Ohi

So to my knowledge this is the 1st known 4 slotted Balmung. Yay me~

In other new, I've hopped the bandwagon and went neutral. I must say, the damage with good gear is pretty ridiculous though I miss my cast-time, so I'm debating going skadi over nyar atleast for the time being :s

I'm also on the road to 90, hit 89 last night and 88 the night before so hoping this weekend is my big day. Not like it's some extraordinary accomplishment anymore but it's a personal feat I never thought I'd bother with. Wonder how this'll go.

Clan Christmas Photo

We will be gathering to take our clan Christmas photo on December 19th. If you want to be entered in the clan raffle you -must- show up for the photo.

When: Saturday, December 19th @ 12:00pm-1:00pm PST
Where: Christmas Party Room @ Celu Tower on Ch 5
Why: To enter the clan in this event.

I'll be making the announcement in clan chat as often as possible, so please spread the word while I'm offline. I've posted this in 3 places now, so I hope everyone gets the memo. Here's a timezone converter if you need to look up what time this takes place for you.

Using the blog for the purpose of good? What is this, I don't even...

Persona Rant

So I drafted a very long-winded post on Friday about all the backseat moderators on the Aeria forums and how much I dislike them; then I realized I could sum it up with just that-- I hate backseat moderators.

For those who are unaware, I went Neutral. People seem to obsess over the Law/Chaos doramaz still, so between wanting to not be a part of that anymore, and wanting to abuse a new crystal setup, going Neutral was the best option for me.

In unrelated-to-Imagine-news, I got a PSP for myself as well. So far I've picked up Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles, Patapon, and Persona. I have to say, I'm overall pleased with Persona; I don't see the point in complaining about the music, considering up until this updated remake came out all we had was Persona: Black Mark Edition for the PSX... Anything is better than that.

Mark --><-- Black Mark

It could have been worse...
we could have had Blackface Mark D:

I still think the battle system should have been remade, but maybe some people enjoy feeling like they're really living in 1996 again. I've never had particularly fond feelings for the first Persona title; though I'm rather indifferent towards the Persona series as a whole. In the wide spectrum of RPGs available on the market, I will play any Shin Megami Tensei-spinoff game before I'll pick up any other series (save for another Mother/Earthbound game or Phantasy Star 5 if it ever gets made). Anything made by Square-Enix (save for a few games, like Final Fantasy Tactics, Star Ocean or Valkyrie Profile) is just going to be another cliche' game, and once you've played one N.I.S. tactical RPG you've played the other 5000 they've made. However, I have a love-hate relationship with Persona. It teeters on that fine-line of being a SMT game and not being a SMT game. It has the same demons, same sort of battle system nowadays, and same sort of questionable imagery/subject matter... but it just doesn't feel SMT enough for me. Lately I feel like it's just Teenage Angst: The Video Game. Bring back the SMT games of dystopian, post-apocalyptic worlds with man vs. God conflicts, and a little less of the high school setting of Persona. They're still good games; I'd just rather see the original series pick back up. SMT4 needs to happen; I'm hoping Strange Journey is a step in the right direction.

Precious Time

Oh, sweet december, almost Christmas already. I'm officially playing Megaten for 1 year, and now looking back at everything, it's just...wow. No, really. God, I've felt really pro using Cu Chulainn, grinded for hours at Zhens on Shinagawa (and got a few surprise rapes on new moon <_<), wasted weekends on noob Sugi Golds... Yeah, that's really weird today with all that sponsor thing, countless exp incenses and such, but it was really fun. Exploring, trying new stuff... I loved that, and I could feel that again 2 days ago with the Lord of the Flies patch. Ok, it wasn't hard, but c'mon, we're level 90+ with complete builds and gameplay experience, it's not meant to be hard.

But anyway, I just wanna thank you all who played Megaten with me this year, I had a really good time, and some LOLmoments that I'll NEVER forget, because if we don't laugh on our 10+ hours Ichi marathons we'll just go insane, right?
And if you didn't saw me these days it's because (not that you should care :x):

1) Fail internet connection is fail. I've DC'd so much that I didn't even bothered to turn on my comp some days.

2) IRL stuff. Relationship + friends + work = loss of weight, so everyone should do that. D:<

3) Grand Fantasia. Yeah, I've been playing it and it's not perfect, but it's what I need. I can play different stuff without making new friends since I'm happy with the ones that I have on Megaten/Aeria. And even failing on any kind of PvP (3k hp don't help, working on semi-vit build <_<), at least I'm cute ._.

4) PSP. Finally got mine, and so much stuff that I wanna play lol. Just finished Persona, and I have to say, Atlus did a damn great job. Perfect remake, decent translation, complex Persona creation system, new cutscenes, awesome new soundtrack, AND after all still feels like the old game.

(Pro Jinn sprites)

Btw, I've uploaded the OST here, so have fun with Shoji Meguro.

Epic Note - This is how pro my Ichi runs are:Nuff said.

Lord of the Lulz

Yesterday after delayed maintenance we received a content patch, highlights being the "Lord of the Flies" quest. So here is the jist of my experience.

<- Gwarr stretch marks!









<- Very questionable decision making skills.











<- Great disguise.










I haven't had this much fun in a while and when i heard the Smt battle theme playing i nearly crapped my pants.

~Ardal

<3

My lesbian lover has arrived~

After countless months of waiting, she's all mine >:D

I'm now a royce alt....wait what?

First of all, I don't understand half of what he types, second of all, yeah it looks like incense, but no sadly it's called Anti-ice and fire, too bad my inventory wasn't open. Thirdly, just because it takes you 5minutes to not even almost kill with 3 other people and me killing all of you does not me I incense, it just means you're bad at PvP.

In conclusion: Royzuno

New Content Sneak Peek!

So as many of you know, Aeria revealed they'll be unleashing some new content on us this month and in months to come, with Lord of the Flies quest finally coming... YAY LILITH!

