More CK Action

New Try Outs:

Tomasello

Uliwela

New Full CK:
GodofDeath

Truegrave

Mobs Dead to CK since last update:

Fafnir - Ssouljah (E.Hands), Dragon Talon (Gil Split)

Behemoth - Behemoth Hide x2 (Gil Split)

HQ2 Ix'Monk - Aeron (Merciful Cape)

Jailer of Faith - Wyle (Claws)

Jailer of Hope - Nothing><

Jailer of Hope - Naotakun (Staff) Fifth Virtue

Bahamut V.1

Picture of the Jailer of Hope spawn. These were our first two tier 2 jailer spawns and they proved to be far easier than expected.

We also paid a visit to our old buddy Jormungand. She wasn't thrilled to see 31 CK forming up to beat her down. The fight went extremely well, though slow, we managed to take her with relatively few issues for most of the fight. Our tank communication has improved so much as of late and mage work was seamless all the way through. Adds control was probably the best its ever been for us, and all around everyone played a great game. Unfortunately at around the 11% mark, one of our members mistakingly called for help on Jorm. It was a sad way to end the night, but we have no doubts we had the fight won had we been able to continue. We'll be back to make it official in the near future.

Here's a couple shots of the action, enjoy:

That's all for now. Ranka out-

Busy Busy

Well once again I forgot to update this thing (thanks Jedi for the reminder :P) so here we go-

Recent CK Events:

We've been farming in sea and pushing a few more members through the last few battles for sea access in preparation for tier 2 jailers and beyond. We've got a solid sea team ready and its only a matter of time before we're spawning the next level of monsters there.

Our limbus division stepped into the arena with Ultima for the first time and despite having the wrong job spread (as we found out not long after engaging) we did quite well. Adjustments have been made and next time we will have a better go at this guy.

CK also had a couple of HNM claims this week (Behemoth, LoO). We seem to be getting the hang of competing for claims in rare spawn situations. We're still learning, but as we gain experience, we're improving our ability to win some of these claims.

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Oh and by the way, we don't cheat. We'd appreciate it if those who continue to suggest that we do (only a few bad apples amongst a group we have great respect for) to accept the fact that you don't win every claim. Our guys have worked hard, legitimately, at improving our HNM game and to insist otherwise only reflects poorly upon your own team. A shell that is graceful in defeat is even more honorable in its triumph.

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We attempted our first ever Kirin with melee burn style tactics on Thursday (goal being to hold him with constant dps long enough to burn him out before he can even summon). We did alright but had to revert back to traditional kiting methods when he managed to summon his minis. CK finished him off though and finally got our second ever pair of crimson legs (in who knows how many kills between drops) Congrats to Nogard on his new speedyness.

PinCKs Dynamis has been struggling with attendance, especially in my absense from the dynamis scene as a result of increased workloads irl. The decision has been made to put it on hold until playtimes allow for us to jump back in and run it again. Members will likely disperse to other shells in the meantime, so the future of our dynamis operation is uncertain. It was, however, a great run and I'd like to thank all those who remained loyal to our group and participated in our success over the last 2 years.

We have some big plans for the next two weeks, so expect some major updates in the days to come.

A Tribute to Old Friends

Well with the deletion of the old CK website and birth of a new one, I figured I'd post the few pics I managed to save from my origional crew in CK1 before we wipe the slate clean for the new generation. Enjoy.

Sosuke playing with monkeys.

Amiboshi's DRG had Twins.

Lagantis' famous Notorious Monster.

Talindra was always one of our more friendly members :P

CK Officers, back in the day.

Some of the first NM hunting ever by NA's on Quetz. Almaut gets his Dainslaff.

Cobi, my best bud on Quetz until he quit and migrated to Fenrir server while I was temporarily out of action.