An Army of Russian Wizards
Mord and I played Wizard 101 a lot last weekend and finally reached the last world, the Dragonspyre. It looks awesomely dark compared to the other worlds. The tallest of the towers in the city has a gigantic dragon sitting at the top, menacing down at you. Running around doing quests reminds me a bit of running around Icecrown Citadel in that you're running along very high walls between towers instead of the ground for half the time. So far from our quests, it seems like Dragonspyre, which is now in ruins, used to be a very militant city. It's also funny because the characters' voices all sound Russian.
If I had to rank the worlds before Dragonspyre from most enjoyable to least, I'd rank them as follows:
Krokotopia
Grizzleheim
Mooshu
Wizard City
Marleybone--had some terrible quest chains
The only thing I didn't like about Grizzleheim was that it seemed to give little experience. We had to leave for extended periods of time to quest elsewhere because we hadn't reached the level requirement to unlock certain areas. Then again, I don't know if that is because we played the worlds in a different order than the designers had intended.
I also want to mention another small thing that Mord and I both really like about the game. For every new explorable area, there is a different map, and on every map are different drawings containing the same male and female wizard plus some characters you can expect to meet in that area. For instance, Marleybone had us fight literal cat burglars; thus, we would see cat burglars on most of the maps for Marleybone, but notice the expressions on the characters at the bottom right of this map:
Drawings on the maps and even the character, backpack, and spell deck menus make the game even more enjoyable. Here's another one:
September 15th, 2009 - 05:29
Alas I have literally ground to a halt with Wizard101.
I have been questing solo pretty much from Day 1, as my time zone doesn’t lend itself to being around when most players are online, which is fine, but it does mean I miss player interaction a lot.
Just recently I have found the game to be very grindy. My character is in Mooshoo, and every time I log on, I find myself getting bored after a couple of rounds of combat: Collect 10 of these, kill 6 of those, report to so-and-so, do more of the same…
The most fun I had in W101 was soloing Sunken City at level 30. Fighting up the towers and avoiding all the adds out in the street was a challenge; since then I have been slowly getting bored with it.
With my annual subscrition due for renewal next month, I have decided to unsubscribe. Maybe if they make me a good offer to resubscribe next year I might have another look at it.