[EMS] 3/10 Mu Gong Soul Pieces!

Hi guys! As promised earlier, I'll keep you guys informed about my Mu Gong Soul progress. Today has been a lucky day, since I managed to find my third piece! Each day, you can only enter Mu Lung Dojo three times. Seven pieces to go. This is my current overview of the hunt:

1/10 Pieces - 8th Day (10 Feb 2014) - run #23 - Used 1,2x Drop (Family System)
2/10 Pieces - 17th Day (22 Feb 2014) - run #51 - Used 2x Drop (Event)
3/10 Pieces - 19th Day (24 Feb 2014) - run #57 - Used 1,2x Drop (Family System)

To be realistic, I expect to be finished within 2~3 months. The daily limit really kills the hunt, since all other Boss Souls from the same tier (the Boss Souls who have a "Blue" colour) have unlimited entries...

That's it for the second post for today! Don't forget to read my Lego® Project overview. Until next post!

[Lego] Three projects on a row 3.0

Return back to Project Overview (Hailfire Droid).
Return back to Project Overview (Constructor).

From left to right: Afterlord (MapleStory), Hailfire Droid (Star Wars), Constructor (Borderlands 2).

Hi guys! Recently I received a large Lego® haul I ordered last month. It contained a lot of crucial pieces to make progress in my Constructor & Hailfire Droid. I also managed to get a bulk of whopping 28 boat weights from last weekend (Modelbouwshow event in The Netherlands), so the Hailfire Droid is even more balanced! I think I'm going to replace the battery-weight in the Afterlord with a few of these boat weights as a small improvement.

Several improvements has been made in both projects. The Hailfire Droid's most notable change is the looks of the head; with several reddish brown pieces I managed to create a more realistic (although more out of scale) source-material-based shape. Besides for more balance in weight, I've improved the frames for the wheels. The frames are much stronger by using various (new) Technic pieces, especially the axles pieces with a stop on one side.

As last one major flaw of the Hailfire Droid that has been since the beginning has been removed; two gears in the gearbox didn't clutch together very well. The Hailfire Droid had some stutters while driving because of this flaw. By reinforcing one of the axles, this issue has been fixed.

The Constructor has another amount of improvements in his reinforced frame. Several weak points have been removed. I've also added some gears on the back legs to make sure that the legs require less strength to lift up the body. The front pneumatic cylinder is now transparent blue, which matches the expected colour scheme much better in my opinion.

Previously, the Constructor used a steering mechanism. However, this steering mechanism had a common flaw that the Constructor can't make a sharp 360 degrees turn. The steering mechanism couldn't make larger turns than about 40 degrees, and making a 360 degrees turn with the two wheels would damage the wheels by sliding the wheels on the surface, instead of rolling. That is why I've revamped the steering mechanism by removing this mechanism and using four Lego® metal spheres (which first appeared in the Lego® Education - Mindstorms EV3 Core Set) on each corner in the frame. With this new solution, the Constructor has no issues with turning 360 degrees; as it originally was intended to do.

That's it for today's post guys. I'll see you again next post!

[Drawing] The Lego® Movie in a nutshell...

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[EMS] Temporary Boss Soul

Hi guys! So as you might have read earlier on my blog, I've been planning to get a Mu Gong Boss Soul on my Ribgol Sword. Unfortunately I've only found one piece for Mu Gong's in ten days with enhanced droprates every day, so I assume it'll take me a while before I'll have all ten required pieces.

So that's why I've decided to place a temporary Boss Soul on my Ribgol Sword, namely Spirit of Rock's. Why Spirit of Rock?

First of all, it is quick to obtain. It took me about five hours to manage a full Spirit of Rock soul.
Second, I'd preferred a soul that is guaranteed to have lower damage increase than my Mu Gong soul. So that means I would barely have a drop in my total damage since Spirit of Rock is one of the lowest Boss Soul ranks possible in the game.

For now, I'll make use of the Spirit of Rock soul. I'll keep you guys updated with the Mu Gong soul piece progress the next few weeks.

Until next post!

[EMS] Another Ribgol Sword upgrade~

Hi guys! Today is another good day for the MapleStory Europe department on my blog. It's time for another Ribgol Sword update! As you might have read in my previous topic, Boss Souls have been added with the Cygnus Returns patch.

As for my current Boss Soul hunt, I've had no success yet in obtaining any Mu Gong souls. However, I was able to farm a nice stock for 100% chance Soul Enchanters, which are the primers for adding any particular Boss Soul. You can click on the thumbnail to zoom in. I'm looking forward to finding my first Mu Gong soul.

Until next post!