93922-the-public-test-realm-is-up-for-drop-2-sabotage

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The Public Test Realm (PTR) is once again online, so please come and enjoy the upcoming Sabotage content drop!
 
Now that the PTR is back online, here are some things that Players testing the new content should know:
The Public Test Realm can be accessed through the WildStarPTR download found here: http://wildstar.patc...WildStarPTR.exe
As long as Players have an Active WildStar subscription (NA or EU) they will be able to access the PTR.Note: This required the team perform magical technical manipulations to make this possible. 
Fair warning - Character wipes may be needed on the PTR from time to time, and Player progress on this Realm may be lost.
“Boost” NPCs are available in Nexus that will level Players up, and give them gear.Will only be available for Players who have earned a level 50 on a Live Realm before July 06, 2014.
Detailed instructions on how to find the “Boost” NPCs can be found here.
We are leaving the PTR up and available 24/7, similar to any other Realm, for the remainder of the time that Drop 2 (Sabotage) needs to be tested.Please remember that Players shouldn't approach this server as a new “home” Realm, as we may have to take this Realm down at a moment’s notice for updates. 
Please consider the PTR a place to visit and check out some new exciting content, not live.
Players are totally allowed, and encouraged, to video/capture/stream/discuss anything on the PTR.
In-game localization of Drop 2 will not be ready, but we will work to make it available in a future update.
There are Forums specifically for the Nexus Public Test Realm, and they are:
Game UpdateUpdate notes for the PTR will live here
General DiscussionGeneral talk about the PTR can take place here
Bug ReportsWe ask that if Players come across a bug specific to the PTR content, we’d appreciate them submitting those here!
Finally, the Team truly appreciates a Players early participation in finding and submitting any issues or bugs with the new Sabotage content while on Nexus.
 
Thank you!
 
Team WildStar
 	
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			How about removing the requirement to have been level 50 before July 6th to use the boost NPCs?I'd love to help you test stuff on the PTR, but not if I have to grind starting zones. Seems like you're just shooting yourself in the foot with this decision. Let us help.	
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Please look at the threads on your PvP forum and ankowledge some of the issues stemming from gear gating based on rating.
 
Some problems include, but not limited to
 
-Rating tanking
 
- The deterioration of a competitive environment in PvP at 50 due to the outcome... and rating... being often times determined by gear many players don't have access to.
 
-The experience of a solo player as opposed to a pre-made with members who have 1500 or 1800 gear, sometime this pre-made is bought in game for 20+ plat
 
-The elo system 
 
Personally, I don't think gear should be gated as harshly and should be able to be obtained through a concerted effort and time in BGs. With prestige. Cosmetic or other options should be given to top performers, but nothing which exacerbates their presumed skill level advantage with a gear advantage. 	
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I was with you through beta, and would love to help test this too, but you continue to reward power levelers and punish those of us who are stopping to enjoy the content =/
 
I really don't understand why you would want to block anyone from helping to test the new content.	
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I was with you through beta, and would love to help test this too, but you continue to reward power levelers and punish those of us who are stopping to enjoy the content =/
 
I really don't understand why you would want to block anyone from helping to test the new content.
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just cause somone lvls fast doesn't mean they didn't actually stop and enjoy they game, i have a lvl 50 and since the game came out iv lvled 20 other toons to 20-30 maxed multiple trade skills and sunken HOURSSSS into 3 different houses. some people just grind more efficiently and have more time on there hands.
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			im really hoping the " Customization Station FABkit " is what i think it is cause im so over my characters appearance and dont really wanna rerole any waste all the time i put into her.	
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Where is the fix to,
 
Rating tanking?
Your ELO system?
The fact that only three of the DPS classes synergise well in Arena PvP
Where is the fix to the /follow issue that keeps being deleted?
Where is the comunication on PvP?
 
Sheeeesh	
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			those esper nerfs though	
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			will we be getting boom boxes for participating?	
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			When I enter my 2-step verification code, it says Invalid account name or password.  Help?	
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			Patch to download the PTR failing at 85%. Is there a fix for this?	
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will we be getting boom boxes for participating?
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Patch to download the PTR failing at 85%. Is there a fix for this?
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			Could someone help me?  I go to enter my verification code and it says "Invalid account name or password"	
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erase the files from the PTR patch folder then copy the patch files from the normal wildstar files and paste them in the PTR patch folder. then update
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I know how to erase the folder (recycle bin) but how do you copy and paste the normal wildstar files?
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			Wow you guys are working fast! Don't push your programmers too hard though.Looking forward to the new stuff!	
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Regardless of that, a lot of us have other things we have to spend our time on, or we just don't level as quickly for whatever reason. Personally, I chose to reroll on Pergo because they wouldn't allow server transfers there, and that made me lose 26 levels.
 
