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Ditto makes Master Artisan!

I usually do crafting quests when I’m stuck at a place I want to record for the video blog, but don’t have the time to do that. I don’t pay too much attention to my progress, to be honest, so it was a pretty big surprise when I realized I had completed the quests to become Master Artisan! Luckily I realized it in time to set up the camera – this is one I wanted to record!

The crafting quests are all pretty similar, and I’m sure now that we have the ability to transmute, these quests are much easier than they were previously. Finding 24 nightshade is a bit harder than buying a few dozen deep mushrooms and transmuting them, obviously.

I’m really happy I’ve made it this far, and I love some of the recipes that have opened up for me! I think I’m going to make a new bed now – the little standard beds are just too small and boring in my big houses 🙂

Ditto’s Video Bloggy Thingy – March 6th

Hello everyone!  Another new Video Bloggy Thingy from Ditto!  I talk about Twitter and The Oscars and of course Wizard 101, plus I give my big Pax East announcement!  Yay Pax!!

Ditto hears weird music, heads to Stormriven

After completing all quests in The Floating Land, Ditto heads back down to the undersea domes of Celestia – hearing strange music as he travels down that dark undersea elevator…

Once he delivers the submarine parts to Peter Benchleys’ niece, it’s off to Stormriven for more exciting adventure… That sounds so nice and friendly – not!

And in Stormriven I need to defeat these Celestian revenant ghost thingys and collect something from them – once again this seems like a ‘1 chance in 20’ drop rate, as after 5 or 6 battles (they start to blend together) I’ve yet to collect a single quest item! I do understand game mechanics that extend people’s play time, but this is absolutely my least favorite!!

New Video – Ditto hits Level 56! #wizard101

While finishing up in The Floating Land, I was talking to one of the lovely water moles turning in a quest when – Ta Daaa! – I level up to 56!  It’s so rare that I catch a level up while I’m filming, I was very excited!  I like the end of the water moles quest, too – they’re so cute and fuzzy…

Ditto Versus the Soul Tearer

Getting towards the end of The Floating Land series of quests, I have to light a torch, which then summons a nasty Rank 10 boss monster named Soul Tearer.  For once why can’t I fight someone like ‘Cute Bunny’ or ‘Tickle Monster’…  Anyway, facing down this Rank 10 Life Boss and his Rank 9 fire minion was a tough fight, but I had help when Chris Lionflower ported in and started casting some major life damage.  I was pretty low on life, but I finally defeated the boss with a well placed Helephant…   So now I just have to talk to those nice water moles and get the submarine parts back down to the base…