126218-dominion-or-exile

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			Which has the bigger population? Just wondering :)	
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Exile has the larger population at the moment.
 
But go Dominion because we don't live in a trash heap. :D	
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Exile has the larger population at the moment.
 
But go Dominion because we don't live in a trash heap. :D
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			Go Aurin, and start PvPing....please do. Then ask yourself, do I like losing 90% of the time?	
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Dominion is quality over quantity.
 
If you are fabulous, talented and sexy... join us /pouts and flicks hair	
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			Exile, cuz we have Aurins ^_^.	
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Dominion is quality over quantity.
 
If you are fabulous, talented and sexy... join us /pouts and flicks hair
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This is why I went Dominion (US).  That said, I'm really worried about how long queues will be when I get to 50--or if I can even get groups together.
I tried queueing for the lvl 15 adventure the other night as healer, and it never did pop.  Then again for PVP.  If there are people, they must not be many leveling.
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You will find this to be true, not many people are leveling. We're all at max level :/ So if you don't go out of your way to ask individuals to queue up for lower tier stuff, it ain't going to pop, even then your chances aren't great. This is true across all factions and all servers (NA, EU.)
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Ok, so, this is just my opinion. But I play both factions, and personally find Dominion to be the far superior one. In general, the quality of people is better on the Dom side, and the ... well lets just say immature tho that's not quite the most accurate description... the more immature are on Exile.
 
And yes, I'm well aware that it's only my opinion and I'm OK with that. I've found nice people on both sides, but have found far more annoying attention seekers on Exile.	
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			I totally agree with you Mae Is Mean.......as same as the horde & alliance in Wow ;)	
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Them is fighting words.
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Join Dominion so you can KILL aurin!  Nothing feels better!
 
And even though we have a lower population, I've found with the surge of people playing in drop 5 that it's not hard to find groups for things!	
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			Go Dominion if your OK to be a lapdog of a celeb and like to fight for the most Egomaniac , Money hungry , People that looks on the working class like if they are some useless trashand they experiment ( kill their own people ) if they have a LITTLE good tought about the Exile ( starting mission you see ).also they love to go all out on Planet Genocide for freaken resources. Or go Exile if you want to be with the nice guys that might be immature here and there and some of them are like kids But they aren't Egomaniac a*holes and actualy care about other people.	
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Go Dominion if your OK to be a lapdog of a celeb and like to fight for the most Egomaniac , Money hungry , People that looks on the working class like if they are some useless trash
and they experiment ( kill their own people ) if they have a LITTLE good tought about the Exile ( starting mission you see ).
also they love to go all out on Planet Genocide for freaken resources. 
 
Or go Exile if you want to be with the nice guys that might be immature here and there and some of them are like kids But they aren't Egomaniac a*holes and actualy care about other people.
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Or go Exile if you want to be with the nice guys that might be immature here and there and some of them are like kids But they aren't Egomaniac a*holes and actualy care about other people.
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Besides the part where literally the first thing that happens is being forcibly awoken and forced by a gun carrying maniac to help him find his wife.
 
 
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well, its better than being forcibly awakened and forced to torture and kill your own faction by a psychopathic stalker robot who knows everything about you.
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			I found the dominion STARTING AREA to be...odd. You've just spawned and you're already suspicious.	
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I found the dominion STARTING AREA to be...odd. You've just spawned and you're already suspicious.
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I found the dominion STARTING AREA to be...odd. You've just spawned and you're already suspicious.
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Ooohhhh
 	
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Ooohhhh
 
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I rerolled exile when I came back to the game.. for
 
A: I never had one 
 
B: the sour taste of being Dominion on a PvP server and remember all the people crying over how we were out number 5 to 1
 
C: Mordesh	
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The Dominion starting zone I think paints a rather... Odd light right at the start.  If you actually go past it, you see that the dominion is a LOT different and has a lot more depth to it, and like someone else said, a lot more grey area.
 
Don't base your opinion of the faction on a tutorial zone.	
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And how is it at 50, since leveling queues is only a minor concern?  I just wasn't sure if it was an indicator of 50 or not.
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			I never have problems with queues on Dominion. There's always lots of people in the city. It feels very populated to me  :)	
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I'll keep this simple and approach this from the perspective of what is for the greater good of the game.
 