Please allow all of us to help you test. I think this drop is going to be an important one, especially PVP wise, and the more people that are testing the changes the better it will probably be.
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The problem with them allowing for people who haven't hit 50 yet is this. The content they are releasing can only be accessed at level 50. It's a continuation with the current stuff happening with Drusera and the strain. Content that you cannot access unless you are probably at the very least level 48. So allowing for anyone who hasn't leveled to 50 yet would be completely useless to what they have the PTR up for.
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What on earth are you talking about? Completely useless "to" what? Your post is an incoherent mess.
 
News flash: You have to roll a new character on the PTR. That's what the boost NPCs are for. And quest lore has absolutely nothing to do with testing class mechanics.
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actually his post made perfect since  i just wasnt what you wanted to hear so your trying to disregard it.
 
The point is regardless of the fact that the boost NPC's get you to lvl 50 right away, if your not lvl 50 in the normal game why should you be able to test content that you wont be able to play when it drops? You shouldn't. If you want to play/test end game content get to lvl 50 its as simple as that
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You just "wasnt" what I wanted to hear? Really? How about putting some time and effort into proofreading what you write on these forums if you want to be taken seriously?
 
What exactly do you think the point of testing is? You seem to think the PTR is some kind of playland for you to go to to see new content before other people do. It is not. It's a place where people volunteer their time to test things and make sure they work. Some of us actually want this incredibly buggy game to run better, and are willing to volunteer our time to ensure that, rather than seeing the PTR as a selfish way to experience things before other players.
 
Not only that, but this drop is mostly concerned with PVP-related class changes, and possibly Warplots. Carbine needs all the testing help they can get with this stuff, frankly. PVP is a mess and everyone who participates in it knows it. Your "I'm a special baby because I leveled up faster" attitude is absolutely worthless when it comes to improving this game, and frankly I think it's embarrassing that you even made a post like this. It's not surprising, though. Most people who play MMOs are just looking for a way to make themselves feel better than other people, and being able to be 50 on the PTR is just another way to create that sad and empty illusion. Those of us who actually care about the quality of the game and want to improve things are overshadowed by a bunch of  people like yourself who will take any opportunity to build up their fragile egos in a video game.
 
The PTR is not about you being special. It's about making WildStar better.
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I'm level 50 on a live realm...
I want to help improve the game and test new content, however, I turned 50 after the 6th of July so it's probably not possible to use the boost npc. 
Since the PTR has been reopened to test run end game content I don't see the point of rolling a new toon from level 1.	
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			Is it possible to get boom boxes on the ptr now? because as far as i've seen there are no new quests in the new drop, and you needed to do quests in the new zones during the strain ultradrop ptr.	
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			Anyone having issues with installing the wildstarptr.exe? Whenever I try to run it, it says that my wildstar.exe is corrupt, however I play the game with absolutely no issues. If I don't have to delete and reinstall it, I don't want to cause that would mean doing that for the game AND the ptr :(	
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I get the same issue as Emo. I tried turning off my anti virus, and redownloading. Also I tried running the exe as admin. Running on win 7.
Let us know when you get this fixed and ill test some more stuff for you.	
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Anyone having issues with installing the wildstarptr.exe? Whenever I try to run it, it says that my wildstar.exe is corrupt, however I play the game with absolutely no issues. If I don't have to delete and reinstall it, I don't want to cause that would mean doing that for the game AND the ptr :(
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			Hi!So is this 'only if you dinged before X time' thing still in place? Just finished downloading the PTR, logged in and all I see is Deadeye Brightland, and as tempting as levelling to 50 on the ptr is...no. 	
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			Is anyone actually on this PTR?  If so..  which battleground is everyone queuing for? Rated or Practice?  I have a feeling there will be no pops :(	
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			Guess we can all boost after we hit 50 then.	
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			Did not see the new update removing the requirement	
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You are completely disregarding what Margatroid is saying!  Of course, many of us WERE not lvl 50 as of July 6.  Ok, great.  But NOW THAT WE ARE, why can't we gain access to the boost NPC's instead of leveling to 50 AGAIN?
 
You're the one who is being completely rude, incapable of comprehending what you read on another person's post, and are just an idiot, doing idiot things, because you're an idiot. (DANGER ZONE!)
 
Your argument too, is invalid.
 
Unless, as stated in the above post, if Margatroid is not in fact lvl 50 now.  Then I apologize profusely, because I took the first post:
 
 
to mean that the lvl 50 character was obtained AFTER July 6th.  Still has a lvl 50 though, and then the argument of why the devs won't allow more of that player-base to test the end-game content without lvling all the way back to 50 does make sense.
 
Just simply make the requirement to have obtained a lvl 50 at any time.  Why should it matter if it was before or after some seemingly arbitrary deadline?  Because more people means more of those ANNOYING bugs that seem to persist in the game have the potential to be observed, reported, and squashed.  That makes the game better for everyone, and I'm sure is why Margatroid mentioned them shooting themselves in the foot over it.  Because tbh, there are already way too many bugs still around from launch.  To deal with those AND ones being missed on the PTR is just nonsense.  We don't want more broken aspects in the game, or additions that just oddly break other things from previous updates randomly.
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