10 Changes Wizard101 *NEEDS* To Make In 2023

[@Zaepha]

What changes do you want to see for Wiz in 2023?

[@brandoncammon7971]

Bring back morganthe amulets or take all of them from the game

[@SammyJoFinn]

I'd like to see a real open chat system. We can pay to have open chat now after we're 18 years or older but the fact that the chat is still so heavily restricted and you can get muted for something so arbitrary makes me afraid to even use open chat. A large majority of the people who play wizard101 these days are adults who played as kids or just adults in general. Someone did a focus group to measure the age of players and i can't remember the exact results but there were basically no kids in there at all. One could argue the kids just aren't occupying a space in the social media area but I think either way a true open chat system where players could say whatever they wanted should be implemented. The ignore and report buttons exist for a reason so why are so many people being auto muted. It's ridiculous. I wish KI would accept the demographic they have now, make decisions to keep us happy without worrying how it may come across to new players, and then they might even see that they get an influx of new players because so many people are recommending the game to their friends. I am constantly trying to rope everyone under the sun into playing wizard101 but am met with the same 3 damning reasons they ultimately quit every time. #1 the chat filter, #2 the graphics are too outdated in most areas (though i personally find them to be an artistic choice) , and #3 it's too expensive. Wizard101 isn't THAT expensive comparatively to other games though i do think KI needs to give us something somewhere whether that be making the first arch free or making pack items more easily obtainable or something to help the people who are wearing bazaar gear with a broom mount that hit the pay wall at lvl 12 and end up leaving because there's nothing to do when you're that low level. I did say I viewed the graphics as an artistic choice but i do think some basic improvements here and there would go a very long way such as adding more realistic shadows, maybe a day night cycle, and maybe some more shading in some places. In a lot of areas like polaris or the dooms day krok gauntlet it's not noticeable too much but even in worlds as late as karamel the graphics seem rather outdated like a game from the 2010's. I don't know exactly what that would entail from a coding perspective but I saw someone recreate wizard101 locations in roblox with day night cycles and they looked 100x better than wizard101 and as much as i like roblox i can't accept a random guy in his free time was able to make a better looking wizard101 old town in roblox than the actual old town in wizard101.

[@volk2377]

The game is just so ugly

[@ElmoGetsLaid]

yeah everything you listed would the game 10x better its really a shame game has allot of potential to be really good and it just lacks in the little things that makes a game better

[@Killixn_]

I - as a woman - would LOVE to have access to the color dark orange and even brown 😭🙏

[@pnw8836]

Stitching is really something that needs to be free, or available to members. I’d like to have my character look cool whenever I want, especially since when you’re leveling the gear you use changes fairly often. How your character looks is a key element in all mmorpg’s.

[@Zaepha]

I think it would be amazing if they would make stitching free! It's definitely overdue.

[@SammyJoFinn]

@@Zaepha I have what may be a controversial opinion on the matter and i think stitching should cost real money but the game play itself should be free, as well as the spells. Most games make the game itself free or very affordable and then they make their money and profit from cosmetics. I personally wouldn't mind paying 5$ to stitch my outfit if i could get all the way to lvl 100 for free. You can still enjoy the game and the story even if you look like a party clown doing it.

[@Zaepha]

That would be a fair compromise too!

[@pnw8836]

@@SammyJoFinn I could agree with that, but for that to work I would say that stitching a piece of armor should be a one time thing. Basically, as a one time purchase you can unlock the “look” of an armor piece to act as a cosmetic to use on whatever armor pieces you want. That way if you have a really cool chestplate you like, you can 1 time unlock it to use on all future stat increased gear you get instead of having to re stitch every single time. The games are totally different, but Destiny 2 has a transmog system that allows you to unlock the cosmetic aspects of armor pieces which you can apply to all other armor pieces.

[@varyent560]

@@SammyJoFinn This is a horrible idea. They should do it like wow where every gear you collected goes into a appearance tab then you can transmog or stitch as its called in wizard101 over your actual gear for gold.

[@mr.drakanator]

On Spellements: I think the system is fundamentally broken and no amount of additional avenues to gain spellements can fix it. To me, I think it should have always been set up to where spellements are not unique to every single individual card, but are instead simply school related. So, for example, maybe a boss fight simply gives “Fire Spellements”, I can then use those on whatever fire spell I want. This would not only make spellement farming significantly more practical, it would also allow people to use spellements in the way that fits their personal taste, being able to choose to use the spellements on their favorite cards.

[@LunaBari]

They could remove it and make a better version of it or something like that.

[@wizzzard999]

Coming to future patches: stat adjustments for certain level 50, 100, 150 and 160 gear Darkmoor robe users: *sweats profusely*

[@Zaepha]

I ain’t going to lie - if they mess with my storm Mali robe there gonna be a war 😭

[@nahhitsnotnys]

the game really REALLY needs all of this to come into game so it can survive in the long run

[@ivailoivanov01]

it has survived for 15 years in a pretty bad state so I don't agree but I hope they do make all these changes.

