Honedge Perfect IV Breeding

One of the best way to catch all Pokemon is by catching them from Friend Safari. Apart from that, Pokemon from Pokemon Safari got at least 2 perfect IV(31), good start to breed perfect Pokemon(for battle).

So , add me up >> 3196-4020-3001 and please reply your friend code. =)

My safari type is ghost with the following pokemon - Shuppet/ phantump/ drifblim

I managed to get a few dittos from friend safari, one of them got 3 perfect Ivs.

After countless number of eggs and generation, i finally manage to get all 6 perfect IV. Actually i only desired 5, but luck give me all 6. Getting 5 perfect IV from both parent with 4 perfect IV is the hardest part.

It inherited some crappy skills

You could check for your Pokemon IV with him, at Kiloude Poke Centre

Still Level 1, time for Super Training!

(Pokemon X) Journey So Far - 2nd Gym ; Grant

There is so much to do that i only reached the second gym after logging 16 hours of playtime. To make thing worse (or better), 2 of my Pokemon already leveled more than 30. They now refuse to follow my order and start loafing around. Wau, i never had this problem before. I barely grind or train my pokemon unlike previous generation.

After some climbing

He uses rock type Pokemon ; Amaura and Tyrunt. I thought using grass type Pokemon should do the trick. However, his Amaura knock out my Gloom in 1 move. Grant is actually hard to beat due to his Pokemon type, that is not purely rock. Amaura is Rock+Ice and Tyrunt is Rock + Dragon.

His powerfull Tyrunt

 He will use Rock Tomb skill that will lower your speed. He also use Bite occasionally , annoyingly causing your Pokemon to flinch and miss the turn. He also use Stomp attack. I barely beat him using my Gloom. I think it would be much easier with Frogadier but my Frogadier fainted during trainer fight before reaching the gym leader =(.

I won

My current line up

(Pokemon X ) Wonder Trade wonder - Pokerus

I spend a lot of time trading Pokemon , because of the thrill of getting unique or rare Pokemon. And today i got this ;

Mawile with Pokerus

To be honest, i didn't really go in depth while playing the previous Pokemon series. Getting this Pokemon got me super excited . Information from Serebi indicates that Pokemon with this status would grow faster than normal (higher Effor Value or EV). And this thing is actually very rare and i am very lucky to receive this Pokemon. Thanks random Japanese person!

Edit
Oh ya, from internet research, this Pokemon is kinda rare in the game. Thanks again Japanese guy/girl!

I have spread the virus to my whole team, if you want one, i can trade one Pokemon with you. Just tell me

Edit 2

Pokerus helps a lot in EV training, but introduction of Super Training makes EV training easier and simpler in this game. But you can still use horde battle for a much faster EV training! Use sweet scent to get horde battle often with weak Pokemon that give 1 EV each. But with Pokerus , that would total up to 5*2 = 10EV per fight. Skill such as surf would be very usefull here! Sweet!

Pokemon X & Y

The first Pokemon title for 3DS was officially launch on 12 October. And I only got mine two days ago (14/10). Why am i excited? They finally move away  from the traditional 2D sprite and tonnes of new feature e.g Pokemon Amie (i can pet my pikachu! =D)

Anyway, proceed with caution, they could be some spoiler
Here it is !

My Pokemon X

Why Pokemon X? (Spoiler Alert)

Charizard X looks cool! To those who don't know yet , you will be given an option to choose between 3 classic starter (Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur) somewhere in the beginning. They come with Mega stone  You still receive one of the new starter(Fennekin, Chespin, Froakie ) in case you are wondering.

Mega Evolution !

Well, some Pokemon will have an additional evolution stage, called the Mega Evolution. However it is not similar to the normal evolution as it only last during the battle. Plus, the Pokemon need to hold some sort of stone to allow it to Mega Evolve. The evolution type depends on the stone it is holding. FYI, choose your Pokemon game wisely (X or Y)  because they will give different stones for you. For example, Charizard must be holding Charizardite X or Y depending on the game to become Mega Charizard.

X or Y ?

Torchic Gift

For a limited period of time, you could claim this Torchic from the mystery gift. Well, i doubt you could find torchic in the wild without trading from previous gen. To make it extra special , it have a superb hidden ability and also holds a Mega Stone (ooowh!!) So, be quick and claim the Torchic before February 15 2014.

Special Torchic

Starting my game

I choose Froakie as my starter because i would want to choose Charmander later. I could also choose Chespin, but i guess i am not a fan of grass starter. But now my Froakie have evolved into Frogardier ! And, shocking enough, someone traded me another Froakie!

