Almar's GuidesWelcome to Almar's Guides.com. With this website I strive to give you the best possible guides for all MMORPGs and some select console games. This website is ever growing since I am always adding new guides. If you'd like to help me and support me in making a guide for your MMO community you can by clicking the "Submit a Guide" link at the bottom of every page. I hope by coming to this website you will find the guide that you're looking for.
5/15/12 The servers are busy at this time. Please try again later. (Error 37). I bet we're going to be seeing this awhile. Tip from Blizzard on how to get past it: Keep Trying! Furthest I have heard of someone getting is to the character select! Been a long time fan of my website? Send me a friend request on D3 (Rynox@verizon.net) and come play with me and my friend! 5/13/12 Few more EQ Guides just recently revised/finished up today! Korascian Warrens Leveling Guide Oceangreen Hills Zombies Leveling Guide Oceangreen Hills Leveling Guide Bloody Kithicor Leveling Guide Commonlands Obliteration Mob Leveling Guide Everquest AA Grinding Guide (tons of work going on in here) EQ Shadow Knight Swarming Guide (Currently Under Construction) EQ Class Guides - Worked a bit more on these recently 5/12/12 Skyrim Tips - Alchemy and Smithing are both great ways to level up quickly. You can buy materials from merchants for both of these professions and create items for experience. - A quick way to raise Restoration is by finding a semi weak mob and letting him beat on you (spell casters work well) and just sitting there spam healing. - Always buy Lockpicks at vendors. Unlocking things not only will help you get some awesome loot but it will also help you level faster! - If you get married in Skyrim to a shopowner your spouse will give you some of the money they earn - Dungeons and chests in Skyrim scale to your level. - In the beginning of the game you can place a bucket ontop of a Shopkeeper's head and sneak around the room stealing all of their items. This will level up sneaking which will give you XP early on. - Don't let all of your Stamina run out. It will take longer to regenerate starting from 0 than it does starting from 1. - Grab all of the Animal Pelts that you come across. They make some of the eaisest and cheapest gear in Smithing which will get you quick skill ups and easy xp. - All around Whiterun you an find Wheat, Blue Mountain Flowers and Blue Butterflies. Each of these can be used in expensive Alchemy recipes. - Cooking items is a great way to boost your character's stats and also ensure you never run out of Stamina. 5/11/12 Well a few days before Diablo 3's release on May 15th there is much abuzz in the world of Everquest. Today the two zones of Blackburrow and Cazic Thule got totally revamped and are now high enough level to offer a difficult challenge to even level 95 adventurers. I will be posting some screenshots despite this event being a 3 year intermitten thing. It's cool none the less. While we're on the topic of Everquest I think now might be a good time to mention a few of the guides I have finished for that game... EQ Leveling Guides Index Page Revamp Dragonscale Hills Leveling Guides Alterations made Field of Scale Leveling Guide made some changes too (also leveling there right now on my SK!) There will be more later but I really needed to get that work done before D3. Hopefully I will be finishing a Warrens leveling guide and more stuff later. 5/5/12 Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning - Dead Kel Gameplay Vid Kingdoms of Amalur DLC Dead Kel Gameplay Video Kingdoms of Amalur Gameplay Video Dead Kel DLC Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning First Dead Kel Encounter Kingdoms of Amalur Stealing the Requiem and Bloodgrin Fight KoA Dead Kel DLC Final Dungeon, Boss Fight and Ending Cutscenes + Dialogue 4/20/12 Rakghoul World Event/DNA Guide Alright so I have managed to get done quite a bit today so far for it only being noon. I've completed three of the most important Diablo 3 guides and I am going to be getting a lot more done this weekend since it is Open Beta Weekend for Diablo 3. As for now I have completed the following guides: And I forgot about this fourth one: Hopefully you should expect to see some more guides from me as the day goes on. I am looking forward to giving you all the best information on Diablo 3 before it is even released! Also just so I don't leave any of you out, happy 4/20 to all of you fellas out there that celebrate it. 4/17/12 I have been extremely busy the past few days working on a lot of SWTOR guides and updates, specifically this Rakghoul World Event guide which has been a gigantic success for my website. I broke 23k unique visits in a single day which before the Rakghoul guide my record was 10k. I know the visits won't last but it is the surge of money and hope I need to keep truckin on! I also got two donations recently which I would really like to thank to the two extremely nice people whom donated, your money is going to good use! Aside from those few things I have been busy playing EQ a lot, working on my AAs so I can continue writing my leveling guides for 85+. My Beastlord is currently at 1610 AAs and I still get owned in Toskirakk if I mess up a pull and accidentally get a named with another mob or something. I will get around to writing these guides soon, I promise, I know all my EQ fans have been waiting years for these guides and I can assure you they're on the way. I also bought an Extraplanar Trade Satchel assuming it would let me list more items in The Bazaar but it didn't. In fact it is only used for Tradeskill items.. How wildly deceiving. Anyway I am aviding pvping in swtor to write those guides, leveling up as fast as I can in EQ to write those guides and also I just got into Diablo 3 beta so I am going to be playing that a lot to write those guides. Being busy is going to be an understatement. Anyway, I need to get back to work on my EQ guides, I may come back and update soon! Bulletstorm 2 - Cancelled! I am sad to hear it too folks. I really enjoyed the first Bulletstorm even though it was a pretty generic first person shooter. The game was short but it was on sale on steam for 5 bucks so I bought it and it was well worth the money I paid. I really did enjoy the game and the ending left you wanting more. It was lined up perfectly for a sequel and to hear we're not getting one really does suck big hairy... 4/15/12 - Rakghoul World Event So currently at the minute there is a world event that just started in swtor involving Tatooine and Rakghouls. There are a bunch of dailies that start in the Dune Sea and continue to the southeastern portion of Tatooine and we will see where else they go after that. So far it seems like the main reward is Orange gear that looks pretty and other things but I am sure there is much more. I will post a guide on all this stuff later but right now I am still working on figuring things out (Torhead doesn't even have any updates yet). It appears that the main currency for these dailies is Rakghoul DNA Samples. It says on the item "This Rakghoul DNa sample would probably be valuable on the open market, if you can find a buyer somewhere on Tatooine." So far I have heard the vendor is in Anchorhead but I can't confirm as I am still working on the Outbreak daily which had me collect Infected Wrappings, find the escape pod and now recover Samples from Infected Livestock. I'll do a more indepth guide sometime later once I know more! "Where is the vendor for Rakghoul DNA Samples?" - I have been seeing this question asked non stop in /1. The vendor is located north of the Republic town in the Dune Sea, turn on the vendor symbol on your map and you will find him easily. He sells a Rakghoul pet and a bunch of Black-Green crystals. A pretty mediocre reward if you ask me. "Where do the Dailies start for the Rakghoul World Event on Tatooine?" - The dailies start in the Dune Sea. For Republic it is northeast of their town. Imperials use the same vendor that the Republic players do. You don't actually pick up the quest from anyone for the dailies it is an [AREA] quest. All you have to do is walk into the area to start them. "What level do I have to be to get the dailies for the Rakghoul World Event?" - You must be at least around the level range of Tatooine (20 - 25; in that range) in order to start the daily to the best of my knowledge. You can group up to speed up the process while doing the daily too. "What does the vendor sell that accepts the Rakghoul DNA Samples?" - The vendor sells a mini Rakghoul pet, Black-Green Lightsaber Crystals and a box that contains a random Companion Customization. "How long will this "event" be around for?" - Currently we don't know, it just started today though so hop in whenever, it's loads of fun! "None of the items from the Rakghoul DNA Samples interest me, what should I do with them?" - You can sell them to other players for Credits if you don't want anything from the vendor. Depending on your server 10k per Rakghoul DNA Sample will probably be a good price. "Do Imperials have dailies in the same places the Republic players do? Right above the Republic town where it is marked on your map below?" - As far as I know they do! I am not 100% certain if it is the same in the Dune Sea but in the southeastern end of Tatooine Republic and Imperial players do mingle together. As they're working on these dailies. The vendor that accepts the Rakghoul DNA is named Jeelvic. Below is a picture of him, his location on the map and a list of all his loot.
