Wow what an interesting turn of events...
I can't post any pictures right now, but here's what I've been up too:
When I got home Friday, I logged on right away to test my killer rabbits. They were level 15 or so at the time and man oh man were they strong! I was killing everything in FV in one to two seconds. I never even noticed an "increase in FV monster strength" because my killer rabbits were dropping everything so fast.
I decided to do some
real testing and I asked some pledge members to help. Before, episode four, I had my 5 rabbits hit a level 63 DE with 100% MR. I barely saw his HP bar move before my rabbits ran out of MP. During episode four, I tested them out (they were level 16-22 I believe) on him again. This time, he couldn't keep up with the damage without using inventory pump trick. All the other level 55+ members I tested on were chicken and started using inventory pump right away. =P Too bad I couldn't test with elemental falldown...
Another amazing aspect is how long they attack for now. I never counted how many shots they get, but the barrage seems to last for 10 seconds at full MP. There are a lot of drawbacks as to using pets to try to kill people, but my summary is: if someone attacks you with his pets,
Option 1: Venz
Option 2: Die
I bought triple shot and elemental falldown. Triple shot is an okay spell, but I'm disappointed at how much it misses. I like it though because I finally appear on par with mage and dark elf, that is, I have a move to kill a monster faster.
Elemental falldown is actually pretty cool. I tested with a pledge member and my average damage was 25. With elementfal falldown on, my damage was 50. It's not a lot because I only have 12 int... but imagine an int elf with 19 int! I heard
the tactic to use is earth bind, elemental falldown, erase magic, wait, wait, unfrozen, erupt, erupt, erupt, erupt, dead!
New areas... forget them. Why does NC keep adding areas that are not bookmarkable? I have better things to do then spend time on a boat... e.g. train my killer rabbits. BTW, I did try to tame racoons with my 18 CHA but I failed twice, got bored, and left PI.
Now for the fun part... The day off from school yesterday was really cool because of Diad siege!
It was amazing to be in Giran and join a pledge with the servers finest, from level 49 to 72. The screenshot I have with the highest number is 113.
Breaking down the gates was easy enough, but once inside... The spawn of dark elf guards was really high. A lot of people either venzed or died because of getting paralyzed (anyone can fill me in on how that happens?) I died and ended up in oum village. It was funny to see how everyone from the lowest to highest level were there. Even Diad siege is tough for a level 72. It was great to see the leadership of Takeda and the determination of everyone else. Even though the trek down to Diad Castle was a long one, people made the trip, centralized the attack, and finally took the castle. Unfortunately, I had to log so I couldn't see the end. Congratulations to everyone for a job well done though! .
Well that's all for now, sorry I couldn't post any screenshots, maybe I'll put a few select ones up later in the week.