Marco Pollo Event and Contest!

Ahoy!

Who wants to have some fun, and get a chance to win one of 2 - $10 Pirate101 gift cards?  Come out for my mega game of "Marco Pollo" on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 3:00pm EST.  Be the first to spot me or Edward Cringle yell out "Marco" and hear us say "Pollo" in return to win!

We'll be somewhere in the world of Skull Island, in separate places.  It could be the skyways or on land.  Here's the catch though: We will not be standing in one spot. We're going to be roaming from place to place. So set sail and be on the look out for us.  See the full details and rules below.

When:  Thursday, May 23, 2013

Time:  3:00pm EST until someone finds me

Where:  The whole world of Skull Island

Realm: One-Eyed Jack, area 1

Who: Autumn Walker - level 50 Witchdoctor
&
Edward Cringle - level 16 Swashbuckler

Contest & Event Rules:

• Search the world of Skull Island (skyways and land areas)
• Be the first to spot Autumn Walker or Edward Cringle and say "Marco"
• Wait for the reply "Pollo" and one of us will add you to send the code.
• If you have us added to your friends list, please note that we will not be appearing as being online during the contest/event.
• If you win one code, please give others a chance to win the second code!
• Please be respectful to other players.
• No bad language or bullying.
• Have fun!

I hope to see you at the event!  You can watch for updates on my Twitter page.  Good luck!

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Autumn and the Silver Bullets

Ahoy!

I was able to quest a little on my Privateer.  When I left off before, I was getting ready to track down some silver to make some bullets.  That brought me to the mine in Cooper's Roost.....And guess what!

Yep, that's right.  Of course we'll have to fight before we get what we came for. Nothing is ever easy!  And it was A LOT of bloodbats to fight.  And after that we had to defeat a miner guy.  Lots of sketchy stuff going on back there in that mine.  Here are a few pictures of the battles.

So after all that, it was time to go get our bullets made.  Smitty didn't want to waste the silver at first, but he agreed to help me out.

So now that I have the bullets, it's time to track down a duck!  I'll tell you about that next time!  Sorry for the short post, but things have been busy. I will be back tomorrow with more though, I promise!  Thanks for reading!

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5 Things I Wish I Had Known

Ahoy Mateys!

Have you ever been doing something, whether it's online or in real life and had an "Ah Ha!" moment?  You know what I'm talking about.....You suddenly realize something that will make things easier and it's followed by you thinking, "I wish I had known that before!"

Well, I have had quite a few of those moments myself when playing Pirate101.  Actually, I still get them, though not as frequently as I did in the first month or so of playing.  I figured I would post  some of them here. Who knows, maybe they will help newer players, or even someone who has been playing awhile.  So here goes nothing!

1. Companion training points are worth more experience if your companion is more levels below your level.  So if you're level 25 and your companion is level 24, it will take several training points to get him to the next level.  However, if you are level 25 and your companion is level 15, one training point will raise your companion several levels.  So don't worry about keeping companions the same level as you. Just level them enough so that they are a high enough level to be helpful!
2. You can use your blue potions during ship battles to refill your ship's health.  I always knew that the blue potions refilled the health of my character and my ship, but I never realized that I could click the bottle while in combat and have it refill my ship's health.  I have found this to be extremely useful since I discovered it!  And it definitely explains why the blue yum fruits refill the bottles more slowly in the skyways than they do on land!
3. Companions are usually recruited at least one level higher than your current level, sometimes even 2-3 levels higher.  The same thing is true with companions that are purchased in the crown shop, with bundles and received from the card packs.  When I made my witchdoctor, I did all the side quests to get companions as I progressed through the game. This left me with around 30 companions to try to level up.  While this wasn't too much of an issue, I have decided that with future characters, I will go back and do those quests after I am max level.  That way they will be recruited at a higher level and I wont have to worry about training points for them until the next expansion.
4. The cost of resetting your practice points depends on how many you have used. I believe it is free for up to 3 practice points. Then starting with four, the game starts charging 350 crowns for each subsequent practice point you are buying back.
5. You can reset your companions' powers and talents for gold. It costs 6250 gold to reset one companion's powers, epic and talents.  For some reason, I thought this cost crowns, but I recently realized it doesn't when I was playing around with some things in test realm.   I was super happy to figure this out because when I first started playing I didn't really understand too much about how the stats worked.  Now my companions are much stronger than before.

So that's all I can think of for now.  If I remember more, or find out new things later on, I might make a new post.  I figure, if this helps even one person, then it will be worth it!  And even if it doesn't help.....well it was still fun to look back at those "Ah Ha" moments and write them down.  :)  And if you have anything that you have figured out in game that might help someone, please comment and let us know what it was!  Thanks for reading and have fun exploring! :)

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Are These for Live or Test?

Ahoy!

I haven't been posting too much about the test realm, because I don't want to spoil any surprises for you guys.  However, I did notice something while I was on there questing that I thought I would share.  However, I'm not sure if this is something strictly for the test realm, or if it will go live with the rest of the update.

Ready to see what it is?  Well....it's technically more than one thing. New load screen images!  If you aren't sure what I mean, these are the pictures that show up when you go into a new area and it is loading.  I noticed a few new ones in test realm.  Here they are:

Like I said, I'm not really sure if they will be brought to the live realm or not. They may be exclusive to test realm.  But either way I thought I would share them with you. I think they are awesome!  And a variety of things to look at in game is always nice to have.  I hope you enjoyed seeing them!  And this will probably be my last post about the test realm unless something big happens.  Gotta save some surprises for when it goes live!

Thanks for reading and see you next time! :)

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