An Opinion of the Issues that Plagues Dragon Server of PW PH

Lately, Dragon server (my home server) has been plagued by so many intrigues and rumors that it not only affect the persons involved, but the whole community itself. A lot of people have expressed dissatisfaction from the way things are going, some of them are leaving for another game. It can't be help, since the situation is really disheartening. But whose to blame?

On the natural order of things, Clans rise and inevitably fall. If it's their time, just let them be. After all, Perfect World isn't just about TW. there's a lot of things to do aside from that.

But the more important question is, during their time, what have they contributed to the game? Or are they the one to further funnel the source of dissatisfaction among the players?

Throwing out accusations without any solid evidence (despite the overwhelming suggestiveness of the situation) might just be discarded as plain bitterness and bickering. Albeit we see some things happen that is hard to explain, isn't it always best to probe first and ask before assuming things?

Problem is, people are being labeled before they are even judged. It doesn't really matter how clean one does things, when he's already labeled a cheater, he will always be a cheater in the eyes of everyone. Sad, but true... People have this notion to label and group things around them, and their opinion about them, is determined by the which group they belonged to.

Doesn't really matter how one's Items are acquired, legally or illegally, but what matters is at the end of the day, how we feel about ourselves. Am I feeling this way because I think there is injustice happening or am I doing this because I am envious of the things that they have?

Fact is, Life is really never fair, and even Online games are no exception. Imbalance will always exist, because some people have more resources at their disposal. And most of the time, game handlers never really cared as long as the game brings profit in. Just like in any other business, it's all about the money.

What we can do is work on what we have, although it's disappointing sometimes that we toil and labor hunting materials for our equipments, while others get theirs in a snap of a finger. When these moments pass us, what we can always look at is our reason for playing. Surely, everyone has different reasons, why they still stay despite of it all. I mean, one can just easily give up everything and walk away when we had enough, but why are we still here? Is it because we've already invested so much in the game? Or is it because our friends are still here? Or is it because we still hope that the game will eventually be better? Whatever your reason is, its only for you to know, after all, each game is meant to be enjoyed, and not to further stress us out...

Sure having godly equipments eats a chunk out of our game experience, but It's not the end all be all of every game.

For me, the Pride that comes from Integrity is something more fulfilling from the one that comes from being powerful, wealthy and strong. Godly equipments have their price tags, but the Respect you earn from other players is priceless.

Demystifying The Cube of Fate

As the patching of the Lost Empire draws near, here's a very interesting feature along with the Patch. The Cube of Fate Daily Quest.

The Cube of Fate is a solo dungeon (shared instance) in Perfect World that you can enter starting at level 40. There are 50 rooms in the puzzle dungeon, each with its own unique challenge to complete. Once you complete a room's challenge, you will receive a random six sided die that will move you forward throughout the dungeon. The objective is to reach room 50, however if you fail a challenge or are killed along the way, you will respawn back in room 1 with the option to either exit the Cube, or start the puzzle all over again.

While the Cube can be very frustrating at times, it can also be very rewarding. You could spend a few million yuans and come out empty handed, or you could spend 100k and come out 10 million richer, along with 20 Mysterious Chips, and over 350,000 EXP!

REMINDER: It's completely Random and a lot of Patience and Determination Needed. THIS IS A DAILY QUEST

Requirements

* Level 40+ to enter
* 1 Badge of Honor, which you can get once per day from the Property Official / Wolf Cub in each of the 6 major cities.
* 10-30 Immortal Stones. Each IMMO can be exchanged for 2 Dice Tickets, and each room requires 1 Dice Ticket to begin the challenge. Some rooms have very difficult challenges, and can be bypassed by paying additional Dice Tickets
* 400-600k yuan. Several rooms require 100-200k yuans to pass, although usually you are given a chance to win additional coins back
* Patience. Some days it's going to be really easy, and some days it will be impossible to finish. Understand that going in, the Cube is completely random


Rewards

* EXP! At level 70-79, it's worth 350,000 XP and 70,000 souls IF you reach room 50, at 80+ it's 400k/80k
* Money. Several rooms have a chance to win either 1 million or 5 million yuans
* Mysterious Chips. Up to 20 per run (5 per room, 4 chip rooms)
* A Legendary Gear (2 Star Orange Item). At 80+ you get a chance to enter the Cube Lottery, but it's still not translated into English, so I'm unsure what the rewards are though database sites do show some legendary gear that comes from the lottery
* Mystic Pages. At level 90+, you don't get EXP reward for completing the Cube of Fate, but you do get Mystic pages that you can trade for your Heaven / Hell Skill books