[@bearpeara4435]

Am still hoping for a potion vendor in every world 😫

[@Zaepha]

Honestly that would be amazing now that you mention it!

[@anranelsaren]

Yes because it's only in Wizard city and Arcanum 🙁

[@zeldahylia8549]

Getting the cantrip to teleport to the Commons is really helpful. I got one helping a friend farm Jade Oni so I figured the same applied with Nightshade and it did.

[@svintss]

right they just gotta put one next to zeek in every world

[@brandonphay5040]

Something small that I'd like to see is gear actually having stun resist as a stat. I feel like its one of the most underutilized stats in the game. I'd like to see it on meta gear sets, not just random pack gear. It doesn't have to be a lot for it to be fair, but it'd be a cool change to actually utilize the stat.

[@zacc62]

20% from squares is already a decent amount imo

[@pooki-dooki]

@@zacc62 I got 25%

[@TheFr3nzyGamer]

Wake up wizheads, new Zaepha video just dropped

[@nahhitsnotnys]

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[@BlakePVP]

great video, if KI implemented even half these changes it would go a long way

[@Zaepha]

Thank you!! Let's hope we get lucky this year 😁

[@Asjkgidhshf]

the pity loot system is a must. constant farming with no results is what drove me to stop playing a couple years ago even though the game itself is fun. w101 can be a great game if they made it overall just more fair which makes it more enjoyable which will attract and retain more players in the long run

[@emmeroni-the-bean]

I think that w101 needs a lot of QoL changes, one of which being UI improvement. Selecting spells in your deck only displays six spells per page, which tends to feel very cramped once you get to upper levels. A change to this could include a wider UI to display more spells or filters (example: a fist icon for damaging abilities, a charm icon for charms and a ward icon for wards). It could be a filter that works in tandem with the school filters. Those filters could also help the user eliminate a lot of confusion when it comes to deciphering what more complicated cards actually do. The main backpack inventory includes 8 tabs, some of which could easily be moved and merged. Why not put the snacks tab in the Pets (I) menu? Reagents are crafting related so put them in the Crafting (J) menu. TC and Spellements are both spell related so put them in the Spell Deck (P) menu. Now while I know and am aware of the tabs in the spell deck and the "Reagents" button in the crafting menu, I will argue that it's poorly made and often confusing to navigate multiple tabs for things that I feel are ultimately unrelated to the "backpack" inventory as a whole -- especially since they don't affect the item cap and are more related to other categories. Make card icons appear consistent between everything. A great example of this is legacy DoT spells and the newer DoT icon. Look at the Fire Elf card compared to Rain of Fire. The issue isn't the information shown to us or the function of the cards, it's that both cards have different ways of showing you the function. Personally I find Rain of Fire to be easier to read. Also unrelated to the previous points: please change minions and monstrology to actually feel fun to use. I love minion builds in games and monstrology is great in concept but making it so the minions are one-time use is horrendous given how easily those minions get outscaled as you progress in the game.

[@Zaepha]

I totally agree! You make some great points here.

[@mattgibney4085]

That idea of stitching pets & mounts would be awesome. I am sick and tired of running around in the same dam bronco mount because of the set bonus. I’d love to stitch it to anything else, same for pet. I’m tired of frill pet.

[@krazoasamson9914]

You have me and my friends in the video at 5:41 (Mooshu area). I had to do a double take when I saw it. LOL Great video, and I hope some of these things happen in 2023.

[@Zaepha]

Oh my god, that’s hilarious! Thanks for helping open the cantrip chest 😉

[@joroc]

Most of this will never change because its already fine tuned to perfect captalism

[@toaster9971]

I honestly agree with the pity loot system. When you get to waterworks it is so painful to grind for it. It's standard time is four hours, and you don't even get a guarantee to get what you need. I remember farming it and getting the robe over and over again- glad its over though!

[@minimonster4629]

Ok, so I love W101! I usually play during the winter and summer (during college breaks) so when I started playing this January again I was so shocked to see people on these weird-looking mounts (standard mount- perm). The first time I saw it, I thought my computer was glitching. When I saw your reaction at 00:18 I couldn't help but laugh. Love your videos! Thank you so much for making awesome content!

[@mrpacifism209]

Oh also, can they PLEASE make shadow spells in PvE great again??? It's SO frustrating because theres no way to tell what the shadow-capabilities are of a boss until you fight them. Since the chance of me getting my shadow pip is based off of my OPPONENTS rating compared to MY rating, I'll be waiting 6+ rounds for my shadow pip because the boss has a ridiculous shadow rating compared to mine. I can't possibly compete with a boss who has 300 rating when the most i can get is 125 or so. It's so frustrating to see that 95% of the time im still gonna use my 7-pip aoe

[@thatguy2920]

Honesty what I’d do for free spellements is add a update to the team up kiosk where you get a spellement depending on what world you help in.

[@Zaepha]

I really like this idea!!

[@orlignegron1790]

Yesss! I agree with everything, I really want more ways to get spellements and better drop rates

[@ThePapasnumber1]

I enjoy your videos very much. I'm 73 and play every day. I have learned a lot watching them.

