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Summer Plans

Originally I was wanting to go to PAX Prime in August, but I missed the sale period of the 3-day passes and didn’t want to drive up to Seattle for only 2 days.  (I want the full experience!)  Also, I would have gone with my brother and that would mean more expensive passes.  Looks like I’ll just have to remain here during those succulent events and wait for youtube to present me with the goodies I desire.

Other than out of the house events, and random vaca spots I’ll be hitting during my summer, there are a few games in my lineup.

First off, I need to finish a few of my smaller goals in Aion.  The PvP is nothing spectacular there so my overall goals are relatively minute;  gather a few coins from mentor quests, finish my gear, maybe get closer to 55… maybe even 55 itself.  I don’t care for raiding, grinding the same instances for gear, or the Abyss siege warfare (it’s a more frustrating, horrible, and boring version of WAR’s RvR lakes… sort of).

With Aion out of the way, I am trying to beat Fallout 3 for the first time.  Even though I’ve owned the game for a few years now.  Sad story, I know.  I just couldn’t get into it as deeply as Oblivion.  I love the fact that Liam Neeson is in it and the game setting is enjoyable.  It’s just sort of… ok to me though.  Anyway, I finish Fallout 3 and take it back to Gamestop with a few other beaten titles in exchange for Uncharted 2.  I progress through console games slowly, usually.  Mainly because of the ridiculous prices upon their release.  By the time I finish Uncharted 2 and return to MMO’ing and finish many other things I want to do Uncharted 3 should be cheaper.  That’s the plan. <3

I am currently goofing around with Dragon Nest’s beta.  Nexon’s next action style MMO.  I figured I see what it had to offer, since I’m interested in TERA.  It’s nice to have comparisons.  I’ll probably have screenshots or something later on.

Finally, before TERA possibly comes out in August (it’s a guess), I want to get stuff ready in LOTRO for the Isengard expansion.  That means finishing up Book quests, progressing my crafting, maybe leveling an alt… maybe.

All of this seems like a lot for me to do now that I have it written out.  We’ll see how much I can accomplish.

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by Thrangis The Red on June 18, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Thrangis The Red on June 18, 2011

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Really Starting To Enjoy It

There are a lot of great additions that I’m starting to enjoy in Aion (I recently discovered it’s pronounced aye-on…).

First off, I’m finally 50!  There’s a bunch of stuff I’m playing catch up on, crafting included.

I've realized how important food can be later on, so... I've turned into a kitchen slave.

The biggest hurdle I have in this game is getting gear and making that gear… worthwhile.  There’s a large experience gap between me and players who are in my level bracket.  I’ve done very little instance wise and don’t have the knowledge required to confidently gallivant around to every available denizen of baddies.  Hope exists!  There are two great implementations to the game that provide rather simple, though time consuming, opportunities for better equipment.  One of these is the mentor system.  This consists of me traversing the various lower level zones and assisting (mentoring) a player in quests that usually take place in an area filled with elites.  I acquire tokens from finishing quests given to me in these zones and turn them in for gear.  The best thing is, this method in particular really appeals to me.  I love helping newer players with quests, reconquering lower level areas and scoffing at the mobs.  It’s just a shame that the mentor quests are dailies.  =\

The second method is participating in the Empyrean Crucible.  An endurance style instance that throws enemies at you in stages.  Each stage is consistently harder.  You go until you either beat all the stages (10 in total) or you all wipe.  You get points for everything you accomplish and these points are converted into a certain number of tokens.  So, the more you succeed the more tokens you get.  I have yet to participate in one of these, as I will most likely go for the Mentor gear first.  The general mood for players in Aion’s “endgame” is success or gtfo.  This is a mood that doesn’t encourage newer players to attempt new things.

This removes the larger hurdle of acquiring the gear.  The next step is making this gear “worthwhile”.  Which will probably get it’s own rant some time in the future, because I think the system is horrendous and needs a complete revamp.  >.>

p.s. -  I’m burning up on our first hot day of the summer.

- Thrangis
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by Thrangis The Red on June 4, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Thrangis The Red on June 4, 2011

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A brighter tomorrow?

A step in the right direction?  I’d say so.  With Aion I’ve been nearing the limit of my enjoyment.  You can easily tell this is happening when you begin to notice problems with the game more frequently than before, and those problems start to bother you.

I’m happy to say that the Aion team is doing what they can to better their game.  There’s been a large number of changes and additions to the game, some of which I have yet to experience.  Overall it seems they’re speeding up the leveling and adding more customization options via appearance and “motion”.  The motion consists of buying “guides”, which aren’t cheap, you then apply these to your character and can jump, rest, stand, and run in various ways.

Ninja motion

Levitation motion – aka Rocket shoes

Back on track.  The biggest addition to the game is simply the graphics.  They did a major overhaul to provide more stylish gameplay to players with superior computers.  I am not one of these, but my brother is and it does look a good deal crisper, brighter, and vibrant.
Let’s see, what else…

There’s now a mentoring system to facilitate low level players joining higher level ones.  Nothing unheard of and definitely a great addition to the game.  Most games should have this feature in my opinion.  A cool feature that I haven’t experienced before is the reward system for players who mentor others.  Mentors can do daily quests while assisting their companion and will receive tokens that can be exchanged for weapons, armor, accessories, and other special rewards.  This is great incentive for others to actually want to help others.  They’ve also simplified looking for others to mentor by adding an additional section in the LFG window specifically for mentors, LFMen… >.>

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There are, of course, many, many, other notes to this patch and most of them didn’t pertain to me (the pet system would be one).  If only they could patch the community.  That would be miraculous.

- Thrangis
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by Thrangis The Red on May 26, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Thrangis The Red on May 26, 2011

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Not dead…

I promise.  I’m still here.  I’m just mulling around in this cesspool, stagnant and void of any real MMO information.  By now, most GW2 should be relatively easy to procure through various means.  I’ll post anything I, almost, literally crap myself over.

Aion is so much grind the only reason I still play is because I enjoy playing it with my brother.  If my brother wasn’t there I’d find a way to hack everyone’s account, destroy their items, and digitally defecate in their shoes.  I would kindly return their accounts with all of their UI’s and keybindings messed up beyond all recognition.  If you haven’t figured it out I detest the Aion community.  They are thee (that’s right, old english.  I went there) most dense community I have ever experienced.  I’m sure it’s primarily because they’re below the legal age of pubescence.

Anyway, I’m still here and kicking.  :D

- Thrangis  (duh! Winning!)
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by Thrangis The Red on April 22, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Thrangis The Red on April 22, 2011

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*what I’m doing currently*

  • Replaying DA:O/Awakening (to lead back into DA2, which I thought was great btw.  I don’t know why I managed to find so many negative opinions on the thing.  I enjoyed it!)
  • Drawing in my free time and learning this darned photoshop.  It’s a hassle, but you learn nothing when you’re… not… learning.  Or something.
  • Drinking tea daily, because it tastes good and pop is bad for people (D:).
  • Logging into Aion occasionally to grind something.  I need so much from so many different facets of the game (darn you Korea!).  I’m looking forward to Tera though.  Mainly for the new economy, the one in Aion is shot.
  • Checking my blog and finding that only Blaq cares about me. (<3 your comments no-homo).
- Thrangis
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by Thrangis The Red on March 26, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Thrangis The Red on March 26, 2011

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