Friday, March 23, 2007

More random miscellany! (including the Aleenapella set!)

Aren't you guys tired of reading what's going on in my small part of the L2 world on Bartz already? Anyway...if not, here's a few more screenshots from the last week of nothing too exciting or interesting but they were kinda fun for me.

Since I finally made level 76 on my sub, I didn't really have too much of a need for my Soul Bow anymore. If you remember, it was +8, and I'm currently trying to sell it. I get bored easily when something doesn't sell, so...Blam...+9.

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I have a friend that recently acquired an Apella set (that we've been nicknaming the Acapella set, or that I call the Aleenapella set) and I was able to borrow it for a little bit to try it on...Actually like a ton of us tried it on that day just to get some screenies with a set of armor that we'll probably never be able to own (costs like 20,000 or so rep points per set depending on the set).

So here's how the Apella Light set looks on a dark elf female (please ignore the drac boots/gloves, I really just wanted to see the main piece)

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...more randomness- why did I call myself AleenaResron instead of just Aleena? Well, Aleena was taken. I didn't start playing L2 until C3 so definitely the pool of available names was decreasing. From time to time I actually manage to run in to the original Aleena, and here she is, I think she's a SR-

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And last, but not least- I have been lucky enough to have continued success in weapon crafting (I SUCK at armor crafting for some reason, and mixed results with jewel crafting). My first 60% craft was a year or so ago with a pair of dragon grinders (got the recipe from a drop in beast farm), sold and made a SOM, sold and made a drac bow. Kept the Drac Bow. After that made a Bloody Orchid (had like dozens of heads from stolen infernium ores quest as well as from mobs in FoD), and now today-

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I have to say that as an archer I get SO many more mats than I did as a BD. Being below ground in the catas fighting 4x mobs you don't get nearly as many base mats. Running around one/twoshotting 1x and 2x mobs aboveground seems to yield alot more crafting materials, as well as the two FOD quests which allow you to trade mob quest items for more mats so I really didn't even have to buy many mats to craft this.

And that's all for today!

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Negate the Scrunchy!

This is going to sound really stupid, and I can't believe I'm going to make a post on this, but being the L2 fashion whore that I am I can't resist. A small note on Dark Elven Females- Certain armor sets also come with an unmentioned hair accessory. If you wear your hair long, you will notice that sets like Karmian, Composite, Plated Leather, DC Light, Imperial Crusader, and a few others also come with a free hair scrunchy so you can wear your hair in a ponytail.

If your character preference is such that you prefer to wear your hair long, you can negate the scrunchy with a hair accessory such as a Feathered Hat. (this ends Aleena's L2 fashion tip of the day- let's get that tacklebox ready for Interlude...I have a feeling that a week of fishing is in order).

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Oh...and I finally broke the 10k crit barrier for the first time a few weeks ago (woohoo!)

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Lastly, a belated Slainte! for everyone who celebrated St. Patrick's Day (Having a wife that is German/Irish has served as insurance that I have not missed a shamrock day in over 11 years)

Monday, March 12, 2007

Long time between posts!

Wow, it's been a while since I've last posted...so...let's see, where to start?

Aleena made 76 on subclass, so s grade/bluetag on both! She's now a Spectrattarius!



We also raided Frintezza the other night- drop list (following!)



Other than that not too much going on, been playing around on the PTS a little bit...wish there was a bit more content than just the island, but I think everyone will always feel that way no matter what comes out.

Lastly, we've left the Nova Alliance! Immediately after this raid we went back on our own due to some internal strife (kekekeke). Rockin out the old TD tag again!!