149977-dont-know-if-trying-wildstar-come-see-why-you-should-confessions-of-a-former-hater

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Oh My God, go and start downloading the game right now as you read my words, you'll want to know the world that awaits you!
 
I'm an MMO veteran, I have been playing this genre long ago, and my "MMO Player Curriculum" has games such as ROSE Online, Flyff, Silkroad, Perfect World, Mabinogi, Adventure Quest Worlds, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI, Ragnarok Online 2, TERA, The Secret World, Aion, Rift, Guild Wars 2, Neverwinter, Raiderz, Final Fantasy XIV, Blade and Soul, etc. I'm a genre aficionado, and I like to read about the games I'll play before even trying them: in fact, reading all negative stuff about Wildstar was disencouraging me from trying the game.
 
As time went by, everything I read about Wildstar made me loathe a game I didn't even tried, using it as an example of failure on the MMO and gaming industry in general, having GW2 as my main game, a game also published by NCsoft that I held in high regards and status as well, using it as a shining example on how an MMO should be made.
 
Until the Heart of Thorns expansion was launched... But I'm not here to talk to you about it.
 
In fact, having tried Blade and Soul, and feeling unsatsfied by every aspect of the game (save combat mechanics and story), I moved on to find an MMO that would keep me hooked, aiming in between going back to WoW, or trying Skyforge.
 
And then, I saw a video of a Wildstar raid, and the game looked quite good from a bombat perspective, since I'm a manily PvE player, and I was so desperate for a new experience that I downloaded Wildstar.
 
And I don't regret doing so.
 
As I stepped foot into the flesh of my first character, a Human Female Esper, and leveling her up to 10, I was ready to try other classes, even if it meant deleting her. Not because I was bored of it, but because the gameplay was so amazing I just couldn't wait to try a little bit of everything and find something I would settle with. Thus, my Mordesh Male Warrior Soldier was born.
 
Everything I've found on this game has amazed me. It may not have the most revolutionary questing system, but I just never grow bored of exploring, finding new NPCs and quest markers, fighting the new mobs and noticing how unlike other games, I have to care about their attack patterns instead of stacking people in front of them to take them down. Customization is great, and advancing every levels feels like such an achievement.
 
This game also nails down exploring, as it lets the player pick what kind of MMO they wanna play! Like jumping puzzles ? Exlorer! Fighting mobs? Soldier! Gathering Materials? Scientist! 
 
The game world feels so alive at all times. Those stampedes, natural hazards and awesome views make me want to go out there and explore the whole planet, find all lore, unlock every achievement.
 
The cash shop it's deffinitely the best I've ever seen on an MMO. The F2P model is awesome, I'll say it's the closest thing we'll get to Path of Exile on an MMO for a while, and I hope it keeps up this way. I have no words, really. Gaining tokens as you play and do your daily activities, in a timespan of about a month you can get some of your dream items from the cash shop without using your credit card! This is was a regression to better days of gaming, where web browser games such as Gaia Online, Neopets and Adventure Quest let you enjoy the game and get some degree of achievement by slowly letting you gain in game gold to buy some cash items.
 
Mounts are fun to use and colorful, and fashion item unlocks push the game even further into making the character I want, making me want to get every loot I can to see how it would fit into what I have on mind!
 
And the housing system... My God, since I unlocked my House I have been tinkering all arround with it, the way you can even place dungeons inside your lot is amazing!
 