4/13/12 - Struggling to Make Ends Meet I know this is posted a day before 4/13 but since the swtor servers just came down now I figured I would post it now. I know I have complained in the past about income and money/donations and god knows what else but it is starting to get really bad and pile up quite a bit with all this medical crap. That and my insurance company is completely retarded, I have to call them three to four times a week in order to "remind" them of my Claim Number and to fix some stupid mistake that they made, like mispelling my last name... Furthermore I got into ANOTHER accident. It brings me some solace that this one was not my fault, I was making a left on my way to the doctor's getting into the turning lane and a Ford escape was shooting up the yellow stripped lane that is illegal to go up (You know, the lane that pretty much eventually leads into a turning lane) and as I was moving into the turning lane; trying not to hit the idiot in front of me whom had two full car lengths in front of her and wasn't moving up because she was doing her makeup and talking on the phone I got completely broadsided. I got a Careless Ticket for it, so did the other guy, the idiot cop couldn't decide whom was at fault despite it being so blatantly obvious that it was the other driver's fault... Anyway; my insurance company placed ME at fault because I was turning left. So despite the other person going up an illegal section of the road and BROADSIDING my vehicle, it was my fault. I apparently shouldn't of been in his way when he was doing something illegal, right? So, add the increased insurance costs onto the bill, car damages (which the insurance company covers but still I have to worry about it) and even more damage to my screwed up knee... Mix that in with my AlmarsGuides bringing in half the amount of money it should and zero donations in the last month... Well, I don't know what to do. A crappy friend stole 50 pills from me two weeks ago so I've had to go through withdrawal thanks to that and let me just say if you've never been through withdrawal it ain't fun. And now I don't even have enough money to fill my script so here comes another withdrawal cycle. Cold sweats when I am trying to sleep, hot flashes, waking up soaking wet from sweating and my knee is cramped. Can't even get up to go to the bathroom in time from the pain so I have to keep an empty milk gallon by the side of the bed to piss in... It's gotten bad, really bad recently. When shit gets this terrible a part of you just wants to break down and give up. But I don't. I fight through the pain, I fight off the depression and I get up each and every day to work on my website. But now, I am making half the money I previously did, I am getting less than 10 dollars a day... I don't know what happened. My traffic hasn't changed, I am getting less ad clicks though. Luckily they're for the same amount each. I am at a loss. I can't put in for disability, well I can but it takes up to a year. I can't get a normal job because I can barely walk, I have no transportation regardless and absolutely no motivation anyway. This is one of my longest thought out rants but I just felt like venting to the whole one and a half people that probably read the front page of my website. And you're probably thinking "grow up, we all go through rough patches; be a man and get over it". I am, ranting helps me deal with it and this is my website after all! Plus writing this gives me hope; maybe some celebrity with a couple hundred million dollars will read this and be like "hey, he sounds like he could use some money" and donates a couple thousand to get me through this crap. That has literally a 0.00001% chance of happening but hope is all I have right now. Hope is what is allowing me to crawl out of bed in the morning and no matter how unlikely it is that something like that happens, keeping my chin up and hoping that it does will keep me going. - - - Now, I have to get back to work. It's another 16hr work day and I am running on four hours of sleep because I can't get comfortable when I lie down because the pain is too much. I'm doing my best with updates, I hope everyone can deal with them coming a little bit slower for awhile. - Almar out 4/12/11 Do you play SWTOR and want to help me out by simply posting in a few threads? Well here are the links to threads that I check in on each and every day and a single post will help me more than you could even imagine! 1 post bumps the thread which means I don't have too which means then that I can spend that time working on a new guide instead! In otherwords, I will love you forever if you could do this to help me! SWTOR Datacron Locations Guide Come Play With Almar on Kathol Rift! Companion Gifts and Affection Guide Make the Most Money While Leveling Up Republic Ilum Farming Grade 5/6 Materials How To Make Over 1 Million Credits A Day Any posts on any of these threads will help me immensly! 4/11/12 - Now that's how you heal! Click to enlarge!
