Is it possible to sew the appearances of clothing that you can’t wear because of school or level restrictions on to clothing you CAN wear? You bet! In the picture above, Alison has taken her Malistaire robe, her level 50 Kraysys hat, and some level 45 shoes – none of which she can wear – and sewn their appearances on to the level 30-35 Grizzleheim clothing she was wearing. ...
The upcoming Wizard101 mega-patch is up on the test server today, and we were there to look over the new changes. We’d known about the new mounts that were on their way, but that’s not all KingsIsle had up their billowing sleeves. First up: mounts. You’ll see brooms, tigers, horses and dragons flying around. You automatically use the mount when you purchase or rent it; to unmount, either wait until it expires or go into your inventory screen, select the new saddle icon and un-equip the mount as you would a pet. ...
It’s the Ides of Octember in Wizard City, Spooky Bob is on the prowl, and a mysterious dark tower has appeared where the previous dark tower was, before it fell through Wizard City’s basement to Nightside. It was all harmless fun last year… until I found out the Pumpkin Head would (rarely) drop the mechanical spider that otherwise is only found (also rarely) at the end of the most tedious, lengthiest instance in the entire game, Kensington Park. So, half an hour vs four hours, right? ...
Sean E asked me why I wasn’t playing Dungeons and Dragons Online. I hear DDO and I think “hey, another fantasy MMO with wizards and stuff”. Why add a twenty-first to the twenty I already play or have played? And who has that kind of time? I guess it depends on who you play with; in an MMO, it’s more about the company you keep than the merits of the game. ...
Aion launched yesterday for pre-orders. Cownose got in. Petter had the five hour queue (and he’s under deadline!) Heartless_ isn’t playing, but loves him some queues, anyway. Lars got to level 3, server kicked him off, welcome to four hours in the queue. Naamah got in, but his friend had to wait three hours. It’s a good thing, though. I think he kinda has to be positive about the whole thing, though. AT&T and NCsoft conspired against Keen. ...
Guy just keeps popping up everywhere, don’t he? I am playing Runes of Magic now because, hey, WoW is coming out with a new expansion that I probably won’t play, so why not reminisce about good times in WoW by playing some other game? Runes of Magic only allowed me to pick from two races, Elf and Human. I thought they had some short folk in the character concept art, but I guess those were just meant to be children. It’d be kind of cool, by the way, to start of as a child in an MMO (optionally, anyway), and play children’s games of crafting, socialization, war and magic while slowly aging and learning more of the wider world and your place in it. ...
Here’s the hot news from the Austin Game Developer’s Conference about Wizard101! Clearly it’s not news about the next expansion, but I can’t say I’m disappointed! VERY exciting stuff! The next major new content being developed by KingsIsle Entertainment for Wizard101 is a series of Wizard Mounts that provide a fun, fast, and stylish way of getting around. Many different types of Wizard Mounts will be available with more to come in the future. Initially, four will be introduced: Brooms, Horses, Cats, and Dragons! ...
Daily Blogroll will continue tomorrow. I’ll be up in New Hampshire driving my stepmom around as she gets surgery for her cataracts, so I’ll have Plenty Of Time :) Fernando_Blanco tweeted: I’ll be at Austin Game Developers Conference; looking to meet with press regarding some BIG Wizard101 announcements! (That’s today, by the way) – and later: Wizard101 is celebrating its 1 yr anniversary and 5 MILLION players in the game! Congrats! ...
Was there ever a mob that you really, REALLY hated as a low level, that you just HAD to go back later on and just kill, kill, kill? Well, old Dorn in North Ro was that mob for a lot of us EQ players. Seeing him CRINGE before me now in EQ2…. Worth the ride! One of the things that made EQ so memorable was that there was really nothing like it at the time. They could pretty much try anything, because, what else was there? Not like these days, where there’s so MUCH choice, so MANY good games, that it’s hard to stick with just one, and so game devs do whatever they feel they must to grab and keep players. ...
I’ve been thinking of swapping my sidekick in Legends of Zork from the Gent (who made me essentially immune to traps) to the Accountant (who earns interest on your stash) for awhile. It kinda disappointed me that they nerfed her – it used to be that having her in your base would soon make you rich as Croesus. Not so much anymore, but as each upgrade now costs well over a million zorkmids, I need all the help I can get. And I can switch back to the Gent later on, once I’ve reached my goals and seeded the clan bank with some good upgrades for others. ...