Progress Report: Session 1

Hello! 18 days until my new computer arrives. Here is the first of many reports I'll give you readers to show you how my utility wizards are doing. These guys will support my main wizard, Chris Storycrafter, by transferring pets, reagents, and gear they farm for.

Amber Rainbow

That's a BIG monster! @_@

Amber did pretty well for herself. I watched Blaze Lifehammer's Youtube video run of the Level 90 rank Midnight Sun Pagoda dungeon while playing her. She got through Unicorn Way's quests in around one hour and sixteen minutes, give a few minutes when I was A.F.C. to make dinner. (I checked the timer on the video I was watching to find out how long I went, but you can't quote me on that, as I said I was A.F.C. for a bit, so I paused the video.) Some highlights:

1. The first battle she got into in Unicorn Way was joined by two other wizards. One of them was at max level(95 as of now) and had learned Shadow Magic. Of course, she didn't choose to Shadow morph, instead taking out the Lost Souls with two Efreets. (She was clearly a Pyromancer.) I tried to make her a friend but she didn't show up so either she logged out at that moment or I missed her.
2. The first two friends Amber made were Novice Theurgists called Devin and Jason. No last names.
3. One battle with Dark Fairies was joined by a Novice Thaumaturge whose spells kept fizzling.KD
4. Amber was joined in one skeletal pirate battle by a high-level wizard(didn't get his school or name) who asked if it was the first time I played. I said no and he said he liked helping new-timers. That's a nice guy if ever I saw one.
5. After getting Death Trap from Ambrose and visiting Olde Town for the first time, Amber went back to Ravenwood and spent both of her training points on Life spells. I plan on her first set of points to be to get her up to Sprite so she can have a healing over time spell until she gets a Spritely pet. Then I'll work on other chains. More on that next post.

This is what she is wearing right now. She just hit Level 6 after much Blackhope farming. I might dye them when I get more gold, but right now I am working on getting Xmas wands for everyone since I got a $20 Gamestop card and 10,000 crowns. (I won't buy pre-paid time until I get my new rig, but I will buy the rest of Wizard City - maybe Sunken City if my guys hit Level 26 as the enemies in Krokt will be around the same range of health as everyone and Krokopatra has more health than Gnubb - since WC areas are cheap.)

~ Doin' the *buzz buzz* Bee Dance ~  ^_^

Chris Jadehaven:

I was watching Blaze Lifehammer get killed thrice in his run of the Level 90 rank Winterbane Dungeon while I ran through the motions with Chris J. (I actually got through Unicorn Way in less time, only an hour and nine minutes.) Go to the link highlighted to see the two-hour plus hilarity. KD

My Life Chris did pretty well too, despite nearly DYING because some guy jumped into a battle and dragged in a Dark Fairy which dropped Jadehaven to 67 health. Luckily, he hit Level 3 after the battle and got all his health and mana back. ^_^

There were a lot of people in transformations - I saw a bandit rat, Mander, evil snowman and even that fire elemental who nearly killed Chris J. by dragging in a Dark Fairy.

All of my wizards will be played to Level 6 and then I'll give another report. I will be focusing on Amber a bit more than the others as she is going to be my only female wizard on the sub-account AFAIK.

He also got the pet off of my Gamestop card, which was a Damp Demon instead of the usual Rain Demons I got. For some reason its Dragonblade casting is glitched - the camera gives a shot of the sky instead of focusing on King Dexter(the pet). I tried unequpping him and re-equipping him but it doesn't fix it.

~ Doin' the *buzz buzz* Bee Dance ~

Chris Sunmancer

A light in the dark...

Did two videos while running this guy. First was Blaze Lifehammer's run of Nastrond, then his run of Mirror Lake to fill up some time. (Didn't get the link.) I farmed some Fairy Queens hoping for one-day mount drops.

This guy was a bit difficult to run as he had the lowest base health and his Firecats fizzled a lot, but all in all, it wasn't too hard as he made a lot of friends. He almost died in his first battle as someone jumped in and dragged in another ghost, but he made it through thanks to the items he got from the shared bank which Chris J. put in, including a Candle Wand which did more damage. (Yes, I am buying all the Christmas wands for my wizards. For my Pyro, the candle wand was the best bet. For Chris J. I got the Star Wand. Amber and Chris St. will get candy cane wands and my Thau will get a mint staff. I bought the cheapest wands as they cost only 300 Crowns a pop.)

At level 5, I splurged over 1/3 of the Crowns I had left to give him a set of Level 5 Crowns gear. This stuff is over 2000 Crowns total but it's really worth it for Pyros and Diviners. (I won't be using it if I decide to fill the sixth slot with a Diviner, at least until I get more money.)

For training points, his first five will go towards Ice to Tower Shield, and maybe even get two more for Blizzard so he can have something that he can use against fire enemies. So he has Snow Serpent now.

(Also met a fellow Pyro called Blaze FIREhammer. ^_^)

Bringing the Joker to Rattlebones. ^_^

Chris Talesmith

What's wrong? Everyone is squatting like Chief Squatting Bull! :(

(There is a glitch in the game where wizards end up frozen in a squatting position. It vanishes when you change areas. I know, Amber got hit with the bug while farming Blackhope. You can't see it but one wizard who fought with Chris T. was hit with the bug.)

Here are a list of the videos I watched while going through this part:

• Blaze Lifehammer's run of Mt. Olympus when it was on the test realm.
• Blaze Lifehammer's run of Atlantea when it was on the test realm.

This was my most boring character to play since he wouldn't die too easily - he came down to 214 once but there were plenty of red wisps to keep him healthy. I immediately spent 100 Crowns to stitch a non-ice wand into his Mint Staff so he wouldn't be at a disadvantage.

For training points, he is getting Fire to Fire Trap, so he can utilize Ice Prism to the fullest.

Oh great, Chris T. has the Mark of the Beast. This is a bad omen. <_<

Chris Dragonwhisper

The New Kid on the Spiral, Chris D.

Video I watched while running this guy: Blaze Lifehammer's run of Tartarus while it was on the test realm. I have yet to get there(I'm not going to be playing pre-paid for a while and I've only be playing W101 for half a year now) but I wanted to get a preview of what was going to be going down, and Blaze's group is hilarious if you are old enough to hear cuss words. Go check out his videos!

I decided to go ahead and create a Diviner for my last wizard in this sub-account: Then we would have Balance and the three elementals of Fire, Ice and Storm. Chris T. is my Tank and Chris D. is my Cannon.

It was a bit trying considering the low health and random fizzles but I could just one-shot the skeletal pirates and dark fairies without any worry with one Thunder Snake. I got through those quests quickly.

He got another Midsummer's Cowl and Watchtower Boots to buff his health and the cards he gets with those will complement each other so I won't have to learn Life for a while. For training points, he'll get Ice to Tower Shield first so he has Snow Serpent too.

Dance, cat, dance! ^_^ (Someone in this battle died, but it wasn't me.)

I hope this post wasn't too big. I promise I won't be as picture-heavy in future progress reports, maybe just a montage of pictures in one collage. Ciao for now! 6_^