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Monday, July 28, 2008

The Outrageous Musketeer

Finally after all the wait, my musketeer just got her new stance; the Outrage Shot. This is one of the new stances that was released this July for the Requeim Expansion of Granado Espada, aside from the musketeer; Grace Bernelli, Lorch, Brunie and Gavin will also get new range stances. For this article, I've created a guide that focuses more on the Outrage Shot, on how good it is, how can you obtain it and much more...
for starters, here are the stance and skill description for the stance: (sources from the GE website)

Outrage Shot

This is an upgraded version of dual pistols, able to fire a series of rapid shots at the enemy. At Level 25, this stance will grant you +40 Accuracy and +25% Attack Speed.

The Skills

Sapping Shots

Range: 1 enemy within a range of 6M

Cooldown: 10 seconds

Requires: 100 SP and 4 Pistol Bullets

Description: Fires at enemy (Unable to move the lower half of one’s body)

Power: 1050% ATK and 25% chance to inflict [Mortal Wound]

*side note: a very good starting skill with high damage although it has a 5 sec. cooldown, the good part is that it's a knockback skill and has a chance to inflict mortal wound.


Octet-Stream

Range: 1 enemy within a range of 7M

Cooldown: 10 seconds

Requires: 200 SP and 8 Pistol Bullets

Description: Fires 8 times consecutively

Power: 2263% ATK

*side note: an improved version of quatro firing, the bad side is that this skill has no mortal wound infliction.


Dancing Revolvers

Range: Up to 6 enemies 8M away and within a 4M radius

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Requires: 250 SP and 20 Pistol Bullets

Description: A frenzy of graceful shots at enemies

Power: 1345% ATK and 50% chance to inflict [Mortal Wound]

*side note: one of the coolest skill ever, can eliminate high level mobs with one use (7k-12k damage), unfortunately it can only target 6,


Desperados

Range: 1 enemy within a range of 9M

Cooldown: 20 seconds

Requires: 300 SP and 20 Pistol Bullets

Description: Random shots at enemies

Power: 1267% ATK, 100% chance to inflict [Mortal Wound] and -50 Enemy DEF

*side note: another cool skill, with proper weapons, you can kill fighters with these, if not,it'll surely inflict mortal wound on them,and with the -100 DEF (added with the mortal wound effect) it can leave the fighter weakened for any attack. The only drawback is that the skill takes long to finish its animation, leaving the musketeer open for any counterattack


Mortal Wound: reduces ATK, attack speed, and movement speed by 15%, reduces DEF by 50

Source from bookofwind.blogspot.com





Double-Gun Shot / Outrage Shot


Why Outrage Shot?

You really gonna love these skills, almost every one of them has a chance or always inflict Mortal Wound status effect,

which can be really helpful in pvps and even on raids, also, you'll notice that the attack speed has dramatically increased, meaning the musketeer can reach 20 attack speed even without buffs, and if properly equipped, it can go faster at 15-10 attack speed. With just 3 musketeers, you can wreak havoc on your enemies before they can reach you. Another good thing is the +40 accuracy bonus at max level, your musketeer can reach perfect accuracy (100 Accuracy).



One of the things I really love with this stance is that it hits the target four times, with the addition of the insane high attack speed, and with some critical bonus on your weapon, you can deal lots of damage and I mean a lot, it could range at 2.5k to 4k and (gasp*) 5k to 8k damage, it can deal massive damage to high level boss without spamming any skills. You remember the video I posted a few weeks ago? now that's what I'm talking about, now that's PURE PWNAGE ^^


But the bad part with the Outrage Shot is that it can eat up your ammunition pretty fast, just playing for 6-7 hours, you'll see notice that your pistol ammos are running empty. And if have two or more Musks, your ammos would only last for 2 hours. So it can be difficult to leave your Musketeer in AFK while using Outrage Shot, better use it when hunting or in raids.


To see how the skills and attacks of the Outrage Shot has, I created a video of the different skills,

by the way, thanks to xXVOLDEMORTXx for helping me with the skill demonstration.

(Note: There's a correction in one of the skill name in the video, It should be Dancing Revolvers instead of Dancing Revolers lol)






How to get it


Now you know how good Outrage Shot is, for the next part, I'll show you how to get it.

