Quests & Challenges

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So far, profits for the month aren't all that impressive yet. Hopefully this last week we can make up for a lousy month! :)

[center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/oummgrma2dntglw/earthtop.png[/img] [size=6][font=garamond][i]Progress update [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img][/center] [font=Garamond][size=4]Hi folks! A month has passed, and so it is time for a new, monthly update. While it definitely gives me more rest, to only have to write this essay of an update once a month rather than every week, it was very difficult not being able to withdraw my profits every week. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=5][font=garamond][i]Auction House Sales[/i][/center] [center][img]https://imgur.com/d3TWJQg.png[/img][/center] [font=Garamond][size=4]While the proceeds seem very decent, this is mostly the result of reselling, meaning not nearly everything is actual profit. I've sold two Wildclaw Scrolls, an egg or two, a couple of gem genes for treasure, and some food. I even tried my hand and sniping Ringlet and reselling the gene for gems. Got sick of it after a few tries though, haha! In the end the profits were saved by selling pages upon pages of copper muck and grey slime during the festival! [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=5][font=garamond][i]Coliseum spotlight[/i][/center] [font=Garamond][size=4]Despite very vigilant efforts, the coliseum simply did not like me this month. To keep myself occupied and engaged with the coliseum, I've set a goal for myself; I need to have 5 complete stacks of each food, material and trinket item that drops regularly in the coliseum. For boss drops I'll settle for 2 stacks initially. This keeps me motivated to continue the endless grind in the coliseum, spices things up a bit because I need to visit different venues to complete it, and if anything should turn into a high-demand Swipp or Baldwin item, it's time to profit! Currently I'm working on the Arena, were the materials seem to have abysmally low droprates. [center][item=unhatched light egg][item=primary gene: python][item=Eliminate][item=Blooming Woodbasket][item=Blooming Woodtrail][item=Blooming Woodmask][item=Blooming Woodguard][item=Blooming Woodtreads][item=Blooming Woodbrace][/center] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=5][font=garamond][i]Other activities[/i][/center] [font=Garamond][size=4]Apart from farming the coliseum and exalting fodder, I've been maxing out the Fairegrounds with Glimmer and Gloom pretty much daily. And I've reopened my[url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ibaz/2281516] Baldwin buying thread[/url]. I have a boatload of yellow and orange stuff, so I'm no longer buying everything, but of the colours that I am buying, I'm buying all you have! It's one of the things that hurts my profits on the short run, but will hopefully pay off on the long run, in case we get an exciting new Baldwin update. For the raffle ticket sales have been slow but steady. We're inching closer to the 50% mark! Oh and something that hurt the monthly income a bit was me browsing the Auction House, finding a pretty Gen1, and using one of my WC scrolls on her right away. [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=44480518][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/444806/44480518.png[/img][/url][/center] [size=4][font=garamond]At the end of the day (or should I say month), I've tallied the content of my hoard/vault and come to the following totals: [b]Updated totals[/b] On-hand currency: 28.9% (+ 2.8%) Hoard value: 10.2% (+ 0.3%) Investments: 26.5% (- 1.0%) Total: 65.6% (+ 2.1%) [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=5][font=garamond][i]Plans for next month[/i][/center] [font=garamond][size=4]Next month will be another month of daily Glimmer&Glooming, farming the coliseum to work on my self-set goal of 5 stacks of each item, hopefully getting some loot to sell while I'm at it, training and exalting fodder and endlessly reducing at Baldwin's to further grow my hoard of transmutations. Since I bought 2 new dragons I'll probably dedicate some time to get them to lv25 as well. Mostly the same ol' same ol'. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=5][font=garamond][i]Question of the month[/i][/center] [font=garamond][size=4]A fun thing to realise is that last month marked the 1-year anniversary of this quest! I can't believe how much time has flown by! I've said it to a couple of people in PMs, but honestly, you guys have been such an amazing support for me during this effort, and one of the few things that keep me going every time! Last year I started out with 18.2% of the necessary treasure/gems on hand. In a year (and a month technically) I've grown to 55.4% (including the WC scrolls). That's in increase of 37.2% or nearly 300,000 gems! Despite selling a lot of food, and clearing out my familiars and apparel to reduce to muck and slime, my hoard has grown from 8 to 10.2%. That's in increase of 14,000,000 treasure purely in hoardsell value! It might be a bit of a weird random moment during the year to reminisce your achievements of the past 365 days, but heck! Why not?! What have you done in the past year that you're particularly proud of? And do you have any plans for the coming year that you want to achieve? Can be FR-related or can be real life (but make sure to not overshare personal stuff, because of [url=https://flightrising.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/201441323]rules[/url]) Apart from FR I think my biggest achievements are buying a house, getting a promotion at work (mostly in salary) and getting my butt back to the gym to lose some weight again (lost 15 lbs so far)! As for the coming year; I want to keep up my healthy lifestyle and lose another 40lbs, save up RL money to visit New Zealand for a month, and finish stuff around the new house. FR-wise, I hope to gain another 300k gems (maybe even more?!) to bring me closer to that goal of 2 Imperial Scrolls! [font=garamond]Thank you all for your continued interest and support. <3 [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ed14j4hr5jhxspv/earthbottom.png[/img][/center] [font=garamond]Pinglist @SariStar @Gusted @StarlitFire @ShadowSwirl @Skorpion @Cakeless @SolusPrime379 @Tiger33621 @Shrine @ladylilitu @LightningShatter @mayanaz @Alphaeon @Tufira @Inkbrush @Iceex @PixelSpiral @Neptunite @phandalin @Katargo @GlitterDCMarvel @Kiowa @depinvenom @Hainu @pulses @CelesteNova @Wianes @boi @Youmeanies @blitzhund @megalizardon4736 @Dandie @ShianneJanelle @Lunamore @inkandbone @Cyrx @Bumpsly @Naahva @AlbinoWerewolf @buythestars @PinesAwait @echolaliate @Zac @Cotera @Jaspernoir @SpiceCookie @BerryPop @aleksey @Sealterbloind @Drakeswing @techmess @FrostDragonRose @Aersolace @TrustRae

@Meowesty: To be honest I was both surprised the year went by so fast, and that it had only been 1 year so far. A mixed feeling of time flying and doing this quest since forever, I guess.

Congrats on your house/apartment! Stressful, isn't it?! The moving at least, and getting all the paperwork in order, that stuff. And room for family expansions is always good! We haven't planned for that, but it was mostly a financial decision on our part.

And goodluck on your new quest! I'm sure your leftover savings will give you a great kickstart to help you on your way! If you'll be doing another quest thread, could you add me to the pinglist? :)


@buythestars Congrats on your weightloss! For me the most difficult thing is to keep going. Especially with how tired I am, it is difficult to push myself to go to the gym every one or two days, while also keeping up with my other hobbies and obligations.

And congrats on the position too! It sounds like a great way to deal with your anxiety. :)

That perma baby looks amazing! It must feel really good to so close to completing your goal of perma dragons and gene-ing up Gen1s :) Goodluck with your upcoming goals; I hope you can get those two remaining perma dragons quickly!

Quick mid-month update, simply because this month is going so well! :) Already have a huge bunch of profit in my ledger and there's about 2 weeks more to go! [center][img]https://imgur.com/wOUa7BO.png[/img][/center] Curious to see what the rest of the month will bring.