Wizard101 After Dragonspyre: What Needs To Change

Hello Wizards!

I usually don't make rant posts like this, but I decided to make another today about how much Wizard101 has changed after Dragonspyre. Let's talk about what the game was like before all of the other worlds and updates after Dragonspyre were released.

Back in the day, Malistaire was the main boss. He had A LOT of health, but he didn't cheat at all. You could go through this dungeon solo or with friends to go through a little bit faster. The only thing that you had to worry about was running out of health or if somebody teleported and got to a major battle and fled. The storyline was amazing because we had one person we had to stop from destroying the spiral (like the Armada on Pirate101). We were focused on saving the spiral by defeating bosses from Wizard City to Dragonspyre. We didn't have Cheats, Advanced Pets, Critical & Block, Jewels, or Shadow Magic. Most of the things we have today are used to stop cheating bosses but are not as effective. Darkmoor is an example of how difficult the game has gotten since Malistaire's first dungeon. Can you solo Darkmoor? Of course. You have to have a lot of experience, the best gear in the game, and many other talents to solo this dungeon. I've tried soloing this dungeon and I didn't make it past the first boss on my ice wizard. If you don't have anybody online to help you through this, you might not make it past the dungeon. If you do, you will need a lot of time on your hands because you'll be in one dungeon for hours and hours to not get what you want. I might farm Darkmoor when the level cap is raised to 150. :P The Tower Of The Helephant is a great example of how things are changing. I remember going through the Tower of Helephant with a group back when it was first released and we barely made it through. You needed the right gear and everything to solo it. This was a side quest, but now we're dealing with main quests that have bosses and dungeon like this dungeon.

Cheating Bosses are not easy to fight, especially with the direction the game is going with them. I think simple cheats in Celestia were pretty cool, then things started changing when most of the bosses (at least the bosses you want gear from) cheat. I still have my level 60 gear from the Waterworks because I couldn't farm any of the dungeons mostly because I didn't have time to. I'm glad they still useful, at least with help. Recently, I had to stop questing my ice wizard because he has to stop on certain bosses and dungeons because they have way too many cheating bosses. It's not fun having to wait to quest, especially on a game you love. I can tell the game is starting to focus more on the storyline, especially with the release of Polaris. I can't wait to play, but I hope they change the direction of cheats. I know a lot of people won't agree with me, but I started the game soloing through Dragonspyre. I can't solo without the best gear, knowing all of the cheats, and many other things. I hope Kingsisle changes their direction and thinks about all of the other players having difficulty on the game. I don't hate Kingsisle or Wizard101 at all, but I hope they think about what cheats will be like at level 200. If they're worse than what they are now, I won't be able to quest as much as I have (maybe a level every two years? LOL).  Anyways, this was something I was thinking about today. PLEASE stop putting so much focus on cheating bosses. That will help out a lot, and players won't need as much. I know new things are fun, and many of the things that have been added to the game are a lot of fun, but not when you still can't get through cheating bosses.

Are Fansite Owners Kingsisle Puppets?

Hi there,

I remember creating my ice wizard on Wizard101 back in 2009. This was the very first time I played the game after seeing a commercial on tv about it. I joined the game not knowing what fansites, the community or even blog posts were. I created my blog in 2010 after seeing Tom's amazing website "The Friendly Necromancer". So far I've made 1,300 different Wizard101 & Pirate101 related blog posts! I'm extremely proud of my website even if I wasn't a fansite owner. I have so many memories that I can search for and remember how much I have learned since a certain dungeon I might have had trouble on back in 2011.

As mentioned before, I'm a Pirate101 Fansite owner. I was very lucky to be accepted by our amazing W101 & P101 Community Managers as a Pirate101 fansite owner back in 2012 (and again last June after my break from both games - because of school). What is a fansite owner? Fansite owners are community members that should love the game just as much as you do but have a website that they have spent a lot of time and money on. They should be doing the things that they should for the love of the community and Kingsisle games and not for codes or attention.

