Zagurim's Lineage

Bug On Live for Mac Users

2010-07-29T12:12:00.000-07:00

More Drops

2010-06-17T11:22:00.000-07:00

People like to see drops, so here is a composite SS of some drops from 6-8 Jun

Some drops

2010-06-06T22:54:00.000-07:00

I don't kill bosses much, so this is the junk I get

Test Server

2010-05-28T17:12:00.000-07:00

I doubt anyone actually reads my Lineage blog, but I logged into the Test Server today as a Lvl 7 Knight, gained one level and headed over to Giran on my way to Oren to continue leveling.

Someone said GMJetzen was on and next thing I know I am in a house killing Level up mops and Level 60.99.9999.

Just goes to show that the people in Lineage do really care and take time to do things for players. I still have garbage gear, but being a high enough level that I can make money enough to buy decent gear is awesome. I have played on Test Server before, but even though it was test, it was hard to actually test anything unless you spent the required amount of time to level up to a decent level.

Here's to looking forward to getting to test new content when it is available :)

Where is Zag?

2010-05-27T22:21:00.000-07:00

I was bored, so I went somewhere and took a SS. Where am I?

Running 2 clients is cool

2010-05-23T11:11:00.000-07:00

These are screenshots from today, just a demo of using 2 clients at the same time on my mac...

Lvl 53

2010-05-22T20:48:00.000-07:00

Just got Lvl 53 the other day, last weekend I think it was. Had to fix a HD Crash though, so here is the pic today.

Spring Flower Event

2010-05-02T15:59:00.002-07:00

Event is going well. Got all 3 Amulets and working on trying to get around 60-100 hours worth of soups so I can level up

EAVB_EDGISRUCOW

Photos :) What a great day

2009-09-15T01:01:00.000-07:00

I am taking this opportunity to share some baby pics with everyone :)

New Tattoo...

2009-08-29T17:25:00.000-07:00

What better way to commemorate the addition of my daughter to our family.

My tattoo artist ROCKS! I called him up on fairly short notice and told him I needed a piece done and told him when I would be in town, he knows what I like, so I told him to come up with something awesome for me. I was expecting something small to medium sized, but he walloped me with a monster :) I saw what he came up with and was stoked. He never fails to surpass my expectations both in design, placement and pure artistry.

If you are in WA State, come talk to Doc at:

Wenatchee, WA

Zag's Daughter

2009-08-17T19:21:00.001-07:00

Zag's Daughter
Originally uploaded by Zagurim2009

Birthday skydiving....

2009-08-03T20:02:00.003-07:00

Since I moved to my current location I have not been able to go skydiving, so I was quite surprised when I ended up with enough money to make some jumps :) I went and did 3 skydives on Sunday, August 2, 2009 at Skydive Kapowsin I couldn't have had a better day :) My gf's dad is supposed to have some pics and video that he took from the ground, so when I get those I will put them up :)

Crazy Zag....

2009-08-03T19:59:00.002-07:00

People know I like to have fun, be it at a siege, in a war or whatever, whenever. I simply don't care if I die or not, it's a game :) So, I didn't die here, but I thought it would be fun to try my luck up in the 60's...I was feeling so good, I took this pic

The most interesting, crazy drop I have ever got...

2009-07-18T01:59:00.001-07:00

Where has Zag been (The Update) Part 2

2009-06-01T22:15:00.002-07:00

I have been building a fence around my property :) I have spent the last couple (few?) weeks doing that and preparing for a visit from the gf's parents, cousins and grandma. So, I have been away from Lineage t.t but that is ok, I was starting to need a break anyway.

As for the event, I have died 2x so far and I have joined the bloodpledge "300". Some of you, my friends may not like that, but so far, they are all good guys and best of all, no bots! While there were no bots in my own bloodpledge "Inanna" either, it was getting lonely just being alone in my own pledge.

Hope to see all of you in Lineage and have a lot of fun. To my friends, I will hunt with you anytime, and to my enemies, save the fighting for siege and don't expect to kill me ^^

Where has Zag been? (The Update)

2009-06-01T22:14:00.003-07:00

I am quitting. This is good. It is difficult, but I hope to have your encouragement. ^^

Part 2 of why I have been gone next

Update later tonight

2009-06-01T16:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry I didn't get the update done today...I will do it later this evening when I get home from work.

The Death of Zag...