First of all you need to be in Veteran Level, second, your Double-Gun Shot Stance must be at level 25, and finally, you'll be needing 25 pcs. of Mystery Powders and 30 pcs. of Expedition Memos


The Mystery Powder can be purchase via G-Points from Leticia, it costs around 220 G-Points per piece, for 25 pieces, it'll be at 5500 G-Points.

For the Expedition's Memo, this can be found from monsters at the Bahamas Maps, the drop rate is high that you can collect 30 pcs. in less than an hour.

Once you have all the requirements, proceed to the Bahamas Base Camp, you can get there by going to Ustuir Zona Quatro. Then talk to the Scholar NPC, then select your desired stance book (of course your choice would be Outrage Shot)




And voila, you now received your very own Outrage Shot stance book, now go level your stance ^^



Equipping your Musketeer


Now you've got your Stance Book, the next step is to equip your musketeer, the most important thing to note is giving it Attack Speed bonuses, so invest more on that, followed by Attack bonuses and Critical Rate, you can even add some status effect bonus. For the Armor, it's best to get the level 84 Elite Striform or the level 100 Corsair de Rosso since these are the only good armors that have +8% attack speed bonus, if possible, try to get the Divine Angel Wing back costume, this gives a 5% attack Speed, movement speed bonus and it's a permanent costume, next is to find a good leather gloves with 10% attack speed or if you have lots of vis, try investing on veteran gloves with attack speed of 15%-20%. For the Weapons, it's better to invest on Elite 92 Pistols rather than on the level 100 Desert Storm since chipping 92 weapons are alot cheaper and both of them has the same AR and damage.


If you want an alternative weapon, you can try the Pioneer Weapons, for the level 100 Pioneer Weapons, you'll be needing Epic Glaziums and 4 pcs. of Mystery Powders. Epic Glaziums can be found on high level quests (Katovic, Bahamas and other Veteran Level Maps). Level 100 Pioneer Weapons are the only Pioneer Weapons that requires Mystery Powders.


For more info on how to craft Pioneer Weapons, visit the GE website's guide
The level 100 Pioneer Weapons are 1 AR and 16 ATK lower than the usual level 100 Weapons, but with just one enhancement chip , you can get incredible stats like this Pistol for example:



If you're gonna bring 3 Musks or if you have a team with no buffer (Scout, Soho and even Rio wtih his Serenade Stance), it's better to bring lots of Analeptic Remedy and Big Watermelon Slices, Watermelons can be bought at Port of Bahia.




Musketeer or Brunie?


There's even a debate on whether Brunie or the Musketeer is better with the Outrage Shot, you can find the forum discussion here. If you'd ask me, I'd prefer using the Musketeer over Brunie because of the Concentraion buff, at level 11 it can give a +1 AR bonus, plus 16% Critical Rate and +32 Accuracy, and add that with some critical bonus from your weapons, your Musk can deal lots of critical damage, although Brunie can still be powerful with its 9 AGI and a couple of status effect bonus pistols (Fear,Darkness,Poison) which can be deadly on PVP situations. But in terms of dealing damage, the Musketeer is still the winner.




So there you have it. I hope my guide has become very useful on your quest in creating your very own Outrageous Musketeer. Till next time...







Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The Diffrerent Faces of the GE "The Requiem" Poster

The Requiem Patch is just few days away, with the patch already available for download
and everybody's (well..almost everybody) preparing to promote the new patch

IAH and E-Games had already released a picture of their poster for GE v2.6

Now let's take a look on the differences of these posters:

To start off, let's take a look on the original poster from Korea:


You'll notice that Calyce is included on the poster but she won't be available on the Requiem patch, alongside Calyce is Bai Ho, who is available in the patch but not this month, but hopefully in August (let's cross our fingers now ^^)
You'll also see the some of the stock characters wearing Le Noir armor and some Serpent and Chess Series weapons. The cool part in the poster is the female Elementalist casting a spell

Onward to the next version is from Singapore:


You can see that Calyce, the Musketeer and the Elementalist were removed from the original poster (well since Calyce is not available on v2.6), replacing them were Feng Ling and Vicente Rio. The Requiem title is present on the poster with the famous subtitle for the latest patch. I know you guys will ask me why is it dated on June 2008 when it was scheduled for July, well it was originally scheduled on June 12, but due to current bug problems on the server, the schedule was moved to July 3. The bad part on this poster is that Feng Ling is really out of place on this poster and the Free to Play logo on the upper right corner looks a bit plain and boring.
overall the poster's a bit average compared to the original version.

