Pumpkin event

I am sorry I can not blog write now, I am too busy doing the event quests will all my characters. Oh and creating new characters, getting them to level 10, to do the quests. Go go go, you should be doing the same. And the quest is per-kill, so you can group with your friends for more fun and less effort.

 Instructions:

1. Go to main city of your faction
2. Find pumpkin-head NPC (at Exalted Path for Elyos, Vifrost Bridge for Asmodians)
3. Get and complete the 2 quests, this will open a repeatable quest
4. Get repeatable quest, complete it 10 times
5. Acquire excellent rewards!

Change to another char, repeat cycle from step 1.

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NB: You *can* do the quest naked - especially if you have a beautiful 

toon. And let's face it, almost all toons are beautiful in this game. So..

You will get excellent enchantment stones (>lvl 70), even from your lvl 10 toons, lodas amulets and more.

If you are still bored to try it, suffice to says that Elyos have to visit Verteron and kill some shulacks for the repeatable (you do 1hp damage per hit). It's a group quest, so even if one in the group is active, all characters get the kills and complete the quest. Com'on!

Breaking Up

Well it's over. I thought it would work, I was quite positive actually, I have even given it a good prediction in a previous post. But it did not.

 

They are both good players, they are in the same legion (at least they were), they fell in love for the past months. She is a ranger from Sweden, he is a sin from Greece. She promised she would travel to meet him, he promised he would do anything, really anything, for her.

And then?

He found out that she was not what she said she was. She was not the person in the photographs. She was flirting with another player too. She did not really plan to visit him. And many more lies..

He is now sad and lonely. Pretending he is not sad, nor lonely. 

 

Being female, I cann' t help but wonder how she feels now. Does she miss him? Does she want him? Will she ever try to make up with him? But he would never accept.

Being human (or at least a close resemblance to humanoid), I cann't help but wonder what went wrong. If any. Was it his or her mistake? Did they both fall in love with an imaginary persona, that never existed? Would it be different if ..?

Instance gets harder!

It was the first time I went into Taloc's Hollow, after the last update. It was so much harder!!

Event: The mobs started hitting faster and harder and my HP bar went lower and lower. Note however that the HP bar of my NPC tank-helper (being a cleric myself, i always get the templar to assist me) did not go down - at least not faster than usual.

Conclusion: I understood that NcSoft did some serious changes during this update and made the instance harder to complete. I called my friends, asked about their experience (they have not been in there yet, after the patch), and told them to be really really careful when they do go in.

Analysis: The HP bar of my char did go low - that can be explained by the harder hits the mob did. However how did I manage to get the bar up again? At the time, I didn't think about it - I just assumed that being a cleric has its advantages. Like healing yourself.

Waiiiiiit: Something is wrong. Well yes, heal yourself. But that much?! Bear in mind that the tree has 95.000 hp, how could I possibly heal 45.000 hp (half the tree's life) with one skill cast? Probably I could not.

Epiphany: I am not a tree. More specifically, I forgot to transform to a tree! How stupid can I be?! I have done two of the instance bosses without having transformed. O.M.G. Talk about forgetfulness! That is why it was so hard.

"To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up",

Oscar Wilde says. On the plus side, for the interested reader, the item-skills (AoE and Nuke) do work fine, even like that.


So.. remember.. Do not be yourself. It is a major mistake. Make sure you change to the adequate form each time, in order to handle each situation appropriately.

Where is Udas Temple Entrance?

Just in case some more people have the same question I did, I am posting here some summarised info about entering mid and low Udas Temple.

Draft Version

Notes:

• There is an entrance to Udas Temple in both Inggison (Elyos) and Gelmaros (Asmodians).
• You reach both mid and low Udas from the same temple-like entrance at a specific map point (where 2 caves appear, marking the entrance to 2 instances). After entering, you can choose which of the two instances you want.
• The waiting time to reenter the ’Udas Temple’ dungeon is 6 hours.

Elyos/Inggison:
The temple-like entrace is in the pit where the Dragonbound are. There's a temple-ish looking entrance, guarded by alot of elites. Once you are Lv 52, you can receive the Udas Temple entry quest. Honeus gives the quest and can be found in the Undirborg Observation Post. The quest name is “Goal of the Dragonbound.”

  

1. Fly from Inggison Illusion Fortress to Undiborg Observation Post (aka "north fly point").
 
2. Walk few steps on the green-covered rock.

3. Glide towards the map point, avoiding the wind tunnel. Don't worry, you do not need much flight time. Or take the wind tunnel (some people prefer it) but exit as soon as you are above the map point.