Go Dominion.
 
Why?
 
Again, simple.
 
Population balance.
 
 
Try to roll a draken too.  Need more of those guys.  :)	
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Try to roll a draken too.  Need more of those guys.   :)
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@henzilla thanks for the detailed post and advice, and also thanks @Tayle.  Maybe I'll try tanking at some point, but I've always loved healing, and I'm leveling up a healslinger.
 
It must have been a stroke of luck, but I got a queue pop for Stormtalon today!  Only one wipe and a few random deaths.  I really had fun.
 
Anyway, I am encouraged that there should be enough to do vet dungeons plus whatever the contract board demands--and I'll do that until I'm raid-ready.  I also enjoy PVP, and it appears I should be able to at least do some P BGs.
 
I do think being able to queue for one thing at a time is a real problem for everyone (regardless of faction)!  I wish they would change this.	
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			there are two types of people that play wildstar. those with good taste, and those that play exile.	
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Live in a garbage dump or Bask In The Glory Of The Emperor
But no, seriously - just let the light and guidance of the Eldan descend upon you	
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			i live in a garbage dump with friendly and funny and helpful people VS in a gold palace full of egomaniac that watches you when you have good tought's about the oposite faction so they can experiment on you........	
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i live in a garbage dump with friendly and funny and helpful people
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Yes, people carrying incurable a disease that can turn any living creature into bloodthirsty monster(no, im not talking about Strain) are very funny... the drunk ones have bricks instead of brains so its kinda like laughing at a retard ;/
 
Gold, drinks, hot bodies... you call it      well, ok some of them have broomsticks in the back but most is rather nice.
 
Nope - they didnt have "good thoughts", some nice Exile hacked Destiny's cryo and messed with it. They've got brainwashed to spread unrest. Even best Dominion scientist couldnt help them so we donated them to science(DRED ensures its been absolutely painless).
 
 
we may need more popcorn in this thread btw
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LOL BRAINS =/= Draken  
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@henzilla thanks for the detailed post and advice, and also thanks @Tayle.  Maybe I'll try tanking at some point, but I've always loved healing, and I'm leveling up a healslinger.
 
It must have been a stroke of luck, but I got a queue pop for Stormtalon today!  Only one wipe and a few random deaths.  I really had fun.
 
Anyway, I am encouraged that there should be enough to do vet dungeons plus whatever the contract board demands--and I'll do that until I'm raid-ready.  I also enjoy PVP, and it appears I should be able to at least do some P BGs.
 
I do think being able to queue for one thing at a time is a real problem for everyone (regardless of faction)!  I wish they would change this.
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			Zoldrage needs to dial back the rage.... he really sounds angry at the Dominion for stuff that's only a story....	
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Ok, so, this is just my opinion. But I play both factions, and personally find Dominion to be the far superior one. In general, the quality of people is better on the Dom side, and the ... well lets just say immature tho that's not quite the most accurate description... the more immature are on Exile.
 
And yes, I'm well aware that it's only my opinion and I'm OK with that. I've found nice people on both sides, but have found far more annoying attention seekers on Exile.
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Even if the Dominion were pure evil and the Exiles were sparkling good, why would it matter? I love playing Dommie-side, but even I won't argue that the Dominion's grey is a few shades darker than the Exiles'. It's like the Empire vs. Rebels in Star Wars. Some people would rather be Darth Vader than Luke Skywalker because they know it's just make-believe.
 
As for OP's question, there's a definite population imbalance in favor of the Exiles. That said, the better players seem to be Dominion side, and queues feel about the same to me, honestly. Play whichever you prefer, though I personally recommend Dominion.	
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There is a lot to the game for sure.  Population wise Exile does have more players.  Now more doesn't always mean the absolute best - it will really come down to your play style.  I play both sides but personally I like the Dominion and the big part of that is the story. 
 
The Dominion feels like they have more reason to explore Nexus and get things done, its almost a full circle for what the Eldan had intended.  The biggest thing would be the Dominion wants to know what happened to the Eldan.  So for immersion's sake, Dominion wins out for going to town on Nexus. 
 
For Exiles it is more for a frontier feel, this is a last stand for them as their ark ship can't take much more but that is their point.  They're here to settle.  Of course they will protect it but less likely to poke around for other than "Can i live here?".  The fact that Nexus is an Eldan planet is more so a bonus/curse. 
 