And finally the Philippine version:


As you can see this version is almost similar that to the Singapore one, but with some add details.
First, they remove Feng Ling from the poster (with is good) and Vicentne Rio with Bai Ho are bigger compared to the Singapore version, and the Free to Play logo has an improved design.
Also they added some pics below the poster for added details on the patch,but I hope that they didn't remove the Musketeer and Elementalist on the poster. I can say that this is way better than the Singapore version.

So there you have it folks, the different versions of Granado Espada "The Requiem" Patch

damn I can't wait ^^

Damn those Musks!!!

If you take a look at the video taken from this link
(I found this at the SGE forums, you can find the original thread here


you'll probably say: WTF!! damn those musks!!!
the player only used 3 expert musketeers in soloing the Queen Eater ( @_@)
hehe the stances of the musketeers in the video are the new ones for V2.6 which is called Outrage Shot and boy do they really hit that fast

can't wait for v2.6 ^^

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

New Trailer for Granado Espada

At last! the trailer for the upcoming V2.6 expansion "The Requiem" is finally here...

check out the trailer...
you can also check the trailer on the official website of GE







If this trailer can only be aired on Philippine Free TV like they did in Cabal...it would be so cool ^^

Friday, June 13, 2008

What If Special Part 2

Welcome back, last week I featured about what if GE has a brand new gameplay feature.
Now for the 2nd part of the GE Special, It's all about RNPCs, yes folks we're going to ask ourselves, what if GE has this brand new RNPC that's gonna give us another twist to our game.

I also remeber that Miss Hrin once started a thread a year ago about our GE will have its very own RNPC and players will their suggestion on what would the RNPC's appearance and skills.
Also, Sigrid posted her own RNPC which can be found here.

I'm give you not one, not two, but four; three RNPCs that are created by yours truly and one surprise RNPC, which is very famous from a popular game franchise.

and before we move on, kindly read the warning below

(Warning: the following feature is only fictional, this will never appear in future GE versions, this feature is only meant for entertainment)

so let's begin...

for the first set (my custom made RNPCs)
(the following pics are not created by me, they are only used for added visualization to the RNPC)

Xian (Ninja)

Stats: STR 5, AGI 7, HP 5, DEX 6, INT 4, CHA 3
Weapon: Dagger, Katana
Armor: Leather
Personal Skill: Shadow Illusion (creates a shaodw clone to aid Xian in battle)
200SP and 5 Mithridart, recharge:120 sec
at level 10: Duration 350 seconds
Clone's Stats at level 50 (starting level)
Max HP: 1200 ATK Rating: 20 ATK: 100
DEF Rating: 20 DEF: 50
Stances:
Esgrima (one hand dagger stance) Way of the Blade (one hand katana stance) Way of the Edge (2 hit use of two katanas stance) Way of the Shinobi (3 hit one hand katana VET stance)


Way of the Blade

Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +15% Critical +10% Evade +15%

Level 1: Kunai Throw (throws a ninja dagger at target)
SP 100, 1 adjacent enemy 5m away
lvl10 dmg: 345%

Level 4: Smoke Screen (throws a smoke bomb at target)
SP 200, up to 10 enemies 6m away with a radius of 4m, Recharge 5 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 0 accuracy for 20 sec

Level 8: Shadow Slash (slashes target, If Shadow Illusion is activated, Clone can use Shadow Slash along with Xian)
SP 250, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 10 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 620% (+30% dmg with Clone)

Level 16: Vanishing Strike (dashes at target and relentlessly strikes at high speed)
SP 300 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 20 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 1650%


Way of the Edge
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +20% Critical +10%

Level 1: Swift Strike (quickly dashes and strikes target even from afar)
SP 100, 1 adjacent enemy 6m away
lvl 10 dmg: 367%

Level 4: Flare Spin (spins and strikes multiple target with ninja fire technique)
SP 200, up to 5 enemies with range up to 2.5m, Recharge 10 sec
Lvl 10 dmg: 425% with 20% chance to burn enemies

Level 12: Cross Slash (Slashes target in a X pattern)
SP 250, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 15 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 1140% with 25% chance to stun target

