"All the News that's fit to Print" (will be found in respectible papers), How to solo those classes that cannot be soloed, the IMPACT of the recent goulash, Why you don't see GMs with buy/sell shops anymore, and more!
The Erica Enquire's staff heartily endorses all NCSoft efforts to rid our world of people who break the EULA, commonly called cheaters. Yeah, all that password resetting and emailing to support was a hassle. Whatever. But I find it so interesting to see who is NOT around any longer.
Did the recent pseudo~bannings do anything besides make the server a bit less crowded? Oh yeah...there seemed to be some types/classes who were more likely to 'forget their birthdays' than others. Who are we missing? A bunch the Flavor of the Month wizzies who leveled up in C4 (good riddance), and a buncha the crafting dwarfs. Yup, check it out. There are about half the crafters there used to be which is a GOOD thing for the honest ones who remain, craft prices are creeping up. Yeah, there was/is a bit of a shot shortage too. Of course, this could all be because people are on the PTS. Oh wait, PTS was down all that week, so nevermind!
Well, one of the recent patches did away with the 'Seven Secret Emotes", the glorious sequence of seven actions which made the DE's bra unsnap, so no more dump trucks unloading in public. The EE has a friend who is going thru every possible sequence of every emote for every female class to see if there is another hidden treasure (so to speak). I reminded him that it may only work on some types of outfits so he needs to do it for all different armors and robes. Should keep him busy until Thanksgiving.
A recent post in another 'Erica' thread made the statement "Healers can't solo". A wiser mind quickly set the poster right. Let me explain how this works, take a seat:
Some classes are easier to level than others. Is there a question there in the back? Yes, go ahead.
"It's not FAIR my class is harder because..."
<Rumpunch slaps the fool>
FAIR! You moron, if all classes were equal we would have what? ONE CLASS! This is a complicated game, no? Classes are different in many ways, both major and minor ways, right? So we have a complicted environement and it would make sense that those who are SMART have an advantage figuring it out, right? So those who Whine and Complain are what? Answer me!
"dum"
It is spelled 'dumb' and you proved my point.
Anyway, if you have a hard to level class... be smart, be patient, be crafty, and be friendly. Analyze your strengths, find a spot where you can maximize them, figure out how your class strengths offset the weaknesses in other classes and team up with someone from that class. Trust me on this, there are duo possibilities that almost noone has thought of that can turn a 1% an hour toon into a 5% an hour duo.
Every wonder what it would be like to ride a wyyvern over Aden or Giran or to circle around the Tower of Insolence in one? Now you can see. Go to the 'Stories and Movies' board up above and download the movie (filmed in Erica) that has some rocking scenes shot from a wyyvern. Five *****s. (those are stars).
So its the rare and hard to level classes which get the coolest spells in L2. Ever been in a party with an EE and you were all about to die? Party Return! Gonna try to PvP with a party with a high Bishop? Mana Storm! Only problem, of course, is that there are 7 EEs and 5 Bishops over 60 on Erica that are 'Main' characters. So will those be the FotM in C5? Nope, 'cause the kind of person who rolls a FotM isn't the kind who has the patience to do those classes.
Overheard in Giran:
Player 1 "WTB Dion potatoes and Gludio apples."
Player 2 "No such things"
Player 3 "sure there are, part of quest outta dion"
Player 1 "Wtb Dion potatoes and Gludio apples"
Player 3 "why do you want those"
Player 1 "To make mashed potatoes and apple pie"
In the next issue: Why Korean players say Erica tops NA servers, what Stems are made of, best spots to train cheaters, and more!