Also, they've announced a new zone for us too... I think I may have stumbled upon it on the main Aeria site:

Wait a second... Shinbuyu? Shin-buyu?

Fail.

What's Wrong With Our Server?

Yet another day in the life of forum-trolling on the US Server... I'm surprised I haven't had an anyeurism yet. I'm sure everyone who reads this blog already knows, but I'm deathbivouac on the forums. I will be playing the voice of reason in this conversation, with Thing 1 and Thing 2 proving that players on our server are incoherent morons, and Mr. Green will be the one defending their statements mindlessly, paving the way for generations of retards yet to come.

Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:01 am
I will trade blue rider voucher for blue baroque voucher!
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:02 am
i want the blue baroque xD
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:02 am
<_<
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:02 am
yeah it cooler than red one.....
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:02 am
just kidding xP
Mirrorenn » Dec 02, 2009 8:02 am
*noms on sister again* Can you pass out now? >:3
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:02 am
for me:
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:02 am
Im not
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:02 am
BLUE = WIN!!!!!!!!
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:03 am
well blue = statted and red = statless... do the math...
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:03 am
food ready <3
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:03 am
OH! I do not know that Db!
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:03 am
bah youll end up using crystals or something on it so meh xP
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:03 am
even better than, I just go for good looks! Who care the stat if I look good!!
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:04 am
its the same if it either adds something or not
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:04 am
-sigh-
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:04 am
xDD me too skeko xD , thats why i have my garm ears domi wings and garms tail <3 <-- (ENDGAME!!!)
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:04 am
Very Happy well done MasterOok!
Mirrorenn » Dec 02, 2009 8:04 am
Anyone wanna run me through PC? >:3
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:05 am
if not i would look...well...like everyone else >.>....i want MY own look so meh xP
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:05 am
the ladies like it when we dress up nice for them....
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:05 am
yes that too!
MasterOokami » Dec 02, 2009 8:05 am
ups foods calling me <3
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:06 am
well there's nothing wrong with looking how you want... but damage potential heavily outweighs looks
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:06 am
hey if I die, i want to look good doing it, not like soup sandwich!
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:06 am
depends on the person i say =p
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:06 am
;D
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:06 am
some people would rather look good and do less dmg =p <-- (When was this EVER okay?)
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am
have a town outfit then
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am
all kidding aside, yeah that is important....
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am
and some people just wanna do the most dmg and have the best looking equip
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am
it why i sink so much time and AP in mod my guns
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am
you can always go play Gaia online if you wanna look pretty
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am
lol
SakuNoRyuu » Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am
lol leo xD
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am
totally not the same and you know it Wink
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am
but I get tanegashima and Avalon-24 to +10 LR slot 1 <-- (Again, Tanegashima = ENDGAME SHIT)
Skekomashisan » Dec 02, 2009 8:08 am
long process! lotsa mat seq
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:08 am
sorry, but it's true
Mirrorenn » Dec 02, 2009 8:08 am
Seriously though... you haven't gotten any sleep yet.
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:08 am
i will agree to disagree with you then =p
SakuNoRyuu » Dec 02, 2009 8:08 am
i think i napped from 3pm to 7pm yesterday x:
SakuNoRyuu » Dec 02, 2009 8:08 am
and i'm running on bananas atm x:
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:09 am
tsk tsk
Mirrorenn » Dec 02, 2009 8:09 am
Heh. Just make sure you get some sleep for me later. Razz
SakuNoRyuu » Dec 02, 2009 8:09 am
and i gotta get to class in about 45 min...so no sleep yet for me ^^:
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:09 am
well if i'm forming a party, and have to pick between a gunner who thinks he looks "awesome" in a punk soul set, and a gunner with fully modded and statted gears... i'm picking the later of the two
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:09 am
of course
SakuNoRyuu » Dec 02, 2009 8:09 am
lol i will...i'll collaspe in my bed after 3 PM today xD
Mirrorenn » Dec 02, 2009 8:09 am
Now someone run me through PC. :3
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:10 am
i never said you wouldnt
Mirrorenn » Dec 02, 2009 8:10 am
I'll make sure to be here when that happens. :3
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:10 am
just saying some people dont really care (Translation: Some people play this game for no reason at all)
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:10 am
hence... there's gaia online.
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:10 am
*shrugs*
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:10 am
and as i said, not the same thing
SakuNoRyuu » Dec 02, 2009 8:10 am
lol there's also GFO which has pretty costume...and stats :3
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:11 am
if you don't care about your damage output, then you're here for a social MMO
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:11 am
gaia = social MMO...
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:11 am
or you just want to solo your life in the MMO
SakuNoRyuu » Dec 02, 2009 8:11 am
DoMo is one as well ^^ right?
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:12 am
solo your life? you lost me <_<
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:12 am
solo your career? i dunno what else to call it
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:12 am
if you're saying as in a solo-player, then you should care even more about your DPS
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:13 am
i solo'd about 80% of 92-93
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:13 am
you should. but some people are weird
Mirrorenn » Dec 02, 2009 8:13 am
tl;dr: Play how you like. D:<
Alerym » Dec 02, 2009 8:13 am
...Mirr, go to bed.
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:13 am
exactly mirror!
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:14 am
i understand that, but it makes absolutely zero sense.
Alerym » Dec 02, 2009 8:14 am
And Royce, please don't give Mirror ideas.
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:14 am
and i would agree with you
kabliga » Dec 02, 2009 8:14 am
but when have people ever " made sense"? (Between the lines: Clearly I don't make sense either!)
deathbivouac » Dec 02, 2009 8:15 am
well, i just compare j-server to us-server

And the conversation ended here. I really want this 15 minutes of my life back. Apparently adding a few, oh I don't know, Zhen tarots to your statless gears... it makes them on-par with statted gears? And why someone feels the need to stick up for this part of the populace who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground is beyond me. It's conversations like this that say "It's ok to be retarded," and that makes me a sad sad Royce.

