Nothing to post...

Really... Since I was away from civilization these past days, I can't post some updates.

Although, I'll try to update this week regarding the drop rate of Stone Bucklers on a normal rate. Hopefully, LU might give a decent sale this week, or an interesting event perhaps. April Fool's day wasn't as much as expected.

Wednesday Weekly Post

Things had been fun for me this past days, especially that today marks the end of the "Graduation Sales" and the modified EXP and drop events. Honestly, I haven't thought of things to do for the week, so I ended up in a dilemma of what to do. Luckily, I got inspirations from Doddler's blogs of things that I can actually do.

First up, money making.

(Not the typical shop you see everyday online)

Some of you might wonder, but I absolutely loathe botters. I don't bot, for one. And I don't make money from botting. With a little ingenuity, and a couple of resources (and timely events), you can turn any potential dungeon into a gold mine. With the recent posts as good resources, I turned Abyss Lake into somewhat a money bank.

The trick is how you do it. Most people asked me, "how the heck did I got that many Stone Bucklers in one fell swoop?". My current record as of today, is that I already produced almost 50 Stone Bucklers in my entire stay in Abyss Lake. All of them are harvested by hand, supplies burned and effort amplified. You just have to think on how you'll be able to gather them quickly and surely. This screen shot is a good example:


Luring a lot of dragons and killing them en-masse is the best way to do it. Lord Knights are good in doing this. Since all of the enemies here are aggressive, they are bound to attack you. With this opportunity, you strike them with Brandish Spear, and let them drop the goodies.

I used a lot of supplies with this. Assumptio scrolls to tank them, buffs for added attack power. Bubblegum to increase the item drop. You can get almost 3-4 Stone Bucklers this way for 30 minutes, plus other valuables like Treasure Chests, Inverse Scales, Bijous, Monster Cards, and a lot more. If you're that much of a hard worker, then you'll be able to get more than 4 every 30 minutes.


This is the end result. I gathered these up within an hour. Thanks to the item drop mod, premium subscription and the bubblegum, item gathering is no problem now.

I'll try to test this again this week, however, since the mod exp and item drop event will end. I'll see how many Stone Bucklers I can gather, just to see the average.

Still, even with this routine, I got pretty bored of doing it. So I asked Jaryd to hunt hydrolancers for his Fricca's Circlet. We got too cocky and hunted Detale himself.

(A really, really, really long line of buffs. Not the thing you see everyday)

My Lord Knight can't handle Hydrolancers since they heal pretty quickly, plus I haven't purchased Neuralizer to get Spiral Pierce yet, so I used my Champion instead to kill the darn dragon.

(I haven't got the screenshot of the dead body of the dragon, but at least I got the MVP text on)

It was a suicide run. Since Detale uses Reflect shield, we have to use blunt tactics to kill him. We need to separate the slaves from him, then use Lex Aeterna on the dragon. I'll lure Detale away, then use EF immediately. Of course, I'll die from the reflect, then Jaryd will resurrect me quickly, Zen, reloc, then do it again. The hardest part is that when he had 30% HP left. That's the time Detale uses Heal level 11 (9999 heal).

Detale has 980, 000 HP, so we need to make sure than every shot of my EF counts, even if he heals. Good thing we have Tokens of Ziegfried, so dying isn't an option here. We managed to get a Morpheus Ring from Detale, which is a good thing, despite that I was aiming for the Pole Axe. >_<

With that already done, I decided to resume my Lord Knight's level, at least to a level of 95.

(Not meant as an advertisement for LU. But I'm pretty happy that I can do 10k per pierce on a Kasa)

With the money I made from Abyss Lake, I was able to assemble my very own anti-Kasa Pike. Since I abandoned Spiral Pierce in favor of a much quicker Pierce, leveling in Thor's Volcano became much more easier and more quickly. Soon, I'll add the Thorny Buckler set to increase the damage output.

I wasn't able to go to Crack of Dimension this week, since my Internet has been acting up again yesterday and last monday (those days was suppose to be for that).