2009-04-18T09:47:00.004-07:00

So it seems to have been that I died while at Giran Cross.Someone placed flowers around my corpse and then some people decided to show up

People started wondering how I died, and talking about how I have been thinking about quitting again. While I think about this alot due to real life things, I am also considering quitting again because I am not having a lot of fun anymore.
It became a full-out funeral it seems...Even GMLysira showed up to pay her respects ^^

Finally, Red Leader left a mail paper on the ground. Upon my eventualy resurrection via restart, I was able to read it. This letter made me want to not quit, so Iam not quitting anytime soon even though being solo (for the most part) is kinda crummy.
I have a new goal now, and while the rest of the lineage world may move on to level 65, 70, etc. I will continue to play the game my way, to have fun always and let the levels come as they will.

Thanks to all of you, you have renewed my interest in this game again :), and a special thanks to the person that sent me the screenshots. A few people were going to, so I am not sure who you are in game. If I get some more, I will post them as well.

In Game Zisi - Joke on Monitor

2009-04-13T22:10:00.003-07:00

I got whispered by the monitor the other day (9th April), so after answering their questions, I waited about 10 to 15 minutes and then whispered the monitor back...

Monitor thought it was pretty funny :)

A couple new Pics.

2009-04-13T22:05:00.002-07:00

Staff of Strength from Elmore Wizard. I was not really aware that they dropped these. This is the first time I have ever seen that happen.

There was apparently some little glitch in the graphics in FV when I was playing last night. Either that, or I can walk on fire :)

Another reason to use a Mac for Lineage

2009-03-28T22:05:00.003-07:00

I think this picture speaks for itself...

Notes:

The Background (Desktop) has been edited to not show what is on it.
My HP/AC/MP/EXP and hotkeys have been edited out on Zagurim.
Both Clients are running at the same time in this shot.

Some drops...

2009-03-18T17:49:00.002-07:00

Here are some recent drops. Nothing too special, just a little interesting.

From The Ship Graveyard

Also from the Ship Graveyard

Giant King Squid (lame drop)

Contaminated Orc Area.

I find the Contaminated Orc area very interesting. It has a good spawn rate and is decent experience for 50+ level characters. The mops here kinda hurt, but they drop all kinds of weird stuff for the quests that are offered down there. I kinda of enjoy the area and look forward to hunting there when I have time to burn, which is, unfortunately, not that often...

-Z

Conal's Calculator with Minor Changes

2009-03-17T12:12:00.001-07:00

I had almost forgotten about this...

2009-03-10T12:55:00.002-07:00

Zagurim's Rap

[General Rommen]
One, two, three and to the fo'
General Top Ramen and Crazy Zag at the door
Ready to kill some boss, so back on up
('Cause you know me bout to beat boss up)
giving Top Ramen Immune first, so him can bust Fafu's bubble
Werldern and Aden together, now you know you big trouble

Ain't nuthin' but a "Zag" thang, baaaaabay!
Two damage dealin' brother we make craaaaazay!
Monster is the guy that paaaaay me!
Unendable, so please don't try to end me (Hell yeah)

But uh, back to Zag lecture at hand
Me and Zag is perfection, so me is let 'em understand
from the young fighter perspective
And before me join a pledge I have ta' find honest Princess!

You never know pledge could be earnin' a man
And learnin' a man - and at the same time burnin' a man
You know me ain't liking that shit, Lieutenant
Ain't no pledge good enough to get burnt while me is in it

(Yeah) That more realer than make Meat of Dragon meal
And now you low-level guy know how I feel
Well if it's good enough to get broke off big ol chunk
I'll take a small piece of some of that Dragon stuff

[Crazy Zag and General Rommen]
It's like this and like that and like this and uh
It's like that and like this and like that and uh
It's like this and like that and like this and uh
[S] Zag, creep to the mic like a phantom

[Crazy Zag]

Well me peepin', and me morphin', and I'm creep-in
But me almost get caught, 'cause my armor kept squeekin'
Now is time for Zag make big impression felt
Go sit back, make relax, strap on your troll belt
You never go on a ride like hunts with me befo'
knite who can rap and control how thing go
At same time with cool rhyme me is spit
You know, and me know, I get some more boss drop shits
Add to me collection, make selection
symbolize dead mop, me make joke, so make laugh but no choke
If you do, you are not have clue
on what me and my homey Top Ramen comes to do

[Crazy Zag and General Rommen]
It's like this and like that and like this and uh,
It's like that and like this and like that and uh,
It's like this...
[Z] And who make dead you on flo'?
[G] So just chill, til the next episode...

