From Storm Sharks to Owls

 Some years ago, I randomly made a third account and stocked it with various Doodle Dug rewards. When KI Free Games released their trivia-for-crowns, I figured, why not make use of the long forgotten newbies?

My highest level wizard was a level 5 Diviner, so I got started on him. Luckily, there was a brief zone sale going on, and I had just enough KIFG crowns to buy every Wizard City area for 375 crowns apiece.

Foulgaze and Nightshade, as always, were quite an annoyance.

Dogs and Clockworks living together? What kind of world do we live in?!

That first power pip is such a proud moment :D

Not cool, man. Houses are .. uh .. friends! Not food.

I'll probably do each area(s) after achieving enough crowns to get by, in the meantime. Looking at my trivia-roundup post two months ago, Krokotopia takes almost 4 months. Of course, I'll probably forget to do some trivia here and there, so it will probably be more like half a year until Marleybone. Good things come to those who take trivia, I suppose.

On the higher-level questing front, my other Diviner has been receiving support from my Thaumaturge. A tank and a damage-based character make for a great team, especially when deep into Azteca.

Although it was nice not worrying about dying, I had to solo for new spells eventually. Enemies ranging from Eke Chuah to Tempest Eels posed a fun new challenge. I wasn't about to try and solo Xibalba, though.

Gross name, funny musical reference :P

The final fight ended up being a vicious cycle of one wizard dying, returning, and the other wizard taking all the incoming attacks and dying. I wasn't very lucky, but thankfully finished the battle after running through several batches of potions.

This moment was just as exciting the second time around, lol.

Not sure when I'll step into Khrysalis again, although I am anxious to reach Exalted on both accounts. For now, here's the status of all 11 wizards (discounting the newbies for now) --

Exalted: 1 Myth

Promethean: 1 Storm, 1 Ice
Archmage: 1 Life, 1 Myth

Transcendent: 1 Death, 1 Fire

Legendary: 2 Balance, 1 Death, 1 Fire

All I can say is, the four wizards waiting to do Zafaria are probably in for a long wait. Sorry, Sorcerers!

Saving Pirate101 for last, I recently created my third pirate, Valkoor Vane! For the first time, I'll be going through the game on a ranged pirate (sorry future Musketeer, you're last in line :P)

Valkoor attempting to look wicked at too early a level. Apparently he forgot that the staff is what completes the outfit. 

After quickly reaching Level 5 and Lasko's new quests, I had an amusing idea. Why not go questing on Valkoor at a pace of one quest a day? Surprisingly, it's been smooth sailing (pun unintended-ish) so far, and I have gotten used to a very steady diet of pirate questing :D

It's a little early, but Mormo is the early front runner for cutest companion ;)

Although I have skipped a day here and there, I made up for it in due time. Questing once a day almost makes me nostalgic for, say, three weeks ago... if that makes sense. Everyday I catching myself thinking: "I was doing that quest in that area over a month ago?! Wow, feels like yesterday."

I'm mostly curious to see how long Cool Ranch will take (I'm guessing I'll still be there by Christmas), and where this pace will take me, really. In fact, I just found the Monkey's Paw a few hours ago. Thankfully, it looks like Monquista will *only* take a couple weeks.

It's okay Pancho, I feel the same way.

I'll be back soon for a fishing recap of my nearly complete Angler's Tome -- Until then,

Happy Questing!

                                                                 

Time and Money In KIFG Trivia

As I was pet training this afternoon, I stopped to listen to a group of wizards debating the worth of the new KI Free Games trivia. One of them was planning to do it just so they could buy Ravenscar (a hefty 1995 crowns). Grizzleheim by itself is worth nearly 10,000 crowns.

 A little background to this - www.freekigames.com released a new trivia feature to its site last Thursday. Passing at 75% (9/12) or better for any category means 10 free crowns ... which is two cents in real world value. However, you can do ten quizzes a day - game related or educational - for up to 100 crowns. How long, then, would it take a player solely supported by this Trivia to get to level 100? 

Here's a rundown (c = crowns, z = zones, pz = per zone) - - -

Wizard City Zone: 750c / 100 = 7.5 days pz                                                                              

Wizard City (3z): 2250c / 100 = 22.5 days

What KIFG's trivia means to Friendly's 
iconic Selena Gomez parody :P

Krokotopia Zone: 915c / 100 = 9.15 days pz         

Krokotopia (12z): 10980 / 100 = 109.8 days                           

So far (15z): 22.5 + 109.8 = 132.3 days (over 4 months)          

(MB, MS, and DS all take 108 days to finish) 

Marleybone/Mooshu/Dragonspyre Zone: 1200c / 100 = 12 days pz

Marleybone/Mooshu/Dragonspyre (27z): 32400 / 100 = 324 days

So far (42z): 132.3 + 324 = 456.3 days 

This means that, to quest up to Malistaire's Lair, at least 15 months and a week of perfect trivia would be necessary to earn the 45k+ crowns to finish the First Arc. So, I wouldn't recommend getting by in Wizard101 this new way unless you absolutely love trivia and can take it real slow.

And that's not even the half of it.

