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Okay let's have a cup of Java and discuss the hotness that has happened while I was gone.
 
Okay now that we got our caffeine infusion let's talk Wildstar!
 
So I've been mostly gone since right before Mega-servers happened (as some of you recall I was rather *ahem* upset about them.) I came back for a very brief stint before just quitting MMOs entirely for a few months. Did some time in an MMO with a long roman numeral before coming back to Nexus. So now I'm back and whoa, things are so different, the flow of classes while leveling feel much more organic and get's you into the meat of the classes earlier, the new story "quests and instances". Just some great stuff they added, I found out first hand ship hand missions are more fun with 3 people. There's that vault quest that gets you into the games story early! Just wow. Really impressed with how far Carbine has come with the game since I originally left!
 
So out of all the changes since the mega-server and F2P which is your favorite? Are there more awesome things I really need to look out for as I keep re-leveling? (currently level 20 on my new character.)
			
				
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Welcome back, Scott! Glad to hear you're enjoying your time on Nexus once again. :)
 
My favorite change since mega-servers has probably been veteran shiphands. My favorite change since f2p is definitely all the improvements to housing (increased plot size, decor limits, new decor, etc). Did you know that when you complete that vault story instance, you unlock special decor on the housing vendor? :D Wish all the Drusera story quests did that, with different strain/exanite decor pieces...!
 
Aaaaand it's time for students. Wee!	
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Good coffee day!
Working right now, had a loong day and night yesterday. I thought my assignment was done and was about to finish my report and hand in. However then I realised my program had won because of a bug and a little luck. So I had to fix that bug, to discover another bug and fix that one and then update the report again. I handed it in and hopefully it's all good now. After that I got 5 hours sleep and then up and start working! But after work I will take the night off, I think I somehow deserve it :P
 
I didn't play before megaservers, unless you count beta weekend before official launch. But I came to the game before f2p, bought the physical box and got a free month and a snarflelynx :) Since Luminai dominion side was rather dead before f2p I was happy to see that people chose pvp servers when f2p hit, now the server is in a much better place =) Looking on exile side there seem to be good enough people there as well =) So that's what I'm liking =) 
However, considering f2p launch issues, I'm not really sure that Wildstar megaservers are really mega, or that they used that as a reason for merging servers before due to lacking population overall before f2p. Since they had to open extra servers when f2p hit... =) 
 
I'm happy they announced the space chase event =) Now I haven't played much pve in this game. How good is pvp gear for expeditions?	
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			As a new player, My favorite thing (and I should have done this sooner) is my dominion spellsinger/settler. Double XP weekend showed me the light X_X	
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I dunno, but Drop 4 and 5 are probably my two favorite for all of the things that they added and how super clean they were. The holowardrobe, awesome. Housing decor limits upped, tons of new decor to play with...yeah, definitely great to see too! Not to mention, Vet Shiphand/Expeditions. Those things are a lot of fun...solo, or with a group!
 
The game these days feels so much better in so many areas than it did pre-megaserver and I really hope they continue on that streak in 2016.	
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			I had also originally quit right after the megaservers but came back this last June. Some of the new things I liked right away were the veteran shiphands, contracts, pets...basically the casual content. My schedule probably won't ever allow me to raid or anything like that so I enjoy more easygoing, bite-sized content :). I love that it's much, much easier to get ability and amp points. The grind for those was a large part of what burned me out last year. Every night I was logging in to do Crimson Badlands dailies, Northern Wastes dailies, and then the THREE Blighthaven rep quests. Felt more like a job at that point so I unsubbed. There's no way I would have ever rolled an alt back then, now I have three characters I swap between regularly :). New characters meant questing again, too, and it felt more polished (plus the story is introduced earlier, like you said). And I'm loving these seasonal events! Shade's Eve trick or treating was really fun and I loved the hoverboard races (who didn't?). I'm looking forward to Winterfest :).	
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HI COFFEE!!!
 
I remember you guys!
 
Been out of the office all day at a client meeting. Free lunch, so it's all good.
 
Hi, Scott! (waves)
 
Off now and about to charge up some NCCOins on my account, so I can take advantage of the newly revised pricing structure on the mounts and pets! 
 
THANKS, CRABINE!!! :wub:
			
				
	Edited December 2, 2015 by Tex Arcana	
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			Funny.  I just came back too.  Hihi Scott.	
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HI COFFEE!!!
 
I remember you guys!
 
Been out of the office all at a client meeting. Free lunch, so it's all good.
 
Hi, Scott! (waves)
 
Off now and about to charge up some NCCOins on my account, so I can take advantage of the newly revised pricing structure on the mounts and pets! 
 
THANKS, CRABINE!!! :wub:
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Funny.  I just came back too.  Hihi Scott.
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I figured you were busy, so I decided to grab the reigns!
 
Yeah I'm buying some NCCoins tonight too!!
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Heya Hobb! Long time no see how ya been?
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Doin good!  Glad to be back.  Been having fun in game.  Started fresh with a new Exile (I feel mildly dirty but that's probably just from the trash piled everywhere in Thayd). I tried coming back once before but it didn't hook me again until this attempt!
 
How've you been?
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			Definitely seems more polished!  Which is good. Although I can see there's still rune/itemization issues but since I don't plan to raid this go around, it shouldn't *cupcake* me off as much :D 	
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Definitely seems more polished!  Which is good. Although I can see there's still rune/itemization issues but since I don't plan to raid this go around, it shouldn't *cupcake* me off as much :D
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Yeah, it doesn't seem nearly as bad this time around though! We'll have to get together for a dungeon or ship hand or some stuff sometime!
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			My new Warrior is 20!	
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Did you know that when you complete that vault story instance, you unlock special decor on the housing vendor?
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I maintain that had the game launched in the state it was in Drop 5 it never would have gone F2P.
 
Last night was our (TCO's) second System Daemons kill.  Heck we almost one-shot it but it took us three pulls.  Looks like we're gonna be working on Limbo the next time we're in there (Fri. or Sun.)
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			We actually did manage to one shot SD last night... then proceeded to wipe on Lattice and Limbo for 3 more hours XD. But hey we one shot SD!	
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