Bleh.

 I was 1/2 bar away from lvl 31 on Aion when computer froze.Rebooted and display was totally whacked.

Finally found time to run it to shop ,when...

2 of our stray cats came charging across the yard chasing something. Long story short - his name is now Cassanova he weighed 3.2 pounds when i took him to the Vet.He has an upper respritory infection,worms,severe eye infection,may lose 1 eye.He is an itty bitty black cat who likes to nibble on ears.He has to be quaratined since he can be contagious to other cats. He has 3 meds + eye drops he gets in total 7 times a day.

After that little detour my computer got it's diagnosis,fried graphics card.It is silly to replace it for $700 but since xmas is coming and the kitty is costing me a fortune....you get the pict. I can't use my old laptop atm since i signed my father up for computer classes for his b.day and he is using it. So i am pretty much screwed for now.

I am so sry Neo,sigh.You went to so much hassle and expense to join me on Aion.I feel awful i can't be there.

Good news is we all made it through the swine flu ok.

I will be out of the country for a week then will see what i can do about a computer.Will let you know asap.

Take care,

Riff

 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 

I did some pumpkin picking .

 

But the big news is Neo got his big Daeva wings! Congrats and doesn't he look cool?

 

 

Only NC would name a bird mop Pecku....

 

Neo has this nifty skill where he can make us a tele door.I realized after i used it a few times he could be sending me just about anywhere since i don't ask where it goes,i just jump in,lol.

 

This is a nice greatsword.It is a tad large but it saves me time on shaving my legs.

The big question is will i explode or go blind 1st.

 

I thought i would miss global chat but i should have had no fear of that.Looneys abound on all games it seems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have waved at many of you as i ran by.Good to see the legions of : Fallen,The Fallen ,Korean Pride and Adeptus.

 And such chars as: Carmoth,Illandrya,Odette,Sisphus and Ccgirl.Odd but none of you say hi back...........ahahaha

 

Don't eat too much candy!

 

 Riff

 

 

Ok

I got my old laptop out,stuck some upgrades on it and tada. With Cricket i am running at about dial up speed.


The server Neo and i will play on Aion is U.S. Lumiel - East coast.Elyos faction. I am waiting on Neo to arrive so am just goofing on 1 of 2 chars Bodicca - gladiator or Alaynia - chanter. Whis me for a good time erm,no wait ( haha) ,whis me for a hunt if you play there. So far i just roam around lost checking out the landscape.

Beware the giant crab.

Riff

Anyone still out there in gaming land?

 Yeah,it's me. Idk where to begin to make this a satisfactory explanation about what's up here without blabbering on for 2 pages so i'll try to keep it simple and avoid all the personal stuff.

1st off ,i miss you all and hope the island event was fun and paid off well.Those are so much fun if you can get past the greed and pettiness.

Ok,about my computer - Best Buy tells me it is not lost,it has just been misplaced at their repair warehouse in St.Louis.Is it repairable-yes.Did they fix it? No one seems to know.If it is not found within their decreed "waiting period" they will refund my initial repair fees and give me store credit towards the purchase of a new 1.........................

I had  installed the latest LOTRO expansion pack(about 3 weeks before the storm) and paid for 3 months of gaming so i could have some fun with NEO. And to make it more entertaining i had finally ordered Cricket wireless broadband.But hold on, the laughs keep coming. I decided to give my dad a sales pitch why he should buy me a new computer for my b.day/xmas.He was on his way over to pick me up for a b.day dinner and bam.Guy ran through a red light and broadsided him.He is ok now and his truck has been repaired but he decided to buy a new vehicle and since he always pays cash for them.......i'm not done yet ,i finally got to my e-mail (the Gmail acct. got deleted Vig) ,most letters are gone from sitting so long but what i did find was a Beta key for Aion,sigh. There was only 2 days left on it so i gave it to my son's friend  and his gf, whom very kindly let me view a bit of it and he took some ss for me.Sooooooooo here ya go .

 

I played with the char creation screen.

On WOW you have more cartoonish styles,on LOTRO the chars are more insubstantial and feminine .I named this 1 Viggies cause well just get a look at him,haha.The choices are endless and each faction has different looks/settings.

  Male warrior,Asmo side

 Advanced body settings and preview of end game armor look.

 

They made/tried several chars on both sides.

 

Elyos mage.

 

NOW I understand why so many males make/play female chars in games. Some of the male chars ,mmm

 

They ended up playing a female warrior on the "evil" side.

 

 

 

 

armor/items screen

A few area/view/mop ss.

 

 Althgard.

 

Spiritmaster 1st fire summon .

General transportation mode in newb areas.

1st major city-Pandemonium

Her 1st wings at lvl 10

Notes - ss can not do the graphics justice.

This was all done on a laptop (Pentium,Intel 2.0 Ghz,1G RAM,Nvidia GeoForce 6800) that rates below NC recomendations and using Cricket broadband.

Game play i saw was fun,the quests were not extremely complicated .Flying is alot more difficult than i expected but when you see someone that has had practice, it is amazing.I expected the wings would make some chars too "girly" but they do not.

At lvl 10 you also pick your sub class.This char went with Templar.Skills/spells are not as complicated as they seem. Chains run smoothly and there were no outstanding inbalances.

PVP-Dueling is permitted all over.Major cities have Arenas for same side fighting.Most were Guild/clan battles and if you die your booted from the Arena.Abyss is the major fight zone for good vs evil factions and castle control. It is insane from what i saw.There are ground and air battles .

No,it is not a WOW clone,nor LOTRO and it varies alot from LI and L2.

As with all NC games,lag is included free of charge.It is mainly in the major cities and villages.

Read Aion web sites for more info.Would i play it ? Yes.

That's all for now.Don't forget to laugh.

You know why Monica Lewinski failed at being a DR.? Because she sucked as an intern.

 

Riff

If bad luck was a stalker i would have one mean s.o.b. after me.