Wizard101 May Have a Community Problem...

[@FloatinPineapple]

I will NEVER understand how people play this game without listening to the dialogue a single time.

[@JANclipz]

It usually forces you to listen to the important stuff

[@Ken.Wiz.]

It’s crazy saying it as a guy who mainly plays story based games on console, I always the skip the dialogue in wiz. My goal in wiz is to get all my wizards maxed and geared up for pvp (my reason for playing this game), this game is too long and grindy for me slow down even a lil bit to read dialogue. That being said, I might quest slowly and read dialogue for my last wiz.

[@shoopydoopy6062]

Gracefully and effortlessly

[@BunGuy15]

its easy you just hit the next button until there's no more dialogue

[@FloatinPineapple]

@ listen here funny guy 🤨

[@DeDuppio_111]

I've been doing a challenge "Trying to collect every side quests in each world" and wow, there is so much content and lore I missed out. I'm level 30 starting Marleybone, level freakin 30

[@marcushellerhansen8441]

Hey. I am a side quester in the game by casual means , and I have done all sides on every world. Good luck at the late game it will be tough, and you will need it. It's normal till then side bosses sometimes more deadly than main bosses.

[@thehumbleebumblee]

I'm a side quest simp myself

[@sniperfox8806]

So real, I'm starting to do all the side quests on my ice wizard, it's actually quite rewarding to get a bunch of them done :D

[@tristanshepard8077]

Not us doing the same thing, I just got done with mooshu 😅

[@99B3RRETT5]

I've been side questing for the longest. It's low key fun plus you get badges that give you access to cosmetic gear and unique badge names

[@PhazedxWizard]

This game is so much fun when you just do stuff that you do cuz you want to. With my group of friends that are new to Wizard, it allows me to nerf myself and try new things. I’m using azoff treasure cards, balance dispels on arc 1 bosses, using polymorphs, duel schooling storm, 50 card decks with mantels, weakness, shields, utility, etc. This game is super fun when you experiment and are not min-maxing everything, it’s fun to not be optimal if you have experience with the game. I think this community needs to experiment more 😅

[@Zmagz]

Lol hey, cool seeing you here. Anyway, I agree with all your points.

[@jaybe9627]

Yes! There has been multiple times people are basically screaming at me in chat because I’m going going through the dungeon in the most optimal way, it’s crazy. Just have fun playing the game.

[@BlackRose-rp7kv]

@@jaybe9627the arguement though could be that why are you doing a dungeon with others? your arguement might be you want to have more fun with others, but their arguement could be they are doing it to make the dungeon be quicker so what you want but it's kinda fucked up that you would make their experience miserable in favor of your own 🤷‍♀️ just wanted to say this because I know in your eyes everything is just about fun and unseriousness, but you truly would be going out of your way to team up with people in a dungeon and slow everyone down

[@jaybe9627]

@@BlackRose-rp7kv Wow, you never once thought about making an entire argument based off assumptions before pressing send. I’ve been playing this game for a long time, I do almost the entire game solo most times I play, including dungeons. I’m talking about the big ones almost impossible to do at the level when you get the quest. And when I’m in a team I actually try very hard to be helpful, I think I’m quite good at working with strangers in wizard101. When I made my comment I was thinking about a specific moment I was doing waterworks with 2 strangers as a fire wizard, and one of them kept yelling at me in chat for simply not using the 4 pip meteor attack for some minion fights, that’s literally it. Like the og comment was talking about not every single moment in this game needs to be min maxed, it’s ok to take 30 seconds extra than the minimum possible time in a couple battles.

[@tidela4714]

Oh my gosh THANK YOU. I was literally talking to someone yesterday who was getting bored with the game, and I told him to start a new character and listen to the dialogue. He said, “but that will take too long.” I told him that it’s part of the game and it actually doesn’t feel very long because you’re actually engaging with the purpose of each quest, and he said, “Yeah, but you’re a nerd.” BRUH 😂

[@chaozgaming8565]

Man I remember I like playing this game and reading the story because it's fun, but I hate playing with others because they like to mash through it and complain I'm going too slow just cause I'm reading dialogue and not playing "Thuh must Optimal wey!" The story is genuinely interesting and the sidequests get a laugh out of me, if you take the time to read them. It's a shame they do VA for this game only for elitist to skip over it and complain the game's boring. I think the real issue stems from the game being a grindfest, and punishing players constantly for not playing "Optimally" so it turns a lot of longtime players cancerous. And because the grind is so long, players get irritated mid-farm when players do things to slow them down. No I still dont think a set of Dragoon Gear should take 800+ reagents.

[@UnofficialViewer-n2s]

rip Dell Aldrich, I loved her voice so much

[@OfficialBulldozerStudios]

Hence why I only did the grind once, then decided "Nah, F that baloney" and never went past Lv.60 again with any of my chars. And that was BEFORE Lv.160 and 170 came along and added gear pins to the game. This game is getting straight up World of Warcraft on us, I swear.

[@shrexba]

I also find it to be really sad that many players feel the need grind the game quickly because of the borderline predatory paywall. we pay for it monthy and might not be able to pay every month for budget reasons and all that, so many people just want to get the most possible leveling and progression they can in a single month without taking time to fully digest the story, especially in certain worlds where the quests are really long and a bunch of back and forth... i think if this game had a less expensive price per month or offered more content before you even have to worry about hitting the paywall, it would open up room for players to actually sit through and enjoy the story instead of speed-running to make the most of their $11 a month. yes, technically it's $10, but if you include taxes it's $11.

