145940-wildstar-manual

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			Alright... Carbine, as you and I and most other players noted on these forums there is lots of confusion on how to play the game what mechanix there are and how stuff function. I think you guys need to sit down and make a Wildstar Manual. I don't know if there is a manual in the boxed version which is pulled off the shelves and if manual is written fully if there is one BUT you guys need to write a manual. No "check this site for this check the other site for that"... A FULL OFFICIAL manual. Just like MMOs back in the day had manual which is a book of 50+ pages teaching you what mechanix are and how to play the game.Manual doesn't need to be printed it just needs to be put in PDF format or the sexy online file format to read on it without needing to download it. Doing this there would be no more confusion. Only the confusion of players who are lazy enough to read what they don't understand and believe me those players... You can't help them. They will skip any tutorial they are offered any tip to read and just mash buttons but for us who want to understand what are the mechanics of this game and how to play it and such you have to write up a manual describing every mechanic there is every stat and everything that a fully official fledged manual should include.I can't describe you how many times in my days of playing WoW manual (vanilla) was useful. I didn't understand how to do things and by asking often i wouldn't get full information or would just get " i think that's how it works". After that i was slightly agitated and i went to check the manual. EVERYTHING was there. IN DETAIL. After a read i fully understood how it worked. No longer would i feel agitated because i didn't know how that certain mechanic worked because manual taught me how it functions.So please carbine... Gather around and make a manual. A proper manual. 	
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A proper manual.
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			Yeah i know that there are sites that are dedicated to explaining how game works but like i said... No links no google searching how to but a proper official manual like we were used to get them back in the days. All questions answered in the book you get with the game. 	
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Yeah i know that there are sites that are dedicated to explaining how game works but like i said... No links no google searching how to but a proper official manual like we were used to get them back in the days. All questions answered in the book you get with the game.
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As a print-world graphic artist, I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to do something like this.
 
Problem is, it's out-dated the next time there is a patch.	
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			Guys... I want printed manual as well but if you read my post thoroughly i said it doesn't have to be printed. That's why i mentioned it has to be online. So after every change they can edit and update the manual to the changes of the patch that has been released and changed the gameplay. Also it could be specially designed manual where you have graphical pages which you can list through just like those online magazines.PS:  I know why wiki is popular but i hate wiki design. It's so messy and chaotic and contains a lot of unnecessary info that bores you. That's not a manual. Manuals contain straight to the point info on certain tool. So WIKI is out of the question but a fully fledged online and ever updating manual for this game should be a must so people stop flaming this game and start reading what certain mechanic does and doesn't go all like "HURR DURR THIS IS BROKEN I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT WORK SO IT'S BROKEN AND IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ME NOT KNOWING HOW TO USE IT"..
			
				
	Edited November 3, 2015 by Marclar	
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PS:  I know why wiki is popular but i hate wiki design. It's so messy and chaotic and contains a lot of unnecessary info that bores you. That's not a manual. Manuals contain straight to the point info on certain tool.
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What do you get from a PDF manual that you can't get from a Wiki that has all the same information, but is sorted and searchable?
 
What if someone went through the Wiki and made it sequential for you?
			
				
	Edited November 3, 2015 by Shendorion	
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Shameless plug... I know it's not exactly what you are asking for, but still helps regardless.
 
http://www.mistakesweremade.fail/2015/10/28/wildstar-basics-by-lon/	
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What do you get from a PDF manual that you can't get from a Wiki that has all the same information, but is sorted and searchable?
 
What if someone went through the Wiki and made it sequential for you?
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The people who complain about wikis are the sorts of people who don't have enough patience to take 5 minutes to get into it. Period. (not just an opinion, but an observation)
 
A simple question: how many humans do you think would it take to create such a comprehensive manual in a timely manner and keep it up-to-date? And who'd pay them?	
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Genuinely curious, what do you mean by "list it all properly"? What is improper about a wiki that a PDF does better?
 
Wikis are searchable, indexed, cross-referenced, and have far better multimedia support. What's missing?	
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The people who complain about wikis are the sorts of people who don't have enough patience to take 5 minutes to get into it. Period. (not just an opinion, but an observation)
 
A simple question: how many humans do you think would it take to create such a comprehensive manual in a timely manner and keep it up-to-date? And who'd pay them?
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			I am not sold on a manual tbh but there is a frightening about of outdated and/or plainly wrong information out there. Even a pinned manual-esque post by CRB in a visible part of the forums could go a long way for if nothing else it would be official.	
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I am not sold on a manual tbh but there is a frightening about of outdated and/or plainly wrong information out there.
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			Pro Tip... when googling, maybe try changing your filters so you aren't grabbing all WildStar stuff that has ever been posted. Maybe try filtering the results to include anything posted since... wait for it... the date F2P was launched. /gasp
			
				
	Edited November 5, 2015 by h4vix	
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			maybe I should do an anti guide; those are always fun.	
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How many humans? Not many. [snip]
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I'd certainly be interested in having a wiki. Alas I'm not the right person to maintain one, I have far too many projects already that never get anywhere because I'll work on one for a week or two, then move on to the next because I just remembered something I wanted to do with it and by the time I'm on the fifth project I remember the original one.
Which also holds true for my characters, not one of them is anywhere near endgame because I keep getting sidetrack-- oh hey, that looks interesting!
*wanders off*
 
*elevator music*
 
*tumbleweed rolling by*
 
 
*wanders back in*
Now where was I? Proper time management is something that happens to other people, strangely they are also more successful.	
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