Awesome Thing #27 -- Tempest

I don't think I've used any other Storm spell quite as much. It's my instant go to for clearing the battle circle whenever I'm playing Kyle or Angus. Not discounting all the other great Storm spells there are out there, but . . . it's a game changing spell in so many different ways. In a sense, level 28 will always be the level I strive for when playing a Storm Wizard, simply because TEMPEST IS AWESOME!


It's all . . . I'm gonna get ya!



. . . and now you're gone.



And that wasn't even an impressive hit . . . remember this? hehe . . . that was back before spell damage was capped . . . you know . . . when you could hit for 50 million and stuff with Tempest.

AND REALLY, at the end of the day, it's the versatility of the X pip AOE Spell that makes it, well, possibly the best card in the game.

No lie, it's awesome.

Happy Dueling!

Awesome Thing #26 -- Class Trees

Riffing off of Bartleby, another awesome thing are all the class trees in Ravenwood!

And, what the heck, while we're at it, let's hear it for the other class trees in Wizard101 (even the no name, twisted death one in Dragonspyre):

Did I miss any? (I, uh, didn't want to post pictures of the tree stumps in Dragonspyre . . . /shiver)

I think my favorite is Niles. He's a palm tree and trains blades . . . how awesome is that? I think overall I just love how the class trees set up so much story and symbolism in the game. And because they exist, they are awesome.

Happy Dueling

Awesome Thing #25 -- Bartleby

If you haven't had a chance to read Jeff Toney's series of articles on the Evolution of Bartleby on the KingsIsle Blog, this might be a good time to catch up.

part 1
part 2
part 3

Jeff does a great job of breaking down exactly what went into creating the perfect center-piece tree for Wizard101.



LOL Bartleby! Look at him! It's like he's saying, Wizards! GET IN MY BELLY!

. . . also . . . the most uber healing spell evar!



Whoa, I just had a thought: the day we put a mini-bartleby spell as a pet talent is the day KingsIsle has officially gone cray! ;p HAHAHAHA! Could you imagine? That would be nuts!

. . . but seriously, Bartleby is awesome. Thus! It is on the list!

Happy Dueling!

Awesome Thing #24 -- Krampus

Krampus? Yup, that evil goat legend from Christmas tales across the sea where bad boys and girls who didn't live up to their shining Christmas selves would be tormented by said evil goat . . . is now a fire spell in Wizard101. ;)

You can get it from the Yuletide Pack or from the Loremaster (as I talked about yesterday), and it's awesome!

Happy Dueling

Awesome Thing #23 -- The Loremaster

Back in July 2013 Wizard101 introduced a sidequest NPC in Dragonspyre along with Aquila. Behold, the Loremaster!

Not only does she have an amazingly cool cyborg ghost look (Cyborg ghosts are the best!) and hangs out in the library of Dragonspyre, she has a loot table that coughs up rare spells from all the hoard packs . . . even the most recent Krampus spell (first hand knowledge on that one! :))

And because she's an alternative to spending money on packs to get a rare spell, she's awesome.

Happy dueling!

Awesome Thing #22 -- Dancing with your Pets

I love the dancing game in the Pet Pavilion, but that's not what this awesome thing is about . . . directly. What I'm talking about is how awesome it is to dance with your pets in your player housing.

Logically thinking (now that I'm on the other side of the curtain), when advanced pets hit Wizard101, they had to put a dance animation for every single pet in the game plus new dance animations for all the existing pets AND commit to new dance animations for any pet to come in the future. That's a pretty awesome thing right there. HA! That should be a sales slogan, KingsIsle, committed to making your pets dance in Wizard101 since May 2010.

Anyway, using your dance emote around pets in your player housing causes a good chunk of them to equally respond and dance right along with you.

I love it, it's meaningless fun, and it's definitely an awesome thing about Wizard101.

Happy Dueling!

Awesome Thing #21 -- Harvesting a Full Elder Garden

Ahhh, a full garden of Elder Plants is a sight to behold . . . blindingly perfect!



Ahhh, a full chat window with line after line of glorious loot!



Ahhh, to start it all over again.



How awesome is harvesting a full elder garden? It's like beating 25-battles-in-a-row-in-10-seconds awesome . . . that's how awesome!

Happy Dueling!