Aaah... Peace

I just got back today, and spent my first minutes home obtaining Grandmaster!

That feels good :D.

Now that that's out of the way, it seems the test realm went live while I was away... correct me if I'm wrong. Not only that, but they introduced a Unicorn Mount. Seems pretty... unicorny. There is also a Celestian Sword with a 95 damange fire spell... seems pointless for the card, because you get a dragon rider staff anyway... hmmm, I guess its more for looks than stats.

Well... Thats it for now. I've got a book to read for school. There goes my relaxation time!

One Final tip... Before I leave.

Well, I'll be leaving tomorrow for a trip to our family cabin, which will be fun, but I won't make grand. I'm sitting at One bar of xp to go, and if I just could play tomorrow... :P. It will bug me all week, but what can ya do? Right?





Anywho, before I head off to the lake, I have a tip for you to help with two quests from Dragonspyre. When you progress to the Crystal Grove, You will get a main quest to kill (as of July 5th, 2010) 12 spiders from Milaka Jewelbender. Now if you haven't already done so, go find Kozel Toothtamer and take his side quests. The first one is a breeze, and when you get the second one, you will see a similar set-up, he will ask you to get 12 spiders as well.





Now don't just hop to any random set of spiders! Go for the Shimmer Widows! They are rank 8 Storm School mob, and unless you have low health, or are storm school (even then you have a shot), these are the quickest way to finish this quest off! I have yet to see them cast weakness, and can be defeated pretty easily with a Level 48 spell. I set up a feint, a spirit blade, and a death blade, and off come their heads.





You can find a pair by going to the second grove (the one farthest away from the door to dragonspyre academy), and going to the bridge closest to Milaka Jewelbender and Kozel toothtamer.

Will Dragonspyre lose its sense of acomplishment?

Almost Everyone has been there... Your First Character pushed his/her way through Mooshu, and You opened the gates to Dragonspyre, The Final world. You defeated Cyrus, and He allowed you to progress.

You slowly pushed your way through, fighting grueling fights, and defeating some tough bosses. However, Dragonspyre is getting a makeover, and now the mob has less health, and you need to kill less enemies and collect less things, and Now getting to Malistaire is going to be less of an accomplishment. It still will be hard, but No longer will you die on your first mob fight.

This is a good and bad thing... Your Alts will have an easier time, and Farming will get a bit easier, but Dragonspyre will lose a bit of its feeling, and sense of raw difficulty...

Well, That's my rant :)

Test Realm is back!

The Test realm opened up sometime yesterday... while I was away on vacation. Typical. :P. Here is what is expected on Wizard101 for this coming big update:

1) The opening set of quests to Celestia has been released! If you have completed the "Final Countdown" quest in Dragonspyre... then head over to Halston Balestrom to begin. Unfortunately the bump back in levels and progress has caused me to not be able to do this quite yet :(

2) Crafting has come to GH (Grizzleheim)! He advertises a fine array of recipes... including one for a GH house! :)

3) More house privacy options have been added. Here it is, straight from the cat's mouth:
"There are now privacy options to only allow your Friends (but not their friends) to teleport to your home. Look for this in the Privacy Tab when you press ESC in the game."
"The owner of a house can send guests away with the "Send Away" option. Just click on a Wizard in your Home and the Friends panel will appear, where you will see the option to "Send Away". The Wizard that was sent away will receive the message "The owner asked you to leave.""

4) GH crowns housing is out.

5) A few pet updates have come around. First, the pet hatching cost will be lots less. Second, now both parties must agree to the deduction of coins in the pet hatching. Third, All level 48 pets will now will always get the Power pip talent manifest. Finally, Life pet Earthwalker now gives a Life boost, not a Myth one as before.

6) Dragonspyre is being made easier! Less health, fewer things to collect and defeat for quests, things like that.

There are many many others, so if you want to read them all, click here. That's it for today!

Not much to report...

Nothing big has happened in a while...

Ravenwood Radio Episode 19 has been moved to the 19th, and Leesha should have her recording from KingsIsle's Studio. They had a contest where you could submit a question for Leesha to ask KI, and you could have won a gobbler pet.

I've made progress in Dragonspyre! I really recommend bringing a friend to help you through all the insane MOB battles. They can get very touchy even with the right cards...

I've also had some time to train Sasha, my Seraph pet. She is over 100 EXP and on her way to Epic! So. Slow. :) But it will be worth it!

That's it... Not much. :D

The big 1 oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!

Thats right! KingsIsle has hit Ten MILLION Players! They have released a code for a Partypack, A hat, a party banner, and a cake. To redeem the code click here and enter "PARTYPACK" into the promotions box. You will have to log in first, and then click the redeem code button on that menu on the left.

CONGRATULATIONS KINGSISLE!
(Now get Celestia into the test realm!! ;) )

DO YOU SIDE QUESTS!!!!!!!!

No matter how boring, no matter how tedious, no matter how much you want to get to the next area and continue the storyline, DO YOU SIDE QUESTS! I can't tell you how badly I regret not accepting EVERY quest I could get... because now I have to go back and hunt down those quests and its making my DS (Dragonspyre) progress so pitifully slow. I am paying for it especially in Marleybone. This is especially important if you expect to attain GM (Grandmaster, the title for Level 50 wizards, the current level cap). If you do all your side quests and all the main storyline, you will be pretty close to GM when you beat Malistaire.