Showboat's PWI Video Walkthrough

Showboat - Dreamweaver
Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
edited March 2010 in Dungeons & Tactics
In light of 2x exp, spirit, and drops, all quest guide videos are on HOLD until the event ends


I have decided to make a video walkthrough of PWI. In the videos to come, I will take you through the quests of each race for the first 20 levels, then take one class through the remaining quests up to the highest level I can get before becoming bored of making all of these videos. I will also discuss each class and take all 8 through level 20 and continue with each one, making videos about them as I go. Those videos will not be about the quests, but about the skills and play style of each class. Instead of posting all of my videos in the different class sections, I feel that it would be better to have them compiled together here in the Beginner's Guide section, as this is still technically a walkthrough and compilation of the tips and tricks that I have learned through my experience here since closed beta.

There will be a TON of videos that will be compiled right here in this thread, so stay tuned with me over the next few weeks as I try to add more videos to this chain.

Here's how these videos will work: I will make videos through each 5 levels for quest line classes, then move on to another race quest line class for the next 5 levels until all are through level 5, then I will do the next 5 and repeat the process through level 20. I will be intermittently be putting in the videos for the other classes as I find time to play them.

Please help correct my mistakes regarding facts that I have in my videos in this thread or the video's comments with the proper proof so that I can make the adjustments in the video annotations.

Introduction

The Venomancer and Untamed Quest Line:

Levels 1-5:
Pt 1: Game Intro + Skills
Pt 2: Skills part 2
Pt 3: Skills part 3
Pt 4: First quests and builds
Pt 5: turn in second quest, get genie, and run around City of the Lost
Pt 6: I get and test out the first pet while questing
Pt 7: I get to level 4 and do the jump quest.
Pt 8: I continue questing and hit level 5

Levels 5-10:
Pt 1: I Do a bunch of quests and hit level 7 (Available in 720p)
Pt 2: I take a bunch of quests and get Tame Pet skill (Available in 720p)
Pt 3: I finish grabbing quests (available in 720p)
Pt 4: I do quests and hit level 8, then grab more quests (available in 720p)
Pt 5: I do more quests and hit level 9 (available in 720p)
Pt 6: I do my cultivation quest and hit level 10 (available in 720p)

Levels 10-15:
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Levels 15-20:
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The Barbarian:
Level 1-10:
Tips for getting a barb from 1 to 10 in this video (available in 720p)

Level 10-20:
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Level 20-30:
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The Archer and Elves Quest Line:

Levels 1-5:
Pt 1: I do the first and second quests
Pt 2: I Turn in the second quest and grab others
Pt 3: I Do one quest and go back to Plume
Pt 4: I do the Flight quest + hit level 5

Levels 5-10:
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Levels 10-15:
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Levels 15-20:
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The Cleric:

Levels 1-10:
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Levels 10-20:
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The Blademaster and Human Quest Line:

Levels 1-5:
Pt 1: I do some BM starter quests and some build discussion
Pt 2: I journey to Etherblade to pick up and do quests
Pt 3: I do the Human Jump Quest among others
Pt 4: I do the final quest to get to level 5

Levels 5-10:
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Levels 10-15:
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Levels 15-20:
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The Wizard:

Levels 1-10:
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Levels 10-20:
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The Assassin and Tideborn Quest Line:

Levels 1-5:
Pt 1: I complete the first quest as well as go to Raging Tide to complete a quest, get my genie, then get teleported back to the starter village.
Pt 2: I complete the starter village quests and head to the next village.
Pt 3: I do the Tideborn jump quest and get to level 5.

Levels 5-10:
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Levels 10-15:
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Levels 15-20:
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The Psychic:

Levels 1-10:
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Levels 10-20:
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PS: It would just make my day if this got stickied...

I have decided that from now on, I will release these videos in content packs once a week in this thread. That day will be Sunday each week. Each week I will do as much as I can and upload as many videos as possible, but keep them as private on YouTube. This is so that when I post the videos in this thread, they will be ready to view as soon as I update the first post.