Level 16: Mirage Strike (swiftly slashes target in multiple directions and following a final strike above target)
SP 300, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 20 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 1830%

Way of the Shinobi
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +25% Critical +15%

Level 4: Kunai Fans (throws multiple ninja daggers at targets)
SP 150, up to 4 enemies with range up to 5m, Recharge 5 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 310%

Level 8: Dragon Breath (uses a supreme fire technique at targets)
SP 200, up to 5 enemies with range up to 4m, Recharge 10 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 530% with 15% chance to burn targets

Level 12: Cursed Strike (strikes target with cursed blade)
SP 250, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 15 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 890% with 25% chance to Fear and Poison enemy

Level 16: Dragon Rage (unleashes ultimate fire technique to target)
SP 300 1 adjacent, Recharge 20 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 1750% with 15% chance to Burn target


Maria Treant (Undead Hunter)
Stats: STR 7, AGI 6, HP 5, DEX 5, INT 4, CHA 3
Weapon: Whip
Armor: Leather
Personal Skill: Soul Steal (Every attack absorbs the life energy of targets)
SP 300, 5 Mithridart, self buff, recharge 120 sec
at level 10: duration 75 sec
+10% life steal +10% attack speed -10 DEF

Stances:
Whiplash (single attack whip stance) Elemental Fusion (splash damage whip stance) Whipmaster (2 hit single attack whip VET stance)
Whiplash
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +15%, Critical +10%, Evade +5%

Level 1: Fierce Charge (Charge target with 3 whip strikes)
SP 100, 1 adjacent enemy
lvl 10 dmg: 320%

Level 4: Whip Drag (Drags a distanced target closer then tackles the target)
SP 150, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 10 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 345%

Level 8: Holy Blast (Blast multiple target with Holy Powers, deadly against the Undead)
SP 150, up to 6 enemies with a range of 3.5m, Recharge 10 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 443% +30% damage to Undead

Level 12: Falcon Dash (Leaps high into the air then dives with charge kick to targets)
SP 250, up to 3 adjacent enemies, Recharge 15 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 676% with 15% chance to Stun

Relentless Assault (Relentlessly attacks target with multiple whip strikes)
SP 300, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 20 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 1340% -10 DEF

Elemental Fusion
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +10%, Critical +4%

Level 4: Ice Crystal (Imbues whip with the element of Ice)
SP 150 and 1 Elemental Orb, Self Buff, Recharge 20 sec
lvl 10 stats: +45 Ice Attack with 10% chance to Freeze -10 DEF Duration: 150 sec

Level 8: Fire Burst (Imbues whip with the element of fire)
SP 200 and 2 Elemental Orbs, Self Buff, Recharge 25 sec
lvl 10 stats: +55 Fire Attack with15% chance to Burn -10 DEF Duration: 150 sec

Level 12: Lightning Charge (Imbues whip with the element of lightning)
SP 250 and 3 Elemental Orbs, Self Buff, Recharge 30 sec
lvl 10 stats: +65 Lightning Attack with 20% chance to Shock -10 DEF Duration: 150 sec

Level 16: Elemental Wrath (Unleashes the power of the three elements to multiple targets)
SP 300 and 5 Elemental Orbs, up to 10 enemies, Recharge 70 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 445%

Whipmaster
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +20%, Critical +10%

Level 1: Fierce Combo (Hits target thrice following with a roundhouse kick)
SP 100, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge: 5 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 420%

Level 4: Holy Blessing (Releases the Undead Hunter's dormant powers)
SP 150 and 2 Mithridarts, Self Buff, Recharge 20 sec
lvl 10 stats: +10% Attack, +10% Attack Speed, +20% damage to Undead, Duration: 75 sec

Level 12: Tidal Whip (Swing whip twice at full force at targets)
SP 200, up to 6 enemies with range up to 3m, Recharge 15 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 475%

Level 16: Relentless Fury (Unleashes the most powerful attack of the Undead Hunters)
SP 300, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 20 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 1875%


Qamar (Secret Assassin)

