Journal Entry #6: How Nat Got Her Groove Back

So we got through 3/4 of Marleybone, which I feel is a great accomplishment. :)

Nat got a nice snow globe that makes it snow for her free holiday gift. :)

Unfortunately, Clancy banned poor Nat from the museum until she got rid of her hunchback pet. Seems museums and cathedrals are natural breeding grounds for the gits. :(

 

In frustration, Nat fished up a storm and finally hit Level 5, buying two Rank 2 lures. Sadly, I had to quit for the day because this moron kept begging to help me and teleporting to me. :(

 Mein goht! How can that thing FIT on there!?!? O_O

 Need cat-tails? Come here, this place is loaded. :p

 Nat hits Level 34 at long last.

 The Deathfrog is still in effect and will be so until Level 48. It's a loooong slog. :(

 Nat got pulled into this battle for no reason - she wasn't even in the gazebo!!!

Boss #1 - D&D. :p

Oh now, we're busting out the Rank 3 spells are we? (Technically we were there with the Field Guards with Storm Shark, but Rank 3 is more consistent now - enemies start buffing more often.)

Lovely Power Nova screenshot. I'm gonna frame it and put it on my wall. ^_^

Seriously, HOW CAN THAT THING FIT?!?!?

Nat then recalled that she had a spell quest to do. The goal: Fight this guy NINE TIMES.

Lucky for us, he only has 1000 HP, but I forgot to pack the Death Prisms in the first fight. Vampire still one shotted him with help from Feint and TC Monstrous.

Worst. minion. ever. :( And to add insult to injury, I forgot that I had space in my deck so the game shoved three of these boogers in there. X(

Nat hit Level 35 after a few side-quests and got a new life spell which she used for a while.

Marleybone has a lot more zooms in it.

Nat offends this 'boss' by getting a side-quest advanced while Christina sets up. XD

Nat respects her fellow gumshoes. ;)

So we go through the Ironworks in record time...

 

BUT FOR SOME FREAKING REASON the game didn't count it and I had to take her through the whole dungeon AGAIN - the book is in the same room as the final boss. Luckily, the stray cat WAS found so I didn't have to get it again. Thanks to Connor Frostcaller and his Theurgist friend Vanessa for getting Nat through a second time.

(Also, while fighting those Frog Sweepers for a side-quest, her Vampire fizzled THRICE. ;_;)

 At least Nat's getting stronger spell jewels. Now if only we can get a Feint jewel...

 One of the rare times that we see a Critical hit, thanks to the new crit/block ratio edit.

 At least this part is more EPIC. KI outdid themselves in this world. ;)

Christina doesn't care a dingo's kidney about this Agony Wraith. ;p

I decided to put the sidequests on hold until we defeated Meowiarty so next up we seek out Jak and Daxter... er, I mean Jacques the Scratcher. (Sorry, got Jak on the brain. I plan on tackling the Jak collection sometime in the future.) And poor Steeg sues for brain injury. I need to get a Mote of Transport so I can craft one of the cool new cloud mounts. This narwhal is too dangerous to use. :(

Nat helps the police with this mysterious case. If only the real Jack the Ripper had been as easy to locate and capture. :p (They also added a zoom cutscene in the beginning of Knight's Court.)

 

Uh nope, sorry, not happening. Natalie spammed a Skeletal Pirate TC on you to prove a point. ;p

And having hit Level 36 a short while ago, I decided to stop my playing there for the night. I plan on tackling Tomb of the Beguiler for Mander Savior's title once I defeat Meowiarty so I can get that out of the way, since I triggered Kensington Park.

I also bought a Baddle of the Bands housing gauntlet so I might try that once I clear Barkingham so I can have hopefully get nice gear that will carry me to Celestia. Ciao for now!

Journal #5: Three Little Piggles

A short update showing some highlights of Natalie's journey. Basically, she finished Krokotopia and bushed through Wysteria. I love Wysteria, I do, but the pictures had to be moved to clean out the screenshot folder for the next slew of pictures as I began the next part of Natalie's journey.

Nat and Christina bulldozed through every quest, main and side, in the Tomb of Storms, grabbing the two ciphers from the Princes in the Tombs. I like how KI added portals to the Well of Spirits, saves a lot of mount-work in my opinion. ^_^

I don't think a parchment shortage is going to be an issue any time soon with Nat. She also got a lot of Stone Block as well, so the next crafting quest will be much easier.

Oh yeah, while clearing out the Karanahn Barracks, Nat hit Level 28.

"I'm awesome!"

 And just to prove how bad@$$ Nat could be, she didn't drug the food. ;)

 Of course, having an Exalted wizard fight with you DOES help. ;)

 Nat's first pet jewel, I'm almost tempted to raise that brainy assistant to Ancient! (She got a Mana Giver jewel from a later fight.)

Oh Christina... why? :(

And that's the end of Krok-T. Sadly, no Krokotopia special duel arena drop. ;_;

 Short stop to begin Marley to get Wolf to shut up about it and get our last potion for seven worlds.

Nat: "Sorry, Headmaster, but you put me in a tournament so I have to be a jerkwad to the Bears. I'll make it up to them next update."

And so begins Natalie's month abroad, a term I use loosely.

 This is basically the strat for 90% of the boss battles - almost double damage! :)

 

 Uh yeah, we bully a lot of goblins in this world. Christina is too OP for this place. XD

 Hello new deck! Old deck, meet the maw of my penguin! ^:D

I was confused as to why Master of the Oasis wasn't popping... until I remember I had skipped the newspaper quest. I even enter the Tomb of the Beguilar! Oops! But we fixed that.

 Nat caught a lot of holiday fish in Grizzleheim...

 A LOT. She wasted two energy globes trying to get a dang Todd Pole! :(

Needless to say, the rest of the tournament for the Spiral Cup went okay... despite getting raped by a Firebird. OUCH! X(

And since she's modeled after a detective, Nat does some sleuthing, mainly because someone framed her for theft.

Randolf tried... no, I take that back. He's a freaking cheater, so he deserves to be trolled with that amulet I bought that gives two boosted Black Mantles. ;) That gave Nat enough time to boost up a mega Vampire and one-shot the piggy.

YOU ARE WINNER!

Nat: "Yeah, *****, you clean up that attitude and bow before the TRUE Detective Princess!" :p

And with that Nat is now at Level 32. Expect this look to be her look for a looooong time, at least until Wintertusk when she can craft better gear. (Buy the Polarian Explorer Bundle, the armor alone is more powerful than anything you'll get at that level or 30 levels in!) I might give her a Red Barn Farm and start working on her gardening skill - depending on how many Couch Potatoes and Evil Magma Peas she gets and if I can get energy gear as fishing and gardening takes a lot of energy.

As you might surmise, Mount Olympus will be up in the next update. Ciao for now! ^_^