Happy Holidays to everyone

Well i havent posted anything in a while and prob lost my loyal readers, but hey lets see who is still out there.

Anyways not too much has been going on in my EQ2 world just working on Cinderbella she is finally lvl 70 and 58 sage, so i have been grinding her out. I have said this all to much but i love the shadowknight class and cant wait to work on her some more.

Also on my Origional toon Kuzab, me and a few Real life friends have created a New Guild and this guild dates back to the day of Eq1, “Heart of the Black Dragon” we had this guild in eq1 for the longest time and we accomplished so many differernt things before Eq2 was launched, we ran into each other in game a month ago and started the idea of bringing the guild back and see where it takes us. I am still part of my other guild i only took 1 toon out, i will always be part of my Knights i do not want to leave them.

However the new guild is going well we have 10 members and are working on getting the guild leveled up as of last night we are at lvl 9 or 10 i cant remember but is going well, of course no guild hall as of yet, just alot of Heritage quest and tradeskill writs are being done as well as collecting as many status items as i can. i must of spent 30plat on status items so far. the guild last i checked has 15Plat saved in the bank and we are working on saving for a GH and some basic aminities.
I feel the nastolgia from the past living again in this new day and age and enjoying the paladin class with Kuzab.

The guild is more or less a east coast guild looking for players that want to enjoy the game and proceed through it different challanges, we are Freeport based at this point and that makes it difficult for Kuzab to enter being only lvl 55 and KOS. But these are some of the challanges that we must face to make our mark on Norrath once again.
Sooner or later the Name “Heart of the Black Dragon” will strike fear in the eyes of Norrath once again.

Also i wanted to wish my readers a Happy Holidays at this time of the year what ever ritual your family may celebrate i hope it is the best one yet and remember to kiss and not kick a gnome during this time of the year, gnomes need love too.

untill next time, Happy Hunting in Norrath.

~Chubby~

 

Turkey, EQ2 and all the trimmings

Well i have finally recovered from the Thanksgiving Holiday, i had a great 4 day weekend, spent time with family, ate some great food, and most of all played alot of Eq2 during this time.

I pulled 3 all-nighters during the 4day weekend, the most i have really played in a long time. the funny thing was that my wife woke up at 3am on Black friday to go shopping and i was still up playing and then when she came home at 4pm i was still playing. She told me i had issues, i told her that i wasnt the one who was shopping for 13 hours, and that i am aware of my addiction!! lol we both got a good laugh at of that.

I made alot of plat durning that time as well almost 100plat but again my toons do have some bad habits and i am back down to 53 plat..lol
Its getting easier and easier to make alot of coin in this game, or i just may of found a way to make it easier to make the coin, who knows , all i can say is never pass a shinie up, so what if you already have it completed place it on the broker and make some coin, wheather its 25 silver or 25 plat coin is coin and Eq2 has a living economy system that is always changing.

Durning this gaming time i have been working on Cinderbella, trying to get her leveled and her spells to master. On Sunday evening se finally hit lvl 65.
She has quite the ways to go to reach max lvl but i am really enjoying the shadowknight class, i know i have said this time and time again but i really do like playing her. I spent alot of my time this Holiday in the Kingdom of Sky expansion, i have been working thru TT, Barren Sky & Bonemire.

TT there is so much stuff to do in this zone, from the repeatables to the instances, Also these areas have been a focus because i have been working on my harvesters cloak quest “Gathering Obsessions” i finally made it to part VIII which i need to head to Moors and other areas like that in order to complete this quest, but i first need to mae sure my skills are up to where they need to be so i can harvest in those areas, and this is what i am currently working on, i need to have at least 340 in each of the skills mining, gathering, fishing, trapping, & foresting – i am currently capped at 327 on the majority of them i think 2 more levels and i will be at 340.

As i mentioned i have been in the KOS areas, TT was great and i still venture back and forth to this zone, but i have also been spending time in Bonemire as well, i always loved this zone when i was leveling Chubby and i am glad that i am back to this area again, and the same with Barren Sky but i find it that some of the mobs are just too difficult for my level.

This game / world has changed so much from launch and i enjoy it more and more everyday, there are so many things to do, to obtain, to complete, and now with the new enhancements it brings new life to old toons.
THANK YOU SONY

Now for the most part i will be continuing to focus on Cinderbella, i would like to have her at 80 when the new expansion comes out in Feb 2010.
but it is going to take some more dedication to get her to that level i feel that this is an obtainable goal that i have set for myself, but i want her to have the AA and gear that comes with being lvl 80 as well.