[@chaozgaming8565]

@@shrexba to be honest, I wouldn't mind the paywall if there was more than 10 minutes of content. Their "Wizard City Renovation" update had players hit the paywall faster, and players dont get enough content to want to get a subscription. Their modern day MMO competition offers WAY more content to explore. And no, adding garbage like fishing or pet training doesn't count. There needs to be enough substancial free content for players to wanna buy anything. They'd make way more money off people buying membership if players had a bit more content to explore. And with how many worlds the game has, there's no excuse anymore. I'd argue Wizard City and part of Krok should be free at least. And forcing players to pay more for membership by adding relentless parts of grinding to waste a player's time makes it so much worse. Meanwhile, their competition like Guild Wars 2 gives you an ENTIRE BASE CAMPAIGN FOR FREE. That MMO makes tons of money by just selling expansions and cosmetic items or account upgrades. Meanwhile, Wizard101's store barely functions half the time.

[@shrexba]

@chaozgaming8565 Tbh I'd argue that up until Mooshu at the VERY LEAST should be free. Marleybone Meowiarty fight would honestly be such a natural place to leave off and would give players a ton of content to buy from. I also wouldn't take issue with the paywall if we got more for free. It makes little to no sense how there's 20 something worlds now and only PART of one of them is free.

[@kollinpoindexter8859]

I would love it if soloing dungeons without dying (no matter the level) always gave you a top gear drop and the first time you do it gives a badge. For example if you solo mount Olympus a zues outfit piece always drops. Solo water works, always get an item, solo darkmoore your getting loot. They should also badge lock/level lock it the solo reward.

[@FrostDzNz]

From a PVE perspective, this is why I appreciate the Ice school. The patience instilled in you from the constant struggle of having no dmg + accuracy that fails at the worst moment possible, and the humbleness forced upon you from bringing nothing worthwhile to teamups beyond tower shields, really helps you gain a new appreciation for the game and other players. How could I not use teamups at every opportunity, try and quest with other people, be nice in team up, or do my best to explain stuff to other players in dungeons when I was the one who needed the help? Switching to balance only made me want to return the handouts I received 10 fold. Even better, Ice gave me an appreciation for deck building and strategy that Balance only reinforced. Its like going from being dehydrated to drowning. Having to make it work for so long with practically no real options when it comes to dmg or combat, to ALL the options made me want to try every strategy in the book. Balance bosses just made things even more fun, especially when I discovered the sorcerer hunter pet. Seeing some of the stuff people think or commonly do when I joined the wider w101 community only made me wonder if we all really played the same game. Theres alot of things I can understand and even agree with, but its clear that some of the community needs to ask themselves if a few of the problems they have come from a place of burnout. Like, some, an EXTREMELY small percentage, of the things people have problems with are just fundamental parts of the game and the experience. If they really hate those specific things that much, its time to ask whether they even like the game.

[@shatteredsentient5321]

My Ice has 145 damage starting Empyrea with 49 pierce no joke.

[@yanni1418]

I’m going through my first run with my myth wizard and I have had bad interactions with some folks cuz I didn’t know some bosses had cheats and they did not properly explain and made me feel a bit crappy. I get how tired veteran players are but as a new player, the community has become toxic to the point where I have not made a consistent friend to quest with in over a year :-( and it does not help that I get burnt out doing the same thing over again.

[@ZMeek_]

Nah deadass the community these days is crawling with npcs that don’t know how to communicate it’s sad what this game has become I came back like 2 months ago and was shocked by how lame the community has become

[@mattyice9644]

Dude so many games these days have this kind of problem. I wish that solo rewards were more common. If nothing else the community that skips over everything just to spearhead end Game content has gotten out of hand in my opinion.

[@KaneSoulbreaker]

6:10 you have no idea how excited I was when they added solo badges in karamelle, and then they never did it again

[@Rathain351]

Ive returned to Wiz lately, haven't played since i was young, the way you can build your Wiz now is really awesome. Being able to weave all three spirit schools effectively and having a full stacked deck with so many options to choose from is amazing. Haven't seen many others giving "Tri-schooling" a shot unfortunately. 10/10 playstyle, id recommend giving a try sometime

[@Flarga]

mind dropping a quick explanation? i’m interested but don’t know how i’d do that exactly

[@Rathain351]

@@FlargaFor sure! I wanna preference this with ive only done it with the spirit schools but i can def see it being possible with any combination. I started with Death school, and for Mutate reasons i trained up Myth so i could get Minotaur and have the Death version. Bouncing off that, i changed my power pips to be Myth at first so i have access to both schools. But i remembered that my old Storm char had a myth mastery necklace which allowed me to switch my power pip to Life and can now use all three schools. Though the only thing is i do have to use the TC deck for the big hits of the other schools and other tactical stuff like their blades. but it works really well in PvE. Side note: Could definitely change the 3rd school to whatever works for you and whatever your secondary school is the school of the tree id recommend you choose to Weave with. Also it takes time to kind of build into this, as it kind of only "clicked" post Celestia. Hope this sheds some light.

[@titanxx9]

I will admit as a kid I skipped dialogue cause at the time cause it was too boring, but now I understand it. A couple years ago I started a new wiz and let every dialogue play and the game is much more enjoyable. As for the meta idgaf, I’m using whatever spells I want. I’m using earthquake because I hate looking at the damn frog.

[@DaddySadiist]

See I never understand most people when it comes to games. I never play with mods, skip dialogue, or speedrun things. I've been playing this game since middle school and I'm almost 30. Anytime I play a game I always make characters look as close to me IRL as I can, name them after myself, and do everything I can to seriously immerse myself in the games I play. Without fail no matter the game the ones complaining about the games the loudest are the ones who don't actually care for the game that they are playing. Just complaining for attention. If someone needs to cheat they really don't care enough about the game and should play something else. This is coming from someone who has a wizard for every school, does every quest and side activity on that wizard, doesn't skip dialogue, and actively goes out of my way to learn about the game from outside sources. That last bit goes for every game I play.

