118464-what-will-happen-ws-imo

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After the WoW hype dies down, and the first few months of game time expire leaving many "Done" as how it happened to me and mine with the last few. As well as after the Hype of Wildstars rough patch/over blown negative bandwagon gossip blows over, i expect the game to steadily rise and either do so faser as it gains momentum or at the very least keep a solid pace upwards. I believe wildstar has a great foundation and with that as well as fantastic gameplay/ combat mechanics among many other things, it is in a position to hold fast/strong and really flourish after getting its footing. I think after all this shaky ground (for many games not just WS) is passed and the smoke clears, Wildstar will be one of few left Shining on its own merits while others are left to be graded by the same old cookie cutter chart/standards.
 
this is just the opinion of my own, as well as a few edjucated guesses/some imput by a few well informed friends, but feel free to add your own whether it differs or not :) personally i am happy to be a part of this game as it grows, i just cant wait for its roots to get a nice deep grip so we can really dig in and see what its like with a more realized potential. Again, IMO it has been quite a long while since i have had such fun with JUST the gameplay in itself of a particular game or genre, as it seems a rare treat these days to see a game built around good, fun and solid core gameplay. rather than filled with a bunch of things to make up for or distract from the fact that its bread n butter combat/controls/mechanics/Ai etc are lacking/dated/boring or what have you.
 
so many good, and great things. of course it has its issues/ even bads here and there but to me it seems like the issues and things that need work are all the sort of things that CAN be changed and or swept away like the bugs/dust they may be. where as the truly good bits are deeply imbedded and would be hard to shake, which is why some of these bits blow their competitions equivalents out of the water.
 
anyways, just some of my thoughts and a bit from some buddies to top em, any feedback is welcome
 
-Vico
 
 
PS. just FYI i hold no hatred, malice or any negative feelings towards wow or any other mmos i may have mentioned. honestly i enjoyed wow quite a bit, i will always fondly remember time well spent with friends, making friends smashing friends.. etc in its world. But its time has passed, and for myself reskins,respecs and rerolls wont unexplore an overexplored world, or change that or the fact that for ME at least, the system is just "tired" and with a much more "hands on" and engaging/otherwise more involved imput method/combat/control inherent in Wildstar as well as a completely NEW world/experience, there just really isn't much an older game of the same genre can do (again FOR ME/imo at least) to compete. some may prefer different and that is perfectly ok and i hope each player/play style has a game to their taste to enjoy spending time in (IE- i wish the best/long life for both if seperate games are required for such players to be happy)	
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			Oh man it's maybe a second time someone says Wildstar has bright future! And I strongly agree :) It's very nice game with a lot of depth it just needs a bit bigger playerbase to be able to get to group content in reasonable time and for me it would be a new best MMO on the market :) Atm playing both WS and WoW as I have a strong sentiment towards WoW but I love both games and I wish both all the best in future! :)	
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			i agree op, this game is far from dead, every day i see people saying they had to come back because wow just seems archaic now. ill give it 2 months tops for a large chunk of wow population to quit. nothing that will hurt the game of course. but enough to strengthen other mmos, including wildstar. wow content is raiding and all is normally eaten up in less then 30 days(world firsts and what not). i wouldnt be surprised if the wow final boss of the first raid tier is killed before avatus. that maybe an actual race lol.	
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I agree as well, the game is good it just needs some shine, then some advertisement and I think it will steadily grow in popularity.
 
Let's all hope carbine can do it! :D	
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I agree. :)
 
One must consider that, brand loyalty is huge in today's market. When Wildstar launched, it was at somewhat of a disadvantage since it was an entirely new IP in a market obsessed with sequels to existing franchises. Once you slap the title of a popular IP on a game box, the marketing basically does itself.The Wildstar universe did not have a large, pre-existing fanbase before it launched which means that it just needs a bit more time to market itself and establish a core group of players IMO. Once more players get tired of their current MMO's and decide to give Wildstar a chance, I'm sure it will do quite well. :D	
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One must consider that, brand loyalty is huge in today's market. When Wildstar launched, it was at somewhat of a disadvantage since it was an entirely new IP in a market obsessed with sequels to existing franchises. Once you slap the title of a popular IP on a game box, the marketing basically does itself.The Wildstar universe did not have a large, pre-existing fanbase before it launched which means that it just needs a bit more time to market itself and establish a core group of players IMO.
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I think WS has a very bright future indeed. I will admit it's had it's struggles - any new game (and particularly MMO) will. There are things that bother me, but there are many more things that I love. I've never understood, really, why so many left so angrily and so quickly. (I have read the reasons and get them, it's just very different from my mindset.) I don't hold it against them - game time is play time! It's supposed to be fun. If you aren't having fun, you should move on to something more fun. I just don't get the reason to spew hatred everywhere.
 
I believe that Drop 3 was a great start with getting WS to a the game it's meant to be. There were several QOL improvements and some positive (and other negative) class changes. I'm hoping they will continue to course correct the class stuff. I'm very much looking forward to the itemization overhaul (one of the most positive and most important changes I believe is coming) as well as vet shiphands and the new Protostar dungeon. The change to DS 20 has me over the moon excited as I am loving GA, and I did not want my guild to have to become a super-huge guild to experience it. In fact, we were likely not going to even try to just for that reason, so I feel like a huge weight is off my shoulders. The things they've said about the upcoming Augmentor and other raid also sound super exciting and fun.
 
So yes, I think lots of good things are coming. I've said to my guildies from day one that the first year will be rough - it always is in a new game. I believe WS has a lot of strong offerings. The content will come, and the players will also come (or come back). While they may not always respond as fast as we'd like (I want a response yesterday please!!), I do believe the devs are listening.	
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			What we really need rather than hope and waiting is some incentive to bring in other players that play together, queue lowbie dungeons, etc, and a great pvp lead that can put that back on track (another 2-3 dungeons would help a lot too). Raiding is doing well though in my opinion, the raids are fun and with DS going 20man the roster boss won't be an issue and we'll have 2 raids 20m teams can do. I don't think people give the raids enough credit, attunement is far from difficult at this point too other than rep grind.	
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			A bright future?  I guess if you think boiling the greatness that was WS down, into nothing more than a glorified Crash Bandicoot, then you are in luck.  The things people cried were too difficult, were in fact a progression to learn the game.  They are choosing to go the way of the fool.  Removing these so called "Roadblocks," breeds nothing more than a player base that ends up having to be carried everywhere.  Then, when they are so bad, they have to nerf the content again.	
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I admire your optimism OP
 
 
but think you are very wrong. 	
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