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."

50 At Last, 50 At Last!

Yep, you heard it here on A Mage's Journey first.  Soulrider1 has finally reached level 50 last Tuesday and his academy was nice enough to give him a nice upgrade to his mini house.  Just the item reward I didn't want to spend silver on since it's part the item perks.  Now, I'm gonna try to take a week off that to catch up on Ninja Gaiden II which I just gone through the first few chapters in a couple hours.

Again, just another short post and finally finished said console game a few hours back.  Now, the next worry is whether the Wolf_Clan kicked me out for being inactive for a week.  If so, I'll get a hold of a couple in game friends to talk 'em into puttin me back in.

Why the "hiatus" or break?  I've been on the MMO almost everyday since April 11 and wanted to take a little time off to see if I could get a better rest bonus.  Currently, once after 18-24 hours off, the bonus is +10% EXP for 2 hours.  If my figures are right, I may have up to 14 hours.  That aside, I'm ready to get back on it tomorrow and work myself up to Enchanter so I can get Frost Nova, then Inferno.

Updates just ahead.  In the meantime, "go hurt/heal something!"

GM Razia

This happens to be one of the designers, employees, interns or somethin, for Outspark.  This isn't the first time I went into the OX Field for an event involving her, but I happened to get a nice mug of her yesterday.  And yes, that's my current health/ammo with the gear on (mini slime, Power Staff, silk shirt, shoes, and pants, emerald earrings and a couple rings).  I did mention that I'd found a decent level appropriate staff a couple posts back and here it is.

Back on topic, Razia somehow chooses her name off a Magic the Gathering character of said name like I chose Soulrider instead of Solidus off of this one.  There was an "event" goin on at OX field and thought this'll be another chance to get a decent shot of Razia here, but my mage had his eyes closed.  Anyway, she's an archer from the tag on top when I figured her for another mage.

Just like here, Hurricane Lag poured down again and as that other event, I once more braved the ocean of it til I got at least one good mug of this Razia.  Wish I had something else to say than, "go hurt/heal somethin!"