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Level: 198 Date: 11-May-2010 Mood: Ramboo

Yes, finally got Chase! Heck, it took longer than what is needed to get Cartigan, but it was all worth it. And I really feel a sense of accomplishment having to get the necessary 25,000 Battle Hearts to summon our beloved Chase. I guess it probably took about a month of fighting in sieges to get those Battle Hearts. Yes, fighting in sieges is pretty easy and you will seldom lost the battle, but you need to do a lot of sieges to get the Battle Hearts, my dear friends.

See – 25,615 Battle Hearts I have.

Click on combine and create Chase to join my army!

Hey, no information on Chase? What happened to the little history behind each of the heroes? Those developers of Castle Age are as usual, too busy finding ways to make money than to do a complete job in their game. Or perhaps they are just too busy with the MySpace project? Whatever, this is certainly no excuse for not adding the bio. They just need a few lines explaining who the heck is this Chase and why is he important.

Oh, I am sorry that I haven’t update my Castle Age information for two days. Been a bit overwhelmed with work and my government decided to call me up for mobilization. I had to spend a few hours at my camp doing absolutely nothing and achieving absolutely nothing. I just hate to do stuff like that, but as a Singaporean male, you don’t have much of a choice because some overpaid uniformed official has to much time on his hands.  Kind of sad to see this happening in Singapore.

Anyway, I knew that I will get enough Battle Hearts very soon, so I stopped fighting in sieges and started dragon hunting. I heard that they give good favour point loots. Depending on your level, summoning a dragon will create a certain time of dragon. For me, it is Ancient Red. And this is the most common dragon to be found. You get tons of them at the forums. What I seldom see is Gold Dragon and Frost Dragon.

Ancient Red Dragon with 285,003 dmg
You have been awarded 2 Favor Points!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Azeron!
You have been rewarded 7 demi points of Aurora!
You have been awarded with: Shadow! [attack: 7 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Mercenary! [attack: 5 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Skeleton Warrior! [attack: 4 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Lich! [attack: 7 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Dragon Charm! [attack: 3 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Dragon Charm! [attack: 3 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Lightning Bolt! [attack: 8 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Castle!

Alright, 2 favour points! This is like striking the lottery! I got 2 favour points! It seems that fighting dragons is a good way to get favour points. As you have seen the several examples I have seen for the past few days, most battles and combats do not give you favour points or if they do, provide a very little chance of getting one. But I somehow got two this time round. Not bad! Not epic loots though.

The Death Gates Rewards with 331 killed:
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Azeron!
You have been awarded with: Energy Potion! [attack: 0 defense: 0] You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Azeron!
You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Angelic Plate! [attack: 3 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Spartan Shield! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Shield! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Shield! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Atlantean Map Piece! [attack: defense: ] You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: 534 Battle Hearts!

Again, a little disappointment with just 534 Battle Hearts. And just 1 epic loot. Aiyo, very sad. I was hoping to get some good stuff for this siege since I would not be doing many sieges in the distance future. I have gotten Chase in my army already. The remaining Battle Hearts will be used for something else.

Amethyst Sea Serpent with 348,166 dmg / 242,591 def
You have been rewarded 3 demi points of Malekus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Azeron!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Black Knight! [attack: 5 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Vampire! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Spartan Shield! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Spartan Shield! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Mace! [attack: 6 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Elven Plate! [attack: 6 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Holy Shield! [attack: 4 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Elven Plate! [attack: 6 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Atlantean Helm! [attack: 4 defense: 5] Epic

Just one epic loot. Gotten two Eleven Plate but that is nothing impressive. Even the Atlantean Helm is nothing impressive even if it is an Epic Loot. Looks like Amethyst Sea Serpents are not good loot droppers. Or I might need to hit harder the next time to ensure that there will be better loot drops? Who knows? Need to really experiment to find out. I might have some time next week to do some serpent battles to see what kind of optimal damage to achieve the best loot.

Ancient Red Dragon with 305,417 dmg:
You have been rewarded 4 demi points of Aurora!
You have been rewarded 7 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been awarded with: Vampire! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Death Knight! [attack: 9 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Shadow! [attack: 7 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Barbarian! [attack: 10 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Berserker Platemail! [attack: 4 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Dragon Charm! [attack: 3 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Lightning Bolt! [attack: 8 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Sky Sanctuary!
You have been awarded with: Wolf Spirit! [attack: 7 defense: 5]

Nope, no favour points this time. Yes, it should depend on luck, seeing that I did hit approximate the same as the previous dragon which gave me 2 favour points. I got a few crappy weapons and armour and just one Wolf Spirit (Magic). Again, I am very disappointed. I was hoping for some favour points this time right. Anyway, there is always the next dragon, right?