[@DrakonBlake]

For me with modding. I try to 100% a game before I mod it. Unless there’s a really good cosmetic or quality of life mod that just fixes that one thing that kept bothering me or something.

[@shatteredsentient5321]

Mods are fun. wtf

[@thomascarroll9373]

Destiny 2 has added unique challenges recently where beating raids with no hard wipes gives you a special cosmetic for that raid. I think something like that is exactly what you want for this wiz.

[@Mordramon]

Going through this video for a bit, and just offering some thoughts. • Speedrunning/Cheat Engine Speedup: You are 100% right about such being against the TOS. But the same time, there was something you didn't acknowledge: the reason. It's to ease up and speed up the more tedious grinds. Say people are going for Coach Potatoes or material drops from weak mobs or bosses you gotta fight a lot. There's no natural speed-up nor an option to skip the animation. This is completely understandable that they wanna make this faster. KI could deal with this issue themselves by making a speed-up/auto-battle button if you're solo. More popular casual games (ex. Honkai Star Rail) have this and it makes so much more difference. • Dialogue Skipping: This. This I'm to an extent with you on. As someone who plays Pokémon often and also mods for people who play Wiz and Pokémon, I've seen two sides of dialogue skipping: 1. People who've already experienced it and don't want or see the need to listen again. Personally, I only listen once or twice to absorb what's happening and appreciate what story or moments there are. But after that? Yeah, understandable not wanting to listen again. 2. People who simply don't care. This is the part where it irks me. There are people who will just disregard and not care about the story. While to each their own, there's no winning here without finding a common ground and offering them another perspective in a less aggressive manner than what I think you're doing in this video. Streamer buddy of mine is like this, but offered him another perspective by saying "hey, this part is actually pretty cool, you should slow down and take a moment to enjoy this." Especially with Empyrea, and they actually listened and took in the moments happening. Even got some jokes in. Complaining about the game being stale: Yeeeeeeah... There's no winning here. KingsIsle is struggling to branch out to new things in the game. People complain about stale stuff, but then you'll always find someone complaining about new things that are drastically different. It happened with Beast Moon. You cannot please everyone unfortunately. Partly on KI, partly on the community. Level Incentives: These still exist! Just KI is the reason people don't know nor care. Five Boxes, Lost Pages, Easter Event, Halloween event. These old events HAVE level incentives. Rare Mount drops/crafting! Problem however: KingsIsle refuses to revamp the events and drops, ESPECIALLY the Lost Pages event. We've got the event page for stuff like Beast Moon or Spiral Scene, but not the old events. The only incentives are things people may not even know about due to this. Plus the grind of these events and such is what makes it less appealing. KI could fix these and make it more appealing to do. Side Activities & Challenges: 1. Imma be honest. Self imposed challenges aren't for everyone. Not the no damage runs, not the nuzlockes. You can't expect everyone to wanna do this. KI could step up here and make more challenging events and activities that are actually fun. Lotta this comes down to a disconnect between the players and the developers. Recent updates are incredibly focused on PVP. Spellweaving, Archmastery, and Spellements have very little incentive outside of PVP. Lotta people don't see a purpose in these, myself included. They need to start giving equal stuff to PVE players, cuz all these lil gimmicks that came after Shadow Magic definitely was more tied to PVP. They just need to make these more accessible and easy to use without being so incredibly restrictive. They are close to perfecting them, but they're failing at the final step. Me personally? I'm casual. I wanna enjoy the story once, maybe twice, then speed my other characters in order to use them to help others or just enjoy my spells. Used to be a death and fire main, but now I've put x10 more focus on my Life wizard just to help others and my main incentive is playing with friends. Not everyone wants challenge. Not everyone wants casual. KI also needs to find a common ground between PVP and PVE, cause right now, its clear which is the favorite child. That's all from me. Just sharing my thoughts and perspective on stuff like this. Watched the video a few times on repeat while typing this all out. 🖤💜

[@ChessScholarOfficial]

I started playing when the game first came out, and I have yet to max my main character because I enjoy the game. I main Balance, and challenging myself to solo EVERY hard boss without grinding out my level to make it easier (example, Azteca Belloq and Sand Squid pre level 80). A method on Balance underused because of the "optimal" ways to play - and that Balance is considered the Support class - is the healing system. The crafted Cosmic Kris Ring has been my go-to for the hard fights that require the 20% Inc + 20% Out healing for Availing Hands to withstand the damage. Belloq took me nearly 10 tries, and Sand Squid was a grueling 3 hours, but it felt so accomplishing to complete them solo. Although I dislike the Bazaar changes at the moment, I like the spellement idea --- However, it's a bit too grindy for my taste (and punishing to those who were already well past the early game to get the spellements before they came out). I played a ton of Yu-Gi-Oh (pre-pendulum) and loved the stategic aspect of the game. I love your idea of level-lock rewards or minimim dmg to utilize Absorb for example. These are perfect.

[@linlin-zq2eh]

im so glad you're getting discussion started about this game in 2024 almost 2025 and giving a level headed take. i think kingisle is mostly to blame for this, but i agree that those members of the community complaining about it being stale and then never stepping outside their comfort zone are so annoying.

[@CDubz]

I recently returned to the game after a break. I’ve gotta say that there are SO many more things you can do in the game that didn’t used to exist. Beastmoon, Deckathalon, and Guilds are all different and challenging activities that kind of break the “blade and hit” playstyle that most people fall into with the traditional combat. What’s funny to me is that, just as you mentioned with the irony of the community, most people don’t do these activities! Whether it’s because they don’t want to put in the effort or they think the rewards aren’t worth it, I would use these examples to agree with you in saying people just don’t care about “having fun” on MMOs anymore. I’m very hopeful that they find a way to make casual gameplay more interesting, as it seems they are making an effort to do so (another example is giving rewards for obtaining certain badges). Good video!!!