I fail to describe how much in love I am with Wildstar, really. I just hope the best to this game and that more people joins the community.	
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			Glad you've been enjoying yourself! Been playing on the PTR, I can tell you the new zone and the boss events just make it even more fun!	
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<snip> in fact, reading all negative stuff about Wildstar was disencouraging me from trying the game.<snip>
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This thread gives me warm fuzzies. :)
 
WS is genuinely an amazing game. It packs so much personality into every aspect, complete with ridiculously fun combat and encounters. Sure there are things that need improvement, but the same can be said about just about anything out there. So happy you gave the game a chance and enjoy it!	
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Made me really happy reading your post. I love Wildstar even though I don't play it much right now. I will however come back as soon as the new zone launches. Me and my boyfriend plan on playing it together. He is also a big Wildstar fan, we actually met in Wildstar   :wub:
 
I hope you will have even more fun on your journey. And I am sure you will if you haven't tried out dungeons yet! They're so awesome! 
			
				
	Edited February 27, 2016 by Tayle	
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The problem we had...and still have, is bad PR!
All the negativity just grew like a cancer, it became normal to say Wildstar is bad across the internet. Did not matter if they had played or even seen the game “ Wildstar ? Don't play that, I hear it's a really bad game “ And what did Dr PR do ? They treated it with silence
 
 Just read this trash http://news.mmosite.com/content/2016-02-24/was_wildstar_worth_it_to_delay_blade_and_soul.shtml and you can see the battle we still face
			
				
	Edited February 27, 2016 by ministabber	
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			Welcome to Wildstar!   I was in a similar boat for a while for the exact same reasons.  I completely understand how that feels having joined just last June and found a game with a far lower population than it deserves!    I'm glad to see that folks are still feeling the same way I did when I joined.  Oh and also welcome to Wildstar Housing :).  Be sure to check out the housing forums to see all of the many possibilities out there for creating your own little corner of Nexus!   Our community can tend to be kinda quiet for the most part, half from our heads being buried in building our plots.  If you have any questions in game, be sure to talk to us in the housing /zone, but otherwise feel free to post questions and talk shop with us in the Housing forums!    There's a lot of crazy good builders out there, but we all started right where you are!  
			
				
	Edited February 28, 2016 by Eidolon Zephyrhawk	
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			I can vouch for this. I was afraid to try the game and get involved because of past problems, but I am so happy and glad I gave it a try.After playing nearly every MMO out there to a decent extent, I finally made the choice of playing AND financially supporting Wildstar until the lights go off.I am having a lot of fun and loving this game, the graphics and the humour are so awesome too. :)Long live Wildstar!PS: Only bad thing I think it is that even though I got signature subscription, I think it could give it a bit more in terms of ingame drops and renown/reputation or something like that.	
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			To the OP...welcome! We're very glad to have you in the WildStar family. ;)	
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First off, you should post this everywhere...mmorpg forums...mmo champion... mmorpg reddit...ect
 
 
Now for the real part of this response.
 
I was never a Wildstar hater, I bought into the hype around summer 2013, and pre ordered around Winter 2013, played in the march and april beta, participated in the open beta, and played at launch, sadly, I could not afford a monthly fee so took a break about halfway through august, came back at the start of october and played until mid november when WoD came out, I played wod but in the beginning of December I came back again. Still played WoD, but not as much (because I honestly thought drop 3 was more fun...wod was that shit) At that point I attuned and raided, I had to leave again come mid february. but then came back at the middle of march... played until the end of June, and then patiently waited until the middle of august to resub and try the f2p beta... and I have been a sub ever since...
 
 
WELCOME TO WILDSTAR CUPCAKE	
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This thread is great evidence of how people who claim that Wildstar Sucks!!1! Ded Gaem! on other media literally have no idea what they're talking about and are just going along with the masses like sheep. As soon as people actually try the game for themselves, they change their minds.
 
Glad to hear you were one of the rare ones that think for themselves instead of just continuing to follow the herd.	
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I created a greasy but loveable fat trucker chua medic for the double XP weekend. His name is Spoony Bustbuckle and he owns a "fix it garage", which is effectively a chua hospital. He also specializes in emotional trauma, proclaiming that he will "fix sad" if you simply "pay bill". 
 
