RV 4f

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

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!

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

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

1. Ancient Plate Mail (APM): (1)
   
2. Cimaera Skin (Dragon): (1000)
3. Cimaera Skin (Goat): (1000)
4. Cimaera Skin (Lion): (1000)
5. Cimaera Skin (Snake): (1000)
6. Pure Black Mithril: (5)
7. Potion of Wisdom: (100)
8. 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

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 :)