113446-i-was-completely-wrong-about-this-game

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As my title says. I was completely wrong about this game.
 
I was sold during the commericals. The ads were very well done with devspeak and short videos on youtube. I was hyped! I even got into the beta, like two months prior release! After release I played for about two days and was bored of it. I don't know what it was, I just stopped. I literally lost ALL interest.
 
Now, it wasn't until very recently (like three days ago) after getting burnt out from a much larger MMO (most would know) that I decided to take a look at Wildstar... for some reason it came to mind.
 
I remember hearing it had kinda died out a bit... like a lot but I was curious. Then after rewatching videos of wildstar I felt that wave of interest again.
 
I don't know what it was. So I just made a purchase purely on impulse. I bought the game. I made an exile, human medic with the science path yada yada (lvl 14 woot!)... and you know what, I'm having fun. Like, I feel like a kid at a candy store... or a young kid playing video games for the first time. I just let the game take control of me. I don't know why this never happened my first time around but it sure gripped me this time!
 
As I got deeper into the game, the game started to remind me of other games and adventurous movies that I loved as a kid... it has this Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, Treasure Planet (the space one), Titan A.E, Lost in Space, WoW (Kind of) -ish feel.
 
Things like the music is pure QAULITY! Usually when I play mmos I just turn the music off (along with my brain) turn up some EDM, Death Metal stuff and grind my life away. But with this game. The gmae music is on, to the max. Beautiful sound effects.
 
I don't understand how this game isn't bigger than what it should be. Maybe other's were in the same bind as me. Blind. Warped by the Top Dog MMO but still in denial. (I also understand the MMO market isn't very appealing to most, but w.e).
 
TL:DR - I'm an idiot for not giving this game the chance it deserves. Such a polished experience so far and hopefully til the end.	
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Ah, the honeymoon phase.
 
Enjoy it.	
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			It's fun until you hit 50. Then it's 10% fun (guild dungeon groups, raiding), 90% grinding and frustration that getting non crafted gear with decent slots is like pulling teeth, and everything is time gated to hell. Oh and the cap PvP... the worst I've seen in any MMO I've played. 	
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			But you are still here... right?	
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But you are still here... right?
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			Meh, different people different stroke. Me I'm happy now, and was happy at day 1 (not day 1 of game, but day 1 of me starting to play it)	
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It's fun until you hit 50. Then it's 10% fun (guild dungeon groups, raiding), 90% grinding and frustration that getting non crafted gear with decent slots is like pulling teeth, and everything is time gated to hell. Oh and the cap PvP... the worst I've seen in any MMO I've played. 
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			I just hope your honeymoon open up on a long and healthy relationship :)	
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Well that's the thing. Fun is 100% opinion. I don't play the game like a typical MMO player. Fun to me is - Leveling. Dabble a bit in end content. Level some more, read lore, immerse. For it's a game. A way to escape the stresses of RL.
 
This made me smirk. Aye. I'll treat her good ;)
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			I've been at 50 for a while now and am still have fun. Have had more fun at 50, really.	
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The game is VERY fun leveling and if you dedicate yourself enough to raid. The problem is the time gates and RNG that you hit at level 50. With you starting much later and leveling slower you might not run into these, in which case this is/will stay an amazing game. Problem is when you hit 50 there is a HUGE gap between casual and harcore. The casuals that enjoy their rep grinds and a dungeon here and there hit walls with the max daily/weekly rep and gems and with the poor drops on dungeon gear leave you unable to progress your character at all unless you dive head first into raiding/arena. Considering the burn out you say you feel from your previous MMO's I see you loving this game untill you hit 50 and then within a week or so after that you will be like us as you are still too burned out to dive into raiding but run into these walls without it.
 