[@domnapoli6870]

Waterworks and mount Olympus are not dead. I’d say dartmoor’s pretty dead but you can sometimes find runs.

[@Phxric]

Kingsisle honestly killed darkmoor, back when it dropped gold keys. You could get a few decent max wizards at the time that would do it with you in team up because of gold keys. Now that they "revamped" the key system gold keys no longer drop there and so all the players who'd go there to farm em dipped.

[@camrynstith]

I use this game to escape real life, and literally do not care about what I'm *supposed* to do, and it's my favorite game FOR THAT REASON. I do all side quests, I read the dialogue, I do monstrology just cause I like to collect stuff, I collect badges, I decorate my house, I hatch pets, I do team-ups for fun, I try to catch all the different fish, I just... don't understand how someone could get bored when there is SO MUCH to do in this game.

[@eris333]

im really sad i wasnt able to do catacombs when leveling up my first max level recently. from what i've seen, the story seems cool, but i dont wanna wait in team up cues for hours, for someone to rush me when i want to listen to the dialogue :(

[@zeke7100]

I remember when this game came out. I got this bug that made it impossible to complete the tutorial so i forgot about it for 16 years until now.

[@ashbash6881]

i keep thinking the wand cursor is a fly on my screen

[@mbluedragons]

The one thing I really wish KI would do is make using spells that aren't your school viable. and not just traps and blades, but like actual damaging spells. As a kid, I ran my Ice wizard with storm or fire because it was just a lot of fun to mix those damage types. But as I played, I found that using non-ice spells wasn't really working. Which really sucked because it was just so much fun to use those non-ice spells. But I do still run a larger deck for boss fights, since I really enjoy the deck building and TCG aspect of the game. No knowing what you're going to draw, and working with what you have is just a load of fun for me.

[@Shwert890]

I’ve speed quested multiple characters however I recently started a new character. My first character was a fire back in the day so I wanted to see what it’s like to solo now a days. It’s been refreshing to play more thoughtful about my health and resources. Playing solo takes longer but is a lot more fun for me

[@moonquartzs]

You did forget that AOES back then took forever in animation for each enemy it hit which is why it was changed.

[@dewdadream]

So tbh i do roast people's stats (i keep it to myself tho) but the way i look at is different. I look at it so that they dont have a hard time playing the game. Theres alot people that needs a hand because a boss has 150% dmg and 27% pierce, while they have 15% resist. Now that person is boosting more dmg, they're getting bullied and thats not a fun experience when you want to enjoy the story.

[@awesomenesskid15]

I admittedly also bully people about stats but I never voice it I just keep it to myself Like I was doing some empyrea quest and I saw a lv 130 storm with like 100 damage I was confused My level 70 storm has more damage than that

[@aleysibbs2461]

As a wizard 101 player only play this game, it was fun for me because get to go to different worlds, meet new people that are friendly or funny. Get new spells from trainer, understand lore, even though I'm not 100 percent. Each games have flaw and not going to see the perfect game. If you want your kid to have fun and don't mind spending money this game for you

[@CSeye]

The worst is when the people that use cheat engine then have the audacity to make it your problem when you're playing the game as intended, like if you team up and they just wipe the dungeon like that was not fun

[@Discount_ed]

Level sync is already a pretty common thing in alot of mmo dungeons and raids. I think being synced down and restricted to level specific stats and spells would be so much fun. + School diversity and roles would end up being more important now with it

[@luissolis2426]

As someone starting off again with a fresh account and the last time I played was in 2010 there’s so much stuff it’s mind blowing but I’m so hyped for the grind but I can totally see once I hit 170 getting totally burnt and on my way to 50 rn I do notice some dungeons are hella dead you do gotta solo a lot of stuff but that’s the fun part for me

[@DJYC21215youmonster]

You don’t attract what you want you attract what you are

[@shermanobrien4899]

I've never been able to watch wizard101 youtubers. I can never find one that isn't obnoxious. Except this guy! He's awesome. Thanks for doing what you do.

[@dxcoolio3434]

i say this as a dad who has personally seen it happened to my kids multiple times, then they stop playing the game and play fortnight where people are forced to play with them. pretty common sense/resonable.

[@pixeltaco9782]

they really need to nerf blades and aoes. it sucks all strategy out of the game unless a boss has really strict cheats. obviously nobody wants to grind basic minions fights, but boss battles should be more interesting. me and two friends did the skeleton key boss in the graveyard and I actually had to switch to a full heal build so we wouldn't die because those enemies start with tons of pips and spam aoe attacks and another had to constantly be hitting with 0-2 pip spells to prevent the boss from spamming weaknesses and dots. that was a really fun fight

[@shatteredsentient5321]

I love the fight but hate the scam drops 😂. But, it's stone keys, so it's fine.

[@YellowSword]

okay everything aside, can someone tell me what robe that is at 0:44 lmao i havent been on in a long time and it's sick

[@mitchellbarajas1635]

No

[@sunshinedaydream9975]

Funny, I actually just made it lol 😆 i love the look, go to sky city in lemuria guy by fountain 😊 lots of odd regents fyi

[@shatteredsentient5321]

The new winter pack

[@jarodgeiger]

1:34 I’m a returning player of about 8 years away❤ the game as a mature adult is actually a lot more fun as I understand world building and lore now. Basically I actually read things now and take my time so it’s really actually fun as I’m about to go to Krokotopia

[@jjulloa96]

PREACH! This has happened to me and I was using the free membership. They were skipping so much much and I was wondering wtf is going half the time and I had to solo quest. Also I'm a fire we got hit with the biggest bullying by bosses alive.

[@akrammeziane9979]

I always try my best to use all my spells even if they suck , for example glimpse of infinity

[@DanielTripleDecker]

I use cheat engine but only when gardening. Those garden spells are slow AF.