4/8/12 Internet has been out for awhile thanks to someone edging the garden and thinking the fios cable was a root.... Use your imagination of what happened with that outcome. Anyway, just really wanted to say that I am currently working on some EQ guides -- I got a ton of stuff done when the internet was out, completely updated all my swtor pvp guides and made some good changes to my EQ section. I will hopefully post more here as the day goes on, if not, I forgot or became lazy. 4/4/12 - Deus Ex Human Revolution Passwords/Door Codes Detroit Police Station Door Codes Basement Sewer Entrance - 2599 Basement Laser Grid - 7366 Basement Morgue - 9212 Front Desk (First Floor) - 4816 Nearby Front Desk - 1856 Second Floor Laser Grid - 7668 LeBoeuf's Office Door Code - 1710 Penn's Office Door Code - 2419 Fire Escape Door - 1966 Gum's Office Door Code - 2231 Wagner's Office Door Code - 6065 Alexander's Office Door Code - 3727 Police Station Computer Passwords (Format Below) Area - Login Name - Password Used Morgue - GCAMPBELL - oblongata Cell Area - MPOST - blues Front Desk - WHASS - catharsis Room Next to Front Desk - mfrezell - llezerf Nicefield's Office - FNICEFIELD - patriotism LeBeoeuf's Office - CLEBOEUF - dasteer Penn's Office - RPENN - apophenion Northern Office (Floor 3) - GUEST - password1 McCann's Office - FMCCANN - solanum Gum's Office - BGUM - justicar Wagner's Office - CWAGNER - fuckface Alexander's Office - JALEXANDER - basileus Murphy's Office - AMURPHY - thighgun (All of the following are on Floor 1 in the main area. Use the login ID to match up with your terminal) PDICK - lectrolamb BSTERLING - investor RDECKARD - unicorn JBALLARD - solempire HELLSION - cordwainer BBETHKE - maverick JCHAMPAGNE - grimster WGIBSON - baronnull PCADIGAN - desprit Sarif HQ Security Panel Codes and Computer Passwords Sarif HQ Security Panel Codes Office 20 - 0123 Office 21 - 2121 Office 22 - 5475 Office 23 - 3716 Office 27 - 4145 Office 30 - 0250 Office 31 - 1364 Office 32 - 9642 Office 35 - 3167 Helipad Storage Room - 8053 Sarif HQ Computer Passwords Second floor - FPRITCHARD - nuclearsnke Third Floor - TBRUGER - eclipse Sarif's Office - AMARGOULIS - gsspgrl Adam Jensen's Office - AJENSEN - mandrake Sarif Manufacturing Bomb Defusal Code - 1505 Sarif Manufacturing Computer Passwords Area - Login Name - Password Used Factory Labs - DDUTCHMAN - windmill Admin Building Second Floor - MROSS - lions Admin Building Second Floor - FBROOKS - tipple Admin Building Second Floor - FMARCHAND - factotum Admin Building Second Floor - GTHROPE - hydro Admin Building Second Floor - RMCCAUF - hvywethr Admin Building Second Floor - SGRIMES - ovid Admin Building Second Floor - TCALDWELL - talon Admin Building Second Floor - CPARKER - zinc Admin Building Second Floor - MLATONA - redwings Admin Building Second Floor - VCLARK - tigers Admin Building Forth Floor - JTHORPE - hydra Detroit City Streets - Security Pass Codes Alley near Sarif Industries - 5551 Downtown Appartments: South - Right of L.I.M.B Entrance - 8982 South of L.I.M.B - 4626 Downtown Apartments: West Security Gate - 0002 Storage Unit Near Basketball Court (Panel) - 1904 Storage Unit Near Basketball Court (Laser Grid) - 6542 Downtown Appartments: North Storage Unit on the northside - 2928 DMPD Storage Unit (East of police station) - 4891 DMPD Storage Unit (The Safe's Code) - 7196 Police Station's Fire Escape Entrance - 1966 Police Station's Sewer Entrance - 2599 Detroit Apartment Security Codes Downtown Apartment South: Locked Door on the third floor - 7767 Downtown Apartment South: 3rd Floor Bedroom Safe (Behind the painting) - 1948 Downtown Apartment West: Basement Apartment - 8974 Downtown Apartment West: 1st Floor apartment - 1077 Downtown Apartment West: 1st Floor Apartment Bedroom Door - 1029 Downtown Apartment West: 1st Floor Apartment Safe - 1031 Downtown Apartment North: 2nd Floor Apartment Bedroom - 3733 Detroit - Derelict Row First Floor - Far Northwest - 3290 First Floor Near Helipad - 5962 Apartment 3rd Floor - 5463 Shanghai City Security Passcodes Safe in Storage Area - 3444 Storage Area 1 - 1381 Storage Area 2 - 1339 Storage Area 3 - 1379 Storage Area 4 - 7845 Storage Area 5 - 5377 Hung Hua Hotel (The Safe Passcode) - 7657 Alice Garden Pods - 3785 Alice Garden Pods - 3824 The Hive (Door passcode) - 0415 The Hide (Safe passcode) - 8953 Tai Yong Medical Pass Codes Filtration Room in Central Manufacturing Plant - 7687 Filtration Room in Main R&D Facility - 9292 Filtration Room in the cryo-sterilization Room - 0821 Unit 3 - 3421 Units 2 to 9 - 9090 Maintenance Catwalk - 5720 Storage Bays - 4444 Pump Room - 7934 Data Core Rear Entrance - 0703 Vice President's Office Door Code - 3090 Elevator Code - 6906 Penthouse Safe Code - 0117 Tai Yong Medical Computer Passwords SQUAN - radium TYMMF - ebrain NEMUNI - ironfirst JLAI - ghost FEMA Camp - All Locks here use the same code 7984 Picus Security Passcodes Floor 1 (1) - 0068 Floor 1 (2) - 0101 Floor 1 (3) - 1006 Floor 3 - 1980 Omega Ranch Security Passcodes Barracks - 1385 Signal Jammer - 0111 Laser Grid - 2535 Colvin's Office - 1504 Room G-23 - 5377 Second Floor of the Biomech Labs (Room 22) - 2021 Omega Ranch Computer Passwords IMORANO - morpheus AOCONNOR - keppler OGOMEZ - techsmex DABBLETT - monastic PWALTS - ruckus 4/3/12 Alright so on the first I beat Bulletstorm. As expected it was an extremely short game, not even close to how long Kingdoms of Amalur was but still very enjoyable. Jennifer Hale does the voice of Trishka; who is one of the many different characters in the game. At this current point in time I am really starting to dig her voice. She is such an amazing voice actor and she plays the military roles so well. Commander Shepard, Female trooper in Swtor and so on. Even before I had Jennifer Hale join my team I really enjoyed and liked the game but once she joined I can honestly say it became 10x better. Anyway, the gameplay of Bulletstorm was pretty generic as far as first person shooters go, which is both good and bad. If you love first person shooters, you're going to love Bulletstorm plain and simple. If you want something new and inventive the Skillshot system isn't that amazingly new and innovative, I mean it is interesting but it is nothing more than glorified achievements and experience or money. I still love Bulletstorm as a game, however, and I would recommend it to anyone out there that is looking for something fun to play for a day or two (as that is how long it will take you to beat the game). Currently it is 19.99 in the Steam Store but I got lucky enough to get it on sale for 5.00$. It is well worth the 5 dollars I spent on it, beyond that even, it is worth 19.99 by FAR if you ask me. Anyway, Bulletstorm is an excellent game and a great way to spend your rainy afternoon. While it doesn't offer that much new to the First person shooter genre it allows you to experience one of the best FPS stories in a long while. The only reason I could see someone not enjoying the game is because of how much cursing there is... Which they probably need to just grow up since foul language never hurt anyone. My only semi-complaint about Bulletstorm is the Sniper Rifle in the game. I didn't like the Sniper at first because you control the bullet once it gets close to an enemy. This was vastly annoying and very unreliable in my opinion of how it acted. Eventually I realized the system itself was really cool and "cheap" if you will. I only have trouble with targets extremely far away but close ones are cake. I don't understand why but the system is really wacky and took awhile to get used to. It also took like all the skill out of Sniping, but, eh, it was well done for the game and I liked it regardless. I give Bulletstorm a solid 9 out of 10. It was an amazing game and I enjoyed playing it much more than previous FPS games I have purchased (Bf3, CoD all previous Halo games after 3), I will be sure to buy Bulletstorm 2 for full price whenever it is released. Also a funny piece of mail from Risha I kept meaning to post:
4/2/12 Some Gameplay Videos I have put together recently. Bulletstorm Gameplay Video - (Trishka's First Cutscene) Bulletstorm Gameplay Video - (Final Level) Kingdoms of Amalur - Cur of Vengeance Boss Fight Kingdoms of Amalur - Final Dungeon with the End Boss and Ending Cutscene Kingdoms of Amalur (Who you were before you died) Kingdoms of Amalur Gameplay Video (Might Build) Kingdoms of Amalur Gameplay Video 2 (Might Build) 4/1/12 - April Fools Day - And another holiday I don't care about. So right now I am working on some Bulletstorm things and finishing up Kingdoms of Amalur videos and guides. I took advantage of the Steam 5$ offer for Bulletstorm figuring it was a great deal and it should be fun. Well after dealing with the Windows Live nightmare with Bulletstorm for nearly an hour I finally just now started playing it. I am about 10 seconds away from watching the opening cutscene (if there is one) so I will probably post some updates later. After I beat Bulletstorm I think I am going to move onto either Resident Evil 5, Dungeon Siege III, Neverwinter Nights or Alan Wake. Really my gameplan right now is to sit back and see the single player games I have been missing since most of my gaming time has been engrossed in MMORPGs. If you would like to see me do any game in particular, videos, guides or just nonsensical rambling about it, toss me an email, i'd love to hear what you have to say! 3/31/12 - Kingdoms of Amalur (Review) I finally got around to beating Kingdoms of Amalur so I decided now would be a good time to recap my experiences and write a review on the video game. I purchased Kingdoms of Amalur to get away from the usual grind I was experiencing in many different MMORPG games, just for something to do when I got bored of Everquest or Star Wars:ToR but I got so much more. Kingdoms of Amalur is probably one of the best RPGs I have played in many many years, far surpassing the Elder Scrolls and Fable series in both enjoyment and replayability. While the game brings in many new features that neither of the two aforementioned games have, it really is more like a merge of both. The crafting system and way loot is handled in Amalur feels more Elder Scrolls to me and the questing system feels more Fable or World of Warcraftish if you will. Regardless what Kingdoms of Amalur does, works. The game is absolutely outstanding, with more than 100 hours already invested into the game I just finished it about an hour ago and I have hundreds upon hundreds of side quests left to do not including an already released Downloadable Content pack that I can purchase and continue my adventure! When purchasing Kingdoms of Amalur I was expecting a 3 night stay in some cheap hotel away from the city to kind of "get away" but instead I got a two weeks all exclusive trip to vegas for my money (they're metaphors, of course). This game has more content in it than any other game I have ever purchased for 60 bucks. Forever more shall I be expecting games to live up to what Kingdoms of Amalur content wise. Ontop of all the side quests and multiple factions you can follow in Kingdoms of Amalur (each with their own unique storyline) the main questline (the story) of the game is quite an interesting one too. Many games these days are putting story as an after thought or more of a backseat thought when designing games (IE Borderlands) but the story in Kingdoms of Amalur will keep you on your toes the entire time. You start with waking up from your presumed death and are dropped immediately into trouble and peril with absolutely no idea what is going on. There is an army of -creatures- out to get you, the Tuatha, we don't know why and don't find out why until much later but there is also a group of Gnomes trying to help you, we also don't find out why until a little bit later but without ruining much of the game at all... You find out that you are the one successful resurrection from the Well of Souls! I can't really tell you anymore of the story without spoiling things so I will hold back my urge to talk about my experiences with it! Now as many are probably curious, there has to be something I didn't enjoy about the game, right? Of course there is, but the things I disliked are really minor. Some of the voice acting I felt was a bit subpar, such as all the females in the entire game have high pitch squeeky voices? Come on, not all women are Megan Mullally! Also my only other dislike about the game was the character's eyes during the cutscenes where you speak with them. Sometimes their eyes wander or are looking up and to the right before they self correct. Something just feels off about their eyes and it was very distracting. Aside from that I give the game a solid 10/10 Kingdoms of Amalur Guides (Under Construction) 3/30/12 Kingdoms of Amalur Leveling Guide Leveling up in Kingdoms of Amalur is much like almost all MMO games out there. You go from town to town picking up all of the quests available to you, run around for awhile and complete them all before returning to town and turning them all in. While doing these quests you will gain XP from killing the mobs as well as doing other things such as finding Lorestones or using your reckoning abilities and getting an XP multiplier. Since everything else is pretty generic aside from the Reckoning system, this is what the majority of my guide will be about. The reckoning system in Kingdoms of Amalur is a well known system, semi reminding me of Devil May Cry. What happens is as you run around and kill stuff your Fate meter fills. Once it completely fills you are able to enter reckoning. Reckoning increases the damage you deal by a massive amount and slows time all around you. The fate bar will slowly go down as you spend more time in reckoning. The objective of this mode is to "knock out " as many enemies as possible and then execute the finisher on whatever mob you want. You will have some flashy scene followed a little circle which has you spam Mouse 1, Mouse 2 or Spacebar. This is the key moment and the most important part of reckoning. Click as fast as you possibly can or spam spacebar as much as you possibly can. There are four stages at which you can be, 0% bonus xp, 25%, 50% and 100%. You will obviously want to go for 100% every time but if you miss it occasionally don't stress. When it comes to using reckoning you will want as many mobs as possible around you, using it on just 1 mob is a complete waste. The more mobs, the more XP and the higher your multiplier. The best mobs to use reckoning on are mobs that con light red (orange to some) in large packs. On this page you can find a level chart of the game broken down, this may assist you if you want to find mobs much higher level than you. Reckoning Mode Tips Dalentarth Odarath 1 - 5 Glendara 5 - 7 Lorca-Rane 7 - 11 Webwood 12 - 17 The Sidhe 17 - 19 Desert Area Alserund 19 - 20 The Red Marches 20 - 21 The Hollowlands 21 - 22 Menetyre 22 - 23 Apotyre 23 - 24 Plains of Erathel The Wolds 24 - 25 Forsaken Plain 25 - 26 Galafor 25 - 26 Tywili Coast 26 - 28 Kandrian 26 - 28 Tala-Rane 26 - 28 Cradle of Summer 27 - 28 Future Kingdoms of Amalur Leveling Guide Two common questions: How do I remove the Soulbind Curse? By completing the quest - The Lost Squad. After you acquire the curse your quest will update and have you find and drink the Soulbind Cure. The Soulbind Cure item is in your inventory under Items. It is called Mysterious Cure How do I remove Amman's Curses? You must complete the quest Unlucky Charm to remove these 3 annoying curses. Just track it in your log and follow each objective until you're done the quest and then just like that, the curses will be gone! 3/29/12 - Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning Tips - It doesn't matter if you use your final XP-grossing-fate-ender ability on a mob that would give you a ton of XP or a normal mob. This ability collects the XP of all the mobs around you that you "knock out" during this ability and multiplies that number! - Every time you stop in a town be sure to enter all of the buildings to make sure you have all of the quests. - To create the best gear from Blacksmithing you don't need anything inparticular, just keep in mind salvage all your green/blue gear at your level for Blacksmithing materials as much as possible. - If you want to make some great gear early on what you need to do is A: Have a ton of gold -- B: Make your way to a much higher level town and buy their gear to salvage. I have heard that salvaging bought gear normally provides you with less materials but I have not seen much of a difference. - For the first half of the game, Rathir is the town with the best available gear. - Go out of your way to find the Lorestones. Besides just telling a tale and giving you XP gathering them unlocks powerful increases to your character. Unlucky Charm Quest - Bug If the Hidden Door is closing on you after you cleanse the amulet a good way to fix that is to cleanse the amulet and sprint to the door. When you get close enough use anything that makes you dash forward, Finesse and Sorcery both get something, don't know if Might does -- Just roll in anycase. But this should get you under the door before it closes. There is no other way around it, the reason it is closing on you is because you explored Syl first before doing the quest. 3/28/12 - Kingdoms of Amalur Leveling Tips Use Reckoning on huge packs of mobs; preferably light red (orange to some people) in difficulty. They will give you the most XP. If you can't find a really large pack of mobs a difficult mob will work fine as an alternative. What I mean by a difficult or a large mob is something like a Troll or a named Jottun. Use Greater Experience Booster potions when fighting large groups of mobs. Do a lot of side quests. Buy Skill Ups from trainers. Try to keep your gear at your level. Some kinda meh tips for now but i am just using this page for a rough and working-in-progress series of guides for Kingdoms of Amalur.