I'll try to post for next week regarding this. I'll be out of town this week, so I won't be able to play much. I guess it's high time I go to sleep, or resume reading online manga for now. Ciao!

Miyuki's Transcending Moments

(To Valhalla!)

Last week was a real tiring week for me. Not only that I have to find a way for my Knight to transcend, but I actually have to make her transcend without relying on heavy funds! (like the things I did with my High Priest, Soul Linker and Champion)

I continued my road to 99 with Abyss Lake. The dragons there seem to give a decent amount of experience even at my level of 98.

I have limited funds to burn, so I need to kill as many dragons as I can before my supplies run out. My supplies are limited to Insurance Packages, Assumptio/Bless/Agi Scrolls and Potions. (The potions are expensive, running at 350k per box, which contains 100 Whites and 50 Blues)

Eventually, I got tired of leveling in Abyss Lake, so I moved to Thor's Volcano for that percent of experience.

(Whoever is this awesome priest, I gotta thank him for lending me a helping hand.)

(Pierce-mashing a Kasa. Mash em' good...)

(Eventually, I reached my turning point.)

I headed to Valhalla immediately, not wasting any time since the EXP bonus of the manual is still there.

(Rebirth at last...)

Leveling is never hard this time around, thanks to the Bowman Scrolls (level 8) that I have with the Yggdrasil Lif promo. The downside is that the level 8 bowman doesn't have Double Strafe, but it makes up for its very high attack speed (of 178 with Mercenary Berserk Pots).

(Being lazy was never this good...)

(Even if I'm surrounded with bots, I never cared as long as I got my exp points)

(Eventually, I reached Lord Knight Status)

(And promptly returned to the dragons for more leveling...)

Currently, Miyuki is at level 86. I'm hoping to get her to level 90, so that I can move her to Thors once and for all.

Well, that's it for this week. Ciao!

Abyss Lake Adventures

(Post edit: this post came out a bit late. Damn Photobucket for having a maintenance on Wednesdays... >_<)

Resuming my weekly update post is my adventures in Abyss Lake. I used my Knight to take on the perilous cave of the dragons. Two weeks ago, the pRO GM team made a "Master of Dragon" event wherein you'll hunt dragons for their loots, and exchange them for experience points. I tried the quest to see if it's viable, but I set my eyes instead on another goal - Stone Bucklers.

Seeing Doddler's recent posts in his journal made me wonder if my Knight could do the same, even if she was lacking Brandish Spear. I captured some screenshots of her progress:

(Detale is pretty big for a dragon. I mean, he's freakin' huge!)


(Taking on a Gold Acidus, my main experience source.)

(Seeing this made me develop some allergies on dragons...)

I faired up pretty well in this place, even though I lacked a Sky Petite shield. I'll return to this place on a modified EXP week to level up here. Currently, this are all the equipment I had:

Greedy Alice Doll (Cramp)
Robo Eye
Iron Cane
+4 Arctic Silk Robe (Garm)
+10 Quadruple Dragoon Pike (Earth Petite)
Rigid Guard (Thief Bug Egg)
+4 Immune Muffler (Raydric)
Green Boots (Matyr)
Ring of Muscle (Mantis)
Double-Forced Ring (Tarou)

My strategy was to dish out as much damage with pierce. Garm armor will make sure the mobs stay away from me. Luckily, in the third level of the dungeon, mobs are at a really low chance. Taking out monsters here are easy, provoking them for added damage. Gold Acidus are much more tastier, since they're weak to Cursed Water. Plus, they drop Stone Bucklers, which are good sellers.

