My post to the Lineage Discussion Boards

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It may seem that way sometimes, but we do look into all bug reports. They make tracking down these types of issues soooo much easier, especially if exact locs are stated.
Thanks!!

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That's just the thing Scout, it should NEVER EVER seem that way. If the customers don't feel that they are getting support, then they plain aren't.

I have worked in the computer industry almost my entire working career as everything from a Phone support (Level I) person, to Level III helpdesk (basically the guy that gets turned to when the Level I (phone) and Level II (deskside) support people cannot figure it out.

I have worked as a Systems Admin on many flavors of un*x as well as both Mac and Windows. Further I have worked as a Graphic Designer and WebMaster. All of these positions are in some way support related, and not ONCE in my career (16+ years) has anyone ever to my knowledge said they didn't feel as if I was giving them the support they needed.

Myself and MANY others feel that the support that NC gives is at the very best half-hearted. Canned responses to EVERY SINGLE QUESTION does not support make. What that does is anger your customers, plain and simple. Those of you that post to the boards do a 1000% better job in the support department than anyone on the "support team", and you all have, from what I have gathered, other responsibilities as well, such as being Publish Coordinator.

Honestly, if I gave my customers the kinda support that I feel I get from NC, I wouldn't have many customers if any at all.

Edit this to your liking, I am being honest

Level 45 Mage Quest Completed!!!

Ok so I finally have completed the Level 45 Mage Quest! This quest is a pain, only because of the chance that you will not find the quest mop. I hunted a LONG time and didn't find it, then tonight I was asking my good friend if he wanted the sword he loaned me back, and he asks "Did you complete the quest yet babo!?"

I explained to him that I had been hunting for the quest mop for ~10 hours and not got it, but that I would go and try now 1 more time.

I'll be damned if the 3rd doppelganger I find isn't the quest mop! I try to use magic to kill it, and burn through all my mp and 4 clear potions..hehe no dice. i bookmark the spot, tele to town since I had forgotten the sword, grab 40 orange potions and head back with my bro's sword in hand. I attack it again, but this time I am using a +8 Long Silver Sword..heh heh heh. Anyway I burn through maybe 20 orange potions and it dies and coughs up the Doppelganger regurgitation in a nice vial for me. Lucky, since I didn't want to have to scrape it off the ground. Didn't get a pic of that sorry.

Anyway, I took the puke (that's what regurgitation is for those that don't know) and a cancel spellbook to the Mysterious Rock and exchanged it for the: Record Of the Ancient Devil


I then took the Record of the Ancient Devil to Talass in the Ivory Tower on the 3rd floor (go north from stairs) and traded him my Record of the Ancient Devil for the Magic Bag Of Talass


Upon opening the Magic bag of Talass, the recipient (that's me) receives a Cloak of Mana and the "Wisdom of the Ancients"

That's all for now..

--Rais out

Genitorturer (Part Deux)

Genitorturer
Originally uploaded by Zagurim.

Here is a better pic of Genitorturer. It was a VERY quick & dirty (sorry Geni) photoshop touch up to make it look better. That other one was so dark!!!

Blah..Hope y'all enjoy it.

--Zag

Pledgeless!

Well, I have left the RedDevils pledge. Not for any reason that you might imagine. I left because I have friends on both sides of the main war on Depardieu server. Friends on the SoL side and friends on the Paldo side.

I just don't feel like being at war with anyone. I can't in good conscience attack my friends in SoL, nor can I in good conscience abandon my pledge when there is a fight, so I have decided to remain pledgeless for a while, or maybe I will join a neutral pledge.

My goal is to get to Level 50 and that will require some work (And some adenas!!!), with the constant warring between the "rich" people of the different political groups, if I opt to battle, I am only decreasing my leveling funds. This is not a good thing, considering how horrifc drops are now.

Perhaps now, by supporting no side, I will be able to hunt with friends on both sides and have more fun in the game!!

Hmm..I suppose I could join a pledge that favors one side...So, with that said, if you want me on your side, I'm a mercenary (but I still won't hit friends outside of a siege). My fees are 500k/week (I figure that should support all of the pots that I will use in Sieges and from being attacked while hunting and allow me to level at the same time.

As always I am looking for live human heal slaves to assist me in reaching my goal of Level 50, and my standard agreement is in place. 50% of all drops, yadda yada yadda

Lineage Mac T-Shirt

Well, people have been asking on the Lineage Boards about Lineage T-Shirts.

Yes, I got one, and here are the pics. I love this shirt. I wish that NC would produce more T-Shirts to send to their loyal customers.

Without further adieu, here are the pics...

Closeup of the front.

The whole shirt (front)

Close-up of the Back

The whole shirt (back)

So there you have it. That is the shirt that NC sent me for being a Mac Beta tester. I signed up on the first day of the Mac Beta Test over 2 years ago, so maybe that is why I got one. I don't know. I wear it a lot. I go to the bar in it, I have skydived, skiied, snowboarded, jetskiied, rode my bike, you name it wearing this shirt, and unfortunately not once has anyone asked me about it that I can remember.