Kingdoms of Amalur Trainer Locations Stealth Basic - Star Camp Mercantile Basic - Star Camp Persuasion Basic Trainer - House of Ballads Detect Hidden Trainer - Gorhart Inn Blacksmithing Trainer - Shieldring Keep Dispelling Trainer - Adessa Alchemy Basic Trainer - Ysa (Jakasen) Alchemy Basic Trainer - Emaire Alchemy Advanced Trainer - Rathir Blacksmithing Basic Trainer - Ysa (Holte Flenn) Blacksmithing Advanced Trainer - Mel Senshir (Ragna Senn) Sagecrafting Basic Trainer - Ysa (Need Delving Hall keyfrom Scholia Arcana Embassy) Sagecrafting Basic Trainer - Ysa Sagecrafting Advanced Trainer - Rathir Lockpicking Basic Trainer - Southeast Lorca Rane Lockpicking Basic Trainer - Tiren's Rest Dispelling Advanced Trainer - Rathir Dispelling Basic Trainer - Ysa Dispelling Master Trainer - House of Sorrows Merantile Advanced Trainer - Moon Camp Detect Hidden Basic Trainer - Gohart Basic Trainer Detect Hidden Basic Trainer - Ysa (Ambassador Odvar) Persuasion Basic Trainer - House of Ballads Persuasion Basic Trainer - Rathir Persuasion Advanced Trainer - Forum, The Isles, Adessa Stealth Basic Trainer - Star Camp Stealth Basic Trainer - Moon Camp Kingdoms of Amalur Backpack Locations Ysa - Riona Helt in Asker's Alley Gorhart - Corner Stop (Rikka Egest) Adessa - Senecer Macit in Domus Polfitica Mel Senshir - Illyn Doldran Rathir - Scholia Arcana, (Tywili Coast) 3/27/12 - Kingdoms of Amalur - Quests Since there are so many quests in Kingdoms of Amalur I decided I was going to start writing them all down to make guides for them in the very near future. I'll be updating this very slowly and when I feel like it. There are soooo many quests it is going to take forever for me to document them all but bear with me, this is the first real "console" guide I have ever written! Crisis of Faith Find Brother Egan Members Only Steal the Ordination Tome for Sister Zelda Red in Tooth and Claw Help Ainmhi return to his true form Recipe for Trouble Aide Nanne Hanri in finding and destroying her formula Song of Sir Sagrell Defeat the Grave Thresh to retrieve Sir Sagrell's ring which you then need to return to Hallam the White. Building the Bridges Heal the Fae and then report to the House of Ballads Knowledge is Lost Obtain an Alchemist's Potion for Oleander Sinclair Reprisal, Reprised! Kill Antelopes to collect 4 of their trophies, set them up for display and then kill the giant rock troll. The Antelope Find the Silver Necklace and then talk to Oreyn before returning to Marga. The Flowering Plant the Chrysalae, Stand on the Platform and then kill the Sprites. The Commendation Defeat the Krast brothers and then return to Shieldring Keep. Ungentle Beasts Search the Overgrown Thicket, kill what needs be killed and then turn in the contract. The Road Patrol ** Complete the road patrol with Ost involving finding the Niskaru and slaying it. This quest leads to an artifact which is one of the main quests for this faction's questline. Lost Search Turin for the scroll and then return it to Jedda Homecoming Discover Camden's fate before returning to Gizela and turning in the quest. Brother Fallon's Beads Recover the Beads on Brother Fallon's body and return them to Brother Udo The Height of Crime Recover Stellan's Journal and return it to Stellan Reitan The Natural Order Enter Coilsbain Caverns, Destroy the Jottun, Find a way out and then return to Kester Barclay Plagueshield Look for Brother Fallon, gather the lost Plagueshield and then return to Astrid Frisk Out of the Past Acquire the Red Legion Daggers and then give them to Red Idward whom will attack you. Kill him and then return to Brother Delf. A Brutal Contract Locate the former contract holder. Speak with him and then kill the trolls of Haxhi before returning to Declan Malus (former contract holder) and then returning to Shieldring Keep. The Heart of Sibun ** Complete Ost's mission, defeat the boss and take the artifact you found back to Shieldring Keep. This mission begins immediately after The Road Patrol Ends. The Guided Hands Speak to Crilgarin, pray at the Hierophant Shrine and then steal the items required for the quest before returning to Crilgarin and turning it back in. Aggressive Brownies Hunt down the brownies that are killing the travelers and then return to Sihtric Vorm. 3/26/12 - Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Alchemy Recipes Common Reagents Black Cohosh Cripplespore Caps Eel Petal Embereyes Leechwood Bark Scarwood Bark Less Common Reagents Bloodroot Edelwiess Sativa Fibers Scarab Salts Scarlet Flowerstone Seaflax Rare Reagents Essence of Fate Prismere Dust Minor Potion Recipes Minor Alchemist’s Art 1x Embereyes,1x Sky Blossom Minor Assassin’s Evasion 1x Cripplespore Caps,1x Sky Blossom Minor Blacksmith’s Craft 1x Tindertwig,1x Sky Blossom Minor Blazing Salve 2x Tindertwig,1x Scarwood Bark Minor Bleeding Resistance 2x Scarlet Flowstone,1x Ysa’s Breath Minor Burning Sentinel 2x Tindertwig,1x Edelweiss Minor Current Stopper 2x Eel Petal,1x Ysa’s Breath Minor Damage Boost 3x Sativa Fibers,3x Star Thistle,2x Scarwood Bark Minor Damage Deflection 2x Sativa Fibers, 2x Star Thistle, 1x Ysa’s Breath Minor Dispelling Boost 1x Star Thistle, 1x Sky Blossom Minor Experience Boost 2x Prismere Dust,1x Leechwood Bark Minor Flameguard 1x Tindertwig,1x Ysa’s Breath Minor Flesh Eater 2x Black Cohosh,2x Leechwood Bark Minor Force Potion 2x Sativa Fibers,1x Scarwood Bark Minor Freezing Sentinel 2x White Flake,1x Edelweiss Minor Frostbite 2x White Flake,1x Scarwood Bark Minor Frostguard 1x White Flake,1x Ysa’s Breath Minor Hardened Shell 2x Sativa Fibers,2x Ysa’s Breath Minor Healing Potion 2x Black Cohosh,1x Embereyes Minor Healing Rege 2x Black Cohosh,1x Scarlet Flowstone Minor Jeweled Shilelagh 1x White Flake,1x Sky Blossom Minor Lightning Sentinel 2x Eel Petal,1x Edelweiss Minor Lightning Storm 2x Eel Petal,1x Scarwood Bark Minor Magebane 2x Star Thistle,2x Ysa’s Breath Minor Magic Amplification 2x Star Thistle,2x Scarwood Bark Minor Magic Precision 2x Scarab Salts,1x Star Thistle Minor Mana Potion 2x Softscrabble Powder,1x Embereyes Minor Mana Regen 2x Softscrabble Powder,1x Scarlet Flowstone Minor Mana Sap 2x Softscrabble Powder,2x Leechwood Bark Minor Merchant’s Command 1x Sativa Fibers,1x Sky Blossom Minor Phasewalk 2x Star Thistle,1x Cripplespore Caps,2x Sky Blossom Minor Piercing Serum 2x Scarwood Bark,1x Scarlet Flowstone Minor Precision 2x Scarab Salts,1x Sativa Fibers Minor Social Grace 1x Leechwood Bark,1x Sky Blossom Minor Sorcerer’s Intelligence 2x Softscrabble Powder,2x Star Thistle Minor Serpent’s Venom 2x Cripplespore Caps,1x Scarwood Bark Minor Slashing Fury 2x Scarlet Flowstone,1x Scarwood Bark Minor Steeled Curtain 2x Seaflax,1x Ysa’s Breath Minor Thief’s Cunning 1x Eel Petal,1x Sky Blossom Minor Tracker’s Draught 1x Scarab Salts,1x Sky Blossom Minor Venomguard 2x Cripplespore Caps,1x Ysa’s Breath Minor Warrior’s Strength 2x Black Cohosh,2x Sativa Fibers Greater Potions 3/25/12 Just recently I have purchased the game Kingdoms of Amalur Recokoning. I am going to be working on guides for this game and definitely making videos once I get higher level and do something worth writing a guide for and making videos for. Also, this game and Final Fantasy 2 are going to be the first games I write reviews for. For some time I have been interested in making a website specifically for game reviews to be the sister site of Almar's Guides but first I wanted to get up a good amount of game reviews so when I did launch my sister site there is already content on there to be viewed. If you like this idea and would like to let me know or if you have any recommendations for the first games I can start reviewing head over to Almar's Guides Facebook and let me know! As for a closing picture, why playing the Kingdoms of Amalur game I found a Rusty Longsword as my first weapon. It was quite interesting as the sword looks amazing and not rusty at all, here is a picture:
