Hanging out with Le Conquistador

For the past few weeks or so, I've been hanging out with Mahoney's troops from Le Conquistador, as I'm coming up with an article on one of their raids. I recall my first time squadding up with a few LC members back in those weeks when the Feso system was first implemented and Sun stones were acquired through the Super Fight maps.

By some stroke of luck, I was added to Maho's squad, who apparently were there for the purpose of taking down Gerero & Chimera, as well as for a good and clean PK trip. I was only there to farm for the stones, but was only able to get so few after someone started killing me despite my saying that I was only farming.

Needless to say, that first experience was the start of more happenings with this fun faction. Thanks to the gracious invitations of FL Mahoney, DFL Ichihara as well as Mulann, I was able to experience the Gate of Flame raid, along with NekoMiko Faction, headed by Patronum.

Open the geeetoo!

I'm still a noob when it comes to navigating through this raid, so basically I just followed them around, hit a few mobs here and there, and sometimes died in the process (lol). I was also disconnected from time to time, thanks to our reliable internet connection at home. Nonetheless, I still enjoyed this experience, though I still have to work my way around understanding GoF without dying all the time. XD

Lvl 90 mobs yet they hurt like crap!

Also this Sunday, my friend Trianna (and incidentally the only member in my faction XD) and I teamed up with LC as resuers for the Colony War.

It's been such a long time since I was in a faction engaging in massive PvP with other factions every CW, so this exercise was so much fun. Of course, running halfway around the entire map and encountering epic lag can be a bit of pain, but it was still fun.

One thing's for sure though. Eminence packs quite a punch. Imagine wiping out an entire squad in just one AOE skill of their Elementalists and Wizards...sheesh!

I'd like to thank the entire LC faction for indulging me and my persistent requests. ^^ More power to your fun faction!

But before that, here's a souvenir of last Sunday's CW escapades.

Agate & Lelldorin in their sexy-guys-with-hot-bods pose. XD

With that said, I'd like to end this last post for the year with a simple greeting.

May 2009 be as fun, exciting and eventful as the last.
Cheers to everyone! Happy New Year!

The gates are open!

It's official, folks. The gates to Tierra Putrefacta, and ultimately, to Chaos Requiem, are now open, now that Vivaldi and Pachelbel did the job of pwning the Giant Keeper days after Caravaggio, Carracci and Cervantes killed the monster from their respective servers.

And here we thought that faction feuds would be a hindrance to resolve this matter. A big kudos to all seaGE factions for rising above the personal strife to come together for one cause. For that, you've given all citizens of Granado Espada the chance to venture into Chaos Requiem!

Not that I'm not miffed about what people were saying that this would further worsen the botting situation, I only see the more macro viewpoint, in this case, everyone is given the access to this new map. So this still calls for a big celebration.

Here's to hoping one day I can set foot in the new map as well. But for now, I gotta clear out my Katovic and Bahamas quests before I shoot for the stars. XD

Here's a few screenshots posted by our friends at the GE forums.

Pachelbel - SS by Xima

Vivaldi - SS by valinorian

I just went out for the day...

...and then here comes the news.

Apparently, Caravaggio's successful raid on the Giant Keeper went out as some sort of challenge to the rest of the other servers. Just tonight, I was alerted by Fiksdotter's & NineMoons' blog update that our server, Carracci, made a successful attempt in killing this monster.

E M I N E N C E Faction leader Nostradamus' name was announced in the entire server as the last person to have dealt the final blow on the critter. It's no surprise, given the fact that E M I N E N C E is the current superpower in Carracci. What makes me curious is how these guys actually did it.

Anyway, the topic's all over the GE forums, so better head on there if you want to know more about it. I'm a bit tired from today's activities so I'll check on it some other time.

Having said this, I guess it's now up to Pachelbel, Cervantes and Vivaldi to follow suit in this quest. Who will be next?

Now that's something worth anticipating.