This is your brain on Aeria Forums

Hit It's Weakpoint For Massive Damage!

I wasn't going to post this, but meh... here's a screen of my first PvP match playing on Rhuki. I'm not even using my PvP build yet...

Lawl?

Fullscreen thumbnail for no-inc proof (Zzz)

Anyway, hard work seems to be paying off. Just need to hit 90 (level 88 atm) and I can switch over to my PvP build. I'm already toying around with ideas for my next character.

As a side note, Vista finally failed me last night. System Shock 2 seems to dislike Windows Vista... and for some reason having a multi-core processor is the game's kryptonite. Fortunately I found a patch that fixed the compatability issue. There's a strange fix for the multi-core problem where you have to direct all the game's resources to one specific core in your processor. Thus, Vista is the only OS I know where I can download a full game in less than 10 minutes and finally get it up and running in about an hour and a half.

If I'm not on Megaten much, that means I'm shitting my soul out in fear playing System Shock 2.

Shin Megami Tensei Imagine II: Simon's Quest

So the teaser/countdown site for Second Wave is up, with "Chain of Curse" being the subtitle.
Now, while I'm extremely excited to actually see new content getting churned out, I can't help but think one thing upon looking at everything so far; it looks like a freaking Castlevania game.

Here's the logo for Chain of Curse:


...and here's a typical Castlevania logo:

Looks oddly similar, doesn't it? Also, for some strange reason, the shadowy-demon looming over the city looks like Dracula from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest...

Good-old 8-bit Drac:

...mystery antagonist(?):

And stepping beyond the Castlevania comparisons, this whole image seems to draw inspiration from the cult film Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (or it's animated rendition, Doomed Megalopolis):

Anyway, I'm not really complaining; it's nice to see that they're still making new content for this game. I find it ironic it all seems a little bit cliche`, but that's forgivable. I think what I miss most about SMT games were the mild cyberpunk-esque undertones of the first two Shin Megami Tensei titles... we seem to be deviating from that more and more as time progresses. I think that's what was a major letdown for me with Nocturne, which ended up being a good game in it's own right... it just lacked the grittiness of the original games.

Long story short, if you end up becoming cursed, and having to collect, oh I don't know... General Gotoh's body parts that have been scattered all over Tokyo, and the only way to remove the curse is to collect all his body parts, summon him from the dead and kill him again... Konami is getting a phonecall.

/endrant

DE -> US Merger?

Well, welcome to the beginning of the end for the US server.

Today Aeria announced the closure of the German server of Imagine (final date of service 12/21). All players are given the option for up to 3 of their characters (above level 15) to be transferred to the US server of "Megatem." As far as their equipment goes, I'm unsure... but I'm assuming they get the whole nine yards in transferring.

That being said, upon visiting the DE forums... pretty much no one knows what they're talking about. Clown Mace is apparently the end-game weapon for mages, even though I've seen DE server videos with bare-minimum a Spear of Dutchaf... but who uses fire in Ichi Gold anyway? They recommend learning Medical Sciences. People also seem to be okay with the sales of in-game items in the item mall. Sadly, that means Cursebringers, Deathbringers, and Vision Dream of Darkness (the in-game extra Tokisada drops that no US player has obtained) will all become (even more) vanity than they were before. All said items were available via the DE item mall or tiered spending promos (hell they even made a promo where tiers included Dromi and Gleipnir...).

I'm not sure what version of the game they're running at the moment (as it seems they're not on the same patch as us; no mention of Regal Presence on the forums, and everyone seems to think Magic Control is useless), so I can't really fairly judge their characters against ours. However, they do have not only one, but two servers to observe and learn from. Considering one of those servers' forums are merely a few clicks from their own, it's hard to come up with enough excuses for being uneducated.

So be prepared for slightly more retardation in the near future. I know there's a group of elitists over there that are surely going to transfer, so let's have some lulz with them (^-^

(P.S. Ragequit over <3)

/ragequit

So I rage quit Grand Fantasia. The game is a lot of fun, but when you're stuck being alone as a squishy mage playing pretty much the only class that can't solo efficiently, you tend to fall behind everyone really fast. Either that or I'm the only person who's slept in the past 3 days... like, level 30+ already, are you serious? Sorry, I don't find collecting batshit (literally)/deer skins/whatever for hours on end by myself to be fun in the least. The one time we actually DID do a dungeon we didn't even finish it. If people are actually willing to work together in Open Beta, I'll go back... if it's just gonna be the same shit that's happened over the last three days then no thanks.

I've also decided to take a hiatus from Megaten. I'm just overall fed up with the drama and everyone asking for Mudoon/Beiji-Weng/whatever. I recognize I put up a trade thread for them, but I just really have no motivation whatsoever to do trifusions. I can't work on my alt in peace, so there's no point in even logging in. Maybe once Celu Gold/Subway/Ueno Snake are implemented I'll go back. And who knows, I might take a break for a few days, it might be a few weeks. I'll see how I feel in the near future. If it goes into long-term I'll pass off clanmaster to someone who I feel is fit for the role. Don't waste your time asking for any of my stuff either... if I die then it all goes with me :P

In the meantime I'll start writing/recording some new songs (I just got LSDJ! Go go chiptunes!) and play Ghostbusters for PC.

Brb~

Pink Hair~

'Nuff Said

Enter Rhuki

So for all intents and purposes... Royce is now my semi-retired main. I still plan to PvP with her regularly, but as opposed to sitting around in Babel complaining how there's nothing to do in Megaten (and rather than doing the sane thing and play some other game that gets updated more often/isn't a money pit), I decided to pick up one of my alts. For those who remember Rhuki from a previous post, she was a hybrid melee/enhancer.