UPDATE (March 19): I updated my equipment. Here's how it goes right now:

Dragoon Helm (+20% more damage against dragons)
Robo Eye
Iron Cane
+4 Arctic Silk Robe (Garm)
+10 Quadruple Dragoon Pike (Earth Petite)
+4 Stone Buckler of Dragoon (Sky Petite)
+4 Immune Muffler (Raydric)
Green Boots (Matyr)
Ring of Muscle (Mantis)
Double-Forced Ring (Tarou)

I'm hoping to replace the Tarou ring with another Ring of Muscle, and upgrade the boots so I'll have a much more decent DEF rating. I recently obtained a Sky Petite card for a cheap price, having obtained a Stone Buckler already from the Gold Acidus there. I'll try to hunt a lot more Stone Bucklers, especially that this week is a modified EXP and DROP rate, and Bubble Gums are on sale.

The only things to avoid there are Hydrolancers and Detale. The rest are manageable, although my main focus is with the Green/Red Ferus and the Gold Acidus.

Well, that's it for now. I'll try to do a post update regarding Abyss Lake, since I'm going to make my Knight go 99 there. Ciao!

Wednesday Weekly Post

Hello again! Today is Wednesday, and rather than bore myself to death waiting for the weekly maintenance of pRO to finish, I rather post some content in this blog to ease some time out.

Time to do some more catch-up posts!

Last week, I did a write-up on my High Priest and some random pics along with it. Today, I will write on how End of Time (my champ) got her aura and Miyuki's adventures in Abyss Lake.


This is my champ at her final level. It was really hard for me to pull this one off, especially with the scarcity of supplies. Luckily, there were a few of my friends (and clients in biolabs) that were able to provide supplies and support. I only needed the experience, I did the entire service at no extra charge. (Even when I reached 99, I am still doing my biolabs services for free, in my champ's case. Just provide all the supplies needed)

It was modified EXP week at that time, so having the biolabs crowded made it easier for me to gather monsters at a safe vantage point. If that were to be a normal day, biolabs would have been crowded with many bio monsters instead of players. :D


End of Time taking on the mini boss version of the High Wizard. Most players would run away from this monstrosity, because her Storm Gust hurts like hell... but not me. With the proper stat build and the proper equipment, you can take out the High Wizard solo, like this in my case.

I used the following gear:

- Silk Robe of Zephyrus (to lower the damage of Storm Gust)
- Genie's Wool Scarf (again, to lower the damage even further)
- +4 Valkyria's Shield of Royal Guard (She's a boss type, I needed to lower the damage further)
- +4 Tidal Shoes of Wonderer (More HP, to tank the Storm Gust)
- +5 Brave Battlefield Morningstar
- Fatasm Alice Doll
- Robo Eye
- 2 pcs Nimble Orleans' Glove

Strategy: It's OK if you become frozen in her Storm Gust, since her Lord of Vermillion is rather weak (even at Level 20). The Silk Robe and Wool Scarf helps counter the damage of LoV. You just have to be at constant potion use and pull off as many Finger Offensives as you can, and don't forget to use Aspersio or Cursed Water! When she uses Quagmire, stop attacking and move out of range. The end result:

(A dead High Wizard.)

I wasn't able to get an exact screenshot of her last 0.1% experience, but I do manage to get her final shot at it.

(Although I missed some of it...)

Things to remember while inside biolabs (in pRO Valkyrie, as a champ):

- Always make sure you wear a Garm-carded armor at all times. Switching is your best friend. In this case, you also need to pair up with a Dokkaebi-carded armor. I suggest Silk Robe since it has high MDEF against normal High Wizards. You'll need it to defend yourself against the dreaded Frost Diver-Jupitel Thunder combo.

- Take a spot, and don't wander around too much. You'll lure unwanted attention unless you can take them out. What I mean about this, are Lord Knights and Assassin Cross, which are of a different race from the rest of the monsters here (they're demon classes). With this in mind, prepare to arm yourself with a Strouf-carded weapon. Stunner or Morningstar would be great.

