Spiritshade, Jan. 2011-May 27, 2011

A much needed farewell to my cleric, Spiritshade.  Wanted to keep him on but couldn't seem to keep up with two different characters let alone my mage.  The next thing to do was to pick which one to keep.  Answer's a no-brainer there.

It's just the way I am:  only have one character per game.  Just as Fatal says that Fiesta is a two way street now with the free-to-play and pay-to-win trip, this is the truth I'll explain a bit more in another post.  But for now, let's stick to my late Cleric.

At first I wanted to choose the class for their healing abilities, but chose mage instead for their damage and "Elven" charm.  That said, I just have a thing for elves and spell casting.  So, about 8 or 9 months in the game, I decided to create Spiritshade to see what made clerics tick.  I have until level 21 and later decided to choose who to keep.  Soulrider1 was already in his early 70's when Spiritshade was created and had to let 'im go so I can focus more on the mage.  Yet, the name lives on in a couple other games though.

Anyways, long story short, I had the fun of trying out a cleric for the first 21 levels and had to cut 'im off for Soulrider1 to live on.  Good fight, good night!

A Year in Review

Yep, it has been a year since this blog started and maybe 13 or 14 months since Soulrider1 came into the scene.  If you're expecting balloons, piñatas and them other party favors to recognize this first year of "A Mage's Journey", look elsewhere.  This is more of a time to reflect upon my first of possibly several years of this here game.

At time of post as an 85 Mage, I too have gone through a Felldew effect.  For those that never heard of it or Elder Scrolls, here's the rundown which is better explained in the previous post.  So, the short story is even though a fellow mage in Wolf_Clan has made it to 97, it doesn't mean I have to hit it soon.  It just means that I'll make it, but it's gonna take time and patience to get there.

Again, just another short post to keep fresh on the blog and recognizing Soulrider1's 1st year.  Good fight, good night!

I've Come Too Far to Back Down Now!

Well, it had to hit me again.  I had to play around in Isya once more, gettin my Mage groove back.  After some pep talk with Wolf_Clan master Damien14, I've decided to stay on a bit longer.  This time, not be in so much of a hurry to reach 100.

The thing is that both of us are past the halfway mark, Damien being 93 and I'm still 68.  Yet, it's still like Thadon, Duke of Mania said about Felldew (Elder Scrolls:  Shivering Isles for those unaware), craving the next fix, wanting and hating it at the same time, then hating yourself for all of it (if I'm right).  That is, I'd like to quit and delete Soulrider1 to indicate I'm through, but don't wanna do so since I've to start all over to get to where I'm at now.  Long story short, I'll keep playing the game, but not as much as I had.  I've already made my goal of reaching Enchanter before my b-day and I'll leave the rest to time and patience.  I'm no longer in any hurry to reach 100 since the exp. increases insanely more each level.

Anyway, like the post title says, I'll try to not look at it as how far I've to go, but how far I'd gone.  Good fight, good night!

Time to Hibernate

I've thought long and hard about this, but for now, I'm gonna have Soulrider1 hibernate like a bear.  Granted I'm only 32 lvls from Warlock, but from the looks of it, it's gonna be a grind fest just to get him there.  There have been some players that gone for up to a year on just one level.  That's not really me and I've already spent nearly $60 in SparkCash.

On another note, I may end up calling it quits for Fiesta.  First off, I'd only wanted to try it out to see how it's any different than Wizard101.  That's right, Asda Story was the first MMO I can remember playing, but 101 there was the first I'd truly involved myself into.  Second, I've also about 80-90 console games I hardly play much often now.  If so, it had been fun while it lasted and as before, leveling would be such a grind fest.

Until next post (yep, I'm gonna keep posting till I do decide to quit), good fight, good night.  May change my mind later, but this here's gonna be my decision for now.

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1.03.01

65 and Doing Fine for Now

Well, just as it says, I finally made said level last night and already upgraded my Magic Blast and Frost Nova to start off with. The twin swords on my back are just a cash shop item which I gotten at 60 and wanted to use for job change. Problem there was that it came into my backpack the following day but it's alright.


For those who don't know, Magic Blast 3 allows an instant cast and use while running like Lightning Bolt and Blast. Nothing new with Nova 2 other than it being an upgraded version. The fun part: I was able to hit them queen spiders solo with little or no additional help but still would welcome it. With Fear in hand, should they come too close, I'd hit 'em with that and start my usual combo again until they turn back my way.  Other than that, I've a feeling that it's gonna be fine leveling for now.

Once again, til next post, "Good fight, good night!"

Call Me Enchanter Soulrider

After over a month in the 50's, I finally made it!  The Rider is now 60, gotten his Job Change, Chain Cast, Nova and Drain Mind, or Fear as everyone else calls it.  One thing I wanted to do before my birthday on this game was to reach Enchanter and I've finally made it.

Now, the story:  since I had a few SC items saved up for this rainy day except the Crusader set, I went on ahead and suited up with a few higher tier scrolls I collected throughout the lower levels and an Endure brought my HP/SP up to the 4000's.  With that, I made the job change within the hour unlike the one at 20.

During the third part, some academy members came on askin a few things and even the guild master was on at the time to give the buff on top of my concentration scroll and Dark Knight suit.  Even he was surprised himself:  I'm the first to graduate the academy in over a year.  That's because I didn't piddle around wit alts I haven't got and was busy questin while taking a few breaks.  In the end, Wolf_Clan Master Damien14 invited me to the actual guild and I'd gladly accepted.  Still gets better:  so many members left the guild and I became an Admin.  When the chat led to my birthday, even he was surprised at my age.

Long story short, not only did I hit 60 last night, also completed the "Over Time and Space" quests for the promotion and learned the skills above.  Until next time, "go hurt/heal something."

Almost a Month Later...

The post says it all:  I'm at 59.3x as of 6:45PM EST.  Already upgraded my Ice Blast and still not gonna bother w/Life Tap since it costs health to replenish SP when I don't need it.  Don't wanna say this early, but here it is:  one birthday wish for me is to at least make lvl 60 by then if not Enchanter.  That is, should I make said title by then, that'd be great, if not, at least 60.  Been saving a few things for the quest anyway like the dark knight suit I got at 45, some SC items like HP/SP Extender, T3 SC potions and some the usual buff scrolls.  I'm gonna wait and start using these items when I ever do hit said level and find a cleric with a high enough Endure to buff me when I'm ready to take on the job change quest.  Unlike last time where it took me about 5-6 tries, maybe more, I'm gonna make some effort into gettin the Enchanter one done in one attempt and within the hour.  Since I've been hearing the Prestige quest is just talking to NPC's, no need to fight anything special.

As for build, I'm gonna stick to 40 END til I get INT balanced out on the same page.  The decision to start buildin on damage was back at 51, I've been seeing other mages offin weak ogres in a few hits while I take twice as long.  Price to pay just to have extra health and physical defense.  After the decision to start focusin on INT for a while, I've been lookin into gettin gear w/END and INT.  As long as they have the two stats, I'm not worried of anything else on the items.

Everything else is another show, so until then, continue to "hurt/heal something."