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IT'S A CAPITAL L

Because I'm too Lazy to Edit

Pro Mystery Box
So...


This mystery box is just absolutely disappointing. The fillers are pretty much junk -- as are most mystery boxes. 


The Easter Egg is a mystery box in itself. You're not guaranteed that you'll get a good demon from it. It can get you nice little prize or a total fail. Inexperienced Lilim? Sure -- I'm clearly too lazy to go down into the docks.


F.Y.I. 


Mystery Boxes are bad enough on their own -- don't put another mystery box in. 


Hell sell the damn thing in the item mass for 500AP or some price like that.

I'm in your caves stealing your Daisos~

I'm in your Caves Stealing your Daisos
Ok so, this was back when Daiso was pretty fresh. Also -- for those that didn't know I made Game Sage after applying sometime back. Anyway, continuing on -- I love this golden tag. It makes me so high profile it's absolutely hilarious. I mean let's completely disregard the other three clan members I had there. Let's disregard my other two clannies accidentally blowing the entire party up. Let's just focus on the Game Sage.


Let's face it. It's an open dungeon and anybody can see a spawn. Hell, I don't see people reporting the countless Phantom KS I see around. People who complain about something as idiotic as this should play an MMO with open PK. They won't last a day out there.


OMG AERIA GUIDE!!!1111one
So I decided to finally get off my ass and make a melee guide. Clearly monthly promises of "I'll update my Melee Guide" regarding this specific guide wasn't enough to motivate any sort of update. Prior to the posting of my guide, the last update was in May 2009. Since it's been edited let me highlight a few things that were there.


Demolition Dash was listed in the Chain Expertise. For fucks sake it's a mage skill.
Retaliation has not been implemented.


Now all you naysayers out there -- I am well aware that my own Synthesis Items thing hasn't been finished. Bite me. I'm a hypocrite in this manner and I really only started that to get people to stop going "OMFG ELEMENTAL KOTETSU FIRST IN THE SERVER OFFER ME MILLIONZ." I made that out of spite.

ALSO BEFORE I FORGET

So after all these months I finally got my revenge. Q_Q


Anyway I've had one specific project I've been working on. I scrapped my Nyar obsession and decided to just raise demons for funsies. I'm not much of a PvPer anymore so I've been focusing on two demons solely for PvE and for fun -- I didn't care too much for their resistances, but meh -- it's not like they're absolutely horrendous.


That's all for now.


/Indi

*-~Custos Morum~-* Ch: 1

Author's Note: I'm picking up writing again (or attempting to) rofl


Custos Morum: Chatper 1


"Ah, it seems we have a guest," chimed a voice from just around the corner, its tone playful and pleasing to the ear, "I hope you have the money to stay here if that's what you're here for."


A man walked into the room from an open door and stood behind the counter. He had a simple white shirt, stained with juice. His belly stuck out a little bit from the bottom of the shirt he worse, muffin-topping a little past the waist of his blue jeans. He was balding, and the jolly face of his appeared to mark him in his mid-30s.


"Why yes, the name is Donovan Archer Summers," introduced the man who had entered this building. He wore a long coat that was buttoned closed, black slacks, and loafers. A rolling luggage bag sat beside him. It was a dull gray, thick, wide, and as tall as his leg.


From behind the counter, the other man wiped his hands on his shirt, staining it with oil. "My name's Ralf with an f. I don't want none of that Ral-p-huu with a P and a H." He laughed raucously, and Donovan leaned to the side to avoid a flying ball of spit. "I'm the owner of this establishment. I see myself as a pretty hip guy, down to earth, so don't mess with me and you'll be fine." He extended a hand out to his guest.


"It's a pleasure to meet you Ralf." Donovan said, exchanging handshakes with the jolly man with hidden disgust behind his face. "I think I can keep out of your way as long as you keep out of mine." He said jokingly, hoping he wouldn't have to interact with Ralf at any other time aside from checking out.


Ralf pulled out a clipboard that was missing the clip. To remedy this problem, he had previously stuck a tack through the papers in an attempt to safely secure them to the clipboard. He slid the clipboard to Donovan, dropping a pen almost daintily on top of the papers.


"There go fill that out." Ralf said


Donovan reached for the pen, his fingers feeling the oil on the handle.He scanned the sheets, filling out the pieces of information in a very professional manner. Within a few minutes, he finished the documents and slid the clipboard and pen back toward Ralf.


"Alright let's see what we have here." Ralf moved his finger down each line, leaving a faint trail of grease. "You're staying here for an indefinite amount of days?" He quirked a brow, almost cautious of Donovan. "What business you got here?"