As for players, on both sides you never what you're going to get.  With playing around, another reason why I favor Dominion is due to coming across more friendly players on the red team.  With Exiles there are friendly people there too, it has just been my experience I ran into more players that are generally rude and prone to invite drama.  But there are people who had the opposite experience from me. 
 
So my two cents, try them both out and see which one fits your play style better. 
 
Of course I'd say join the Dominion.  We have robots.	
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			Dominion, although Thayd is so much cooler than Ilium, which feels too anaemic and artificial, imo.	
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Dominion, although Thayd is so much cooler than Ilium, which feels too anaemic and artificial, imo.
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well, its better than being forcibly awakened and forced to torture and kill your own faction by a psychopathic stalker robot who knows everything about you.
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I could preach and go on and on about how fantastic the Dominion is, but if you are not intelligent enough to see that yourself....well then you are not Dominion material.
 
Now that the good ole faction bashing is out of the way, Exiles have a higher population, but I found on the EU side, the attitude is not to my liking. I like a more "real world" attitude, in other words, I hate the internet humour, internet "I am right, strong minded, I hate religion, Nickleback and Justin Bieber" type of attitude. I am not against this type of personality (even though it may sound I am), it just is not for me. But, I am not saying Dominion is dead, we are very much alive. Lots of raiding guilds, I can always find a group for PVP and PVE. Always what I need is on the auction house, what more do you need?
 
 
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A sexy psychotic robot though.
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Of course I'd say join the Dominion.  We have robots
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NO, SHE'S MINE. ALL FEMALE MECHARI ARE MINE.
 
 
Speaking of which, female mechari is a pretty good reason to join the Dominion. 	
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			Pretty sure that any sort of intimacy with a robot is just the sort of hanky-panky that would void the warranty.	
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Pretty sure that any sort of intimacy with a robot is just the sort of hanky-panky that would void the warranty.
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Zoldrage needs to dial back the rage.... he really sounds angry at the Dominion for stuff that's only a story....
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Dominion basicaly embodies everything that i HATE Irl.
 
the good side of it ? i never enjoyed killing the other faction this much in any other mmo hehuhehuhehuhehuhe
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As for players, on both sides you never what you're going to get.  With playing around, another reason why I favor Dominion is due to coming across more friendly players on the red team.  With Exiles there are friendly people there too, it has just been my experience I ran into more players that are generally rude and prone to invite drama.  But there are people who had the opposite experience from me. 
 
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Dominion basicaly embodies everything that i HATE Irl.
 
the good side of it ? i never enjoyed killing the other faction this much in any other mmo hehuhehuhehuhehuhe
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			I personally don't pay attention to or enroll in the chat with other players. I feel like as long as you're here to play the actual game, both dominion and exile can be an enjoyable experience. I personally enjoy playing as an exile more, I also spend more time as an exile, but I do have a dominion character that I still continuously level on. Either way, I don't think it's a fair question to ask but if you want my answer, both dominion and exile are fun to play as. 	
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There is a lot to the game for sure.  Population wise Exile does have more players.  Now more doesn't always mean the absolute best - it will really come down to your play style.  I play both sides but personally I like the Dominion and the big part of that is the story. 
 
The Dominion feels like they have more reason to explore Nexus and get things done, its almost a full circle for what the Eldan had intended.  The biggest thing would be the Dominion wants to know what happened to the Eldan.  So for immersion's sake, Dominion wins out for going to town on Nexus. 
 
For Exiles it is more for a frontier feel, this is a last stand for them as their ark ship can't take much more but that is their point.  They're here to settle.  Of course they will protect it but less likely to poke around for other than "Can i live here?".  The fact that Nexus is an Eldan planet is more so a bonus/curse. 
 
As for players, on both sides you never what you're going to get.  With playing around, another reason why I favor Dominion is due to coming across more friendly players on the red team.  With Exiles there are friendly people there too, it has just been my experience I ran into more players that are generally rude and prone to invite drama.  But there are people who had the opposite experience from me. 
 
So my two cents, try them both out and see which one fits your play style better. 
 
Of course I'd say join the Dominion.  We have robots.
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Besides the part where literally the first thing that happens is being forcibly awoken and forced by a gun carrying maniac to help him find his wife.
 