{*funky sample break*}

[General Rommen]
You are fall back on you ass, with a horrified dead man scream (arrrrgh!)
We get funky like knight after eat old batch "Dragon Meats"
It's the capital G, oh yes him fresh, E N E R A L Rommen see
Him show much flex when it's time to make the smite
Use only reds and get' drops like him name was super guy!
Yeah, and him not quit
Me think they in mood for some muthafuckin' Zag shit (Hell yeah)

So Zag... (What up Romm?)
Gotta give 'em what they want (What that, G?)
Gotta break off big somethin' (Hell yeah)
And gotta make maybe bumpin' (City of Aden!)

[Crazy Zag]
Is where it take place - so when ask, make attention
Moppin' like a muh'fucka, but me not flinchin'
Droppin' hard hit that makin' sucka pledges mumble
When me go make big fight, them is like cookie, ...all crumble
Try get close, and Zag smack you ass
Muthafuckin' homie Lord Valakas got Zag back

Me never make slip, 'cause if me slip, then me slippin' (????)
But if me have Tsurugi, then you know Zag straight trippin'
And me is continue make put the rap down, put you back down
And if you pledge is talk shit, me is have to put big smack down
Yeah, and if you not stop
You be just like dead man, make all day in wood box!
But me never off, always on, to make pic-nic on lawn
W E R L D R N, and big city dumb guy name Aden
make boss dead together
Like mage Snowboard, "No One Can Do It Better"

[Crazy Zag and General Rommen ]
Like this, that and this and uh
It's like that and like this and like that and uh,
It's like this
[Z] And who is make most coolest rap ode?
[G] So just chill, not tell you secret code...

Hoping u are like rap music style by Zag ^^ Me think is good. Is to music "Nuthin' but a G Thang" by Dr. Dre and Snoopy Doggy Dogg

Lvl 52 and beyond

2009-03-01T09:07:00.005-08:00

Lvl 52:

Alright here are some updates. I am Lvl 52 now. I achieved Lvl 52 on 15 February 2009 at approximately 7:0am PST. This was during the Valentines day double-exp event. When the event started I was Lvl 51 with 5% exp. By the time sunday evening came around I had managed to gain something like 60% more exp, leaving me 35% to go. So I stayed up late, really late. 35% might not seem like much, but at ~4%/hr that is almost 9 hours of game time. I thought I would be done by 3am, but I grossly overestimated how much exp I would be able to pull per hour if I quit screwing around LOL. Oh well, I made the goal.

Mambo Rabbit:

So right after I get Lvl 52 I run into Mambo Rabbit, not once, but 3 freekin times. That was kinda cool. I first encountered it on the above ground portion of PI, and I was thinking, wow, I have heard about this guy, but never seen it myself. OK Time to die. So I killed it, and it dropped junk. I continued on and when to the elemental ruins and encountered it again, killed it again and went on about my business. Suddenly out of nowhere, there it was again, and I am thinking w00t! Its my lucky day, but alas, as usual, It dropped junk again...

Cloak of Poison Serpent:

This looked interesting, so I decided to do the quest. The cloak is +10hp and is 1 ac better than CoP. I dunno, it also looks nice, especially contrasted with my ddpm sitting right next to it :)

Cheers,

Zag

Some Old Stuff

2009-02-12T18:22:00.007-08:00

Back in the day, I was a bot killer. Was this bot yours? I hope so :)

Level 51 & Dark ELf Holy Land

2009-02-11T17:24:00.004-08:00

I have managed to get Level 51 now. That makes me happy. Hopefully I will be Level 52 before too long.

Here are some pictures from our latest tript to the DarkElf Holy Land
To get to the Holy Land, you will need to defeat all of the RV4 bosses. Make sure to collect a "Writing of Death Knight for each member of your party and distribute them before you talk to Dantes, as just talking to him will make the Writing of Death Knight disappear from your inventory!
The first creature you are going to encounter in the Dark Elf Holy Land is the Tyupon. These things are weird looking, and by weird I mean they are kind of creepy.
Next you will enconter the Otyu. These guys spit this green stuff out at you and come in both "single" creatures and large groups. The large groups hurt pretty bad, so make sure that when you go there you have a group.

And finally (other than Girtas) you will encounter Wyverns. They are pretty cool and they do a tornado spell.

