly.  For mages my level, the only such spell is Lightning Bolt.

Speaking of lvl 29, he's already c. 23-25% of the way to 30.  Anyway, I'm still gonna try to make this Soulrider as powerful as the other one.  So, "go hurt or heal something."