New Beginnings!

Hey Everyone,

So the formatting of this post will be all dishovled until later today. For some reason, my school computers don't like to format my blog my way. But hey, I'm not at Burger King, so what do I expect, right? So if you're checking this post out before 4:00 P.M, please come back and check the post out when it has pictures and when it actually makes sense!

So there's something about the Spring season that makes me want to level some baby Wizards. I don't really know what it is ... but there always seems to be something in the air that makes me want to go back to Wizard City and explore the fun and excitement of being a new wizard. So, while I have Patirck to level on the side, I'll be leveling my new Life Wizard, Oran FoeHammer! Oran will be my 8th GrandMaster/ Legendary (well, that is, if Patrick levels to Legendary before him. Now wouldn't that be just darn strange if he dinged Legendary before Patrick?).

What I plan to do is level Oran out of Wizard City by this Wednesday, which should happen, or almost happen. Oran is level 9 (or 8; I can't remember), and he has the quests for Romulus, Eyus Maximus, and the Harvest Lord (when Oran finishes all the quests on the Three Streets with the exception of the boss fights, I will complete them all at once; well, one at a time ...). So I should, at the very least, be in Colossus Blvd. by Wednesday. My ultimate goal is to be in Krokotopia by Easter. Why?

Well, Oran will be teaming up from there with a very good friend of mine, Arlen DawnEyes from The Two Headed Wizard! So from there, we'll be leveling some alts together. I'm really excited to be teaming up with him! It should be a blast, and very intresting as to how it affects our blogs. Once we get to Celestia (oh gosh, who knows when that will be), Patrick will join up with Oran and the gang, and I'll level them both at the same time! Pure genious, no?

So I'm really looking forward to that. I also have a word on laziness. Remember that post I had about how those new pets in the video, and how they may not be school specific pets that had evidnce that wasn't completely solid? Well, I posted a thread on Central to present my evidence. Let me tell you; big mistake.

First, I have people telling me I photoshopped these pictures. For those of you under a rock that think I photoshopped this, please go check out KingsIsle Youtube page. That's just insanity right there.

I also have people saying that KingsIsle has the power to equip any item on any wizard and/or the ability to change their school with a simple command (a wizard that can change schools). When I ask them to post crediable evidence, they tell me to look for it. I'm sorry, but the last time I checked, when in a debate with someone, you don't look for your opponent's evidence. If you have an opposing view but refuse to support it, then your point is null and void until proven. If someone happens to have a valid source that claims that KingsIsle has the power to change their school with a simple command or if KingsIsle has the ability to wear anything on any wizard, please state so in the comments with a valid sitation. I just don't want to assume things; that's all.

That's pretty much all I have for today. I'll see you guys soon!

P.D.

New Necklaces and Purchasing Problems

Hey Gang,

So there was some maintence early this morning going on in the Spiral! KingsIsle has released the new necklaces (you know, the ones that let you use power pips for Schools that aren't your primary School?) to the live realm. They also released a bunny suit and the mini game kiosks that were in the test realm (these items used to only be obtainable via the $40 Gift Card or the Auction House if someone sold their one from the $40 card). KingsIsle also said that the maintainence was the last of their sessions were they were upgrading their software. Does anyone remember the last time we saw a message similar to this? About a month before Celestia went to the Test Realm, KingsIsle made similar regular maintences, saying that they were "upgrading the system," which is true. However, if this is the usual pattern for releasing a new world/ new content, I'd say that WinterTusk will be here by late May/ Early June. Yay! New content!

Also, I wanted to bring something to the attention of people recently buying Crowns or a Membership. Anyone using American Express Gift Cards (and possibly Credit Cards, I'm not sure) to purchase Crowns (or a Membership, again I'm not sure if it matters) will find difficulty purchasing the item. This is a temporary glitch, as I was informed by KingsIsle, and should be resolved shortly.

How do I know such a thing is occuring? Well, I have bought 2 $25 American Express Gift Cards within the past two weeks (as that is how I pay for things like Crowns and my URL). I've been trying to purchase the Crowns, and it just hasn't been working. I've called American Express and complained multiple times, but it wasn't until later that I realized that it wasn't quite their fault with what's been going on. If I made my payment for my URL with one, then it must be the Wizard101 site that's having problems. So I sent a ticket in to KingsIsle about it, and they are currently working on the issue. Supposedly there are other wizards who have been having this problem as well, so if you are one of those wizards, please let KingsIsle know! It will help everyone!

In other news, Wizard101 Central's Video of the week is up! I actually really like these videos, and I'm really looking forward to watching it when I get home.

There is no gaming news from me today, as I couldn't play much last night due to an ill-wanted meeting that i had to attend with a troll. Basically I had to go to a meeting with my sister and my mom about a college and let's just say that it wasn't too happy for me because there was someone that I didn't like at the meeting. I did the right thing though, and while it may be hard sometimes, it just goes to show that the best weapon you have is your conscience.

So look for some news tomorrow about Patrick! And who knows; maybe there will be some Spiral news for us! See ya later,

P.D.

**EDIT: The Amex (American Express) Gift Card bug will not happen to everyone; some people may have no problems with it.**

The Wild Wild Bolt Debate

Hey Everyone,

So, if you haven't heard, KingsIsle has changed the Wild Bolt spell on the Test Realm. The card use to have 10% and hit for 1000 damage,but they have changed it to a 70% accuracy, however, the spell could do 1, 10, 100. or 1000 damage. So, as you could imagine, Storm Wizards across the Spiral are becoming outraged with it, to the point of harassing and abusing people. Have I fought in the bloody war of Wizard101 Central about Wild Bolt? Yes. What side was I on? I'm on the side of the new Wild Bolt.

