The release of Wizards Unite is here and thousands of players are hunting magical creatures. However, especially players from small towns are facing a problem: lack of spell energy.
What’s the problem? The spell energy is essential in Wizards Unite. You mainly get energy from inns and greenhouses, but these are not found everywhere.
Especially players in villages and small towns receive less spell energy. They are now complaining as this is a clear disadvantage for them.
Insufficient resources – A known problem with Niantic
What do players say? Many players are annoyed by the spell energy system. Already under one of our recent articles, there were some negative comments about it:
- konradema: “You’ve conveniently left out the spell energy, or do these people only play in cities?! This is another disaster as we know it from PoGO. One would think that Niantic had learned from this, but Niantic has not.”
- Timo L.: “The big problem is the energy. In our town, about 4 x 4 km, there are exactly 7 inns, 4 of which are on a 200-meter stretch of road, then one 100 meters further and the last 2 are 300 meters further at a bridge. That’s it. In the entire further area, there are only fortresses and flag pennants.
So, the gameplay is limited to walking in circles around the few inns.
And who plays in a city and has an inn at home doesn’t need to move at all for it.”
This is how Niantic responded to the criticism: Before the launch in Germany, Niantic had adjusted the spell energy. Now there is significantly more energy than was originally the case.
When the change was announced, players suspected that this would not be sufficient, as spell energy is often needed.
What do you need this energy for? You need spell energy for casting spells. So, when you are having a magical encounter and want to attack or free the creature, you need spell energy.
If you don’t have enough energy, you cannot cast spells.
The problem is known: Players from villages have been complaining about a disadvantage for years,just like in Pokémon GO. They have too few PokéStops in their town and thus too few Pokéballs. So catching Pokémon is very difficult.
Why are there these problems? Wizards Unite relies on inns and greenhouses, just like Pokémon GO, on data from Ingress. You can also help by submitting PokéStops in Pokémon GO.
When a portal is created in Ingress, it becomes one of these inns in Wizards Unite. However, portals are only created in locations that are interesting to the public. These include churches, playgrounds, or similar places. Not every house can simply become a portal.
In villages, however, there are significantly fewer of these places than in large cities. Logically, there is also less spell energy for the players.
How can I get more spell energy? For village players, it will probably also be more difficult in the future than for players in the big city.
However, you can also get energy from challenges and daily logins. So you can score even in the village.
What do you think about the problem? Do you also have too little spell energy available?