Go Dominion if you want the people to revere you as you help saaaaaaaaaave the wooooooooooorld.
 
Or go Exile if you want everyone to just expect you to obey their every order, which you do numbly, over and over.
 
At least Dominion is up front about orders. ;)
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The whole quality over quantity feels just right for some reason, I mean us exiles are rebels and you Dommies are teacup sipping sociopath, the players on both sides kind of mirrors it somehow. this reminds me of that *Stanford Prison Experiment* 
 
Also by all means I'm not trying to diss any sides, rather I'd advice you to pick a side that fits your taste.
 
Also if dommies have robots.
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			Honestly I feel as though the sides are not as clear as the promos make it look. I'm gonna take a more lore/politics based angle. Let it be known I'm only at level 8-10ish with only a Chua character but I have pretty much read all the lore on the site. Now, let's start with the world we all play in, Nexus. I think it is very clear that the Dominion has far more right to the world. It's the people who helped create a fourth of their people(the Mechari) and made it so the Cassians were kept from possibly being destroyed. I will try to not get too into IRL politics, but it is the same feeling Jews have over the Promised Land. I should know, I may have left thinking anything in the book is real,  but I do live with a family of Jewish folk. Think of how you would feel if the land your people came from was taken from you before you could even dig up the historical items of them. However, the entitled ego and un-repenting killing is far, far, FAR from justifiable.  The reasons the Exiles have for wanting to fight for the Dominion shows how cruel then can get. Or is it unjustifiable? When you think of the fact that the Dominion only attacked the Granoks after they basically murdered their peace-making Ambassadors. It shows that the Exiles are not all sunshine and victim cards. Another thing to note on this aspect is that the Dominion only attacked the Aurin after they track the Exiles on the Aurin home world and saw that were trading with the Exiles. AKA, their enemy. And even further then that, the Dominion were first to try helping the Mordesh before they sought help from the same enemies that made them go after the Aurin. Thus meaning that three fourths of the Exiles where the ones to set the Dominion off. Now was it justified in all cases? Well I would say that the Granoks did kinda have it coming, since they murdered good-will ambassadors. Which a very good way to start off on the wrong foot. The Mordesh is highly debatable due to the lack of how quickly and bitterly they went to the Exiles. As that info would clear a lot of the true motives of the Dominion up. The Aurins were brutalized however, I am fairly sure they could have pushed  the Exiles out and took power there. However that would take time and that is something the Dominion does not like doing very much. Although it was more likely the Aurins were see as "in my way" by the Dominion. As for the Exile Humans, the details of the motives behind the Cassin Civil War are so murky it's hard to really tell who, if anyone, was in the right. So, as I now sit back looking at this post and facing the fact not my plans sleeping by two am are dead. I now have put my Ace Attorney playing to use to show that the Dominion were almost never the ones to attack without the victims either betraying and defecting to, being already in good terms with the Exile. Or with the Granoks HAVING THEIR GOOD-WILL AMBASSADORS MURDERED! Like really is the Wildstar fanbase gonna ignore that or what? Which despite my crush thing for Aurin males leads me to side with the Dominion. However I will leave you to chose your side anyways. Besides, thinking that much politics about MMO sides has always been a little crazy, if fun. Plus if everyone just chose the Dominion Wildstar would literally be half the game it is. By the way it is four am as this post is going up. So if there are any errors in grammar there ya go.	
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If some necroposted that already...
At this point I see no reason to start as dominion. Sure currently there are still players to play with around, in 1-2m we will get patch that will allow cross fraction groups on BGs and Dungs - both are not considered endgame worthy by Carbine, so does not matter, but...
 
Dominion side both on US and EU struggles with no. of active endgame guilds. Yes I know there are still few choices, but nothing close to exile numbers.
No idea how is it currently on US, but on EU for quiet some time dominion is no longer PvP choice fraction.
If some1 choose dominion for lore (that is just bad in this game), it's fine, but he/she have to keep in mind that it is way easier to play on exile (in any type of group content), than dominion.
Unless you already have friends on dominion there is completely no reason to play that side. I would say more - there are reasons to re-roll exile from completely endgame geared dominion character... Sad but true. I have gone that path earlier this year and with each day I am sure it was good decision.	
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