Rohan

I think the whole world got the invites for closed-beta testing. Are you one of the few very unlucky ones? I want a direct download and not torrent link!

Elvish Inclination

Are you an Elf, Half-Elf or Dark-Elf?

Hack and Slash

Give me long-rang characters that focus on intelligence anytime, I am so not a close-range combat person. It was a torture playing my Blader who need to get close and personal with the mobs. Ethel, forgive me!

Progress Report

I have been playing CabalSea for about a week now and I am not too sure how I feel about the game. The graphics are definitely a turn-off for me, having been spoilt by games like RanOnline and Granada Espada. Then again, I have survived games like Last Chaos and JX2, so game play must make up for the lack of GFX.

Here are some comparisons for reference:

The good:

1. A lot of skills to play with. Points can be added and subtracted without having to reset skill points. Simply pay for removing skill points or the skill itself.
   
2. No need for grinding, at least for the first 40 levels. Just do all the quests given by the NPCs and they are more than enough to level you from 1-3x.
3. Own pace, own target. Quests are solo tasks, for now. You will be too busy doing quests to really grind.
4. Skills animations are good.
5. No reliance on a single class. It can be liberating not having to rely on priest/healers for support.
   

The bad:

1. Only 3 towns (Bloody Ice, Desert Scream and Green Despair) with really small maps. Gets a little claustrophobic at time, even with 2 servers and 30 odd channels.
2. The quests that request for one special monster. Even with so many channels, ks-ing are common when everyone is around the same level and there is only ONE monster.
3. The never-ending quests that seems to call for you to kill the same type of monsters. Need a bit of variety. But it is highly unlikely due to the size of the maps.
4. Lousy graphic. It can a bit of a turn off, especially in dungeons and NPCs' rooms. You can't zoom out and it can get irritating.
   
5. 6 characters sharing 3 set of amours. The armours do not differ much with each upgrade, just slight change in design and colors. Cabal need more hardworking designers. Haha.
   

Diary of a Force Archer

Listed below are the current skills that I am using for my Force Archer (@ level 33). I like critical and explosion shots a lot. Knock backs are good for ranged character and Dash allows me to put a little distance in between the dangerous red ones =).

Sword Skills (Novice):
Dash - Increase one's movement speed for a short period of time.

Magic Skills (Novice, Apprentice and Regular):
Regeneration - Enables its user to naturally restore the HP even when in battle.
Critical shot - A basic long ranged magic spell that uses one's force.
Precision - Increase the caster's attack rank.
Repulsive Armor - Increase the caster's defense rank.
Aqua Blast - A basic magic spell that uses the force of the water.
Wind Blast - Summon a spirit of the wind to attack a target.
Lightning Blast - Summon a spirit of lightning to attack a target.
Explosion shot - Shoot one's concentrated energy to a target, causing an explosion.

Upgrade Skills:
Mana Mastery - Increase the amount of one's max Mana through spiritual meditation.

Special Skills:
Astral Bow - Visualize a magic bow using one's force.
Combo Start - A combo battle mode that enables its user to repeatedly hit opponent.
Battle Aura - Visualize an aura using one's spiritual force.
Multi Shooter - Enables its user to attack many targets at once.

Fwah! I'm a noob!

So ... I only realized that skills can be learn from the the town's instructor today. How did I manage to survive 31 levels with the 2 basic novice skills and no buffs? I.Am.Good or I.Am.Dumb. Unbelievable!

To make up for lost time, I am proud to mention that I have 6 new sparkling skills now! HP Regeneration, Precision, Repulsive Armour, Critical Shot, Wind Blast and Ice Blast. Why is there a limitation of 6 magic slots .... I need more!

Seriously, I feel so dumb! This is not my first game! Blah.

Updated:
My magic rank went from apprentice to regular at level 32. 3 more slots, yay!

Rohan's Closed Beta Testing

For those who are eagerly waiting for Rohan; Please register an account and opt-in for the coming CBT, which is starting on 17th March and will last for a week. You would need to login on 14th March to check if you are one of the chosen ones.

If you are using Firefox, please note that the form only allow you to choose "Male" as your gender, so save yourself the trouble of re-entering by filling it up in IE instead. [Some kind soul mentioned that you can use the arrow key to choose your gender. I tried and it works. =) ]

Cabal anyone?

Just so I would remember to download a copy in my other lappy =)
http://www.cabalsea.com/intro/gettingstarted.aspx

Seriously, I need to do some housekeeping on my ibm's lappy, the number of games installed in it are growing but I don't see my hard disk growing fatter. Out out out, evil games!

Rohan's OST

Due to my recent renewed interest in Rohan: Blood Feud (Blessy's SMS to the RanOnline gang), Mav found and sent me the OST. I must say, they are very nice!

Dance with me

This made me smile.

If only I look like her ...

Very swee (pretty) hor? She's Tifa from Final Fantasy 7.

Image's copyright unknown and source is from Hemmy.net