...everyone in this damn game wants to be a melee/enhancer. So after debating for some time on what direction to head in, and with the arrival of the new imbalanced crystals, I've decided to make Rhuki into a Regal DD. Melee is overall just a boring class to me, and the build I'm doing now is the original build I'd planned for Royce with a couple modifications. I had Class 3 Regal on Royce the day the PvP patch hit back in June (as I'd even pre-statted the character just for this), but it required me to lethe Enhancement. However I found out quickly that I lost my solo-ability in this form, which was my main goal from the beginning. After having a moral dilemna of either starting all over again or lething Regal and going back to my old build, 2 hours later that day I had Enhancement again... and even then I didn't have the necessary amount of Int to solo anymore. Eventually I hourglassed (again) and found my sweet spot again. Overall I don't regret any of the events that took place, as this all paved the way for my final build that got me all the way to 93.

Anyway, I just finished up all my expertise for this build today. I hope to be near-fully soul-stoned and taroted by Friday, and somewhere around level 80ish (I'm level 74 already, so that's no huge task). I'll have to adjust to being reliant on an Enhancer, but I have a feeling this build will be a lot of fun. Wish me luck!

Also, Grand Fantasia Closed Beta starts this evening. A handful of us from Destiny will be giving this game a test run. If it proves to be enjoyable then we'll expand Destiny's horizons into this game as well. I'm somewhat torn between what class I'd like to play at the moment; either Paladin, Necromancer or Wizard. I'm 90% sure I'll end up being a Wizard or Necromancer (because let's face it, being a mage is fun D:), but I wanna try out all the classes I'm interested in before the Open Beta begins. Hope to see some of you all in the world of Saphael!

You Know How I Know You're Gay?

This is your PvP demon.

Also, after tonight's inc-fest in PvP, I feel the need to post this. I have no shame in posting a picture of myself dead (since it doesn't happen that often anyway).

So for all the incense accusations being thrown around, please focus your attention to the top left corner. Don't assume that ZOMGZ EVERYONE IS ON INCENSE!!!11!!one11!eleventy!1 The only reason I keep incense in my inventory at this point is for ridiculous matches like the ones held tonight; and to be completely honest none of you are even worth wasting it on. You're not only making yourself look like an incredible douche-turd when you incense, but you're ruining the game for those of us who have a little something called pride.

Not that this will accomplish a damn thing, but Lielle found this link tonight, and I feel the need to share it as well:

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/incensemegaten/

EDIT: I have also started the Megaten PvP Alliance in hopes of the community working together.

In the words of Royce: "Megi-BBQ"

So I started PvPing this week, and today I decided it'd be fun to whore PvP up a tad.
It seems I've already carved a name for myself with some people. As seen below.



Now, I'm sure as all of you know, DG666 is level 93, can self pulse probably better than me, and in some cases incenses. In my case, I'm level 73, with pretty good gears but a low self-pulse and I only have 7.3 DM. Now, this guy says, my Hex+(Ardal) pulsed Megidos do more than hers?
Wow really, that's just a huge ego-boost for me.

After awhile my Megidos sporadically decreased in damage, due to me running around solo with my 50% pulses lulz. As seen below that was a godsend to some.



All in all, I'm having fun and being called out for incense gives me a hard on. Please keep saying it <3

Random Thoughts....

So, not much amazingly new in the world of Megaten this week. I've been making the level 93 demons at the moment; Wu Kong is broken as all hell and I want like 9000 of them, Beiji-Weng is oogly and underwhelming... but Mudoon is pretty cool (and his SS will be too!). Gonna make Phantom tonight, I'm sure he'll be nothing to write about, but I want him regardless.

Fail FCs are fail this week; more Anti-Demon sets (what is this, the third reissue? fourth?) and some guns that no one needs. My money is on Abyss Mystery Box this week in Item Mall, or something else will get thrown in there to make up for sales. GM Xandamere is once again on the Megaten team (what a relief, we have a voice of reason again), so be sure to welcome him back here. For those who care about fashion, Theena and iBleach started the Mega FC Blog, which covers all of the in-game apparal. LoveGuardian has started a blog as well. As most can recall, I was a little hard on him in a recent post. It seems as though he's seen the error in his recent behavior and is trying to overcome his newfound reputation. I know how hard it is overcoming an ego problem, much less admitting to being somewhat of an arrogant ass, so LG if you read this-- you have a clean slate with me.

New GS applications are up, as is the feedback thread (which as always starts out as brown-nosing... and quickly turns to defecating on one another). I really truly don't care who gets it... as long as they're helpful with the newer players in Home III and spend less time in Babel. I've been asked numerous times if I plan to run for GS; the answer is still no. Yes, I have considered it, but truth of the matter is I'm just not cut out to deal with medial tasks like filing behavior reports. If I only had to do dungeon runs, help plan events and occasionally help with player's problems I'd be fine. I love helping people out when they're willing to actually listen and absorb what's to be learned, but the people on our server are somewhat... irritating?
tl;dr-- I could be a good GS if I wanted to, I just would rather do something else with my time.

I'm starting back to the PvP grind tonight (Go Chaos!), so hope to see some of you all in there ;o

Will Farm Plasma For Level 93!

How many people can say they hit the level cap in Babel?

After a long, stressful and monotonous weekend, I have finally achieved another one of my goals: Hitting the level cap. I wanted to make it special, so I got to 99.99% running Ichi Golds (had to skip a few Jikos <_<), and finished off my final 00.01% by doing my daily Plasma Farming quest that Nyarlothotep gives me. Finally finished everything off at 2am (some even stayed up until 5am for the celebration), and got a good night's rest. I'd like to thank my wonderful clan members and all my friends for their support over the past 3 days, and for the awesome celebration you planned; collecting all those fireworks isn't easy!
(Edit: btw, I started out Friday at only 40.35% LOOOOL)

I'd also like to pay tribute to two people who I will never be able to thank enough, Finella and Xay. Without Finella's plethora of knowledge and pursuit of demystifying IMAGINE, and Xay's mentor-like encouragement and inspiration, I would never have made it this far. Thank you both for everything. I'm sure you're both out there inspiring others and kicking ass in other MMOs.