Kingsisle has done things that I don't agree with, but I know they listen which is awesome. I've been in the community nearly five years (in a few weeks) and I know they have listened to players after many complaints. Last year, many players have complained about Kingsisle not releasing any upcoming Pirate101 teasers about updates saying the game would be shut down. Kingsisle said on the December Producer's Letter that they would release a new teaser on a Feedback Friday (which they did early last month). Pirate101 is still going to shut down according to those who said they wouldn't release a spoiler. LOL! I have to laugh about that because Kingsisle is apparently hard at work on new updates. I've been optimistic, and apparently being optimistic is not a good thing.

I've been criticized for supporting Kingsisle through tough times. I'm a fansite owner and I'm a puppet. Uh... no. I could post many blog posts from the past that prove that I'm not a "Kingsisle Puppet". I've supported Kingsisle and the community for many years and being called names is really sad. I created this blog before I even knew what a fansite was. If you read my first blog post, you'll read that I wanted everyone to play Wizard101 because I enjoy playing it. This first blog post was made nearly six years ago. I love Kingsisle games and the community even if Kingsisle emailed me today and said that they didn't want me on their fansite list. I created this blog for memories. I am NOT a puppet.

Fansite owners work hard, even if it doesn't seem like it. I don't always have time to make posts with school, but when I do, I try my best to make it the best post or event for everyone. All of the other fansite owners do too. All bloggers really work hard on their blogs just for you to read. If somebody doesn't own a website and makes tweets about how much they love a game, ruining their day because you'd rather hurt others does not mean you're right and everything you say will go. If it did, I'd ask you for the next lottery ticket numbers, really! Please, respect others. It seems that many forget the true meaning of respect. It might seem that I'm rude making this post, but I wanted to get it out and let everyone know that I'm not a Kingsisle Puppet because I love the game.

"Treat others the way you want to be treated"

STOP RELEASING SPOILERS!

Hi there,

Recently I found out about something (I'm not going to tell you what it is) that had something to do with a spoiler for Wizard101. I was very upset because I wasn't trying to look up the spoiler, I wanted to find out on my own once Kingsisle releases it. I couldn't believe I had to find out just by looking somewhere I usually look and wasn't expecting to see any sort of spoiler. If you're someone that finds out about a spoiler, don't release it to the entire world.. Last year I found out how rude that could be and if someone ever gives me a spoiler that's planned to be released in the future on the game in the future, I will never release it! There are people in the community that want to be in on the surprise so whoever is providing these spoilers to the public, take your tweets, statuses and posts down. Let someone in the community be surprised about the future of the game. If someone is planning on hosting a surprise Birthday party for someone, you don't shout this to the person: It's your Birthday? OH.. Forgot to tell ya something... Your friend is having a surprise Birthday party for you!!! SURPRISE.. BIRTHDAY.. PARTY.. FOR, Y O U!  Lol seriously though, please stop releasing spoilers to the public. I don't know if there's a Kingsisle employee releasing these things, but if there is.. STOP! If you're releasing spoilers, you need to stop this now. I like the old days where we found out something that was planned to be released on the game the same day Kingsisle announced it. Thank you for reading everyone and I'm not mad, I just want there to be a surprise once in a while.