As for drops? So far I have gotten:
Ancient Relic (x3)
Fragment of Summoning Device (x5)

As a group we also got a couple Spellbook:Greater Haste but, that's it. This is a fun place to hunt, but it does require high AC and high MR. if you want to survive for any decent amount of time.

As always, hope you enjoy peeking at my blog, and that you are having fun playing Lineage: The Bloodpledge! (Only the best MMORPG there is)

Working on 51

2009-02-05T14:56:00.002-08:00

Hi guys and gals, I am working on getting to level 51. The event had stalled me however as do my frequent trips to RV with my pledge mates. But that's OK. We have a good exp event coming up, so I will get 52 before the end of the month. w00T!

Pics of Zag ;)

2009-02-02T11:17:00.005-08:00

Here is Zag and his beautiful girlfriend...

Here is Zag getting ready to go skydive. Yup, it's my own gear too :)

Here is Zag's girlfriend after a skydive. HAPPY! :)

Trying to update more.

2009-02-01T08:43:00.005-08:00

There is a lot that I could say about Lineage, the current event, etc. but, we have the boards for that, so I am going to drop some pics in and talk about those, because while the event is fun, this is more fun.
So there I was randoming around and who should I run into but Wanted Criminal Kuzak. Well, since he's a criminal I figure I better apprehend him :) He is easy and I am not really sure when or why he is in the game. I have killed him once or twice before and always got his food and wonder drug, but this time he dropped those two items as well as TQD, TQE and TQR. All in all, a nice drop from something that is very very easy to kill.
Pandora, all decked out for the Holidays....

RV4

The first "boss" we get to is Supreme Court Justice Kenya. Just getting here takes some work, but it is so fun and the potential for a good drop is so good, we do it often. This one is not very hard at all.

Here is, iirc the last boss of the first section of the 4th floor. NC has done nobody any favors on RV4. This whole is timed, and it is up to the players to not only figure out what to do to open the doors to move on, but additionally you only have a certain amount of time to kill 4 bosses or you get tele'd back to the start of the 4th floor to "try again".

Here is SCJ Ramias, the 2nd half of Rv4 was pretty cool, and it seemed that the bosses came faster which was kinda nice because we were all stoked to have made it this far considering our typical party is a pretty odd mix of people Ranging from Lvl 48 all the way up to Lvl 70.
SCJ Tiames... We rocked his world. Our two main mages just continually kick ass and take names. We would not be able to do this without them. Maybe someday when I am Lvl 90 or something, but that is so far in the future that I will probably be old by then :)

My pledgemates/out of pledge friends can correct me if I am wrong, but I think this was the last guy that we made it to. We were flying through here but we simply didn't have enough firepower to be able to kill the boss and then clear the room before the timer ran out. The mops here are hard, they have the potential to do massive damage and I think all of us have died in this area at least once. I could be wrong about that though. Hard to remember.

RV 4f

2009-01-25T20:09:00.003-08:00

Today a few of us went to RV 4f, it was pretty awesome to say the least. This is the 2nd time at Viatas for this trip. Those of us that went included:

Zagurim (Me)
MugenAiJitsu
Lumena
Snowboard
KaMaKaZiX

Originally ChrisElf and Symmetric were with us as well. Unfortunately ChrisElf died when we hit a big mob down on the first floor and then when we got to 4f Symmetric had to go :( We still had a good time though. Maybe next time we can make it further and have even more fun and get some good drops. The bosses were being cheap today and dropped 1 Large Cave scroll a couple times. Pretty lame as far as drops go, but a lot of fun nonetheless.

New ToS

2009-01-25T20:07:00.002-08:00

Here I am in the New ToS. Not sure exactly where, but I am in that mess fighting somewhere. For those of us under 52, this is a place to level, and level fast. Boring place to hunt most of the time until you get something like this though...

ACCOUNT FOR SALE!

2009-01-25T11:25:00.004-08:00

No, not mine silly, that is against the rules set forth by NC. But, seeing as how I cannot seem to get a message through to support, I figured I would post a pic of what I found on the Giran Messageboard here instead. If you are able to contact support and not get the create a new account each time you try, please download and email them this picture, it is from ~Jan 7 2009.