The Death Gates Rewards with 216 kills:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Malekus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Malekus!
You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Angelic Plate! [attack: 3 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Sentinel! [attack: 20 defense: 24] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Shield! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: 470 Battle Hearts!

470 Battle Hearts! One Great Halberd! Okay, I have to admit, I didn’t kill an impressive number of enemies, so the rewards were more or less expected.

See you guys at the next update. Seeing that I have summoned all the summon-able heroes, I won’t have anything very interesting to report anyway. I will be continuing my favour points farming attempt. If I have collected enough favour points, I can make use of the Oracle’s chest to summon even more heroes. Of course, the results are random, you might not get what you want. So wish me luck!

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Level:  196  Date: 9-May-2010 Mood: Joyful

Hahahahaha, finally got Cartigan to join my group of rag-tag monsters and other despicable vermins. It has not been easy for me to get the necessary loot to do the summoning but it was worth it. Actually I discovered that it was much easier to summon Cartigan than to summon Medius.  Took me about 3 weeks to get the loot for Cartigan through the Underworld quests. Took more way longer than that to get the necessary loot for Medius through fighting the Earth Elemental and the Ice Elemental.

Yes, got all the necessary rewards to create Cartigan to join my crappy army!

Err…..my superior strength has persuaded Cartigan to my side. Cartigan looks weird with his disgusting looking arm. I have seen some of their artwork. I think the artists for Castle Age has a fetish for weird looking arms.

Yada yada yada…..Attack 16 and Defense 15. Not bad. His stats is actually better than Medius’. And when eqipped, increases Player Attack by 1.

Next I will continue to update what has happened in my Castle Age. As usual, I am still continuing to get Chase. And as I mentioned before, this has been slow going. Getting Battle Hearts is not as easy as it seems. Fighting in sieges can take a long time and sometimes you feel disappointed with the results. But at least I am almost done. Just a few thousand more Battle Hearts and I should get Chase to join my “crapmy”. I wonder what stats does Chase had. Hope that his stats would be better than Cartigan, considering the effort I put into getting him on board.

The Death Gates Rewards 129 kills:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Azeron!
You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Arcanist! [attack: 23 defense: 20] You have been awarded with: Judgement! [attack: 10 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: 266 Battle Hearts!

Quick battle. Got 129 kills and was rewarded with 266 Battle Hearts. Not bad in terms of Battle Hearts gained and enemies killed. The rest of the rewards are not that impressive and no favour points! Come on, give us some favour points!

I went ahead and fought with Bahamut, the Volcanic Dragon as well. This was my friend’s request. I know, I know, it wasn’t necessary and since I was aiming to get Battle Hearts, I should not have joined this engagement. But hey, Castle Age is all about friends and I think that if my friend need some help, I should be glad to help him. He did provide great assistance to me before. Remember, you don’t play alone in Castle Age! It also gave me some more experience in fighting against the Volcanic Dragon.

Volcanic Dragon Rewards with 905,585 damage:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Malekus!
You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Rusty Gloves! [attack: 1 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Hellkite Minion! [attack: 32 defense: 27] You have been awarded with: Hellforge Plate! [attack: 25 defense: 12]

Not bad right? I did the least damage in my level but I was still rewarded with an Epic Loot – the Hellforge Plate. Quite nice. I think that once I finish with Chase, I will fight Volcanic Dragons for the rewards. The Hellkite Minion is quite nice as well.

The Deathrune Fortress Rewards with 82 kills:
You have been awarded with: Energy Potion! [attack: 0 defense: 0] You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Azeron!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been awarded with: Ironhart’s Might! [attack: 5 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Plate! [attack: 3 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Judgement! [attack: 10 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Angelic Sentinel! [attack: 20 defense: 24] You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: 181 Battle Hearts!

Lol, quite a impressive reward for such a small number of kills right? 181 Battle Hearts??  Do note that this is the Deathrune Fortress battle, so it might be different from the Death Gate Siege. Yes, no Epic Loot, but remember, I have only 82 kills. And as usual, no favour points.

Okay guys, see you at the next update. I might even have Chase by then! Thanks for reading!

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Level:  195  Date: 8-May-2010 Mood: God Mode

Hello guys! To tell you the truth, it has been quite a ride hasn’t it? Every day I play Castle Age for about an hour or so. And like most people, I usually take a few minutes each time – a click here, a click there, kill some monster here, fight some battles there. And yes, even though the concept itself is simple, this game is extremely addictive, which to me can be bad. As you know, I can be rather obsessive at times. When I set my heart on something, I kind of have to follow it through. Bad? Well, imagine someone thinking non-stop of silly the game 24/7. That is me.