"My wife's been on my ass the past month or so. I need to hide out and cool down " Donovan said coolly, putting up a very casual front. He had his own agenda he wanted to keep private. Ralf laughed at his response, nodding in agreement. He sloppily placed the clipboard back where he got it without even bothering to remove the papers.


Ralf took a set of keys hanging from the wall and tossed them toward Donovan. "Yer room's over on the third floor. Room 311."


Donovan nodded and began walking up the stairs.

Win. Epic Win.

So I opened up the tradelist in Megaten today and clicked on an item. I got this epic 5 slotted item!

Summon Speed -25%?!

Almighty RESIST -20%?!

The rest is unimportant. <3

<3 Laggy Glitches.

A Real Updatez?

Fucks you too Snakeman. Fucks you too.

So I've been working on my alt, Spring`Amaryllis. I have fairly high hopes for her -- If she disappoints me then I'll just Q_Q pretty hard. At the same time, I won't  be too surprised if it fails because I'm used to testing out different super quirky builds that aren't too reliable. Chances are I'll have to modify a few things relating to it. Either way, it's a fairly slow grind. I'm planning on picking up Lord of Armor first by way of Survival Techniques and Weapon Knowledge then raising attack. Following that, I'm planning on Raising attack, then rush, yadda yadda yadda.

K.

So.

Here's a kicker.

After a series of events, the likes of which sound like they came straight from a movie/K-Drama/Fairy Tale... Indi's found himself engaged irl. It's a little bit crazy, but it's something interesting to think about it.

<3

Pro Expertise

So...

This is my character's expertise history~

Robo Mage!

Class 1 - Bless
Class 1 - Gun Knowledge
Class 2 - Curse Magic
Class 7 - Shot
Class 5 - Magic Control
Class 10 - Destruction Magic


So...


This would get you...

Class 3, Rank 5 - Magic Bullet
Class 3, Rank 2 - Curse of the Wretched


You would have just enough for spell hex/bullet hex. Not to mention the primary status-dealing shots from the Magic Bullet chain.


 The point of this build is essentially cursing the hell out of enemy mobs while using Magic Bullet shots and Destruction Magic as your primary means of damage. I think it'd be a fun build you could use to solo with that doesn't rely on enhance.

Cooldown Test

So today I finished my mot project. Here's the Cooldown rundown on what I have.


Equipment
Academy Shoes II (-10%)
Mysterious Slacks (-15%)
Fighting Maid Dress (-25%)
Unnatural Pipe (-30%)


Tarots
10 Mots (-20%)


Stats
80 Vitality (-20%)


JP: General Cooldown * Affinity * Other * Stats
Mine: Equip General Cooldown * Stones General Cooldown * Stats * Affinity


I'd want to know what classifies as 'other' exactly in the JP Formula.


I tested this out and technically Mots are, as far as I know, General Cooldown. I have -80% from equips and -20% from the Mots. I should have -100% Cooldown from that.


Mots =/= General Cooldown


Soooo Mots should be regarded as Other if anything. As far as I can tell, my own formula still holds some ground for now~

Tee Hee~

So this is a few days old but~

Indi got married in Megaten~

Beni Beni Beni~

So I've been running around Babel doing nothing but poking, laughing, and running with a "TEE HEE~"


That's not important.


I've been working on a few things and going on runs for once (omg I might be 91?!). Been working on a few demons for funsies~ Seeeekrit.

So...


The other day I got a Nyarlathotep plugin. Then I went on a Nyarlathotep spazzy phase where I ended up making two Nyarlathoteps.


One is magic-based.
One is for general-use.


I'll probably end up using the Magic-Based one a bit more. However, I honestly have no idea as to why I even made these in the first place haha. I should have stuck cannons as opposed to dynes but I was lazy and Sh1k1 already had the dynes. It's still fun to use but the cooldown on the dynes is just unbearable for me. I'd rather spam cannons because their cooldown wasn't too bad for me.


Nyar is overrated, he really is. He has exploitable weaknesses and dies fairly fast. 


Oh well, his propeller tail was all the more worth it.

Game Sage of February

So... I decided to apply for the whole Game Sage position in February.


It's kind of interesting considering how things are playing out. There's been a drop in Game Sages lately and I'm expecting them to absorb more than two people from the applicants. I've already voiced my feedback in the forums so I don't need to reiterate everything I've said.


Quite frankly I'm a bit turned off by how this is all turning out. The only thing I know that I am certain of, is that Royce is the one person out of all of those applicants who should be a Game Sage. Shoot, if I make it and he doesn't then there's clearly something wrong and I wouldn't be surprised at all if I ended up stepping down.


