"Wow, what an immersive world!"
IGN:
Reissten
Name:
“I sorta play this game to escape from reality? So yeah…sorry!”
Age:
“Just because my voice is high doesn’t mean I haven’t hit puberty yet, alright?
Gender:
“Alright, now, you’re just trolling. I’m a dude.”
Personality:
“Well, what can I say here…I’m a nice guy, you know? Ignore all those assholes who q.q about my guild beating their ass. What I enjoy are challenges, and the types of people I like are challenge lovers. Nothing gets the blood pumping harder than a dangerous, sketchy fight that demands perfect play, after all! And nothing feels better than crushing someone’s egotistical attitude, especially if they’re a goddamn pussy class like Assassin or Mage. Sure, those types are nice when it comes to PvE, but PvP? Bitch please, stop spamming and hiding.

Really though, outside of glorious 1v1 PvP combat, I must say that I actually read the lore for Elder Tale. I mean, I AM a Bard with a Courtesan sub-class, after all, even if I’ve approached it in a hilariously unorthodox manner. Gotta love NPC interactions and making money off performances. Not much of a guitarist, but when it comes to singing? Man, I don’t even NEED the Diva sub-class.”
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History:
“I play video games to escape the fact that I have no idea what I want to do in the future, and because my parents are total twats. There. Easy. Have a summary of my entire RL life.

When it comes to Elder Tale, though, I think I’ve been playing for…six, seven years now? Reissten is my baby boy, after all, and I pretty much never actually played an alt. Endgame content is the most fun, and after you get a taste of that, the levelling grind just doesn’t feel cool anymore. Anyways, I would like to think that I was one of the more prolific Bards in the server, but in my early days, it was more about soloing dungeons than partying with strangers. Fun times, but the slow grind was so annoying.

Thankfully, Intolerant was there, and I stopped playing with NPCs! Dude’s hilarious, and he’s also manly, so we hit it off pretty easily. From there on, I got together a few more guildless friends, and the famous PK Guild, <BDC> was made! It started with just casual ‘for honor’ affairs, but after a while, all those Elder Tale streamers with their high-and-mighty attitude sorta ticked Intolerant the wrong way, and we went big game hunting.

Sorta scumbaggy, now that I think about it, but hey, it was still a challenge, and after kicking that one Assassin’s face in…what was her name again? Skyswimsky or something like that? Well, whatever. Got us lots of attention, and there was a period in time where we PK’d so much that I actually got bored of it, and started raiding seriously.

Thank the heavens for that as well. <Fifth Princess’s Remnants> had just been announced to occur two weeks after I decided to go do PvE, and I forced myself to hit max level in order to participate. Took a little more time than I thought it would for us to find pubs that didn’t think I was trolling, but after that was sorted out, I lucked out so fucking hard. Got my first (and only) Phantasmal-class item, and it fit my build idea so well that I probably shouted loudly enough to bust my guildies’ ear drums.

From then on, it was pretty smooth sailing, I’d say. That casting time reduction really made things easier for a slow class like Bard.

And the Catastrophe? I love it. Finally, Elder Tale has become a true skill-based game. And I get to escape from reality even harder! Yay~”
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In-game Information
Gender:
“I’d say that my avatar is pretty cool, but I guess it’s forgivable if you think it’s also girly.”
Race:
“I’m not a furry, but for certain reasons, I chose Wolf Fang. Actually, no, the reason’s pretty obvious. Stat buffs are badass as hell.”
Class:
“Bard is love, bard is life. If only there was a Charisma stat I could dump points in.”
Class Level:
“Just managed to hit level 70 before the expansion popped up. Gonna be good times.”
Subclass:
“Courtesan...What, it’s the best subclass for convincing NPCs to fund your trips.”
Subclass Level:
“Reached 87 a week or so ago, but it’s been halted because I was grinding pretty hard.”
Guild
<BDC>
A small-sized PK Guild founded by Reissten a couple of years back, it’s comprised mainly of his friends, and has enjoyed some infamy these days. While the original idea was just to have all the benefits of a Guild, Reissten realized that all his friends shared the same taste: gotta go big, or go home. From there on, one of the other members, Intolerance, suggested that they become a PK guild, focused on taking down famous, high-level players and kicking Assassins in the throat.

Later on, Reissten expanded on the ‘manliness’ factor further, turning BDC into a guild that specifically declines healer classes that aren’t War Priests or Exorcists, all Magic classes, Assassins, and Weapon-using monks. A little harsh, of course, and they’re often scrambling for decent pub healers when it comes to raids…but it’s still cool.

The BDC became famous six months ago, when the entire guild, comprised of 13 players, donned level 10 Normal equipment and weapons, and managed to defeat a famous lvl 80 Assassin wearing Phantasmal equipments. There was a metric ton of quick clicks and timely Provokes, but after an hour, they managed to kill that filthy stealth burst dickhead.

Unfortunately, when the Catastrophe occurred, only two of BDC’s members were logged in: Reissten and Intolerance.

Build:
Cadenza – Solo Play Specialization
Reissten specializes in tactical play, not strategic play, constantly and swiftly switching songs in the heat of combat, and staying out of range of enemies until the very instant cast time is completed for his offensive spells. Back when Elder Tale was but a game, people thought that he was playing Osu or some other rhythm game whenever he got into a hard boss fight. With optimal equipment, Reissten can outmatch the DPS of a swashbuckler. Without that equipment, Reissten simply becomes a mediocre warrior that has an excellent sense of timing.

His Wolf Fang buff is really what makes him capable of doing this build though. It would become nigh impossible if not for that free strength buff.




Stats
Strength (STR): B
Agility (AGI): A
Intelligence (INT): A
Wisdom (WIS): F
Luck (LCK): C
Defense (DEF): E
Evasion (EVA): B