--Zag

GENITORTURER!

DSC00483.JPG
Originally uploaded by Zagurim.

This is my friend Genitorturer, What more can I say.

At the bar

Zag and Olivia
Originally uploaded by Zagurim.

Me and my friend Oliva at the bar

Zag's East Coast Buddy

Zags Friend Kathryn
Originally uploaded by Zagurim.

Kathryn...what can I say.....that's her on the left

Where is Zag??? And about me/my pledge

Alright, I am taking a break from Zag until Raisputin is Level 48. Zag takes a lot of adenas to keep hunting. He has finished the Level 45 Quest and got his Belt Of Bravery, and purchased another piece of Armor adding a total of 2 to his AC..WooT! a few more and it will be acceptable to me. It's not horrid now, and with Iron Skin it would flat out rock, but It's hard to find an I-Skin Elf ;) If you are one whisper me :)

As most of you Know Zagurim is a "Red Devil". Does this make me a bad guy? Hell no! I was FCA before, and also SoL.

If you were SoL why did you join Red Devils? Well, quite frankly I tried to rejoin SoL when I came back to the game, but never heard back from ccGirl. I was looking for a pledge, and found Red Devils. we owned Giran at the time, and it seemed like a good choice. So far I can tell you all that the people in red Devils are very nice. They have helped me a lot, and over time, we have started doing more pledge hunting, and talking a lot more. I *think* that a lot of the original members are Korean, and there is a language barrier there, but we work around that.

When it came to my level 45 knight quest. I was looking for the Right Hand Bandit. I was witha friend of mine (low level mage) and he found it. I had tons of pots on me (OJ's IIRC) and had to fight the whole bandit pack as well as some of the new Lastabad DE's. I ended up at the north east entrance of Giran and was out of pots. I managed to kill the last bandit before the RHB, and had him and a DE lef to go. I asked JaeMe3A for help and he came to the Giran Collesium where I had lured the RHB to and healed me while I killed it. I am sure he was out hunting and he took time out to do this for a pledgemate. Later when it came time to kill the Giant guy, my pledge jumped in again and took time out from their own gaming to help me. It took 2 tries, but I finally did it. Prior to that 2 of my friends from SoL had tried to help me as well.

Just goes to show that as I siad on Rais' blog, that friends (meaning my bros in SoL) come before pledge rivalries. I hope that everyone that reads this understands that friends are way more important than any in-game enemy pledge, and that friends will always support friends be they in-game enemies or not.

Best of luck to everyone except cheaters...

--Zag

At The Clearwater...

2-Gregjulie
Originally uploaded by Zagurim.

Well, It's me and my friend Julie...People alwyas want to know what I look like, so that's me on the left :P

WANTED: LIVE HUMAN HEALER

DO YOU LIKE FREE EXPERIENCE? DO YOU LIKE TO MAKE EASY ADENA?

If you answered YES to these questions, then you are just the right candidate for this job!

EXCELLENT ADENA MAKING OPPORTUNITY

This solid and growing Knight is looking for TOP NOTCH Healers!!!!!

Qualifications :

• Self Motivation
  
• Good Attitude
  
• Not intimidated
  
• Can walk long distances
  
• Can Heal on a consistant basis
  

Hours :

• Flexible depending on when I am playing
  

Pay :

• 50% of all drpped items*
  
• 50% of all adena
  
• All Wisdom Pots
  
• All Mana Pots
  
• All M-Gems
  

If you are interested in having fun and a flexible schedule (meaning when we are both online), enjoy party hunting (2 people) and like how the above sounds. Please whisper me in game. My Name is "Zagurim"

*Dropped item payment is on those items we carry away from the hunt for which you will be paid 50%. In the case of "good items" such as zel, dai, B-Dai, B-Zel, FI Items, Lastavard Items, high level spellbooks, etc. The item will either be sold on the open market after which your payment for said item will be made, or either party (myself or the healer) may opt to purcahse the item at a discount. Price of the item to party member will be figured out by the following formula: (item_regualr_price x .80) / 2. For example: An Item worth 1million adena and dropped to us during the course of our hunt would be sold either as 1Million on the open market with each player receiving 500k (50%) OR if 1 person opts to purchase the item the purchasing player would pay (1,000,000 x.80) / 2 which becomes (800,000) / 2 which ends up being 400,000 adena. Either player has the option to purchase the item BEFORE it is allowed to go on the open market, by using the formula above. If neither player wants to purchase then Zagurim will sell the item on the open market and pay the healer 50% of the sale price.

What's in a name...

I have always wondered where some people get their in-game names from. As such, I have decided to show the origin of my name.