[@Zaepha]

Thank you so much! I love how this game brings people of all ages and backgrounds together :)

[@wizzzard999]

I would absolutely love to see a change to minions, they either get outclassed VERY quick, or are useless to begin with XD One change I'd like to see when they do change them is giving Myth wizards more control over them. Imagine if you could choose a card for them, or at the very least give them an order, similar how archmastery works (a button on their name plate where you can choose orders like attack, heal, buff, debuff, etc). This would finaly bring Myth the school identity its been longing for in forever!

[@goatedwrld3593]

i completely agree with #8 ive been hating how they keep nerfing and altering how spells work.

[@CASS1__]

Pet and mount stitching (as messed up as that sounds) or some other way to combine the stats of them. I want my wizards to be as optimized as possible but the bronto mounts may be some of the ugliest creatures I've ever laid my eyes upon. And while I don't mind how the frillasaur pet looks like, it'd sure be nice with some variety sometimes. So many cool looking pets and mounts end up just never being used because they're not the meta. The wolf of the winter is my absolute favorite mount in the game, but I never use it because I'm "forced" (like the meta slave that I am) to use the dumba** ghulture or bronto mounts.

[@Zaepha]

Wolf of winter is my favorite too!! It’s always a struggle picking between damage mounts because I really just want to ride my wolf :(

[@Tsuchiyomi]

The Solar Sabercat mount has always been a personal favorite of mine, but like, my bike gives me 50% soooo

[@LunaBari]

If they overhaul the spells for PvP vs PvE , then they apply to equipment too. If we become able to change the names and genders of our wizards then maybe the list of names we can choose also should be expanded. Maybe also nicknames. Facial features might need some additions too especially the noses

[@javaholly]

I feel like when it comes to pet stitching!! It should be more like switching the stats? I don’t actually stitch very often but I don’t want to lose a pet or something. It was also brought up in another comment that it is a generally morbid thought to stitch a pet.

[@Zaepha]

The idea would just be copying the cards, talents, or gear set bonus from one pet to another - you wouldn’t have to lose the pet necessarily :)

[@mrpacifism209]

About improving the guild content... I remember when New World came out you could get your own house in different areas. Players could walk around that city and actually be able to SEE your house and all its decoration. I wonder, if they could finally make use of all those empty houses and buildings throughout all of wizard city. Who wouldn't want to own property in Cyclops Lane? I think adding a "guild wizard city home" would be really cool. Maybe you could get them in other worlds, too.

[@rabbitbeargaming2441]

Tbh I'd like if a guild didn't have a level requirement. I wanted to make a guild with friends but I'm level 70 and they would be brand new.

[@rabbitbeargaming2441]

@@therealkhobe If they didnt have that then I think guilds would be more accessible and might get more new players

[@SammyJoFinn]

I think making pvp and pve spells separate would be the perfect solution and something they've actually already done with all the school's scion spells. I don't like that they made so many spells no pvp with the last update and I think it's because they buffed them for pve to warrant archmastery

[@draconicrebel]

I bet two dislikes were from Kingsisle themselves LOL

[@ACUSSER_TTV]

If Kingisle puts the Server together, and make the first arc free, then whould be the game way more successful

[@danielfoote7366]

Equipment trading, obv with a decent and realistic amount of rules, such as level and only a specific amount of gear trades for a week or month then it resets, you can also buy more trades with gold or crowns, and it might take some gold or crowns to trade, just make sure that the cost varies with the amount and level of gear traded

[@RedDragon0814]

With the doxxing incident in May 2021, many players were being hacked by a central person and yet 2fa was not added because KI kept saying it never happened

[@NovelTE]

#1 change I've been wanting since 2010 is non gender specific gear styles!! Or at least a toggle for masculine/feminine! After the Prestigious gear just got released into the crowns shop, it further drags me into despair for being a girl. I despise dresses, and they just don't fit me at all. I want a hecking cool cape with armor! Invincibility gear may as well be no different to Prestigious for me since I don't like the look of the female one. Also for the very few capes we do get, KI decided "You know what? Isn't this too good?" and cuts the capes in half! And istg, if I'm told "Just make a male character" I'm gonna pull my hair out.

[@LunaBari]

They could make androgynous gear set in addition to the male and female exclusive gear sets.

[@dot7084]

Bruh, gender is the last thing they need to mess with in wizard101

[@bogbabe]

I really wish they let your change your characters gender and name 😭

[@nicojipe3677]

Around the beggining of the game launch, in the Spanish server, the first arc was free to play, but outta nowere, they placed the paywalls in the game, which drastically lowered the play count, and the first arc was availible until 2013, if i remember right. If they remover the first arc paywall, i can assure that the player count would rise incredibely, and people would consider more about spending money on the game.

