Goggles.

So, Toast was about to mail them, but the box was too small.

So it appears that it’s good I’m trying to stop by soon. Hopefully next week. Thur/Fri 13th/14th. I want to see Atlus, and gain some more inspiration for some things.

I guess I should go find a camera, maybe get a video or two.

Haven’t really NeoSteamed, the unbalancedness caused a lack of interest and some frustration. I’m still not happy about it. Oh well.

NS…

has issues. I decided to take a hiatus with NeoSteam. Figure that Elerds being OP’d kinda makes it hard to have the want to play.

There’s obviously no justification with this, no excuses, nothing. This can’t be denied. There’s no way to deny that Elerds are more PvP oriented while Rogwel more PvE.

Proof : Level 7x Templar attacks with shockwave, shockwave hits for 3 times, I take 3.6k 3 times, Energy Vessel with fort pot = 13k, dropped down to 2k, pet heals around 3k, after the attack, I saw a quick glimpse of my HP bar after I noticed I had been hit for over 10k damage.

[Do note that they also get spirit screen, so on a "1v1" Templar VS Justicar (summons hit enough to count as another player, especially when they're 10-20 levels higher than you.) They can block shockwave, and easily negate a Justicar's heal. Level 7 heal is roughly 3.2k to 3.5k. More or less depending on INT. If you take the Attack Power factor in, heal's not enough to survive. If you're stunned, there's no way, since you obviously can't use heal while you're stunned. If the Templar is weak, they'll run away. You'll most likely get killed by the summon.]

Rogs formula is based on STR, Elerds have it on Attack Power. Who will have more? Rogwel will get hit harder due to having higher attack. When I was hit, I had about 680-690 Attack. Their STR is nowhere near that.

Apparently, in a comparison of Shadowreavers and Nightstalkers. SR’s have more buffs and is more of a party type class. They have a heal that apparently gives a 7second debuff immunity. They’ll have higher defense overall compared to Nightstalkers. 7 seconds of 100% critical hits. Blah, blah, blah. [Don't forget Camo + Ressing]

These may be complaints, but they’re valid.

Some counter methods : Swap, or change Rogwel’s shockwaves. Lower duration for Camo, while casting res, player appears and is vulnerable. Unable to Camo in a town/city.

I still remember when 2 7x Elerds were in Rogwel. Had we had a better formula for Shockwave, we would have been more successful. 4k heals from an Evoker, and a cowardly Templar who runs away. If 5 or so 6X’s can’t take them, then something’s wrong. And there were atleast 3 Justicars and 1 Animator, along with a Strider. Now, here’s the issue, a level 81 summon hits at least 1k to 1.5k. And when they’re weak, they run away. You can easily get shot down by the summon.

A little method to counter? Remove speed buffs the moment they enter our towns/cities. Something that can prevent runners, for the most part.

Rogwel already lacks players, at this rate we’ll have way more Elerds than Rogwels once people start noticing how many more PvP skills some Elerd job/classes have.

Something better be done soon . . . I even noticed a couple of Rogs switching to Elerd. Ironically an Animator switched to a Templar. If I knew these things beforehand, chances are, I would’ve made an Elerd.

I don’t think I’d want to make one now, though. I don’t want to use a class that runs away every time when HP is low. I don’t want to be an elitist who claims to be superior and almighty. I don’t want to switch servers for the lesser population. I don’t want to kill and get killed by my allies. Though Voltspire Rogs are full of themselves, some Runeshaper Rogs are, but they’re not as bad as most Volt Rogs.

In the end, I’m back in LaTale. Knowing that the balance between two sides won’t change [if it does, it won't come early.] There’s nothing else to do for the time being.

Then again, being on NS is pretty irritating. For some reason, I can’t just sit still and relax. I can’t enjoy chatting, the moment I see the chat box it just irks me. Perhaps there are some people who I don’t want to hear…or maybe I’m fed up…I honestly don’t know why, but maybe I’m better off not being on NS for the time being. Though, I should keep up TP training at night. Just in case something happens.

PvP~

It’s been a while since actually PvPing, and today in the DR area, I got another taste. Though it’s been a while, I haven’t lost my touch! Weakened Elerds are great to kill, if they’re mobbed up, shockwave should stun them long enough…then whip out some spear power. 3 dropped like pancakes. Though it’s nice, since the spear skills are generally weak…

Other than that, nothing interesting has been going on lately. I’ve been bored. It’s been too boring.