[@itscalebgreen]

Facts, especially mandatory for gardening 💯💯

[@MansoorAhmed-ts3eg]

which one is that? do we not wait around for them to finish with animations then?

[@benfuzd388]

That’s fair, I would report you for cheating and personally email kingsisle for that kind of thing, although gardening spells sucks az to farm so that’s a pass

[@DanielTripleDecker]

@@benfuzd388 While using stuff like cheat engine is against T.O.S kingisles has never banned people for using cheat engine solely to speed up the game. So your report would just be wasted time for KI.

[@MansoorAhmed-ts3eg]

@@benfuzd388 I hope you are joking

[@GearMasters988]

The problem with this game is how repetitive and boring arc 2 is. The story is extremely lackluster after arc 1. You cannot possibly convince me in any possible way that it’s justifiable to add 280+ quests to one world and 275 of them are running errands that are nothing but filler to the actual progression of the arc. The fix to this would be to increase the difficulty of arc 2 by a lot, cut the quest count in half, and encouraging team up for players to quest together. Maybe even add some animated cutscenes that reveal more of the story after every round of quests or so, like they do in pirate101. I can assure you there’s no argument that justifies “blade aoe for 1063 quests in arc 2 is fun and if you don’t enjoy it you’re apart of the problem.”

[@OfficialBulldozerStudios]

I honestly just gave up on trying to max Wizards and prefer to hang around at Level 60, doing most of the arc 1 and some of arc 2 to aid other players who are struggling with those areas. And these Level 60's are very powerful. So much so, they could make a Darkmoor player jealous, so they're the perfect blend of "Extremely Strong", and "Not So Overpowered They Ruin The Experience Like A Max Level Char". And the best part? I'M HAVING MORE FUN WITH THIS THAN I WAS WITH SLOGGING THROUGH THE REST OF THE GAME. I honestly like to think of these chars as being "Ubers", to steal a quote from Toontown. A character who deliberately avoids the higher levels, but develops his or her stats far above what would be the norm for that level. It's honestly fascinating to see how strong you can get a lower level character. Best I've seen for a Lv.60 Death is 114% damage, 46% universal resist, perfect accuracy, and 92 power pip chance. Like, DAAAANG, those are stats some players in the Darkmoor gear wish they had.

[@LibraryofKatie]

I skip through dialogue but I am also an overachiever and do literally every single quest (except fishing, fishing is so hard for me idk why)

[@whis7178]

I just picked up the game and they added some new areas for free. People would tell me I hope ur prepared to be slapped with a pay wall 10 min into the game. But it’s been pretty well. I have a couple of hours in and haven’t hit the pay wall yet.

[@Tony4NJ]

Still waiting on the arc 2 storyline!

[@greenchilistudioz4537]

Honestly, wish we have gear that are as good as Mount Olympus, Waterworks, Darkmoore and gear that benefit to Dual schooling

[@ScottOfChaos]

I kind of miss how PVP used to work... Now I feel like every card is banned.

[@LusterPrime]

People get up set when I don't use area hits like I'm trying to mix it up a bit. I even got reported for it...

[@dynesaurus8264]

Yep all I've done in this game for the past 5 years is play for a month or 2 every 2 or 3 years, level to max, grind the gear then quit

[@Nilzerb]

What mount is that at 3:13?

[@Victoraptorr]

It’s in the shop

[@Nilzerb]

@Victoraptorr thank you. I haven't been on in a hot minute and it looks sick

[@Karlecai]

imo I don’t think there should be an incentive to staying low level but rather more things to do in the end game at max. Like looking at FFXIV, there are side things you can do at max level and rewards for doing them, usually titles (badges) or mounts

[@ImmuneHaddock]

I forgot about wizard 101 holy shit

[@ItFiresInSpurtz]

Keeping it a stack I love wiz but I can't play without CE. the game is just too slow and groggy, mount or not, and certain areas are too large. I'm also super optimal and efficient in how I play but like that tickles my fancy. But 2 things can be true, yea im a sweat that breezes through to max. There also isn't much to do once you get to max past side activities and badge farming so like I get where both sides come from.

[@ItFiresInSpurtz]

Still love the game tho and hope they keep dropping raids and dungeons with worth it to farm loot that doesn't get released in a pack 6 months later

[@trashblizzard5463]

Currently I'm doing a run with my friend where we've banned aoe hits for everywhere except like end of world dungeons. It's less efficient but definitely more fun and we get to take advantage of some of the new spells Kingsisle has brought out. My thought as to what would make single hits more viable and add more incentive to use all the gambit/clear stuff in pve would be to make roaming enemy fights 1 to 1. Scrap the bs that started way back in colossus boulevard and make roaming minion fights always 1v1/2v2/3v3/4v4. Not in dungeons, those are supposed to be more difficult than your typical defeat/defeat and collect quest. But like, if all of the roaming enemy fights were 1 to 1 there would be no need for aoe spam. My 2 cents

[@gladysgocool9400]

I just wanted to put my 2 cents in because watching this video got me really passionate for some reason. First, I want to say that I agree with what you're saying, but I'm kinda offended in some places, I guess? For example, I'm one of them over efficient type of people in the game. The reason for that is that back in the day waterworks, Tartarus, Darkmoor were really popular and the go-to spots for gear. At that time, people were legit doing recruitments and such, just to have an attempt at doing the dungeon and trying to get gear. If you didn't have good stats, you legit could've been stuck at using shop or crafted gear to progress through the game. Wizard101 instilled the over-efficient mindset in me, but I actually really like it. It makes me feel like I'm on the right track or doing the right thing. If I can kill something in 2 turns or heal enough that a unicorn/pigsie can fully heal my team, then i was good. I knew that I could comfortably progress the game by myself and be in a position to help other people progress the game themselves. P.s. also, I was one of them people who used cheat engine. However, I used for pet training in the dance game. So for making this long❤