Anyway, I am still continuing my road to get the Hero Chase. So the same thing – fighting in sieges and hoping to get enough Battle Hearts to do the alchemy for Chase.

The Death Gates Rewards with 129 kills:
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Azeron!
You have been awarded with: Spartan Shield! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Spartan Shield! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Spartan Shield! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Sentinel! [attack: 20 defense: 24] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Mace! [attack: 6 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Map Piece! [attack: defense: ] You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Atlantean Map Piece! [attack: defense: ] You have been awarded with: 266 Battle Hearts!

A very quick one. I merely joined to get some more Battle Hearts. had only 129 kills which I consider very low. And I didn’t get much in terms of rewards for that. A few crappy Spartan shields and some other loot. But I got 266 Battle Hearts at the very least. That is the most important.

The Death Gates Rewards with 861 kills:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Aurora!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Arcanist! [attack: 23 defense: 20] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Shield! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Angelic Sentinel! [attack: 20 defense: 24] You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: 1040 Battle Hearts!

Yet another disappointment. Killed 861 enemies and I got only 1040 Battle Hearts? Why? I had expected about 1800 Battle Hearts from this siege. Yet I was given only 1040. Even in my previous several sieges, I do get about double the number of Battle Hearts per kill. I am guessing that as you gain in Battle Rank, the number of Battle Hearts you received is reduced as well? The reason is Battle Hearts are awarded when you defeat someone higher in Battle Rank than you? That means that is will only get harder to achieve. Thank the gods I am nearly there.

Anyway, as usual, the loot is pathetic.

The Death Gates Rewards with 166 kills:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Aurora!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Malekus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Azeron!
You have been awarded with: Energy Potion! [attack: 0 defense: 0] You have been awarded with: Ironhart’s Might! [attack: 5 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Arcanist! [attack: 23 defense: 20] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Angelic Sentinel! [attack: 20 defense: 24] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: 333 Battle Hearts!

Yet another quick one. Joined to get some Battle Hearts seeing that the siege was almost complete. And I got 333 Battle Hearts! Now this is a bit confusing. My previous siege, I got 1040 Battle Hearts for 861 kills. This time however, I was rewarded with 333 Battle Hearts for 166 kills. So my previous theory about lower Battle Hearts reward when getting higher in Battle Rank seem to be wrong, does it not? It could mean that at certain amount of kills, you will get lesser Battle Hearts per kill? Need to do a little more experiment on this to understand how it works. I guess this is what makes the game as interesting – you will not easily understand what goes on in the minds of the developers when they design this game. And yes, still no favour points from all these sieges. Not a single one, my friends!

Moving on, I have received another Sword of the Faithless, which means that I am still missing only the Soul Eater (yes, the disgusting looking arm thingy). Why is it called the Soul Eater in the first place?

Yes, Cartigan is going to join my army soon! And yes, it has been a very long ride to get Cartigan as well. See you at the next update. Hopefully, I will have some good news for you. Ciao!

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Level:  194 (Not yet leveled up) Date: 6-May-2010 Mood: Tired, Overworked, Sleepy

Yup, still trying to get enough Battle Hearts to get the Hero Chase. It has not been easy and sometimes it can be rather boring, having to do the same thing over and over again. But as this game is very addictive, I can’t help myself. So, yes, I am still doing sieges for those Battle Hearts. And yes, the same thing, I am attempting to get the necessary alchemy parts to get Cartigan as well. I managed to get one more Sword of the Faithless. Pretty happy with that. So all that is remaining is two more Soul Eater and one more Sword of the Faithless. And considering that I have not yet gained a level, quite fruitful in terms of rewards. Must be my lucky day!

The Death Gates Rewards with 941 kills:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Malekus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Azeron!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Mace! [attack: 6 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Shield! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Angelic Sentinel! [attack: 20 defense: 24] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Sky Sanctuary!
You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: 1648 Battle Hearts!

This siege I had 941 kills and NO favour points! Goodness gracious, it really is super duper epic loot to get those favour points! Come CA developers, don’t be be a miser when it comes to favour points! But at least I got 3 Great Halberd and the Sky Sanctuary. Oh, and those 1648 Battle Hearts everyone so desires! So now I have the total of 21540 Battle Hearts. Hooray! From what I have experienced, I think that the Siege rewards is very balanced and fair. You kill more enemies, you get more rewards. If you kill less, then you get less rewards. In some other Castle Age monster battles, you get less returns for your efforts. I will give some examples in my future posts.