MS appears to be getting the knights of cygnus soon, too.

Respect?

Seems like people are having issues these days. For example, Michael Jackson. There doesn’t seem to be that much of a need to randomly use hatred. I mean, show a little respect, he’s dead.

Seems Rogs in NS have issues. There’s no point in singling out just 1. There’s a bunch.

And the idiotic troll Snarfer is back on an alt. Apparently he didn’t get enough attention when he was muted and had to make a new character. Sure, we’re nerds. But who’s the real nerd? The one who switches just for attention?

Yeesh. These people just piss me off. What is there to do? What is there to say? Nothing, nothing. Hope they say the wrong things and get banned. If they’re gone, it’s all better.

Well, whatever. Nothing will change for some time…

Wasted Gold on a weapon, not sure what to do with it.

Using a Vanguard these days, it reminds me of my old MapleStory days where MS was just a game and people were people.

Nothing special

So far, nothing too special has been going on in NS. I mean, asses are running around, idiots are on the loose, and people are trying to take action. There’s no point in having a war with another nation when you’re busy dealing with morons. That said, it makes NS hard to play.

Glitchers are getting banned soon. They should’ve known better. I’m hopng some specific players have abused it. There are a lot of people NS can do without. A LOT.

Then there are the premium membership buyers. That’s another case to death with.

With those things out of the way, got some more accurate directions to Atlus..which for some reason is labled as Atlas USA..Atlus USA and Atlas USA aren’t the same..Gonna go soon hopefully!

What else… waiting on some stuff. It’s tiring to constantly play, but for the love of NS, it’s just something that’s doable.

Goggles To Go, or to dine in?

It seems like I can go to Atlus USA to pick them up.

Toast says it’ll come with an NS poster! Two collector’s item.

I’m interested on seeing what Atlus USA is like, and this feels like a one in a lifetime thing. I don’t get to go anywhere much, so I might as well take this as a chance to have some fun. It’s Atlus, after all.

Loads of pictures. For sure.

[It feels like I've already posted this before. Deja vu, and some memory loss?]

Either way….Atlus!

Fun.

So, there was some PvP challenges in the arena today in Riall, a fun rog-pvp, some unfair Elerds, but it was fun. Died some, won some.

And..hi..david..[he knows who he is.]

I…won?!

I’m still a bit shocked after hearing the announcement that I won the NeoSteam steampunk goggles giveaway.

I woke up..then news came..shocked. Out of all the people for a random reward selection…what luck.

I’m still wordless about it, nothing to say, words just won’t come. Well, only thanks from grats, that’s about it. I’m just a little too excited still.

HeavyKnight – NS edition

The HK NS blog – a journal for NeoSteam. Aside from participating in the event, I want to also have fun posting NS related things. First thing’s first…changing and editting stuff. I’m so tired…I was kept up with some insomnia thoughts like usual. Must..download..and..start NeoSteam!

Ageless debate.

I still can’t decide which nation to pick. Rogwels…Elerds…It’s so hard to decide! Must..decide..

Finally

The start of NeoSteam has finally come. Kind of.

I was sitting in the character select screen, left for an hour [school], and now I’m stuck with not being able to decide. I guess it’ll be Rogwel for me. Joining the Dark Side. . .

For now….check update data… I want to play ~_~. ~_~ ~_~ ~_~ ~_~ ~_~ ~_~ ~_~

Other MMO – 1st entry

I figured, dedicating a whole blog to NeoSteam only seems kind of…well, mentally wrong. Besides, logging some other games in would be fun. And for the contest entry, that’ll be in the NeoSteam category.

Luna Online and Warrior Epic -

Luna – I had to vend for someone, I accidentally mispriced an item and ended up losing possibly 100k. Mages are overpowered in PVE, which is nice, because I can 1hko everything in my level range/the monsters I’m “supposed” to kill. That aside, I still need to vend…didn’t vend long, and not much was made. All for NeoSteam… which sticks on Check Update Data. (Hurry up and check already…!)

