Saturday, January 6, 2007

Dwarf mine exploration, questing



Today was a pretty good day for me once I got home. First I mana sat for a while, and then leveled a little bit while in Ankrahmun. Level 30 meant that I could do the Paradox Tower quest and repay Noble Thallos the money I owed him. So, I started the quest and completed it in around two hours with his help in Mintwallin and POH. After paying him back, I decided to make HMM runes for a while until I eventually went hunting in the dwarf mines. I only hunted there for an hour and a half yet I managed to get around 45% of a level, while gaining lots of loot. The strategy I used was the common mage level 27+ strategy: summoning Monks to own the Dwarf Guards while using a weak wand/rod to get a little more experience points while maintaining mana. It proved to be profitable, as well as good exp but It was also a tad dangerous and hard to set up. If you don't want to hunt there for a long time, it's a waste of the fluids used just for getting down there originally. Also, if you dont want to push the Monks around all the time because it slows things down, you have to lure the Dwarf Guard which commonly means although he passes the Monks and they attack him, he'll most likely continue on his path to attack you while you're running. This can get rather messy and result in 3 Dwarf Guards targetting you in a small area, which happened to me once. All in all it was great because I gained exp and paid off my debt. I can't wait to start making money! Yeah!!!

Thursday, January 4, 2007

Hydras, mana sitting, and thoughts



Today I had the pleasure of briefly hunting Hydras with some friends. During the hunt Thallos managed to loot BOH, and I got about 100% during the hunt. A cool Royal Paladin joined us to gain some exp, and it was all interesting and enjoyable. After that Thallos, being the knight, had to leave to go to the movies. We all left and went our own separate ways, as I ran through Ankrahmun getting ready to mana sit. So I mana sat all through the rest of my hours before bed, while managing to sell the 16 bps of HMM I'd already made. The prices have gotten rather depressing, only finding one buyer after many yells and only at a rate of 1.4k a backpack. However, the Ultimate Healing Runes kept their stable 3k, the sorcerers are a bit screwed with these new prices. While mana sitting I looked upon tibianews.net only to see the Picture of the day being someone gaining 10 million experience points in one day. This inspired me, as my goal is level 150 in one year, a massive 54 million experience points. In other news my weekend is free (like usual) so I have all the time in the world to get that 54 million exp. Every one of my in-game friends has been very supportive in helping me and I thank them very much for it. Have a good night anyone who reads it, and expect it to get more interesting as it goes along.

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Yet another death, forbidden lands hunting




Today was both a good and bad day. For a while after I got home, I mana sat. Then, around 5pm, me and some other nobles worked on the banuta quest. Mefoige and Thallos had already done it, and they were helping me and Darinak complete the quest so that we could go there. So, we go through the boring 3 hour quest going back and forth through towns and back to port hope in a somewhat dangerous area for a level 28 sorcerer. So, most of the time I got an escourt, except for a few, and one of those times I just so happened to die to a carni and the apes. I immediately got my stuff back with the help of both Mefoige and Thallos, and we continued the quest until we were able to travel to forbidden lands. Me, Thallos, and Darinak went over there and were met by another high level knight, a mage, and Mefoige the level 84 RP. They all came along so that we could get the item necessary to continue the quest, and then everyone but me, Thallos, and Darinak left. Thallos had a plan for how we were going to hunt just one level 82 EK with a level 58 ED and a level 28 MS with tons of behemoths, giant spiders, and hydras around. The plan was to summon ds and just keep on resing. It worked pretty nicely but in an area like the forbidden lands it's really hard to stay safe no matter what. The hunt went rather nicely and I almost gained level 29, already regaining level 28 and ml 32 beforehand. Once we began to run out of mana fluids, we ran back so that we could leave, when it was starting to get late. Met by a few giant spiders and behemoths, we killed them while losing and re-summoning DS, only to get the behemoth on me right when my mana shield wore off. Amazingly, he hit me twice and the second time dropped me down to around 20hp. After that I mana shielded and Thallos used the challenge spell to get him off of me. We went back, happy with the success of the hunt in the forbidden lands (everyone lived, that was good enough). After that, I decided to head to bed, ready for another day of school. If you're wondering about the picture at the top of the screen it's an old picture from me and Armored Patrol playing around in POH in the 7.7 update a few months before I left. Have a good night everyone, and enjoy your tibia lives!