Some Account Sanctions Reduced + Bad Language & Bullying Rant

Hi there,

Yesterday I made a blog post/rant about the bans on Wizard101 where people were exploiting the game. I know that some of you didn't know about the exploit and I felt bad but I'm happy to say, KI announced on their social media sites that some of the account sanctions have been reviewed and reduced! Thank you KI for doing this but I have something to say to those who have been so rude to KI in the past few days. I had a feeling yesterday they would do something like this but all you needed to do was wait instead of causing the world to end 1 billion years early. I'm actually upset that someone who says they're a fan could turn their backs that easy and basically go crazy. If your account was reviewed and the ban was taken away, PLEASE be thankful! That's all you can do after all of the damage you've caused in the community. I've seen petitions, bad language and even some people were getting mad at me using bad language on my social profiles basically directed towards me because they did something they knew was an exploit. I usually try to make blog posts positives but let me say this, if it was my choice, you'd be banned from all of the bad language and bullying you've done, not from the exploit. A lot of people have commented on my last blog post and it's made me think of all of the bullying and bad language used on the game. These people need to be the people that should be banned. I hope KI does see that, if they keep it up they should be banned not muted. That's only an opinion, just sick of the things I hear on the game that I've been trying to so hard to ignore the past year but it doesn't work. I feel bad for the new wizards, younger wizards, that make it to the game and go through the commons their first time and probably hear those going past the chat still. Open chatters can't even use words anymore because of those who abuse the chat. The chat is something we should enjoy having, not abuse because you're mad or just think it's "cool" to bully someone or use bad language. Let me tell you, it's not cool to do something like that and you must be learning from the wrong person that it is when it's not. I usually don't blog rants on my blog post since I want this blog to be only about Pirate101 and Wizard101 but I want to get the truth out there no matter what. I've blogged about this so many times in the past and think I should again. I apologize to those who don't like rants, but if you don't, you don't have to read them. There's other posts that you can read. :) I'm only going to label this to Rant so you don't have to read this since it's not going to be tagged on the Pirate101 or Wizard101 labels. I've had someone tell me I rant too much, yes I do on my rant posts you read, so if you're reading it's your fault. I have nearly 900 posts and 20 of them are rant posts, you can read the rest of my blog whenever you'd like to.. Lol Okay, getting too far on my rant. Now.. Please keep in mind in the future, if you're mad about something, throwing a temper tantrum won't get you anywhere. Now that my rant's finished, I'm happy most of you are getting your accounts back, everyone who did, not just those who didn't get mad. I just made this post so everyone knows that even though KI did this now, doesn't mean next time you'll be so lucky. Please don't exploit the game so you don't get banned! Good luck everyone.

My Thoughts On Recent Bans

Hi there,

Recently Kingsisle banned a bunch of players that were apparently cheating in the game trying to get unlimited items that gave them a lot of gold (correct me if I'm wrong). Kingsisle either banned players for a short amount of time or forever since they cheated in the game. I think Kingsisle did the right thing banning players for a short amount of time but don't really know about banning players forever.. Before I get started let me talk about what happened in the past and what's happening right now. There's been a lot of bugs in the game and players don't really know which things could be bugs. There could be a bug where players and spells are all red or a bug like this one where you get unlimited gold from something. I think I would know if I was getting unlimited gold so this doesn't mean you didn't know about it so don't tell KI they are wrong, you're going to sue them, or whatever you're saying because it's not their fault.. it's yours. They may have had the bug in the game and didn't know about it but you did so that means you are the only fault for picking up the items and selling them over and over. Now, if you accept what you did was wrong I really would like to thank you and hope that you get your account back soon. I don't know what I would do if my account was banned and would probably go crazy but I would know what I did was wrong and wouldn't blame Kingsisle for something I did that I knew was wrong. This reminds me of the bugs that happened in the past, like the gardening bug that happened. This was something that was unexpected, but we found out that we shouldn't have done something like that and a lot of people were banned for cheating in the game. I'm sure most of you that's made it to Azteca or Khrysalis know about this bug I'm talking about. It's about lessons and I think everyone should learn from their mistakes. If you've learned from this mistake than you will know next time not to do something like that. I have a feeling Kingsisle will change their minds about punishment. I'm only hoping, I really don't know if they will or not.. Usually when I make posts like these, a lot of people get mad but if you do, you really don't know who's fault it is about your banning and it's not my fault that you were banned. I'm here to blog what I think about the bans. Now.. I think it's time I really talk about people who are using bad language against Kingsisle... I'm surprised you haven't been banned for all of the bad language you're using. I've seen so much bad words on Twitter (and I'm sure other sites) lately and I can't believe how you've made it past Azteca acting like Morganthe. Please don't cuss Kingsisle out or I'm sure you'll never get your account back even if they reverse all of the bans. Let's hope they do reverse the bans (at most the bans that last forever). Thanks for reading. If you have anything you'd like to say, just comment below. I hope everyone that isn't using bad language against Kingsisle out does get their account back and if you stop using bad language against them, I hope you get your account back to. Please learn from your mistakes and don't do anything like that next time because Kingsisle is probably getting tired of it. I've read about other games where people were hacking the games and they weren't getting punished for doing all of the things they were doing to the game + hacking the game. That game ending up being closed. Do you want Wizard101 to shut down if Kingsisle didn't do anything for anyone doing something they shouldn't be doing or do you want to continue playing the game we all love?

Fun, Hard Work: Rant Post!