Warrior Epic – Using a Pangolan Shaman. It’s fun, but there’s a long way to go before the fun picks up. The only annoying thing about WE is that after every few games, someone or everyone will get bugged/glitched, dropped out of the game, and then we all have to relog or we won’t be able to play. It’s terrible. It’s kind of rare to have a 5 people game without someone dropping out.

Not to mention, in one map, there’s no actual cooperation via chatting, and I usually end up dead or possibly dead. It’s in the Temple of (the) Twilight, where you gain the circle stone key tablet item. I was setting up a Fire Totem and ended up dead because I wasn’t given the time…team play only works when the team is actually playing.

MS – I was itching to check out the changes with MapleStory, and I have to admit. Nexon DRASTICALLY changed. Actual bans, some actual updates. Over roughly 2 months and all that change. The only thing I don’t agree with is the Terms of Services. And I have no choice but to agree or I can’t play/check Maple. It’s not that it’s boring or fun, but more like MS was deeply flawed with some issues. I even hacked for a little and got away scott-free. I guess, if you don’t get caught, you can get away with it.

…

Lame. Updating XP SP2 to SP3. Since I should restart my computer, I might as well install the SP3 first.

Technical Difficulties

I am the master at encountering technical difficulties..

Haven’t been able to play NS at all -_-;

Restarting computer once more..

Finally

After deleting a file or two, I finally got in. It was a redownload plus a couple of reinstalls with a handful of restarts. I’m finally an NSer. And a Rogwel.

I wish they would reduce the megaphone prices. 47.5k is hard for people who have bad money-starting issues!

I’m enjoying the new changes, since my experiences with the korean version are still different. It seems like we have the expanded Riall area. Will that eventually become a starting point? It takes barely 10 to 20 minutes to hit 10 in the korean version as well. As for U.S./’Global’ NeoSteam, it’s a bit rough to hit 10, but the grind is lessened. Still, it did take some time. A snooze!

Well, back to NeoSteaming.

-_-;

NeoSteam is a lot like Warrior Epic. They both occasionally get stuck at Checking files, and the only cure is to close and reopen the launchers.

To think I was going to restart my computer again…

Now I have to remember… Checking -> Bad -> Relaunch -> Should work -> Mindless mob smashing.

Garden Party!

Fun. Rogs united with a piece of toast that can use fire. Although, we really needed a second set of buffs from the genderless toast.

I got a kill or two and I got killed by two, so I had fun. The only bad thing was their summoner named Yuna with some issues…bragging about their survivability with their special summons. Obviously it would take more than 1 person at these levels -_-; Just wait until some level ups..and then we’ll see who’s so great. No summon = pretty easy killings.

Aside from that, I finally managed up the money to buy a megaphone, and that’s when things pick up a little. It’s fun to chat excessively. Maybe.

Changed to a twohanded weapon as well. Unless I have a shield with a stat boost, I don’t think there’d be any point in using that at this time.

A whole day’s worth

A lot of things went on, and well, I finally got to explore the factory.

Getting armor is a bit mandatory, since more defense really means less damage. 156 per hit, if you add a mob of two or three, and then add in their speed, it’s pretty deadly. The only bad thing is, stamina usage has increased even further, but equips have value both from bazaar’ing and npcing.

The only down side is, if you don’t get anything, you’re screwed. I guess the main issue is skills having inaccurate descriptions or being bugged/glitched. And since I’m using a Justicar, defense is a bit..well, everything. We’re not that great with attacking, our healing is basically extra heal, and hurricane counter is no longer working for me right now. Maybe the monster’s too high leveled. Well, I do need a new shield, and that’s what HC says it returns damage proportionate to shield defense.

Back to today, I met a few people, and managed to hit 33. I should start questing for gold..

I also helped some people with the Mantodean in the Terrawhale’s Heart. It’s nice to help lower leveled people.

I’m not sure what else to say, maybe I’ll make a new post.

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Aside from some misleading skills, NeoSteam is going great. Though, potions are a little too expensive. I can barely afford some of the level 15 ones, and 35 is coming around fast.

I’m still wondering if being a shield Justicar is a good idea. Hurricane Counter is useful but it’s also not useful. It didn’t return much to the garden beetles, it was only 88 returned. When 4 attacked me and I was normal attacking one, the rest would die or almost die by the time I move on to the next beetle. Dual wield does seem good, too.

I’m having some equipment issues as well, it’s a bit of a pain.

