Thursday, March 10, 2016

*WIZARD101 SPOILERS WARNING* Spring Update 2016

I would like to say this now, (if not evident from the title) that there are spoilers* ahead for the Spring, if not, Summer** update this year that I am too cover. This post is only for those that wish to see what there is to offer in Wizard101 in the future and if you do not agree with showing spoilers or do not wish to see them, you can just skip over this post. If not then continue on in the post for the content leaked in the past 24 hours.

*Please note that the pictures shown in the post are also posted on the Twitter account @W101Spoilers.
**Majority are not confirmed and could be live in the game anything in the future.

Road Warriors Hoard

The packaging that will appear in the crown shop when released.

What we know: Though there is nothing else known about this hoard pack yet besides there being a motorcycle made of flames and bones along with some wands, gear, and a pet (shown below with the rest of the gear), it will just be another random pack based on some mount people will want. The inspiration seems to be from the 80s (if I know my motorcycle models well enough) and being the first motorcycle from the game, highly wanted. Especially with the recent addition of stats, this mount could be a hot seller, not just because of the fiery wheels. There is also an untextured animation of the mount in a tweet posted by Wizard101 Spoilers and sounds of the mount on their Soundcloud page.

My prediction: I think, as said above, just another random pack based on some mount people will want just because it is the closest thing we have to something inanimate (besides the mount from the Arcane Bundle) that is used in everyday life to get around places. Basically, the closest thing to a car. I personally expect the mount to have the stats a death or fire wizard will find useful when questing based off of the looks of the car. Maybe fire critical or an increase in damage when using drain spells.

New Pets, Gear, and Wands


What we know: How to specify certain stuff as there are a ton of items will be going by columns, C, and rows, R, so CxR. For example, 1x1 would be the top left corner or 10x8 being the new hoard pack.

Now, what is interesting is the amount of recolors that have appeared hinting at a lot of new hybrids or simple recolors in the dye shop. There are some new pets scattered about like the mouse at 5x8 and the 3 sheep colors of pink, yellow, blue. Also new pets include the crustaceans, quetzals, cats, the monkey at 18x2, and the thing I cannot comprehend to have a name for at 24x1. There is also the pet to the new hoard bundle at 12x4. I will point out though that the pets at 2-5x5 have been in the files since the new skeleton key bosses (Ra, Omen, and Azteca) were leaked just to inform people who didn't already know.

Finally getting pets out of the way and starting from the beginning of wands and mounts, I just want to point out the retextures first which include 1-8x1-4 (except 1-3x1) along with 1x5, 17-19x5, and 20-22x4. Possibly 11x8 too. There are some new ones though like at 1-3x1, 6-8x7, 6x8, 11x7, 12-14x8, 13x7, and 17-23x1. Mounts though are probably some highly requested ones. Besides the motorcycle talked about above, there is also our first automobile at 7x8, the giant wings most have fallen in love with at 9x7 along with yet another horse mount right next to it.

Getting to the gear finally, there appear to be 3 prominent gear sets. The hoard gear set in the middle, and then two sets in the bottom left, one being in 3 different colors. Rextextures for bundle gear appear also dating back to the very first few bundles in the game. The only thing left out after all the gear is the elephant 15x6 which I can't place a finger on if they are fish or pets.


My prediction: There is a pet at 12x7 which I want to say matches with the gear set that comes in 3 colors while the gear from the hoard pack may possibly be an alternative to Terror's Hoard or even better. Most of this stuff though seem to be dropped by the skeleton key bosses or dropped from old fights.

Housing Galore



What we know: There seems to be a lot more stuff from past content like Crab Alley, Marleybone, Celestia, and Wizard City especially. We also get more furniture items to the Arcanum along with new trophies for PvP. The most notable was when someone spotted out a housing item at 11x3 that resembles the floor at the Spiral Door inside Bartleby almost entirely.

My prediction: Housing items, especially the new ones from Marleybone, are sure to be used more as every house decorator will flock to buy Marleybone houses when the automobile comes into the live game. What I like most is that they have more NPCs to be added as shown in 4-8x6 and 1-4x7.

More Spells!


What we know: Well, there has been a change in spell listings, nothing that has yet to drastically impact PVE, but PVP as we get new minions that aren't PvE locked with the general classes in mind being already known to us:
  • Storm: Human in armor
  • Ice: Ice troll
  • Fire: Draconian
  • Death: Spectre
  • Myth: Clockwork 
  • Life: Jade Oni
  • Balance: Brown Owl
We also see Sabertooth getting elemental and spirit school versions along with a new aura that seems to radiate green. The auras and enchants from the last leak now have pictures. But what I think will be on everyone's mind also (besides the minions) will be the first two icons before the auras.

More fuel spells are on the way to the game, adding in ice, storm, death, and a universal version to the myth (found on the Maple Moose pet), life, and fire (trainable as ONLY a fire wizard and found as a treasure card) versions that already exist in the game.

My prediction: I say these new minions will be our second shadow-infused spells seen since the third arc started. being at 95 if the pattern continues where every 20 levels starting from 25, there is a spell upgrade or a new minion. What intrigues me about the auras is that the universal critical block and critical auras do not have icons which has made me wonder if they were scrapped unless they are the first two icons. I say having the new fuel spells will make an addition to your deck at long fights like Ratsputin at the Sky Anchor in Polaris, and Malistaire in the Graveyard of Castle Darkmoor.

Conclusion

What do you think about the leaks? Do you like what is going to come to Wizard101 this Spring or no? Make sure to follow @W101Spoilers for more spoilers to come in the future of Wizard101. They also release stuff about Pirate101 content that has been in the game files since Marleybone and Aquila were released for the game.

                                                                                                                                                                               Until next time!






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