[@ACUSSER_TTV]

In the Europe Servers is it more bad, we didn't have the new stuff like events, gilds, mirror etc

[@TomfooleryVA]

I've been playing on my fire wizard since 2009 (still haven't ever maxed him out lol) but I remember when the Dragon's Hoard pack first came out. I wanted that bone dragon mount so bad and the sword cuz it looked SO badass. But then I got the dragon wings mount and ever since then I've worked for a dragon aesthetic rocking a stitch mix of Dragonspyre and Avalon gear with my wand being stitched with David's Fiery Answer for visuals. Now I'm a scalemailed dragonhelmed winged warrior with a broadsword covered in flames.

[@theblackknight1620]

I hope they make some changes to the Decathalon events. The balance one is the only one I haven't beaten and its mostly due to the enemies' using spells like Hydra that do too much damage even with Elemental shields. There should also be some crafting for superior and strengthening runes as the lower tiered ones lose their meaning after crafting the final decks. The final thing I'd hope they allow is fixing your deck during runs as your limited on how far you can get with one entry and altering your deck for 1v1 and 1v2 fights would be appreciated.

[@yakketyyak6414]

Great video! I think in general a lot of the changes fall under “fixing unholy grinds”, in early-mid game to late game. I think a lot of the grindiness of the game that starts to seep in once you get past the main Wizard City plot line serves as a sort of stopping point for a LOT of players-and some of that is inevitable as grinding to some extent is kind of baked into the genre, but I’m talking about the *bad* kind of grind you discuss at several points in the video, that’s just completely unengaging and a real slog-to the point that a lot of new players I feel just drop off, esp. since so much of the grind takes up time that leads to having a constant membership that people may not feel is worth it when most of that membership time is spent, well, grinding. I think it would help a lot to have drop rates shared, and a lot of the extra systems revamped to be a bit more player friendly and intuitive (a lot of the extra systems are still honestly quite confusing, even with the current tutorials, which could benefit from some more in-depth explanations in game so people don’t have to run to google and find that info elsewhere), even if the difficulty spikes are left intact. A lot of the problem with the grindiness is that it never feels fulfilling as a process, which can lead to a lot of player stagnation IMO.

[@joshuamckeown411]

About the whole PvP and PvE divide, I think a cool idea to start would be to create separate trainers in the arena. Trainers who would have ONLY PvP spells and the original ravenwood professors would have the Original spells from before Kingsisle added new PvP focused spells to them. One, this helps people better identify which spells should be used within PvP and PvE. Two, it helps reduce the impact PvP and PvE have on each other, allowing for different spells rather than different spellement paths. Many spells have been audited in recent years to better fit PvP, which is understandable on Kinsisle's part as a great deal of the community is PvP focused. However, many of the audits have negatively impacted the PvE player experience and questing through the game.

[@lavendercavern]

Bringing back the old faces

[@david21216]

Yo I started playing again finally after like 10 years, saw that first arc was free on the launcher. Booted a new char, got blocked immediately for paywall on tryna go into the streets smh.

[@Zaepha]

So idk why KI did it this way, cuz it’s confusing, but you may have to hit “Sample the area” when you get the paywall thrown at you. I think it’s the far left option. Then you can enter the area for free while the promotion is still running. Hope that helps!

[@BuckBlaziken]

Early game paywalls is SO outdated no wonder why w101 isn’t having another boom in player count, all of the new players hit the early paywall and find it BS and leave the game for good. A few of my friends hit the paywall and told me they felt “the game doesn’t feel like it’s worth the effort to continue playing.” And they’re “not convince to pay for more.”

[@aryliah7207]

I agree with all of them!! I also think Wiz101 is missing out on sooo much possible gameplay content... one of my biggest frustrations, right from the start, is the way you get reagents... waiting for houuurs at the bazaar to buy them.. .or running around in world for hours to collect them... and whats wiz101's solution? double reagents event from time to time 😅(better then nothing i guess...) You can easily make gameplay out of this like farming for them by killing special mobs that 100% drop them (Example, Rock golems 100% drop 3 stone blocks). Or even a kind of skilling gameplay where you farm for the reagents by using magic or something

[@connorwaddell5932]

100% agree as a pve player. I want to use pvp spells in pve cause tons of times I’ve been excited to unlock a card only to find out it’s only for one part of the game that I don’t play.

[@aelmantequilla]

Uh, can we talk about EU servers not even having Trivia xD

[@Zaepha]

Poor EU absolutely needs better updates this year in general! I hope KI finally prioritizes them more.

[@JadenBean-en3sr]

the hairstyles part would be awesome cause like I have curly hair and their only real curl style is dreads

[@Pystoria]

Something I think would be awesome but is a total fever dream idea if we're being real is if they imported some P101 outfits into W101 and vice-versa. There's probably a lot of code and artstyle issues there, but it would be super sick.

[@Zaepha]

Yessss please

[@88Gelu]

Not sure if other people have this experience in Wiz but the fact that I can’t connect spellement boss fights to the team up kiosk and that I only have a few friends who play Wiz means that I almost never get a team big enough to help me take down Goldkey bosses to get my spellement and if this isn’t just an issue on my end it seems like such a simple thing to fix and one that is clearly possible considering many of the bosses like King Borr could previously be accessed through the team up kiosk

[@grzegorzha.]

