The big Five O
I finally managed to make it to level 50. Actually it wasn’t that hard. Sadly it was mostly done solo, with only a couple of duos and no group dungeon crawls or anything like that. Which is a shame because I much prefer a good ol’ dungeon crawl then soloing. At least some of the time.
So I reached 50 which is significant in a couple of ways. Firstly I move up the feat tree and get access to a new spell. I’m Lightning specced so my new spell is Cyclone of Set. Which is, surprise surprise, a cyclone. It’s a ground target spell so you click the spell and then click the ground where you want it. I does AoE damage and lasts a fairly long time. It doesn’t do a lot of damage but then I only have one point in it out of five, so damage will increase.
The other significant thing is I now have access to spellweaving, which I seem to suck at. I’m not really sure if this has any real practical application. By the time my spellweaving is nice and hot I could’ve already cast three spells. And I can’t see a use for it in groups or PvP. It is kind of cool though. I’ll have to practice with it some more and figure out how best to use it.
One last thing. I was questing in the villas in the Noble district when I got toasted by four fire magi. The results speak for themselves. Pretty cool Funcom.
Comments
Comment from 
caliga
Time: July 7, 2008, 4:03 pm
Ah yes, the forums. The few times I’ve been to the forums I leave depressed. Sometimes I wonder if they are talking about the same game. It is such a negative place that I try to avoid it.
Comment from Openedge1
Time: July 8, 2008, 8:28 am
Yea…the secret is go to the EU forums. For some reason the US audience is less refined in their attitudes.
EU is not perfect, but it sure does read better overall.
Like I said, keeping my eye on the patches coming and can only hope the fixes come in. I will continue my Guild Wars / EQ2 time for now until I see some cool armor or something.
Cheers
Comment from Bildo
Time: July 8, 2008, 1:48 pm
Grats, Cal.
Let me know how you progress 50+. I’m only 48 still myself, so interested to see if it’s as bad as people say from 50 on up.
Comment from
caliga
Time: July 9, 2008, 3:10 am
Well I’ve gotten to 52 without breaking a sweat, but let’s see how it goes around 58+. I won’t be getting much game time until next week though, so you might pass me anyway.
Comment from Openedge1
Time: July 7, 2008, 8:16 am
Grats
Keep it up. I am really interested in this weeks patch to see if somethings change..the fact you are making progress is a good thing.
As to spellweave, it is my understanding it will be better to use this during Raids or Siege, and not so much a PvE focus. Check the forums (if you can get through the Vitriol) to see the discussion on this.
Thanks for keeping us informed!