[@deaththeclover]

This comment perfectly explains my feeling with the game right now. I've got 6 wizards all past level 100 with only my Balance left to get gear from Darkmoor. My Balance was my first wizard ever but playing in the past and going through the terrible experience that was Darkmoor Graveyard team-up i gave up on my Balance and started other classes just to experience leveling up again without having to worry so much about gear. Over the years, each wizard I played with got to Darkmoor and had to grind for gear. And thankfully I was able to get most of my wizards past darkmoor and into higher level gear. However my balance still remained stuck at that same spot from years ago. Recently, I returned to wiz after not having played for 4 years. I decided I wanted to finally move my balance forward from this "stuck" point it's been on. So I picked up the level 100 gear farming routine once more. The experience in Darkmoor still hasn't changed too much in terms of "people leaving mid-dungeon" or "using others to only farm for one thing before leaving the dungeon and abandoning everyone". But I've noticed that finding a team of people to do Darkmoor now, feels dead then how it used to be. Even asking around for a team to do the old Krok/Bones exalted duels is impossible as no one wants to do those anymore. I personally enjoy playing wizard101 by going out of my way to grind for the most optimal gear for each "gear checkpoint" (At level 30: Mount Olympus/ level 60: Waterworks/ level 100: Darkmoor/Bones/Krok). This makes me happy because it makes the game feel "uniform" for me, and each gear checkpoint is a massive step forward in power for the wizard. (Which to me perfectly fits in with the story.) Once I obtain all the gear I need, I can enjoy questing and not feel like I'm struggling to enjoy combat because my gear is terrible. Also, helping other players when properly geared feels so much more rewarding when I get to come in and save someone going through a tough time while encouraging them to try other strategies I've experienced in my years of playing. So now in 2024, my balance feels permanently stuck at level 100 because getting a team to do one-shot duels or darkmoor is absolute aids, and that's also not mentioning how time consuming and terrible the drop rates STILL are for Darkmoor gear (getting pages upon pages of Darkmoor's Herald Gears and Mantles over the countless runs I've done on my Balance). It's completely discouraged me from wanting to continue playing the game because the wizard I WANT to play on is gate-kept by gear progression that is dependent on the player base wanting to join me for a dungeon I can't solo. OR being at the complete mercy of the rng factor of this game which makes me want to pull my hair out.

[@kaeyaluckaealberich1612]

Its funny since Im a lvl 130 storm with 120 dmg and I think, what is there to farm? I just finished Empyrea but it took me forever to find a Team Up for the Storm Titan. Sure I can go back to my pet grind but that takes time as is... Everyone says skip the Dragoon gear. And now Im road mapping what could be worth it and I see Ill have to get Merciless. Thats quite some time though... And all I have is the Darkmoor gear... I remembered when everything was like tier by tier. Like 1 to 2 pieces is worth it, everyone pitched in, and there you go. Now its like you really have to make due with what you have and hope people wont leave you behind. When people say, "You should be better for your school", I can only laugh. Maybe if I had the support and resources, I could be better. I unfortunately don't. Instead of uplifting, everyone just goes, "You’re on your own" while simultaneously questioning "Why arent people good?" I wonder...

[@blitz9312]

the problem with wiz is mechanics when you play solo you only get one turn while your opponents get two or more turns due to cheats

[@thomassol9725]

Players can also "cheat" though.. through pet may casts, pet will casts (effectively 2 spells a turn), and spells like daybreaker and night bringer to instant combo things (or even bypass boss cheats like fellspawn)

[@benfuzd388]

Learn to counter it then, I am a level 109 life that started in march this year. You can solo the game, just get gudw

[@mexicanfreakouts7425]

It takes me a little less than a month to max a character 😅

[@SH_187]

Wtf lol nerd. 😂😭

[@TigglesTheClown]

I still don’t get why the only solo badges they added in the game were in Karamelle, it’s a good idea

[@panikfrnzy]

As a person who wants to enjoy pvp it just doesn’t do it at all. I’ve done the story 2 times all the way through so I’m at the point where I don’t care about the dialogue cause I’ve already heard it. It’s the “endgame” I want to do

[@Jorden-q3k]

I think you have a good point more people should do side quests and main quests both and enjoy the game rather than rush through it. Because if you rush through it like what was the point of playing it in the first place

[@Michaelg3221]

Be that as it may, casual players like me used to enjoy a more laxed non rushed gameplay, but now want to just get the max stats as early as conveniently possible, in order to efficiently get the most out of the money spent on membership. I like following the dialogue (EXCEPT if it's Sinbad), but storyline and plot aside, that corporation lost its comprehension of its own so-called morale. There just is no incentive if every little thing becomes too grindy, outrageously expensive, too confusing, and too tedious. Along with that, we are never certain if the game is even going to bug out or not the next moment or 7 😂. Also, as much as people try to deny it, the community itself is toxic asf, and doesn't much care to help fellow players out as much anymore with anything regardless of if said fellow player wants to truly learn everything efficiently and thoroughly or not. Most importantly, google is a BIG (and I do mean BIG) let down with giving any helpful information on a lot of the dungeons. I am damn near 32 years old, and my wiz is max leveled at 170....my insignificant life should not be even further reduced to me getting clapped by a damn marshmallow or bunny rabbit with insane hp levels, especially when the developers who gave these mother fluffers so much health, can't seem to utilize or understand basic math and percentages in the first place. Maybe it's just a me thing, and maybe perhaps it's a skill or patience issue I personally have, but I do feel you almost are required to rush through a lot in order to even keep up with the constant iffy updates and grinds.