Hi there,

Before I begin my post, I'm sure wondering how I mix fun with hard work... well you'll know why its together soon. This post is about fansites and I know I'm not an official Wizard101 Fansite owner but I am an official Pirate101 Fansite owner and know how hard it is to be one. I've been one for just about a year and its not an easy job. There's a lot of things I focus on not only in real life but on here also. I have to make sure I update my blog, edit every post and make sure I don't make a spelling error (if you see my type on the game, you will know its hard work for me to do that LOL), blog about important news, and most of all host contests.. During Contests I have to think of a contest idea I haven't really done before, make the post, edit, answer any questions, remind everyone if the contest is ending soon, send out codes to all of the winners and then announce the winners. I love all of the contests I have, but when someone says I am or even another fansite owner is doing the wrong thing it upsets me. They have done a lot of work to do their contests also, you should just be happy you have a chance at a great code and accept the code if you win and if you don't win congratulate those who do. If you win don't complain about the type of code you win, accept and thank the person who gave you the code that you won. Another thing, fansite owners that have their fansite as more than one fansite are great. They do a lot more work than I am doing and that's actually crazy to me but I think its incredible. They are great people and deserve respect. I'm happy we have such great people who can be nice to others and run fansites, blogs, youtube, graphic artists or even just play the game. If you're rude you don't seem like someone who likes the community well and might need a break. I'm not sending you away, but its an idea that you should keep. If you bash everyone for everything they do that doesn't show you're a very happy person, only upset about something and nobody knows why.. These are things I only do, this doesn't just count for official fansite owners, so many other bloggers have to do the same thing and its hard work but should be appreciated. I can't speak for every blogger but I'm sure most of you reading will agree its hard work. For me its not only hard work, its fun! I love blogging, its one of my favorite things to do and even when I don't have time to do it I always try. I have been blogging for over four years and I'm not someone who only cares about something I get from KI just because I'm official. This is something I love doing and when someone bashes it, it's really upsetting. I'm not going to let anyone that bashes something I love to do win. If they don't like it, it doesn't mean I shouldn't like it. There's so many talented people in the world and some don't know their talents yet, but that doesn't mean you're not important. I believe everyone reading and not reading this post is important and doesn't deserve someone telling them what they are doing is wrong.. Unless its really wrong/bad. I am really bugged at the idea that someone thinks they have a right to troll someone just because they're doing something special for the community. I believe everyone is special in the community even rude people if they start acting nice again. There's something else I want to discuss before ending this post so I hope most of y'all made it through most of the post... I've noticed that Twitter has been crazy lately. Mostly because someone doesn't agree with something others do. IF you feel angry just take a break and come back later, it works for me and I always do that before saying anything else. If you're going to say something mean to anyone, you shouldn't say it at all because you have no idea how much damage it could do. I've done things like this in the past and I had to learn from my mistakes and sometimes you won't be forgiven for what you've done but if you are, don't try it again because next time you might not be forgiven. To end this post, I would like to ask you all to thank a blogger or just a wizard/pirate for their contests the next time they have one, or to accept a code you receive. If you think a contest is too hard there's other fansite contests, there's not only one fansite in the entire community so don't bash their contest in front of the entire community. You should be proud of what they are giving away and what time they are taking out to do so. Everyone's doing what they should do, never change who you are for haters/trolls. If you want to be a troll there's always a place in Cyclops Lane or Aquila you can sit at until you're ready to stop. Thank you for reading, and I hope everything gets better in this wonderful community soon. If you're ready to stop, just stop and maybe everyone will forgive you. :)

A picture to lighten the mood... Get it?! :) (Bad joke)

Why so many Hoards on Wizard101? Send a few to Pirate101!

