Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The Secrets to Finding Joker!

Here's everything you need to know to find Joker spawn locations:

1. Go through the maps looking for him.
2. Repeat step 1.


Posting this because I've had more than a few people PMing me, wanting me to give them spawn locations of Joker.

Seriously?

1. By default, I don't give out secrets. You'll find no secrets in this blog, and you won't get them from me in the game either. I do not respond to such requests.
2. Even if I did, why would I give out the locations, thus making it harder for me to find him in those spots?

I have no interest in giving out the actually very few locations that I know are still valid to people who are too damn lazy to hunt for him themselves.

I'm not even a Joker hunter, for Goddess sake. The few I know were accidental finds, mostly while pear hunting.

Including when I found the newly added spawn point that resulted in me finding the Thermal Serp hyperbag when Radu placed one under a spawn for a contest this past week.

Right, I was actually pear hunting at the time, and accidently stumbled on him for that. I don't actively search for Joker, just watch for him as I do other things.


If you want Joker spawn locations, use the steps above. Which are the true secret to finding Joker spawns.

(I've also had 3 people ask about an image I put up 3 or so years ago on this blog showing Joker at one of his spawns. The spawn locations have changed several times since then, and that is no longer a valid location even if you knew where it was. Give it up.)


Joker on Google: This post was made because over half my search result traffic coming to this blog was people searching for "eternal lands joker spawn" and similar.

Here's a clue: The only sites that have any mention of actual spawn locations are incredibly outdated, and none of the spawns they mention are actually spawn points anymore. My steps above are the best advice you'll get.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

OA 160 and Another Skill Over 100

Been a long time, but finally got another 100+ skill.

Engineering the Amber Away

Two more Engineering days led to 6 more levels.



You advanced to level 96-101 of engineering!


Engineering 101


And with that, I hit my current goal of making it a 100+ skill.

Pray to the New God

That goal was what I was waiting for in order to drop the Engineering god. I continue to hold on to both Alchemy and Manu gods. Of the choices available removing those gods and their enemies, Magic seemed to be the best option.

So, Eng god is now gone, and Magic is in.

Which in turn will help with Alchemy. My goal for it is still a long way off, but Magic leveling will require tons of essies, which I'll end up mixing the overwhelming majority of.

And the Overall Is...

Besides that huge goal, another overall landmark was hit.


Your overall level is now 160!


Overall 160


Granted, the power-leveling of Engineering covered a motherload of the experience needed for that OA.

Further OA's likely won't come as quickly. Now that I'm off the Eng god... Magic can't be power-leveled anywhere near as quickly, especially as someone who doesn't PVP as a rule, so MD sessions aren't an option.

The Alchemist In Me

Holy Health, BurnMan!

McBurnald's


I'm only 128 a/d, so obviously the overwhelming number of those were put on market.

Part of what led to...


You advanced to level 134 of alchemy!


Alchemy 134


In itself, a helluva level.

Forest Chims are Magical

Been doing some occasional double FCW bashing, using MD of course for extra magic experience...



You advanced to level 79 of magic!


Magic 79


It's The Daily Show with Burn Stewart!

Okay, that was bad... the occasional FCW bashings of course help with some experience, but I don't do it often enough for it to make a real dent in leveling a/d. That continues to remain primarily from dailies.




You advanced to level 128 of attack!


Attack 128


Just Break It

Steel set is finally broken as of today. The quest continues... my Titanium set is already degraded and ready to go.

Was waiting for the tit set before starting to focus on the swords as well, though I do use degraded ones when I need to use one just in case I could get a break. My coming training/magic leveling and such will require a sword of some sort so I have a pack of degraded ones ready to try and break. Only the scythe has been done thus far.

The Future...

The next big goal is getting Manu up to 100, where I will drop that god. I plan most of my gc to be going into it now, combining school days with Trik runs for lesser expense.

As well, continuing a heavier focus on Alchemy, mixing up tons of essies needed to work on magic. I haven't fully decided on leveling process for magic, but I'm using a lot more where possible, including regular rounds on the dual-FCW spawns for health and mana drain, and regular TS usage "just because". I'll work out a more specific plan for leveling it soon.