[@colinsnotkey]

Dude... ...i love this video 💃

[@neilbz9225]

Glad I’m not the only one with a problem with how toxic the speedrunners are

[@BossmanVx]

They do have incentives to stay low level, some dungeon drops such as Mali gear at 50, Morganthe, as well as spellements are locked if you progress beyond the next world. I agree more incentives should be made but the community always has unnecessary backlash if they try to change things. Personally I don't mind spellements but many people in the community say "the game died with spellements" which is completely wrong

[@BossmanVx]

In addition they can use spellements as incentives in addition to cosmetic gear. For example, solo Mali at 50 and get 50-100 arc 1 spellements. Solo morganthe at 100 and get 50-100 arc 2 spellements. Solo briskbreeze and get spellements from Ravenwood lore pack + winter gear from the Christmas packs Solo tower of helephant and get wysteria lore pack spellements plus cosmetic gear Solo mirror lake and get a free safari themed mount (include the gorillas that used to be arena tickets exclusive) etc

[@mynamemylastname4026]

As someone who uses Deimos (basically cheatengine), I definitely don't think it ruins the game. However, I only play this game a few times a year when I'm on break from university, so I essentially have to use something to speed up the game or I will make no progress (Keep in mind, I'm not one of those people that complains about the game being awful, slow, etc.).

[@Spots_Racer]

Its just the grind is awful it takesi long to get literally forever and until recently thier was no pity system. Pvp? you need spellments (which are lvl locked and take forever to farm). Beastmoon? You need to farm and grind for an eternity. Gardening and pets? Better have a deep wallet for those energy potions and patience, not to mention the farming for seeds. Side quests? There repreatice and give little to no reward besides lore and sometimes not even that. Cantrips and fishing? Also energy based and cantrips take forever to farm for the ingredients need to vraft the card REQUIRED to lvl up. Rading? Oh thats cool, you just need 11 people online on the same time, in the same place, all to have a consistent schedule, not to mention azoth and gold key farming(which is harder and more time sensitive than ever. I love this game but the grind fest just isn't fun anymore when it's required for every single update and every new spell (if pvping).

[@victorreznoff2791]

Thoughts on making a new mechanic for training pets

[@awesomenesskid15]

Catacombs being dead is understandable no one wants to fight detritus 300+ times to craft the vanguard/dragoon gear When you can just level to 150 in less time than grinding detritus

[@shatteredsentient5321]

I only farm for the amulet

[@khalidkirk4962]

I'm just returning to Wizard101. The last time I played was back in probably...2010-2011, maybe? Based on the videos I've watched, it seems like a lot of the players are hateful veterans, and that really disappoints me. What advice could you give me to have the best possible experience as, essentially, a new player? I am starting out as a death wizard because I hear they are the best of both worlds as far as health and damage go. I plan on trying out the fire and life schools on separate characters later on. So, again, any tips?

[@wesbrown738]

I used to be the speed quester (never used cheat engine though) but I was that guy bc I viewed the game like I want to hit max to I can get to PVP faster (I mainly enjoyed tournaments so maybe you can see where this is going) but yeah I liked tourneys bc It was PVP but still casual versus sweaty ranked... Anyway they killed tourneys literally, made PVP lame (I don't like roshambo) so for me I might only play the game to quest my characters to the new max level. I used to never listen to the dialogue, I still speed quest but I don't skip dialogue on the first playthrough of a new world

[@cactusdude123]

Id wanna get back into the game so bad... but the EU server where i play on is pretty dead. Starting from 0 on US might be fun, but getting my garden back up for petfood would be so pain :x or getting a first decent pet at all xD

[@Saiune]

Yeah i really don't like following the meta in games too much, i like to use the tools i have and play my own way. But even with this game, there isn't too much variety that helps you play the game better. The bazaar gear or mob gear is not too good, the dungeon gear is a necessity. But the community was very helpful with how to do things and grinding the stuff, now they just kinda expect you to know this stuff or having particular stuff to do this faster, and people don't talk until u mess up. Also gems and pet attributes are pretty straight forward, because crit jewels and flat damage jewels are useless if you have access to pierce jewels of any kind and 170 has damage jewels which outdoes that. And the only pet builds that are good for overall use are damage pets (or hybrid resist damage pets) and maycasts are too rng reliant for the most part. Basically the game is too straightforward even considering the AoEs because there are not too many ways to play the game to the end, and the advanced content is too hard to get into gear wise. It definitely shows that the devs do not know listen to feedback.

[@Zilis_]

imo the pvp speed questers are the ones being the most toxic in the community

[@8970n]

this entire game is just either a grind-fest by speedrunning quests and min-maxing or its a cash grab trying to get the best pvp gear, stat mounts, cosmetics, etc.

[@MikeyTheDeathWizardXD]

i know some people that use cheat engine only because they have beat the game on like 4 different characters, its crazy sitting there running the same worlds and areas over and over again. im not defending them but i get why they run it, they dont wanna spend "another lifetime" reaching max lvl

[@pay2rin]

I cheat serval cheats and can confirm at a certain point it becomes about the grind when you’ve been playing 10 plus years the same story a million times isn’t gonna hit anymore and at this point us speed runners/exploiter’s do it for the sake of efficiency while I do enjoy the game I don’t enjoy running around the same map I’ve maxed serval characters on and visited endless times it’s not about enjoying the the game when the game is on a monthly membership basis time is essentially money on wiz and for some of us we don’t have the time to put it doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy the game it just means we don’t care for questing anymore or we just don’t have the time for the long dragged out quest this game is beautiful made and aged very well it just doesn’t have much replayability after a few years

[@adam_b2810]

I think a big thing with "blade blade AOE", is that, for at least the first 2 arcs, the cheat bosses actively punish you for not using an aoe

[@MidoriRick]

Imma disagree with the speed part. We seen leprechaun spell thousands of times with very minimal visual updates. Why would seeing the exact same animation for the 4,567th time make it any more fun?

