Does your level affect card pack items?

Yes!  If you are close to level 70 but not there yet you may have reason to wait until you level up to open that new card pack you bought.  Some items you get from the card pack will apparently auto adjust down to the level you are or just below.  This is to keep you from winning items that you can't use - which is cool in a strange kinda way.

But you may want to consider leveling up to one of those magical cut off levels where you can get new gear.  (usually a level ending in a 2 or an 8)  In this case though I hear that you can score a level 70 wand if you wait until you're level 70 to open a Raven's hoard pack.  I haven't won anything like a wand yet in half a million packs *a small exaggeration* so I'm not the best judge of that!  But I hear it from very reliable sources :D  The level 70 wand rules from that stats that I've seen.

I wish there was an accuracy spell I could cast on myself just before I open a card pack so I don't get stuck with wallpaper, stones and chicken platters again.

Vale

Crown Sale

Check out test realm and while you're waiting for it to load go to the web site and buy some crowns.  There's no better time to get crowns than when they're 50% off!

In the past they've always realeased something amazing just after the sale ends!!! So you might want to buy some and hold on to them for a few days to see what the sweet new stuff is!

~ Vale

Test Realm is Out!

Time to train your pets and see what talents they get.  And test the new transforms while you're at it!

Log into the Wizard101.com web site if you don't have the test realm program and install it.

See you there!
Vale

New game at the KI Free Games

I'm a sucker for tower defense games.  They're kind of challenging and mindless at the same time.  So I was thrilled to see that KI has added a new game that gives you XP for your PET (by the way, if you didn't catch that I said for YOUR PET)  What's not sweet about that?

I played it and it's pretty basic even while being complicated at the same time.  Sadly it ends after two rounds and you may get about 4 pet XP for 4 of your Wiz's pet energy.  I'd like to see it go on until your pet food gets all eaten like what happens at our house when Rocky and Jack attack the food dishes.

Anyway, it's new and different and lets you train your pet while playing on the browser so what's not to like?

Vale

Here's a funny for ya.  Idk if you can follow it exactly but it's a little cartoon of a duel my friends and I had recently.  Sadly we don't duel so much any more due to death weakness spam (spam is anything that there is too much of).  But this duel was a fun one.  What made it really funny was that I messed up big time and dispelled their life guy just as my team-mate beguiled the life guy.  That usually leads to a wasted turn and the loss of the game.  This was one strange case where that didn't happen!  Their on-the-ball storm wiz fixed our problem for us with a rare move.
I have to give gratz to the other team.  They were really good and we wouldn't have won without first cast.

So if you can follow this zany little cartoon you may find it entertaining.

Reagent Buying

So it would seem that millions of you are embarking on your Zafaria crafting gear based on the scarcity of sand stone and stone blocks.  I went through all the realms on Saturday and collected a few stone blocks until a full trip of the realms produced 0 (zero) stone blocks.  It reminds me of the Zorg guy on 5th Element where he says "Zero stones, zero crates!"

I spent days at the bazaar trying to pick up some crafting items only to see several hundred available for a millionth of a second and then gone...  This happened so many times that after I took a breather to clear my head I began to experiment with the purchasing interface at the bazaar.  Within a few minutes I was able to do what I think others were doing that were ALWAYS beating me to buying the items.

THIS METHOD WORKS WELL ON FREQUENTLY ADDED ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TOO QUICKLY FOR REGULAR BUYING

Here's what you do:
1) Spot the item in the list that you want and click buy multiple (it will have already been sold out by the time you even see the item so don't stress out)
2) Click the slider on the buy multiple to the maximum or as close as you can. Clicking it one at a time will take forever and will only frustrate you so just click in the bar near the right side of the bar near the Max marker.

3) Click buy - it will probably say you didn't get any
4) Click on the Buy Multiple button again, and repeat steps 2-4 as quickly as possible.  Sooner or later you'll see this wonderful message!  (otherwise you're never going to see it)

Using this method you will eventually get some of the item.  This sniping method is the only logical explanation for how you can have 270 items and then 0 in less time that it takes to click "Buy" and "Ok"
I hate to give out these kind of tips because it means that I'll get fewer items in the bazaar when I'm desperate but given how frustrated I was the other day, I can't bear the thought of how frustrated younger wiz must be that can't manage to buy any crafting items they need.
See you at the bazaar until they add a good place to get sandstone :)


Vale
And P.S. for the people looking to find the Conga drum recipe... it's sold by the crafting guy in the commons of Celestia.  Why does Celestia have conga drums and not the more well-travelled Marleybone?  Hard to say but space aliens like music too!  So keep that in mind when you start your crafting quest in ZF.