But, P.D, why? Don't you have a Storm Wizard? This is totally unbalancing the game!

No, it's not. It's actually making the game's balance increase. Here is a response I posted on several threads and blogs about getting rid of the new Wild Bolt:

Hey there! So, I was reading your post, and I actually very much disagree with you for several reasons. One, by the end of level 60, Storm wizards would be able to power the accuracy to 50%, 60%, or even 70%. And that's just with gear. THEN, if you add Unstoppable, you'd make the spell 95%. That's more accuracy than with Life wizards. Or, if you decide to add elucidate, you can make the spell hit 7/10 percent of the time for 0 pips. Second, Storm wizards will be getting Leviathan, and that could be your new bolt. sure, it may not cost 2 pips, but, again, if you use Elucidate on it, it will be reduced to 6 pips, and you could attack the next round (given that you get 3 power pips). Third, this makes for an excellent shield remover. I did a test, and 1/8 times I got a wild bolt that did 1000 damage. So, also, technically speaking, your chances were increased from 1/10 to 1/8. However, and the point that I think gets Storm Wizards upset the most, you cannot increase the likelihood of it doing 1000 damage, whereas with accuracy this is possible. I see no reason for distress for this. Even coming from a PvE stand-point, this change makes sense. Now, it wont be amazingly easy to get through every battle; there is going to have to be a bit more sense intertwined. You may still disagree with me, but if you look through it from neutral eyes, not the "complainer"'s point of view, as people have been calling them, nor from the Storm's point of view, this makes complete sense.

Most of my points are listed in there. It just becomes a problem. I mean, did you Storm Wizards REALLY think that Wild Bolt wouldn't be changed eventually? With all the boosts, there would be a point where Wild Bolt could reach 90%, 95%, or even 100% accuracy. It'd be unstoppable. And that isn't right. A good thread to go if you want to see an excellent interpretation of why the new Bolt should be kept, go here.

I'll be posting a poll to see what you guys think, and feel free to comment as well. :)

P.D.

*EDIT: I'm also not for the change of Judgement? Why? Well, simply because it'd be impossible to play through the game as a Balance wizard. Again, people need to start think for BOTH PvE and PvP. Maybe they could lower Judgement in the arena or something, but keep it as is PvE. Thanks for bringing up the point though :)

My Horrible Days Just Keep Getting Better...

Hey guys,

So I couldn't sleep last night, and I didn't get to bed until around midnight (I have to wake up at 5:30). When I got up this morning, I was headed to Central when I stumbled into this:

"You have been banned for the following reason: You were warned about breaking rules and you broke another by posting a link to your blog

Date the ban will be lifted: 05-07-2010, 04:00 AM"

Ok, first off, let me say that that's not even a legit reason to ban me. The first time I posted my blog post, I had the link. A moderator warned me that it was breaking the rules, so he took it down. Ok, that's fine. No problem

However, I realized that he deleted everything about my continuing to blog. SO, I posts something like "As for my blogging carrear, I will be blogging on another site that I cannot name, due to rules on Central. You'll have to find me if you'd still like to hear my blog" And they said that I posted another link?! Dude, seriously?! I just said I was going to blog on another site! I never said (the second time) "Oh, here's where you could find me!"

To me, Central is way too strict and needs to cut down on their rules. That was just utter ridiculousness. Whatever, this obviously makes me want to stop blogging on there, and I'm afraid that, no matter how much someone makes it seem ok to post there again, it will probably never happen. I'll still post the contest on there though, and the contestants will still get their prizes!

So the Student Teacher elections are up and running. W00t! Please vote for me for the student teacher of the fire school! I have a feeling that I'm gonna lose, but whatever.

So, if elected student teacher (and probably even if I'm not) i want to organize a Lip Dub for Ravenwood! If you don't know what a Lip Dub is, watch this video of what we did at my school:

Ok, so, did you see those anti-gravity effects? It was because we were walking backwards! So here are the songs I and a couple others have thought up:

Fire: Fire Burning On the Dance Floor

Ice: Jingle Bell Rock

Storm: Blame it on the Pop

Balance: Walk it Out

Death: Back in Black

Life: Walking On Sunshine

Myth: Monster Mash

So let me know if you have any ideas or if you want to be in it. If we can get enough people, I want to have a meeting soon. Thanks for all of your help and support!

P.D.

My First Post On Blogspot

Hey Everyone,

So, as some of you might know, I run a blog on (Wizard101)Central called The Pyromancer's Digest. I made a parallel my blog on Central, that way I don't have to obey all of their restrictions on talking.

Ok, so with that said, lets talk:

So, I finally got my charger today! I was getting so mad, I wanted to punch someone in the face lol (Yeah, I know, I got anger issues)

So, today, KI finally gave us more crowns to use the hatchery! w00t! So, I used these new crowns to mix my danger hound with my Helephant. Well, I was so excited, but after waiting an hour for it to hatch, it was......... another danger hound.

You have no idea how mad I was. Lol

Well, I'm not gonna spend much time on this, because it makes me so sad, but I'm probably ending my blog on Central. The post is here.

However, I'm really looking forward to building up this blog. So, hopefully, I have something to talk about tomorrow since I didn't really have anything today. See you later!

P.D.