Next Stop: Blaze of Ambition

Mein Kampf

So we're back to the mud-slinging pvp sessions where incense accusations are abound and egos are flaring up. Dirty rumors are spreading and they tend to get around fast. Apparently people seem to think I'm trying to start up some new Chaos-movement in order to blow Law out of the water... also see: The Third Reich of Megaten.

People of Chaos, your new Führer and Reichskanzler:
Roydolf Hitler

I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Law, I am fighting for the work of Chaos. Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live. A man does not die for something which he himself does not believe in. Chaos should not become a constable of public opinion, but must dominate it. It must not become a servant of the masses, but their master! Chaos will either be a world power or will not be at all.

Ok, in all seriousness I can't keep that up. People, Megaten is just a game. I'm not deliberately trying to beef up Chaos to have some "unholy reign" over Law. I think some are taking this whole alignment crap too seriously. Not once have we claimed Destiny to be the "best clan in pvp" (aka 'pulling a Lucis'), nor will we ever. Both alignments are filled with good players. To say that Destiny is holding Chaos' hand is the most absurd thing I've ever heard in my life... because the people who are saying such nonsense are the ones who jumped on the Law bandwagon to begin with.

And on the incense topic: if you ever feel like anyone from Destiny or myself are on any form of incense (protection, magic, speed, whatever), please let us know so we can stay after the match. I (and I'm sure the other members of the clan) will happily show you my damage output as well as my damage taken on both forms of incense upon your request. The only time in recent history I have incensed was 3 nights ago when a certain Regal Enhancer was taking a constant succession of 1 damage from every form of attack; melee, long-range and magic. I fail to see how "it's ok for a Regal Enhancer to incense but Destiny are cheaters when they incense back." It's sad that we're forced to live in a cash shop environment where no one trusts anyone because it exists.

Oh, and to the failed level 76 Melee (you who know you are) who swears "Royce is nothing without his pulses and his anti-demon," I'm sorry that I've worked hard on my character. Perhaps instead of QQing about it and hoping that other people win the game for you, maybe you should go finish your character? No player is invincible, and I've never said that I am myself, but you make some pretty ballsy claims for someone who doesn't even have a full set of soul stones and tarots.

tl;dr-- PvP is srs biznez, but some are taking this waaaay too seriously.

Too Bad My Credit Card Is Maxed

So today I was wandering around when this nice fella PMs me about this awesome deal.
I just had to strike a conversation with him.
Here's what happened:


But it gets better~~~

[Tell]>>XxGodiazzXx: lol, sorry kid, fail scam is fail (19:32:20)
[Tell]XxGodiazzXx>> : kid who u talking about (19:32:50)
[Tell]XxGodiazzXx>> : im mp kid sir
[Tell]>>XxGodiazzXx: Sure you are (19:33:08)
[Tell]XxGodiazzXx>> : no sir (19:33:16)
[Tell]XxGodiazzXx>> : im 19 (19:33:35)
[Tell]>>XxGodiazzXx: Good for you then
[Tell]XxGodiazzXx>> : man ur a grouch today (19:34:02)
[Tell]>>XxGodiazzXx: You called yourself a GM and tried to pull 580ap outta me haha (19:34:25)
[Tell]XxGodiazzXx>> : well maybe if u werent uptite id work (19:34:48)

Too bad, I'm too uptight and have a maxed credit card to be awesome donataer~

QQ

Operation: Burnt Pancakes

It's become quite common knowledge that diablopanqueque publicly displayed his lack of faith in our most beloved Finella. Now as you all know, without Finella's dedication to sharing a plethora of information from the client files and her pro fan-translating, there's several of us who wouldn't be where we are today.

Upon my daily browse of her website I found this post by Anna:


So here's your call to arms, Megaten: Burn the Pancake. Provide links/screens of his stupidity, flame him for his ignorance, do whatever it takes. Hell I think he's trying to get the Nyarlothotep plugin still, if anyone can screen themselves kill-stealing his spawns and the lulz that are sure to follow, you'll be an hero for life.

(This post will be updated with any installments in Pancake-flames, so feel free to comment with photo links or forum posts)

Without further adiou--

Reasons Why Diablo Fails Wins:

Look at his clan thread for starters. As I've stated before, it looks more like a 14-year old's MySpace page rather than a clan thread with all the Persona/SMT pictures he's posted that have literally zero relevance to IMAGINE. However this makes the clan uber win because anime and Persona r0x0rz.

Sheeps For The Slaughter

The clan has a High Intake/Hight Kickout policy... which creates numerous posts in the clan thread of people wondering why they've been excommunicated after having been offline for only a few days. Meanwhile, you have others living in fear and pleading to be spared from the ban-hammer. Also, under the requirements to be a Submaster:

• "-Quota: You are responsible for recruiting at least one member a day to the clan. And that's not really a hard thing to do. Just be sure to invite only active and social members. Level is unimportant. Why? Because only the strong will survive in Yosuga. They'll level up eventually and we'll make sure they can survive in such a world. "

Is this why your clan has been around since April and just hit level 8 this month? Only the strong survive! Recruit a noob a day and then kick them the second they haven't been online in a week. Real Life is clearly less important than Yosuga.

Pimp Yo' Clan Leader Event

• "RAWR! The PYCL event returns due to popular demand. New to PYCL? Then let me spin it for ya real quick yo! There is a rare item amongst the Megaten Community that I wish to find to support and help make our clan standout as one of the top clans! This PYCL's hot commodity item is the sexy "Frost Suit." Now ask yourself this....wouldn't you want your clan leader to be a Jack Frost? I thought so! The suit costs 30 mil and that's where I need your help guys :D Everyday, I slave over plasmas to farm money for this suit but it would go by a lot quicker (and help seal the deal faster from wannabe buyers) if you guys helped donate to the cause. This is optional of course and I don't expect you guys too participate if you don't want to. But in return, I will exchange donation money for YP! 100 macca = 1 YP The Top Donater will recieve an ADDITIONAL 10K YP! So farm hard guys!"

