So what is new since last? God knows. Net still sucks big time for me. Despite this, I've managed to complete the Drake quest, after a few deaths. I can't really say that I enjoy doing quests in lineage, I find them tedious more often than not.
A quest I didn't manage to do was the earring launch event quests, which I am a bit annoyed by, since there's no real chance for my mage to get anything to use in that slot now. Sure, many may say that 2hp and 1mp regen mean little, but every bit of mp regen helps a mage.
I then decided to start investing in my mage, upgrading the equip. After trying to find a 10SoM for a while, I gave up since nobody seemed interesting in selling me one. I replaced several items with more overly enchanted items, which cost me a fair bit of money. I also picked up some new spells, and can't foresee me getting any more in the near future (the remainder are all either strictly pvp or very expensive). I did try a 9SoM out for a while, but with my lag the swings are far too slow for it to be worth using.
So, with the exp event appearing, and me having been at lvl 47 for far too long, I decided to try my luck on FI. It wasn't too bad, despite the lag, but I then got a few unlucky deaths which took away what I had earned, so I took a break. I asked a friend for assistance, and we went hunting 5xf together. We party up, my friend gather mops and I pop them. It is relatively safe, despite my lag, since the mops usually follow my friend rather than try to kill me. But everything is relative, and I did die a couple of times. Of course, there are also a lot of thieves. It's bad enough that 50 people 'accidentally' steal a mop or a few each, but there are some who steal repeatedly and do not apologise. Sad that the event makes people sacrifice honour for gains.
Standing around in the dark at times of low spawn makes you notice things you never noticed before. For instance, the following:
I haven't found any rechargeable batteries in lineage yet. Shame that. The hunt went on, and eventually what was supposed to happen, did happen.
Sweet! 1 more ac, 1 more mr, ability to use new summons. I carried on a bit longer, wanting to build a buffer so that I'd not de-level on the first death. This of course lead to me re-levelling twice, but ending on exactly the same hp/mp as after my first levelling. I then managed to work my way up a bit and beyond what I needed to be safe.
Other than that, lineage goes on as usual, with crafting and selling items. Have to get money for my mage somehow, and solo hunting is not a great idea with my lag (both slight or moderate lag all the time, and occasional 20 second lag spikes). Not sure what I am saving up for now though. AC is so much more expensive (tens of millions per extra point now), and I have all the accessories I need. All I can think of would be merk cap, black wiz ammy, 10SoM for the day when I don't lag as badly, or possibly some of the remaining spells. Which will take me a good while to save up for, heh. But what else can I do really?
Anyone have any suggestions?
