The Trendkill Diaries
Introduction
First off, I want to take a moment to thank everyone here for all of the input on my development. I don’t think I could have done this as quickly without this site.
A little about me
I started playing AC in January 2000, on Thistledown and the first character I created was spec’d in War, UA and Arcane, with Melee Def trained (later trained creature and leadership, heh). I obviously didn’t have a clue what I was doing. This character topped out at 28th level before I even realized that this was an eternal gimp. I didn’t have the patience to have to go through learning 1000 spells again, so I created a UA spec warrior, Lotus Dragon, in March of 2000 and played him through until Wintersebb opened, at which point I moved there and created an improved version of Lotus. In the meantime I also got bored a few times and created several other characters. My TD account consists of my level 28 gimp Mage, level 42 UA, level 40 Dagger/Life Spec, and a level 32 OG(I never actually played this character, just ran a macro at night and while at work for 4 days..voila, level 32…sad isn’t it.). You see, I get bored a lot, and when I get bored, I re-roll and try something new. Needless to say, I’ve been a full-time melee for a year now, and as more and more material is added to the game for mages, I decided it was time to get back to my roots.
The Beginning: April 25th 4:09 pm
Trendkill is born a healthy, bouncing baby, 60/50/10/10/100/100, War/Life Spec Mage.
My decision to go this route is probably a bit different than most. Having been a melee for the past year, if there’s only one thing that I learned, it’s that you have to spec Life Magic. All of my warriors spec it, so of course my mage would have to. Now, why Spec War? I’m glad you asked. Every month more and more content is added for mages. To me one of the most intriguing quests in the game is the Mage Armor. Just having read about it, I knew I wanted it. It had to be Exarch Plate, not just that plain Thaumturgic crap.
After creating, I immediately went about learning my level 1 and 2 war and life spells. I didn’t actually have enuff cash on me to learn em all, but just in the nick of time, Lotus Dragon showed up (God I love Dual-logging) and Handed me the essential kit… Mattie Coat, AL 118 leather leggings, AL 124 studded leather Gaunts, a Shadow Garb Mask, 15 C notes, and 8 lucky gold letters. Off I went to make my fortune.
I used the letters to retrieve all 4 explorer wands, plus rings of quickness and endurance, a bracelet of strength, and a neclace of focus. Sure, I could have created a quick runner to do all of this, but it’s been sooooo long since I played a mage, I figured it would be good to get my feet wet on these quests. Besides, I was eager to start blowing shit up. I’ve never had Life AND War, so I figured I could now seriously cause some havoc amongst the local Shreth and Drudge Community. By the time I collected all of these items I had almost reached 4th level. I figure, It’s amazing how quick you level when you HAVE TO kill everything in your way, simply because you know you can’t outrun it.
Ok, Original, I am Not!!
My next stop was to be Lin, but it was a late night and I had to work in the a.m., so I logged off and kicked back with a last beer before bed while I poked around the net a bit. Of course, being psyched about my new mage, I decided to look for some tips for the coming days. That night I found Q’s guide, as well as one or 2 other nice collections of tips. While reading this material, I decided to compare my template with a few in the guides…OG, Grandpa, etc…then something caught my eye..WHAT?!?!?!?!?! Lo and behold, turns out I accidentally created a Battlemage….hmm, I kinda like the sound of that. I poked around a bit more and a link on ACVaults Magic Shop led me to Dizz’s site. WOW…a whole community of people playing the same damn template…This could only be a good thing…Instant Bookmark.
To be continued