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That is fine for PVP, but what about us PVE players that use them for buying defense jewels and other things? I would also like to know if we are going to be compensated for our loss in this decision.

Lastly, many of us at W101 Central are all asking the same question:

"Why? What is the reasoning for this decision that affects more than PVP players, but has a big impact on the PVE players? Have we been wasting all our time doing the Daily Quests?"

This just not make any sense. Help us to understand why so we can at least have some understanding and "respect" for the decision.

exp613 on Apr 14, 2022 wrote:

Buy the stuff you want now. It's that simple. You lose no value by purchasing the items (you get your jewels that you've been collecting).

They are telling everyone now. The currency is being devalued you need to switch currency to stay active in the market. Blue Arena Tickets will exist and many of the items will still be obtainable through the new system as well. (The prices are better too from what I've seen.)

You are missing the point. Simply said, why does PVE have to be affected to make PVP happy? Again, I ask "why"? They have not even had the decency to give an official explanation for this "decision".

I would even suggest simply leaving the red tickets alone for PVE to continue to use and crate the blue ones on a separate basis for PVP only.

As far as being "that simple" we are being forced to use the tickets we saved for a specific purpose for lesser things we do not want. Furthermore, after buying a bunch of junk we don't really want, there will always be some left over that are not enough to buy anything at all.

Simply put, they should at the bare minimum compensate those who have red tickets that will "disappear"..this is very close to a form of "cyber theft". People have worked hard for those tickets, and not just in PVP, and those people deserve better respect for those efforts..."It's that simple".

This is really not nice. Actually, it's rude.

Why was this announcement not made on the login page of the game?
Why is there no firm date given?
Why are you robbing people out of the value of their Gravulum work?

This is large enough news that one shouldn't have to check the forums for it.
I have a character only 5 tickets away from a desired item. Do I have time gain them or not?

A number of Non-PVP players are getting messed over by this move. The very moment tickets were included in the Gravulum rewards, it was no longer just a PVP thing. I have been saving up for a ticket mount - and I guess I will never get it now. This is very, very frustrating.

I think is it very safe to say, based on the comments here and the numerous ones at Central, that little or no regards/concerns of the PvE players was even considered.

I would like to point out/remind the developers that PvE came long before PvP existed. Without the huge success of the W101 PvE players in the very beginning of the games history, this game would not exist at all; and as such they deserve better treatment, consideration and respect than what has been demonstrated by this one singular decision...let alone the many others that have been made recently.

I strongly suggest that the "powers that be" step back from this cliff they are on and reconsider how they are handling this matter and find a solution that does not hurt the PvE players, the real money makers for KI.

Since the only reason I've ever done PvP is in tournaments (in order to get tickets to by opals and fishing gear), and since we don't get to keep the rewards of our effort in an area of the game that I personally detest, I won't be doing PvP again.

So thanks for making PvP even less appealing than it already was. Great job!

I went to buy a jewel today and found this out the hard way. :( Wouldn't it be fair if there was a way to exchange your old tickets for new ones? Isn't that a reasonable solution? I don't PvP either, and I have been saving my tickets as well. Upgrades are welcome in all areas, and are expected. However, it should be well posted in a timely manner when something like this is going to happen. It's totally understandable why some people feel ripped off. They earned those tickets. Suddenly taking them is, as someone else put it, "rude". I have faith in you devs, though. I really think you can fix this somehow to be fair to all.

vanshipley on May 1, 2022 wrote:

I have been reading and participating in this message board as well as several message threads at W101 Central.

The comments have been in the hundreds, even thousands when you consider all the related threads (on both sites) about not only this "new 5 age" and all the wonderful things that came with it. It's not just the tickets, it is also the "elimination" of the badges and rewards of the most recent Pet Derby (Which has been repeatedly overlooked along with the needs to update the Gardening features), the overt need to try to add onto Beastmoon without giving/making any attempt to fix the long standing mess with the Mayhem Badges and the list goes on and on and on going back to bugs that are years old. The Devs seem to think it is OK to provide constant attention and updates to PvP at the expense of the PvE community. PvE came long before PvP, in fact without PvE there would not even be a W101 in the first place.

