Castle Darkmoor - Lower Level: Likes/Dislikes

Hello Wizards!

I hope you're having a great week! I've been behind on blog posts lately because I've been looking for the Pirate101 Test Realm. I know that has nothing to do with Wizard101, but I'm telling you now so you know why I haven't made any Wizard101 blog posts in nearly a week. Last week I had a chance to quest through the first dungeon of Darkmoor for the very first time. Yeah I know I'm behind on a lot but I'm glad I'm finally catching up!

I quested through the first dungeon with Ronan Dragondust (his life wizard). He was very nice and asked if I needed help questing through a few Darkmoor dungeon instances.  I have a lot of comments about this first dungeon, especially about the second boss. I'm not going to name every boss in this dungeon, mostly because I don't want this post to be a guide. I want it to be more like a Darkmoor likes/dislikes blog post.

Likes:

- The very first boss, Howling Chaney, was pretty easy to defeat if you have a plan. I actually defeated the first boss for the first time a few months ago. You always have to have a plan when going into a boss battle and if you have that plan, this first fight will be pretty easy for you.

- This first dungeon was a fun dungeon for loot. I actually won level 100 balance boots from the first boss. I mean who doesn't like winning loot after a long battle? 

- After the dungeon, there's an area where you can teleport back for the second dungeon. I really thought you had to quest through the entire dungeon to complete it. Could you imagine doing that with all of the cheats?!

- I LOVE that there's a Skeleton Key Treasure chest! I was lucky to access this thanks to Ronan.

- The observatory puzzle was really the easiest part of this dungeon, thanks to Duelist101! :P

Dislikes:

- I don't like how there are many cheats, especially with this second boss, Sir Blackwater. As someone who went through the Malistaire dungeon back when the level cap was 50, I never thought the Malistaire dungeon was so tough that younger players couldn't get through. After seeing this dungeon, I can tell that the cheats from this second boss would be hard to remember. We could barely remember the cheats that there were so many. Thankfully we were able to find guides on Central and Duelist101, otherwise, there was no way I would have made it through this dungeon alone the first time around. I've always been somebody who likes to solo Wizard101 every now and then. There's no way I could solo this dungeon without the already best gear. I really have a lot of comments about this dungeon, but most of you already know about it which is why I'm not going to mention any names or anything. I hope Kingsisle fixes this main dislike that I have about the very first dungeon. PLEASE change this. Players should be able to have fun in a dungeon. I know it shouldn't be easy, but fighting a certain cheating boss for an hour or two, fleeing and recalling, is not fun at all. This is really the main issue I had with this first dungeon. 

Check back for more like/dislike Darkmoor posts!

Valencian Steed Mount!

Ahoy Pirates!

Are you ready for Book 15 (Valencia Part 2)? It's planned to be released this week/ today and Pirate101 is celebrating their new book release by giving away a free permanent mount to all pirates that follow the following rules below.

Be sure to check your emails (Spam) for more information about this mount. You can also click on the image above for a link to Pirate101's website explaining when you'll receive your mount if you follow the rules above. Get ready for Book 15! Support Pirate101! Test Book 15 in the test realm this month and play in the live realm if you enjoy it!! :D We can always show Pirate101 how much we enjoy the game so they make more worlds for us (quality over quantity). Note: Be sure to buy your crowns on the Pirate101 Website. Thank you Kingsisle! 

#Pirate101Lives: 3 Things Kingsisle Should Do To Keep Pirate101 Alive!

Ahoy Pirates!

Today I was talking with Jack Nightingale on Pirate101 about the future of Pirate101 (Valencia Part 2 and other worlds we hope Kingsisle will release in the future). I already told everyone that I believe Pirate101 will live on as long as we continue supporting the game every way we can. I also think there are a few things that Kingsisle can do to keep the game living on successfully. I decided to make a little advice post to Kingsisle letting them know what I think they should do to keep the game going so we can see Polaris, Grizzleheim, Krokotopia, El Dorado and many other worlds.

#1: Make A New Commercial

We haven't had a new Pirate101 commercial since June of 2013. I think we're due for another commercial! You had no problem getting new players to join, and many of the new players might have finished the game. It's time to release a new commercial letting those who might have left know that we're getting a new update. We have to have a new great Commercial for the game. This one major step to take to get players to return or join the game. I hope we are able to see another commercial soon, especially like the commercial below.

#2: Release A Bundle

I really don't remember the last time Pirate101 had a bundle. I think with a content release, a bundle would be perfect! If people find Valencia Part 2 amazing, which I hope they will, they will want to buy a card. Why not a Valencian themed bundle? A Valencia themed bundle would be an amazing addition to the game. I don't know how much it costs, but I know that bundles make money especially if they're awesome. Please release a new bundle shortly before or after the new Pirate101 release. New bundles before different worlds would be awesome too. I'm not going to talk about too much what happened, but I think once things are back on track, this would be perfect! It would keep players very interested. 

#3: Focus On Players Who Have Been Here Awhile

I think it's now time to focus on players who are around levels 50-65 (and higher once cap is increased). Many things have already been released for new players which really helps new players that might join from a new Commercial. I think it's time to focus attention on older players so you're able to keep those who will spend more time on the game. Always keep players who have been here for awhile in mind. It's also important to keep new potential players close, but the players who have actually decided to buy memberships and quest through are also important for the game to continue. Please, keep those players in mind as well, so nobody gets bored from questing through lower level stuff. The Nautical Gauntlet last year was an amazing idea! That's one way to get players back on the game. It gives players who are at the current cap something to do until you're able to release a new world. If you're able to release more gauntlets or dungeons that give special gear, pets and ship equipment, you should do that. That's all I really have to say on this post. If any of you pirates have any comment on how Kingsisle could keep Pirate101 alive, comment below! Until next time, I'll see you around the skyways.