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Wasn't here to play


Today I wasn't really on much besides for a little early in the morning and for a half hour before I went to bed. It was a little bit of somewhat decent mana sitting time I guess, and during the day I was busy with friends and school and all of that. Tomorrow will be more dedicated to leveling and working hard, yeah! ML 32 is right around the corner, 2% to go! Buh bye for now.

Monday, January 1, 2007

Mana sitting, mana sitting, and more mana sitting


Today was quite a boring day as you may assume from the title. Woke up, mana sat, and that's just about it besides the short periods of time regaining soul. I managed to end up with 12 bps of hmm, a good start that's going to be continuing. Got ml 30, then 31, while working on 32. Originally I was going to hunt hydras with a friend but he had to cancel. So I mana sat my heart out, while listening to music, thinking, and checking out quests and information on tibia. I thought about some of the people of the past..I miss them all so much. Anyways, not much else to say today, everyone have a good enjoyable night. Buh byes, more to come.

Sunday, December 31, 2006

A look back, a look forward...




A little over a year ago was when I started to take this game seriously and actually started to learn. Through 2006, I've gained and lost many tibia friends, killed lots of

monsters whether they be demons, behemoths, dragon lords, giant spiders, hydras or what have you, as well as lots of new experiences, skills, and items. It's been a grand, yet not so grand year at the same time. Through this time I've made two characters successful, and began on a third. 115 levels altogether were gained throughout this year, while spending around 80 days regaining mana throughout the characters. I've learned the art of paladin training, and the joys that go into being a blocker. People have betrayed me and I've done some stupid things myself. Each day I learned one more important thing to mastering this game, and I'm a stronger player because of it. I hope that everyone has a Happy New Year, and enjoys the beginning of 2007. Today I gained level 28, as well as worked on lots of magic leveling. It was an okay day, but I was gone for most of the time doing other things. Soon I'll go hydra hunting and make up for the low level. Tomorrow marks day ten of this character and experiment, and I'm enjoying it for the most part. Being a mage has lots of great benefits, and I can't wait to unfold the year with it. Happy New Years again everyone!

New Years Resolutions:

Level 150

Magic Level 70

New equip: Demon Helmet, MPA, SOV, Mastermind Shield, Golden Legs, AOL, Boots of Haste, and rare items.

Another Death, Promotion, and other related info


I'm sorry for writing this late, as I said I would have all of my updates before server save, but I went to bed early and I didn't mean to fall asleep. Today I mana sat for a long time, and had some fun with the Grynch Goblins. I needed 20k for the promo, and I was broke so I really had to sell stuff big time. I sold my c-helmet, my dragon shield, as well as some other things with lots of runes. After I made it, I kept on making runes and traded 2 bps for a wand of cosmic energy. Later on when I was about out of soul I hunted Scarabs in Ankrahmun, summoning monks and enjoying the gp gained from it. Soon, when I was just about ready to leave I auto walked and my video card messed up and froze tibia. I had to reopen it and logged in to the temple of Venore, knowing I had died and lost 2 bps of hmm, my wand of dragonbreath, my crappy dwarven shield, my rope, shovel, and about 2k in gp. Because of that I have to live with the embarassing following:
Dec 31 2006, 02:02:43 CET
Died at Level 27 by a larva
After that, knowing I couldn't afford to get back to Ank, I got off for the day. I only lost a magic level, and was at the beginning of level 27 again, but it felt like so much more. It was surely a discouraging moment.