Having pointed all this out once again, I must confess what really scares me is the very lack of any response from KI about our concerns. Does KI even care? I used to think so, but sadly I am really not so sure that they do...in fact I really don't think they do anymore.


I have been playing since the game came out of Beta, and in the last few years the very attitude of KI and the Devs has deteriorated, and now in the last year it has grown so shockingly bad that it can no longer be dismissed with the old "they will fix it one day". A friend in the game made the following comment about the current KI; "May the farce be with you" (A very pertinent joke from the movie Space Balls spoofing Star Wars).

Yeah, I love the game...but even love has its limits.

The reason for the new Blue Arena Tickets was so that there could be a fresh start for all of PVP awards etc. (You wouldn't have the PVP folks with thousands of red tickets be able to buy the best gear immediately, everyone would have to work for it.)

Should they have had a warning in game? Yes, 1000%. Communication is key.

Now, something you keep saying: PvE came long before PvP, in fact without PvE there would not even be a W101 in the first place, that is a bit of a mistatement.

It is not really true.

I would say that PVP was always intended to be part of the game. If you look at the update notes it was in fact the 4th Update to the game. It was released at the same time as Training Point Buyback, the Quest Helper Arrow, and the level 48 Spells (Orthus, Frost Giant, Storm Lord, etc.) and pets, which also are all pretty core mechanics to Wizard101. Wizard101 came out in September 2008 and this feature was released in April 2009 so within the first seven months. Currently it's May 2022 so the first 4.3% of the game didn't have PVP. That means it's been a part of the game for 13 years or 95.7% of the game.

Diego is also a member of the Council of Light which is an old old group of Merle's Allies. So to say "in fact without PVE there wouldn't even be a Wizard101 in the first place" is a little bit of a misnomer. PVP has been fairly integral to part of the Wizard101 community for quite a while. (In fact, most Wizard101 YouTubers that are popular right now, tend to have a PVP focus.)

As far as the rest of your post, I do agree in the sentiment. They should have put a notice in the game as far as tickets expiring and should not rely on only Social Media. It's not fair, and after all, if their target audience is indeed children, they are not even supposed to be on Twitter in the first place.

Communication to the players will go a long way. Waiting until KI live or "some future date" is not likely to be a sufficient answer to a lot of people.

So my condolences to the people that lost tickets. The change is so that it is a fresh start to PVP all around and while you are using those PVP tickets for other systems (gear, jewels, participation trophies etc.) this basically reset EVERYONE, in terms of accumulating the new PVP gear and stuff. So now may be a good time to try and get involved in PVP for the non-PVPers. That also being said, even if you LOSE every ranked PVP match you come across you will still be able to earn the new tickets.

Not the answer I'm sure you want to hear, but it may be worth a shot.

That also being said, let it be known I'm not sure if I'll follow my own advice, because I also have had negative experiences with PVP (even on Test Realm with this new version) so I am apprehensive to play. My biggest thing is the ranking system. I don't want to see how many times I have lost or to be worse off in rank than if I'd never played at all. It doesn't feel fun that way. Then you combine it with the stonewallers or the meanies and it makes for not a fun time regardless of the rewards.

PVP is/does affect PVE even though Ratbeard claims this is not the case. It is. Especially to a lot of players. For a lot of people their perception is reality. If KI really wants to separate this out, then they need to change the way it is presented. Which may or may not really be of importance to them at the moment.

How do we even GET Blue Arena Tickets? Cannot find info anywhere, in the game and online! My baby storm wiz just did a Tourney hoping to get blue tix dropped for the resist gems she so needs...and was shocked when she got...NOTHING!

A simple question. Searched the entire web and W101 site.

KI please provide a simple answer.

How do we get blue arena tickets?

Hi guys,

I wish I had more commander robes before it was gone, lol I wasn't thinking.

I have one which is ok, but I wish they could bring it back!

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