"The Twenty-Third Name is ZAHGURIM

As ZAHRIM, a most terrible opponent. It is said ZAHGURIM slays slowly, after a most unnatural fashion. I do not know, for I have never summoned this Spirit. It is thy risk. The Word is MASHTISHADDU."

The seal is thus:


Zagurim (Zahgurim) is from the book The Necronomicon. If you are into occultism or just like to read strange stuff, it is a really interesting read.

More L45 Quest

So I was out helping a pledgemate with the L45 quest on another character and we come across Scout, the last part of hte quest for me to complete. We had killed some bandit packs with me doing the healing as best I could manage, and my pledgemate beating the bandits up. I ask them if they mind if I finish my quest, and they say sure and hang out at the spot so I can find Scout easily.

I come back and find scout, and thank my pledgemate and start walking Scout to Oren. Damn that guy walks SLOW SLOW SLOW!!! Not 30 seconds after I start walking the scout, my pldegemate comes across the right hand bandit all alone, kills it and gets the hood! WOOOOOOOT!

I walk Scout to Oren which seems to take forever and get my Belt of Bravery! Sorry for the lack of pics. I need to get them up. Will try to post them tomorrow :)

-Zag

Level 45 Quest....Finally!

Tonight, I have managed to obtain the Sword of Heaven and associated parts from the L45 Knight Quest. I woud love to say that I am such a strong character in game that I was able to do it solo, but that is not the case :)

I had some friends along with me who I would like to thank for making it possible :)

From my own Pledge (RedDevils): Jae3Ma and CrazyMir
From Keepers of Destiny: Arioco
From Im not sure what pledges: Leyend and FeanorMage (they are not in the same pledge hehe)

Thanks to all of you for keeping those pesky Giants off my back and the constant heals while I killed the Ancient Giant. He Hits Hard, and I had already goofed up and failed the quest once tonight burning 120 Clears and because of my mistake of not talking to the Elder Giant first, costing me my TOI 21f scroll in addition to the 11f I had already used.

My friends and pledgemates selflessly used their own scrolls to help me in my quest, and for that I am grateful. I owe all of you guys a lot!!!

Now I just have to find scout and walk him to Oren and I will finish the quest!!! It is a tough quest to be sure.

After I finish this quest, the big push to L50 starts. My goal is 5% a day for the next 8 days, then 2% a day. That should get me to L50 within the next month if I play my cards right. ^^I can't seem to send a picture directly to the blog for some reason but have to do it via email...so the post after this should be the pic showing my Sword of Heaven

WOW!!!

Zel!
Originally uploaded by Zagurim.

Been a while since I have gotten a decent drop on any of my characters. Zels are pretty common it seems thanks to DI, but hey, it's the first drop of any sigificance I have gotten since my first week back when I got a b-dai in FV...I'm happy

Account Expired 0.0

Well, it would seem that my account has expired, and being that it is a holiday weekend and I just woke up, I am not able to renew it until Tuesday. That sucks, because there is a siege on my pledges castle tonight and now I cannot be there to help my pledge. Sorry guys. I thought it expired Monday!!

Anyway, I will be back on Tuesday...this sucks!

Some sites of Interest...

Zef And Friends--BLOG
Lineage Mesage Boards--NC Official US SIte
Funky Cold Adena--FCA Website
LineageDB--Fansite
Lineage Underground--Fansite

IGG Seige...

Last night my pledge helped to defend the Iron Gate Guild from the advances of the armies of SoL. Sadly I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have been and one of SoL's mages came in and firestormed a bunch of times. By the time I hit the escape button, it was too late and I died. Oh well, these things happen, it's a siege after all!!

Earlier in the day I decided that I would work on the L45 Knight Quest. I figure since I am slowly making my way towards Level 50, that I should try and complete it so that I can eventually get the L50 quest item. Anyway, I went out hunting bandits and had a friend looking also on his mage. He found them, I fought them and those packs do a decent amount of damage to Sir Knight :)

I eventually led them around aden killing off a couple here and a couple there until I was almost back to Giran, then one fo the new Lastabad Dark Elf Rangers decides that he would like to join his bandit buddies and help them to end me. He failed and ended first ^^. So I've got about 30% of my total hp left and 2 bandit archer guys, the Leader and the "right hand bandit" chasing me, and I am near Giran, so I ask my bro to bring me some pots so I can finish them off..Well, through no fault o fhis own, he got delayed so I am running around with now abut 1/6th of my hp left in the northern parts of Giran hoping for him to come with the precious pots I need so I can kill this bandit and get my knight vision hood.

At this point my health bar is not looking very nice, not good at all, so I call to a pledgemate to meet me by the DM Arena where I have staggered to and help me out :) Jae3Me comes and heals me up so I can kill the bandit. I kill him, get my Night vision hood and thank him. I offered him a little adena as a token of my appreciation (just 5k, like I said a token amount) but he refused to take it, saying that the pledge helps each other. I like that attitude and always will go whenever I am called, but dangit, take the money Jae3Me, it was a gift!! ^^

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