Challenge Rooms


[1] Fate's Beginning
Trade your Duty Badge for a Puzzle Cube at the Room 1 Teleport Master
Use the Forge beside him to repair, buy potions, and exchange Immortal Stones for Dice Tickets
Choose 'Start the Challenge' to exchange your Puzzle Cube and 1 Dice Ticket, for a random dice (1-6)
Right click on the dice, and you'll move forward that many rooms i.e. if you get a 5 dice and you're in room 1, you'll end up in room 6

[2] Chest of Mystery
Open 5 chests for quest items, get a dice.

[3] Slaughterhouse
Kill 5 monsters, get a dice.

[4] Mice Bashing
Kill 10 monsters, 1 hit each, use auto attack, get a dice.

[5] Count the Apples
Count either the red, white, or blue wisps. Choose correctly, get a dice.

[6] Open Sesame
Kill the boss mob in this room, who does a very weak AOE dmg (~100 every few seconds)
When he dies a Teleport Master will spawn, talk to him to get a dice
The boss will respawn in about 20 seconds, so make it fast and don't AFK on auto attack for too long

[7] Have a Listen
Talk to the butterfly NPC to start the challenge
The goal is to find out which monsters have sound effects, the ones with the fire noise will 1 hit kill you, so slowly approach them until you find the monsters with no sound, and run through them to the other side
TIP: Try the 2 mobs against the left hand wall

[8] Try Your Luck
Costs 100k, open 10 chests and receive either a Sadness Card (sells for 1 yuan), or a Ecstasy Card (sells for 1,000,000 yuan)

[9] 100 Second Stand
Stay alive for 100 seconds
The mob in the center does AOE dmg, while the moving mobs do weak physical
TIP: Run to the corner of the room and kill any monsters that follow you, then just tank the AOE dmg

[10] Bombs Away!
A time bomb is attached to you and will detonate in 10 minutes
Once you reach the NPC in room 17 (or higher) ask him to diffuse the bomb
If you fail before the bomb goes off, make sure you have the NPC in room 1 diffuse the bomb

[11] Bored ...
Jail room, simply wait 3 minutes and you'll get a dice
TIP: This room is PK enabled (whether you're blue or not), so don't go AFK here

[12] Choices of Fate
Receive a random token, either 1 room back, or 1-6 rooms forward
Right click to use it like a dice

[13] Party of Six
Either talk to the NPC while having 5 partymates in the room, or pay 3 Dice Tickets to bypass the challenge

[14] I Don't Wanna Leave
The objective of this room is to get a dice once someone in the room dies, so, you can either wait for someone to enter and then PK them
Or simply get yourself killed and start over at room 1
TIP: To kill yourself, run into the corner with the plant mob, which will debuff your HP by 80%, then attack the mob in the middle

[15] Mystical Messenger
First of four rooms where you can get Mysterious Chips (up to 5 per room)
You have 60 seconds to kill as many mobs as you can
You must turn the quest in at the middle NPC before the timer runs out, or you get 0 chips
You can only do the Kill for Thrills quest once per day, in each of the four rooms, for a maximum of 20 Mysterious Chips per run

[16] Fight the Demon
Must kill a very tough mob, only possible with a group of people in the same room
Or you can pay X dice tickets to bypass the challenge and get a dice

[17] Ecstasy or Sadness
Another chest room, pay 100k, open 10 chests, can either win 1 yuan, or 1,000,000 yuan

[18] Not Enough Yet
When you enter, you're given 9 Robber cards, but you need 10 to complete the quest and move on.
TIP: You can either wait for someone else to come in and give you one of their cards, or Use your Town Portal skill to go back to room 1

[19] Happy Hold-up
Talk to the NPC, get 5 extra Dice Tickets, and a dice

[20] Another Choice of Fate
Receive a random token, either 1-3 rooms back, or 1-6 rooms forward
Right click to use it like a dice

[21] Beast Hunter
Kill 2 mobs in 2 minutes, can be difficult depending on your level
For example, level 70-79 have to kill level 75 mobs, easier at higher levels.

