117293-promotional-suggestion-for-carbine

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			First, Wildstar is an AWESOME game. But, from what I've seen, the promotion of the game is not so good. You guys are only reaching out to a limited crowd. There is a HUGE need for free trials. NOT guest passes that are handed out from time to time. Put a register on your front page that gives a person a one time free trial. That way, all of us out here who love the game can simply have our friends go to the website and try it out. I have plenty of friends who are interested in playing, but won't do it because they've been burned by other games. They want to try it on a free trial period first. That way, they don't lose anything if they decide they don't like it. It's a great game. And if you do this, it will help us, the players, help you to promote the game!  =)  Just a thought ....  	
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			right after drop 3 hits I would say that they should do what WoW did - free up until level 20 (or 15), with limitations on chat, selling and those kind of things.	
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			They have already stated they are not actively marketing it right now because of the issues.  It would be a complete waste of time and resources to do so.  Once things are in a better place then they can push on that side of things.	
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It's a shame they're not doing more advertising, but I completely agree they should wait until patch 3 or until the game is a tad more polished.
I'm also going to miss Frost's voice (the guy behind the Dev Speaks) but I'm sure they'll think of something creative.
 
Right now the main source of 'advertising' is word of mouth and social media. Just keep showing this game to your friends! Streaming and YouTube gameplay videos are also great ways to spread the word. 	
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I'm also going to miss Frost's voice (the guy behind the Dev Speaks) but I'm sure they'll think of something creative.
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			They don't want new players in right now as promotions have been suggested previously by players and that's the response we've gotten.	
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			After Drop 3 and 4 maybe open up a free trial cap but definitely NOT to lvl 20. Thats way to high seeing as the game caps at 50. I think 10 would be reasonable (with the usual restrictions of no AH access etc)	
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They don't want new players right now, they said they are holding off until they can fix the problems.
 
I would suggest potential players hold off until around January, then they will be hitting end-game gearing after Drop4 (hopefully). Then they won't have to go through everything we've been through since launch and can experience a more polished product, leading to a higher retention rate (hopefully).	
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			 In the meantime haters give a bad name to the game  :(	
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			Lopp Plushies FTW	
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			Well, to be honest guys, I was intending this to be for after the Drop of course. It would be silly to do promotions before hand. I do think lvl 20 would be to high, but I think 10 would be too low. I was thinking 15. Because by that time is when you get housing and a mount. So that would give someone interested in the game a good idea of the basics. And in the past, a free 3 to 7 day trial period has been a very common and successful way to promote a game. And for those of you who have nothing better to do than complain ... lighten up! Every mmo that has ever come out, has always had a rough start. It's a normal process. People need to learn about how this stuff actually works. And before anyone says "WoW is so wonderful", I played WoW from closed beta until Cataclysm and for the first six months of the live game, I couldn't even play because there was a nasty bug that showed you had 50 toons created and wouldn't let you create any toons. I went back to DAoC until a friend talked me into trying WoW again. I loved WoW before the Great Dumbdown. But it's launch and first 2 years was horribly buggy and sometimes unplayable! People forget that. But I think Wildstar has an chance of becoming the next big thing. It's an awesome game with a lot potential! And I would love to be able to get my friends to play, but all my guest passes are region locked. I live in Sweden and they live in the US. So I can't give them a guest pass and I don't know anyone here to give them too ... which sucks.  =/  	
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			Things are about to come. Seriously. Wait.	
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