Yes, this is far from an April Fools' Joke! Two long months after I wrote an article titled "Words on Premium Shop rNPC" lamenting on the thought that Premium Shop rNPCs won't be released anymore for balance issues. Anyway, after the maintenance I was shocked to see the news on my GE client and so I went straight to the GE website to confirm my disbelief.

Anyway, she isn't much of an imba rNPC and definitely a must get. Why? We'll here are her stats to begin with:


Idge the Battlesmith
Total Stat Points: 31
Str: 6
Agi: 8
Con: 5
Dex: 6
Int: 3
Cha: 3
Starting Level: 40
Location: Cash Shop
Armor: Leather Armor, Metal Armor
Personal Skill: Nil
Stances:
Sword + Shield - Back Guard, High Guard
2 Sword - Hack and Slash
Great Sword - Plow Guard, Roof Guard, Tail Guard, Sidewinder
Pole Arm - Blandir Cruz, Penetrar Cruz

With 1 Agi more than the Normal Idge and without the ability to craft, she gets three more stances to compensate for it. I believe the only thing that makes her better than the normal Idge is the Hack and Slash stance and High Guard. She'll benefit more from Hack and Slash as her Agi is pretty much high up there already. Her Great Sword stances should be better than ever with an additional Agi (though it isn't seriously a huge difference). Yes! I'm a fan of the battlesmith look (I personally think it looks pretty bad ass!).

Seriously now. Idge the Battlesmith is not that much different from the normal Idge. The extra AGI wouldn't make much of a difference but that is when you look at it using Great Sword and Pole Arm stances. I believe ItB (Idge the Battlesmith) will excel more on using swords. 5 HP isn't enough to cover the tanking part even with High Guard. But with her 8 AGI she will and shall be a monster using Hack and Slash. With 1 more point upon reaching Veteran Status you can maker her deal more damage or make her go even faster.

The My Bellem costs like what? 19.90 SGD? Along with the NPC Card you get 2 Platemail costume and 1 Blue Female Samurai Costume. The latter 2 shouldn't mean much more than the card and the little 5,800 G-points along with it. Whether to purchase My Bellem's Box or not is up to you! If you're more of a collector (like me) It's almost impossible to let such an opportunity go by (though I'm guessing she can go on sale after some time though it'll be around XXXM Vis or more?) but if you're more like a smart buyer and doesn't have the luxury purchase one, you really won't miss much passing up on this opportunity.



Source of the Idge Picture: http://ge.asiasoft.co.th