Well that was my exciting gaming sessions of the Turkey Holiday with all the trimmings.

untill next time, Happy hunting in Norrath and dojnt forget Frostfell is around the corner.

~Chubby~

 

begining of the short week

Well this week is the short week for most folks in the US, This Thursday is out Thanksgiving..AKA TURKEY DAY.

As most we have a 3 day work week and are off on thurdays and Friday and paid for both days, so Wednesday i will be doing my normal all nighter and hopefully getting alot done on Cinderbella, right now she is stilling at lvl 60 and at someting like 54 in sage, not 100% sure on that buyt i know she is at least 60 in adventure. So i am hoping that we have our normal folks back on, also around this time of the year is when we starting getting out player base back from the summer months, so far we have seen Heal and Cece come back and have been playing here and there.

The other night we all grouped up and did shard of Love, and the roof of crushbone, it was realy fun. so i am hoping that we start doing our shard runs again and getting some good content and gearing up our toons, i am happy with the development of Cinderbella and the path that she has taken, chubby is just sitting back waiting on the expansion and Cinder is gearing up to the expansion, sometimes when i switch between the 2 i forgot who i have on and tryh someting that will not work out,lol.
Also i have had to learn to sit back with cinder and let others be the tank and i’ll assist them or be the OT.

So after 5+ years i am still learning and hoefully i will keep learning.

Until next time happy Hunting in Norrath

~Chubby~

 

DING….60th Season of Adventures in Norrath!!!!!!

Well last night there wasnt much going on, we did the top / roof of Crushbone Keep with our Alts, of course i had Cinderbella there at first the 1st mob we pulled i thought for sure that i was a goner, i have really never grouped that much with Cinderbella, has be 59 seasons of solo grinding to get her where she is currently at. So after a breif adjustment of stepping back and trying not to tank but assist, i layed out some massive AOE’s on the mobs adding some diease to help bring them down.

After that we headed to Shard of Love where again we took the zone within 45minutes which was really good. During this time Cinder bealla hit her 60th season. i gained 2 new spells which i had the adpet III (Expert) already made and sitting in my shared bank along with 48 plat.

After making a few more lvls in the trade of Sage, i had to do a ffew things in my own home, but quickly fell asleep on the computer chair the headset i was wearing falling to the floor, and i awoke around 7am and headed to bed. so i really didnt get much done this weekend, friday night was about the same i tradeskilled alot gained 5 levels on friday in Sage , so far this weekend i bumped up 7 levels in tradeskilling, i am also working still on my harvesting, i was able to hit rivervale and harvest about everything so far i am heading back sunday afterenoon when i have some free time.

Other than that there wasnt much going on, with the holidays fast approaching for us, its getting harder and hareder to get some decent time in due to working more, as well as side activities that we have.

So until next time…Happy Hunting in Norrath!!!!!!!!!

~Chubby~

 

Monday Night Harvesting

Last night didnt bring much of an adventure in the eyes of Cinderbella, she mainly ran around Steamfont Mts harvesting anything she could find to help raise her harvesting levels so she can goto the next tier. She was able to find some nice rares that was placed on the broker and is counting on a hefty ROI ( return on Profit) for those items. Also Cinderbella was able to locate some shinies in the area and kept them close for safe keeping.

So not much going on in my Norrath, tonight i think i am going to head back to Lavastorm or Kingdom of Sky zones and get some much needed levels. Cinderbella is coming along really well and i am really liking the Shadowknight class, she has all her masters except for maybe 3 and i am currently working on that.

So if you happen to be on Crushbone and want to group up just send me a tell most likly i will be on Cinderbella or Chubbylilbuddy.

Untill next time happy hunting in Norrath!

~Chubby~

 

New Update- its been a while

Hello All, Long time no hear from me.
Sorry for the lack of post here, i have been kinda busy and not getting that much gaming time in.

As of late, i still havent been doing much, i have had cinderbella on alot and i am at lvl 58 with her and her AA is up close to 80aa points. i have just been mainly farming when i can get on to make some extra coin, and i have been working on Cinderbellas (Harvesters Quest) Gathering Obssession i think i am on IV but cant remember now which ever Ferrot and Rivervale is thats the one i am on.