...because having this failure magnificient genius run around in a Frost Suit is going to make the clan instantly awesome! Now, you might be wondering "What the hell is a YP?" Well, YP stands for "Yosuga Points," which are his very own clan-based currency. You'll absolutely luuurve what you can purchase with these points. Please take note of the durability. Notice how most items are derp-gears that he's clearly used and can't sell? You should be thankful to even be allowed to touch gears owned by the great diablopanqueque! Sure, it'd be much easier to purchase these things from other players in-game. But wouldn't you rather donate money to your cheapskate glorious leader for his PYCL Event to get your shitty YP to purchase gears he doesn't use anymore? The best items are the Phlegethon and Poseidon's Spear, but both are 81+ requirements... the only two people in the entire clan who are even past 80 are diablo himself and RhemIruka (who's failed at ragequitting 2 times already). Rest assured, you won't level up in Yosuga, so find your own parties to do your acts and level up! This method of hands-off training and clan growth is pivotal to the success of Yosuga.

Wealth of Knowledge

The diablopanqueque you see on the forums daily is a cheap bastard who tries to swindle deals an entrepreneur based on his own view of how economics work. He states that Heavenly Snow is not in demand, yet he's clearly trying to purchase one... which instantly bumps said item into an in-demand status. By this logic I should just wait for a day where there's an Abyss Cloak up for sale and no one is listed as currently trying to purchase one... then offer 750k because clearly no one wants it... hell I'd be doing them a favor, right?

He's also a smug know-it-all asshole an Ichi Gold professional. Apparently soloing as a gunner isn't an accomplishment in his eyes, so don't even think about trying it. I mean, anyone with half a brain knows that Holy Charm is fail, and you need a Yatagarasu Crystal to even consider fighting all the Cu Chulainns and Hayagrivas that Jiko spawns with him... Gyuki just won't cut it! Perhaps in order to appease this god amongst us mere mortals, you'd be better off wasting your time farming to donate to his kawaii Frostie outfit \(^-^

At least this whole thing is one big joke, right :D?

Guess you stealth-edited your clan thread for lolz too then?

inb4 I misquote the great Devil Pancake... all original sources = http://diablopanqueque.nemissa.info/

Changes~

So after a break from the game, I'm finally back. For some reason I can't leave Megaten forever, so when I'm bored I change something. After a little more than one week of fun donations, I'm finally chaos again, and with that comes new outfit, new crystals, new demons and new PvP partners. And wasn't too hard to make that decision since the Law side of PvP is now mainly based on a bunch of ass-lickers sponsors4life (i.e. Law side losing, QQ, goes to Rain SB for more QQ, and pray to see Pearz and friends on next match). Of course, not everyone in Law side is like that. The only thing I can say is: Get your own strenght, work for your stuff and feel the true accomplishment feeling.

Talking about accomplishment, I finally got a new useful and gorgeous outfit, so bye-bye Red Riders(lolfinally). Also, since I can't use Scathach anymore, I made a new Skadi with mainly Ice skills, because she is the winter goddess on norse mythology, and she have Force boost on our game, but can't learn Sonic Boom. Thanks again Cave for your amazing work. Oh, and when I was with Ardal teaching Megidolaon to one of her fusions using the giant Tarrasque on docks(who the fack teach almighty with Tarrasque?lolz), the moron dropped the Twins SS(like Ardal said already on a post, but I don't care <3).

And since some people keep asking me how much fun is lvl90, that is my opinion:

T> Jack Frost Cards and DCMs for Balms of Life, and I promise to NOT use it on PvP.

LOOOOOL

So like, I had 100ap, decided to charge 500. Olol, 2 tries :< Man this thing is so gay :D

ETERNAL VICTORY

Tarasque does not exist, and a Winner i am.

Lielle was the one who looted it, but it's mine now, so everything is awwwwwwwright.

Royce Edit:

PHLOGISTONNNN~

It gets it's own post because it's so fucking cool.

Also, unrelated to Megaten... the new HORSE the band album is fantastic. Go buy it now.

Solo Enhancers: The Helen Keller Story

Lately there's been a trend going around the server that I don't quite understand... the fascination with solo enhancers and how they're supposed to be inspirational. Now, let me say this isn't some great accomplishment... soloing with a demon is VERY easy. A couple months back I did an Ichi Gold run for pure lulz that consisted of me only enhancing my Loki, just because I said he was beefed up enough to take on the dungeon alone with myself enhancing him. We got some laughs out of it, called it a day. By no means am I claiming to have started the idea of soloing with a demon (I'm well aware I'm not the first to have done it), I'm merely stating it's more than feasible.

Anyway, it all started at the end of August, when Sharte posted this thread about her experience soloing Ichi Gold as an enhancer... and I'm sure some of you out there just subconsciously went "Awwww" in your mind, but allow me to give a running commentary of the run:

Demons used:

• Cerberus
  
  • Level 4x Beast, focusing on physical attack and spins (mainly fire spin). Has Tiwas of Assiah growth.
    
• Accomplished Unicorn
  
  • Level 4x Holy Beast, focusing on support and prolonged battle. Has Ansuz of Assiah growth.

Ok, right off the bat there's something wrong here... if your demon is your main source of damage output, you should be using a demon with Torrent of Magic and at the very least Vamp Cyclone, Fog Breath, Poison Gas Breath, or hell... Magic Shot.
Also, I'm not sure who started this movement where Accomplished Unicorn is some amazing demon you can use from the time you're level 21 until end-game, but it's extremely common here on the Aeria server. I guess it's the same reason you see people using level 60+ Blizzard Jacks and Inferno Pyros... people don't understand how demon fusion works.