Froakie =D

Wonder Trade

There is so much thing to do in this game, and i chose not to rush and enjoy the game slowly. One features that stand out the most to me is the wonder trade. Here, you put up a Pokemon and get a random one from a stranger. I got a lvl 1 Froakie from this, a Japanese guy got it from the daycare and decided to trade it away. I also got a lvl 38 Poliwhirl while i haven't even beat the first gym. Of course my Poliwhilr wont listen to me and decided to sleep during battle.

Horde Battle

Horde battel where you encounter 5 pokemon at once. Best if you got skill that can hit all. My first horde battle? 5 Psyduck! Hahaha

My adventure so far

I just beaten the first gym, and i could say this new Pokemon generation is awesome. The new fresh ideas really makes me enjoy the game. It really bring back the memories of First Gen game (red/blue/green). Well, you will notice  a lot of similarities with the original series in this game. I really didn't enjoy much of the previous gen (except gen 1& 2) because it feels so repetitive, and "grindy". All i do is level up and battle , and i  just rush to finish the game.

I guess GameFreak finally learn what their player wants, such as the new interface, availability of older gen pokemon from the beginning. Or having the option to have the nostalgic first gen starters. I hope you all would enjoy this game as much as i do. =D

Final Fantasy : A Realm Reborn . Starting my new adventure !

Finally got my copy of this game. Stunning graphic! It is so beautiful yet not so heavy on my laptop. I expect a lot of lag/jerk or completely unplayable running it on my old Asus laptop to play this game (Nvidia GT335). I have played most of the game in FF series (mainly Ps1/Ps2 titles), but i never played the original Final Fantasy Online(because it is online?) . This time, because of the hype, i guess i wanna give it a try. Note that, i come from games such as Ragnarok , Dragon Nest but not World of Warcraft, Guildwars etc. So, some of the things in FF is completely new to me. 

Well, the first let down is the large update after installing the game. 3.5 Gb update. Ouch. Well, that's acceptable since they are a lot of updates going on, which mean the developer (Square Enix) is doing their job well to ensure things to balance up and running well. But, 3.5GB with no resume capability? Major letdown. For you who have uber fast internet , thats not a problem. But im using slow internet with quota. Super ouch. Luckily i finished updating during nighttime where the line is more stable but it still takes 5 hours . Imagine the fear of disconnection and having to start over (I try sleeping until it ended ;( ).

I start up as a pugilist, expecting to become a monk . Little did i know that the classes/job is distinguished from the beginning for 3 different roles, damage dealer, healer and tanker. I thought that the roles would depend on ones build (skills and equipment). But in this game, i can actually play all the job/class. So, i just proceed playing pugilist to learn and familiarize myself . 

Some pictures ;

Nice Beach !

Svara Fate

FATE stands for Fully Active Time Event, events that spawn throughout Final Fantasy world. This is the best way to level up at the moment. The exp offered is large, and the quest is very easy especially with large number of people. I'm quite surprised that my laptop can handle the crowd well, or is it because of the game engine? Apart from the EXP, i also get gil and GC seals. The seals can be exchanged with guild equipment and other stuffs. 

Pebble Smart-watch unboxing

This was actually months ago, sharing  excitement 

The box 

From one side

The backside, can be used for iPhone or android 

The other side

This is irreversible , mixed excited and sad feeling ;( 

OMG!

Meh, already done this while painfully waiting for my package

Closer look

Cant wait to turn it on

The magnetic charger, this scared me as it would be hard to find replacement

The back with serial and other information

Charging for the first time!

Very useful watch, last for 2 weeks with low usage (only paired when needed)
Last one week with with continuous pairing and average notification (maybe 50+ per day)
Need to be careful with the back-light tho, this consume battery the most. A few time i forgot to turn of the shake(motion) to turn back-light function off which makes my battery only last 3 days  (used while jogging, so the light is on almost the whole run =.=).

Now i can put my phone on silent and still notice incoming call/text.Yeah phone vibration works too, but with this watch i can screen and reject calls ;)

Ragnarok Online 2 Arrival to Steam May 1st

This news might be outdated for a few days, for those who doesn't know yet, WarpPortal and Valve are partnering to bring Ragnarok Online 2 : Legend of The Second to their online platform : Steam. As most of us already know WarpPortal is the company that previously brought us International RO1. For more information , please refer to http://www.playragnarok2.com/

You can register your account here : WarpPortal account

Download Game here : Client Download 

RO2 : 50 Pandora's Box using Pandora Mallet

Pandora Box weapon hunt using Pandora's Mallet. I am still looking for a Blue Weapon for my character. I recorded all the stuff i got from Pandora Box today 17/2/13. Note that they are not opened at the same time, because there's no way i could store so many. I hunt till around 5 and open .