13:51 I'm on Wizard101 Europe and they gave us a 55% Yellow Scooter for free for Christmas or Anniversary or something. Really cool.

[@fishbread9208]

My storm wizard has had a miscolored default hat for YEARS, and it's something I will never be able to forget or forgive myself for...

[@SimplySoulius]

speaking of packs, we should be able to buy packs and choose when to open them rather than instantly. I've lost stuff just cause my backpack was full sometimes

[@LylacLily]

I might be asking for to much here, but LQBTQ+ Housing Item Flags, Telerport Effects (not just the rainbow), cantrips and maybe even face paint! - That would go really well with the gender and name changing. I have a level 40 Storm wizard named "Adam Stormriver' and I would love to change him to a girl so I can better immerse myself in the game. It might also be good to START getting some LQBTQ+ Representation in characters. Not changing Existing characters, (Because a certain someone who wrote some books that inspired this game tried that and it isn't going very smoothly) but newer character could be added to help with that.

[@Zaepha]

I absolutely agree! Would love to see some more representation in the game!

[@David-ho9nj]

They need to do a gear vault system. Like Wow does for max level players you have a vault that gives you gear based on your class and spec. It should be a possible implementation. It awards you with gear at the end for your spec.

[@GizmosMonster]

deadass pet stitching is all i want. i am currently making a Rotten Candy pet for my balance just because it looks cool. the elemental blade is fine for group support, but it pales compared to balance blade or bladestorm.

[@Anita_Lauren]

Really also want pvp to go back to it'a former glory. It was one of the funnest parts of the game in my opinion and it's so hard to get a match now. They split up the pvp into different categories, made it confusing, and tournaments give no rewards anymore so it's not even worth doing them for most people. A real shame :(

[@ekesa07632]

Oh god if there is something KI could change…. I have repeatedly had conversations with KI asking them to update the family accounts system. Many years ago my brother - who was about 10 - without my permission, added a bunch of his friends to the family account he and I had. As a result, a bunch of people who I don’t know have permanently tied, their accounts with mine which post all sorts of security risks. As we moved out of the country where these people lived, I never had a chance to get in touch with them to speak on how we could solve this issue. I proceeded to email KI multiple times and explained the situation but all they said is that they don’t want to change the system because then players will constantly be “complaining that they accidentally deleted someone.” And I found this explanation to be such bullshit, because just as one can add somebody to their family group, one should be able to delete them and vice versa. This problem presents a different issue as well. In order to transfer a wizard from one account to another, the accounts need to be in one family group, and I don’t want to add my new account with my bank details and addresses attached to a group where strangers will have access to that information, and Where I can’t later remove my current account to be independent again. There was never a good reasoning for all of this, other than convenience for KI to do less work regardless of the fact, that many of its current players are grown adults that are paying up a very high buck for the game. And as a result I had to abandon a wizard with whom I have played since the game’s very beginning, lost items and experience that I invested in with my time and money, and can’t even transfer her to my current account. So dealing with stuff like this would be absolutely phenomenal, but of course KI will continue saying that nothing needs to be done, and that nothing can be done, even though they literally write the code for the fucking game and the website Oh and I JUST WISH THEY WOULD MAKE THE CHAT MORE FREE OH MY GOD 🥹🥹🥹

[@AntonConstanti]

pet stitching would advance society to a new level

[@Zaepha]

For real though

[@torrentmurthy7383]

Fantastic! These are all changes I would love to see in the game.

[@uyeah1234]

Here are my changes I wish they added. 1. Permanent first arc free. This game has had so much content added that the first arc isn't a quarter of the amount of content anymore. It is a core experience the would draw and keep a lot of players instead of making them leaving after an hour in paywall. 2. Speed up combat. There is no reason the animation for Critical, Stuns, Stun blocking, Shielding, and Blading need to be so long. If you cut down every animation expect the actual spell animation it would make everything so much better. If something AOE stuns, make it stun everyone at the same time. If you're using a spell that applies multiple wards or charms, or Aoe make them apply at the same time. There downtime between being hit by multiple dots needs to be removed. If you get hit by multiple aoe dots, it legitimately takes upwards of 10 seconds just for damage to dealt. Every dot deals damage, then has down time, then the other dot does damage for every player, it is a waste of time. 3. Reformat the spell card image or just make it bigger, that way they can use actual readable text instead of these hieroglyphs they keep using. It is impossible to know what new spells do at this point, unless you used it before. 4. Makes every boss stunnable. Every single boss is stunnable. I don't care if they nerf by giving two stuns shields or whatever. Stuns need a use in PvE beyond only screwing over the player making every fight last 2 extra minutes. 5. Update every old spell. Every update they should have a fixed amount of spells they update the animations off. Wiz reuses a lot of textures and models. The core spells have been updated but then they just stopped. They're still so many spells not hitting everyone at once, or using old 15 year textures.\ 6. Obviously update the texture of the entire first arc, that should be a given at this point. I'd take delaying a new world if it means they go back to update the textures of old content, cut down all the filler, make the bosses more interesting beyond health increases, update the old gear sets. 7. Mounts should be useable everywhere. Simple enough. There should not be a single area in the game where you cannot equip a mount. The game is completely awful without the increased movement speed. If you are not an action game, moving at a snails pace with tank controls feels horrendous.

