The Post Before the Storm

Good morning/evening, Redstone players.

This is my post before the extra freaking long post that will be coming. I warn you now, that post will be full of excitement, leveling, unique items, and general happiness. Also it will be very, very, very long. But this is the ease in post of that. Actually, this really won't have much to do with that but figured that I would warn you about the imminent post and that you may want to wait a couple days if you don't want to read it.

Ok, so as you will find out in that coming post, I gained a lot of levels in my one month of leveling. These levels, I feel, were all well earned. Never did I sit charging every few minutes while a higher level character killed for me. Power leveling is not something I believe in but can't say that I haven't gone and helped a few lower levels, merely because something good or exciting happened to me that I wanted to share that good fortune and happiness with others.

It is interesting, though, seeing all these people with multiple different characters and sometimes I wonder if I am somehow missing something, wondering if I'm in the wrong not creating and leveling three different classes.

Yet I think how much I love my Archer/Lancer and everything that I enjoy about it. With its diversity of range and close combat, and its ability to be a knowledge powerhouse or physical steamroller, it is a character that I can't help but love playing. Dummies and Side Step make Lancer not only fun but also survivable in grinding and in PvP. The sheer speed and range of Archer makes it an effective killer no matter the map. 

There are moments where I look at other players and their multitudes of characters and find myself tempted to create an alternate. Just this weekend, I dropped so many Necromancer specific unique items that I was sure the game wanted me to create one. 

But then I turn back to my Archer, still very much a baby archer with only one month under her belt, and I fall in love with her all over again. To be able to hit almost five digits at my level and kill most things before they can even hit me makes me giddy every time it happens. The excitement and anticipation to reach 500 so I can try my hand at a knowledge archer makes me almost impatient to gain my levels.

As she grows, I grow as well. I learn how to efficiently run my character, which items will be best for her depending on how I decide to play her, how to play her in a group setting, and generally become a better player overall. 

She is my first character and my only character. I can't say I haven't tried a few other classes, and I actually started out with a Champion but deleted her after about fifteen levels, but none have I enjoyed as much as Archer.

Many have asked me at one point or another why I stick with one character, how I don't find myself utterly bored out of my mind playing the same character day in and day out, how I don't have at least one other playable alternate character. I suppose this is my answer to those several questioners.

I would rather be the best I can be on one character, then just okay on several different characters. As Abraham Lincoln spoke, "I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end."

Where I Will Be

Good morning, blog readers.

I hope you are doing well. I know I am. Unfortunately this will be relatively short and lacking many of the screenshots and pictures you've come to love.

How I hoped at least some of you reacted.

The reason for this is because, if anyone has noticed, my one month anniversary of Redstone is coming up this Monday and I have two goals that I want to achieve by the reset of that fateful day.

1. Reach level 400, which is highly plausible, especially if we get a PH this weekend, but not going to count on it. This is my current level.

2. I would like to finish Main Quest, which I know is going to happen, considering this is where I currently am at. 

As you can see, I'm going to have a lot on my plate, but I promise that the moment I achieve both these goals, I will be back to posting on a regular schedule. Until then, I wish you the best of luck and hope that you all reach whatever goals you wish to achieve!

Leveling, Main Quest and a Couple More U's!

Good evening, fellow Redstone players.

I hope your Tuesday went well. I know mine has gone swimmingly. First off, I've gained several levels over the past few days, despite the fact that I've been so focused on main questing with Jigg.

Speaking of main quest, we actually did the next SD just a few hours ago, and I got some screenshots of the boss's entrance, which I thought were very cool.

All hail my fiery explosiveness.

He was relatively easy though and with a priest towering me, I brought him down in a minute or two. It's really fun to be the only damager on a boss and actually be able to take him down. We did finish Chapter 3 and I'm happy to be almost done with main quest. It is surely one of the most difficult quest I've done yet.

Besides that, I've decided to move to Small Cave, where with my Misty Mirror activated and sporting my Gorespout, I can actually take on the Mermen in groups of three to five without worrying too much about my health.

The damage I deal isn't half bad either.

I know it's hard to discern, but I actually criticaled for 12k, but chaser triggered and so I couldn't get too clear a shot. Basically, on a normal hit, I'm doing about 6k damage, and with these guys going down in 10 to 15 seconds at 60k experience each, you can see why I chose this place over Parble. Another plus is that it is more open, making those frustrating "An object is in the way" messages a thing of the past.

On another note, I dropped a couple new U's and pretty happy to see that I can drop them without the boost of a 3X drop rate.

Actually that Necromancer/Opticalist book isn't half bad.

Might keep it in case I'm ever curious to try out a Necromancer or Opticalist, though probably not. I love my archer too much and don't think it wise to split my time and effort between multiple characters. I figure better to have one excellent character rather than several good characters. 

I know a few people are able to do this and have multiple excellent characters but I'm unfortunately not them and as long as I still enjoy my archer, I see no reason to try and change to different class.

Besides that, not too much to report. I'm out of screenshots to give to you.

So I'm gonna take a page from Lilo's book and pass out for the night. I hope you all had wonderful days and have fun!