Hi there,

I've been thinking about this for the past... well few months.. Please don't take this the wrong way when I say this but... KINGSISLE, PLEASE RELEASE A HOARD FOR PIRATE101! I'm not trying to be rude or anything I just really think Pirate101 needs a few packs. I'm happy that they've added quite a few crown shop items and of course the new henchmen that we get to control on Pirate101 but I really want to see a new hoard for Pirate101. I already forgot some of the names of the hoards on Wizard101 which means they already have way too many. I was hoping the next hoard released would be for Pirate101 since we only have one hoard and Pirate101 has been out 10 months already. Wizard101 has received nearly 30 hoards in the past two years which is a crazy amount of hoards! I know we'll get hoards on the game but its sad when Wizard101 gets another when its only been a month, to me it feels like a week. This is starting to remind me of the world thing lol.. Calm down with the hoards! I love every piece of equipment, pets, mounts and even spells in the hoards but I think when one is released so close together it gets confusing unless its on Pirate101 since we only have one hoard to keep track of. :D I know the Pirate101 team is creative and I can't wait to see the next hoard, I just hope its soon and not after Wizard101 gets another 50,000 hoards. This has been a short rant post by Edward Lifegem. :{D I guess since I made a post about the hoards, I'll send you a link to the recent hoard. Click on the image above to look at the new hoard, well the new new hoard since one was released not long ago. :P Enjoy and I'm hoping to see one on Pirate101 soon....

Why I think Hall Monitors are the Right Choice (Rant)

Hello Wizards,

Recently I've heard so many bad things about Hall Monitors and Kingsisle that I think its really... well I don't know how to put this. I think whoever talks bad about Kingsisle really doesn't support their game in the way it should be supported. Wizard101 is a very popular game and the only reason everyone gets upset that Kingsisle mutes or bans their account is because they think they can cuss and talk through text chat using bad words. There's so many words you can't even say that you could say before that are in yellow or red just because people in the commons ,where new wizards always go, have said bad things with it that they blocked it. Kingsisle has added Hall Monitors because of this and people get mad at Kingsisle and ask them why they were muted or banned. I think everyone needs to pay attention to the words they are typing before asking that question. If you call Kingsisle a bad company because of this, then you really don't deserve to play a great game like Wizard101. I understand that the punishments of a 10 year mute or longer needs to be a little shorter.. I'd say a year at the longest for someone that continues to use bad language. Maybe a 1 year ban also for worse. I do think anyone that's said a little bit bad language should be muted for a month so they can learn that they shouldn't say something like that on a family friendly game that Kingsisle has made. I love that this game is family friendly but when I see bullying and so much bad language when roaming through the commons there's just so much a person can take. I really do HATE it when I go through the commons and someone is bullying someone else or using so much bad language that all that shows up is dots or text chat with bad language. I believe in a few years words we an use now won't be used just because people in the commons won't stop using it every second. If you're reported on a false report, Kingsisle will know. If you're reported and muted then you said something because they do have a transcript of everything you've said. There's no way they would just mute you for no reason at all... this also counts for banning. If you don't wan to be banned or muted, then don't say something that will get you banned or muted. I think the Hall Monitors are the right choice for now to remind everyone that Wizard101 is a family friendly game. Thank you Kingsisle for stepping up and reminding everyone. What do you think about Hall Monitors? Let me know by commenting below. I'm asking for everyone's opinions since I let you know mine.

My Rant (KI Employees never ask for passwords, I'm the real Edward Lifegem)

Hi there,

To answer the question before I start the post... I am the Official Edward Lifegem that owns this blog and doesn't work at Kingsisle and will never ask for your password/account. Lately I've had so much trouble with someone impersonating me and I don't know how many people think I'm really hacking accounts but I'm not. I will never ask for your password or pretend to work at Kingsisle. Remember you shouldn't even give away your password in the first place. I don't know who's impersonating me but it needs to stop now. As many of you know I'm all for Online Safety and make posts about online safety every few months. I also have an Online Safety page which gives great online safety tips which should prove that I'm not who this person is and my only official social accounts are listed below in links. Click the image below for confirmation that KI employees never ask for passwords.

Update: One Eyed Jack also made a post on the main Pirate101 Website about account security and what you can lose (your pirate). Please take a chance to read this interesting post on the Pirate101 Message Boards by clicking on the image below!

My Official Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/edward.lifegem.5

Around the Spiral's Official Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Around-the-Spiral-with-Edward-Lifegem/190941214288072

My Official Twitter 

https://twitter.com/EdwardLifegem

Around the Spiral's Official Twitter

https://twitter.com/AroundTheSpiral

My other unused Official Facebook Account

https://www.facebook.com/edward.lifegem.18?fref=ts

My Blog

http://www.edwardlifegem.com/

My Emails

edwardfrostgem@gmail.com -admin@edwardlifegem.com -edwardwintergem@yahoo.com

I don't need anyone's accounts I'm busy enough with my own account on Wizard101 and Pirate101. Please be safe and don't give away your account. Kingsisle said they won't even ask for your password and that's something you should always know. They also give a picture on the long in screens of Pirate101 and Wizard101 as seen below!

