Prison de Joaquin Raid

It was hard.


1st Attempt - 28 November straight after CW
dugunitrous : Romina - STW - Grandice
Cruz : Romina - STW - Nar
Lloydworth : Romina - Scout - Torsche
Pyratic : Musk - Scout - Elementalist
Almarech : Grandice - Scout - Hellena

We tried to follow the guide but upon entering, there was no mini-map (LAME). Mobs were a lot stronger than expected and since it was our first time, we were slightly unprepared. We failed to finish the raid even with Hrins, Triumph Fillers and Status Ampules, though we tried fighting until the end.

2nd Attempt - 29 November
dugunitrous : Trooper - Scout - Reckless
Cruz : Nar - Scout - Grandice
Lloydworth : Grace - Scout - Fighter
Pyratic : Elementalst - Scout - Fighter
Tlabbar : Romina - STW - Elementalist

We learned from our mistakes quickly. Moving as a group and luring + AOE made this attempt a lot easier. We knew where the "ambush spots" were and had Abyss Flares and Spell Hails waiting for them. We had better knowledge on what to expect this time around and it was definitely a lot easier and less painful.

We were all very happy that we completed it despite our "common" armor (no ELN users here!)

As for the drops.. well.. we should do this more often.

Recipe - ELN and Recipe - Prison Series 32AR Weapons

32AR items, HQ Earring, Recipe - Artisan Grade accessories

Gold/Silver Earring, Recipe - Magic Grade accessories

Innocentio Stance Book

note : I spammed screenshot button while the roulette was going.

I highly recommend Fighter/Trooper + Scout + Reckless/Ele for this raid. A lot of the mobs wont be able to hit flying, which makes Reckless very nice to use.

PVP team changes

After my (failed) exploration to use wizard for PVP, I didn't have to look far to go for the popular Catherine Torsche. Since I sold my Catherine Torsche card the day she came out, I had to buy a fresh card, but the price has considerably gone down and it wasn't very painful to the pocket.

The first issue was armor. I had a friend who was selling +5 ELB fighter def+2dr 1s for a very cheap price (as cheap as a +0 crap stat), so I quickly grabbed the armor. After some painful chipping, the armor replaced def+2DR many times until it got 3DR (only). I was kind of disappointed and wanted to rechip but I had other things to spend my resources, so I settled. I succeeded on the first try and only took 4 Socket Tranquilisers to open the 2nd and 3rd sockets. I had made some great spodumenes myself and have been saving them for such an occassion. Catherine's armor was good to go (and she wasnt even in barracks yet). I then upgraded her armor at a much later time to 15evasion 18mspd 3DR. She can now reach 67 evasion without using Assassin Boots.

The next item was a 2nd dagger. My old (but dependable) dagger was passed down to Catherine. The money I got from selling my forest whisper allowed me to acquire a +7 Black Dagger 3S and I used what I packs I have and aimed for pvp stats. I had to stop at 30atk / 60Human since I was left with 4 level 100 chips and 4 Enchantment Tranquilisers. (I sold alot of my excess level 100 chips earlier that day to a friend so that I can buy more enchantment tranquilizers. He chipped 3x atk 9x Human on his +7 Black Dagger with my lucky chips. I felt happy and sad at he same time and slammed my face on my desk).

Accessories were set since I can recylce my earring, necklace, belt, boots and gloves. It took me quite some time to train her to master 10 100% to maximize the power of her summons.

Torsche Lloyds are powerful at level 130.

I teamed Torsche up with Romina-Flintlock and Scout for a few reasons. One is that I've been told that this mcc3 performed well in kGE Cross Server PVP, another is that a friend of mine also uses (or intends to use) this team.. I beat him to it.

I easily saw why this team can function well. Romina and Scout have high HP and very sturdy. Both has resuscitation which is vital. Catherine's Death Stunt can hit flying / evading / blocking opponents. The best reason is that these three can stack:








With HP and SP draining, a slowed down opponent with reduced AR/DR/Def will quickly go down.

Rosalia gets bullied

I still have a lot of room for improvement in using these 3 characters together. Equipment plays a big role in PVP, but skill and quick reaction speed will definitely aid in bringing down opponents that are stronger than me.

Instanced Mission : Dr. Torsche Mansion Basement *Revisited*

Refer here for previous article.

With the update of sGE to v5.0, some changes have been made to this mission.