Now, this is the part that slays me the most:

Elevator Hallway

I mount on this hall for safety. I have no theory I can try to beat Nightmare Specters if they pop out X_X

I suppose this is another difference between the JP server and the US server. Enhancers are weak to Erosion Hex and can be instantly killed Σ(ﾟДﾟ ). Use a mount to avoid this grave danger (^-^

No theory? None at all? By all means, please go here and find out... or hell, let me do the work for you. Your initial skill bar and Cerberus were more than enough to deal with the "impending threat" that was ahead of you.

Nightmare Specters are easily killed by your Cerberus' elemental spins, while the Nightmare Chatterskulls are easily stopped by Estoma (FYI- the Specters are too) and weak to magic-element, making Erosion Hex another viable solution. How you're level 72 with no Thoth, Lilim or Gorgon is completely beyond my understanding.

Not much else to comment on here really. It's hard to call any form of solo run "successful" if you end up dying though. The thread ended up being needlessly bumped every day full of praise on congrats, and still continues to be necro'd by other enhancers "inspired" by her story, that really is made out to look more like an all day affair.

Shortly after this, Zaphiel posted this thread about a level 25 soloing Ichi Gold. I'm not sure what he was trying to prove here. Based on the videos he posted (part one and part two), all I see proven is that a level 25 can solo Ichi Gold... if their main character is level 80+ with a demon they've rebirthed multiple times, a demon depository, Regal class 4 and access to roughly $10 of AP heals they can spam repeatedly. And no, I'm not saying incense is ZOMGZ CHEATERRR, because yes, most high levels (including myself) DO use incense when speedrunning Ichi Gold. Also want to point out that no level 25 would have an Aegis at their disposal. Show me one level 25 on the server that actually knows what they're doing and don't have Medical Sciences/Summon/Taunt turned on. I will give Zaphiel credit though, this was a fairly creative idea.

Finally, there's LoveGuardian... I was around level 80 when I met this guy... he was level 42 and QQing how his Eligor couldn't learn Sonic Boom. Powerleveled his way to the top via sponsoring, ended up copying the Regal Enhancer build that Citrine/lnstinct/Indicative/cody` all used (because he's so original)... and makes it a point to let everyone know in every post he makes on the forums how high his heals are, how he has Regal 4, or how he solos 4 kings regularly. Just yesterday I managed to screen this on the forums (and the main reason I made this post):

ANYWAY, now that his ego has been established (lol enhancer ego), he posted this thread with links to his solo videos for normal Ichi Gold and a 4 Kings Solo (part one and part two). Now, you'll notice from the first 5 seconds of the videos there's something utterly wrong about them even being claimed as solo runs... vel0s is playing "camera man" because LG's computer apparently sucks too hard. vel0s is more than likely feeding LG's stats via party bonuses. This way you're also unable to see if the Ose is on any kind of fragrances. vel0s also uses his Hresvelgr to fend off some Gakis...

Also, for someone who supposedly solos 4 Kings regularly, what's wrong with this picture?

If you claim to solo something on a regular basis you tend to know the demon's weaknesses.

The camera also doesn't lie:

Gratz on the sweet death! \(^-^

I guess the whole purpose of this post is that Enhancers with ego are hilarious. It's the only class where you can fail miserably and still be praised for your "achievements," kinda like winning the Special Olympics. If any other class posted a video where they died they'd be laughed at and ostracized. It's hard to listen to someone brag on about how they don't die when they clearly do... even with their o-so-seekrit Regal builds. You don't need Regal to be a good PvP Enhancer either... allow me to point to Ardal. Clicking a toggle to reduce your damage taken as an Enhancer is like wearing adult diapers because you're too lazy to shit in the toilet.

I rest my case.

An Update? No Way!

It's been awhile since any of us updated, so guess it's time one of us finally did it. I'd been editing the same entry over and over for 3 weeks, so I finally just deleted the whole thing and started fresh... so there's no "Top 10 Things I Hate About Our Server", nor "Why FOXHOUND Fails" (though I still want to share this gem of a screenshot), just a general overall update.

FINALLY hit level 92 last night. I ended up gaining 19% in one night, which in itself makes me feel like I was just really lazy for the first 81% that took almost 2 months to gain. 93 is going to be my Everest for sure; from what I hear it's around 100+ hours of grinding... but we'll see about that. On the flip-side of things, it's really sad hitting level 92 before the Lilith plugin is released. That was my main drive for hitting 92 in the first place... oh well. Guess it's time to make a Vetala with all the skills I want and let it rot in my depository for 6 months.

PvP has been rather annoying as of late. Chaos has lost essentially 90% of it's decent players because everyone likes to jump on the bandwagon, or they've all quit and gone on to other games. The most annoying part is beyond Pearz (who has semi-retired) there isn't a single player who knows how to fight one on one; Law consists of tons of wolfpack groups who consider 2+ on 1 to be "fair odds." I still think the regal enhancer build is one of the more annoying builds in PvP, because about 2/3rds of the time a 2 on 1 with a regal enhancer is just bad. I've been trying to breed more decent chaos players, but that's not something that just happens overnight. Another extremely annoying thing that's been going on lately are the incense accusations on me from other players. Now, I won't bore you to tears with mathematics, but Tanarin posted a damage calculation using my stats, and I'll reference that for proof that I don't use magic incense. FYI- I do around 1.2k with Bufudyne/Mabufudyne with a virtue/angel setup + spell hex. Also, here is my PvP Loki:

I have every conceivable Anti-Skill on the server with the excepetion of Anti-Death (and there's no way I'm leveling a Thoth to 92...). Factor in things like my Pulse of the Armored, Quetzalcoatl Soul Stone, the elemental extras, and Water Bearer, and you'll understand why I have such high resistances. tl;dr- I didn't put this much effort into boosting my offense/defense just to have idiot noobs raging I'm on steroids. I'm sorry you don't understand how Spell Hex and Anti-Skills work. You can always go play Maple Story.