Next Sunday, expect:
Level 5-10 videos of the remaining races
level 1-10 videos of the other three classes
level 10-20 barbarian video
barbarian fb19 video
intro to crafting video
intro to the boutique
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Comments

  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Playlist of levels 1-5 of each race in order of upload (Complete):
    http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=24DBBB9468F69901

    Playlist of levels 5-10 of each race in order of upload (Untamed ONLY so far):
    http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=613AFE395E81CDF8

    Playlist of levels 10-15 of each race in order of upload:
    ...

    Playlist of levels 15-20 of each race in order of upload:
    ...

    The names of the characters I am using for this walkthrough and their current levels are (as of 8:57 pm EDT 3/21/10):

    ShowboatBarb 18

    ShowboatVeno 10

    ShowboatBM 5

    ShowboatWiz 8

    ShowboatArch 5

    ShowboatHeal 10

    ShowboatPsy 10

    ShowboatSin 5
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  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Separate Guides:

    Alternatives:
    Alternative Untamed Jump Quest Route -credit to Mayfly from Dreamweaver (available in 720p)

    Crafting:
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    Refining:
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    The Boutique:
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    Territory Wars:
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    Rebirth Orders:
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    Kiting:
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    Genies:
    ...

    Separate Pros and Cons videos of each class as they relate to each other:
    ...

    World Quest:
    ...

    Bounty Hunter Quests:
    ...

    Squad Roles:
    ...

    Pulling:
    ...

    Factions:
    ...

    Suggestions for more?
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  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Blademaster and human quest line videos for levels 1-5 are now UP! This INCLUDES the Human Jump Quest, available in Part 3.
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  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    There >is< an alternative route for the untamed jumping quest, though the timing is tighter. Run out south gate and up the hill road to the right, proceed until you're even with the north wall, and long jump onto it.

    One of the videos (venomancer part 3 I think) cut off before at 6:22 before the end when I tried watching it.
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  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I just checked part 3 and it seemed to have worked fine. I'll check the others to be sure.

    When I get back to the venomancer videos I'll go through that method of jump quest and mention your name for it.

    Edit: I'll get Archer and Elf quest line 1-5 up later today.

    Edit 2: Archer and Elf quest line levels 1-5 are now UP!
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  • Fruitluips - Lost City
    Fruitluips - Lost City Posts: 190 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I admire the effort, but 1-20 on any character (especially Tideborns) doesn't really require a lot of brain power. The only difficult thing I can think of is the human jump quest.* One video for each class detailing the essentials needed for soloing and partying would, in my opinion, be of more help (and save you a hell of a lot of time).

    * Well there are certain quests most people just call in high levels for - I know elves, at least, have to fight three elite mobs in a row - a video of those with same leveled people would be good, too.
  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Trying to condense 1-20 detailing essentials needed for soloing and partying into one video per class would be insanity for some of the classes. There's just SO MUCH to cover that 10 minutes just isn't enough to describe a class. I'm considering this a personal challenge as well as a guide for new players. 1-20 may not require a lot of brain power for most people already playing PWI, but for those who have never played PWI before or even played ANY sort of MMO before, the game is just too overwhelming. I should know, as this game is my first true MMORPG, and by my own experience, it took me over five days playing a veno during closed beta just to hit level 20 and I was playing for many hours a day. I've always wished that there was something like this for PWI, so I have decided to provide it. Oh, and perhaps I should mention...I'm not ONLY going to level 20 on all of these characters...I'm taking them as far as I possibly can (though most of it won't be recorded, I will be making videos with them).


    What I will concede is that this will take a very long time. That's why I'm only doing quests with one character after level 20, while mentioning the (very few) quests that I can't do in the 2x range (the veno egg quest and the orchidelia flower ones). Also, I'm only doing quest guides for four of the eight classes anyway for 1-20.