Keep an eye out for Kingdoms of Amalur guides in the near future! 3/24/12 So since I just recently got a smart phone a few days ago really the first thing I did was look up some apps. I found a Final Fantasy II app and bought it before even thinking twice. I've been playing the game quite a bit recently, mostly it fills the void where I used to lay in bed thinking about my day and why I didn't decide on genocide that day as I was trying to fall asleep. Now I just play Final Fantasy II. Let me start off by saying this is probably the only Final Fantasy I never beat, this one and I think 4. Whatever Final Fantasy didn't have real main characters is the only other one I didn't beat, I can't remember the number of it though. Anyway, I just wanted to really post that I absolutely love my phone and this app. I think I will buy Final Fantasy 3 next as it has been so long since I beat that one as well and then I will probably buy Chronotrigger since it is on there as well. Maybe I will top it all off with Secret of Mana since I never beat that game either. Actually I didn't even play it before. Always wanted too. That and breath of fire, I played a little bit of that but it kept freezing so I just took it back to gamestop and demanded my money back. Anyway, just wanted to say how much I love the FF2 app, my phone and also I am still working very hard on my Everquest updates. I got quite a bit done today but I have felt a bit worn down recently due to more crap going on. I'll be back to my A game in the next few days, hopefully only a few more weeks and my EQ guides will all be 100% done!! 3/22/12 - My future in Everquest I've been having tons of problems since Free to Play went live with severe lag issues, the game crashing constantly and having to play with my graphics on the lowest possible settings while still getting extremely severe lag. I may have to quit the game if Sony doesn't figure out what is wrong and somehow fix it. I didn't have a single issue before F2P went live and now all of a sudden the issues keep piling up. It takes upwards of 3minutes to zone into any zone and that's if I don't crash while zoning. I don't know what to do to fix this, I am at a loss... I've made a post on the EQ forums for help and have heard others have this similar issue so it is at least moderatly comforting knowing im not alone. But honestly, I can't play like this and I can't do research to write guides if I can't play. I will post some screenshots of the issues I am having maybe later, I am reinstalling it on my laptop now and praying that it fixes the problem. 3/18/12 Hey everyone! I currently have to type this website update offline because I am sitting in a Casino in Atlantic City and I don't feel like paying the 12.99 an hour for internet connection.. So, I am just going to type out some updates in a Microsoft Word Document and upload them tomorrow or whenever I get back to free internet. Anyway, I have been working a ton on Everquest Guides since it just recently went Free to Play and the website traffic for Everquest skyrocketed up with it's change. I am working on completely revamping the "my path" for the leveling guides section of Everquest, adding in additional places to level as well as many more details on each of the locations I already have documented. Also you will notice changes in what zones I direct people too, previously I told players to go to Wall of Slaughter but now since Free to Play players most likely will not be able to handle Wall of Slaughter that well I am directing them to Plane of Fire instead. Also for the "multiple zones" part of the guide Instead of telling people to go to Plane of Innovation and Plane of Justice I am going to change it to Old Sebilis which will be much easier for Free to Play players and also you will make much much more plat while leveling there. Just be sure to hold onto all of the goodies you get from there like Cultural Items, Nodding Blue Lilys, Spell Research Materials and more. My biggest update by far is the loot guides that I am making for Everquest. I am putting together guides and have already finished Tradeskill loot pages, Sunshard Loot Pages, Defiant Gear, Spell Research Material loot pages, Rogue Poison Materials loot page and tons more. Anyway that's all that comes to mind now, stick around and keep an eye on my website over the next few weeks, Almar's Guides is growing and is going to keep growing like... something that grows fast! Also I think I have decided, expect something big this September for Almar's Guides 4th anniversary! 3/14/12 In preparation for EQ Free to Play on the 16th I have been working heavily on my EQ guides making them more noob friendly and adding in details that could literally completely change the play experience for anyone who follows my guides. For now I am mostly just completely revamping each leveling guide and farming guide and adding a more interactive loot table to each guide. For example, I have copy and pasted my CoD guide loot list below so you can see what I mean:
This is just the start of the more interactive loot list. I still have an Aug page I am working on as well as some more "Loot" pages. Any new player following my guides will have roughly a 10% chance to get confused by anything Sony throws at them. I am trying my darndest to answer every question they could possibly have before it even comes up. For now, I'd just like to thank everyone for being fans of Almar's Guides for so long and I am looking forward to the changes I have in mind for this upcoming year as a whole. Also for anyone who has followed Almar's Guides for awhile, this year (in September) is our 4th anniversary! Time has gone by so fast but I am really excited about celebrating the 4th anniversary of my website. I may do something special on my website, who knows, I usually just work through that holiday as I do every other one. Being the only one who writes guides for this website isn't exactly easy! =D
3/11/12 - PvP Videos I just created some pvp videos, I am a bit laggy in them because I didn't even bother to close my background programs I just started frapsing.