[@burnheals]

I think we also need something similar to the glamour plates in FFXIV. I'm tired of spending 600+ crowns every time i get meta gear and i have to spend the time unstitching, then re-stitching my outfits. I feel like i have to have a crown/money reserve just for stitches. Maybe like idk 100 crowns to stitch a pre-saved stitch setup if they still wanna charge me. I know its no secret and its quite obvious, but FFXIV, the game i also pay a sub for just does things better in terms of stitches/glamour.

[@GreenTacoma44]

As far as pets and mounts go I usually just pick whichever looks cooler and train them to get the stats I want🤷🏽‍♂️

[@tefnutofhoney2832]

My hottest take is no spell should be banned from pve. As is, the pvp only spells are wasted cards for me

[@reddoyosshi8474]

Customizable spells is what I want to see maybe creating your own spells by crafting them at probably a high level.

[@jamesoliver8204]

You are 100% right with the PvP Vs pve spells

[@PteropusAlecto]

I don't know if mount stitching is something I really care about, but pet stitching would be awesome! I love my Kookaburra (especially as a level 30 life with no other way to have an aoe), but honestly I would like to have like a Fae Vivae or Sprite instead (but they don't give any cards)

[@doctorrogue1923]

Honestly, if they added a way to EARN packs (Without watching Ads, looking at you Steam playerbase) then the game would just flat out be 100x better. Like, seriously... If you could earn packs then the P2W stigma on this game would almost completely go away instantly, and you would still have the whales feeding KI constantly. It doesn't even have to be insanely fast or something, just have a currency you can use to buy packs and have it be earned through the Daily Quest system or something.

[@DesiPvps]

Wow I really like your Takes on things. Great video!

[@berylredburrow__8810]

The storm beetle pet was one I wanted for so long as a kid. It was event only, and I always missed out on getting it. I finally managed to get it, but quickly realized it wasn't as good as the guhlcher pet I have now. I'd love to put the better stats on my storm beetle

[@maddspeeden]

Amen Sister, PREACH!

[@selenalulamoon1167]

Honestly your super interesting. It's been awhile since someone got into the nity grity of wizard101 on yt. I mean we have blaze but other than him there's not alot of huge wiz yters. I'm be interested im seeing you go further.

[@selenalulamoon1167]

God the pet stitching would be amazing! I want the new bunny pet for my death wiz because it fits his character but it's a myth focused pet!

[@pluspenguin]

Myth minion control!

[@jacobobeso3835]

You can farm the retriever tokens for free with a glitch to access them from castle tours but it's still an annoying grind for minimal reward

[@meh4200]

Very well organised. Love it. Watch half. Great topics, totally agreed. Been a problem for me too. Great to see u speak out our internal voices.

[@lucassilverblade913]

100% agree with all of these suggestions Zaepha, especially the pet and mount stitching. I despise the Ghulture mount with a passion, but am forced to use it for PvP on certain schools. Regarding the Commander gear; I worked my butt off in 1st Age to make Warlord on my Ice, and proudly wear the robe to remind myself of why I spent/wasted so much time, blood, sweat and tears to get it ;) IMHO, it's still the best looking robe in the game :) The name changing feature is probably the thing I want the most. I'd just like to have one name, a first name, and not a school identifier as my last name :D Great video! Love your humor :) Thanks for taking the time to make it

[@Zaepha]

Oh I absolutely understand why people prefer the commander robe - I just like poking fun :) it genuinely is one of the better stitch options.

[@duskyer]

I think if KingsIsle insists on charging for Stitching then the system should be akin to how PSO2 does their customization. Use crowns to add a piece of equipment to a library of fashion to choose from. If you do it again on the same item it then gets added to every wizards' library on your account. It's also unforgivable how certain items can't be sent to other wizards. What's the point of getting gear for a different school if I can't trade it over? There's honestly no good reason for that restriction and it should be removed.

[@SammyJoFinn]

I wouldn't personally stitch my mounts because i like them all and I just put my stat one on before battle but for pets I would stitch my battle cherub to a burnt scorpion or crow.

[@Sunarae.]

*Kingsisle has left the chat* No but seriously, I wish KI would actually implement changes like these. Great ideas though I totally agree, and I was just talking to my friends about how a lot, if not all of the new gear is basically undyeable which is a shame. I’d like to see more hairstyles too (tired of looking at these wigs from 2009) and lots more customizable options. Literally any of these changes!

