Hogmanay Hall

Ketchup

I've been catching up with my wizardly duties.

First I finished Avalon with Elijah and Ms. Dreamflower.

Then I spent 6 hours hanging out with John. We got really silly (as we do when left unsupervised). Then we went and did a million hit on General Greystone.

Thanks to John and Rylee!

I've been spending a lot of time lately hanging out in the Bazaar and the Hatchery. Those are the best places for outfit watching. All of that outfit hunting has prompted me to revive the street style project. I've revised the format, and now it's more shiny. Shiny is good.

A little slideshow for your view pleasure, the theme -- holiday items. 

Click to move the slideshow forward.

I also got a reader submission: This is from Edward Strongfist! 

Thanks Edward!

If you want to see more you can click over to the Street Style page:

Click this way!

~Heather

The Times They are A-Changin': the community speaks

I have often spoken on the evils of the hoard packs. I spoke about the dragon's hoard and the wyvern's hoard, I spoke out against the nightmare pack, and then later about the kirin's hoard pack and pack-a-palooza. Well yesterday a new pack came out. The "Hoard of the Hydra" pack.
I'm not going to go through it all again, I've already said what I needed to say about the evil packs of evil. I'll just add that I found it disappointing to have such a junky lame pack (akin to the dragon pack of yore) after the really quite nice Emperor's Attic Pack, where most of the items were okay and auctionable (!).
 But it seems that people are starting to get really tired of the packs, not just me. The community is starting to speak out, so I'll let them do the talking:

@WizKathLight said: Wow. That new wand is just... wow. I am not amused. I something is THAT OP for PvP, and even PvE now, it shouldn't be pack-only.Wow. I love packs. The MooShu pack was great - fluff items, for fun. No game changing stats, just fun and play. This gear goes too far for me. I try to keep this feed positive, but I believe I will be taking a break from W101. I feel anger & disgust just thinking about the game now.

Please note that Katherine is a hardcore player and a member of the Merc4Hire team, and also one of the nicest canadian wizardesses I know. The chips are down people!

@KelseyFireheart said: I spent 30,000 crowns which made it 75 packs and no mount. #HydraPack #NotCool

The video makers have also thrown their hats in:

To me it's clear. The attitude towards these packs is shifting. I will be very interested to see what KI does to address this situation, if anything.
Be sure to contribute your feedback to KI, and to do so in a creative way (come up with new suggestions), often I see this making an impact in the game.
LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION! Oh okay. That was too much wasn't it? Probably.

~Heather

It's Just a Model

Still having more fun in Avalon. Here's some pictures from my travels: 

A crushing blow to the Jabberwock

A glitch that I keep running into, but rather like

Me and my camel, Abu

I happened to get a Raven pet

 I was able to get my Basilisk pet a level early. Ooh. Glitchy. So I reported it as a bug (and if you can get your level 78 pet you should do the same). But now I'm level 78... so... 

 This sword I thought was pretty decent! I got it from the Winter Wyrm in the Wild.

 EMPs! 

You know, I can't help but sing this song every time I go and talk to Queen Gwendolyn and company out in the knight's hall. 

Our command performance

Haha! Yes! Another song from Abbey Road! Muahahaha!

I will never run out of songs from this album!!!

*evil cackle*

~Heather

It's a Very Silly Place

Where? Avalon of course! But we are enjoying it so.
First off there were the silly mounts:

Is that a bunny-lion with a scorpion tail extender? I'll take two.

I thought da Vinci's wings didn't work? Does the 7000 crowns include life insurance? How well does it cover death by falling?

Snap the back off and use the detachable fishing reel!

Like tinted windows on an SUV, no one can see you riding your giant stag.

 Silly badger knights who play pokemon:

Gotta smash 'em all.

 Silly dragon smack downs:

The victor won by the slightest of margins, the garlic chicken he had eaten for lunch sealed the deal.

 And silly Heather getting excited over bows:

Now I can take archery lessons! Maybe now Legolas will notice me...

This one sparkles. For evening wear perhaps? Or maybe a flirty way to catch your man?

And singing silly Beatles songs while walking though Abbey Road:

~Heather