3/10/12 - It still amazes me that someone was this smart and just a Comedian... If you want to learn a little something and feel "moved" at least for a day, watch these two videos. This is by far one of the smartest men who ever lived in my opinion. (Also Linking to the videos on the front of my site so I can easily tell my friends where they are. Hey it's like me to have a hidden agenda!)
3/4/12 - Everquest, Diablo 3, Swtor & Guild Wars 2 So anyone who watched one of the two most recent videos I uploaded to Youtube knows that I am currently working on Diablo 3, Everquest, Swtor and Guild Wars 2 guides. I've been falling behind many expansions on Everquest and I want to finally put that to rest by writing leveling guides for 85 - 95 and also completing the unfinished leveling guides that I have. It's not going to be easy and it's going to take awhile but I can already hear my fellow EQers cheering about having a completed guide. As for Swtor I have kind of put the guide writing on hold as I ran out of useful guides to write. I could do an Imperial leveling guide but it would take weeks to complete and I am still waiting for my Republic Leveling Guide to pick up in views. Right now my focus is greatly on Everquest as the fans of EQ have been loyal viewers to Almar's Guides for years and years and I want to show my love for them by getting done their game (I'd have your babies but there are too many of you!) Also in anticipation of Diablo 3 I have started compiling guides for that game. Although I have a feeling they will go un noticed much like WoW guides because of the general... Ignorance seems like too cruel of a word, stupidity! There we go! Of Blizzard fans. I've already seen Diablo 3 Leveling Guides for sale with testemonials saying "This guide helped me so much in beta and now I am one of the first 50s on my server at release!" Which I don't need to explain how idiotic that is at this current point in time. The sad thing is, you know idiots are going to buy these things instead of just using my free guides which will be 500x better and 500x more accurate 500x faster (I like the number today, leave me alone!) But for now I am just going to use my general researched knowledge for Diablo 3 to compile some guides while I finish up Everquest guides. As for Guild Wars 2 I am still debating if I want to play this big humping pile of doo doo. I say that with respect of course. I personally hate Guild Wars games, the idea of only having 8 skills at once PISSES ME OFF and I think it makes the game far too easy. I may play the game for PvE but you couldn't pay me to play a game for PvP in which it only allows you to choose 8 abilities at once (quite literally in this case). So, I apologize for anyone wanting PvP guides from me for GW2; it aint happenin! 3/3/12 - Dah Cyber Bullying Continues dun dun dun So for anyone following the case of the cyber stalker/cyber bully I must say it's continuing to spin out of control and Bioware isn't doing anything about it. I've stopped logging on as a whole via that server (not because I am "crying about it" mind you but because I have guides to write and things to do and I can't make videos for swtor when I am getting tells with my address/phone number every couple of minutes. Last thing I want is youtube h8ters which are almost as bad as these weirdos to start calling me). Anyway, I've already ranted about these people enough and I actually don't need to say anything more to get them to look like complete idiots, they're doing that themselves without any assistance from me. I, for now, just wanted to upload more screenshots so I can easily just direct the Bioware employee I get into contact with to my website or anyone that cares to listen to this continuing immaturity. Here are a few more screenshots I took recently as well as an old one I didn't want to release before because I didn't want to soil what was left of "Bullsaber"'s name, but we're past that.
A threat which proves he is not only immature but seriously stalking me and affecting me in ways that directly violate the ToS: These screenshots are here for everyone to see how completely immature these people are acting and for easy access for when I finally get into contact with Bioware. 2/28/12 - Is our information too easily accessed via the Internet? So after a brush with a "cyber-stalker" I am now asking myself, is our information too easily accessable through the internet? On my server there is a guild called "Apocalypse" that prides themselves on harassing other guilds on the server such as my own guild, "Pyre". We've seen these internet bullies in WoW and for the 8 years before Swtor we figured they were indigenous to the world of Azeroth.... But we were wrong! Since I told one of the members of their guild (I won't use his name here as I actually have a thing called respect, when you guys read this you should look it up) to grow up; they decided to do a complete identity check on me. When I woke up I was told my full name, my address, my phone number, the color of my house, the cars parked in my driveway, the streets near my house, state, zip and county I lived in.. Quite scary, huh? The question is should these online psychopaths have such immediate access to our information? Despite getting all of my information other members of the such respected guild of Apocalypse decided it would be funny to insult my facebook, the books I wrote and other personal things about me. If you ask me what's even more scary than people getting your information online is other people somehow thinking that is ok and "picking on" some accomplishments the "harassee" has done in life. No matter how poor the accomplishments are there is no reason under any circumstances you should think something like this is "O.K" to go and Cyber-stalk someone, tell your friends and then have your friends insult that person about what they have done in their life. The pure ignorance and blatant disregard for my feelings in this matter is astounding. Granted I am not mad about people picking on me; hey, I endured high school after all! But the fact that someone actually took the time out of their life to look up all of my personal information and tell his "friends" is quite creepy and it takes one serious weirdo that probably never gets out of his mother's basement to be so jealous of someone elses minor scholastic achievements that they "laugh their @$$ off on vent about it to all of their friends". Here are a few of the screenshots I took. Of course I am not showing the ones where they tell me my personal information, that's the whole reason I am writing about this now!!!!