- When encountering mini bosses such as the Lord Knight, Assassin Cross and the Mastersmith, don't panic. If you can't take them out and you're sure that you'll die from them, let them kill you. If you have the equipment, and there are others willing to take it out, act as a tank (in the form of Steel Body) and tank all the way. You'll need these equipment for those three (since the other three are weak, and I already discussed how to kill the High Wizard):

* Pecopeco-carded Armor (You'll need lots of HP for tanking. If you have low VIT, go for the Succubus combo).
* Alice-carded Shield (They're boss types. You'll need to lower the damage even further)
* Raydric-carded Wool Scarf with a Green Ferus-carded Tidal Shoes (More HP, and damage reduction)
* 2 pcs Necklaces of Spore or 2 pcs Safety Ring or 2 pcs Neo Safety Ring (I rather prefer the Spore Necklace because of the HP, but one would resort to using the rental ring because it has more DEF)

Steel Body will lessen the damage from these monsters greatly. Then have someone take it out with EF shots. Just make sure that you constantly punch the monster so that it won't be lured away. Doing this will save you a lot of time and energy in biolabs, and less hassle as well. God help you, though, if it was the MVP family. I suggest RUN like hell away from them, unless you have an entire group of MVP killers to assist you.

- You'll never know if a monster has Assumptio or not, so when you see a High Priest bio monster along with a pack of other monsters, DO NOT approach them head on. Instead, extract the High Priest away from them and kill it (if you can). Then go away from the area and move on to the next. If you're sure that you can take out the monster with Lex Aeterna/EF, then do so. This might work with Snipers, High Priests and High Wizards (in the High Wizard's case, you do Finger Offensive with elemental attribute, not EF) but I don't think it'll work most of the time with Mastersmiths and Lord Knights. They have rather very high HP.

- Always tag along with a High Priest for support, unless you can go solo and burn cash along in the process. Free Assumptio is always good!

Just comment along if you have other ideas or suggestions (even questions). Next post, Miyuki's adventures in Abyss Lake!

Tuesday Ranting Sessions

I got bored today, so I decided to make a column for Tuesdays, entitled "Tuesday Ranting Sessions". It's a weekly column wherein I rant about Ragnarok Online, and the current system it has. I'll try to add some pics along with the posts as well.

Since this is my first post regarding this topic, I'd like to discuss some issues with the players of pRO today. How do they behave nowadays? As I do recall, you can seldom see legitimate players now. What I mean about legitimate, are players who don't use bots, doesn't cheat to become stronger, and are fair by all means. Think about it, why are there hack cases nowadays? Why are they so rampant? Even scam issues are everywhere.

If one would like to gain profit fairly, he/she would hunt for items, sell them for cash, repeat the process and stop when he/she is satisfied. That's the way it should be. It's the factor that decides the economy of one server. Bots are the ones to destroy this balance. A player would just leave his/her account on the AI's care, and when he/she opens it again, poof! Instant zeny, items and experience, and he/she didn't have to break a sweat.

That's what I hate about most people in pRO. They say "bots are already legal because Level Up! doesn't give a damn about them". Some of them say that they always want their characters to be at top efficiency when they go online, because they had other things in life besides RO to worry about. I want to prove them wrong in this case.

1. You chose to play the game. You must spend your energies on it if you want your characters at maximum efficiency. It's your consequence for doing so.

2. I don't think Level Up! doesn't give a damn about bots. It's just hard to stop those ignorant fools. Think about it, everytime Gravity releases a fix, the players persistently find a way to counter it. I remember one post at ragnaboards before. He said that "Gravity engineers fixes the game, but only on their work hours. On the other hand, players can work 24/7 just to crack the fix."

3. Before, when there is still the pay-2-play system (well, with the exception of New Chaos today), one would bot with some accounts, because you have to pay for the game time. I said to myself that that thing is still tolerable, since the population is still controlled, and less lag occured.

Now, when the free-2-play system was introduced, a player with a stable internet connection at home would just have to create a bunch of accounts (usually 10 or more), and bot non-stop to "harvest" loots. Since it's free, those accounts' job is to give the player zeny every week. This particular situation doesn't only destroy the server's economy, since the zeny is abundant, but also generates enough lag to make someone with a slow connection disconnect from the game.

There are still people out there who fights fairly, and fights against these botters. However, only the admin (Level Up!) can help us with this. And if they can't help us, it only means they are on the side of the bots. Please prove me wrong with this case.

