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Wizard101 School of Life looking rather lifeless

by: Randy -
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The family-oriented Wizard101 MMORPG has created assets for the in-game School of Life, but I think these screenshots pinpoint a rather lifeless realization:  the School of Life looks exactly like the School of Myth ... with a different coat of primary-colored paint.  I understand that time and resources are limited, but this just constitutes lazy design.  And yes, the game's other schools suffer likewise from this sameness.  The School of Ice is blue.  The School of Fire is red.  And the School of Storms' walls have lightning bolts.  All with mirror-image layouts.  This is a problem.  Developer KingsIsle Entertainment needs to put more effort into the drawing board.
Wizard101 School of Life Magic Assets Now Available

Magic in Wizard101

There are six main schools of magic and a meta-school that modifies the use of the other six. The three external schools are Fire, Ice, and Storms, and they relate to the ancient Titans that ruled the world in the Days Before (dragons, giants, and tritons). There are three internal schools, Myth, Life, and Death, which encompass the internal powers of the mind, body, and spirit. The school of Balance blends all of these. Each of the six major schools exhibits a feel and philosophy, in rhythm with its own nature. In addition, each of the three inner schools dwells in the midst of two outer schools, drawing some small part of themselves from those framing forces.

Inner Schools
The spells of the inner or internal schools focus their energies on channeling your own power, drawing on your life force to create what you need. Each school has its own particular method of doing such, but each one is fed by an internal force.

 

School of Life (Spirit)
"As we have been Created, so must we Create."

Life is spirit, the force of awareness and existence. Practitioners of the Life Arts, known as Theurgists, are positive, enthusiastic people who seek to appreciate the simple pleasures. At times, however, they can be too flighty or frivolous when circumstances demand otherwise. Theurgists use Songs to breathe life and spirit into a vessel. Life sits between Fire and Storms, for the spark of life comes from those two forces.