Well that's all the screenshots I feel comfortable showing, the rest contain personal information from various different sources. Also I apologize for his grammar, you didn't expect my cyberstalker to be well educated did you? I mean if he was of course he would probably realize that he was breaking the law. 2/19/12 Come Play Swtor With Almar! (And get free stuff!)Find this post on the Offical Swtor Forums. Greetings my fellow Swtor players! I am Almar from AlmarsGuides.com as you could have guessed based on what website you're reading this off of! I decided to extend a personal invitation out to anyone else playing Swtor that's new or an old player to come play on my server with me. I play on Kathol Rift as a Republic Jedi Shadow. The reason I am asking people to come play on my server is because it is a rather low population server and we're struggling to find enough players to make ends meet. Hopefully this call to arms helps fix that! Now of course I am not just asking people to play on Kathol Rift without offering any goodies in return! If you decide you'd like to play on my server as your first character or a fresh start or even as an alt I am willing to help you with the following things: Level up - I'll run flashpoints for you and other players to not only help you gear but level as quickly as possible. Also I have a Republic Leveling Guide if you're new to the Republic and you would like to follow that to level as quickly as possible. Gearing Up - I am always stuffing the Auction House with gear for all levels. Anything you see from me you can have! Mounts - Those pesky mounts are one of the most important parts of Swtor. I'm willing to help you pay for that mount if you're short at level 25. A Home - My guild on Kathol Rift, <Pyre> is looking for more members! We're short on Healers and... max level players! We have an active and friendly atmosphere and we're willing to invite you at level 1 if you are joining the server because of this page. Answers - Any questions you have can be answered by Almar the Great, Carpe<Suffix>, Oswald, Damiodi or Flash. Even if you're not a part of <Pyre> we're willing to help you! Playing with me! - How cool is that?! *Rolls eyes* The reason I am making this offer is because Kathol Rift is in dire need of Republic players. It isn't so bad to the point of where it would be unenjoyable to play on the server but it is borderline almost there. You can help change this though! If as low as two people joined the server a day from reading this guide you would right our population problems in a month. It's off by that little! We have a friendly community on Kathol Rift with players in the Fleet Station always looking for more for Flashpoints and other fun activites such as Heroic quests on each planet and PvP. If you're wondering how I benefit from this ordeal, I really don't besides having more people play on my home server which will stabilize the Auction House and add a more lively environment to every planet. Of course if you felt the need to assist me further you can always
Besides liking my Website on Facebook you simply playing on the server makes what I am willing to do in order to help you worth it! If you decide to roll on Kathol Rift there are many different ways you can get into contact with me. Here is a list of my characters that you can reach me on: Almar - My Main Wurek - My Commando/Healer Alt Zelik - My Sentinel Alt Akarn - My Scoundrel Alt If I am not around on any of those characters my guildies in Pyre will be willing to assist you with anything you need. If you come to Kathol Rift we want to make it as easy for you to transition onto the server as possible. I will make it my goal to have the server feel like home within minutes of you arriving! If you want an inside scoop of Kathol Rift here are some tips I have for you to fit right into the server and to get adapted even quicker than you could anywhere else. Credits - On Kathol Rift I'd recommend you go Slicing and Scavenging and/or Archaeology. I have the Underworld Trading/Treasure Hunting markets down pat. Also I am always buying Slicing missions so I can say first hand you're going to be making a lot of credits off of me if you're Slicing. Classes - We are in desperate need of Healers on Kathol Rift. From what I've seen we have more tanks than usual on the server but less Healers than usual. PvPers - We are short on not only PvP players but good PvP players. Sorry if any PvPers on Kathol Rift read this but... you guys suck 90% of the time. Players need to understand how to work together and not just run around with arms flailing. What Specific Classes is there an abundance of? - Jedi Guardians (as tanks) and Jedi Sages (as healers). Those are the two most common Tank/Healers I see. In fact I've never been in a Flashpoint where the tank wasn't a Guardian and the Healer wasn't a Sage. What Crafting Crew Skill is Lacking? - Cybertech from what I've seen. There isn't that many Mods on the Auction House or Armors. Armstech, I've been sitting on bajillions of Investigation materials for weeks now, there can't be like a single Armstech on the server because he woulda bought it all at the price im trying to sell it at. - - - Any more information you think should be here please contact me in game, that's all that comes to mind atm! - - - If you choose Kathol Rift as your new or alternative home we'll welcome you with open arms! Just think, what could be better than playing on the same server as me? All of your swtor questions can be answered within seconds by me-- the biggest nerd out there! - Almar of Kathol Rift
2/16/12 Swtor Leveling Guides 99.99% done! Republic - Jedi Knight & Consular 1 - 10 (Tython) Republic - Tropper & Smuggler 1 - 10 Republic - Nar Shaddaa 20 - 24 Republic - Tatooine Bonus Series (27)28 - 29 Republic - Nar Shaddaa Bonus Series 31 - 32 Republic - Balmorra Bonus Series 35 - 36 Republic - Voss Bonus Series 47 - 48 All that's left is another 10 to 20 quests on Corellia and I'll be completely done! As of right now it is 3:44 EST, by 7 or 9 EST the entire Republic Leveling Guide will be finished! I will be working on different guides over the next few days once I am done the leveling guides. Mostly just research but definitely expect a few videos from me soon. 2/13/12 Massive work done on my SWTOR Leveling Guides - Republic - Jedi Knight & Consular 1 - 10 (Tython) Republic - Tropper & Smuggler 1 - 10 Republic - Nar Shaddaa 20 - 24 Republic - Tatooine Bonus Series (27)28 - 29 Republic - Nar Shaddaa Bonus Series 31 - 32 Republic - Balmorra Bonus Series 35 - 36 Republic - Voss 44 - 47 Republic - Corellia 47 - 50 Sorry I've been slow with other updates, I have been extremely busy with a lot of things 2/7/12 I don't consider myself an activist but sometimes in life you see something so wrong that you need to make a stand against it or you just can't forgive yourself. Call it childish but I feel as if something needs to be done here. On 3/29 when the EQ Free to Play launches Sony is planning to shut down the EQ Mac Server. A server that I've never played on but I know how important this server is to many people. An untold amount of friendships and experiences have been made on this server, lives have been changed, regardless of how silly that sounds. The original Everquest shaped "my" life into what it is now and I can guarantee you without EQ1 AlmarsGuides would not exsist. All good things must come to an end, yes, but it is too soon for the Mac Server, it's too soon for Everquest. This game has shaped the market into what it is today and has inspired thousands to do things they otherwise wouldn't have done. I couldn't imagine how much differently I would have been without having the experience of the original Everquest and I wouldn't want to take that experience away from anyone who still enjoys this game in the form it is now. Taking down EQ Mac is NOT part of a solution, it's part of a bigger problem. This is a bad choice plain and simple and I hope as one of the biggest EQ fansites on the internet my voice can be heard and hopefully many others out there that enjoy this server. If you are willing to help protest this, please use the link below to find the post, don't be shy, don't be afraid to post a short message, just post something. Let your voice be heard. - Almar of AlmarsGuides.com 2/5/12 Super Bowl Sunday. But really who cares. I'm doing some massive revamps to some of my guides today as I sit upstairs and watch the Super Bowl (Commericals are the only thing worth watching it for). I'll post what I get done here. WoW Bloody Rare Achievement Guide Updated WoW Frostbitten Achievement Guide Updated WoW Insane In The Membrane Achievement Guide 2/4/12 Almar's Guides now has an offical Twitter page once again! It's run by my good friend Elordril and it's called The OldRepublic Life. If you have a Twitter account be sure to follow him and also don't forget to check out Almar's Guides official Facebook page! 1/31/12
How To Make Over 1mil Credits A Day
1/27/12 Big update to my Swtor Datacron guides section: Datacron LocationsDatacrons are unique collectible items that you can find in less frequently traveled places on the planets located in Swtor. The places Bioware hid the Datacrons are seldomly visited and are sometimes very difficult to get to. Datacrons serve a much greater purpose than just a simple Codex Entry. Upon clicking on a Datacron you will be granted a permanent bonus to one of your stats or be rewarded with a colored matrix shard. The matrix shards are used for constructing the highest quality item modifications. Below is a list of all the datacrons available in the game with coordinates of how to reach them and the rewards they grant.
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Uncut Gems 
Ethereal Parchment
Fetid Chunk of Flesh
Defiant Gear
Strand of Ether
Brick of Ethereal Energy
Disease Ridden Scalp
Spell Research Materials
Rogue Poison Materials
Alderaan Datacron Locations 
Balmorra (Empire) Datacron Locations 
Balmorra (Republic) Datacron Locations 
Belsavis Datacron Locations 
Corellia Datacron Locations 
Coruscant Datacron Locations 
Korriban Datacron Locations 
