V17 and other news!

Sorry about the delay, Blogger hasn't let me log in for the last week, but that did give me some more time to play FlyFF. :)

The GM's have finally announced the process for renaming/purging character before the upcoming server merges. Much to my dismay, it's being done strictly on a character age basis. Since my characters are only about a year old and their names are taken on Aibatt as well, I fear I'll have some renaming to do, which is quite unfortunate.

Personally, I wish they'd do the renaming by last login, and then character age. They could simply check the last login, and if they've been online in the past 6-12 months, use character age to determine the renamed character, otherwise, force the inactive account to be renamed. I really don't like the idea of possibly losing my account names to someone who quit a year ago!

Regardless, I'm going to not let it affect me too much. I'm sure I'll pick out another name I like when the time comes (But still..).
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Guess who was there to greet us at the beginning of the V17 release?

No, no, not Gimp, Cromiell!

When I logged in to V17 for the first time, I noticed a few of the aesthetic changes (the splash screens being redone, glow, etc) and I enjoyed the new feel. The splash screens look really nice, and much of the quest text is coherent now (It was REALLY hard to comprehend before). I haven't looked any of the big stuff yet, but I'm sure I'll get to see it eventually.

 The big thing everyone has been fussing about is the glow. My +10 fire stick on my Ringmaster went from flames leaping off of the weapon, to a faint glow, but on the other hand, by +8 water knuckle went from a tiny ball on the front, to THIS:

 I like the new glow art. The old stuff didn't vary much, but the new stuff definitely looks more unique.

and here's my fire stick. :(

No more flames. :(

But, up until the server merge, we have a 2.5x EXP event , +300 attack power event, as well as a login event (only until June 1st), so it's obvious what I'll be doing!


It's been a while since I've updated the status of my characters, so I'll go ahead and do that:

Altaius (Elementor)        - level 84
Artaius (Blade)              - level 80
Skooma (1v1 BP)         - level 80
Arthfael (INT AoE BP) - level 74
Amusei (Knight)            - level 72
??????? (Bow Jester)    - level 70
Antille (Ringmaster)       - level 62
Maik (Psykeeper)         - level 60


Phew! I think that covers them all. I've leveled each of them a bit so far, but now I want to focus on Skooma and Antille for the duration of the event. 


Happy FlyFFing!