Next, the scammers and hackers.

Some of the botters are still tolerable. But for those who can't bot (or is just plain too greedy), one would resort to "steal" from other players. There are at least a thousand tricks to scam a player in-game, whether to impersonate someone (posers), use false advertisements (in vending and pub chats), or scam a player out of services provided by the scammer (blind/boost/leeching service). Even resorting to use "scam websites" is another issue here.

Why are they so persistent? If they want equipment and zeny so bad, they have to earn it fairly! Why some of the players are just too plain greedy? I hate it when someone gets scammed and hacked, because I know the one who got scammed worked hard for his/her gear and zeny. And with a blink of an eye, the scammer gets away unscathed.

I'm on two sides here. First, with the victims. I feel sorry for them because they worked hard for their items, spent big on them, and spent countless hours just to get them. Although I can't give any alms for them (because that's just plain wrong), my advice to them is take extra good care of their accounts. Never trust anyone unless you know them personally in real life. If you would trust someone, however, assess the person first. We don't know who is "the wolf in sheep's clothing" among the flock, so be really extra careful. Oh, and asking question doesn't hurt either. Just don't be misled by other people, however.

Second, with the admin (Level Up!). Before, they can give you compensation if you got hacked or scammed provided that you give proof to your claim. Now, they won't entertain hack/scam cases anymore, simply because players failed to follow their guidelines. In my opinion, I don't even care about their policy, but I do care about one of their reasons about it. One can simply role-play a scam/hack event, report it with forged evidence, and Level Up! will play as the suckers to those players. I can't blame them, it's to prevent cheating, I guess.

They're trying to teach us to report these things to the proper authorities. Since real money is already involved in pRO, LU said that we should report these cases to CIDG. I don't know if they're reliable or not, though. Some players are just too ignorant, blaming LU for everything. It's just hard to please someone, and if you try to give your best, they aren't satisfied at all. They only care about the balance, and yet, some players aren't satisfied and want more.

Now, the "pleasing" issue.

LU releases new items almost every week, and puts their items on sale, also every week. Some players are not just content about it, but also rants that those items are expensive, or rather, having wrong descriptions. Well, if you really want it, spend big on it. If I were to be asked, in iRO, these items are much more expensive, since you're paying in US Dollars. Be thankful that these items are much cheaper in pRO. You'll just have to suffer the consequences for playing in a F2P server.

Another of this issue is that whenever the community managers (GMs) gives an event, players are never satisfied. They always want something in return, items for instance. Summoning events are nothing to them, and are just a waste of time (although some players still acknowledge this fact). Why just can't the players get satisfied? The GMs are just trying their best to provide us with the best experience anyway...

Well, I'm not saying that all players are like this. But judging from the ones I see in RO everyday, most of the players are. They are not the ones who are in control of the game. They are only there to experience it.

My final words regarding these cases: play fairly, be content, and be happy what you have. Greediness has a price.

Follow Up Post - More Randomness

Following my High Priest post, is some random topics that I did during the past days.


I took this screenie when I was in Einbech Mines. I lol'd when the Teddy Bear hit me with the cursing attack, and at the same time, did an "/omg" emoticon. Look out! Death is approaching! /gg

(Am I in heaven already? But why does the landscape look like hell? o.O)

My Knight, doing the Crow of Destiny quest. It's a new quest added with the Demise of Morroc patch. The quest will give you a decent amount of experience.

Battlegrounds 19 vs 19. A new PVP system in Ragnarok Online. It plays like WoE, with a lot of skill restrictions. Body Relocation is not allowed... >_<>

(This is Tierra Gorge. My Knight in action. Go break them!)

Say Hi to my new friend RSX! Man, he's big....

My Super Novice in Moscovia Dungeon. Vavayaga is beside me. Moscovia, by the way, is an added map with the Demise of Morroc patch.

And... that's it with this Randomness post. Next update, some more catch-up posts. /heh