Anyway, I have started fighting Bahamut, the Volcanic Dragon as well. Yes, I got bored with the sieges, so I joined another monster battle. I am not putting a lot of effort into it though. I will update you guys when (or if) I get the loot. I doubt it will be anything good. I have killed about 3 Volcanic Dragons and got nothing impressive from the loot. But then again, I didn’t put much effort into them as well. Bye guys. See you next time.

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Level:  194 (Just leveled up recently) Date: 5-May-2010 Mood: Depressed

Continuing my quest to get Chase. At the same time, trying to get the necessary rewards to get Cartigan as well, since the Raid attacks use only Stamina, I do have a lot of Energy remaining to do the quests.  I find that the Underworld quests are rather tough. Please note that different Underworld Quests drop different loot, so make sure you know what loot are you aiming for. I didn’t realize it when I first started those quests and now I ended up with 5 crystal of lament when 3 is enough. Remember, these quests are energy hungry, so once you got enough of a particular loot, do other quests to get other loot!

The Death Gates Reward with 177 kills:
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Aurora!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Aurora!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Aurora!
You have been awarded with: Ironhart’s Might! [attack: 5 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Spartan Shield! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Angelic Plate! [attack: 3 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Arcanist! [attack: 23 defense: 20] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Mace! [attack: 6 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Frost Helm! [attack: 7 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: 352 Battle Hearts!

Yawn, yet another fruitless raid. Yes, I did get the Battle Hearts but looking at the above rewards, I think hitting too little in the Death Gates Siege is not worth it (I have only 177 kills). At least I got a Mountain Keep as a consolation prize. It is good to understand that luck do play a part in getting these rewards. You might be surprised to get great loots in one raid and poor loots in another, even with the approximate same number of kills.

The Deathrune Fortress Rewards with 358 kills:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been awarded with: Energy Potion! [attack: 0 defense: 0] You have been awarded 1 Favor Points!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Arcanist! [attack: 23 defense: 20] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Judgement! [attack: 10 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Shield! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Demon Strength! [attack: 8 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: 754 Battle Hearts!

Lookie here, one favour point! Finally, it looks like I am getting something more than shit for rewards. Or maybe I am just too optimistic? Anyway, favour points rewards are rare, so I will be sure to cherish whatever favour points they give me. The rest of the loot aren’t that impressive considering the number of kills. The Great Halberd and the Demon Strength are epic drops though. And 754 Battle Hearts to add to my collection of Battle Hearts.

Anyway, I guess the next few days I will still be doing raids till I get Chase. And my blog posts will be pretty boring since I will be focusing on raids. They will be the same as above. I don’t have any new stuff to report either. Sad. Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow.

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Level:  193 Date: 4-May-2010 Mood: Angry

Completed a number of Deathgate Sieges.  This is to get Chase, which requires 25,000 Battle Hearts and alchemy to achieve. Of course, we can get other rewards as well through alchemy from the Battle Hearts like Tempered Steel . But this time, I am aiming for the Hero Chase first.

The Death Gates Rewards with 396 Kills:
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Aurora!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Aurora!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Malekus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Malekus!
You have been awarded with: Spartan Shield! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Ironhart’s Might! [attack: 5 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Ironhart’s Might! [attack: 5 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Mace! [attack: 6 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Shield! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Shield! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: 830 Battle Hearts!

Yes, no favour points as usual. Kind of disappointing.  The loot is a bit disappointing as well. Except for the two epic drops (Great Halberd), there is nothing impressive about the loot. Even the GReat Halberds are nothing impressive. But then I only had 396 kills, so it was okay I guess. Oh, additional 830 Battle Hearts! Chase, here I come. Na…still a long way to go.

Next, I defeated the Ice Elemental. This is to get the Frost Bolt for Medius bonus (+0.75 damage per frost bolt and 1 additional defense when equipped). Kind of difficult to get the frost bolts. I have been trying and trying but could only get 3 frost bolts to create Medius. My friend had been trying for a while as well. He still lacked 2 Genesis Swords and 2 Frost Bolts. I was lucky, once I had 2 Genesis Swords when I defeated the Earth Elemental.