Ah what a mess. Yesterday, the guys I met were from killing Kalin, and then we tried another boss. It’s cool because bosses drop enough money to last for a little while. Or even buy some new equips. I think I’m going to go hunt Kalin right now.

Eh? EH? EH?!

Apparently the counter issue I had was because the skill was only level 3. The higher, the more effective. I used up the one time reset..

As far as things are going right now, I’m aiming to be a proud Justicar. Although, it makes me rethink my offensive defensive/supportive skill sets. Holy Aura is an instant, and the higher the level, the more it heals and the less fails it has. It’s the only way a Justicar can burn MP. The ONLY way.

Maybe I should be more involved with newbies and the higher ups. Well, time to resume steaming for the day. A long break is good enough to make me want more and not less.

Awesome.

Yesterday was great. I kinda led an Elerd raid for a little while. It lasted for quite some time, and we learned that high priests are a little too powerful. This makes me wonder if our maestros are weaker.Let’s start with some screenshots! I should have gotten a video but I didn’t think about it until after..

This is when we took down the first of the NPCs.

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An additional UI-less pic for no actual reason.

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This is us trying to fight the priest in Bijumir. We went to Garnedine but we got killed fast. It’s not easy to take down someone 23 or so levels higher than you. Not easy at all. As you see…we were hit by an AoE stun for 17 seconds. And we were also hit by an AoE. I try to stay back to support since ressurecting people only works if you’re alive. Duh.

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The wordpress image thing isn’t so great..time to use an alternative.

The Best of NeoSteam

This’ll be a mini review, since I’m waiting on some uploads.

NeoSteam is an MMORPG set in a fantasy steampunk environment. It boasts several unique races, classes, two nations at war, mounts, ‘rides’, and Neo Steam.

The two nations, Republic of Rogwel, and the Kingdom of Elerd, are at war. What is it over? Neo Steam. Neo Steam is the source of energy used like electricity. From weapons to air balloons, NeoSteam is needed. To further display that need for NS, you get an allotted set of NS allowance per hour. A resident allowance.

There’s not much to do with Nation – Nation interaction, because the other nation sees your text as jibberish. Random symbols. If we use the Bazaar, we can sell and trade stuff all over the place. There’s also one way to communicate with the other nation. Party Name Chatting. PNC. Use the party name for short sentences. Two names can lead up to a sentence. Avoid big words!

Classes : 8 classes. At level 10, every class branches into two paths. Each nation also has different class names as well as different skill sets. For example, Rogwel has more mechanical summons while Elerd has more ‘natural’ summons.

Base classes include Warrior, Mystic, Scout, and Machinist. An example of a Warrior’s branch would be Vanguard [Offensive] and Justicar [Defensive-Supportive], for Rogwel.

Along with this are skills. Along with skills are resets. From 1 – 30 you get a total of 10 possible skill resets. At 31, you will get a final reset. Make use of resetting at 30 when you’re around 99% to clear up some mistakes. You also get 1 Skill Point per level until level 50. By 51 you will get 2 points. Skills also require TP, which you gain from using skills or by using a Skill Trainer for your class in one of the two starting towns in your nation.

Races : You have Humans, Tazxn Humans, Lyells, Lupines, Tarunes, Elves, and Poms.

Each race has their own set of abilities as well as a special buff skill. These skills will unlock themselves as you level up. Although, it should be noted that you should not pick what seems the best or the strongest. Just pick what you like. And if it’s about power, make yourself powerful, it’s all about equipment. Upgrade, steam cores, the like.

Upgrading : There are 3.5 types of upgrades.

Alteration. Changes the stats on an equipment. Let’s say you have +1500 hp. That item with +1500 hp could go to 1600 hp and get a new -level 5 option.

Enhancement. Mostly used to increase attack power on weapons, defense power on armor. It is recommended to make use of Bronze Gower Stones as well as level 16 and below armor until you can afford your next level of armor. This is mainly because +4 armor is powerful, and Silver Gowers aren’t too easy to often find. Weapons also glow.

Special/Skill. A special upgrade uses a Craftsman Hammer. When an item has S1, it will give you 2% skill power. For every S#, that’d be +2%. s1 – 2% S2 – 4% S3 – 6%, etc. These will give an additional glow near the weapon’s handle.