Wizard101 Log in Screen

Pirate101 Log in Screen

I see someone has read my blog about Kingsisle's badge and used that against me. The only way you can ask them for their badge is in game not on Facebook. If they truly are Kingsisle they will have no problem showing you their badge on the game (wizard101 or pirate101). If not they are pretending to be Kingsisle and you should report them. On Facebook this person has been pretending to be me for over a year and they aren't giving up on it. I do not work at Kingsisle at all ~ the real Edward Lifegem .. I promise you I'll never ask for your password or anything and I hate making posts like this but I love it also since it can warn wizards and pirates in the Spiral that they need to be careful. Anyone asking for someone's password in return of something is faking and will take your account. Here's a few links to some great online safety pages including my online safety page.

http://www.edwardlifegem.com/p/online-safety.html

http://dittomonster.com/dittos-rules-for-online-safety/

http://mywizard101world.blogspot.com/p/online-safety.html

This post should clear everything up. To those who have reported this Facebook page pretending to be me, thank you! To anyone that's pretending to be someone, STOP IT. Thanks everyone for reading and I hope all of you read the entire post. NEVER give away your password to anyone and if they say they're Kingsisle, the first image on this post should prove everything. 

Wizard101 Worlds or Fast101 Worlds?

Hello Wizards,

I have played Wizard101 since August 2009. I heard about Wizard101 on cartoon network and thought (still do ) it was a pretty cool game that I really wanted to play! Currently I was looking for a nice online game and couldn't find one anywhere, its like I was supposed to play the game! I played through Celestia which was very exciting, Zafaria also exciting, I didn't level all the way through because of personal problems in real life though. A few months later, Avalon was released and only a couple wizards could actually make it through, my fire and my storm wizard. I was worried questing through, that I wouldn't have time, but I kept thinking there was no way they would release another world in the same year (2012). I was wrong, they released Azteca, for the very first time not one of my wizards were ready for this world.. Currently I'm leveling my fire wizard, Edward Firegem through Avalon so I can finally make it to Azteca...

Its difficult, but I'm hoping to complete Avalon very soon and make it to Azteca and level through before the next world is released. I have a bad feeling that I won't get to though. Lets go back in time again and think of the time frame between each new world.. Celestia, Zafaria, Avalon and Azteca.. some of the worlds took a matter of a year apart with release such as DS-Celestia and Celestia-Zafaria. Now that some people stay on a lot more than others can (I'm sure most of the people who play Wizard101) they are releasing worlds every few months. This is very confusing and there's no excitement up to the new world(s) release. I love all of the new worlds (characters, spells, design, just about everything), I just don't like that it's being released so fast. I love Wizard101 and Kingsisle, great game and the best game team ever! I just hope they get this message, that they are releasing way too fast. Lets think of the lower levels who are just starting the game. They are level one, and hoping to make it to level 30 to be closer to the 90 mark. When they finally reach level 30, the level cap is raised to 100. They try again and its raised to 110. I think it'll be too fast for them too and probably won't have much motivation to make it to level 90,100,110---. Now if it's a different case where's there's a level 90 for about a year, or at least 8-10 months, they would make it and have lots of motivation! With people asking for worlds after a week, yes a week, after a new world (live realm) it starts to get boring because you think you'll never make it. I'm feeling that right now, but I'm going to keep trying. Please Wizard101/ Kingsisle, stop releasing worlds so fast, I love your game and hope you're reading this so you understand. Thank you for reading, please comment below and tell me what you think about Wizard101 releasing worlds like this.. Here's something to show you how fast they've released worlds since 2010.

Celestia- Zafaria

1 year 

Zafaria-Avalon

6 months 

Avalon- Azteca

6 months

6 months (a couple months to me) will be through soon, make sure you level through if they plan to release another world.. I'm hoping they aren't though. It would be VERY nice if they waited until the end of 2013. Again, tell me what you think about all of this, I would love to see everyone's opinions, if there's any bullying or bad language I will not publish your comment. Thank you for reading and see you around the Spiral!