Side Questing with Edward Cringle!

Ahoy Pirates!

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. Yesterday, I was able to quest a bit in Pirate101. This time, I decided to quest one of my pirates, Edward Cringle. Some of you may know him if you have read my Swashbuckler walkthrough posts.

I created my Swashbuckler Pirate, Edward Cringle, in December of 2012. I started questing him through all of the different worlds of Pirate101 and made a post about each quest starting when he reached level 5. I recently took a break from questing him, but I am proud to announce that I am back and I'll be questing him a lot more! Before I talk about what I did recently, I invite you to read the posts that I've done on this character so far. If you'd like to catch up on my previous Edward Cringle posts, feel free to click on the link below:

Edward Cringle Questing Posts

http://www.edward.p101/search/label/EdwardCringle

Yesterday, I logged into my Swashbuckler for the first time in months! I was planning on continuing my main quest until I noticed the 18 pages of side quests that I had. It's amazing how many side quests Pirate101 has. What's also amazing is how much side quests can level you up. I decided to put a small dent into my side quests by sinking Inoshishi Ships in the Khoton Skyway in Mooshu. I had two quests that would give me about 800 experience points combined. So I decided to start sinking as many ships that I could. One quest required me to sink 4 Inoshishi ships and the other given quest wanted me to sink 12 of these ships. It was relatively easy! A few times I did purposely enter deck battle so I could take screenshots for future posts (such as announcements), but I had no trouble sinking these ships alone. Eventually, I completed the two quests and leveled up!

I've mentioned this in previous posts but I'll mention it again. Side questing really does help in the long run! My pirate will enter Marleybone soon and I want to be at the highest level that I can before I start questing there. Having additional attacks/powers will help me survive in these different worlds. Along with side questing, nautical leveling is also a good thing to do. You'll want to buy the best ships and ship equipment as you go. I usually wait until my ship can no longer keep afloat so I'm able to save up as much as gold as possible for gear and eventually a new ship/equipment. Anyway, questing this pirate was a lot of fun. I'll probably work through a few more of these side quests before I start making main posts again. I'll let you know when Edward Cringle is officially back! Until then, I'll see you around the skyways. :D 

Mooshu is such a beautiful world. We're nearing the end, but at least I'll be ready for Marleybone!

Questing My Witchdoctor Again / Randomness!

Ahoy Pirates!

Wow, it's been forever since I've made a post that had nothing to do with the other amazing game that I shall not name. Recently, I started questing my witchdoctor with Autumn Walker's witchdoctor. It's actually been a few years (which is crazy when you think about it) that I've last quest this pirate. I thought it was about time to quest him again especially since witchdoctors are my favorite!

Autumn and I started questing again towards the middle of Valencia 2. For our first quest together, we had to fight Cyclops and a few.. bleh... snakes! I think what made fighting snakes fun was that you can attack them from far away if you're a witchdoctor. Most other pirate schools require you to run right up to the deadly snacks (yes, I purposely did that - it's a Suite Life on Deck). Just naming off all of the amazing things about witchdoctors!

Okay, I'm being very random today and not talking much about what we did on the game, but at least we made it to level 67 - 3 levels away from level cap! Why did I ever stop questing this pirate or any of my other pirates? I think it's time to bring back my old-school Pirate101 posts, whether they're random like this or not. For now, I think I'm going to end this post so you can enjoy the rest of the song above. I'll make an update post once we finish Valencia 2. Until then, I'll see you around the skyways. Thank you so much for reading!

I mean, look at that! Definitely my favorite game for screenshots!

Leveling My Pets (Edward Firegem)

Hello Wizards!

I hope you're having an amazing Friday! My day has been amazing because I've got to relax and play one of my favorite games, Wizard101. Today, I mostly focused on leveling my pets. My main goal is to have new pets for all of my wizards that I plan on questing through Empyrea Part Two. I started leveling my fire wizard's raging bull pet today since he'll be the first wizard to start questing in EP2.

As you can tell from the video playing above, I'm not really good at the pet games in the Pet Pavilion. My poor pet! Now, even though I sent him flying through the air, above the target and nearly through a building - he still gave me the talents that I've been looking for! I actually used the Pet Kiosk and hatched with another Raging Bull pet to try it out for a blog post. Unfortunately, I was unable to make the blog post at the time, but at least I have a perfect pet (so far). I've always wanted a pet that casts unicorn, and my first talent at teen was "May Cast Unicorn" which was amazing to see! As you can see below, I also got "Energizing Battery" and "Defender". These will be very useful to me in EP2. It may not be the perfect pet to many, but it certainly is perfect for me. :D

Today I leveled my pet all the way to ancient with various snacks. These snacks were not from the Mega Snack Pack or Gardening, so it took a while to level it up. I will say that I think it's time I finally get into gardening. I remember when Kingsisle released it, but I never got into it. This year, I want to try new things out in Wizard101. Gardening for Mega Snack Packs is one of those things! Don't tell anyone, but I've probably deleted at least 100 seeds that are known to drop mega snacks. :P Okay, now I'm going to stop typing and get back to leveling my pet. I think I'm going to level Shaggy Marley up with Grub Guardian. Thanks all for reading and wish me the best of luck on my other talents. Until next time, I'll see you around the spiral.

I love this pet! Now, I'll need to take a picture here again when they update the DS graphics. ;)

Online Safety Post: 2018

Hello Wizards!

It's been about a year since I've last made an online safety post so I thought that it's about time that I make another one of these posts. Staying safe online is very important when you're playing Wizard101, interacting on social media, or visiting websites. So let's talk about the various ways you can stay safe online!