Stats: STR 5, AGI 7, HP 5, DEX 7, INT 3, CHA 3
Weapon: Katar
Armor: Leather
Personal Skill: Shadow Blend (Hides into the shadow, becoming invisible to targets)
SP 250, 5 Analeptic Remedy, Self Buff, Recharge 60 sec
at level 10: -20% Movement Speed, -25 DEF, Invisibility, Duration: 25 sec
Stances:
Assault Blade (two hit one hand katar stance) Hidden Blade (stabbing one hand katar stance) Furious Blade (three hit dual wield katar VET stance)

Assault Blade
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +15%

Level 1: Katar Stab (Stabs target with deadly Katar)
SP 100, 1 adjacent enemy
lvl 10 dmg: 220%

Hidden Blade (Movement Speed -40%)
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +5%, Critical +20%, Evade +15%

Level 4: Katar Strike (Attacks target with 3 katar strikes)
SP 150, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 5 sec

Level 12: Shadow Fear (Instills fear to enemies by using psyche tactics)
SP 200, up to 6 enemies with range up to 3m, Recharge 15 sec
lvl 10 dmg: Fears enemy for 19 sec

Level 16: Shadow Wound (Hide from the shadows and strikes a deadly blow to target)
SP 300, 1 adjacent enemy, Shadow Blend must be activated to use this skill, Recharge 30 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 2765% with 20% chance to inflict Mortal Wound

Furious Blade
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +25%, Critical +10%

Level 4: Blade Dance (Slashes target with a deadly dance maneuver)
SP 150, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 5 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 540%

Level 8: Sinister Dash (Charges at targets at high speed)
SP 200, up to 4 enemies with range up to 4.5m with a radius of 1m
lvl 10 dmg: 340%

Level 16: Eternal Suffering (Repeatedly stabs target while injecting it with deadly poison)
SP 300, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 20 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 1654% with 75% chance to Poison

Note* you can notice that the 3 are almost similar to the stances of the fighter and scout, but only with a few twist to give the RNPCs some uniqueness. for Xian, he the ability to create a mirrored version of himself but with low stats, I also added some skills that matches that of a real ninja. As for Maria, I created some stances that can be similar to the famous whip-lashing Belmonts of the Castlevania series as a tribute to the popular game franchise (since there's no Vampire race in GE, I decided to use Undead instead.) and finally we have a Assassin RNPC, but instead of just daggers, we'll use katars and a hooded figure really matches the profile of the Assassin (looks familiar mmm?) and the fun part is that when you use the Shadow Blend skill, you can stalk to your enemies and then use the Shadow Wound skill unnoticed.

And now *drum roll* the bonus RNPC....


Tadan!!!!


Solid Snake

Stats: STR 6, AGI 7, HP 5, DEX 6, INT 3, CHA 3
Weapon: Dagger, Pistol, Knuckle
Armor: Leather
Personal Skill: Octo Camo (Special Suit that blends into the environment)
SP 300, 3 Analeptic Remedy, self buff, Recharge: 120 sec
at level 10: +20% Evade, +10% Movement Speed, Duration: 120 sec
Stances:
Close Quarter Combat (dagger and pistol stance)
Tactical Espionage (3 hit knuckle stance)

Aiming Shot (one hand pistol stance)
Esgrima (one hand dagger stance)




Close Quarter Combat
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +15%, Critical +5%, Evade +5%

Level 1: Stun Shot (Stuns target with tranquilizer bullet)
SP 100 and 1 bullet, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 5 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 130% and 30% chance to Stun

Level 4: Smoke Cigarette (Snake smokes his favorite cigarette)
SP 150 and 1 Analeptic Remedy, Self Buff, Recharge 10 sec
lvl 10 stats: +5% Evade and +15% Attack Speed

Level 12: Assault Rifle (Rains targets with his trusty rifle)
SP 200 and 20 bullets, up to 6 enemies with range up to 4m with radius up to 2.5m, Recharge 15 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 415%

Level 16: Throat Slit (Grabs target and slits it's throat)
SP 250, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 20 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 1120% with 20% chance to inflict Mortal Wound

Tactical Espionage
Max stance bonus: Attack Speed +10%, Evade +15%

Level 4: Take Down (Grabs target then throws it to the ground)
SP 100, 1 adjacent enemy, Recharge 5 sec
lvl 10 dmg: 345%

Level 8: Cardboard box trick (Snake hides in a cardboard box to avoid detection)
SP 150, Self Buff, Recharge 10 sec
lvl 10 stats: Enemies will not detect you, -25% movement speed, Duration 25 sec

Level 16:Summon MK II (Snake releases Otacon's invention)
SP 200, Self Buff, Recharge 120 sec
lvl 10 stats: MK II's stats (lvl 50): 500 Max HP,20 ATK Rat, 450 ATK (+15% to Shock), 20 DEF Rat, 50 DEF, Duration: 120 sec


Note* In honor for the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, I decided to create Snake himself as an RNPC in GE, and if he does appear ingame, well that would be very cool.
All of his famous trademark skills are present as well as some new tricks that's going to appear on his latest and final chapter on the Playstation3.