For more information about Pandora's Box, Pandora's Key and Pandora's Mallet. Refer to Pandora Box guide

1. Oridecon Powder 
2.  Ernium Powder
3.  Butterfly Wing
4. Pandora's Bow
5.  Concentrated Mastela Extract 
6. Pandora's Great Sword
7. Pandora's Staff
8. Pandora's Spear
9. Oridecon Powder
10. Pandora's Spear
11. Eternal Life Crystal (iv)
12. Earings of Pandora
13. Wind Elixir
14. No share noodle
15. Ernium Powder
16. Oridecon Powder
17. Concentrated Mastela Extract
18. Gold Ingot
19. Necklace of Pandora
20. Ernium Powder
21. Dazzling Trace Crystal
22. Necklace of Pandora 
23. Pandora's Rod
24. Butterfly wing
25. Butterfly wing
26. Pandora's Knuckle
27. Earring of Pandoras
28. Buterfly Wing
29. Ernium Powder
30. Pandora's Spear
31. Necklace of Pandora
32. No share noodle
33. Ring of Pandora
34. Iron Ingot
35. Concentrated Yggdrasil Extract
36. Zeny Bag 1Zeny
37. Ornament of Pandora 
38. No share Noodle
39. Ring of Pandora
40. Ornament of Pandora 
41. Concentrated Ment Extract
42. Dazzling Trace Crystal (ii)
43. Earring's of Pandora
44. Pandora Mace
45. Wind Elixir
46. Silver Ingot
47. Ernium Powder
48. Wind Elixir
49. Ernium Powder
50. Oridecon Powder

50 box and no blue weapon at all. No luck at all, maybe i should consider buying Pandora's key. 

RO2 Guide : Wolf Cave Dungeon

Although there are 2 dungeon before this one, Trauma dungeon and Culvert dungeon, i would consider Wolf Cave as the first real dungeon. The first two dungeon is considered as introductory because you can clear them easily alone, does not matter what class you are (however, Hard Culvert is still hard, no way to solo).

If you follow the quest flow, you will eventually get some quest with the initial [Dungeon]. If i am not mistaken you will be around level 17-20 at that time. However i recommend to level up a little bit as doing dungeon at low level is gonna be hard, especially without proper equips.

I always skip dungeon before, because it is hard to get party. Getting into a party is one thing, getting healer is even harder. Yes, you can skip and proceed to other map or quest without doing dungeon. However, i always found myself to be under level . I ran out of quest, and there are no new quest available, not until you reach the next level. So it is recommended to do dungeon , although doing them a little bit later is fine.

So, why you should do dungeon ?

1.  Quest and experience.- [Dungeon] Quest gives more experience than normal quest
2.  Guranyang statue - Most [Dungeon] Quest reward gives statue, more at  Guranyang . *wolf cave does not give statue 
3.  Dungeon Equipment - The bosses inside dungeon  drop Blue Equips with rune holes. Random part and class
4.  Khara Quest and title. - Khara Quest for Dungeon will reward you with awesome title .
5.  To unlock more quest.- More story quest continuation after you finish [Dungeon] quest.

There are 3 normal quest you can obtain from Prontera Field map.

1. [Dungeon] Leader of the Rackufs.
   Get rid of Rackuf trainer 0/3
   Get rid of Red Scar.
   
   Rackuf Trainer are normal monster, run around to kill 3. There are a lot of them around. Red Scar is the final boss, make sure you does not die when your team kill it.
2. [Dungeon] Pride of the Collector
   Get Adventure King's Collection - 0/2
   
   
   
   Kill the poporing king and loot this item. Because the poporing king is a boss, and only 1 of it spawn, you will need to do Wolf Cave twice to complete this quest. Doesn't matter if you die as long as you come back and loot its body later.
   
   
3. [Dungeon] Spider in a cave
   Get Araknoa Fang - 0/2
   
   Kill Araknoa (Boss) twice and loot him. Also require you to do Wolf Cave twice.