Also, I'd like to point out something that really annoys me: lazy high level players. Looking through the Bazaar Forums I came across the following posts by Force and Baiace. Now mind you, both of these players are more than capable of leveling the demons for this, much less hitting 90 DCMs is not that hard. I did it myself in 2 days. Pallas Athena took 4 days to level with casual grinding. Apparently sitting in Babel at the fountain is the main reason to play this game for some people.

Only things I really want at this point are Chiaki and Phlogiston. Phlog should come out this month for sure (if it's a promo I'll ragequit), and Chiaki will probably be a ridiculous top-spender item. We'll see how things pan out.

Yea, thats really how you spell it.

^Not a new demon anymore because i kept this post as a draft for 3 days.

/Ignore yakka. And changing subject......the other day demon quest were finally implemented. A new source of trauma when your demon asks you to learn the synthesis expertise or raise your talk a few classes. Also back from my break......also not new anymore. Apache chief INYUK CHUK, i get this impression when looking at take-mikazuchi for some reason. I'm just that* original.

*If it's in blue text it's sarcasim. Except for this >_>.

Welp

Simply put I'm out of the game for a bit.
Almost totally lost interest as of late and this is just to let those who were wondering that I won't be on.
Maybe a month or two, or maybe for good, who knows.

I'll be checking this blog and Rain's for anyone who wants to chat or I'm always on xfire :azuno

Toodles,

Azuno

Royce is booooooored D:

This is what I do when I'm bored late at night and everyone is either offline or farming...

We need new dungeons D:
*steals top post position from Ardal*
GTFO with your pink power ranger. Loki is king!

Keep your wrist stern.

^Uriel revealing the path to the nearest Club MeD.

F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S

Because light reflected of the surface of water is uber gay.
On a none homosexual note, today me, Lielle, and Kui decided to hunt Dominion.
After Kui killed it, it dropped the Scales soul stone on the first attempt.
TL:dr- Dominion is cool, but tarasque is a dick.

There's such a thing as being ridiculous

So for anyone who bothers to browse the Trade List in game once and a while may fall upon a person named Kendra. Now it seems of late Kendra has been throwing up Selling Posts that are well, utterly ridiculous. Whether it be in the forums or in game the prices the person usually makes are horrendous to say the least.
http://forums.aeriagames.com/viewtopic.php?t=388004
Now in the link above is Kendra's Trade List. If you quickly skim you'll notice right away the majority of what the person wants is actually not released yet. Now what makes me die reading that post is the first item up for sale. A fairly common dagger, Ichijosei. Kendra seems to think 2 of them are worth a Cursebringer.Should I even say anything apart from this: Har har har.

Now, the funniest thing happened today. Kendra seemingly got a female Western Outfit and decides to attempt to sell it. For what you might ask? Nothing short of a Cloak of the Abyss(Female) PLUS 20 million macca. Fair deal, no?
This seemingly sparked a good laugh in quite a few people because a few people decided it'd be funny to post up Selling offers for a Cloak of the Abyss(f), just for kicks and as you can see below, quite a few have joined in. Ahh,Megaten Drama, how you quench my thirst of giggles.

Bored~

Like Royce said, I'm on the "Llv 90 Fever".I have nothing to do (lies, I need mods on 2 sets), so I'm not online as I used to be.Actually, I'm busy irl (oh boy, she haz a life) .So today I was helping Ardal on his awesome demon-making skills, and while he tamed a Raja Naga, I burned down my Duftach's durability on the Apsaras.And yes, I had fun doing that.So I decided one thing: My new goal is 9999 hit someone on PvP.Not hard since I already hit over 9000 (LOL) not incensed on some noobs, but there's no joy on noob-rape, right?

Pew pew!

Finally got a Crimson Dust of Death~

Just need the stupid bird in order to obtain the relic. 100+ runs and still no sighting. Once I DO finally get the plugin, I'm sure I have to use care about 187 times before he coughs it up the relic...

Also, bigger, more important news, Destiny hit level 10 last night! The clan is nearing it's 3rd week of existence, making us the fastest clan to hit level 10 on the server. Congrats to everyone!

You can finally hear me stop QQing about not having any 5x Cups. I played the "Rebirth in a Box" mystery package two times and got a voucher for 50 5x cups and 50 linked melons. Needless to say, my Parvatis are finally done... until the next broken FC set comes out. Praying we get MI set soon.

Gambler Night

Yesterday I was bored (o rly?@,@) looking at the Trade List when suddenly some ppl started to pm me saying "Xay is online :o".Of course I pmed him to check, and it was true.Of course I was surprised, he left the game really fast and I don't think anyone even had the chance to say a decent goodbye.
Then he changed to CH1 and some ppl started to gather around him, and he started a RPS game, and the winner had his items as prize.At the start was like me, Royce, Pearz, cody` and lnstinct playing, then when I saw we had like a dozen of random players just wanting free stuff.
I really didn't counted the time, but someone said we played that RPS game for like 3 hours.I was happy to see him, and sad because he was leaving for real.Most ppl only knew the name "Xay" because he was the first lvl90 in the server, because he used to kill almost everyone with 1-2 hits or because he was the first to hit the Einherjar rank at PvP.But he was more than that.
He was smart, kind, funny, helpful and powerful.He used to invite everyone to party only to judge the player skills.He used to tell jokes, idiot ones and smart ones.He used to help if someone needed.He wasn't a high level noob, everything he had was because he worked for it.In the end, even if you didnt had a friendship with him, you could say he was a friend.
Anyway, in the middle of the RPS thingie, I heard the birds singing and when I noticed, was 6 AM already and I needed some sleep.I pmed him and said a short goodbye, no drama, the way he liked.I just really hope to see him again someday on Megaten or another MMO out there.