So there you have it folks, my 4 What If RNPCs, If you have any comments and even new RNPC ideas, you can post a comment on this post.
Tune in again next week for my 3rd installment of my GE What If Special.

Till then...have a great day...

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Abusing your Power

a few hours ago, an incident just occurred in Carracci,
a player was banned for broadcasting his complains regarding how e-games promote GE in thier area.

these are the words the player broadcasted to the game:

broad no.1 : "pwede bang ayusin yun card at poster dito sa region 12"
translation: can you please fix the card and poster (distribution) here in region 2

broad no.2 : "Pwede ayusin yun Cards and Poster sa South Cotabato?"
translation: Please fix the Cards and Poster(distribution) in South Cotabato?

broad no.3: "Diba work ng CM mag Distribute ng cards at poster bakit kami Wala?"
translation: Isn't itthe CM's job to distribute the cards and posters (distribution) how come we don't have it?

after the 3rd broad, the player was banned from using his broadchat

after that many players are complaining that the CM was responsible of banning the player's broad chat

here is the player's pic of his broad chat (there is no notice that his broad is not working but he can't broad his messages)


and these are the other player's reaction after that player was banned from broadcasting his message









so WTF were you thinking?!! it's your job to promote GE, that player was just asking why aren't their any GVC distribution in thier area , then he was banned from broad chatting... is this how you guys solve the promotion problems, or this is how you kill Granado Espada in the Philippines. Now that's a shame, your promotion of Cabal Online was far more better than GE (you even had a TV commercial of Cabal aired almost everyday) but you even comment on your site that "GE is a triple A game" but is your service and promotion of GE Triple A? oh cut the crap will yah...

to CM Veya who was online during that time, will you explain to the players why did you do that?
many players admired you but in return you have to treat them like that? now your abusing your authority as Community Manager

I wouldn't make this article if the problem was just minor, but it isn't, just looking at the current situation the Filipino players are facing, doing such stupid action towards players is unacceptable,
and action you just did really shows that you guys just don't give a damn to us at all...


Monday, June 9, 2008

Players Guide in Finding a Suitable I-Cafe to Play

Summer time is over and it's time to go back to school...
I know some of you guys and gals are moving to your next step in life, as freshmen in college
New school, new friends, new interesting things to discover and of course... a new place to play GE (but be sure you play during break times or after school ^^)

to help guys in finding a suitable place to play you favorite MMORPG
here are some tips and tricks to help you find your gaming "tambayan"

1.) Find an I-Cafe that is easily accessible, meaning finding a spot where it is near a school, Mall, and public transport so you won't having trouble going to the Cafe.

2.) Check if the area has a low crime rate, this is to ensure your safety from snatchers and muggers inside and outside the I-Cafe. and also check if the Cafe has any security guards.

3.) Check if the I-Cafe has fast PCs, so you won't have problems playing GE (especially during Colony Wars) to check if the PC is GE ready, the processor should be at least Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz or better like Core 2 Duo or Quad Core, the RAM should be at least 512MB to 1GB, the video should be GeForce2 MX400 up to the latest Video Card (some new I-Cafes are now at GeForce 7000 series) and the Direct X should be at 9.0C to latest and the OS should be Windows XP SP2 up to Windows Vista and very fast internet speed.


4.) Make sure that the I-Cafe's rental rate suits your budget, especially if your going to play till dawn, a hourly rate of P20-P30 is reasonable (depending on your allowance and the number of hours you play daily) but some shops can go lower at P15.

5.) Also check if they have special promos, like membership for discounts and special hourly promos like the 8 hours, 12 hours and even 24 hours promo rates (this is very affordable to players who plays for a long time.