Also i havent had chubby on that much either,He has been reduced at this time to merely making combat art upgrades for guildies and alt toons as well as folks that want to spend some coin. I have been mainly playing Cinderbella, trying to get her up in levels or hanging out in the Guild hall chatting.

Now we begin the busy time of year at work as well as in our RL getting rdy for xmas and making sure things are planned out, which means i get game time in when i can. I am going to try and game most every night if i can but we will see.

The new expansion has been advertising and everywhere i turn thats what i hear, i gots to admit the trailer does look good and the enticement of buying the retail vs digital is good as well, i will most likely preorder after the holiday season, after all the game is not being released till Feb so that gives me pleanty of time to run to my local GameStop and place 5 gold down to reserve my copy…hehe

Well i need to go and get some work done before i leave here today, so Untill Next time…..Happy Hunting in Norrath!!!!!

~Chubby~

 

Hotfix Wed Oct 28, 2009

Posted on SOE / EQ2 Fourms by Kiara
http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=461649

ACHIEVEMENTS

New Achievements have been added! Test your skill with three new types of Achievements: Flawless Victory, Sense of Urgency and Shorthanded Victory achievements have been added to Rise of Kunark and The Shadow Odyssey zones.
ITEMS

Equipment with pet buffs should no longer experience stacking issues which cause the cancellation of multiple pet buffs when removing a single piece of armor.
Jewelry items purchased from Lavastorm and the Moors of Ykesha are now heirloom attuneable.
The “Blanket of Fog” should now be placed as a red puzzle cube then after placed should retain its fog effects.
The “Blanket of Fog” should now change into a red puzzle box when turned off by the defogifier.
The Necklace of the Plague has been increased to 12% base damage.
Hallow’s Gallows now grants ranged crit.
Frostburn and Mutagenic Burst now give larger gains when stacked.
The appearance of the Ceremonial Robe of the Brethren has been corrected.
MIRAGUL’S PLANAR SHARD

Miragul Encounter (Hard mode) : Miragul’s Arcane impairment now only affects spells. Miragul’s Physical Impairment now only affects auto attack and combat arts.
USER INTERFACE

The placeholder detriment icons were removed from the raid window.
The raid window’s font-size was decreased and the overall window is a little more compact.

 

Kingdom of Skyfilled nights

Well last night i had logged chubby in and really had nothing for him to do, so i went ahead and logged in Cinderbella my lil Shadowknight for some fun and adventure in the Kingdom of Sky zones.

So i was looking to see where my lvl 55 SK could work in without getting her arse handed to her. So i searched Wikia very quickly and found that TT (Tenebrous Tangle Timeline) was right up in my level range 56-60.

Now i am really now looking to gain any levels on my SK i am happy with her at lvl 55 for the time being, my goal has been to take her thru all the zones and finish off the timelines while in that zone, and this is what i was doing last night.

Last nights portion of my journey kept me by the main entrence of TT, there are a few repeatable quest (5) that will provide some decent AA points, and currently i have my slider at 100% for AA. The Quest that i was working on were the following:
1. A Basket Full of Serpents
2. A Basket Full of Tangleflies
3. A Basket Full of Tasty Lettuce
4.A Basket Full of Yellow Jackets
and i will go into more details of these quest in just a few minutes.
So the jest of these quests are to kill X amount of the Serpents, Tangiflies, Walking flower things, & the Yellow Jackets and you will gain X amount of AA and Gold.
In order to get these quest there are baskets thruought the zone and if you scroll over them it was display what they are, Next you click on the basket and it places a basket in your bags at which if you examine the baskets that are in your bags a quest will pop up. Now you have to Accept the quest and start you killing spree. Once you have gathered all the X amounts you needs you can go and turn in to the lil froglok behind the ruins near the front entrence (60, 22, 208). Now i did forget to mention that there is a quest that you need to finish before these baskets will become clickable that quest is “A Meeting With Grumglub” once that is complete the baskets will become clickable and you can do these over and over again.

So i did about 15 sets ofthese and gained 3 AA points, my SK is now sitting at 68 AA and is well twinked out for being a lvl55 Sk.
Also doing all of this and getting coin for completing each quest as well as the trash that i sold to the vendor i made 3 plat and some change, and thats not including the things that i placed on the broker last night either. So i plan on venturing a little futher into TT tonight and see what i can do. Also i almost forgot to mention that i defeated the dragon on top of the ruins and all the Draktoa around that area as well.