Darkness Dealer Plate Mail 0.o

2009-01-24T10:31:00.006-08:00

So, I was finally able to get my hands on this item, and let me tell you, for all that is said about it being not such a great item, I love it. The stats and method of Creation are as follows:

Stats:

Ac: -15
Weight: 170
Dex +1
HP Regen +2
Knight Only (LineageTimes, LineageDB)
Black Mithril
Enchantable (Safe to +0)

To compare it to APM... APM weighs 280, offers 16 AC and +50hp (I heard the +50hp was originally an LoA thing, that has not been removed)

So we have 90 less weight, and other bonuses that I think make it a lot better than APM overall, and it is enchantable!!! Even though it is safe to +0 only, I can tell you, I have made a +1 so I am not even losing any AC to APM :)

Darkness Dealer Plate Mail

So Zag, how does it actually work though? To be honest, I love it. I haven't figured out a way to quantify what I have noticed yet with hard numbers, but after switching from APM to +1 Darkness Dealer Plate Mail, i seem to be able to stay significantly longer in a given area with the same amount of potions. I don't know if this is just my perception, or maybe I am carrying more pots because of the lighter weight of the armor, I never really thought about it, but less weight is always good.

So, how do you acquire this item?

Get used to hunting places you probably wouldn't normally hunt, because you need Cimaera Skins. A LOT of Cimaera Skins. Here is the list of what you need to get this armor

Ancient Plate Mail (APM): (1)
Cimaera Skin (Dragon): (1000)
Cimaera Skin (Goat): (1000)
Cimaera Skin (Lion): (1000)
Cimaera Skin (Snake): (1000)
Pure Black Mithril: (5)
Potion of Wisdom: (100)
The Chinese Language Lineage Client or a friend that uses the Chinese Client

Collecting the Skins is probably the most tedious thing about getting this item, it takes FOREVER. TOI 3-10 and Giran Caves seem to be good places to hunt for skins, but I would recommend TOI as they seem to drop more there.

What about Pure Black Mithril? Where the heck do you get that? Some Monsters drop it, OR you can use Rough Black and refine it into pure black mithril. You can accomplish the refining by visiting "Frim" in Diad. He will require the following to make 1 pure black mithril:

Rough Black Mithril (5)
Volcanic Ash (1)
Blob Gastric Juice (1)
Dark Spirit Stone (1)

So, what is the total cost on this item just to make it?

APM: 10m
Chimera Skins (4k total, 1k of each type): 4-8m depending on how long it takes you to get them
Volcanic Ash (5): You need 5 of these, so figure 500k minimum if you don't already have some
Blob Gastric Juice (5): go hunt blobs, maybe 5k if you buy
Dark Spirit Stone(5): From Hunting Diad, cheap, very cheap, maybe maximum 500a each
Rough Black Mithril (25): around 125k I guess, maybe as much as 250k

So we are looking at 14,630,000a - 18,630,000a just to have all of the ingredients to make it.
After that, you will need to either acquire the Chinese Language client or find a chinese friend to make it for you.. There was a post on boards.lineage.com offering 5m adena for someone to make it for another person, so let's add 5m to our total for a grand total of:

19-23m plus however long it took you to collect all the needed materials. I figure that at around a week or so if you are lucky, so what is our time worth? someone thought 500k/hr in Lineage at leastWell, I doubt that anyone is gonna pull this off in 10 hours of hunting, or even 20 hours, but let's just use those figures, bringing our total to between 24m - 28m just for +0.

It took me FAR FAR longer than 10 or 20 hours to get the skins, probably more like 40, so I think that 20m of my time is a more reasonable guess, so that would put the cost at around 39-43m In my opinion, and I have seen a few of these for sale at gtz for 35-90m for +0, so I think that my estimate is probably more accurate.

Level 50 and some other miscellaneous

2009-01-04T09:31:00.011-08:00

I am finally Level 50 LOL

There ya go, I made it to Level 50 after all these years LOL. To some, leveling is super important to the point of not having a lot of actual fun, but to be honest, with as much fun as I have had playing this game over the years, had I just done the level grind like a few people that will remain nameless, I would probably be somewhere closer to Level 60 or 65 by now.

So, here are some random pictures that I have sitting around and some items that I have got as drops fairly recently. I have edited stuff out the quick way. Cropping, because I don't feel like using Photoshop right now:

This was during the Thanksgiving event, I saw all these guys standing here looking down on the action, so I figued I should let them know they needed to go down below if they wanted to fight ^^

Antharus is still a 1 hit killer:

Sometimes I get tired of the level grind, so I figure I should go do something that is fun, like visit the dragons. Sometimes I am successful, sometimes I am not. This day, Antharus was in a particularly bad mood it seems.

