Pirate101: Valencia 2 News & Ending of Arc One

Ahoy Pirates!

I hope you're having a great Tuesday! I usually don't take time off from studying during Finals week, but I decided to take a little time off to make this post. Leah Ruben, our Wizard101 & Pirate101 Producer, announced that Valencia Part 2 would contain two chapters, five levels, contain a lot of answers to many questions we have about the Armada, and it will be the ending of Arc One.

Many are already worried that this will be the ending of Pirate101 since Arc One of Wizard101 ended at level 100 and Pirate101 was expected to last a few more books before the ending of this arc. I don't believe this is the end of Pirate101 for one simple reason. MORE QUESTIONS. If we were told all questions would be answered that would be the time I would start worrying. The quote below from Leah Ruben gives me hope that we will have an Arc 2 in Pirate101. Keep in mind that not everything in Pirate101 has to be related to what Wizard101 to continue.

"We’ll have more details as things progress, but have ever you wondered who built the Armada? Or the REAL scope of Kane’s plans? There will be answers, lots of answers, and of course, more questions too in the thrilling conclusion to the first story arc" (Leah Ruben).

The new city of Florenza, Valencia.

One thing that I was thinking is that this world will take a little bit longer with more quests. If a lot of questions are going to be answered, and maybe the experience of each quest in Valencia Part 2 is a lot lower than previous worlds? I'm ready to find out this information! This is NOT El Dorado. We have not completed the map to El Dorado. So don't worry so much. I'm pretty sure we'll have more worlds to quest through before we reach El Dorado. I don't know what Kingsisle is up to, but I do know that Pirate101 LIVES! :D If you would like to read the Producer's Letter, click this hyperlink -> HERE.

Around The Spiral's Old Headers: How Many Do You Remember?

Hi there!

I wasn't planning on making a Birthday themed post this early, but I decided to make this post early as a Throwback Thursday sort of post! :D Most of you know that I've been making posts for awhile, and with the well over thousand posts that I've made, I've also had different headers. I wanted to make this short little post with the headers and ask you a nice question. Of the ELEVEN below, how many of the old headers (yes many are missing) do you remember seeing when reading my website?! Comment below!

Wizard101 After Dragonspyre: What Needs To Change

Hello Wizards!

I usually don't make rant posts like this, but I decided to make another today about how much Wizard101 has changed after Dragonspyre. Let's talk about what the game was like before all of the other worlds and updates after Dragonspyre were released.

Back in the day, Malistaire was the main boss. He had A LOT of health, but he didn't cheat at all. You could go through this dungeon solo or with friends to go through a little bit faster. The only thing that you had to worry about was running out of health or if somebody teleported and got to a major battle and fled. The storyline was amazing because we had one person we had to stop from destroying the spiral (like the Armada on Pirate101). We were focused on saving the spiral by defeating bosses from Wizard City to Dragonspyre. We didn't have Cheats, Advanced Pets, Critical & Block, Jewels, or Shadow Magic. Most of the things we have today are used to stop cheating bosses but are not as effective. Darkmoor is an example of how difficult the game has gotten since Malistaire's first dungeon. Can you solo Darkmoor? Of course. You have to have a lot of experience, the best gear in the game, and many other talents to solo this dungeon. I've tried soloing this dungeon and I didn't make it past the first boss on my ice wizard. If you don't have anybody online to help you through this, you might not make it past the dungeon. If you do, you will need a lot of time on your hands because you'll be in one dungeon for hours and hours to not get what you want. I might farm Darkmoor when the level cap is raised to 150. :P The Tower Of The Helephant is a great example of how things are changing. I remember going through the Tower of Helephant with a group back when it was first released and we barely made it through. You needed the right gear and everything to solo it. This was a side quest, but now we're dealing with main quests that have bosses and dungeon like this dungeon.

Cheating Bosses are not easy to fight, especially with the direction the game is going with them. I think simple cheats in Celestia were pretty cool, then things started changing when most of the bosses (at least the bosses you want gear from) cheat. I still have my level 60 gear from the Waterworks because I couldn't farm any of the dungeons mostly because I didn't have time to. I'm glad they still useful, at least with help. Recently, I had to stop questing my ice wizard because he has to stop on certain bosses and dungeons because they have way too many cheating bosses. It's not fun having to wait to quest, especially on a game you love. I can tell the game is starting to focus more on the storyline, especially with the release of Polaris. I can't wait to play, but I hope they change the direction of cheats. I know a lot of people won't agree with me, but I started the game soloing through Dragonspyre. I can't solo without the best gear, knowing all of the cheats, and many other things. I hope Kingsisle changes their direction and thinks about all of the other players having difficulty on the game. I don't hate Kingsisle or Wizard101 at all, but I hope they think about what cheats will be like at level 200. If they're worse than what they are now, I won't be able to quest as much as I have (maybe a level every two years? LOL).  Anyways, this was something I was thinking about today. PLEASE stop putting so much focus on cheating bosses. That will help out a lot, and players won't need as much. I know new things are fun, and many of the things that have been added to the game are a lot of fun, but not when you still can't get through cheating bosses.