And for Nokizoru, I think this is it for me. I have found myself for the last 2 weeks only logging in to get my fragment and craft/sell gear on the AH (From what I can tell I am the only person still selling Epocos plate on the AH for my server). On the weekends I would play more but after a full weekend of running dungeons and not seeing a single upgrade for... anyone, I lost interest. Any the rep grind only takes a little bit. I will probably check back when the mega servers hit to see how much things have improved, especially since my sub is paid until november due to CREDD. I'll be on destiny until then.	
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Ah, the honeymoon phase.
 
Enjoy it.
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			Finally someone who gets it! It's all about appreciating the experience and the details. Artwork, music, combat, difficulty, etc... are all unique components that make this game its own beautiful monster. If these things are made to be like other games simply because they're more popular then wouldn't that deter you from playing this game at all? How many other MMO's have just been dismissed as "WoW clones?" It doesn't make any sense to do the same thing everyone else is doing if that part of the market is already locked down. I feel like Carbine targeted hardcore gamers because that crowd wanted a game to play, whereas the casual crowd have a ton of games to play. Love the game, Carbine, and thank you for making it the fun and challenging experience it is.	
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"Fun", as someone else said, is pure opinion. Every gamer has their own style. I have two 50s, and not once have I been at a lack of fun. Do I raid yet? No, I'm still getting attuned and helping friends lvl. Between housing, costumes, dungeons, adventures, and most of all, my friends in this game, I've been able to find something fun to do every time I'm on.
 
Some people would say that's not "fun". Oh well.
 
Though I do agree with you, I avoided playing this game for almost a month after release, convinced it was pure hype. Then I watched the trailers and the devspeaks and whatnots, and was hooked. The sealer was when I hit lvl 2 and VO-Guy said "Holy ****! You lvled up!" Much humor! Such awesome. Wow.
 
Those talking about the Honeymoon Phase are right, in a way too, though. It's all great at first, its beautiful. If after you've played for a while, and you -still- love the music, the art, the humor, whatever it is you're doing, then you know it's good. Some people, well...a lot of people, came into this game with overly-high expectations after playing games that have been out a decent while to have a distinct lack of bugs and more content blah blah blah...overly-emphasized rant about impatient people making the game look bad because they dont have everything they want and here's a plate of invisible digital cookies!
 
Kudos to WildStar for bringing back the fun in online gaming to me!	
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And for Nokizoru, I think this is it for me.
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As my title says. I was completely wrong about this game.
 
I was sold during the commericals. The ads were very well done with devspeak and short videos on youtube. I was hyped! I even got into the beta, like two months prior release! After release I played for about two days and was bored of it. I don't know what it was, I just stopped. I literally lost ALL interest.
 
Now, it wasn't until very recently (like three days ago) after getting burnt out from a much larger MMO (most would know) that I decided to take a look at Wildstar... for some reason it came to mind.
 
I remember hearing it had kinda died out a bit... like a lot but I was curious. Then after rewatching videos of wildstar I felt that wave of interest again.
 
I don't know what it was. So I just made a purchase purely on impulse. I bought the game. I made an exile, human medic with the science path yada yada (lvl 14 woot!)... and you know what, I'm having fun. Like, I feel like a kid at a candy store... or a young kid playing video games for the first time. I just let the game take control of me. I don't know why this never happened my first time around but it sure gripped me this time!
 
As I got deeper into the game, the game started to remind me of other games and adventurous movies that I loved as a kid... it has this Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, Treasure Planet (the space one), Titan A.E, Lost in Space, WoW (Kind of) -ish feel.
 
Things like the music is pure QAULITY! Usually when I play mmos I just turn the music off (along with my brain) turn up some EDM, Death Metal stuff and grind my life away. But with this game. The gmae music is on, to the max. Beautiful sound effects.
 
I don't understand how this game isn't bigger than what it should be. Maybe other's were in the same bind as me. Blind. Warped by the Top Dog MMO but still in denial. (I also understand the MMO market isn't very appealing to most, but w.e).
 
TL:DR - I'm an idiot for not giving this game the chance it deserves. Such a polished experience so far and hopefully til the end.
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Ah, the honeymoon phase.
 