Baby ToS (Land Of The Abandoned). Why it is called ToS I have no idea, but whatever:

I make jokes, what can I say ^^ There were a bunch there and I think I ran out of pots or something, either that or I couldn't target so I decided to make a little humor for myself.

Sorcerer's Temple (aka Sanctuary of Evil from what I have been told...so:

There it is, the Sanctuary of Evil. It is an area that is beautiful to look at. Whomever designed this did a fantastic job! Every monster here was Blue or Gold to me 0.0 which is pretty cool, and with the right group, they don't hurt too much. The ones that will drop you to the floor though in about .5 seconds are the litte frog lookin guys. They cast a sunburts that hits me for like 400+ It hurts.

Diad Area (3f):

I really really like this area. It is more fun than you can imagine, but extremely difficult as well. There is 1 more floor after this one, it has the Court Justices and such on it, and from what I understand, once you get the "Writing of a Death Knight" you can go visit the Dark Elf Holy Land, which I hear is where Girtas is. I have not gotten there yet, but I will ^^, and I will probably die when I get there LOL. Here are some more pics:

One of the many mini bosses you have to kill while you are in this area. There are also Gatekeepers and such. Each room reuires either killing a gatekeeper or a mini-boss to open the way to the next room. It is pretty crazy... On this hunt, there were only 4 of us and we did a pretty good job. 2 mages, 2 knights. I think that if we had a party of 4 mages and 4 knights we would have owned this place even more than we already did! More pics...

I just like the way this looks :)

Blood Rain Knight, makes a really cool sound when you are hitting it ^^ All the mops here look cool.

And finally:

!HELLVINE!

Yep, we made it here, but with such a small group, we just didn't have the power to kick his butt. Not that we didn't try though :)

It's been a while....

2008-12-01T13:30:00.002-08:00

It has been quite a while since I have played Lineage, but I am back, at least temporarily. I started playing again when the girlfriend went with her dad and sister out of town to visit the other sister. Little did I know that I would be starting right before an event. WooT!

I am having fun again, where I wasn't before and I think I am going to keep playing at least until I hit Lvl 52, we'll see. I have a great pledge with great members, so that makes it all the better.

I will try to post some screenshots one of these days as all the old ones are gone for the most part.

DEAD BOT PICS!!!!

2006-12-16T16:41:00.000-08:00

You can now See all the pictures of bots that are killed by me by clicking HERE. It is a simple PHP script that will always update the page with any new pics I upload. If you want to send me a picture of a dead bot for the page, you can email it to subscriptionsgregevans.info and I will post it.

-Zag

Bot Killer...

2006-12-15T19:55:00.000-08:00

Just thought I should share that I am back playing Lineage again. Now there are tons of bots, so I have decided to kill them now and again. Here is one that was killed today. I have been thinking that the support staff is not banning them as they should, so I called a monitor and had a chat. I have edited the photos so as to not reveal which monitor it was :)

The Bot's Name is "Pybrshl". Hopefully he will get banned.

When talking to the monitor I asked if they would reveal themself so that I could snapshot them. They agreed. So here is myself and a Monitor standing over a dead bot.

My post to the Lineage Discussion Boards

2004-10-20T02:33:00.000-07:00

In reply to:

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!!

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!!!

2004-10-14T02:41:00.000-07:00

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)

2004-10-13T14:51:00.000-07:00

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!

2004-10-12T19:50:00.000-07:00

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

2004-10-12T19:36:00.000-07:00

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!

2004-10-12T19:29:00.000-07:00

DSC00483.JPG
Originally uploaded by Zagurim.

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

At the bar

2004-10-07T15:34:00.000-07:00

Zag and Olivia
Originally uploaded by Zagurim.

Me and my friend Oliva at the bar

Zag's East Coast Buddy

2004-10-07T15:32:00.000-07:00

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

2004-10-03T14:33:00.000-07:00

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...

2004-09-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

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

2004-09-20T15:04:00.000-07:00

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...

2004-09-20T02:08:00.000-07:00

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

2004-09-20T01:54:00.000-07:00

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!

2004-09-16T21:52:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2004-09-07T18:18:00.000-07:00

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

2004-09-04T13:28:00.000-07:00

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...

2004-09-03T14:26:00.000-07:00

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

IGG Seige...

2004-09-03T14:03:00.000-07:00

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!! ^^

Welcome!

2004-09-03T13:54:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my little Lineage Blog. I have set this up so that I can record my own little adventures within Lineage. I hope you enjoy reading it.