{ - Gaia Spirit Week 09 - } July 5-11! Link inside!

[lil4fingers]

Silver_Cerulean

>No worries ><
I'm super busy too.

Trickster? New class from what I hear from you >< My roommate got me playing League of Legends. UGH. Like a drug addiction.

OH. I need to get on the Dream World D: I have yet to mooch off my floormate's open wifi. GAH. I'm a Poke noob again. I haven't touched my DS since I got here D:

How go things for you?

ThatOddBlonde

>Also, where is this character? ^ I have yet to have heard from her in a while.

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[crazymentalgurl16]

hello smile

[Silver_Cerulean]

@lil: Hey, haven't gotten on in a while. Trickster was a recent addition last year. Basically, they're assassins or gambits. They have a card theme to them, though sometimes they take on a jester look, but they're no pushovers when it comes to pve and pvp.

I got my cleric to 90, finally. Her armor looks full, but it's surprisingly slutty, at least for a cleric.

I'm able to get on Fiesta more frequently, though I still suffer some item lags, but it's better than getting d/ced non-stop.

I even made another cleric and got her to 34 in about a week, whereas my main cleric took months.

I haven't gotten on DW for a month or so. Plus, my Black City is empty again so there goes my 200k.

@crazy: Uh, hi.

[lil4fingers]

Silver_Cerulean

>Hrm. Characters like that are typically no good in team fights. Is it the same with the trickster?

90?! That's crazy intense. How high do levels go?
Sounds like you have a pretty good amount of time to access the interwebs. I unfortunately, do not.

Do you get the skins for your C-gear?

[Silver_Cerulean]

@lil: Well, the trickster generally works better alone, as far as I've experienced (lol only 36 levels). Since they do loads of damage on a single enemy, it makes them more 1v1. They do have offensive support skills that raise the damage of DoTs and they have debuffs that, when a target is afflicted with a status condition, increases the damage received because of their ailment. Say, an enemy gets stunned, and a trickster casts a debuff that results in the target receiving more damage because it's stunned. I also noticed a high level trickster that I partied one time that used a freeze trap that kept the mobs in place, so it was pretty useful. In a sense, they're ideal for boss fights in terms of offensive support. They can also increase their evasion against AoE attacks which makes them even more nimbler. The trickster works just like an assassin with a small touch of magic.

It's sad for archers though. According to the class descriptions, archers were meant to be ideal for boss fights (DoTs) and have the highest dexterity out of the four classes (there were 4 - fighter, cleric, mage, archer). However, that's not true at all. Archers were heavily gimped in the NA version of Fiesta, and were left with about 11 skills that remain dormant in the game files. At higher levels, their DoTs no longer stick to bosses, making them useless for boss fights. The only thing they got left is kiting massive amounts of mobs, but even then the mages do better though the mages can't draw nearly as much in a consistent manner. Four years, and little to no progress has been mad for archers, despite making numerous threads voicing their issues. The release of Tricksters was a huge slap in the face for archers b/c tricksters did everything the archer can do, but in melee form. Maybe it's just me, but I think tricksters have more dex than archers. o.O Tricksters and Gladiators (Fighter branch class) are obviously the best choice for bosses. Archers cry for improvement, but they barely got any.

Like one time, I was in a PvP Kingdom Quest (like an event of sorts) with 14 other participants. Out of the 15, only 1 was an archer. Half the people went after the archer because he was easy and had absolutely no way of defending himself b/c his class lacked pvp skills, which were locked away in a game file. Although clerics have survival and heals, they too lack pvp skills, one of which was locked away at the time.

Of course, even clerics' class description was false. The description claim to say that they specialize in INT and SPR, but that was wrong. The class is END/SPR. They got 2 AoE attacks at 73 and 100. 3 years later, they released the 100 AoE, but not the 73 AoE. <_< And even then, the AoE attack was a huge joke. 6xx dmg, and moderate cooldown, as well as the need to be 100 to obtain it was rather lame. I read in a thread or two that mentioned that clerics originally had more damage and offensive skills, but they were nerfed those skills were never obtained in the NA version. Clerics want to improve in the solo/dmg aspect, but there really hasn't been any improvements. Plus, I don't see enough support for cleric improvements since their class thread is virtually dead. And the clerics never got advertised at all in their ads.

Oops, that turned into a rant. xD Point is, the mages, fighters, and tricksters continue to grow stronger while the archers and clerics get little to no improvements.

