Day 13:

I feel like crying when I port from one place to another and it costs like 100k, when I was at 100k for like the first 40 levels. ><  I head to AI and watch someone training/AOEIng

I hit 43, nothing really spectacular today. Oh and hi hi Nefelitsa!

Funny enough I run into that dwarf I saw at the start of my little adventure in Dion now.

I get in a 36 kama again with LegalizeIt420/Colliebudz and it occurs to us, after we are in, that neither one of us are tanks. I sent Kai after the eyeball but it keeps attacking and draining me anyway, so we end up killing it by me running circles occasionally nuking with Kai on it’s tail the whole time.  Such bad AI right there.

We both get a Hoplon and he gets 30 enchant armor D, which I quickly point out is BS and he shares 20 of them.  I did most of the work anyway since wizards run out of MP fast on these things.

I get 80% into 41, run to Dragon Valley again, noticing that the Watchman won’t allow the quest until 48 even though I am capable of killing the mobs already, hit 42 and log out.

Oh yeah and I email back all the D grade to Zoub.

Day 12:

I log on and tell Furrious I have hit 40, he says he noticed, asked if I did the quests.  I state that I did Magus already.  He says he’ll give me 3 mill and I can skip the quests or not. I’d rather give myself third degree burns than do Scholar ever again (I don’t like Trust either) but I just said cool and remarked about how long Magus was. (Magus is actually one of the better 2nd class change quests tho).  I tell him I’m going to try to finish the Forgotten Temple Pailaka now.

Clearly, the karmian set bonus and the acumen sword make me so much faster it’s not even funny compared to clan robes. It goes MUCH BETTER. He wisely says “when u got the gear all is easy” which really sums up this entire game.

I rip through the bosses like nothing this time. I also ask if I should mail him back the staff and jewelry and he says he’ll ask Zouboulis.

The final one gives me next to no trouble and I’m awarded with an earring, ring, which are on par with my C grade ones, enough EXP to hit 41 and no adena.  What’s up with no adena all the time? :/

Speaking of adena, now that I’m 40 apparently the free ports gig is up and now I’m being charged to move between towns.  My adena situation is hardly better, at 371k at 41. There is no choice but to pay though.

Furrious asks me to come to clan hall again then gives me 3 mill adena, and says I can keep it or do the quick class change, “either way its urs”.  That’s very nice! (I’m serious when I say I’d give anything to never, ever had to do Trust or Scholar EVER AGAIN)

I head off to Daeger in Giran and watch with some amusement some banter between Furrious and Perkaset on whether or not Furrious deserves “sama” after his name or not. Perka says Furrious is “sistering” which they explain is a Greek term. They say they all love each other however so it’s safe to say it’s all a bunch of friendly ribbing.

I continue on with the quests and Helvetia, who is a jerk apparently, wants 3 million adena and even though she has an option for asking for a credit, it doesn’t work. I have to pay the 3 mill. I notice that even though an NPC might be waiting, checking on something, creating something, they never move or anything.  Sorta dumb.

Anyway I get 1 million back because I already did Magus from the Black Marketeer of Mammon.

I class change to Warlock!

Shortly after Furrious pm’s me asking about the change, got a gratz out of that, and says that Danha (the leader) went afk but I can get an invite after that.  My curiosity gets the better of me and I express surprise that a big clan would want a noobler in the first place.  He says they are taking good players, dedicated.

I tell him I could very well “be stupid” and he says “we gave u gear and u didn’t run away”.  I ask if people do that and he replies “a lot”.  I say that is awful (which it is) and he says at least d grade is cheap.  (well, it is, but leaving is still a dick move IMO)  I say not many clans would even do that so it’s nice they try to make the best of it.  He says not a people are left on the server so “we ve got to try”.  I point out his earlier title of “at least I try” as being appropriate but he says irisflower did that not him.  Still, it fit well I think.

I ask about what l2 sites are good and it comes about that l2 stratics, l2blah, and my site, but says mine doesn’t work any more. So I have to fess up about my little project, me, my site,  etc etc 🙂

And really, a big thank you to Furrious, easily the best sponser a real noob could wish for, San, Sama,etc XD !  Clan Argonautes, Alliance Ephix, Clan Lord Danhadouha, Bartz server.  There are still good people in the game 🙂

Out of shots I head to Dion to find some more but no shops have loaded yet.  I scan through my quest list and see a level 39 which is in Dion Temple, right near where I ported. Someone in clan posts they are “poor” with 9 million adena and in my noobish venting I post my sad little pile of adena and cry asking how anyone makes money in this game.

