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As in that game with the flying and similar fun stuff.
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First off, I would like to say that dsfmjklmuwpefqzj

*bzzzzt*

Hello? Hello? Is this thing working?

Oh, I see, this goes into that and I speak into this part…

Hello. We have captured the person known to you as “Iepiat”. If you ever wish to see him again, you must do precisely as we say. In order to– *thwack* *thud*

Erm. Sorry about that. Thought they were all gone… I’ve been having a little trouble with this window. It closes improperly, and people can easily get in and um so yeah I downloaded FlyFF the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Yep.

It wasn’t my fault! Ebil people climbed in through the window and made me do it.

After creating an account, waiting an hour or two to download, and getting through 667 patches, I finally started up FlyFF. In the world of Mia, I created Iepiat. I noticed the absence of a dedicated starting town or comprehensive tutorials; my only immediate source of information seemed to be a fat… penguin… thing. So I talked to it.

Iepiat: Fortunate occurrences, for I am one ??? person who are understanding Engrish.

Thankfully, I’m not an absolute idiot. Quiet coughing is heard. I jumped to a few fan sites I had marked out, hoping for a few solid tips. Gratifyingly, I learned that when I made my job advancement at level 15, my stats would be reset (this coming from a Ranger who has 10 int and 11 luk).

At level four, I trained on “Mushpangs”, which are monsters that look like mushrooms. Except they have arms.

>_O

While I whacked mercilessly away, I noticed that kill-stealing is virtually impossible in FlyFF. Once a monster was “claimed” by another person, I’d have to wait ’till that person exited combat mode, or whatever. As I continued to kill Shroo– er, I mean Mushpangs, a notification appeared which said something akin to “Giant Mushpang has appeared in the area”. A boss-like thing, supposedly; however, it was just level 6.

Iepiat: Much like Mushmom, neh? Kill it! >=D

So… after I died…

Whaaat? I was level four. Right. After dying, I respawned at the lode-thingy of Flaris.

Iepiat: Hmm. I could swear I just saw someone with the username “Sephirox” run by.
Iepiat: I did.
Iepiat: >_>;;

Oh wells. After finally getting to level fifteen, I became an Assist. The job advancement NPC said something along the lines of, a requirement of Assists is to be caring for others. My arse, I muttered, as I hurried over to a person buying “leaf” event items. As I was desperately in need of money, I snatched at this opportunity to gain a quick 1.5 million penya, more money than I needed at my level. The next hour consisted of dashing around at random strangers in order to heal them with my little Assist stick/baton. Assistdom was beginning to pall when I realized two things:

• I had read on a forum about the possibilities of, as I recall, “AoE Assists”.
• My stats had been reset and I had forgotten to add any points to Int, an important stat for “Heal Hoar Assists” (okay, I made that one up).

And thus I began my adventure as a Knuckle wielding Assist, standing strong against the tides of “buff plz”, “BUFF”, “ress”, “resssss”, “rez”, “BUFF PLZ”, “resssss plz”, and “ress me or ur gay”.

After all, those buggers weren’t in my party.

Flying was both an exhilarating experience and a disappointment. Being able to travel faster than I could walking was awesome; I could only travel at two speeds, either max or none at all. I liked being able to explore the skies; the only things I saw up there were bees. I could reach previously unreachable places; the terrain meshing wasn’t continuous or done very well. All in all though, the ability to fly was a wonderful idea.

At the end of the week, I came away with just one thought:

Screw FlyFF; RANGER SEXEH.

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Recent Photos
Link 1: It works.
Link 2: Mark trains his pet too much.
Link 3: Iepiat are perty?
Link 4: It’s a trap! Send the thief in first.
Link 5: Level 75.