Return to Granado Espada

Since I loved Granado Espada when I first played it, I've always wanted to come back and play again. The chance to do so came when a friend started playing again because of his school friends wanting to play it as well. Taking a break from Asda Story, I downloaded the 7 part installer and reinstalled the game.

Excited, I checked the updates to see what I've missed. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that there were new RNPCs available, with one who I've never seen before. Her name is Claire. No, we don't need to spend money on the cash shop or like half a billion Vis to get her. No, we don't need to be at a really high level to do her quest (unless you think 65 is already high leveled). Yes, her quest is frustrating - a lot more than getting Viki.


There were also other updates like a new currency (Peso or Feso), socketing, and pets. I haven't really gotten into any of those so I'll probably mention them in future updates.

Ooookay, so as soon as I logged on, I found my family name changed to Noble[]Legaspi_1. Great, now I have to do something about that. I bought 18000 electronic game card credits for GE from Gameshop (cost me around S$24.90 or around P820) and topped up for gpoints. I used 11000 to have my family name to Nobreza, which is Portuguese for noble (my middle name) or nobility I think, and the rest were used to buy 31 pieces of mystery powders.

Adelina's bounty search was fun. I was hoping to get Soho the Wind, but the best I was able to get was a recipe for an Elite Dragon Coat which I sold for 350M (cheap!). Then I bought 19 more mystery powders from the market manager, bringing the total to 50. Time to get Calyce.



Calyce's quest was easy. Went to Port of Coimbra, and talked to her and the bodyguards. It triggered an instanced quest where the goal is to protect the princess Gabriella (who's really hawt by the way...damn that cleavage...). Easy, I just hid and let the NPCs handle the situation (Gabriella, I think is invincible). I got disconnected before the quest was finished but as soon as I logged on, the bodyguard already asked for 50 mystery powders so I believe the first one was successful regardless of the disconnection. I gave the mystery powders, talked to Gabriella in Cite de Reboldeux, went back to Calyce and finally got her card. I deleted my scout to make room for her character and named her after a "close friend".



Next project was to get Claire. At this time of writing, I already got her but the quest was long, boring, and a bit frustrating. I'll detail the incident on my next post, which should come shortly if I find time to do so here in the office.

Finally! An Update!

Alright.

So yeah. I got pretty much bored here in the office so I decided to make a post.

Well, what have I been up to since the last update? After the job at Telus/EA games, I worked as a writer/blogger under different personae. It was a home-based job so I didn't have to commute to the office and back. It was fun while it lasted but alas, I had to leave and work at another company.

I'm currently working as a content writer for Hobble Creek Trading and I'm still trying to adapt to the new job. Unlike the previous job, I commute from Makati to Alabang and back. Tough. I had communication trouble with my boss (who's also the owner of the company, by the way) as well as trouble with attendance but thankfully everything's going to go smoothly from here on.

Oh yeah, games. This blog IS about games, right? Yeah, yeah.

Where to start?

OK. Well after playing DOMO (see previous post), I jumped to different MMOs for a while - even going as far as playing Ragnarok Online again (gasp!). There were a couple of games that I remember I enjoyed playing: World of Warcraft, Granado Espada, and Final Fantasy XI. My FFXI account is still active since I'm breeding a chocobo. It has yellow feathers with red ends and is around 30+ days already with Discernment and Receptivity at "Impressive".

I named it Noble Sun. Weird name.

Anyway, I stopped leveling for a while and just login to check the chocobo and the "garden" in the mog house. I'm currently playing Asda Story and I'm currently "grinding" actions to get as many titles as I can.

I also recently reinstalled Granado Espada and planning to have my family name changed. The return of the old serif font messed up a lot of names that used ASCII characters for spaces - including MY family name. The server merge also caused my family name to get a "_1" since I had created families in all previously existing servers. Aaanyway, I'll have that fixed this weekend.

Hmm...only a few sentences to cover what transpired in 10 months? Bah! I'll go write something when I remember something good enough to write. Meanwhile, here's a pic of Reginald the Scholar.