The game's current level cap is 110, but the exp requirements starting from Lv. 80+ are crazy. >.> I read the max is 150, but that's assuming the game can continue to go that far.

I do have skins for my C-Gear. I haven't gotten the Victini and Fall Deerling skin yet.

[lil4fingers]

Silver_Cerulean

>No worries at all. The game itself sounds interesting. It sounds like my new involvement with LoL. The point is, the owners of the coding and the game must appeal to the biggest majority of players. If a minority is begging for more coding on characters that are played far less, the payoff for that kind of work isn't high enough to see it through. It sucks. It resounds with the changes on this site, appealing to cash card users, but there's nothing members like you or I can do. It really does blow. Sorry to hear that you're so passionate about the game and getting no results for your patronage.

I was really upset when I found out I missed the Classic Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise one D: BLAH.

Finals are here, so I haven't that much time to log on anymore. But then I'm off for a month! Yay.

[Silver_Cerulean]

@lil: Yeah, it does suck. Archers are still at it even as we speak. xD Everyday a page is filled up in their Archer rebalance threads. Of course, there have been numerous amounts. Clerics' forum, on the other hand...they're pretty much dead, as I've said earlier. I haven't seen any cleric rebalance thread in roughly a year. It tells me that a good majority of them gave up and left, or something. Then again I did see a good majority of the cleric rebalance supporters leave over time. Plus, I haven't seen any mid lvl clerics, and I keep hearing shouts that say "need cleric for [insert name of instant dungeon here] pt" like everytime I get on. Even if there were any, they're probably no good. Plus, I hardly see any running around, though then again some are wearing costumes so it's hard to tell. Plus, there's barely any buffing going on when I'm in town. Sometimes I hardly see a "buff plz". KQs hardly fill either. But yeah, both classes need some help, but all the developers are catering to are the peeps who play mage, fighter, or trickster and have lots of cash.

Speaking of cash, the prices are ridiculous. The success rate of enhancement has been decreasing over time and it's causing people to have to pay nearly a few hundred dollars just to even get to +9/+10, mainly for higher lvl weps. Plus, later level content requires cash shop items b/c the exp requirement skyrockets to beyond crazyville, the monsters are on steroids and give lousy exp outside instant dungeons and raid. But yeah, it's pretty much "pay to cap" and "pay to live". Plus, cash shops make the Guardians (cleric branch class) useless since the items do way better than the skills. Rebirth<Tears of Legel, Buffs<Charms, Heals=SC Potions. e.e Plus, I wanted to be Guardian when I hit 100 so it's a bummer to see this. >.>

I don't really buy cash shop items to enhance my gameplay, but to enhance my characters' aesthetics. xD

I really want the classic Blastoise skin. x3 In fact, all those classic skins look cool. I haven't seen one for the U.S. though...unless I overlooked the info. I only saw EU.

[lil4fingers]

Silver_Cerulean

>It breaks my heart to see great sites like this give up to capitolism. It's such a shame, because I know many users who have quit because they feel questing for their special item is pointless now. Shame.

Hrm. I was pretty sure there was a Classic set for the US way back when. I'll double check and get back to you.

[Silver_Cerulean]

@lil: Yeah, it's a shame to see good games fall from grace. Archers, especially, have been pleading for help for years with little to no results. Sharpshooters, a branch class of the archers are utterly useless. Their ability to blind targets was given to their brother branch class, the Rangers. The rangers aren't suppose to have blind. o.O

Guardians, a defensive support branch of the cleric class, are also shafted. Rebirth, an auto-revive buff skill is overshadowed by Tears of Legel. ToL works like Rebirth, but it has the added benefits of bringing back all scrolls and buffs.

[antipolar]

Wow, It feels like I've been away FOREVER. But I'm sure it's only been a few months.

I miss talking to you all! smile

[lil4fingers]

Silver_Cerulean

>Personally, I think I'm falling out of all games but Pokemon. I just, don't seem to care any more o.o

antipolar

>It DOES feel like forever.

Missed you too mate. How have you been?

[Silver_Cerulean]

@lil: Haha, hey. I haven't seen you in a while. I finished my painting some time ago, but it's always open to revisions and touch-ups. I haven't thought of a title for it yet since I'm too lazy to come up with one so I went for Untitled High Key. I'll think of one later...if I remember that is.

@anti: Hey, haven't seen you much either. :p

As for me...

