120690-perspective-of-a-noob

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HI!  its been a day or five now since i bought wildstar.     and onlything that kept popping in my mind was the question
 
'Where are the players?   
ive been playing for about 6 hours a day for 5 days and i can count the number of people ive seen in the openworld on one hand
Major cities or other area's are completely deserted   even with these mega servers  Not even a single post in trade or zone channel hours at the time,
So.    is there some major hub people hide out at ?      ive played alot of MMO's and i really like the gameplay here,   just seems abit useless if there's not a soul to converse with
 
What do you think ?	
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			So ive heard,   problem is is that Entity is an US server if im not mistaken,   ive tried but can only acess EU servers  (Luminai - Jabbit)    ive been on both looking and praying but i havent been able to find anyone even at peak hours in major cities.	
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Most of the players I know online are NA Entity Server Exile.  They're usually online between 6 pm to 1 am EST.
 
Right now is the deadest time of the day on the deadest day of the week.	
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			I...think you can change your game region for servers in the launcher settings, but even if you -do- log in to Entity right now, it's only almost 10am EST on a Monday, so most people will be at work, or asleep (and I think schools started again today, too).	
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			Tried that aswell,   the gamecode you bought is locked to the region its sold at basicly.    EU cant go to US  US cant go to EU.	
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HI!  its been a day or five now since i bought wildstar.     and onlything that kept popping in my mind was the question
 
'Where are the players?   
ive been playing for about 6 hours a day for 5 days and i can count the number of people ive seen in the openworld on one hand
Major cities or other area's are completely deserted   even with these mega servers  Not even a single post in trade or zone channel hours at the time,
So.    is there some major hub people hide out at ?      ive played alot of MMO's and i really like the gameplay here,   just seems abit useless if there's not a soul to converse with
 
What do you think ?
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			Im aware and its to be expected.    changed my char to the pvp server see if any people were over there   cant go back ( il wait it out) Still  im not exaggerating when i say i have not seen a single player in days,    ive never done a pvp match and been in 4 and a half hour que's.    even on the auction house for example,   the  armor section has... 7 items (thats light medium and heavy armor combined).   there are no dyes on it, channels in entire zones dont contain a singple player and ive actively been searching for anything of a sort.	
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This is a common complaint of levelers which I wish we could fix somehow (introduce some recruitment automation???).
 
You can go to Thayd at primetime and ask for a guild (there are many on Jabbit still recruiting) or when you hit endgame you'll see that there are many, many people out there either raiding or doing world events. 
 
If you're interested in staying on Luminai I think there's a Potato guild that's tight-knit and trying to keep that server alive.  I'm going to presume you'll just transfer back however in a week. 
 
Don't expect PvP queues (or dungeon queues for that matter) to be great, the population is currently happily content to raid and do very little until drop 4 brings in dailies to try to resuscitate the LFG queues.
 
You can always create an alt in the meantime while you wait and seek out a guild.  Don't give up hope, the low levels are just doing the game an injustice/contributing to difficult retention these days.	
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This is a common complaint of levelers which I wish we could fix somehow (introduce some recruitment automation???).
 
You can go to Thayd at primetime and ask for a guild (there are many on Jabbit still recruiting) or when you hit endgame you'll see that there are many, many people out there either raiding or doing world events. 
 
If you're interested in staying on Luminai I think there's a Potato guild that's tight-knit and trying to keep that server alive.  I'm going to presume you'll just transfer back however in a week. 
 
Don't expect PvP queues (or dungeon queues for that matter) to be great, the population is currently happily content to raid and do very little until drop 4 brings in dailies to try to resuscitate the LFG queues.
 
You can always create an alt in the meantime while you wait and seek out a guild.  Don't give up hope, the low levels are just doing the game an injustice/contributing to difficult retention these days.
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Well thank you,  all this helped alot.  But as it looks right now i nearly feel forced to buy the game a second time from another online retailer with an US game key. all togehter with trowing away all progress
Yes its a drastic step   but at this point i feel its the last logical solution.
 
As you can tell im not one to roam forums usually,  at all.    came here to seek aswers wich ive gotten <3   
Que's arent the best i agree.   but really.   with no guild searching  no players around and no way of searching groups pretty much que'ing a last hope.
 
But thank you guys! all responces are greatly apreciated.	
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Well thank you,  all this helped alot.  But as it looks right now i nearly feel forced to buy the game a second time from another online retailer with an US game key. all togehter with trowing away all progress
Yes its a drastic step   but at this point i feel its the last logical solution.
 