The clan leader, Danhadouha, says you make money from drops.  I ask what drops, the stem and thread I get in abundance?  He links a water stone which he says goes for 3 mill.  Playing stupid again I ask when those drop.  He says 78+ to which I comment “good lord”. I stop griping and talk to Bard Rukal and he says something about my inventory being too full, so I sell some things, get up to 228k adena, then have to pick up shots and drop back down to 172k. This quest promises a whopping 186,077 adena! OMG . I make my way through this quest.

Casian says to visit three places, which doesn’t give me pointers but says silly things like checking near a “puddle” by Giran.

Sigh.  Before I scroll out Danhadouha asks what I’m doing to which I say the magus quest and he asks if I can take a break and go to Aden WH.  I say ports are free why not. I get my first look at Aden town.

and then the clan leader, what a handsome guy!

He trades me, a +4 Homunkulus with acumen, Necklace of Mermaid, 2 Earrings of Binding, 2 Rings of Ages, Karmian Robes, Stockings, Boots, Gloves, Full Plate Helmet, and between him and SokolatakiMou, another 886 C crystals, and over 9k C bsps! He also says once I graduate if I want clan to let him know.  Nice!  I mean seriously really nice, how many clans want a scrubby “big bag of free points” (Emina Olympiad quote) in their alliance?

Anyway, I look at the map and the only thing remotely resembling a puddle is about here, and lucky enough I find the flower girl things around Fellmere lake.

And near the “puddle”

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Then on my way buzzing through Oren I see someone looking for people in my level range for a kama, I join on it.

In the meantime I head to Ivory Tower but I do not see anything called “the Gods falls” on the map but I do see  a waterfall. I run that way. Sure enough that’s what it’s called.

Then I head to Dion to do the 36 kama.  I use 500 odd shots to get 29%, no adena no drops.  Hardly seems worthwhile.  Looting rules appear to be a free for all where whoever get it, keeps it, and doesn’t share.  Sharing seems exceptional in kamas and raids I’ve noticed.

Anyway IronAirRaid states that he had been in my alliance, as IronDuals, but “neme” lost it and kicked him for stupid reasons.  I said I’ve only been around for about a week. He states that “shes a jerk”.  (While I suppose that is a possibility, I’ve never seen anyone kicked “for stupid reasons” in all the time I’ve been playing)

This kama is just like an earlier boring one, tanking and spanking with an add that shows up periodically, unannounced, practically within the original mob which makes it hard to target.  Total snooze fest.

I go back to Rukal at this point and this amazing jerk makes me basically repeat the wizard first class change all over again!! UGH. There are no pointers this time. (I want to shoot myself in the leg attempting a class change quest again, let me tell you what)  The quest gives absolutely no progress status on any of the sub steps the elementals give.

I have not seen any players out and about while hunting in quite a while now.

Now I’m at 198k and out of shots again, so back down to 169k. I only buy 500 since I am nearly 40 and have shots waiting.

I discover even low level mobs continue to chase and harrass me for long distances.

In fact, skeletons I dropped off at the Water Undine some hours back are STILL standing there.  Weird!

I laboriously run around to all the elements again, turn in my quest and ding 40! I now have about 372k which should just be enough for a pet, assuming I still need one at this point.

Furrious is not on for me to tell him I hit 40 so I take a break, tired anyway.

Day 11:

I check my map again and decide to head to Plains of the Lizardmen and see how that exp is. That works out quite well, though every time I log in I get reminded by Captain Gosta about another kama.  You’d think those would be more worthwhile in the adena department if they are pushed so hard.

I still cannot afford a pet, as I am at 196k and nearly out of shots again.

at 5% to level I run out of shots, and discover leveling on white mobs without them is slow and painful and takes nearly twice as many nukes. I double check my skills but I find I have no damage absorbing shields, no roots, no freezing skills, snares, teleports, invisibility, etc to make life easier.  I do have a slow, though.

I hit 39, and just in time as I have nearly no HP, no MP, no shots, and my buffs ran out 10 minutes ago anyway.  I have to log for server maintenance.