120188-getting-back-into-wildstar-maybe

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So basically my story goes as follows, I have played WoW, Runescape, and other MMO's for the greater part of a decade and found out about Wildstar about a year ago. I got onto the hype train and was playing it on release day; I quickly reached max level and wanted to run some dungeons and such to gear up but I had no idea how to do so. So I quit out of frustration, lack of patience, or nobody to gear up with (take your pick).
 
Now I want to try this Wildstar game again, because it does have innovative material that I hope could help me enjoy it. But I need the help of the current player-base. Please help me with any tips you can give a player who is a max level warrior that wants to tank. Tips such as: how to start gearing up for raiding or any max level pve content, UI improvements such as add-ons, guides for warriors and tanking in general, literally any tip that you can think of I need. What I especially want is accessible and UPDATED material on the game for me to read about what I should be doing in-game. Like are there daily quests? Currencies that will give me gear? Reputations to grind? Community to join that still plays this game and can help me? Other things that aren't obvious, because after logging in today I am really anxious and I feel sick about all the stuff I do not know. Please, WIldstar Community, help me try and get back into this game, I want to give it an honest try like it deserves. 
 
Silvanis Tankadin on the Entity server (is this the only pve server??)
Warrior Tank on the Entity server 	
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			Im a new player , but i think the progression is as follows quests > vet adventures> dungeons and then raids .  Btw if you want to start a new char and you need company , throw me an ingame message and i'd join for some fun :)	
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Welcome back to the game!
 
I'm an engineer rather than a warrior so I can't give you advice about builds and abilities.  But I *can* talk to you about armor.
 
In general, here's what matters for your gear for tanking:
 
- Armor value:  This directly influences how well you mitigate damage.  As a general rule of thumb you want a minimum of 500/level to tank effectively (in my opinion), so you would want to try to get to 10000 total armor value at level 50.  More is better, to an extent, although I think there is a cap or diminishing returns at some point.  Some of the theorycrafter folks could probably tell you better than I could.
- Tech:  This is your primary tank stat and directly influences your support power.  Support power increases the effectiveness of your support abilities.
- Insight:  This influences your deflect ratings.  Deflect is a *big* deal - especially Deflect Critical.
- Deflect and Deflect Critical.  You can get these by themselves on armor too, which is always a good thing.
 
To gear up on your own, I'd recommend starting with Veteran Adventures.  It works best if you can find a few friends or a guild to run with so that there's no stress.  Vet Adventures will give you some decent gear upgrades over time, and help you learn the ropes of tanking a bit, although they are not nearly as tough as dungeons.  You can also get gear upgrades from world drops in any level 50 area, including the daily zones, but these are random.
 
Alternatively, you can also ask a crafter for an armor set to help get you started, or look on the Auction House - crafters can make some fairly nice pieces for both tank and DPS sets, on par with what you'll get out of adventures (and sometimes dungeons).
 
Once you feel like you have the hang of things the next thing I would recommend is to run Sanctuary of the Swordmaiden on Normal Mode.  This is a dungeon - and it's a long one - but at level 50 it's probably the best "intro" dungeon there is.  You can do the others on normal mode as well, but the level scaling will leave you overpowered for them, and depending on the rest of your group they may be too easy for you to really learn much from.
 
After you've run SSM a few times on normal mode and seen how boss fights work, etc, then you're ready to start trying vet dungeons.  Fair warning:  These are HARD, especially if you're still gearing up.  I strongly recommend finding a guild to run with if possible - you can PUG them, but PUGs, as in any game, are hit or miss.
 
I hope that helps!  Feel free to shoot me a mail anytime if you have a question, and I can try to track down a warrior to help answer it for you :)
 
Edit:  Forgot to mention, at 50 you have the following options for repeatable content.
 