• Torsche Liberation Buff now lasts for 3 minutes instead of 1. - This greatly reduces the amount of Otite Pieces used as well as decreasing the difficulty of the whole raid.
• There are now 2 Victors instead of 3.
• The last room now has a roulette chest, which needs a key that can be bought from bounty hunter guild shop using 3 veteran tokens

Despite the reduction of vet chips, pure gold bars and reputation cards, the roulette chest at the end increases the potential loots from this raid. Possible loots include:

• Level 100 item
• Medal of Honor B
• Cut Necklace item
• Portable ASO box (contains 1000 ASO)
• Golden Earring item
• Recipe - Artisan's Belt
• Recipe - Artisan's Metal Belt
• Recipe - Elite Le Noir
• Recipe - Dragon Heart
• White Gold Bar
• Elemental Jewel

Here are some screenshots of the roulette chest:

Eminence : Auction #1

My first time to participate in Eminence Auction! Yay! Since I joined, this is the first time an auction has been held due to the absence of the auction master/s. I'm glad they have found time to arrange this for the members!

Here are the items that I won:

Lightning Gun (Lightning Pistol)
The Emerald Dragon (Ice Rifle)
+6 Daemon Slayer
+6 The Black Dragon

.. and I only used a third of my Raid Points! LOL. I didn't bid in all items that I could due to restrictions. Items are categorized and people can only bid in 1 or 2 per category. This is to prevent people from hoarding one item type such as Elemental (Ice and Lightning) Weapons.

Below are some of the items my friends from Millenion won.  Even though we are relatively new, bidding for items is equal to all. Raid points are earned when.. you raid of course. So even the most senior members can lose in bidding!


Pyratic
Le Noir Scout

Vugtis
Le Noir Musk
+6 Elite Robe of Pluto 2DR 8 Fire RES

Cruz
+5 Elite La Ventisca 3DR 11 Mental RES with 1S 3% mhp
Lightning Gun
Le Noir Elementalist

SiegeMaster
Einaptor Sword
+6 The Black Dragon
+6 Conqueror Cannon
Ranged Weapon Crystal – Grade 32
Ranged Weapon Crystal – Grade 32

Lloydworth
Le Noir Wizard
+6 Elite Camisa de Soldado
The Emerald Dragon
Magic Weapon Crystal – Grade 28


My next goal is to get a Lightning/Ice Shield and Sword. Can't wait for the next auction!

Raid: Brain of Argus #2 and #3

Eminence faction again raided Brain Of Argus, and to my request I played as tank again. I brought Coimbra Trooper (who wore Seitai's ELN), Scout and Emilia (who is still wearing Liberatrix' Armor).

The team was very well formed. Vugtis brought Grace (Shotgun Blaster, Flintlock) and Rio (Serenade, Prelude) and Pyratic brought Elementalist (Domination Fire). The rest of the squad were in Flintlock or Outrage Shot.
 
From our previous attempt, we tried to damage several Bribantras simultaneously by luring them together in a small clump and using AOEs such as FireWall. This time, I successfully lured all 8 Bribantras into a small group so that they can easily be hit.

Come here sotongs.

Our Faction Leader admits that this is so far the fastest way to do Brain of Argus raid.

Inside the boss room itself was nothing new. I provoked the sotongs while everyone else aimed the brain. I am loving Defiant Aura from the Crusader stance for its 100% provoke. At one point I even managed to inflict provoke status on Argus Brain! I was too busy running around and tanking to even press the screenshot button. I'm now waiting on Lloydworth to get me some screenies.

I know right. Now get back to child labor.

Federigo Mission : Griffon

Mission Information
Participation : Solo
Character Lineup : 2x Master Grace - Shotgun Blaster + Flintlock, Master Scout - Arnis + Enhanced Tactics
Requirements : Key to Griffon Lobby (Family Reputation x300, Pure Ionium x300, Pure Quartz x300, Pure Aidanium x300, Pure Etretanium x300) , Griffon's Tear (Griffon Egg Shell x6, High Quality Ruby x2, High Quality Sapphire x2, High Quality Emerald x2)
Rewards : Elite 84 items, Level 88 Summoner weapons, Level 100 items, Elite 92 Armor Recipe, Le Noir Recipe, Elite Le Blanc Recipe (rare), Constellation Indication (3 maximum, rare), Dragon Heart Recipe (unconfirmed), Le Noir items (unconfirmed)
Frequency : 7 days
Duration : 120 minutes time limit. Average time of 3 minutes to complete mission.
Difficulty : Moderate, Highly Equipment Dependent

The Griffon mission has the best loots among all instanced missions, hence it can only be done once in seven days. The Elite Le Blanc recipe is not that rare to loot, and is currently selling for 250m or less in Rembrandt. Before this raid, owning an ELB was a lot tougher as "true" Griffon campers usually kept the 30dr for themselves and/or their factions. With the instanced mission, more players are able to create their own 30DR armors.

The mission is initiated by talking to the Pioneer's Warning at D6 of Vegas Javier. Once inside the mission, I buff Principal + Shooting Enhancement on my Grace Bernellis and sometimes Melee Enhancement on my Anton (scout). I then switch Anton to arnis stance and cast hound. I should really replace 1 of the Grace Bernellis with another musketeer for more damage, but I am lazy to train ranged characters.

