The Push for Money

The past few nights, I've spent most of my time at Cloud Park VI - but I've been fairly focused on getting some trades done - so I've only actually trained for about 1 hour in the last two nights.

I missed, yet again, a nice attack dark clench on Basil Market - so I'm pushing myself to get the money to be able to purchase the things that are on the top of my list. This includes training better, selling more items and watching the markets like a hawk.

In terms of money, I've got about 20 million at my disposal with a 60% attack glove scroll on hand that could easily be sold for 4 million on its own. I'm tempted to even sell my Bone Helm as I only use it when moving from location to location and never during training.

Other than that - I've added some more sections to the training reflection I posted about the other day. Hopefully, I'll get a decent number of trades done tonight so that I can boost my money a little more and get in a good hour or two of training as well. I'm about half-way through the current level - so pushing to get to level 60 is my main priority.

More Progress and a quick reflection on the level 5x

I played for a little over 2 hours last night and managed to accumulate ~25% give or take (I don't really remember...). In that time, I spent all of it at Lusters and Lunars in Cloud Park VI and solo - since virtually no one from my guild or buddy list was online.

Again, I received a few more decent drops (another bronze crusader helm, 2 brown sonatas and a dark pilfer) and 1 or 2 dark crystal ores, as well as a net profit of a few hundred thousand. I think my total money is hovering around 16 million now and with a bunch of auctions finishing up - that should be bumped up pretty well.

Over on Sleepywood - I did a detailed reflection on some of the places I trained at. I expect to receive some flack for it - but if I get a worthwhile comment or two - that would be great. Especially since I'll probably be sticking with Cloud Park VI a little while longer...

http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1069142

Of course, the reason I went to Cloud Park VI was to collect the needed Power and Wisdom ores for the Four Wisemen quest. I've now got enough power ores - but I'm still in need of 9 (I think) wisdom ores. I get 0-2 per hour - so I'll probably be into level 60 before I'm done. No rush though.

After I'm done collecting, I'll try to spend some quality time in Victoria. Perhaps I'll finish the spell that seals up a critical danger quest or something like that. I'm expecting a fairly big power and defence jump at level 60 - so maybe fighting macis and cargos won't be too bad then.

That's pretty much it for now. Maple Global's web site is down, so I can't provide a new screenshot of my overall ranking (which I've pretty much decided I will include when I can...)

Level 59 Already?

Well, I thought it took longer - but I did in fact level in about 5 days. Considering I died twice at Tauromacis - and I did a lot of wandering - that's not too bad.

I've spent a fair amount more time at Lusters the past few days and partying with an assassin in my guild. He's only level 53, but he's making solid progress and the map is good for us. Haste makes a huge difference in training for me and I'm sure the rage helps him quite a bit as well. Assuming we continue to keep the same schedule - we will probably work out a solid party for a while.

Last night I only gained about 8% or so - spending most of the 2 hours I was online away from the computer and the rest doing a trade or two. Basil has been going really well lately, and I hope it continues to go well - since it is my best route of earning money. Considering the rate I've been getting drops at Lusters - I would say that it is a much better overall place to train and make money in your mid to late 50s. While you can't beat the 60% glove attack scroll from the jetis - Lusters have a lot more frequent drops and the drops they have tend to sell for reasonable amounts.

Level 60 is just around the corner. In preparation, I still need to get a few scrolls - mostly to scroll my neocoras, but I also need some top and bottom defense scrolls to finish those off.