So I'm blogging at a time where just about everything can be used against me depending on what I say. No matter, I'm Indicative and I don't care if people decide to refute anything I've said or use it against me.


The only thing I'm just going to talk about is just a little bit of ranting on positions of authority.


Ideally, a Game Sage should know a considerable amount of the game, have plenty of first-hand experience to apply some of this knowledge, as well as have technical knowledge to help people who have issues with the client itself.


The intent that a Game Sage applies should be solely for the benefit of the community. A Game Sage should not just be a title, it is a tool to better help the community. If someone is a Game Sage, they shouldn't dilly-dally as if they don't care about their job. Lurking and chatting like a regular player is fine, but when it gets in the way of your duties then you should just step down.


A Game Sage is a player. Moreover, a Game Sage is a representative. They act as the liaison between players and Game Masters. They are the first line of Customer Support in their respective games and they should never ever neglect that duty. If it is more than they can handle then they know when to ask for help.


Thriving only on activity in blatantly public areas where people generally help anyway (e.g.) Shoutbox) isn't the most effective way to use a Game Sage. They should be in areas in which the least help is seen. Sitting in Babel Channel 1 works in some ways just because you see the greatest number of players there. What of the other channels? Not every player starts off in Channel 1. Of course, making your presence known does help but there's other means for them to help other than just chatting it up.


Helping in-game doesn't always mean you'll be well-known. If fact you should even care about fame if you want to be a Game Sage. That's the first step in being a terrible one. 


[/incomplete rantz]

My kingdom! My kindom for a maid!

So...


I've officially returned to my old Enhancer build. It's a cooldown-focused enhancer that tries to maximize everything. So let's go do a rundown through the cooldown I have.


Mysterious Slacks (F):  -15%
Academy II Shoes (Purple/F): -10%
Unnatural Nanbu/Pipe: -30%
Shu Supremacy Top (F): -6%
EQUIP TOTAL: 61%



80 Vit: 20%
STAT TOTAL: 20%

 So here's an example.


1*.39*.8 = .312

It's essentially 70% cooldown to all skills. Now let's try it with A full set of Mot Tarots which is 26%.


1*.39*.8*.76 = .23712


So if I went all out, went insane, and did that I'd get am amazing 76% cooldown. Too bad I'm lazy as hell. So let's do this with my dream fighting maid that I'll never get anytime soon haha.


1*.2*.8*.76 = 0.12


So it's just absolutely amazing with the fighting maid. This is literally my dream haha.

LF> Fighting Maid


Also, the reason why I dumped my Armored Critical Rapid was simply because it didn't perform to my expectations. Lord of Armor is just brutal as hell on your damage. It's definitely not a PvP build because it's just brutal getting wailed on by a melee. You'd have to abuse incense in order for this build to be viable.

Trinity Enhancer -- Fixxed

Okay so a friend of mine told me I massively messed up the earlier variation of this I posted. Here's the fix.


Trinity Enhancer

Expertise
Class 2 Curative Magic
Class 4 Bless
Class 2 Support Magic 
Class 1 Destruction Magic 
Class 5 Curse Magic

Class 1 Magic Control

Class 5 Survival Techniques
Class 4 Weapon Knowledge
Class 2 Attack


Chain Expertise

Class 2 Rank 6 Enhancement
--Class 2 Curative Magic= Rank 6 Enhancement
--Class 2 Support Magic= Rank 8 Enhancement
--Class 4 Bless = Class 1 Rank 2 Enhancement


Class 3 Rank 5 Curse of the Wretched
--Class 1 Destruction Magic = Rank 1 Curse of the Wretched
--Class 5 Curse Magic = Class 2 Rank 5 Curse of the Wretched
--Class 4 Bless = Rank 8 Curse of the Wretched
--Class 1 Magic Control = Rank 2

Class 4 Retaliation
--Class 4 Weapon Knowledge = Class 1 Rank 6 Retaliation
--Class 2 Attack = Rank 4 Retaliation
--Class 5 Survival Techniques = Class 2 Retaliation


Explanation
This is what could be considered an offensive support enhancer. This build was designed to be a wall that batters down on the opponent’s defenses, supporting damage dealing players by way of spell/slash/bullet hexes. The Lord of Armor toggle prevents this enhancer from having its cast cancelled so it can maintain a steady stream of buffs and hex magic.

The stat distribution for this build is INT/VIT. Cooldown is a primary necessity for this build so the user can spam Curse of the Wretched at an even faster rate.

Wee~

Okay so, Celu Gold was released yesterday. Even though I was lagging worse than a pregnant lady, from what I saw from auto-following it looked pretty fun. I've still been a little busy and at the moment I'm still on vacation so the only internet I have is at the hotel -- which isn't too bad and I can't really complain.