There are also 3 Khara Quest for Wolf Cave Dungeon :

1. (Dungeon) True Adventurer of Wold Cave is moi!
   Challengeable level : 17
   Reward : 30 khara point
   
   Hunt Adventurer Poring 0/3 - [Normal monster]
   Hunt Lost Poporing 0/2 - [Normal monster]
   Hunt Adventurer King Poporing 0/1 - [Boss]
2. (Dungeon) Eliminating cobweb of Wolf Cave
   Challengeable level : 17
   Reward : 30 khara point
   
   Hunt Cave Spider 0/3 - [Normal monster]
   Hunt Aracnoa 0/1 - [Boss]
3. (Dungeon) Red Scar story - Hidden Quest , will unlock when you kill him once.
   Challengeable level : 15
   Reward : Title : Crimson Hunter
   
   Hunt Red Scar 0/2 - [Boss]
4. (Dungeon) - Dominator of Wolf Cave Required Khara Point : 30
   Challengeable level : 17
   Reward : Title Wolf Killer
   
   Complete (Dungeon) True Adventurer of Wold Cave is moi!
   Complete (Dungeon) Eliminating cobweb of Wolf Cave
   Complete (Dungeon) Red Scar story

Wolf Cave map

Wolf cave map and route

The red line is the recommended route, the fastest to get to all boss . You can wander elsewhere of course, but there is no point in doing that.

        Green x - Adventurer King Poporing

        Blue x - Aracnoa

        Red x - Red Scar

Just make your way to the first boss, make sure to only lure and kill 1 or 2 at a time.


Adventurer King Poporing

Green colored with classic mustache  King Poporing

HP     : 31400

Skills : 

1.  Transform - Turn you into a poporing for a short duration making   you  useless.
2.  Poison Pool - As in picture, he summon poison pool, which deal damage as  long as you stay in

Killing this boss is easy, just make sure to stay out of poison pool. Nothing you could do about the transformation skill. Kill the minion when he summons them, and make sure healer is not attacked. Tanker focus on boss and lure him out of poison pool so others could continue hitting him. Don't forget to loot him for quest item. 

Aracnoa

HP     : 31400

Skills : 

1. Poison spurt - He spurt poison around his body, aoe skill. 
2. Spider Web - Spawn spider web around his body

   

   Spider web

This one is easy to kill. He occasionally spurt poison, and it doesn't hurt so much. Spider web only slows your movement speed, so staying inside the area should be no problem. 

Red Scar

Red scar

HP     : 39500

Skills : 

1.  Aoe stun - Stun everyone around
2.  Earthquake - Red Scar summon a crack on floor and deal continuous damage

Earthquake skill

This boss is quite hard, his aoe earthquake deal a lot of damage quickly. Just make sure to stay away from the crack on the floor. Tanker should lure Red Scar away from the area. His aoe stun is also dangerous, especially when he suddenly change target and goes for healer. Plus , he deal a lot of critical , make sure tanker can cope up and ready to re-provoke .


Rewards


You will get 2 title from this dungeon :

Wolf killer from (Dungeon) Dominator of Wolf Cave

Crimson Hunter from (Dungeon) Red Scar Story

Extra 

There is one more quest here, (Selected) Unlimited Spurt Instinct !

This quest require you to collect any of these : 

1. Get Rotten Mollar Staff 0/1
2. Get Rotten Mollar Bow 0/1
3. Get Rotten Mollar Dagger 0/1
4. Get Rotten Mollar Sword 0/1
5. Get Rotten Mollar Bludgeon 0/1

Those are weapons that are dropped randomly by bosses in Wolf Cave. Just get any one of the weapon in the list. Will only reward you with 35 Khara Point.

RO2 : my Beast-master

After shooting arrows for quite some time, i finally reach level 25 and did my beast-master quest. The quest is quite simple and  straightforward. Now i can transform into a bear!

Cute bear

This is the reason why i want to be beast-master, Bear Form .I could become a cute but violent bear. This transformation will increase physical attack power by 30% at level 5. Yeah, sweet 30% !! 

Brutal Grizzly Bear. 

This one, not so cute with all the scars all over. This is the Grizzly Form. At level 5 it add 65% hp, 50% def and 300% threat. This transformation allows BM to become a good tanker, because of BM's large hp pool  and more threat. In this game , BM got the highest hp, but defend wise, monk and knight still win. Which one is the best? I am not sure, depend on the situation and individual. BM's mob control is also poor due to lack of aoe skill.  However BM have healing capabilities from skills such as Cruel Bite and  Survival which may contribute to survival. 

Tiger form. This transformation give BM's 150% moving speed. That is 10% higher than the npc pecopeco, but i dont find that interesting. In this mode, you cant use any skill. However, the extra moving speed is valuable as you can use them in dungeon, unlike mount. This skill is also useful for pvp, which allow BM to chase or get close to range classes. 

My current skill. If you don't know yet, after job-change  all your archer skill-point will be reset . You cant add any skill from archer tree anymore . This only apply for beast-master and monk. Why?, because these 2 class are completely different from their first class. Archer is range dps class, while beast-master is melee   While acolyte is magic range, while monk is physical melee. 