    Oh, and about that elite mob elf quest...I'll show that it's possible to SOLO it with only having to kill TWO of them and not all three. For now, I have an assassin to get to level 5.

    Also, expect crafting videos as well as a full genie explanation, refining explanation, TW explanation, etc, later on, since this walkthrough is not JUST about the quests. If it were, I would have put it in the quest guide section.

    Edit: Assassin and Tideborn quests levels 1-5 is now UP!
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  • Fruitluips - Lost City
    Fruitluips - Lost City Posts: 190 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    PWI was the first MMORPG (of its kind) I really played, and I could have told you when I was 1x that the idea is "kill X amount of Y and don't die" >_> Accomplishing the "don't die" part is different for each class, and that's what I'm getting at.

    For example, I had a lot of close calls when leveling my cleric early in the game because I appreciated Blessing of the Purehearted's power over Ironheart's durability and Wellspring's channel time. If you make a little short that demonstrates kiting, fighting physical mobs, and other things a cleric has to overcome, it encompasses all the grinding from 1-20 and from 20-105; the same goes for the other classes.

    By the way, I'm just explaining my point further. I'm not trying to force the idea on you. In fact, if you don't do it, I might.

    P.S. Yes I know it's possible to solo Yi Chinglin's soul (and probably the Seduced Elf and Venomancer Siren) because I did it on a new character and realized how much I'd learned.
  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    This is the exact reason why I will also be doing "short" guides of different aspects of the game, as I mentioned before. Kiting will be included with them. They will be posted on the third reserved post.

    Anyway, about clerics in particular, I have planned to do a video for it when I hit level 10 with it regarding cleric skills, the pros and cons of each, which to level (according to my opinion), and so on.

    Also, this is not a guide of grinding mobs, as that would take way too much time. The thing is, at this point most of the fighting I cut out because it involves just spamming of one or two skills. As I unlock skills, I'll talk about them and how to use them when fighting mobs.

    In essence, I am doing exactly what you are suggesting, and I will make sure that the videos are easily accessible, as I have begun doing with format changes in my first post.
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  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Everyone wants a zeal because it's the only one with a skill that can lure (Earthflame, the zeal's initial skill.)
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  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    That reminds me...I should really do a video on pulling, too...

    The thing about the Zeal is that Earthflame is often replaced with other more important skills later on, ESPECIALLY for RB gamma/delta and TW.
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  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Do the luring video in your veno's FB19.
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  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I don't think a squad would wait for me to do a video clip of how to pull during any fb run, though. I think that it would be best to demonstrate pulling with both earthflame and the pet trick. There are other ways to pull besides those, too...(assassin Knife throw being one of them)

    Besides, I plan on having each fb run as it's own video/videos.
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  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    With a walker, at 19 you can solo almost all the mobs in the Den of Wolves. If not on your '19, do it when you need the 5 darkbreeds at 18.

    Knife throw/bow shot/spells/genie skills other than earthflame aren't guaranteed to pull just one.
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  • Thrivelia - Dreamweaver
    Thrivelia - Dreamweaver Posts: 156 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    -eats show-
    Are you telling me I have to watch all of them? D: b:sad
  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    With a walker, at 19 you can solo almost all the mobs in the Den of Wolves. If not on your '19, do it when you need the 5 darkbreeds at 18.

    Knife throw/bow shot/spells/genie skills other than earthflame aren't guaranteed to pull just one.

    I'd rather do it for the 5 darkbreeds at 19 (and I mean 19 so that I can use a glacial walker) than take a heck of a long time in the whole of the dungeon at 19.

    Thrivelia - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    -eats show-
    Are you telling me I have to watch all of them? D: b:sad

    Yes, Thriv ><


    Later on I will be posting levels 5-10 of the venomancer and untamed quest line videos, this time in 720p resolution!
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  • Thrivelia - Dreamweaver
    Thrivelia - Dreamweaver Posts: 156 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Showboat - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Yes, Thriv ><

    Later on I will be posting levels 5-10 of the venomancer and untamed quest line videos, this time in 720p resolution!

