From the Official Lineage 2 site:

Altered Realities

The wonderful wares of the traveling salesman, Maximilian Hoodwink, have been popping up in shops all throughout Aden. Maximilian’s magical oils are all the rage with everyone from the High Priests to the local blacksmith--the effects are praised as being simply amazing!

Orders for these mystical concoctions have been pouring in from all corners of the world. Wagonloads of goods have been streaming in through all the major roadways to meet the demands. Such fame has its price . . . shipments are being attacked. Countless crates of these potions have been stolen! What wasn’t pilfered by bandits was scavenged and hoarded by the local wildlife.

Adventurers, Maximilian Hoodwink wants you to reacquire as many oils as you can before they reach the black market. Feel free to use them as you please, but be careful, results may vary. . .

Prizes & Info

Various oils that result in random player-changing effects when used.

BEWARE, some oils are temporary but most are permanent! Use at your own risk.

The event begins on June 14th at 10:00 PM Central Time on the North American servers, and 10:00 PM GMT+1 on the European servers. The event ends on June 19th at 10:00 AM Central Time on the North American servers, and 10:00 AM GMT+1 on the European servers.

Link: http://www.lineage2.com/archive/2007/02/change_of_heart.html

Sprockets the Cat, the faithful servant of Dr. Chaos, is in the villages of Aden and Elmore to play a game with adventurers who collect and trade pieces of hearts. Nine different heart pieces will drop from monsters throughout the world. Collect one of each piece in order to try your chances at a rock, paper, scissors game with Sprockets the Cat.

After each round of the game, you will decide if you wish to continue playing or accept the prizes for the current round. When you lose, the game ends. Your prize is determined by how many times in a row you win. Losing will reduce the quality of your prize, so don’t be afraid to quit while you’re ahead!

Prizes

Sprockets the Cat is offering the following prizes:

Win one time - 10 consumable Potions
Win two times - 1 Blessed Scroll of Escape
Win three times - 1 Blessed Scroll of Resurrection
Win four times - 2 Scroll: Enchant Weapon (Grade C)
Win five times - 4 Scroll: Enchant Armor (Grade B )
Win six times - 1 Scroll: Enchant Weapon (Grade B )
Win seven times - 3 Scroll: Enchant Armor (Grade A)
Win eight times - 1 Scroll: Enchant Weapon (Grade A)

Nobody goes away empty handed! All participants who do not win a game receive a consolation prize.

Remember, do not talk to Dr. Chaos unless you’re looking for a fight! Sprockets the Cat is the only one willing to play the game with you.

The event begins on February 14, and hearts will stop dropping on February 18. Sprockets the Cat will remain in the villages until February 27.

Good luck!

I am about 70% away from hitting Level 61, which is considered A-grade level. What does that mean? MONEY. Everything gets more and more expensive as you get higher and higher. The weapons, armor, soulshots and blessed spiritshots (these enhance your m-atk and p-atk, can't live without them).

Granted I can hit higher level mobs that drop more money, but still. Sigh, they weren't kidding when they said Money makes the world go round.

Anyway here are the A-grade sword duels I want really bad - Damascus Duels.

P.Atk = 282, M.Atk = 114.

"When a dualsword is enchanted along with a two-handed sword, a two-handed blunt weapon, and/or a fist-fighting weapon, its P. Atk will increase more than a one-handed sword enchanted with these weapons. When enchanted by 4 or more, Accuracy will increase by 6. Enhances damage to target during PvP."

Right now Damascus duels that are clean (no enchantments) probably go for about 100 million adena, who knows how much a +4 goes for. Cheapest way to get them is to craft them and I have the blades. It's the darn freaking damascus recipes that are so expensive though. I saw 1 for 20 million adena because they are so freaking rare. *sob sob*

So I finally managed to get back online, the cable guy fixed the cable wire and very kindly tacked the cable higher so that it is inaccessible to the canine member of the family. A lot has happened since then.

1) The Deliverance Alliance has been dissolved, though we do keep in touch with the Aluminati clan (they're awesome!). The clan leader of the other clan in the alliance, Rememberance, has gone to the Faded clan, who supposedly try to be the most notorious clans on the server. Hmm... honestly, the game has been around long enough that we have about 2-3 big clans with members who are in their 70s. So there really isn't much of a monopoly so far.

2) The ROTX clan was going to be disbanded, but turns out that a few people who are friends of the clan decided to join up with us and push us onward, which is cool. So instead of disbanding, we are now moving onwards as fast as we can to get to level 70s and to become an elite guard clan for the Darkside alliance.

3) C5 has been pretty interesting since its release, particularly with the introduction of the Demonic Sword Zariche! Here's some info on it and a picture:

"Demonic Sword Zariche

The weapon of slaughter, the Demonic Sword Zariche, was once used by the Demon Bremmnon, one of the four demon kings.

All monsters in the world have the potential to drop it. However, only one of these exists in the whole world. When Zariche is dropped in the world, the entire world becomes dark for a short period of time, the ground shakes, and a system message notifies all players that the demonic sword has been found.

The character that acquires Zariche goes into a chaotic state (red) instantly, and his/her HP, CP, and MP are fully recovered (100%).

When a character acquires Zariche, it is equipped automatically and is impossible to un-equip. It is impossible to drop, exchange, or destroy this item from your inventory.

Zariche automatically disappears after a certain period of time (once acquired), regardless if the character is logged in or not. When the player wielding Zariche kills another player, Zariche’s lifespan shortens but the sword's abilities increase. The character who possesses Zariche will be notified by a system message with how much time is remaining.

When a character who possesses Zariche dies, it disappears or is dropped immediately."
* Taken from the Lineage 2 website (www.Lineage2.com)

Currently a major bug with the demon sword being used in the same area as a player may caused the player to get kicked off the game. It happened to me twice, though I did managed to see the sword in action. It's pretty neat but unfortunately it's monopolized by the larger clans who will pk any lower toon that happens to get the sword.

4) I've started a dwarf - she's called Shiiitake and she's my little bounty hunter .
Here's a picture of her with a friend's dwarf. The funny thing is that the male counterpart of the dwarf class is this old fudgity pudgity character of a short old man who is absolutely unattractive. Mine's the redhead ^^.

5) And yes, I did notice that the comments in my last few postings were from commercial websites selling L2 adena. The irony of it... Is there no way for me to delete any comments?

*Sigh* My darn dog chewed the cable outside to the cable box so I have no internet access. The cable guy is coming tomorrow but man that's 24 hrs too long!

In other news, the clan I'm in - ROTX @ The Republic - is disbanding . The council members are all leaving the game or are not able to play as much as they used to. I've been in this clan since I've started the game and we've all been like family. It was very sudden and very saddening to say the least.

I may end up being a solo agent for a while......

My internet access was down last night so I was not able to post some cool stuff, like about fishing, and the raid I did this week, and stuff. I was so BORED last night...

My internet service provider, Comcast, apparently recently merged with Time-Warner Cable. They've been running TV ads saying that Time-warner is now taking over but guarantee that my service won't be interrupted (according to their web site). Can we say bull$*** ?

Yeah. I'm a little PO'ed....