[@dante3406]

(I am mostly commenting to help the video so keep that in mind before anyone decides to use my comment as a hill to die on) That being said, I personally think most of these changes are good in theory, but I do also believe that the justification people are using is misplaced. Pity System: I constantly (literally minimum 4-5 videos a week) hear complaints about the lack of a pity system in terms of loot. I do agree that I would enjoy knowing the exact drop rates (even though in reality it changes nothing, since we will farm until we get it regardless, it only changes our emotions about starting the grind.) But as far as "how grindy it is", I've played thousands of hours of different MMO's and MMORPG's, and this is by far, the LEAST grindy of all of them. I'm not saying that it's fine the way it is or anything, I don't care either way, I enjoy farming for things, but I understand the desire for it to be more casual friendly. However when people complain about how hard it is, I am forced to chuckle a bit. PvP vs PvE: I think that some separation would be nice in terms of spell balancing, I also think that the pvp community needs to take a deep breath because I am waiting for the day I encounter a "Happy" PvP gamer. 2 Factor Authenticator: I guess if it makes people feel better to have it as an option then thats great, unfortunately, it really doesn't improve the security of your account. (unless the primary threat to your account, is you accidentally Telling someone your password. Anyone who can log your password can just as easily bypass your 2FA) Stitching and Changing names: Yes. Not much more to add, other than Yes, Please add more. More variety, more accessibility etc. Name changes, I really don't know how it isn't already an option, please add. Oh and UI improvements for spell effects and descriptions would also be nice. Anything else I didn't mention, I probably agree. Great video, Love the content!

[@reflex9238]

I'm really late to this, but I think the best solution for the PvP and PvE spell issues is to just make PvP an entirely separate thing, like perhaps changing the spells all entirely for what they do in PvP, also making it so PvP is more accessible by buffing or debuffing people to the same level so players of any level can PvP and also it'd probably fix a lot of the issues that PvP is having in regards to being fun as high lvl PvP is so boring. Its why you have lvl 50 and 60 PvP being played a lot because anything is so boring because of the issues with balancing. It'll definitely be a lot of work, but long term it would fix all the issues there are with PvP nowadays because there's always something requires fixing in PvP and it never ends and it only hurts people who just want to have fun.

[@kyleb1122]

The issue with having different versions of spells for PVE and PVP is that KI wants people to easily be able to transition from PVE to PVP. They don’t want a bigger division between PVP and PVE. They want players to go from PVE to PVP after finishing the game because it’s one of their main post game activities. If people want a more balanced and easy to understand PVP, their answer is beastmoon

[@tornadic_brigadier7868]

These are really good suggestions, though I am unsure about number 8 since I have only dived into PvP once, but that was long time ago when I was young. As a returning player KI needs to make several of quality of life changes and additions to make the game more friendly for everyone, especially new players. I think having the first arc being free permanently is a good step in the right direction. Number 5 is really relevant for me as it goes in hand with one my biggest problems with the game so far, that being hoard packs. From my understanding, hoard packs generally gravitate towards cosmetics, though it seems the Night Mire pack is one of the few exceptions from this I heard some of the gear had some meta chasing aspects to it. During this Eerie April, an event the made it possible to buy Halloween packs that are exclusive to October. I recently made a death wizards around Early April. This was a chance to possibly get the headless horseman spell much earlier from the gloomthorn nightmare pack, instead of farming lore master during Halloween on my death wizard. Even just getting the permeant All Souls Pegasus or the permanent Gloomthorn Vine would be a win. I spent $50 dollars on crowns, then to spend the majority of my crowns on the gloomthorn packs. I got nothing that I really wanted, no headless horseman spell, no permanent mounts, just a bunch of gear, housing items and treasure cards that I didn’t care about. I really felt like I wasted my money on those packs, which did enlighten me about the problems with packs. I do agree having some sort of pity system especially relating to packs would make packs more tempting to buy. Wizard101 is not the only MMO I play, as I play SWTOR. While SWTOR does have premium currency and premium shop like crowns and the crown shop. However it’s premium shop (the cartel market) is not egregious like the crown shop is. There you can directly buy gear that serves as cosmetics, there is not much there that boosts your stats, it primarily sells cosmetics and things to make your character more fancy. My point is that the Crown shop or rather packs aren’t really worth it even if for only cosmetic purposes as there is no way to guarantee to get what you want. Since we are essentially paying real money for items that are mainly cosmetic from these packs, I don’t think it is fair to not get what something we wanted. And I think having some sort system of pity system or the kind of pity system that you suggested would broaden the appeal of buying packs, as you would be able to get what you want, which I think would encourage a lot more players to buy packs than the ones who currently do so.

[@greenleaf7262]

Can you please having a video talking about gear?

[@goseenanan]

im glad i have the narwhal mount to get stats and rare mount in one

[@TheFr3nzyGamer]

I generally have the hot take for this as I am a mix of both an Ex PvP player and a now more casual player. The idea of separating PvP and PvE spells (based on what is currently available) is a grievance I find very odd and tend to disagree with to an extent. Spellements have both a pure damage path and a utility path. In PvE a lot of the players only care for doing massive amounts of damage (as Wiz by design is a stat based game), and that option is still available with spellements. I agree with the casual audience on the point of the lack of tutorials for players to understand the new systems such as school pips and Roshambo (while there are a multitude of guides out there on YT) it should be expected to have a more interactive tutorial from Diego as many tend to learn by doing rather than by reading a tome. The other issue would be the design of school pip stat and how it counts for both the enemies & allies (IMO should only count the enemies school pip stat). The main issue I have with spell audits usually come from the speed in which spells change (its going to need a bit of a slow down), a lot of the PvP banned spells also changes raids which makes things frustrating for even hardcore PvE players. There are a lot of cool things you can do w. the Roshambo spellements which I will explain sometime in the future, but the farming needs a bit of improvements to make the grind less daunting and can fit any kind of player.

