2009-11-09, 06:19 PM
Haunted House 2, I had high hopes for, but sadly, the PQ is disappointing and lackluster- it honestly sucks having to party with random people hoping they're competent and polite about this, and the boss honestly is a let down for requiring 3 people to take down. The way the actual storyline is executed is awkward. In contrast to the other one which somewhat plays out like a detective story and solving the problem, this one feels like almost raw questing with almost 0 storyline in the actual dialogue; but left for the player to guess and attempt to interpret. So cool, let'sdoquestsandgetcoolchair,ya? Well, as for the actual chair, I'm pretty fond of it, although something about the design left something to be desired for me. The way Olivia looks in the chair is awkward- her neck is HUUGE and her arms are totally out of proportions, which bothers me a lot. Pretty much, I can sum it up like this: it looked like the Olivia boss given the same treatment as Violet Beauregarde in Charlie in the Chocolate Factory when she gets turned into a giant blueberry, and has to get juiced; leaving her with the long, thin body with lanky arms and legs (much like a character design by Clamp). I'm glad the Halloween pots made a return, so I added them to my collection of random Event Items to hoard as a collector that I lost from the prior Mansion events of '07. Also, the new monster maps seem okay for training.
Malaysia- I've only really done Lam's quests; decent rewards and not that hard, I'm particularly happy I managed a 30% Claw ATK Scroll out of the first one. Haven't fought with Targar or Scarlion.
Haven't fought with Balrog yet.
Dark Tokens are obnoxiously difficult to get, and promote KSing among most of the boss maps. Normal people who are doing the quest are going to have major difficulty during this event, I'd imagine; but that's why I'm glad I finished all of them. Getting the Belt got obnoxious after Day One where Jr. Newties dropped them, and I missed that one and only chance due to not being able to log on that day. I've managed to scrounge up about 70 tokens currently; I'm hoping I can hit 150+enough to scroll it once in the last days this event's got left.
God, I hated the Witch Tower JQ. Around where that last key is located on Normal, I've always made it there as my furthest; because I always keep failing the epic leap of faith around that part. I wanted to do the related quests there and hope for a Pink Bean Hat, but it's been too frustrating after wasting countless hours and failing around the same place at most, I haven't even managed to beat it once.
Witches Special Brew: Awesomeness.
Permanent Cash Shop Equips: Permanent Frameless Glasses? Thanks Nexon!
I'm going to have to agree with Spidey; and say t hat the stuff in the data is the most interesting. This whole business with 24 stat giving hats and Aran seems like it could be interesting; plus we've even loads of Aran stuff in the data now. Overall, an okay; and somewhat entertaining patch.
Malaysia- I've only really done Lam's quests; decent rewards and not that hard, I'm particularly happy I managed a 30% Claw ATK Scroll out of the first one. Haven't fought with Targar or Scarlion.
Haven't fought with Balrog yet.
Dark Tokens are obnoxiously difficult to get, and promote KSing among most of the boss maps. Normal people who are doing the quest are going to have major difficulty during this event, I'd imagine; but that's why I'm glad I finished all of them. Getting the Belt got obnoxious after Day One where Jr. Newties dropped them, and I missed that one and only chance due to not being able to log on that day. I've managed to scrounge up about 70 tokens currently; I'm hoping I can hit 150+enough to scroll it once in the last days this event's got left.
God, I hated the Witch Tower JQ. Around where that last key is located on Normal, I've always made it there as my furthest; because I always keep failing the epic leap of faith around that part. I wanted to do the related quests there and hope for a Pink Bean Hat, but it's been too frustrating after wasting countless hours and failing around the same place at most, I haven't even managed to beat it once.
Witches Special Brew: Awesomeness.
Permanent Cash Shop Equips: Permanent Frameless Glasses? Thanks Nexon!
I'm going to have to agree with Spidey; and say t hat the stuff in the data is the most interesting. This whole business with 24 stat giving hats and Aran seems like it could be interesting; plus we've even loads of Aran stuff in the data now. Overall, an okay; and somewhat entertaining patch.