Ice Elemental Rewards with 1,784,619 dmg / 498,709 def :
You have been awarded with: Energy Potion! [attack: 0 defense:  0] You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Malekus!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been awarded with: Earth Shard! [attack: 3 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Rusty Armor! [attack: 2 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Earth Shard! [attack: 3 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Arcanist! [attack: 23 defense: 20] You have been awarded with: Arctic Blade! [attack: 9 defense: 13] You have been awarded with: Frozen Signet! [attack: 8 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Glacial Raiments! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Hellslayer Knight! [attack: 29 defense: 33] You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Sky Sanctuary!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Frost Edge! [attack: 17 defense: 10]

As usual, no favour points. Do note that I hit more than 2 million points in both attack and defense. Still, no favour points. And no Frost Bolt! Come on, this is getting tedious. Get the epic loot Hellslayer Knight and the Frost Edge but that’s it. But was compensated with 2 castles.  It will be a while when I try another Ice Elemental. Getting Chase and Cartigan will be my top priority now. The frost Bolt can wait.

The Death Gates Rewards with 573 kills:
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Malekus!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Arcanist! [attack: 23 defense: 20] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Arcanist! [attack: 23 defense: 20] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Mace! [attack: 6 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Shield! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Wall of Fire! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: 1030 Battle Hearts!

Yet another attempt to get more Battle Hearts for our beloved Chase and we come back disappointed as usual. One Great Halberd and one Wall of Fire. Oh, and a Mountain Keep. Whatever, got the 1030 Battle Hearts to aid in my quest to get Chase. Right, still no favour points. I am guessing that the developers are not willing to so freely give away favour points. They want you to pay for it! That is my opinion.

And next, we continue in our efforts to get more Battle Hearts. Here, I start from the beginning in the siege for Death Gates.

The Deathrune Fortress Rewards with 134 kills:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Azeron!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Malekus!
You have been awarded with: Energy Potion! [attack: 0 defense: 0] You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Aurora!
You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Ironhart’s Might! [attack: 5 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Orc War Axe! [attack: 4 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Angelic Sentinel! [attack: 20 defense: 24] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Great Halberd! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: 275 Battle Hearts!

Hey, not bad considering that I just killed only 134 enemies. One Great Halberd and One Mountain Keep is quite good. I am wondering for part II of the siege, do they count the first part in the number of kills? If so, I think it is quite good since you will be rewarded twice for the number of kills. I didn’t realize this till now. Anyway, I have 18607 Battle Hearts already. If I calculate correctly, I should have Chase by the end of next week! Yaaaa! And meanwhile, I am trying to get Cartigan, which has been tough going. The amount of Energy needed to complete those quests is astonishing. I have 293 Energy and I am finding it very difficult to get the necessary rewards. Well, I guess this is what this game is all about. Patience. Hahahaha!

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If you guys are familiar with Facebook, I am sure that you guys should have heard of Facebook Apps? It is some “application” developed on Facebook. Something like an “add-on” the social networking site Facebook. What it does is allow users to make use of the Facebook platform and develop software and programs. Think of it like Google apps where you can use the Google platform to do collaboration between your users. But of course, Facebook is a little less serious than Google apps. Here you can find games, networking apps and programs developed for the Facebook platform.

And one of my favourite is Castle Age. I play it nearly everyday. Sometimes even at work, I will sneak a few minutes to play Castle Age. Basically it is a web-based game where you will fight monsters like Hydras and complete quests, all in the hopes of gaining experience and up your level. And when you increase in level, you get more abilities to complete quests and fight even more monsters. Yes, it is just like your typical fight and gain level RPGs but comes with a twist. You will need to get your friends to join your army and this way, you can improve your attacks. The more friends you get to join, the more powerful your army gets. That is why they call this an “social networking site”. The main aim is for you to get to know other people on the same site. But of course, for an anti-social like me, I normally don’t do that. What I did was post my ID on some forum and people will add you to their army. It is simple, fast and you get a large army in a short period of time. Pretty smart huh? It is impossible to have several hundred real friends to join you in Castle Age anyway. Not everyone in your group likes playing games where there are monsters and orcs. Not everyone in your group enjoy spending hours clicking on the mouse just to gain a few “experience points”. So, only way is to get like-minded persons to join you is through forums. They add you to their army and you accept the invitation. That is it!

Oh, by the way, Castle Age is addictive. Very addictive. Although the concept of the game is simple – fight monsters and complete quests – the idea of improving your character, gaining gold, gaining magical weapons and completing quest is so cool. Sometimes you feel that you have to be at the computer screen the entire day just to make sure your character’s stats is perfect. I remember when I started playing Castle Age, I was virtually spending all of my time in front of the computer trying to kill this monster before the time runs out for me. They have this time system where by your stamina and energy (needed to complete quests and fight monsters) gets replenished over time, so you will have to fight, then wait a while, then fight again. Time consuming, but all so fun!

I highly recommend Castle Age to my readers. But please don’t get too addicted to it.

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