Yay it's that time again, +50% EXP/Stance EXP boost and +20% drop rate! It starts today until July 13th. I've got a few characters in mind to level. Valeria and Catherine Torshe are both expert now and would really benefit from this event. Especially with all those Secret Area Passes I've been getting from the damned Red Tiger Boxes -_-... I swear that box is a trap. I've used about 4 x 12,500 gold purchases to try my luck and nada! It's sad when I read on the forums that other users have managed to get it within 100 boxes *sigh*. Whatever, I'll just stop trying, since I already do have the white and black tigers (from guessing numbers during the Tiger Event).

Well a lot has happened since my last post! Let's see... I made that Constellation Crossbow! And Vana helped chip it for me. It has really nice mods, ATK 21%, ATKSPD 30%, Fire ATK +30, AR+2. Really great for afking in Errac =D. Hmm as well I made another constellation polearm... still trying to chip it though. I'm also a brand new owner of a Dragonic Staff! Wheee. It's got some nice daemon mods on it, I think I'll keep it! I think the next thing on my list of items to make is either a Golden Guard (can't seem to find a recipe on MM for a while)/Constellation Shield, or a Constellation Staff! I've got the necessary runes, but I'm still missing some symbols (Libra, Aries, Scorpio, Capricorn).

Other than gear stuff, I've been trying HWC with the clan and it's actually not as intimidating as I once thought. Maybe that because I'm not actually doing the killing work... lol. I'm usually the Colony breaker. I bring Vince as well, but I think I have a terrible time using him. In any case drops from HWC have been really great so far! I really look forward to doing more of it!

A lot of progress has been made this past month. I made my first Constellation weapon, the polearm one. Miranda, (my BSI) is currently the lovely holder of this weapon, she's the only one I could afford to give Tronada Cruz to. And it's awesome for vesping! Too bad vesping is causing my team to level too much. Romina's Master level 8, Hugo (scout) is master level 10 max... Miranda and Nicolas (fighter) are around master level 6, which means I need to start paying attention to some of the sad/neglected ones in my quarters ^^ Well anyhow, I'm onto another constellation weapon and I hope to have it made soon for my Caly. I never realized how nice a stance Shadow Sting was until I started using her to afk in Errac.

So my main pain the past few days is my chipping luck. After much splurging on chips to rechip a 90% human EDS and I was evantually able to get 94% human and 37% life. What I failed to notice upon this chip was the 30 something % atk *hahaha*... I was moping the whole time thinking the best I could do is keep the 94% human. I'm just glad something good came from all that. It'll definitely be helpful for the circus/ASV runs.

The other day I saw ASOKA in Auch (Raiden and Cresius). Ahhh she's adorable. I want her! I'm still thinking about whether or not to get her in this pre-release. If I do recall, I remember they mentioned she would be recruitable by quest. I shall post my mediocre screenies later.

IRL wise I am still doing what I do best -- procrastinating. Canadian Politics exam in 5.5 hours. FML. I think I spent the whole yesterday staring at my screen thinking about the inevitable guilt trip I'd be getting tonight. XD But my Family needed me, thats what they told me at least, kekeke.

Awww... No more exp event. Caly mastered in time before the early maint. Battlesmith Idge, Hugo (scout), and Romina were also among the lucky ones to have trained the most during the event. I can't wait for the next exp event, hehe. Valeria, Catherine, and Reckless will be the next ones up to grow stronger.
So, while I was waiting for maint to end, my laptop got infected by a trojan/virus...(it was called Total Vista Security). Why me! I've reinstalled this laptop so many times already. I think I was able to remove it, but I'm noticing that the laptop freezes completely when I'm on internet explorer.
Btw, I changed the layout (again)! Of course the only thing I really did was the screenie, the template I took from blogskins.com. It looks nice right? Too bad none of the new features actually work on this type of layout... so like no comments, no individual pages, no widgets...whatever those are lol. Anyhow, it's getting late.

Can you believe it? Helena is master! I am ready for Arsene's Secret Vault (ASV)! I tried using her in ASV at expert and died too often... And I felt terrible for Hoput and Changs for wasting their reputation points... I can't wait to try her out! ^^ I think I'll stick with Domination Lightning for now... after all, I do have a pretty cool skullic bracer.

In other news, last night Changs and I found a pretty Symbol of Aquarius after murdering Dios at Team Arena. As well, I won the FC! Hehe what luck =) I'm currently trying to find a buyer since I'm too broke to do anything meaningful at the moment. There's an odd increase of Aqua symbols in the market lately... dunno what's up with that. I thought they were one of the rarest symbols out there? Well if I don't manage to find a buyer I can always gve it to my musk Viola! That would make two Flintlockers to my family!

I've decided to make a page on the Bemberg family on here as well. It will take a while to compile, so stay tuned...

Labels: Arsene Secret Vault, Grinding, Team Arena

I made this blog to track my progress in the game, Sword 2 (aka Granado Espada).
So why did I name my blog Café Bemberg? Lol Umm. Well I like cafes and I think that I sit and play this game a whole lot like someone who just sits at a cafe all day long... except I'm enclosed in a house with hardly any sunshine? -_- So... anyway lol.

This week I tried vesping at Caebolan dungeon and yay I mastered two characters on my alt! (Angie and Yeganeh). Why them (someone seriously said that in all chat when I promoted them  >.>)? Well 'cause I would hate farming a lot of cards for them and vesping was really so much faster than doing the whole Skele aa then Baha aa then Caeb card farming. Both of them took two days (one at a time of course) to master. Romina used a +7 Elite Grim Wraith (33% atk 3ar)... Not the greatest for vesping I'm sure. I should try and get a UD one, but I'm too broke. Yeah about that, vesping is expensive! I needed like 4k sp pots and like 4k ancient orbs to master one character.

So I brought both over to my main and I moved up two family levels. Whee! Mina (Romina), Juri (Grace) and Hugo (Scout) each gained about 2 levels while vesping. I'm currently trying to get my Helena to master. I want to do Arsene's Secret Vault without failing! Which means... I will also need to work on getting a 100e bracelet and the stance Occultism.

So much to do, so little time!

Labels: Grinding