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And so I heard Cervantes did the job as well. Knock, knock, knock on Pachelbel and Vivaldi! ^^

The fall of the Giant Keeper

This just in. Around 3 or so squads from Caravaggio efficiently pwned the Giant Keeper (Great Hill Giant) guarding the entrance to Chaos Requiem, making them the very first server to gain access to this never before chartered territory.

Screenshot c/o GrImRiPpEr at the GE forums

From Kai Kai at this thread

OMG this is absolutely monumental! I was actually thinking that it will take the cooperation of an entire server to kill this monster, but these guys just did it with 3 squads! Looking at the screenshot, they used a lot of DPS power, mainly using Musketeers, Wizards and Emilia the Sages. I can't even begin to imagine how they actually did it.

Kudos to you guys!

Now, some of the IAH staff are thinking of rewarding the raiders for their effort. Sweet! I wonder when will Carracci have its turn on pwning this tough cookie.

The raid that went awry

I was a bit pissed this weekend because I couldn't properly plvl my Vicente because of the intermittent Internet connection at home, not to mention that I get frustrated just looking at the EXP rate.

On a whim, I joined my faction mates together with a few friends from Outcasts and Covenant to try the Gate of Hell raid somewhere in El Canon de Diabolica.

TK, OC and Covenant getting ready to dine in Hell

Needless to say, the initial foray in this raid activity was relatively painless. We were a big squad, so naturally the lag was expected. We were met with a lot of Grim Reapers, although we did not stray away from the mission, which was to kill all the Dragonhead mobs we encountered.

Grim Reapers galore

The more painful one was meeting Chrysalis face to face. Despite the fact that we had some Experts on the squad and some members who were wearing Fire series weapons, we were wiped clean by this boss. Save for a few OC peeps who managed to ress a few of us piece by piece, we still failed nonetheless.

Death by Chrysalis

We made a second try for this raid, but unfortunately, my fugly connection booted me out and I was unable to log on for quite some time. I gave up trying to get in (lest I throw my laptop out the window in frustration), although I am curious to know if ever they managed to defeat Chrysalis the 2nd time around.

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Is it just me or am I getting bored playing GE? All I ever do is grind, grind and grind. I need a breather.

[The Requiem Updates Part 2]: The thing about raids

Welcome to part 2 of v.2.6.3: The Requiem updates! Part 1 is over here.

I hope this particular information would prove useful for some, especially those who are gung ho on boss raids.

Essentially, The Requiem patch will have new mini-bosses. Although they're not the usual big boss monsters that most people take the effort to monitor the spawn time, stock up on good equips and form formidable squad groups, these mini-bosses are not to be taken lightly.

These monsters are located in 3 high level maps, which are the following:

• Toubkal Mines - Prairie Merman Eater
• Bahama Swamps - Swamp Merman Eater
• Katovic Snowfield - Ice Field Merman Eater

A fish out of water

Said monsters appear randomly on these maps, and will disappear automatically if no one takes a whack at them within a certain period of time.

Make your own raid

In The Requiem patch, you won't have to share with just about half the server just to get a piece of Vergo, or Diablo, or Gerero, or Lava Leaf or any other raid boss there is because now, you can do your own raids.

And the fun part is that you only need 8 families, and this can also work even if the said players are not in a squad.

Step into the circle

As far as I've learned, this feature takes place in Los Toldos (LOL mystery powders are gonna be selling like hotcakes I suppose XD), and there will be this "ability" that will release a particular effect.

Then when the effect is visible, the 8 families must step on the round circle on the floor at the same time (about 3 seconds), otherwise the boss monster summon will fail.

Have your own boss raid!

It's a little bit vague, I know. I do have a few questions about it myself, because apparently not everyone will have that ability to summon monsters. One of the things I'd like to ask is how does one get the summoning ability? What boss monster will be summoned?

Perhaps we'll get a more detailed explanation to this through the course of the hype for The Requiem.

Stay tuned for more! Up next will be the new items and new game functions for v.2.6.3!

Credits: pCM Veya & Team IAH