Cores and Sockets. Sometimes, equipment comes with Sockets. These sockets can be utilized by enchanting with Steam Cores. These cores will give you special abilities, such as reduced damage, gaining NS after every kill, a special attack that deals a lot of damage. The down side is that some of these abilities have relatively long cooldowns. They’re extremely useful skills that make you think twice about which/what to get. Once the core is placed, it can’t be undone.

Mining. I’m not sure about the naming for Elerd vehicles so… After you get a Buggy, you can turn that into a mining buggy for the price of 150,000 Gold. You can also turn it into a steam rider. I would recommend a mining buggy because the steam rider won’t be useful if you don’t have 4,000,000 gold or are under level 50.  And that mining is needed to get resources for creating new/more equipment. Crafters are all over the place, and they’ll be waiting around ready to make stuff if you provide the items.

Nations and PvP.

There are a few areas. Republic of Rogwel is 1, Kingdom of Elerd is 2, Taxzn Alliance is 3, and Rope Isle, as well as Riall. The first three areas are visitable by people who are LV 15+. Rope Isle is for 50+ if I remember correctly. Depending on which nation who’s visiting, Rogs can get killed first by Elerds if Rogs are in Elerd territory and vice versa.

Riall is a place to grind for both nations, however, since the middle gives the best experience, everyone rushes there. Sometimes your nation will lose it, sometimes they will reclaim it. There’s the safe area, which is around the PvP area. It’s a place where newbies or lowbies can level up normally without the fear of PK. However, you can still get PKed if you have a debuff on called Call to Arms. And if you die, you also get a Novice Shield buff. You can’t be attacked for 10 minutes, or you can use it as a first strike. However, this applies to the first 1-30 area, Jarit’s Garden. You will not get novice shield in the Riall Factory since after 30 you are no longer considered a noob.

PvP, I would have to say is the best part of NeoSteam. If you don’t create the right skillbuild or pick the right gear, you’ll have some trouble. If Elerds invade Rogwel, then we have the advantage. Using that advantage is great. When the enemy is busy buffing, they are an easy target. Rushing in and taking them out shouldn’t be too hard, especially if you have some back-up near by. It’s cool because people under the same nation will unite and fight as one. War is war!

Raiding. Additionally to PvP, raids aren’t exactly raids, but are raids. People from both nations will eventually go from one area to another. Most do it for a quest because it requires you to kill an NPC. It’s a bit hard to do alone, so it’s best put off until the later levels.

There’s more to PvP though. Siege Wars. You will get to use Siege Engines that deal massive damage. Unlike Nation invading, Siege wars are true wars. The first strike is avalible to the one who strikes first!.

Music. 2004 – 2005. The music’s still pretty good. And funny. Epic music, peaceful music, upbeat music, elevator music. I like the elevator music because it’s in the funniest of places. It plays while we’re in the Elerd area and gathering up. It’s just so weird. It just makes me laugh when thinking of that. ‘Everyone here? Let’s go kill some Elerd NPCS!’ That’s not the type of music you’d expect when you’re going to kill. But, it works.

Overall, NeoSteam is one heck of a game. Even the premium/cash shop items look nice. I already found the item I want, for sure. If I could give an official score, it’d be 8.5/10 to 9/10. There are still some issues, but no real flaws. -0.5 from issues.

I think this might be my first mmo review, ever. I might’ve left some things out, but I have some more things to write.

The advent

NeoSteam’s finally done with closed beta. It was great, the end was epic. Really REALLY REALLY epic. Omelet and Korroke with burnt toast and a random ‘non-GM’ running around. Me thinks it was sporkle. New gallery in the makings.

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Details

So far this is what happened. The remaining mid-low leveled Rogwellians headed over to the land of the Elerds. We invaded and kind of raided, but we ended up running into some mishaps. Apparently Burnt Toast might’ve spawned some things on us. It was an epic horrible death, but I kind of ran since I attempt to revive whoever’s revivable. Justicars need some better cooldowns on skills. 30 seconds to heal is a bit rough. Since half of the time I use it on others.

Anyways, we all hit up Elerd and then Korroke appeared. We dragged her down to 12% HP before stopping. She summoned something and a lot of us died. Not to mention some AoEs. Then that’s where the fun began.