Mission : Griffon buffs and debuff

I then proceed to H9/H10 of the map, where Griffon will always will be. He usually casts a spell that causes Griffon's dignity, which dramatically reduces my movement speed. Ideally, I should have positioned my characters into a triangle before this happens : Anton at the front distracting the big bird while the two Grace Bernellis whack the bird. The reason I keep them apart is because Griffon can sometimes claw my Gracies to death, and I wouldn't want that to happen to both of them at the same time.

X marks the spot

Big Bird hates Wildbeast Rifles

This raid is simple and straightforward, just buff up, go in, whack it and it's done. It does require higher level equipment to maintain HP and successfully deal damage.

For this raid, I usually always borrow WB rifles from the faction. Without these rifles, the mission will be very hard and will take a longer time. I have tried using non-racials, and it took me more than twice the time because Griffon was pestering me with attacks when he should have been long dead. Here are some of the weapons that have been lent to me for Griffon.

Owner : KingLazarus

Owner : Seitai

I'll grab a screenshot of two more rifles that I get to use for Griffon at some point.

A Tribute to my SCR leveling : items borrowed

I have been leveling for quite some time now in SCR, and i couldn't have trained a lot of characters because I did not even have armor for them! It is essential to have the right characters, stances and weapons in a squad to effectively kill Sacred Vespanola Soldiers, but I did not have them all. Fortunately, I had friends who helped me along the way.

Owner: Liberatrix
Used by : Emilia
Purpose : Survival

Owner : SiegeMaster
Used by : Nar
Purpose : Stun

Owner : SiegeMaster
Used by : Nar
Purpose : Stun

Owner : MrsStormRiders
Used by : All MA characters
Purpose : Stun Lock and DPS

Owner : McBee_4
Used by : All  MC users
Purpose : DPS

Owner : Seitai
Used by : All HG users
Purpose : DPS

After several weeks of training in SCR I finally reached family level 50. For those wondering, here are some stances and characters that I used to effectively train in this area:


Mighty Cruz - Claude and Idge Battle Smith
Hanging Guard - Grandice and Idge Battle Smith
Evocation Lightning (Shock) -  Elementalist, Rio, Hellena, Catherine of Intelligence
Martial Artists (Stun, Freeze, Burn) - Graciello, Bai Hu, Feng Ling, Jean Pierre, Irawan
Combatant (stun) - Nar
Rapida Espada (shock) - Selva

Instanced Mission : Arsene Secret Vault

Mission Information
Participation : 2 families (squad up with Cruz)
Character Lineup : Romina - STW - Grandice (mine), Grandice - Scout - Hellena (Cruz)
Requirements : 500 reputation points
Rewards : Magical Amethyst, Liquefied Gas, Piece of Trump Card, Medal of Honour, Buckle, Trump Armor recipe (rare), ELN recipe (very rare)
Frequency : daily
Duration : 30 minutes time limit. Average time of 12 minutes to complete mission.
Difficulty : Moderate

The Arsene Secret Vault mission has been available for quite some time now. The complete guide is detailed in BookOfWind. Being able to use three characters allows us to make full use of Enhanced Tactics Buffs, which make the mission a lot easier. I (usually) play the role of boss attacker whilst Cruz plays (with) Hellena. Loot rules are set to acquire by turn to equally split all loots, including Medal of Honor cards.

As the mission starts, we buff up (Principal + TA buffs + meditation) and pay the 500 reputation points to enter the 2nd room. I activate Bless and cast Refresh Mind my Romina before entering the 2nd room.Cruz runs around the area to avoid the mobs, but I assume his master Hellena will have no problem taking a few hits every now and then with the current armor she is equipped with (no need and useless to kill the mobs due to infinite spawn). In the meantime, I rush in to the boss to room do deal with to deal with Celine and an additional boss. As soon as my first Bless wears off, I activate it again (no need to wait for cooldown due to Refresh Mind) I want to keep my +1AR up and its additional benefits to finish the mission as quickly as possible. This procedure goes on as Prost, Emily and Mario are defeated.

Hellena's Armor : sturdy

 Once Mario is defeated, the cooldown for bless should be almost finished. Same buff sequence as the first room is done, including bless + refresh mind. The critical and hardest part of the raid is the last room. Upon reaching the last room, I rush to Celine to deal enough damage to her until Prost is summoned. I then focus on finishing Prost as soon as i can. This is because once Prost is dealt with, the mobs will disappear and Cruz can relax. Emily and Mario do not pose much of a threat. After dealing with Mario for the 2nd time, all that's left to do is kill Celine. During this time she likes to use attacks that inflict Armor Crasher, so Hellena is best kept away to a safe location. Defeating Celine will yield more loots, and the chance of Trump Armor Recipe and even Elite Le Noir Recipe.

Reduce Celine HP to make Frost appear - and kill frost ASAP!

Be careful of Armor Crasher