6.) Check if there are nearby food stalls, a gamer who plays with an empty stomach can't play well, so be sure to grab some munchies at nearby food stalls or even inside the I-Cafe (if they offer foods and drinks).

7.) Check if the I-Cafe has any record of hacking incidents, getting hacked really sucks, especially if you invested a lot of money and time for your game, so make sure that the I-Cafe has no record of hacking incidents or if not any hackers that have been caught, this ensures that the shop has zero tolerance against hackers.

8.) Check for any installed keyloggers in the I-Cafe, the most basic method of finding any keyloggers is by checking the task manager, then check for any suspicious programs installed and close it, another method is by using the msconfig (to go the start menu and click run, then type msconfig.

9.) Always be alert on your surroundings, be on the look out for any eyeloggers and even snatchers nearby.

10.) Befriend with the shop administrator, or even with the shop owner, this can be very helpful, since this will give you updates inside the shop and even on the MMO Community (these guys can be gamers you know) or maybe a big discount on their shop.

11.) Also make friends with fellow gamers inside, nothing beats having new friends, especially if both of you are playing the same game, so don't get surprised if you and your newly found friends form your very own guild.

12.) Never brag about your avatar, this could attract trouble,especially when you are new in the Cafe, it can even attract hackers, so be sure not to brag about your game avatar.

13.) Check if the I-Cafe has any restrictions regarding downloads and streams, since downloading files (thru Torrent and even LimeWire) can eat up the internet speed causing players to experience lag and delay, so to ensure steady connection speed, some I-Cafes are restricting people to download and even stream videos, sometimes they just reduce the internet speed of every PC in the Cafe so customers can still enjoy downloading and streaming at low speed and gamers can still enjoy playing their online games.

14.) Also check if the I-Cafe is open 24/7, so you can play with your friends on wees hours till the break of dawn (be sure to do it during weekends and holidays ok?).

15.) See if they also sell game cards, so you don't need to look on other shop just to buy a game card, whether they sell it via electronic load pins (Load Central) or via game cards.

so there you have it, I hope this can be helpful in searching for your new "tambayan"

and I more thing:
make sure you study hard, get good grades and always finish all your homework before you start your gaming marathon.

"coz all play and no study makes you a noob"

till next time...

Thursday, June 5, 2008

What If Special Part 1

Hello again everyone, although the next patch, V2.5 will delayed for quite some time.
I decided to kill some time by cooking up some ideas...
like what if Granado Espada has this kind of blah blah...so the What If Special is born.
this idea was inspired from the What If Comics from Marvel, for more info about the comic, you can visit this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_If_(comics)
the four part special will be posted every week of June

(Warning: the following feature is only fictional, this will never appear in future GE versions, this feature is only meant for entertainment)



So let's begin the first part....


What if...Granado Espada has this kind of feature in-game:

The Trinity Bond

A bonus buff is given to a family depending on what kind of characters are in the team,
these stats varies on what kind of character combination the family used.
The Trinity Bond can be attained thru a specific quest and can be activated when all characters in the team are level 50,
the buff increases at levels 75, Veteran and Expert.


Here are the following character combinations for the Trinity Bond:



Buff Name: The Firing Squad
Characters: 3 Musketeer
Stats:
Level 50: +3% Attack, -3 DEF
Level 76: +5% Attack, -5 DEF
Veteran: +7% Attack, -7 DEF, +5 Critical, -5 Accuracy
Expert: +9% Attack, -9 DEF, +10 Critical, -10 Accuracy





Buff Name: The Rescue Knights
Characters: 2 Rescue Knight, Romina,
Stats:
Level 50: +3 DEF, -3% Movement Speed
Level 75: +5 DEF, -5% Movement Speed
Veteran: +7 DEF, -7% Movement Speed, +5 Block, -3% Attack Speed
Expert: +9 DEF, -9% Movement Speed, +7 Block, -5% Attack Speed






Buff Name: Heavy Hitters
Characters: Claude Baudez, Grandice, Alejandro
Stats:
Level 50: +3% Attack, -3% Attack Speed
Level 75: +5% Attack, -5% Attack Speed
Veteran: +7% Attack, -7% Attack Speed, +2% Life steal, -250 HP
Expert: +9% Attack, -9% Attack Speed, +4% Life steal, -500 HP