As you can tell im not one to roam forums usually,  at all.    came here to seek aswers wich ive gotten <3   
Que's arent the best i agree.   but really.   with no guild searching  no players around and no way of searching groups pretty much que'ing a last hope.
 
But thank you guys! all responces are greatly apreciated.
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The only reason to buy a NA copy is to play late night.  Which is what my guild does, and has strove to do in the EU since headstart (and still the only late night guild in EU).  Granted the first incarnation died on Hazak pre-Megaservers but we are back on Jabbit on the Exile side and doing decently well for ourselves. 
 
I myself contemplated buying a NA copy since I play so late but really, if you play normal hours, you're just going to encounter the same thing as you'll be logging in during their early afternoons.  I decided in the end to give the EU another chance.  Besides, to truly get the most ouf of NA's primetime, you'll be up from 2am-6am no doubt and that's hard to pull off consistently day-in and day-out.
 
Seriously give Thayd a try or contact me in-game (Jabbit Exile side) and I'll help you find a guild to suit your times.  I'm usually on after 11pm GMT+1.	
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Okay,
 
First of all, you're playing on Luminai.
I don't want to beat a dead horse, but that server is suffering from population issues.
I really recommend that you seek out a guild to play with, because it will take a bit of time for the server to recover. Much effort is needed to make it happen.
being in a guild can make a lot of difference.
 
As for switching region, it is possible, but only once, and the change is permanent.
I do not recommend it, because the latency on the US server is a lot higher then what you get on the EU server, and the time difference doesn't always make it easy to get things done.
Then again, I must admit there's some really really cool people on the US Server like Rocio, Vic, Typ and Neffie!!!!
So if you really, truly want to swap regions, open a support ticket and ask them to change the region code.
Be aware: You lose any bonus and benefit that you have on the account. So any special items or granted features like a pre-order bonus are GONE!
 
Source: own experience	
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Okay,
 
First of all, you're playing on Luminai.
I don't want to beat a dead horse, but that server is suffering from population issues.
I really recommend that you seek out a guild to play with, because it will take a bit of time for the server to recover. Much effort is needed to make it happen.
being in a guild can make a lot of difference.
 
As for switching region, it is possible, but only once, and the change is permanent.
I do not recommend it, because the latency on the US server is a lot higher then what you get on the EU server, and the time difference doesn't always make it easy to get things done.
Then again, I must admit there's some really really cool people on the US Server like Rocio, Vic, Typ and Neffie!!!!
So if you really, truly want to swap regions, open a support ticket and ask them to change the region code.
Be aware: You lose any bonus and benefit that you have on the account. So any special items or granted features like a pre-order bonus are GONE!
 
Source: own experience
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You could ask for a refund, I think.
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Sadly i thought to save a few bucks by getting it at a home store. and yes  im going back to jab as soon as my character is unlocked   as for the region change,   time wouldnt be an issue if that meant playing with others. and not just pvp or pvp,   many people tend to forget Rp also has its appeal as it did for me,   wich is all hapening in Entity as far as i could tell,
As for now ive made a ticket to see if my region can be changed, not much else i can do to solve the matter as i dont have the income to simply trow subscriptions and games around on a weekly basis.
 
The feedback is comendable though!	
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Sadly i thought to save a few bucks by getting it at a home store. and yes  im going back to jab as soon as my character is unlocked   as for the region change,   time wouldnt be an issue if that meant playing with others. and not just pvp or pvp,   many people tend to forget Rp also has its appeal as it did for me,   wich is all hapening in Entity as far as i could tell,
As for now ive made a ticket to see if my region can be changed, not much else i can do to solve the matter as i dont have the income to simply trow subscriptions and games around on a weekly basis.
 
The feedback is comendable though!
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			I'd recommend first giving Jabbit a go again first before switching over to be sure, because it would be a permanent change and you'd at least be able to keep your progress so far too. In this thread a lone you've got a couple folks from Jabbit willing to reach out and you might get some lovely times and fun out of it ^_^	
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			<-- This guy's exile!    But yeah im definitely going back there(jab that is)   Nihilism om the otherhand seems very intresting,   yet its probably on dominion i take it ?	
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<-- This guy's exile!    But yeah im definitely going back there(jab that is)   Nihilism om the otherhand seems very intresting,   yet its probably on dominion i take it ?
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			Well don't forget to poke Docmortuss, I know Mordesh smell funny, but they can be helpful.....when they aren't stinking up the room.	
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