[22] Mystical Messenger
Second of four rooms you can get Mysterious Chips in, same challenge, 60 seconds to kill 1-5 mobs

[23] Real or Fake
Must kill 1 mob, some are weak (never met one), most are hard.

[24] Consequence
Open 5 chests, get a dice
You can change the amount of chests required to complete the challenge, to either 5, 20, or 100 chests
TIP: Leave it at 5, otherwise Karma will bite you in the ass

[25] Dragon Gate
Run through the exploding hands, simply wait for them to explode them move through the circle. Reach the opposite corner and talk to the NPC for your die

[26] Death Judge
Must loot 5 chests, guarded by a mob that will 1 hit kill you
TIP: The mob moves very, very slow, so you can have him chase you to the corner of the room, then run back and loot 2 chests, rinse, repeat

[27] Try to Listen EX
Same as the previous listen room, try the 2 mobs 2nd from the right wall

[28] Count the Apples EX
Same as the first room, count either the red, white, or blue wisps (it's random which one the NPC will ask for)

[29] Slaughterhouse EX
Kill 5 mobs, no time limit

[30] 100 Second Stand EX
Stay alive for 100 seconds, the AOE does more damage in this room, fairly easy with an Amulet

[31] Mystical Messenger
Third of the four Mysterious Chip rooms

[32] So Bored
Jail room, simply wait 5 minutes and you'll receive a dice, PK enabled so don't AFK

[33] Monster Trapper
Kill 2 mobs in 2 minutes

[34] Steadfast
Same as room 14, either kill another player, or kill yourself and start over. If you do manage to kill another player here, walk along to wall to the opposite corner of the room to avoid agressing the middle ball, and make sure you talk to the NPC twice. The corner mobs only do a debuff which you can relog to clear (once you use the dice)

[35] Life Diverged, Again
Receive a random token, either 3 rooms back, or 1-6 rooms forward
Right click to use it like a dice

[36] Crazy Chest
Loot 10 chests, get a dice

[37] Great Luck
Pay 200,000 yuan, get a box with random goodies inside
Can include 1-3 Immortal Stones, 5-10 Dice Tickets, or 2 Do-All Cards (can be made into Robber or Bully Cards)

[38] Dragon Gate EX
Same as room 25, except little insects run around that can 1 hit kill you, need to avoid both them and the exploding hands.
TIP: For an easy time hug the walls tightly to avoid the insect patrols

[39] Consequence II
Open 20 chests, get a dice
You can change the amount of chests required to complete the challenge, to either 5, 20, or 100 chests
TIP: Leave it at 5, otherwise Karma will bite you in the ass

[40] Sadness or Ecstasy
Pay 100,000 coins, open 10 chests, either win 1 yuan, or 5,000,000 yuan

[41] Party of Three
Create a party of 3 players in the same room, or pay 10 Dice Tickets to bypass the challenge

[42] Mystical Messenger
The final Mysterious Chip room, kill 5 mobs in 60 seconds

[43] Take Down the Demon
Need a party to kill these mobs, pay 10 Dice Tickets to bypass the challenge

[44] Bomber Mania
A time bomb is attached to you, must reach room 50 in 10 minutes or less
Talk to the NPC in room 50 to diffuse the bomb

[45] Open, open sesame!
Same as room 6, kill a boss mob (weak, 100 dmg AOE) that has tons of hit points, takes 20-40 minutes depending on class and level, pray you don't hit the previous room and roll a 1

[46] Still not Enough
Same as room 18, get 9 Bully Cards, need 10
Either hope someone comes in and gives you one of theirs, or Town Portal back to room 1 and start over

[47] 100 Seconds, Bring It On!
Stay alive for 100 seconds, same as the previous two 100 second rooms
Mob in the middle does significatly more AOE dmg (impossible for a 80+ Character)
If you don't have High HP, just die and start over
If you want to try it make sure you have an Amulet, both HP pots, and possibly damage reduction charms, the mobs unleashes both Magic and Physical attacks

[48] Chest Unlocker Hardcore
Open 10 chests, get a dice

[49] Prize Raid
Have 2 minutes to kill as many mobs as you can, each mob is worth 5000 EXP and 1000 Soul

[50] Fate's End
The final room, receive your EXP, Soul, (Mystic Page in case of 90++) and a chest that contains 1-3 Immortal Stones, with a 5% chance to get a Badge of Skill.

So there you have it, Am pretty Much Excited with this one since i do like to Gamble a lot haha.

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