Short video on beastmaster game-play. Feel awkward playing melee after getting used to archer range attack.  =)

Chinese New Year 2013 firework

RO2 : Beastmaster lvl 25 Spear Comparison (Pandora's & Quest )

Below are spear beastmaster could use as soon as job change.

	Resistance Spear	Pandora’s Spear	Spear of Ferocious Pandora
Level	25	25	25
STR	22	57 (+35)	64 (+42)(+7)
AGI	6	14 (+8)	16 (+10)(+2)
WIS	6	16 (+10)	18 (+12)(+2)
VIT	19	49 (+30)	55 (+36)(+6)
A.Power	89	228 (+139)	252 (+163)(+24)
A.Speed	2.6	2.6	2.6
Range	2	2	2
Hit	-	-	22
Vigor	-	-	82
Haste	-	-	82

Obviously, Pandora's equipment are far superior than normal weapon.

RO2 : Pandora's Box guide and result from 5 Pandora's key

Where to get Pandora Keys?

From Kafra Item Shop (Item mall using real cash). At the bottom right of your screen. Look under 'Item List > Convenience' .
Refer here for detailed guide Pandora keys

Pandora Keys price ?

680 RO2 Cash.  1RO2Cash = 1 @Cash Refer to Asiasoft Cash

How much is 1 @Cash?

10,000 @Cash price is Rm25.00 from Mol point . RM25.00 is roughly 8USD or 10SGD or 328 Philiphine Peseo.

Where to get @Cash?

I trust Mol Point  and Seagm . Of course there are many other providers.

Any other ways to open Pandora's Box ?

Yes, you can use Pandora Mallet to open Pandora's Box. Left Click on Mallet then left click on the box

Where to get Pandora's Mallet?

Monster drop them as easy as Pandora's Box. Or you could buy from Kafra Servie. The one you talk to open inventory or save point. Not the transportation Kafra.

So, whats the different between Pandora's Key and Pandora's Mallet?  

Obviously the rate, you good stuff easier using keys. Some item are exclusive to Pandora's key. I never get Epic weapon using mallet. Mind you, the stats is superb and better than level 45 weapon , and you can use Pandora's Weapon at level 25.

I tried 5 Pandora's Key to open Pandora's box, and get these stuff

1. Pandora's Bow 
2. Claw of the Ferocious Pandora
3. Zeny Bag (10 zeny)
4. Spear of the Ferocious Pandora
5. Pandora's Shield

I only can afford 5, so thats it. No epic weapon. 

Looks like it is easy to get weapon using keys. But how easy compared to mallet?

1. Eternal Life Crystal (V)
2. Sword of the Ferocious Pandora
3. Butterfly Wing
4. Pandora's Claw
5. Pandora's Rod
6. No-Share Noodle
7. Wool Cloth

Less colourful, and there's 2 weapon. Unfortunately all the weapon are untradable

What to do with extra unused Pandora's Weapon?

Sell them, they cost more than 1 Zeny each . Profit!

List of item from Pandora Box using Mallet on 17/2/13 while hunting for weapon 
50 Pandora's Box

RO2 : Finally. Spear of the Ferocious Pandora

Recently RO2 update bring a new feature into the game. Pandora Box! Can be obtained from any mobs in the game(they doesn't stack =.=). To open them you could use either Pandora's Mallet or Pandora's Key. Pandora's Mallet are also dropped by monster and are also sold by Kafra NPC for 1 Zeny. While Pandora's Keys are sold in Kafra Item shop (Cash Mall).

Obviously, opening Pandora box using key enable you to get better item or have higher chances of getting better item especially weapon. Pandora box only gives weapon,accessory and food so far . Epic purple weapon could only be obtained by key. While rare blue and green appear from both mallet and key, with higher chances if you are using keys.

Amazingly, the weapon obtained from Pandora got superb stat with level 1 requirement. However, the weird thing is, all of them are specific to second class job, which mean we can only use them at level 25 after job-change. Another down side is, there are bounded to character, they cannot be traded or sold to other players (sell to npc is possible ). Means, you are forced to sell all those epic weapon you could not use.

After opening a lot of Pandora, i finally manage to get beast-master weapon for my future bear. Look at the stat, that is even better than level 40 weapon. Unfortunately i am still stuck at level 22. I should get my ass to level 25 and bash some monster with this spear. (i know purple is better, but i am happy with this one for now).

Below is comparison between a normal bow which was obtained from quest and a green Pandora bow. I choose the level 23 bow because it is close to job change (level 25). This shows how amazing the Pandora's weapon compared to normal weapon.

normal green bow

From Pandora's Box

 Look at the Attack Power. Cool right?