CanadaAs much as this sounds pretty cool, I am skeptical about the time it would take from a fresh character. We do have a way to submit category ideas but it does require an example run so if you would like to try it out and submit it we will consider adding it.
Apologies for not responding sooner, speedurn.com is strange and I don't get notifications for these forum posts for whatever reason.
We prefer to keep things on an even playing field when it comes to these runs and since everyone gets a mount after unicorn way I don't see a point in allowing shared bank just for mounts; transferring things from shared bank would also make our lives harder having to look up the potential pets and items to make sure they can be obtained "F2P" and it's also not enough to make an entire sub-category for it. Also certain pets (aoe for example) would make boss fights WAY too easy and one of my favourite things about speedrunning this game is it isn't just mindless aoe hits from pets/max levels carries.
If we ever decide to have some kind of 'unrestricted' runs it would likely be for major dungeons in-game such as Darkmoor etc.
Yeah, he seems to randomly spawn when playing sometimes lol
Which guides would you be looking for? I am definitely willing to make some more updated guides for the current runs and I know some others that might be willing as well. Just need to know what you'd want to see first.
With the change that came after the 1.4.0 update we had been rolling around with the idea of resetting the insane leader boards. This is because the AI for lunch lady herself had been extremely buffed making the old records set on insane essentially impossible to beat in the new update.
Thus, we have decided on wiping the boards clean for the insane difficulty, rather than creating a new sub-category for the new insane update (This would create a rather large number of more categories and we already have so much of them).
- Malamber & ttpprr
- Invite to the Discord should be fixed now
- You do not have to use in-game chat. Discord, or any third -party app is fine.
After some research, I think this would go very well with a "misc." category (Gobbler King%) would also be nice to see in "misc."
You can completely skip the Judd/pet tower which alone makes this a cool category for misc.
I'll talk to VGP about this but I think it's a really cool idea!
I agree it should be "Solo" and "Co-op". It just makes more sense.
I first want to start off by saying all of these changes are a collective thought to what everyone in the community seems to want and we've been discussing it in the unofficial discord and wanted to wait to put it all in one forum post.
I should also note, this post is both for VGP but is also for the summary of all the things we would like to see happen with Wizard101 Speedrunning as a whole
Obviously VGP is the only mod left from the old days of Wizard101 Speedrunning and the man is a legend, but I think it's time for some new mods to be added and everyone seems to agree. Possible people to be added would be Fraxker, Myself (Malamber) and SamNotWell. All of these people have been a huge part of lowering the times and coming up with guides and new strategies to make the times even lower and they are all people that really enjoy speedrunning Wizard101 and want to help with the moderation of the game.
In my honest opinion having an official Speedrun discord can help wonders introducing new potential players into our small and welcoming community and hopefully grow it. Fraxker has gone and made an official discord for it if these changes get implemented and we would love it for you to join it VGP, so we can finally have an official discord :)
Link: https://discord.gg/kRa8mct6vW
Everyone in the unofficial Discord and even others like Tech and VGP have been open to the Co-op category for a while provided both perspectives are shown for verification. SamNotWell and Myself have actually made a "mock up" run of sorts to demonstrate what Co-op would be like. Not only is this a very fun category that I think a lot more people would run as opposed to solo categories but it also opens up the door to a bit longer runs like Krok% etc. Overall I just think Co-op is a really cool idea and after all, the game is meant to be played with friends!
Co-op General Akilles% in 17:38 | by SamNotWell & Malamber Link:
I'll just end this big forum post off with a big thanks to Fraxker, SamNotWell and ItzGray for all the suggestions, and help with coming up with the ideas and sharing their opinions on this. I would love to see these changes be made and I look forward to seeing where this goes and thanks for being awesome VGP :D
Honestly, I'm not a mod on the game or anything, but I think VGP will agree with most of what I say below.
As far as Friends%/Carry% goes, it's unlikely to happen. Co-op is the only thing likely to happen and that's on two new characters.
There is way too much pay to win (Example. I watched DairyKings WC run and he has the clown car) and unfair advantages (nobody other then content creators has 8 friends/discord members to cover every teleport location). I just feel like speedruns should have an even playing field.
Content-wise it seems really fun to do with a community, but in my opinion it has no place on official speedrun boards.
Ruined? For most categories, you can actually get better times then legacy lol.....The only one that seems to be affected is Harvest Lord% but I still think it could be a 20 with perfect luck. Co-op is a good idea and as long as both players have footage I don't see how it would be a terrible burden to verify.
I personally would run an any% way more than say Alicane%, which is literally a dice roll on whether he kills you ~ killing a run or not. The only thing that would be a problem is crowns items being used could make it total pay to win which I think is a big factor why it's NOT a thing
I will say, any% is likely a friend just spamming a fast all hit through the entire world on a max wizard. Not saying it would be boring but eh.
At the end of the day though it's VGPs decision since he's the mod for the game.