[@alexpplays7025]

Listen listen listen, you have a month’s membership right. I’ve wanted to get through this game for over a decade now. 2 weeks ago I bought my first ever membership. I am now level 150 and am running through karamelle. Im just not trying to waste any more money on this game, sooo I’ve devoted my last few weeks to this game. I won’t lie, there have been points where I’ve wanted to quit, but at the end of the day, the community steps in and helps me. So that’s what I’ve gotta say. The game’s questing system is awfully repetitive, and it makes me want to end myself, but, I would not still be here without the wiz community.

[@davgallas]

pvp is where it's at

[@Phxric]

Yo, I might be a little late but you make some valid points. In fact I would go as far as to say that I agree with a good deal of them. Sadly where I disagree is how you frame a lot of what ur saying in the video, it feels like you're blaming the playerbase for the problems/faults that kingsisle created, you do acknowledge that some of it is kingisle's fault. But the game being stale is bound to happen to people who have played it on and off for many years. The game back then used to be so much more different than what it is today, classes had some bit of identity back then, now everyone like you have acknowledged is a blade and 4-7 pip aoe school now, part of that is due to hp nerfs, giving us an extra free damage multiplier with crit, lack of upscaling the hp on newer bosses, etc etc. Now with the game being as easy as it is, a lot of creativity that was used to beat older fights is almost dead. You see people like Kane, Ferric, ALH, Gamers Official, and many more awesome names who manage to find a creative challenge, but that still doesn't change the fact that kingsisle killed school identity and creativity by making everyone essentially play the exact same throughout most of the game. It's shown that kingsisle is massively out of touch with the playerbase and honestly reality in general. We shouldn't have to go out of our way to make the game more challenging for ourselves. They did say they were gonna implement a hard mode and I was so excited to solo OG Medulla, OG malistare, maybe even OG darkmoor or titan's trident, but instead they nerfed the normal versions of some fights that they granted "hard mode" to and made the hard mode the original fight. Great video nonetheless, I blame kingsisle for the state that the game is in. (Your criticisms on cheat engine are valid).

[@Jyotishjyo]

What is a cheat engine ? 😅😅 And how do you use it ?

[@georgentzaferis263]

0:20 you just described me right now but without the cheat engine, i just wanna play some pvp because pve just gets boring (i dont have friends to play the game)

[@dxcoolio3434]

This is like a WoW Simp defending WoW for not being dead.. "look at all the side activates" not allot of people have time nor want to spend time doing "Side" events. That being said i believe you have mixed 2 types of people together or forgot atleast 1 more type of player which is the "Dad" type of player someone who likes to beat the game quick "without cheats" to then boost their kids when they ask. These types of people still like to play with others, joke, laugh, take coffee breaks......ect. We dont necessarily like being called cheaters because we have been playing MMO's all our lifes and just wanna reach "End Game" which if i recall correctly is where the game actually begins (in most cases). i Commented in the video referred too, referring to the Elites who Server hop when ever someone else enters their vicinity like their a bunch of introverts playing an "MMO" "Which In-fact Does Make The Game Seem Dead While Leveling" unquote

[@chronixcz4680]

i have to skip dialouge most of the time due to ppl i play with wondering where i am because they fighting and im just listening to this cool stoy. is what i would say now but i cracked and skip dialouge now so

[@kcrazy6932]

I actually think thw game is good. The people calling the game boring and stale mayb got stuck in repetitive motion while spending way too long on it. I take breaks i come on and genuinely enjoy it.

[@BurnerdWest]

One hundred percent correct. Why are you cheating in a game you're playing for fun?? I was thinking of getting back into it, every time I come back I have a great time. Definitely not perfect but it's still super fun.

[@NxsAvibe]

No one socializes anymore

[@AntonConstanti]

I love your cute avatar 😔

[@cosmicv3407]

All great ideas i have an even better one tho. Okay okay okay we take the rewards ment for challenges and instead SELL them for money. Booom baby mic drop: kingsile probably

[@weldy00]

Zeritt collab when?? xd

[@Sergio719412]

I agree with all you say ...

[@arizonarangerbutupsidedown5775]

Well it just so happens that I’m different and like to shit on this game for advertising as free, but then hits you with a pay wall 2 1/2 hours in 🤡 hell no I’m not paying $60 a year. EVERY single year for a membership.. Kingsisle are clowns

[@kaylapaige8918]

i solo the game bc of the rude people. they make the game no fun and ruin it for the people who are just casually playing.. also NEVER ask people on reddit for advice they are way worse!

[@hathane1054]

Yep, I basically solo as well. Its allowed me to be creative with deckbuilding again. Plus then you dont get those people who just auto leave the second they hear its your first time in a dungeon.

[@JirachiFromWish]

Speed questing is not even the issue and solo questing having fun playing the game is all i need to do just cause you feel someone doesnt have fun doesnt mean they arent thats your opinion the game is gun the main problem with the community is the toxic pvp community, and also most of the players who are playing are in the commons with their ekittens spinning afk doing nothing starting drama being lame it has nothing to do with speed questers, speed questers can easily do it on their own and no one asked anyone to join them if youre slow youre wasting time on your own because im trying to have fun with a maxed out character along the way setting it up for guild raids etc not everyone need to cater to people, people who say the game is dead is a problem though cause they be in the commons doing nothing with their lvl 50 elixir girlfriend they simp for

[@bloodofphantoms]

kingisle seems almost as bad as nintendo at taking community notes so imo just mass harass these ideas to the forums otherwise you ain't get anything done fam

[@olyviermonteau4300]

PVP community kinda worse ngl.

[@emibowl]

speak on it

[@ThatOneCodGuy]

Why do you play with bloom, that shit be blinding in certain areas