For the win!

Finally, my Vicente is veteran! *weeps tears of relief*

My veteran Vicente...let me show you him.

After finally promoting him to Vet, I decided to get his Veteran stance, Serenade, as well. Seeing that the guide in the forums was simple, I thought maybe it would be an easy task.

Boy, was I so very wrong.

The last task in getting the Serenade dealt with fighting the Mercenaries of Katai. Needless to say, my girls did not stand against a 52 and 56 AR/DR enemy, despite the fact that two of my main characters had decent armors.

The Mercenaries were quick and merciless. It took me three tries, using my Musketeer and Elementalist, hoping to nuke the dudes crazy, but I underestimated them.

Epic phail!

But a stroke of brilliance hit me that time. The enemies were mainly close combat fighters, and they can't very well hit an airborne character now, wouldn't they? It was at this moment when I thanked God I had a Wizard.

And true enough, I didn't even break a sweat. Although my Wizard's AR wasn't that significant, a continued bombardment of Photon Splashes did the job. Now, my Rio had his promotion AND his vet stance. Happy Anne is happy. ^_^

Revenge is sweet.

And just yesterday, I got another pleasant surprise as I finally received Rio's exclusive Bach costume! Finally, all those weeks of hard work finally paid off. ^^

Another pleasant thing that happened to me today came in the person of GM Eulalie who happened to drop by to visit our server. She conducted a trivia contest, in which I was lucky enough to answer one of the questions.

This week has been a great adventure for me. Hopefully the coming week ahead would yield the same, even better results.

Hope your week was a blast too! ^_~

WTH happened to the EXP?

I wanted to make the cut for my Vicente to reach Veteran before the month ends so I can get him the costume-prize. I've sacrificed my main team's plvling to Expert just so I can be eligible for the contest. But sadly after v.2.6 was patched, I noticed something unusual.

The EXP rate has dropped to an alarming level.

Normally when I use a Combat Manual and leave my leeching team overnight, say, in FT, the character I'm boosting gets a whopping 10 point level increase. But recently when I did the same thing, the level increase wasn't that significant.

What the heck is going on?

I've read in the forums that the reason why the EXP rate was so good before 2.6 was the fact that the 50% boost wasn't removed at all. I cannot vouch for the veracity of this statement, but this is really bothering me a lot. I mean, why is the EXP so effing slow even when you're using combat manuals. Is it just me or is everyone else experiencing this?

It bothers me a lot because I don't have the luxury of time to sit in front of the computer everyday to watch my team, nor do I have the time to play regularly. I want to reach Expert level soon, but if this is the case, that goal is going to be one heck of a long, impossible shot.