Edward Wintergem Solos a Khrysalis Dungeon

Hello Wizards!

I hope you're having an amazing Friday (not going to mention the date, but it is always your choice to look). I actually had a great day because I was able to quest in the game again. :D Now before I talk anymore about it, I want everyone to know that I'm still supporting Kingsisle no matter what. I love the games, game team and the community. Please accept that we all have different opinions and my opinion of Kingsisle shouldn't put me in a spot where I always have to defend myself. Accept and move forward with your life just like I am by playing the game. We all have to move forward with life now, and accept what happened. Don't blame somebody if they support Kingsisle. We all have our reasons to support them or not. I will support them and readers here also do, and that's awesome! If you're up for it, now we should show Kingsisle all of the support we can through this time. Especially Tom, our community manager, since he has more work now than he did previously. Thank you for all your hard work! Hopefully, things get back on track from here on out. Speaking of getting back on track...

Today I actually soloed a dungeon with my ice wizard for the first time in years! Well.. I guess I shouldn't say years, but a dungeon like this is something I'd never try alone. I didn't have anything else to do this morning so I decided to try! I had to solo through "The Black Hole" dungeon in The Hive, Khrysalis. I remember questing through with Autumn last year and it wasn't difficult but I remember having to go through the same dungeon two times! I was worried the same thing would happen today since it happened last year. Well.. I'll let you know at the end of the post if it did. :P The first fight was life minions, and they were pretty easy to defeat! I couldn't believe Kan Po was on their side. I mean, he's always by my side when I'm questing with my Witchdoctor. Could I stop talking about Pirate101 on this post? Uh. Okay. I will stop. Anyways..... :P The second fight also had minions, death minions, and both fights were pretty easy especially this second fight. You know ice boosts when fighting a death enemy, so my snow angel above was pretty powerful. I wasn't that worried about these two beginning fights since my ice wizard has plenty of resistance, damage and most of all, Health.

The Final fight in this dungeon had a Myth Boss with 24,000 Health. MYTH. I love the myth school and think it's powerful, but not when it's being used against me. I had plenty of Stun blocks ready for this fight (btw, special hank you and shoutout to Duelist101 for the guide). I was worried most of the time that this boss would use Earthquake, but I was pretty lucky, because he didn't. I was doing great until the middle of the fight when I realized that I didn't include many shields in my deck. I had plenty of heals, but I always include shields during boss fights. I actually made it down to 1800 health (my ice wizard has a max of  6200 health). I was thinking I'd have to end this fight, but I kept trying. After a few heals, I was able to hit the boss with a powerful Mammoth and Frost Giant (since I was 500 health off from defeating him). Shortly after I found Old Cob! I'm not going to explain the entire storyline since many of you already know. I'm just glad that my wizard made it through this dungeon without repeating it. Woooot! Now.. It's time to try to make it to Polaris soon. I really want to make it through that world on this wizard before other worlds are released. It seems we'll have another world later this Summer or Fall. We'll see! Okay.. I'm done typing for now. Thank you for reading this post. :) Until next time, I'll see you around the Spiral!

EPIC Photo! I love the cutscenes on the game now. :D

Stupendor-X VS Stormzilla (Edward Cringle)

Ahoy Pirates!

I hope you're having an amazing Friday. It's finally Summer Break for me! That means I'm able to quest and blog a lot more. :D I can't tell you how much I missed making new posts. Now, before I begin to make this post I'm going to let you know that I still support KI and both of their games. That is my choice and you don't have to agree with it, but you should accept that everyone has different opinions. The last few days have been crazy, but I think things will get back on track soon. Hopefully, the support shown will help keep the game alive. Valencia Part 2 will be released next week (so test that out if you can). Now to get back to the main point of this post.. Edward Cringle!

Today I had a chance to log onto the game and complete a quest that I've been wanting to work on since Spring Break. I was able to fight Stormzilla! On my last post, I found out from the Dragon King that I had to obtain the Jade Egg for him in order to get a wish/Monkey King's Staff back from him. Now.. I'm a fan of Iron Man, really robots in general, and I can't tell you how much it is to be a robot on this game! Well.. I think he's a robot. I had to use Stupendor-X, a vessel of the Titans, to get rid of the threat Stormzilla. Stormzilla was actually destroying the temple where the Jade Egg was located and I had to get rid of him before I could make my way to the Jade Egg. 

The Stormzilla battle was, simple. You had to defeat Stormzilla. Every now and then he would summon eggs (view the second image above) and eventually those eggs would hatch into Stormzillas that were not as strong but enough damage will bring your health down. The Boss Stormzilla had just about 2,900 health. The attack card options were not enough to defeat him, so I had to hit him with simple attacks which eventually defeated him. My advice to you would be to save area attacks because the summoned Stormzillas will start attacking you by gathering around you. Make sure they are gathered around the boss so you can hit them and the boss at the same time. Keep all of your focus on defeating the main boss! After I defeated the Stormzilla boss, I had to defeat six of the Tengu goblin sorcerers.

These fights were not that difficult, as you should always be prepared. I always choose my best companions that can get me through a fight. Always make sure they are close to your level. It helps out because the higher level they are, the better chance they'll have more health and hit more damage on an enemy. Shortly after I took my screenshots above for this blog post.. I mean... After I defeated the Tengu Sorcerers, I found the Jade Egg! It took a lot of work, but all hard work eventually pays off, right? :D Finding this jade egg means that I have to end this post before it is too much to read. Until next time, I'll see you around the skyways. :D

I hope the Dragon King returns the Monkey King's Staff! He will, right? Hmm I hope so. Okay I'm leaving now. Bye!