Korroke started summoning bosses. Advancing more and more. Eventually we were flooded. One Elerd attacked me while I had around 200 HP -_-. As far as it goes, I did accidentally hit Endora once, but it was war against summoned mobs. Mistargeting is bound to happen. Still, this makes you wonder which of the Elerds are ‘good’ or ‘nice’.

We eventually got swamped and overkilled. Omelet appeared as well as possibly sporkle and burnt toast. Thats when it became impossible to run in and live. Well, a few minutes after Omelet appeared. http://img33.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=nsss0072648612tz8.jpg

Everyone vanished within the final few minutes, and I kept running in and suiciding. We all spammed it up at the last minute.

The gallery’s full of screenshots. It’s just awesome. I never expected for korroke [why them koro why?!] to be the only of the mods/GMs on the elerd. CFSteak didn’t appear, so..unless he was there and sporkle wasn’t. Ah, Open Beta’s going to be packed…Hopefully most people are in school, that’ll give me time to get to a decent level before moving on to questing before the heat picks up.

Wonder what awaits us in Open Beta. A new start? MORE ROGWELS?! Well, making use of the second server would be good if they plan to keep it this way. I want to level as much as I can within the first week.

Elerds.

This is a little rant on Elerds. Fact is, they can’t fight alone. It takes two to kill one Rogwel. If they are alone, they have to rely on mob aggrovation first. It’s more likely to happen to Rogwels since not that many Rogs will do that. It’s annoying, because they are practically incappable of fending on their own. It’s a fact that they always wait until you get screwed over by a mob. Better yet, they could just stun you and let you die by the mob, causing an EXP loss. Sure, we can do that to them, but with some differences in skill sets, it’s more or less possible. Different situations, different power. Our maestros seem to be weaker than their high priests as well. It doesn’t take many Elerds to successfully kill a Maestro, yet it takes a bunch of Rogs to kill a High Priest. Because there are so many Elerds….

It may even be the same in the Korean version. I know I can probably take one Elerd out without having to ‘hug a priest’ for heals. Honestly, Elerds can’t fight. Ever since entering Jarit’s Garden, I was attacked once, ironically when I was fighting a random mob. I did kill him, but there was a level difference. Although, level difference doesn’t matter, because… most Elerds pick on people 10 levels below them just to feel like pros. Pwners, to be exact. [surprise! They start fighting like wimps so early. Oh, and don't use the excuse of 'strategy', that's not prideful, that's just trying to avoid being bashed on. Excuses are excuses. There's a limit to how much of a coward you can be.]

It’s really problematic as well, since they always have more Elerds on at these hours for some reason. And for some reason, it just seems that Elerds are stronger in comparison to Rogwels. How/Why? It’s just a feeling that most people feel. Some jobs, when compared,  others are are just plain better.

It just ticks me off when I get killed by an Elerd who just waits for aggro mobs.  It’s really annoying because it shows how weak they really are. The Rogs I party with haven’t tried to sneak, because we’re not cowards. There’s a lot we can do without having to wait on a precious ‘opportunity’. It’s just that we have less players, and when it comes down to it, everyone leaves. It’s just ridiculous.

Day 3

Aside from slight annoyances. It’s going good. I accidentally spent 820k on some overpriced potions. I barely have enough to survive because of that.

I tried to get my weapon to go from +6 to +7 but failed, had to buy a bunch of seril stones to go back to +5 only to fail at +6 and buy more to get back up to +5. That was frustrating.

I’m not sure whether to continue or not, because I ended up getting a useless skill because of some people. 5 points wasted. I don’t know anymore.

There are a lot of people I just plain dislike, because half of the time they are the kind of players that are almighty and try to be a pro. The other just ticks me off from what they do. I’m kinda not caring anymore, since I”m no longer in the mood to do anything. I’m at my limits with people in NS. Not sure what the hell is possible. It’s frustrating because things were going so well. We were a group leveling at the same time and then one person abandons us. I give up on helping the people I ‘hang out’ with. I’ll stick to helping newbies, and only newbies. That will probably make things better.

There are two kind of people in this world. The kind that you like, and the kind that you don’t.

Yes, I’m annoyed. Frustrated. When reality crosses with the cyber/virtual world, things happen. There’s more to a person than just being a player.

An alternate

Another day passes. A new character is leveled. Some old people appear.