Staying Safe Online: Kingsisle Games

Wizard101 and Pirate101 are family-friendly games, but you will still come across people who have an alternative motive. There are people who may say they're going to give you gifts (such as crowns or memberships) in return of your password. Others may ask you for your personal information because they say that they're your friends. The best thing to do if you're facing this situation is to use the Ignore option in-game. If it comes to harassment, you can use the report option.

The Wizard101 Ignore Option

The Pirate101 Ignore Option

Did you know that Kingsisle employees are also impersonated in-game? Someone in-game may say that they or a relative of theirs work at KI when that's not factual. Most of the reasons people say that is to get personal information from you. If someone says that they're a KI employee in-game, ask them for their badge. If they don't show you their badge, report that player. You should see a badge called "Kingsisle Support" under their name if they indeed work for the games.

Staying Safe Online: Social Media

My advice for staying safe on social media really relates to the games. You should remember to never give away personal information to anyone no matter what. There are ways to ignore and report people on social media. Check out the images below to see how to ignore/report on social media. Remember to report only when it's required such as someone pretending to be a Kingsisle employee, harassment, etc - depending on the rules of the site you're reporting the person from. Scroll over the Hyperlinks below to access guides on how to report someone on each social media network listed:

Report On Facebook

Report On Twitter

Report On Tumblr

Report On Twitch

Report On YouTube

Report On Instagram

Speaking of social media, Kingsisle does have official social media accounts, including email. If someone emails you from a random email or message from someone asking you for your password to your account - they do not work at Kingsisle. Ignore any emails/messages like that! Kingsisle has an official list of emails that you can contact them by. They will never ask you for your password:

Wizard101 Social Media

Follow @Wizard101

support@wizard101.com

community@wizard101.com

Pirate101 Social Media

Follow @Pirate101

support@pirate101.com

community@pirate101.com

Kingsisle Social Media

Follow @Kingsisle  Follow @KingsisleLive

help@kingsisle.com

billing@kingsisle.com
community@kingsisle.com

Staying Safe Online: Websites

There are many different types of KI-game related sites out there. It's best to keep a close eye out there for scammers. They can also ask for personal information in return for "gifts". If they do, it's best to avoid or even report the site to Kingsisle. If they're asking for your personal information, you should not pay any attention to them. There are fansites out there that you can get stuff from when they have contests, in which the codes are provided by Kingsisle. If you would like to see a list of trustworthy websites, you can click on the hyperlinks below to access the Wizard101 and Pirate101 fansites. 

Official Wizard101 Fansites

Official Pirate101 Fansites

There have been times in the past where people have made websites that looked like official websites from Kingsisle, but they were not. As I've stated above, report any website that's not official Kingsisle websites to Kingsisle. There are several official Kingsisle websites. Most of these websites are linked from their main websites. If you would like to access these websites, scroll over and click on the images below:

Wizard101 Website

Pirate101 Website

Keep in mind that there are different versions of Wizard101 based on language/area. For example, Wizard101 UK is a different version of Wizard101 based in the United Kingdom from Gameforge. For a full list of these websites, you can view the image below. You can also click on the image to access this list at the bottom of the Fansites list! 

Online Safety Tips: The Main Message

I have already shared so much with you, but there's actually a lot more than you should know. The main message I'd like you to get out of this post is to NEVER give away any personal information with anyone. Whether it's where you live, your password, or billing information. It's called personal information for a reason. Please keep it personal and continue to stay safe online. Although this is mostly focused around Wizard101 and Pirate101, it really goes beyond the games. This is an internet safety post. Please continue to stay safe online! If you would like more online safety tips beyond this post (including links that provide nice online safety tips), please click on the link below! Thank you so much for reading! Until next time, I'll see you around the spiral.

Online Safety Page

http://www.edward.p101/p/online-safety.html

Do you have any online safety tips you'd like to share with the community? Comment them below!

Sixth Pirateversary!

Ahoy Pirates!

Happy Arrrgust! I hope you're having a wonderful first day of Arrrgust. Today is a very special day for me because it's officially been six years since I joined Pirate101. P101 opened around October of 2012, but I was lucky enough to be invited to be apart of the last few days of P101 Alpha! I created a Privateer during the last days of Alpha. A few days later, I officially joined Beta and created a Buccaneer.

I have so many amazing memories from trying out P101 for the first time. I was placed under an NDA so I couldn't share anything about the game until a certain day. But this made time for hundreds of different screenshots. I had a chance to take a few amazing screenshots during my gameplay during Beta and compile it into a slideshow for a video spoiler for those who couldn't access Beta. Codes were given away by Official Fansites, but many thousands were wanting to try it out. Around Mid-August, Kingsisle allowed us to share spoilers of the game. 

Pirate101 was officially released to the public on October 15th, 2012. I created a witchdoctor this time around! Witchdoctor then became my favorite school because it reminds me of wizards, but way more awesome! I definitely recommend to the wizards reading this post to create a witchdoctor first. You'll feel more at home, but you'll notice an amazing difference. Kingsisle did an amazing job on this school and all other schools. I've enjoyed my time as a pirate and I look forward to more time as one! Thank you, Kingsisle, for creating an amazing game with a whole lot of potential. Thank you for allowing me to try out your games, KI. If you ever want me to try anything else, reach out to me. ;)

Read My Pirate101 Beta Party Post

http://www.edward.p101/2012/09/pirate101-super-beta-bash.html

You didn't think I'd forget Edward Cringle, did you? Look for new EC posts soon! :D