100683-a-few-reasons-why-i-stopped-playing-dominion

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I want to explore the game as much as possible, so first of all, I really wish we could have enough character-slots to have one of each class on both sides. It's not a big deal, though. Just a wish. The real problem right now, though, is that I don't even need all the slots we have. I'm simply not bothering with the Dominion anymore, and will keep those two characters for the names alone, and switching them to Exiles when we get more classes.
 
So why don't I bother with Dominion anymore, you ask? There are several reasons, but to take a few of the best/worst ones:
 
1. Boring races. I'm not a big fan of humans in games like this, as they are quite literally everywhere. I understand they have to be there for people who want something familiar, and I'm fine with that. But for various reasons, I prefer playing the smaller races. Could be because I'm a bit short in real life, so I can identify easier with them. If we look at the classes, the Exiles have humans, two big alien races and the Aurin. The Dominion have the boring humans, two big alien races and the genderless-ish Chua. They are technically genderless, but they scream male to me. Think about it: They lack feminine features, feminine fur-options and so on. What they do have is a lot of facial-hair options. That doesn't exactly say 'female' to me.
 
2. Boring areas and enemies. I started in the desert area, and while it was fun at first, there's only so many things you can do with a desert. Now that I reached lvl 10, I'm still in the desert, and it doesn't seem to be ending any time soon. The enemies have changed from fun, somewhat unique scorpions to the usual boring spiders and maggots. All brown or grey, of course. Same with the humanoid enemies around. Very much grey-ish. Those big bulls? Grey. So boring. So little color.
 
3. Bugs. Maybe I'm just having bad luck, but it seems the Dominion are having a lot more bugs than Exiles. Not saying Exiles are bugfree, of course. Far from it. But the Dominion-side are having a lot more bugs than I have experienced with the Exiles, and my two highest level Exiles are lvl 25 and lvl 20. The Dominion is lvl 10. Think about that for a second.
 
4. Ugly Soldier-clothes. The Exile-human and Chua have very similar explorer hats, so I was expecting something similar with the Soldier gear too. Except... the Exile-human Soldier hat is a nice looking cap. The Chua... a visor. Without a helmet. I took it off one second after putting it on, and I'm not putting it back on. Why can't Chua also get that awesome cap? Are there a reason why they can't wear one? I'm not a big fan of spoiling rewards like this, but I need to check the Scientist and Settler Chua-hats before even considering playing those. That is, unless we get a female version of the Chua or (even better) and entirely new race on the Dominion-side I can relate more to, that has a better path-outfit.
 
So all in all, I'm not going to bother with Dominion, sorry. It needs too much work. Love the Exiles, though. :)	
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Hey there!
 
We actually have a thread already in progress on what could be done to make Dominion more fun for players - https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/99019-what-in-your-opinions-can-carbine-do-to-make-the-dominion-more-desirable-to-play/
 
So, in order to keep things somewhat organized, I'm going to close this one and ask that you continue the discussion over there. Thanks!	
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