Fiesta's been buggy lately (.bin errors, lag, etc.), and the latest expansion and level cap raise was poorly received. Another branch class is raging with divine fury - the Guardians, concerning specializations. In fact, they were so PO'd that they literally went on strike, made multiple threads concerning their issue, sent lots of tickets, etc. They're the hot topic right now. Apparently, they got more attention and more fire going on than the archer rebalance thread. Haha, finally the clerics wake up since...08-09-ish.

The Guardians were meant to be more heal-oriented and focus on defensive support (ironically they don't receive the buff upgrades concerning physical defense, but that's another story) and gave up upgrades in most buffs and damage skills for better heals. Holy Knights, another cleric branch class, were meant to be damage/buff support, and gave up upgrades for heals for better buff upgrades. The way they split the class was rather stupid in most people's eyes, but that's also another story.

Holy Knights received a passive skill that boosts the amount heal by a percentage. When applied to their lower heals they ended up healing more than Guardians do. Apparently, a lower level HK was able to heal more than a higher level Guardian by 100-400 points thanks to the new passives. Some, if not most HKs were happy with the passive. That's fine, but it should be nerfed so that Guardians would remain the more heal-oriented. Okay, I sound jealous of HKs, ah what the heck, I am jealous of HKs. I'm not a Guardian yet, but I want to go there.

Guardians got a passive skill that boosts duration of buffs by a tiny amount, which is absolutely useless considering most of the buffs last an hour. Not even an HK would want it. So now, thanks to the HKs' new passive, it ultimately put Guardians out of business.

Now, I don't hate HKs, just hate the idiots who gave them the passive in the first place. But some Guardians hate HKs. HKs are scapegoats to flame in this heated issue.

I also noticed my Invigorate and Awaken - both AoE healing skills have additional text that states that it can do damage (as much as my main attack skill), which was never there prior to patch. Too bad it really doesn't do damage despite the screw up in text. I wish it was true, I'd be able to do a bit more than play with only 2 attack skills and I would finally know what it's like to do AoE damage on a cleric. Arrrrgh, they better give us an AoE attack, been waiting for almost 4 years. >-< Yeah, I only get 1 attack skill til 40, 3 (if you switch weps a lot otherwise it's 2) til 95. Haha, I never knew what it's like to use a reliable AoE attack 'til I got my archer to 51.

Anyway, enough about Fiesta, I talk about it every time I get on. xD

As for Pokemon, I raised a Blissey and a Lilligant to 100, raised a Ponyta-now-Rapidash to 50, and finished up DW Mr. Mime. Eh, there might be more, but these are to name a few. Got some new peeps for my Black City which also meant different items being sold in the city.

I'm currently in college right now typing this to you and I have another hour before I have to head to my next class.

[lil4fingers]

Silver_Cerulean

>Painting? I don't remember anything about a painting. Scan it! :3

I wish I had the time for games D: I brought up my stuff, but no time for it. I still need to DW. Yeah? I'm typing this to you from my dorm room (:

How do you like college?

[Silver_Cerulean]

@lil: My scanner's got sucky quality and I can't get it to scan anyway. I'll try and see if I can get my iPod back from my bro and take a pic of it then email it to myself, or something. He's borrowing it for a week so he has additional entertainment. Aaand I forgot to get some D-rings or D-hinges and a picture frame wire for hanging. e.e; Ugh, I don't feel like going back since I just got home.

Haha, I can describe the painting to you if you want. xD Then again I'm too lazy to.

As for the poor guardians, I just realized that some of them are looking really stupid and are looking less respectable with their excess raging. The point of the strike was to get attention, but it's proving to be trollish and counterproductive. Point is, their constant raging is making them blind and making them create countless threads concerning the same issue, which is better off condensed in a few threads. In any case, they should do what the archers are doing now: keep a cool head and keep pushing for changes in a respectable manner. Otherwise, they're making the same mistakes archers did when they were shafted the first time. I'm not even a guardian, but I did indeed rage...too much that I realized how stupid I was. e_e Just so you know, there are constructive threads for guards already.

Anyway, college is good so far, except for finances (not a class I'm taking btw). I just had to get some stuff for my classes. I still don't have everything since I'm a broke college kid with no job and my parents don't have much on them either. I still have yet to pay up my bills from last semester. Job was slow for my parents. And it seems things just got more expensive. I don't have much of a work ethic, ironically (to those who don't know), and the recession just makes me getting a job even slimmer. Possibly none since I'm a lazy bum and a leech. <.<;

[Brok-n-Cookie]

I joined this thread years ago, and I still love getting notificwtion from it heart