Duals and more duals

Well - I haven't played too much since I last updated. Lately though, I've been capping off my night with 5-15% or so at dual ghost pirates - so I'm slowly making progress.

For the most part though, I've been playing poker to take up my time. I deposited a little back into my Stars account and turned that $100 into just under $900. I'm hoping to let it grow until I am able to make a difference on my monthly bottom line (paying off bills and such) and withdraw the excess each month in that case. Unless I hit a major tournament win though - I'm still quite a way from that goal. For now - my goal is to get to $2000 online and reassess at that point.

In Maple, I've been going back and forth on what I want for my character. On the one hand, getting a zakum helm would make a lot of sense - it would boost my ACC up to around 150 - so I could switch some of my dex-based gear to str-based. It would also boost my weapon and magic defense by a fair amount. I think I'm still a little short on the funds though - so I need to get back into selling items that are sitting around - most namely my old attack glove and my 2 60% scrolls for staff magic attack. With those sold - I think I have enough.

On the other side, is an attack shield. I very nearly dumped half of my funds into a +8 str, +8atk shield with 2 slots left. It was a very good deal - I just couldn't justify it - since I have so many other items that are on high priority too. Since I wouldn't feel comfortable enough to finish scrolling it - I decided it probably wasn't the best idea for now.

Other than that - Darius (lvl15x paladin) convinced me I should be using a katana rather than a khan - and after seeing the difference first hand - I am amazed I didn't notice the difference when I first switched. The katana he gave me is a bit better than my previous one - but still 5atk, 1 str less than my khan - and still gets better DPM.

As of this post, I am level 85 with 77%. I'll probably finish off the current level at duals and try out dual birks with a ice/lightning buddy of mine.