[@Zaepha]

I see your point! I’m open to other solutions - it’s just been frustrating with all the changes and audits recently. Maybe once everything settles it won’t feel as annoying.

[@Nurullahdundar481]

After years I just wanted to play this game with chilhood nostalgia and it pulled me to itself quickly. Before this game I have experienced a lot mmorpg or ...rpglike games. This games problem is all the systems are outdated or so grindy for 2023. First of all its a mmorpg and you want to improve your character to become stronger. But the thing is, especially with early content, there are few strong item sets in the game and you have to use them in order to optimize your plays. I do know that there is always a meta in every game but the problem "this" games meta is its just so strict and didn't update. Just imagine that you do have to use zeus set first for 30 or 35 level. after that you can craft your another set or drop from a dungeon until 90. While leveling you just change your items and thats all. Because every time you need to use your 7 pip skills to optimize your damage and there are even cheats about the bosses. As I said everything is so strict and based on simple math. Just after bunch of hours the game becoming slightly more detailed but again you just need to reach that math score. If you are 100 level but didn't get any item you hit same damage what you did at the first level. So the boring thing is you just farm gears and this is the all content about pve-dungeon-item cycle. You can see this thing only at this game and its not unique or very different thing. Its totally bullshit. Also even the game though served to players all the quests through your progression, when you are overleveled you just get some useless spells most of the time and thats all and the game itself didn't desing for it, in fact its so funny. So if you do all the quests and as I said when you overleveled you have to wait the normal progression cycle and reach there only doing main quest. I mean, why did you put side quests, dungeon xp for our progression if its not putting ahead us in the story. I can't really understand this design and you just waste your time. I don't even point out crown, pet, energy, spellement system. Just imagine that as a new player you have to deal with everything actually. I just got shocked that spellement thing which you really need to farm for hours if you want to stronger spells or you just buy them with real money. Its literally p2w and the community of the game normally should have left this game but they just okay or got used to it. Also you pay the game monthly and there is a energy system for doing side activities which can be really fun without energy and more useful throughout your adventure. I do know that you can I guess farm most of the things in the game but you have to so much hours. Like you need to fill whole bottle with tears. Lastly, definetly they can change the game, they can make act-1 free, update the game with true games but why they should do that. People are just playing and if the developers see it, they will just continue. Then don't even add most basic things which was placed in this video and for them its okay. They will understand something when they lose money as well as players but only when the players act collectively against these shitty things. Otherwise just every 2 year wait 180-200-220 levels and spellements with 12500 card progression but you can buy celestian pack things won't leave the community

[@AnimeW69]

A change I'd like to see is a pvp shop in the commons or shopping district.

[@daledoback9566]

12:58 Right. All dude styles. That’s accurate, seems fair

[@True_Comrade]

Kudos to you! I can tell you put a lot of work into this. Great arguments as well 💪

[@whitemage34]

I have plenty of Rematches lol & useing different pets is awesome I just don't use any of my perm mounts

[@florianmuller9534]

I would love it if they sychronised the German/EU Server with the American ones...Every time I watch Guides I have to double-check with some old abandoned Wiki pages if the Stuff I just learned even exists on my server. Aside from that, marketing Events that are somewhat trying to save the Game overseas arent live over here, which leads me to believe that they just want to kill the european Servers.

[@fairykelsie]

Omg I once said that they should keep the -90% for the Efreet spell for PvE and have -20% for PvP on Reddit, kinda like how they set up Bad Juju. The amount of backlash and downvotes I got was insane. Did not they took it so seriously.

[@daledoback9566]

0:43 Uh.... Fr?? What about all the people that have those areas completely purchased out?? Like me? 😂

[@anranelsaren]

I hope that Kingsisle brings the old Pvp System back because I'm lvl 130 and can't play a pvp

[@Killixn_]

0:17 Lmao what IS that 💀😭

[@JonahSMoonRiver]

the two systems thing is really good, but i have never seen a good reason from either pvp or pve players why it should not exist

[@xRadiodustX]

I kinda wish all the story arcs where free instead of wasting Money all the time

[@randomteenagegurl13]

i really need that loot pity bc my luck is so so SO bad

[@Pystoria]

1000% agree on PvP spells

[@WizardToby]

I agree with the pity system, differences in PvP/PVE spells and the top 3. Especially the PVP spells one. I'm tired of them ruining our regular spells because all the PvPers can't stop complaining for a day!

[@graceheather6596]

I love your ideas about stitching mount stats and pets also I agree with a lot of what you said. What do you think about being able to trade pets to help others. To do the same with gear would be cool in my opinion.