Enjoy it.
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Pay no attention to these folks... There is a crapload of stuff to do at 50. I hit 50 2 days after release and have played every day since.
 
You can choose to be bored or you can choose to open yourself to other aspects...
 
I focused hard on my raid attunement and after about a month I completed it. Sadly my guild fell apart soon after so I decided to set a goal of getting to 1800 rating in arena.
 
And I haven't even touched the housing aspect of this game yet
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The game is VERY fun leveling and if you dedicate yourself enough to raid. The problem is the time gates and RNG that you hit at level 50. With you starting much later and leveling slower you might not run into these, in which case this is/will stay an amazing game. Problem is when you hit 50 there is a HUGE gap between casual and harcore. The casuals that enjoy their rep grinds and a dungeon here and there hit walls with the max daily/weekly rep and gems and with the poor drops on dungeon gear leave you unable to progress your character at all unless you dive head first into raiding/arena. Considering the burn out you say you feel from your previous MMO's I see you loving this game untill you hit 50 and then within a week or so after that you will be like us as you are still too burned out to dive into raiding but run into these walls without it.
 
And for Nokizoru, I think this is it for me. I have found myself for the last 2 weeks only logging in to get my fragment and craft/sell gear on the AH (From what I can tell I am the only person still selling Epocos plate on the AH for my server). On the weekends I would play more but after a full weekend of running dungeons and not seeing a single upgrade for... anyone, I lost interest. Any the rep grind only takes a little bit. I will probably check back when the mega servers hit to see how much things have improved, especially since my sub is paid until november due to CREDD. I'll be on destiny until then.
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Haven't... touched.... housing?
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Haven't... touched.... housing?
 
How... how is that possible? O.O
 
Housing is the most cunning trap on Earth!
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Wish I could just buy someone's housing lot. Really don't have the time or design skills to do anything. Ill take a pic later and show you just how sad my plot is haha
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I'm actually an architectural designer IRL.  What would you like?  I can make some recommendations. :D
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			If you get touched by housing, you need to contact a specialist. Call me, I can help you with that	
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			Oh and yes, people should really sell their decoration services in the chat. OMG I would buy that.	
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Wish I could just buy someone's housing lot. Really don't have the time or design skills to do anything. Ill take a pic later and show you just how sad my plot is haha
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			I've seen people offer design services in the Housing forum. Just a question of finding someone on your server or paying enough that the person is willing to level a random character to 14.	
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Haven't... touched.... housing?
 
How... how is that possible? O.O
 
Housing is the most cunning trap on Earth!
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I have guildies that do contract work. Housing is our other raid boss. Not possible, you say? Obviously you have not been up till 4am getting those rocks laid *just right!!*
 
As for the rest: I've been 50 more than a couple months, am attuned, still run dungeons a lot, just started raiding, and I'm having a ball :) 
 
This game isn't for everyone, but I see lots of people having fun every day in it. Welcome to Wildstar.	
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Probably when someone moves from one game to the other they are looking for what they experienced first time they played such a game.   Kinda like a crack head wanting more crack to experience the first high but cannever get it.
 
Should always look at new game with new eyes and expectations,  holding onto old values is one way to not enjoy a new game.   I love this game,  every part of it,  wish leveling was not so fast though  so I limit myself in my own ways.   
 
As for why this game isn't bigger?   Look at McDonalds   Crappy food that makes you fat and get diabetes.   Now look at a nice sit down restaurant,  great food,  might make you fat, but won't give you diabetes :P Plus you're actually full and not feeling hungry again soon after.  Or have to use the bathroom :O    See  Wildstar is the Nice sit down restaurant,  your bigger popular game is  Mc Donalds :P	
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Vic!  That's brilliant!  You could sell your skills!  Have them grant you placement rights.. and sell your services!
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I haven't touched housing...
 
 
 
 
...housing touched me...
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I'm actually an architectural designer IRL.  What would you like?  I can make some recommendations. :D
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So.. got my little garden, mining thing in the back.. festival thing on the left... not sure whats behind there..
 