    ...
    So I should start now?
    -starts-
  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You better have started ><

    Anyway, videos for venomancer / untamed quest line levels 5-10 are up. This time it took 6 videos. I have also uploaded the alternative jump quest path for untamed as pointed out by Mayfly. I think I'll do the Barbarian video next so that I can start leveling it to 20...
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  • Thrivelia - Dreamweaver
    Thrivelia - Dreamweaver Posts: 156 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Showboat - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    You better have started ><

    Anyway, videos for venomancer / untamed quest line levels 5-10 are up. This time it took 6 videos. I have also uploaded the alternative jump quest path for untamed as pointed out by Mayfly. I think I'll do the Barbarian video next so that I can start leveling it to 20...

    Oops.
    I forgot to start D:
  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I have decided that from now on, I will release these videos in content packs once a week in this thread. That day will be Sunday each week. Each week I will do as much as I can and upload as many videos as possible, but keep them as private on YouTube. This is so that when I post the videos in this thread, they will be ready to view as soon as I update the first post.

    Next Sunday, expect:
    Level 5-10 videos of the remaining races
    level 1-10 videos of the other three classes
    level 10-20 barbarian video
    barbarian fb19 video
    intro to crafting video
    intro to the boutique
    ...

    EDIT: Oh, and I would really like to have video footage of unclaimed land Territory Wars against the mobs (preferably my own footage...if I get in a faction with ShowboatBarb that will take me on a TW...HINT HINT...) for my TW explanation video. If anyone would be willing to record this kind of TW for me, I would be very appreciative and give full credit to the person for doing it for this walkthrough.
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  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    UPDATE: 3/22/10

    Slight changes to next week's line-up and update on what videos have and have not been recorded:

    Next Sunday (3/28/10), expect:

    levels 5-10 Assassin and Tideborn Race (RECORDED! 3/21)
    Level 1-10 videos of Psychic and Cleric (RECORDED! 3/23)
    Blademaster Builds video (RECORDED! 3/23)
    Intro to crafting video
    Intro to the boutique
    Intro to factions
    (hopefully) TW introduction
    Barbarian 10-20 video (RECORDED! 3/22)
    (hopefully) Barbarian 20-30 video (RECORDED! 3/24/10)
    (just....wow...I mean, 10-40+ in a WEEK? Blame 2x exp) Barbarian 30-40 video
    Also, 20+ quests will no longer be done with the barbarian, but with another character I haven't decided upon. Right now it's between my venomancer and my assassin. I may use my assassin.

    The reason for the barbarian being so high is so that I can get some personal TW footage for future TW information videos.

    ...
    Shout out to faction Britannia on Archosaur server for taking me in...
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  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Axe and poleblade builds for BMs can have the same amount of vit - 3 every 2 levels. (Axe is 6 str, 1 dex, 3 free points; poleblade is 5 str, 2 dex, 3 free points.) Sword is 5 str, 3 dex, 2 free points, fist is 5str, 4 dex, 1 free point, 4 path is 6 str, 4 dex, no free points.
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  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Guess I'll do a video just on BM builds then...added to this Sunday's list.
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  • Showboat - Dreamweaver
    Showboat - Dreamweaver Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    UPDATE: 3/24/10

    In light of 2x exp, spirit, and drops, I will NOT be doing the quest guide class videos until the event ends. This is because the quests alone will level you normally at the levels the characters currently are at, meaning the 2x exp would level them farther than intended without completing all quests available in the level range that I'm recording. I have already recorded the Assassin videos, so expect those this Sunday.

    UPDATE 3/28/10

    Due to a lack of recognition, this guide is now DEAD. I'm not going to post any more videos unless by request.
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