Sword 147: Red Tiger

Ryuk (Kurt) reached Expert Lv.4, while collecting some Ancient Runes. The family finally traded +6 Elite Schvarlier Armor [Evasion +12, Lightning RES +5, Mental RES +7, DEF Rating +3 • 2S: Absorb +6/+6] for Red Tiger Pet. The trading family managed the drop in 34 Red Tiger Boxes. Hobbes (Red Tiger) was named after the anthropomorphic stuffed tiger in Calvin & Hobbes comics, which was in turn named after the philosopher Thomas Hobbes. Of course, this red tiger made the white tiger (see Sword 144: White Tigers) completely worthless.

Adorabelle (f/ele) traded away her +6 The Fire of Palermo (fire bracelet) with [ATK + Life] enchantment for another one. The re-enchantment process used 45 Veteran Enchantment Chips and Enchant Boosters to enchant it with [ATK + ATK Rating] enchantment. The bracelet's 3rd socket was opened after 16 attempts. Luckily, it was successfully upgraded to +7 with only 20 Upgrade Accelerators and 2 Lacquers +6: Expert.

The weekly Griffon mission dropped Symbol of Virgo... and Elite Rescue Suit Recipe. The Masters also completed 2 Rafflesia missions and got... nothing; well, there was always Mega Talt. And all that was with Event Drop Rate +20%, Survival Manual +15%, and Pan Pan +20%. Torsche's Basement had been giving crap for the past weeks, as well as Bounty Hunts.

Joaquin Underground Prison

1. Portable ASO Box, Honor Card B
2. Portable ASO Box, L100 Weapon
3. Mystic Shoes, L100 Armor
4. Honor Card B, Cut Fire RES Necklace Recipe
5. Mystic Shoes, Elemental Jewel
6. Tracking Boots, L100 Armor
7. Portable ASO Box, Chevalier Grieves

Dr. Torsche's Basement

1. L100 Weapon, Honor Card B
2. None (Disconnection)
3. L100 Weapon, Honor Card B
4. None (Disconnection)
5. L100 Weapon, Honor Card B
6. L100 Armor, White Gold Bar
7. L100 Weapon, White Gold Bar

Bounty Hunt: Accursed Sedecram + Bahamar

1. Veteran Token, L100 Weapon + Veteran Token, Honor Card B
2. 2 Veteran Tokens + Veteran Token, L100 Weapon
3. 2 Veteran Tokens + L100 Armor, Honor Card B
4. 2 Veteran Tokens + 2 Veteran Tokens

Castilla Mine

1. Ancient Relic Piece, L100 Weapon, L100 Enchantment Chip, Pure Gold Bar, 2 L84 Elite Armors
2. Rare Gem Recipe, L84 Elite Weapon, 2 Ancient Relic Pieces, L100 Armor, Elemental Jewel
3. L100 Enchantment Chip, L100 Weapon, 2 Pure Gold Bars, L84 Elite Armor, Rough Stone
4. L100 Enchantment Chip, L96 Enchantment Chip, 2 Rough Stones, 2 Pure Gold Bars

Castilla Relic

1. Dragon Heart Recipe, 3 L100 Weapons, L100 Armor
2. L100 Armor, 2 L84 Elite Armors, L100 Enchantment Chip, L84 Elite Weapon, Rough Stone
3. L100 Armor, L84 Elite Armor, L100 Enchantment Chip, Pure Gold Bar, L84 Elite Weapon, Rough Stone

For Colony War, a few colonies changed hands several times. It took the opposition so many months just to realize this advantage they could have used a long time ago. To prevent the Republicans from getting the event colony Rion Praire, Schiavona clan seized it. Since Schiavona is currently neutral, so nobody gets to raid Joaquin Underground Prison next week. Phalanx/Schiavona alliance still held the majority of the colonies. The colony occupants were Phalanx (15), Schiavona (4), ShakeTheHeavens (1), Core (1), Othrys (1), and Soniere (1).

In any case, Rmans family exploited a bug that, up to now, have never been used in Orpesia server. This involved being "red" inside El Antiguo Patrimonio (aka Faction Fight). Theoretically, it should not be possible, because war-sharing with squad members is possible only if they are on the same map, but Republicans cannot possibly enter Royalist Faction Fight. Lately, there were plenty of PvP actions available in Queen's Gate, but somehow this family still felt the need to exploit a bug inside Faction Fight.

After talking to ShakeTheHeavens clan leader, it did not seem like this behavior was endorsed by that clan. This family is probably better considered to be one of the clan-less/Royalist minions of Saturnine/Othrys clans (Republican). Why they remain in their Royalist clans is a mystery. It may well be to spy and attempt to poach members from the parent clans.

In a sense, it wasn't too surprising. After all, some of these players readily accepted Hard‡Core family into their previous clan (What clan), despite the fact that the family was known for exploiting a Colony War bug to be able to attack another clan's colony while still remaining un-attackable. See Sword 127: War Bug Exploit for screenshot and video.

Furthermore, a couple of these Saturnine/Othrys-related players have already been account-suspended (temporarily) due to offenses including the use of pejoratives (e.g. "faggot") and verbal sexual harassment.

Having won a couple of raids, Saturnine/Othrys clan members and their clan-less associates somewhat felt the need to brag about it by spamming microphones, as well as parading their petty Medals of Victory in towns. They even have to shamelessly violate another player's game account so as to steal raid timers and AFK locations from other clans.

It's fine when players want to compete in raids and PvP. It's fine if they even win. But when they have resort to such things mentioned so far, it is just contemptible. Therein lies the difference from the other top clans. When Phalanx clan won the second King Henry raid this week, we didn't spam microphones to brag and trash-talk about it. The players who can't win gracefully (i.e. without bragging and trash-talking) are usually the same players who get sore when they lose.

The family experienced 7 disconnections this week, and the Family Reputation has risen to 323,712.