Emeraldwind Chronicle - Development of A War Machine! Part 11
It
started with an idea, it ended in a rush of joy and excitement. It was a long
road, sometimes with no light at the end, other times with a light shining so
brightly that I had to close my eyes. But it was fun. All of it. How did I get
there? Oh, that’s a story in and of itself. And what am I talking about
exactly? Let me explain… it all started…
…
all right, it didn’t START with that, but it sure was fun with that thrown in.
It actually started with a dull day. Mandishar Lograthsun, a good friend of
mine, was bored. So was I. I had told him about the Olthoi Eviscerator Quest, in
which you can get a pincer that allows you to get 3 million experience when you
turn it in. People had been using them to gain 8.1 million experience, however,
with the new Fellowshipping rules that were in the game. I had been one of those
people. What did that get me? Well, I was a little less than halfway to the next
level… that being level 55. Herein, lies the problem… 4 million experience
and my limited playing time (plus my extreme fatigue) made me want to get those
4 million experience points almost instantly. So, what to do… what to do…
Mandishar
meets up with me in Samsur. By this time I have around 2 million experience to
go… I had been hunting on Marae Lassel, tearing vapor golems apart left and
right, to get myself to that 2 million experience. I led him to the Eviscerator
Lair, and we quickly dove in. He’s NOT the guy with the pumpkin hat on in the
above picture… that’s Sushimoe, whom I call Fishy (get it?). He had also
helped me level some during those trying 4 levels after I got Aun Ralirea’s
skill credit. For those who don’t know, Aun Ralirea’s quest is the reason
level 55 was so drool-worthy for me.
The
Eviscerator Lair is hilariously fun and funny at the same time. The design is
excellent, and does have a very foreboding feel to the atmosphere. The Olthoi
buzz and “fly” around after people… swarms of them. The best part about
the place is the loot… most of it is considered “crap” loot. So what makes
it the best? It’s not crap loot. All of the loot is very good high value
stuff. I found at least 8 or 9 keep-able items while we were in there. And what
of buffing? …. Apparently they ONLY hit your legs… so take everything else
off. That’s why Sushimoe, in the above picture, has a pumpkin hat on and no
other armor aside from his leggings and a shield. You only need to buff for
piercing and bludgeoning as well, since they don’t do any other type of
attack.
Mandishar
and I were only down there for a little while. We soon left after he had
acquired his pincer. The plan was simple. I was to stay fellow’d with
Mandishar and he would turn in his pincer… very very simple plan. We made it
back to Redspire.
I
was almost not ready for it. I was so busy talking to a friend of mine that I
almost missed it completely. But then I realized what happened and I was greeted
to…
I graduated. I know my colleagues have done it long before me but this meant something special… I had finally truly completed my template. I was finally whole.
When I started Emeraldwind, I did it to prove a point:
War Mages were just as capable as any other mage out there. I wanted to prove
that you didn’t need to specialize Creature or Life magic to be viable, that
War magic plus an insanely high Mana Conversion can and will keep you going for
ages. It’s been a long struggle. At times I felt as if I wouldn’t make it.
Playing for 55 (almost 60) levels without an end in sight… this is my highest
level character ever… I didn’t know if I had the capability to finish her.
But here she is in all her glory, staring back at me. Born on the 6th
of May, on a complete “dare,” to prove a point… and I’m more proud of
her than anything I’ve ever done in this game.
I know you’re not reading this for the emotional value,
so let me move on. I have yet a whole different journal to get emotional end…
my “final” journal at 60. For now, let me tell you what you this puppy can
do!
Immediately, I purchased Creature Magic.
Let me click Yes. And I dumped all of my saved Experience into it. Now, you have to understand, I had been saving since level 52 or so, after I killed Aun Ralirea. I didn’t start before because I didn’t know if I’d find our dear friend Ralirea… else I would have had more experience to dump into Creature. But when all was said and done, I had a nice base level of 245 to work with.
Yummy. Quite a bit of experience to work with there.
So you want to see the values I had base level. For some insane reason, I don’t have the values from after buffing with Creature for the first time… I suppose I was so excited I forgot to take pictures of them… regardless, here are the base values I chose to work with.
As you can see here, I try to get very even values with all of my scores. Focus and Self are primarily important to me, so those are the two I’ve been concentrating on for quite some time. Eventually I’ll raise my Strength and my Endurance again but I choose not to concentrate on those for the time being.
Now, for the skills, I’ve been doing them differently. I used to have set levels I shot for every 5 levels. Now I don’t. I simply raise the lowest skill. My plan is to get my Item magic to 245 or 250 and leave it there. There’s no reason to raise it after that. Arcane Lore I plan on raising to a base value of 210 or 215 unless there’s reason for me to raise there after. (Note: The rest of this journal was written after the cantrip patch, so there IS reason to raise my Arcane Lore higher, which I have been doing). Life Magic and Creature Magic will be concentrated on heavily for a long time to come, as they are very important. I plan on getting my Mana Conversion to a base score of 270 before “quitting” and my War Magic will be raised indefinitely… I would like to have one of the highest War Magics on the server if at all possible.
So your question is simple… with all of this power, what is Emeraldwind capable of doing? Let me show you.
A little something like that. The road has been long and
arduous. I’m finally here and it feels good. Sometimes you’ll feel as if you
can’t make it… as if you’re going to quit before you get there. But
don’t give up. When you finally get to that point, you’ll see everything
you’ve worked for… because when you can do the above, you know you’ve made
the right decision.
Time to close this journal up. I know there wasn’t a lot of adventure but this is a simple graduation journal. The adventure comes later. My “last” journal will come at level 60 (I keep putting that in quotation marks because it will and won’t be my last journal… my last official one anyway). I’ll show you what this template can really do then. So until next time, keep your chins up, happy hunting, and happy graduating