Now on to the crashing that i have been having, i have been receiveing memory error and critical errors due to Out of Memory since GU53 went live, i have been researching this to no end and found in the fourms that there is indeed something with the last update that is causing the memory leak, SOE is well aware of this and is in the process of correcting this on Tuesday morning or Wed morning there was a post from Rothgar stating that the memory error has been looked at and has been corrected in the last hotfix which was Wed Morning, i logged in last night and was messing around i went to extreme setting because i was running fine on my machine before GU53 at these settings and BAM with in 5 minutes i crashed. Now i did lower down to Balanced and i did not crash at all last night at those settings so i can say that yes they did correct part of the issue but not all. So i am going to continue to look over the post and see what others are finding.

Also i came across a post on the fourms talking about the new Streaming EQ2 client and was courious about this and was reading it. It is currently only for the test server but it has a faster install time of the game and gives you just the basic areas, as you zone into areas that you’ve never been to before it downloads the zone to your pc, if you are new to the game this will take a while when zoning but once you have that zone you can get back to it without the dl beacuse you already have it now on the pc, they are looking at this becasue alot of folks were complaining about the large download times for the client and this is a fresh start to a new begining, i can agree that this is a great idea, i went ahead and tried it , i was Downloaded and installed and had the basic zones downloaded with in 30 minutes and i am running on DSL 1.5Mb/p/sec. and the UI on this amazing, i truely cant wait till they release this from beta and have it for the live servers.
Kudos SOE on a job well done, you listened to your client base and made some changes..grats now get the rest of the bugs fixed will ya..lol. This is again in beta and can be found on fourms just search for streaming live EQ Client and it should bring up the link.

Over all it was a great time visiting an old zone that i spent alot of time in when chubby was a youngster and now is little sister is visiting these areas and hopefully she will be able to visit other areas that he has not been too.

untill next time, Happy Hunting In Norrath!!!!!!!!!!

~Chubby~

 

Monday Mahem

Well last night was just another night i logged in found that i made 54 gold which is just a drop in the bucket from what i use to make on my shinie farms, which i need to pick back up.

But nothing of intrest was happening, i was mainly the only one on and couldnt get in the grove, i ventured back to Kunark and completed 3 city writs (Razorfangs, Stonegazers, & Succulents) to gain some more status points and some trash and coin.

Took a break to watch the news and thats all she wrote, zonked out on the couch and woke up at 3am to head off to bed.

Tonight i plan on getting something together and running a few zones if any guildies are on, or maybe just shinnie hunt a few zones, i know SS gives good shinies and so does LP, LF, & Steamfont, not to mention butchblock & Kaladim.

But who knows what actully is in store for my toons while in Norrath, only the gods know and my fate is in their hands.

Happy Hunting in Norrath

~Chubby~

 

Weekend Update Oct 23-25, 2009

Well not much was done this weekend, i keep fighting the zone crash (Memory error / Critical errors applications Eq2 ran out of memory) and this happens when i zone, i turned graphics down to balanced and it seems to have slowed the crashing down, i was told this was a problem with eq2 and not my PC but i’m not too sure, i have tried to research this but running into alot of dead ends. If anyone knows please let me know how to fix this problem, i’m running Win XP sp3, i have GTX8800 718mb vid card and i have 3 gigs of RAM on the PC. 32 bit. So if you need other info just let me know and i’ll post it.

But i mainly crafted alot of Nights of Dead items from book I & II and was decorating th guild halls, i also have been venturing to kunark and completeing Writs in JW, just so i can get the status for Chubby, guild is already at 80 and there is no effect on GH level sice we are maxed till expansion. We have several Bone Dividers and hedges for the instance and quest, i have placed scones, coffins, and scraecrow about the place, i did notice last night when i was placing more stuff that we reached our Max limit on items in GH, Damn that might make folks mad, so i am stopping at that note.

Basically thats all i really did this weekend not much going on,
i plan on leveling Cinderbella the next few weeks to make her 80 and working on her tradeskill as well.

So hopefully by mid Nov. i will have 2 level 80’s, i still have alot to work on with Chubby, i need to get his AA to 200 before expansion is out, i need t4 armor, heck i would be happy with T2 armor Full set i think i am 3 pieces away from a full set, darn Shards. and i want my mythical before expansion too, all i need is VP and cant seem to find a raid for it with out paying someone 100Plat.

Well i am done ranting on want needs to be done
Untill next time Happy Hunting in Norrath

~Chubby~