I love making characters in this game and love planning their housing plot around that character. :D
 
More relevant to the thread, since creating this little guy I've seen quite a few new characters popping in over the last two hours. Ended up chating with several of them, offering advice and insight about WS, and they expressed a ~lot~ of interest in the game. I believe that getting a combination of several boosters in a timely manner (say, Steam, Arcterra, and a buff weekend) would net this game a big increase in new player activity.
 
I have no idea whether Wildstar will be here in a few years, but I do know that for me it's been getting consistently better. Once the F2P systems are firmly in place and dev resources are focused almost entirely on new content, I am gonna be happier than a pig in shit. :D
 
 
Now some prayers for Drop 8...
 
BOA crate
Legacy system
Some kind of communal aspect to housing
New raid
Scaling difficulty for non-raids with solid rewards
 
 
 	
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			Super glad you could come to love the game, it is amazingly fun and in my opinion at least it's way more interesting then a lot of the other F2P MMO's out there. When people tell me that Wildstar is bad and that I should play some new MMO that just came out, I will play that MMO cause I enjoy playing MMO's but I always come back to Wildstar in the end. One of the main reasons is I love creating a backstory for my own character and Wildstar does a great job of leaving that to the player rather then the path a lot of current MMO's are taking and shouting at you "YOU ARE THE CHOSEN ONE!" I'm looking at you blade and soul. Wildstar does an excellent job at making your character feel unique and different if you're into all that stuff rather then slapping the chosen one title on you and having to share that with the other five million people that play the game.  	
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			I also love the game... but there is one big "why not to play". The game is really fun and nice (although character models are lacking compared to other titles on the market), but why should anypone play mmo if not to play with others... and how you can play with other when there are almost no ppl :/? You can;t really get to the raiding since to get to raiding you need to do dungeons and so on and almost noone queue for adventures and dungeons pop really rarely :/.	
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I also love the game... but there is one big "why not to play". The game is really fun and nice (although character models are lacking compared to other titles on the market), but why should anypone play mmo if not to play with others... and how you can play with other when there are almost no ppl :/? You can;t really get to the raiding since to get to raiding you need to do dungeons and so on and almost noone queue for adventures and dungeons pop really rarely :/.
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Let's be honest, I played half year ago... back then there were MANY ppl. Right now you can see that the game is slowly dying :/... One of the best projects from ncsoft has been wasted.
YES people play game... BUT THEY DON'T do ear;y things anymore, they are focusing on raiding. That's the problem.	
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Let's be honest, I played half year ago... back then there were MANY ppl. Right now you can see that the game is slowly dying :/... One of the best projects from ncsoft has been wasted.
YES people play game... BUT THEY DON'T do ear;y things anymore, they are focusing on raiding. That's the problem.
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Maybe on dominion side, but not on exile.
The problem is - ppl don't see anyone... they stop playing... no new players. My 3 friends already left game cause there was ZERO ppl :/.	
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Maybe on dominion side, but not on exile.
The problem is - ppl don't see anyone... they stop playing... no new players. My 3 friends already left game cause there was ZERO ppl :/.
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The problem the game has right now is that it's very top heavy with little actual new blood coming into the game.  There are some new players leveling, but for the most part it's people leveling alts.
 
I'm hoping Steam brings a decent amount of actual new blood.  It worked for Tera, but Tera does have a lot of TnA :D	
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			I hear if you complain enough in forums magical population fairies will come and plant seeds in your MMO which will sprout into clusters of benevolent players...	
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Maybe on dominion side, but not on exile.
The problem is - ppl don't see anyone... they stop playing... no new players. My 3 friends already left game cause there was ZERO ppl :/.
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			Since I'm out of slots on Entity I was working on some alts on Warhound (gotta love that free prestige).  I'd regularly see 1-3 other people in my vicinity.  Had a chat with one new person who thought the game was awesome but was astounded that there wasn't anybody else around.  Told him that most everybody's on Entity but not to worry and told him about the upcoming merge plans.	
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