I ran into someone from the Early Access Beta, it’s not a surprise, but most people you know are in one place or another. I helped out in the Garden a little. I’m using an Animator, so I get the chance to randomly buffing people and attack Elerds/lure them into the group of people (middle), fun fun. I slipped up and forgot to look at my summon’s time, it timed out and I ended up dead. Kinda sucks how I died in the middle of the enemy’s area. I was only level 31, and was helping out a bit with my summon.

Soul drain is a must, especially for PvP. It’s great to deal that final blow to Elerds who are trying to escape. One press of the key and it’s game. On the other hand, Animators need quite the TP. SP doesn’t become as much of a problem because if you don’t have the TP, you can’t use the SP.

It’s pretty fun being a support type. I guess I’ll work towards having a handful of 50+’s, since hitting 60 or 61 will be a dead end. Leveling’s pretty easy, but it’s still slow. There are some annoyances, which is why I made an alternate.

Oh well, back to TP training.

Skills

Now that I think about it, learning all the skill possibilities and ‘types’ for each class might be fun. It seems nice to be able to help people in these terms. I don’t consider myself a pro, I don’t consider myself anything. It just seems like a good idea to have people avoid mistakes. Some prefer to learn from guides, others from their own. It seems nice to be able to put some input. If they agree, then they will follow a little of your advice. If they disagree, they will learn on their own.

All in all, you get that self satisfaction feeling of helping the new guys out.

Although, I do kind of miss the grind from the old NS days. People can hit 60/61+ in under a week (they could even do it solo if they wanted to). It drastically slows down due to lack of current leveling spots, as they could possibly still be translating or working out bugs. There’s no where else to train from there, only to raid the other continent/s. Also that the grind really does stack up in the mid 50′s. It’s a bit of a pain.

Huh

It seems like Elerds are based on number while Rogwel is based on teamwork. But due to the population difference, Rogwels are at a disadvantage. I think I have an idea that’ll help even things out. Add a people cap temporarily to avoid overpopulation. When new players log in and click Elerd, a pop up will appear saying they can’t join that faction due to overpopulation.

I’m liking being an Animator right now, because I can use buffs randomly to kind of support people. It’s not the best since my buffs aren’t very high leveled, but at least it’s something. I mean, defense buff at 4 is comparable to a piece of armor or two for low levels. That being said, I’m enjoying an Animator, and helping people out is slightly easier. A healer by day, a knight by night. Atleast, that’s when Elerds become active and raid. [Seriously, do they even sleep? It doesn't seem like a joke anymore >.>;..]

Anyways, the Justicar is on hiatus..kinda, until the premium shop opens. Other than that, I’m focusing on an Animator to help out during Elerd attacks. If I can get to a high enough level, I can focus less on healing my summon and more on healing others. Makes me wonder if I should focus on healing my party or keeping my self alive to try to heal them? It’s a split decision between your comrades or yourself. It’s not an easy decision. However, when the summon is gone, caution is needed. I end up as an easy target but I heal anyways.

Feeling a little like a strategist, too. Kind of like, aim for a summoner, have Rogs do a full assault, respawn, and start up the attack on the next one. The amount of heals will decrease due to less healers. With the time it takes for them to return, we’d have to use the time wisely. That and AoE cores are VERY welcomed. They mob up and leave themselves open. If we had atleast 3 to 5 5,000 AoE core users, we’d be able to wipe them all out instantly. Healers take twice t he damage, and if they end up healing through one, the next core would make a nice impact. Finish the remaining with the 3rd core, it’s win, win. If they mob up that is. Less heals mean more damage intake. It’s not the best or a perfect plan, but it does seem like it’d be effective. Strategy!

Not to mention that low leveled players can help a lot. They can absorb skills like Shockwave, making the skill using enemies an easier target. They could also keep summons occupied a little.

For now..I think I’ll focus on leveling up a little.. War means nothing without the power to fight.

Rogwel Pride!

I’m a little bored so..

Rogwels. We are friends. We are comrades. We are traitors. We are rivals. We are enemies. We are heroes, we are guardians, we are saviors.  Together, we fight as one. Regardless of the challenge, we will not give up without a fight. We will not cower in the eyes of the enemy. Nor do we fight with petty tricks or use cowardice against our enemy. We will confront anyone. There is no greater nation. We can do anything when we’re united. We are the Republic of Rogwel!