Inside the house is much, much worse. Server dropped before i got a chance to take a pic	
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Just remember, try everything you want NOW!  Once the honeymoon phase ends, the sweat pants come out, the drawstring gets tied and its a looooong time before you ever see any new game mechanics ever again.
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So.. got my little garden, mining thing in the back.. festival thing on the left... not sure whats behind there..
 
Inside the house is much, much worse. Server dropped before i got a chance to take a pic
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Vic!  That's brilliant!  You could sell your skills!  Have them grant you placement rights.. and sell your services!
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Just remember, try everything you want NOW!  Once the honeymoon phase ends, the sweat pants come out, the drawstring gets tied and its a looooong time before you ever see any new game mechanics ever again.
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What would you like it to be?  A stately manor?  Trailer park?  Military barracks?
 
The only house I've had any time to personally work on to any extent is Seeger's Skull Dance Bayou, a facsimile of a swamp with a derelict piglet he lives in.
 
But people have built everything from racetracks and skate parks to strip clubs.  It's up to you what you want, and I can recommend some decor and plugs to make it look that way. 
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Maybe its just me.. but I find sweatpants extremely sexy if done right
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Something foresty with a replica arena thats to scale
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Well that's the thing. Fun is 100% opinion. I don't play the game like a typical MMO player. Fun to me is - Leveling. Dabble a bit in end content. Level some more, read lore, immerse. For it's a game. A way to escape the stresses of RL.
 
 
This made me smirk. Aye. I'll treat her good ;)
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As my title says. I was completely wrong about this game.
 
I was sold during the commericals. The ads were very well done with devspeak and short videos on youtube. I was hyped! I even got into the beta, like two months prior release! After release I played for about two days and was bored of it. I don't know what it was, I just stopped. I literally lost ALL interest.
 
Now, it wasn't until very recently (like three days ago) after getting burnt out from a much larger MMO (most would know) that I decided to take a look at Wildstar... for some reason it came to mind.
 
I remember hearing it had kinda died out a bit... like a lot but I was curious. Then after rewatching videos of wildstar I felt that wave of interest again.
 
I don't know what it was. So I just made a purchase purely on impulse. I bought the game. I made an exile, human medic with the science path yada yada (lvl 14 woot!)... and you know what, I'm having fun. Like, I feel like a kid at a candy store... or a young kid playing video games for the first time. I just let the game take control of me. I don't know why this never happened my first time around but it sure gripped me this time!
 
As I got deeper into the game, the game started to remind me of other games and adventurous movies that I loved as a kid... it has this Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, Treasure Planet (the space one), Titan A.E, Lost in Space, WoW (Kind of) -ish feel.
 
Things like the music is pure QAULITY! Usually when I play mmos I just turn the music off (along with my brain) turn up some EDM, Death Metal stuff and grind my life away. But with this game. The gmae music is on, to the max. Beautiful sound effects.
 
I don't understand how this game isn't bigger than what it should be. Maybe other's were in the same bind as me. Blind. Warped by the Top Dog MMO but still in denial. (I also understand the MMO market isn't very appealing to most, but w.e).
 
TL:DR - I'm an idiot for not giving this game the chance it deserves. Such a polished experience so far and hopefully til the end.
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Oh trust me, I know the feels, I have 4 50s, and 1 lvl 40. Leveling is my jam!
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			People always find something to complain about it any MMO, every MMO is a grind to the max 110% all day, even raids/dungeons. The real difference here is you're being challenged for the most part and the PvP isn't as bad as people try to make it out to be... this patch for healing going up a bit and dmg going down a little is pretty much near perfection.They'll be releasing more casual content and 20/40man raids will be super fun once we have way more players going at it and all of the bugs are gone, most of the grind has been "grinded" down a ton now as well.	
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You poor, battered, beaten shell of a man... what have they DONE TO YOU!?
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