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4. When you are reaching the map point, you will see a deep whole in the ground, with a gigantic phallic symbol tower in the middle. That's the design you see on your Inggison map too.

5. Glide towards the temple-like entrance, on the lowest level. Glide towards there and land as close as possible. Be careful of all those elites patrolling. If you are having problems with your gliding like I do, aim for the wall above the entrance and then slide down.

6. Enter the Temple-like entrance, it's safe for few (10-20) meters, until you come to a large room.

7a. Walk straight ahead for Lower Udas.
7b. Walk straight for half the room, turn left, walk to the end of the corridor, go behind the statue there, for Mid Udas.
Do not worry, it is easy to avoid the mobs.

Image from Aion PowerWiki

8. Use the instance entrance.

Asmodians / Gelkmaros
Asmodians can also receive the entry quest for Udas Temple once they reach Lv 52. The entry quest is named "Secret of the Dragonbound" and you can get it from Aglauros, who is in the Marayas Wilds.

1. Move towards the point marked (sorry, don't know how)

2. Glide towards the entrance, which is found below a ledge. Glide towards there and land as close as possible. Be careful of all those elites patrolling.

3. Enter the Temple-like entrance, it's safe for few (10-20) meters, until you come to a large room.

4a. Walk straight ahead for Lower Udas.
4b. Walk straight for half the room, turn left, walk to the end of the corridor, go behind the statue there, for Mid Udas.
Do not worry, it is easy to avoid the mobs.

Image from Aion PowerWiki

5. Use the instance entrance.

Try the instance - it's new, fun and .. oh well, you just have to, it has so many quests!

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More info:

• Aion PowerWiki Getting To Udas (excellent step-by-step guide for both factions)
• Aiononline forums (elyos)
• Yellowgremlin map (elyos), map (asmo)
• List of  Udas Temple guides

Love is in the air (part II)

Wow, that was unexpected! After the last post, "Love is in the air", I received some emails about additional cases (and none about taloc's guide.. guys do you prefer that kind of posts?!)

Here is a table summarising all cases so far.

#	Man			Woman			Status
	country	class	age	country	class	age	Flirt	Met	InLove
1	uk	sin	17	sweden	cleric	23	yes	yes	yes
2	sweden	gladi	24	denmark	cleric	24	yes	no	no
3	greece	sin	38	sweden	ranger	29	yes	scheduled	yes
4	uk	templar	28	uk	cleric	28	yes	yes	yes
5	norway	sin	22	germany	chanter	25	yes	yes	yes
6	uk	gladi	28	germany	ranger	26	yes	yes	yes

Many thanx to Ariel, LTK, Anonymous for their kind input.

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 Observations:

• All (100%) males flirting in game play fighting classes.
• Most (66%) females play support classes.
• In all cases (100%) meeting of the couple had a positive result.
• All (100%) females are from northern european countries.
• Age does not seem significant. Males were older than females in as many cases (30%) as females were older than males (30%). 
• All (100%) of cases was reported by females.

Corollary: 

• Guys: get online, create a fighter, join a legion, go after the female players of northern countries, start with clerics and chanters, then move on to rangers.

Love is in the air

Is it the season? So much flirting going around - at least considering the infinite improbability of meeting your 'significant other' in an .. MMO (!).

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So here they are, my three favorite cases among my friends!

Case #1: Britain calling Sweden.
Young man of 17 y.o., extremely clever (i'm sure he is a prodigy!) meets sweet, happy, exciting woman of 23. Most males who even listen to her voice on ts/vent/skype instantly fall in love. She travels to him, they meet, they get along, now he prepares his visit to her.
Chances of being together after 6 months: 90%

Case #2: Sweeden to Danmark.
Persian fighter in Sweeden, 24 y.o., meets same-age cleric from Danmark. He approaches her online, and some time later her in-game description reads he is the man of her life! Yet he is not persuaded to visit her - although he seems genuinely interested.
Chances of being together after 6 months: 8%

Case #3: Greece to Sweden.
Musician from Greece, 38 y.o., role-playing the assassin, falls in love with cute little ranger from Sweden of 29 y.o. She has already planned visiting him in November for a week and then again in x-mas time for a forthnight. Ah - l'amour!
Chances of being together after 6 months: If they survive the first meeting: 99%.

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NB1: In 100% of the cases, man and woman are in the same legion.
NB2: Pictures of #2 and #3 show extremely beautiful women.

Corollary: Get online, join a legion, check female players from northern european countries.