(CL, ZF, and AV all take about 102 days to finish)
Celestia/Zafaria/Avalon Zone: 1695c / 100 = 17 days pz
Celestia/Zafaria/Avalon (18z): 30510 / 100 = 305 days
So far (60z): 456.3 + 305.1 = 761.4 days

(AZ and KR take about 120 days to finish)
Azteca/Khrysalis Zone: 1995 / 100 = 20 days pz
Azteca/Khrysalis (12z): 23940 / 100 = 239.4 days
So far (72z): 761.4 + 239.4 = 1000.8 days
Second Arc Total (30z): 544.4 days

To quest from Celestia to the end of Morganthe's reign would take nearly a year and a half. Add that to the First Arc total, and it's over 33 months to complete the game! Several new worlds in the Third Arc would likely be out by then. Basically, doing a daily dose of KIFG Trivia would get you through all the current main worlds before April, 2017, at a grand total of 100,080 crowns.

Although I won't go in-depth on Pirate101 pricing, I calculated that total as 88,712 crowns - or 887 days of trivia (almost 2 1/2 years). Considering the max level is at 65, that's a lot more than the price to reach 65 in Wizard101.

I actually do have a 3rd W101 account that I'm never going to willingly pay for.. so I *might* try a little experiment with KIFG crowns and leveling on that newbie account in the future.

Happy trivia-taking!

Caption THIS!

I'M A FAIRY!

Anyways, due to my friend in town, I have gone another week mostly dormant. But hey, the roller coasters were fun, lets get to the News!

As you all.. I think.. know, Wysteria has entered the known Spiral. It has one Common-Area, Pigswick, and 2 other streets, Tanglewood Way and Pegasus Place. The main complaint is Potter-rip-off, but besides that, its pretty neat. I liked the design of Pigswick streets and the new schools based off others (Chaos = Death; Earth = Life, etc.), although I don't know if they serve a purpose. I did a little of Pegasus Place, saving some surprise for the Live Realm, but I hear of a big Spiral Cup item and Golden Piggle, which seems pretty worth it. And the clothes possibly stitch-worthy. It has its own spot on the Spiral Door, so you could say its a small World.

One little biggy is the hints to possibly new worlds: Mirage and Weirwood. Will we see these in the future?! I'll talk more about this when it comes Live to avoid too much spoiling, but remember to help Petnome while the Test Realm is upon us!

Two other things: new August KIFG rewards, and, not too big, but a few new Krokotopia tidbits I just noticed in the crowns shop (plates and icons). The new KIFG rewards are pretty sweet as usual, thankfully, even PERMANENT mounts this time! Plus, if you can score high, a chance at a few crowns! :) A lot more pets, among other things, too. Rumors even of a new Fire Elf pet? More findings to come in the future.

Also, don't forget the W101 Central Contests!

As you can see, I'm entering the Caption This! contests, along with the Daily Raffles and Jester/Olivia Hide and Seeks. Hope to win something. Happy 3rd birthday, Friendly, Obama, and Wizard101!

Plus, this is my Moon Outfit for Shadowthistle's Party tonight. Don't forget that, either.

Got to go - I'll update the Balance Duo's progress next post, they still got some done this past week.

Happy Farming!

FOGgy Prizes!

Hey everyone :) as you can see, my pretty much completed MFP/DS is in the above video. Big House. I'll buy that DS Craft Crowns Table thingy when I get the MSP Pack later. I think I'm getting it in about 2 weeks, after the Summer School? Thats half-way over. We'll see.

So, I've actually done a little bit on Dugan, my Fire wiz. Does anyone remember the Giving Tree? Yeah.. I just planted that on him.. *blush*. So, now I have a Parsley Garden on Arlen (and 2 Couch Potatoes I won from Diana Wildheart! :D), 2 Prickly Bear ones on Mycin (some turned Elder this morning :)), an almost-done Pink Dandelion plot on Tarlac (once I have enough Black Pearls), and a small Giving Tree/several Pink Dandelion garden on Dugan. I've cleaned out his storage-KT House and put a couple things in to start it off, actually, as well. Plus I'm still trying for a little Yardbird item right now. LOL. Not much else going on in-game there. In-game, that is :P

2 big items I've received from www.KIFreeGames.com! :D the Lightningbat was from a Twitter code they gave out, but you can only redeem one of them once a month. A little long, hope they will change to at least a week.. although one person got 600 crowns! o_O :D also, I've won a FOG Unicorn (3!), Blue Raptor Sword (uber-cool looking, definitely stitch worthy), and that wand above, among other things. Well, HERE'S a list of prizes you can get, to be honest. And HERE'S a list of Magazine codes, many being available from KIFG prizes. Doodle Dug is probably the quickest by far, lol. I just want a Shardtail Dragon on main account and FOG Unicorn for Storm newbie on 2nd account now, played a lot the past couple days.

Not much other news.. I'm going to work on Ravenwood Radio Episode #41 transcription a bit more, soon. Its fun to get involved in the community :) remember to give KBB a ring if you want to get involved! It takes a while, buts its very helpful to some wizards. Have a good end-of-the-week!

Happy Farming!