- Daily quests in the Crimson Badlands and the Northern Wastes
- Daily quests in Blighthaven and the Defile
- Omnicore-1 (which can be done solo)
- Public events (Contaiment R-12, Scorchwing, Lightspire, etc)
- Veteran Adventures (group)
- Veteran Dungeons (group)
- Veteran Shiphands (coming soon)
 
If I missed any questions just ask :)	
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			Thanks to both of you so far, a lot of good information to absorb here. One question that I would like answered is UI improvements such as Add-ons and such? Any helpful information regarding that or is the default UI good enough? Is there something like Deadly Boss Mods (WoW Add-on) that helps with dungeons/raid mechanics and gives you timers for that stuff?	
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			I don't use any addons really (I use ItemPreviewImprovedEx and Kael's Housing Tour, that's it).  But I know there are several out there that redo party and raid frames and so on.  Your best bet might be to browse through the addon forum here and take a look at the different stuff that's been posted.  There are a lot of different addons so it really ends up being kind of a personal decision.	
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			And what about professions and stuff like that. Is there a certain avenue I should take on that front?	
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			Many people recommend taking two gathering professions while leveling.	
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			Well I'm already max level, should I still have two gathering professions?	
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Hey Shaw,
 
If you want help for warrior tank builds, i really suggest you go check the warrior section. It will content a lot of valuable information for builds, both stat wise and LAS/AMP wise.
 
Also for gearing up idd say to buy a full crafted set from the AH. There are still some decent stuff there. Also just do vet adventures until you feel that things are being crushed, then move to dungeons and finaly raids.
 
The best way to work through all that is to join a helpful guild. I can't stress this enough, people in your guild would be more than happy to help you and give you useful tips.	
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Hey Shaw! Just wanted to say welcome back to Nexus!
 
You can find the latest warrior tank guide here:
Like Alfafa already mentioned, there's quite a few other threads on warrior tanking on the warrior section of the forums.
 
As for professions, if you're still working on gearing up, armorer is good, so you can craft your own gear and sell to other players. Plus, you can craft Vitalium Ingot which is part of the materials required for the new Runic Flux (an item required to re-roll rune slots on gear) - it's a great way to make some extra gold!
Pairing it with mining works well. I also suggest you look into joining a Mining circle! You can add other miners and players with mining plugs, so you can visit their plots for easy farming :)
 
Until Drop 4 hits, save your renown, and avoid spending elder gems on gear. That gear will be purchasable with a new currency: Glory, which you will earn by running adventures and dungeons. There will also be a ton more gear available from the Renown vendor as well! 	
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			Just since it was asked in your OP and no one seemed to answer it when I glanced through (I think), yes this is the only NA PvE server because they are now megaservers.As for some practical suggestions that I think may help:I'd definitely suggest finding any halfway decent raiding guild. Any 4-6/6 GA guild will typically have fairly smart players (not always) but if you're lucky you can learn a lot and get dungeons done easily and also see how they are done properly.On another note, my opinion about tanking is to not do it till after you've observed other players personally because there are definitely little things you won't know for each boss and depending on your group/gear/healer/etc you may have a lot of trouble. Starting as a dps isn't a bad idea, just learn to interrupt and rune your gear and so on.	
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Nifty, a chua seems to have grabbed your link to the warrior tank guide and run off with it.
 
My opinion on crafting professions:
 
Only worry with this if you a) enjoy crafting on its own and b) want to make things for *others*.  The reason for this is simply that if you're already 50 and starting from scratch in a crafting profession, you have a pretty ugly grind ahead of you before you get to anything useful for yourself - and honestly, by the time you get Epochos/Adventus schematics, odds are you'll have better stuff from loot drops or you could have simply bought it on the AH.  If your goal is to use it as a moneymaker, by all means - but realize that it's not just a simple grind.  There's a fairly significant time gate involved in order to get a lot of the schematics.  I say this as someone who picks up a crafting profession on every character, but I do that because I enjoy crafting items for other people - it wouldn't be worth it if I were just doing it for myself.	
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There used to be some BoP Technologist items, but I think those have been changed to BoE.
 
If you want to make money, I'd guess a gathering profession and a gathering circle would be best (can't speak from personal experience, since that's not my cup of tea).
 
For me, crafting is a gold sink, but I do it because I enjoy it. I seldom bother trying to sell stuff. Mostly I just give it to friends and guildies.	
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			To really experience group content, best is to find a guild. If you are looking for oceanic guild, feel free to check us out. From <Transcendent> :)	
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Welcome back (hopefully) cupcake! :D
 
The warrior section of the forums must become your best friend around here ;)
 
Master the Limited Action Set (LAS or Action Set Builder) which is limited only in the name. LAS coupled with its AMPs section, basically allows you to adapt as you see fit on any given situation. A good LAS resource can be found here.
 
If you still need more information let us know. I have two warriors already and I am going to level up couple more. Keep always in mind that although Drop 4 will bring many changes, Drop 5 is going to bring even more and even bigger changes for warriors.
 
See you on Nexus, cupcake B)	
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