Buff Name: The Three Chapters
Characters: Irawan, Feng Ling, Baek Ho
Stats:
Level 50: +5% Attack Speed, -5 DEF
Level 75: +7% Attack Speed, -7 DEF
Veteran: +9% Attack Speed, -9 DEF, +5% Attack, -200 HP
Expert: +11% Attack Speed, -11 DEF, +7& Attack, -400HP





Buff Name: Battle Fortress
Characters: Jack, Diego, Angie
Stats:
Level 50: +5 DEF, -5% Movement Speed
Level 75: +7 DEF, -7% Movement Speed
Veteran: +9 DEF, -9% Movement Speed, +5% Casting Rate, -5% Summon Duration
Expert: +11 DEF, -11% Movement Speed, +8 Casting Rate, -8% Summon Duration





Buff Name: Army of Strings
Characters: 3 Catherine the Summoner
Stats:
Level 50: +5 DEF, -5% Movement Speed
Level 75: +7 DEF, -7% Movement Speed
Veteran: +9 DEF, -9% Movement Speed, +5% Summon Attack, -5% Summon Duration
Expert: +11 DEF, -11% Movement Speed, +8% Summon Attack, -8% Summon Duration





Buff Name: Blade Dancers
Characters: Adelina, Najib, Lisa
Stats:
Level 50: +5% Attack Speed, -5% Movement Speed
Level 75: +7% Attack Speed, -7% Movement Speed
Veteran: +9% Attack Speed, -9% Movement Speed, 5% Attack, -5 DEF
Expert: +11% Attack Speed, -11% Movement Speed, +7% Attack, -7 DEF





Buff Name: Young Blood
Characters: Ramiro, Tiburon, Vikki
Stats:
Level 50: +5% Attack, -5% Movement Speed
Level 75: +7% Attack, -7% Movement Speed
Veteran: +9% Attack, -9% Movement Speed, +250 HP, -25 SP
Expert: +11% Attack, -11% Movement Speed, +500 HP, -50 SP





Buff Name: Gate Keepers
Characters: Coimbra Trooper, Auch Infantry, Reboldeux Soldier
Stats:
Level 50: +3% Attack, -3% Attack Speed
Level 75: +5% Attack, -5% Attack Speed
Veteran: +7% Attack, -7% Attack Speed, +10% Damage to Wild Beast, -10% Damage to Undead
Expert: +9% Attack, -9% Movement Speed, +15% Damage to Wild Beast, -15% Damage to Undead





Buff Name: Quick Hands
Characters: Soho, Lisa, Gracielo
Stats:
Level 50: +5% Attack Speed, -5 DEF
Level 75: +7% Attack Speed, -7 DEF
Veteran: +9% Attack Speed, -9 DEF, +5 Evade, -5 Critical
Expert: +11% Attack Speed, -11 DEF, +10 Evade, -10 Critical





Buff Name: The Barons
Characters: Kurt Lyndon, Edward Jameson
Stats:
Level 50: +3% Attack, -3 DEF
Level 75: +5% Attack, -5 DEF
Veteran: +7% Attack, -7 DEF, +1 Soul of Grim skill, -1 DR
Expert: +9% Attack, -9 DEF, +1 Soul of Grim skill, -1DR





Buff Name: Royal Guard
Characters: Coimbra Trooper, Fighter, Claude
Stats:
Level 50: +5 DEF, -5% Attack
Level 75: +10 DEF, -7% Attack
Veteran: +15 DEF, -9% Attack, +1 DR, -1 AR
Expert: +20 DEF, -11% Attack, +1 DR -1 AR

*Side Note:
You can notice that the Kurt and Edward team is the only Buff that requires two characters since only there were only two barons in GE. And to make the Trinity Bond balanced, I added some penalties to every bonus stats, like for example in the "Firing Squad" buff although it increases the attack, it also reduces the defense of the family, while the opposite is affected on the "Royal Guard" buff; it increases the defense by sacrificing the attack of the family, so we can say that the Trinity Bond is like a double-edged sword. Also, the order of the characters doesn't affect the buff as long as you have the right characters.

So far these are the character combinations that I can think of, so if you guys have any comments and suggestions or even any character combination you want to contributed, feel free to comment on this page.

Come back next week for part two of my What If Special, and this time I'll be featuring RNPCs...Till next time

(Pictures courtesy of KGE's official website)