I've gone to Vegas... three times? Four? I don't remember.


It's a bit dull after being there so long plus I didn't exactly save up for this vacation since it was completely random on my family's end. "Oh hey we have to burn off three weeks worth of vacation time at our time share, let's go." That was about a week to get ready and it was kinda bleh. Not to mention just walking around isn't that interesting when you've seen most of the same stuff. 


Seeing the shows isn't too bad though -- at least you get to see some new stuff hahas. Of course, I'd be able to see more if I actually had like a month to prepare. Stuff adds up fast here.


So yeah, nothing all too exciting. For those who've noticed I've pretty much been online this whole week on Megaten. I've got what, two more nights of vacation?


Alright so...


I was thinking of a build that would be fun to play and it wouldn't be too bad in terms of stability. It'd be a rush-melee hybrid.


Class 9 Attack
Class 7 Rush
Class 2 Weapon Knowledge
Class 1 Survival Instinct
Class 1 Bless
Class 2 Curative
Class 4 Support


You have enough Retaliation/Regal to get Class 3 in that chain. This will allow you to access most of the basic toggles for damage boosting -- Spear/Lance/Primitive Weapons/Thrusting Sword. I think it's a fairly decent build, but having to switch between thrusting swords to abuse the rush toggle and another weapon could be a hassle and if anything it would be a very specialized build and isn't the best for all situations. I still think it would be rather interesting to see soemthing like this though.



Anyway I got bored and attempted to get back into creative writing. It's pretty bad since, well I haven't exactly done too much writing in the past... three-two years?


Modern Warfare
by J.S


Of blood and steel
We see this nightmarish blend
Of nature's children
Twisted with artificial shells
Cold metal and warm flesh
Crimson liquid is spilt
And oil pollutes the earth
The loud cries of man
Clashes with roars of machinery
This is no fairytale
This is modern warfare

=o

So we finally managed to move everything into the new house. Since I'm not the one who's providing the internet -- nor am I paying for it -- I can't exactly complain about how we don't have internet at the moment. ::sigh:: Parents~

So I haven't been on Megaten as of late. That means I haven't been on Cloud Nine either. We should be getting cable within the next few days -- hopefully in a couple days so yeah. By the time we get internet back I'll probably be going on vacation soon too -- just a small trip down to Las Vegas, Nevada. Of course... I'm not even 21 yet so it's not like I can revel in the full joys of "Sin City."

Feh, I suppose this is essentially a general update on just everything -- a blog post that doesn't have to do with anything really video game related. Probably the only thing I can say that's video game related would be playing through Advance Wars: Days of Ruin to brush up a bit to face off against Pearz and deplete her Megaten money supply (not like I'm super-massively active on it myself).

We moved into a new house -- from a single story to a two story. The plot of land is a bit bigger in size too -- and we have a pretty sizeable backyard. It's a pretty nice house since we renovated it a bit. Bleh I didn't really even want to move that much in the first place, but at least I have a bigger room now. \o/

So...

I've decided that if I ever have a house, I'll have one room all special-like. It'll be completely empty sans a fancy table and an equally fancy chess set on top of it and two chairs for the table.

Anyway, I've entertained myself without the internet fairly well which means I'm not wholly reliant on it. Between watching K-Dramas saved on my computer to old DVD collections of Anime -- it's been pretty time-consuming. As always, Stairway to Heaven is just <3

I found a bunch of old things in my room when I was cleaning it out. One of those was this really old computer game, Roller Coaster Tycoon. Dear god it's still fun despite how incredibly lacklustre it really is. I also found my old Nokia Bluetooth Headset and a charger for it. It's one of those stereo headsets that the top wire thing goes behind your head -- I'll take a picture sometime if I feel like it (just becasue I'm too lazy to describe how it looks exactly.

So yeah.

\o/

I'll probably end up adding more to these blogs than just video-game related stuffies. After deleting my Myspace last year I didn't really blog about much of anything (nor did I back up any of the stuff on there). Who knows, maybe the people who actually read this blog might be entertained.

Moving~

Okay so I've been in the middle of moving. It's pretty hectiv and my internet's not the most stable either. This is like... the fourth-fifth attempt at writing an update!

So I'm a Rapid now (as of two weeks ago?)! It's pretty fun being a reliant damage dealer but at the same time... being stuck to one spot is really limiting. Against anything without Super Armor, it might take a while to kill it because Rapid excels when you spam a neverending stream of bullets on a target. With knock back, the target can't get a repeated spam and you have to wait until their knockback is done.

So I've picked up Cloud Nine. It's fun~ 'nuff said. I'll elaborate more later~