[EMS] 13 years of Rayque!

Sup guys! Today's the 30th of September, that marks another anniversary on EMS.

It's been an eventful year of progress: I've hit Level 250, got my first triple %-STR Potential, reached 7000 Union and completed the Mu Gong Soul Collection. In addition, they finally fixed the Critical Rate on the Amaterasu's set! Took 'm 7 years, though. Now, if only they'd also fix that Invincibility after hit...

But wait, there's more! Later this year, Hero will receive a couple of new skills. I'm very much looking forward to Upper Charge and Leap Attack, which is hopefully our next update. I'll definitely be writing a dedicated blogpost for that, as there's plenty to discuss about it. Then, there's also our next signature 5th Job skill Sword Illusion, which is probably scheduled for the Winter update.

So, last year I did release a High-Dex Hero video, but as you've noticed on our Youtube channel, there has been none this year. There's still one planned for 2020, but I currently have my hands full on the Definitive Edition article. I've started writing a couple of days ago, but I do expect to need several weeks in order to get it finished.

Anyway, that's it for today - I'll see you guys again next post!

[EMS] Rope Lift - Level 25!

"The Celestial Festival is free to play - with little to no effort, save 300m a day - who needs Reboot, anyway"
Dropping over 100 Arcane River symbols daily has never been this cumbersome.

Wait what, Rope Lift is maxed out? 

It's simple - Rope Lift is pretty much the most common 5th Job skill; you'll find plenty of them from opening Nodestones. It's more (cost) efficient to max out these 5th Job skills by immediately fusing any duplicates you find, instead of crafting these individually. And now that Rope Lift is maxed out for the time being, I can now redirect any future duplicate Rope Lift cores to the extractor for additional Nodeshards.

The Celestial Festival event has been very resourceful with its generous 60 (!) Nodestones a day, for little to no effort. Granted, I'm past Level 250 so I only need to do one Arcane River daily quest per 10 Nodestones - which only takes up to half an hour for all six regions. In addition, we also have the weekly 3 Nodestones from Road of Vanishing, and I still have my Mitra's Nodestone Box for another 5 Nodestones a week.

There has never really been a legitimate reason here to buy Nodestones from other players or to grind Nodestones out. Nodestones are pretty expensive for the little amount of Nodeshards you get. You're going to need a lot of shards to max out a new skill, and recent events have been so generous with Nodestones, that by the time this new skill comes out you'd have more than enough shards. Mesos are much better spent elsewhere. 

Dare to say that current events have been past the breakeven point: when you have your essential skills maxed out, you gain more shards than you need. You can either save up these shards for future updates, or sell them to invest in more substantial upgrades such as Additional Potential.

So, the Celestial Festival still runs until the end of the month, and it seems that my simple-but-effective approach of being patient and mindful about resources pays off. I currently have enough Nodeshards for three instant Level 25's of choice, and I almost have enough EXP Nodestones to max out another "Spider in Mirror" type of skill where the corresponding Skill cores are locked behind a limited loot table.

While planning ahead always comes with a certain uncertainty, one thing's for sure: you can never have enough Nodeshards. I may or may not get another Level 25 within this event.

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