Ah..I had something much cooler to say, but I went to sleep and forgot…oh well, -thinks-

Launch nearing…

According to the bar/guage on the homepage, it should be up tomorrow…kind of confused with the days since everything I’ve been saying with some people have made some sort of mess which leads to some sort of confusion.

Ah whatever, it’s near, that’s what’s important.

/rage

/Rage
Do take into account there are TWO servers. Quit your b****ing and switch.
Runeshaper ‘elitists’….they always say this, and that. Well, guess what?
‘Carebears’? Okay then. Elerd consists of bandwagoning trolls. [If you take offense to this, you are a bandwagoning troll. I didn't say all are, you know.] Like assassins in MapleStory. [If you've played it a year or two ago, you'd know what I'm talking about.]
Warriors with summons, Scouts with invis-ressing, what more do you want? That reeks of the usual Elerd you will see. Yes, this is bashing. What? It’s true. Templars are bandwagoned as is. That’s only the half of it.
In that sense, Rogwel needs something more appealing. Why do you think we are being ‘carebears’? We don’t get all these things, which affects our moods [when people get PK'd]. We don’t have as much people. We don’t like to give a damn. Most of us aren’t elitists. We have noobs who join Rogwel only to switch. This is a complaint, but I’m [i][b][u]choosing[/u][/b][/i] to [b]live with it[/b]. Got a problem? Too bad. Use some uncommon sense damn it. Quit whining and do something.

Late night trolls.

Three of them. 4AM. Retarded, redundant, what more?

These people act all high and mighty. One complained about leveling being hard at level 28, and wanted some power-leveling. Everyone mostly grind like normal people. How hard is it? So when people told him to actually put effort into leveling, he started spazzing about how we all suck even though we have helped him once or twice. In fact, he’s the one who kept whispering random crap to me. Isn’t it ironic? He acted all mature, and so pro. What a piss off. People like that shouldn’t be allowed on the internet, but nothing will stop them. Rather, the internet itself has gone from a masterpiece to random stupidity.

Then there’s person #2, who complained. The irony was in the fact that s/he was complaining about how some of us were using the World Chat. With the /mute command and the ability to silence World Chat, why the hell would you complain about it? Down right lazy, and stupid. If you’re going to be a smartass, do it when you’re not a lazy idiot.

Then there’s troll #3. He went on and on about e-peens and crap. Ironic how he was the one getting the thrill with his own e-peen.

I swear to god, why are these people even playing? They bitch, they whine, they moan, yet they still continue. I would love to know why they keep playing. Someone, tell me.

Because they are trolls, it is easy to prove that what they say would be incorrect. However, it’s moreso interesting when they insult you with uncreative things. Rather, insult themselves have started to lack creativity. Reason : it’s always the same damn thing. It’s funny because you can turn the insults around easily. When they lack grammar, they say they don’t care about it. What’s wrong? Can’t prove your worth by making a minor typing adjustment? Don’t you just love the attention you’re getting?

Get a life. If anyone’s interested. Here are some Player names. Snarfer, troll 1, Shiinko, troll 2, Sinprodigy, troll 3. By the way, Sinprodigy, Sin, being assumable as assassin, that would make him to want to be a prodigy assassin. Now if it were like MapleStory, ..well, it is like MapleStory, a sin is a sin, obnoxious players who are trying to be ’1337′.

Oh yeah, I’m not a type of person who will tell a one-sided story. Screenshots are as good as evidence gets, either way. I find troll 2 ironic, because Atlus USA HQ is basically in CA, and even moreso in irony if you consider that USA is USA -.-; freedom of speech would apply, also thrown on as a rule. So if anyone who was on at the time ends up seeing this… Please tell me you have to agree with these valid points.

It may be something over the internet, but I like these type of situations.A little maturity should be involved, though. And blatant attempts at being a smartass know-it-all should work when you can be a smartass and not contradict your own points and comments/remarks. Trolls can’t admit defeat, and die when they no longer have the center of attention. They end up shutting up because they don’t want to be wronged any further. If you can’t admit it, then quit it.

[Humans...the average human degrades in quality as time passes. As far as it goes, too much time has passed, the average joe has greately degraded into a dumbfounded oaf who are either all talk and no action, or don't know any more beyond sex, cars, and whatever crap teens are into these days.