145446-events-feedback

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As a newbie to wildstar, Shade's Eve and the Hoverboard Racing Event was good. However, on the racing event, there's should be no fall damage; just a bit silly to have jumping capabilities and being launched in the air just to crash land and die. Of course lag/rendering was an issue for me as well but that was probably on me and/or the server so I won't go into details about that.
 
Shade's event was good. I recieved alot of helped on the Exile side than I did the Dominion side. This issue itself boils down to the players. While you had a lot of vertan players had the event down packed, there was a lot of newbies (like myself) who was playing for the 1st time and not as experienced and when you put both aspects together, it can cause a lot of friction between the two depending on the players and the willingness to help and learn and often times than not, it lead to newbies getting booted and yelled at. As such, I attempted to make my own groups to help others or just que up and hope for the best.
 
Would I play these events again? Yes because its was fun and it gave me my first mount. Also, I love poking fun at Etty and the Mayor's explict relationship (which I may make a thread on about them depending on popularity). But, I will try to make the experience more welcoming for newbies as well; no one should be yelled/booted from groups unless they are not willing to learn and appreciate the help.
 
PS: would love to see more racing tracks as a side game and/or in future events.	
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However, on the racing event, there's should be no fall damage
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Ahhh yes, the miss the rings and die part.  Happened to me once.  Just remember the rings give a speed buff and a fall protection.
 
The event, yeah the problem with grouping is always the fear you get an asshat who can not tolerate new players, etc.  That is why I only soloed it.  Sure sometimes it was harsh when I was on low level guys, but at least I avoided the whole crap fest of why did you get lost, get shaded, etc. Pugs can be harsh.  I really have to buckle down and find a good guild, as soloing all the time is not fun, and pugs can suck the life out of you.
 
But yeah, I enjoyed doing protogames with a group of new players, it was fun, we all had a blast and a couple of party wipes.  That I am aware of everyone had a good time.  IF we had a couple of type A vets it would have been a nightmare. 
 
I think new players are often times better off grouping together and making parties that stress "NEWBIE".  We really could use a LFG function that allows us to put stuff like "VET Only, know your role" or "Newbie freindly, lets have fun" or "Speed run, no hand holding" etc. in the descriptions.	
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well scar, feel free to add me as a friend on the exile side..(petrichor lawelsslass) i like to run quiet downs at least once or twice a day and then a few times on the weekends as i like the vendor stuff.  i have yet to really have a group with anyone in it who are jerks...i don't like to run it alone, because it takes to long (for me)  and running it with two or more is more fun imo.  
 
if you are new, you can always state you are new when you first enter, i think the knowledge tends to chill people out....for an event like this..there should not be any stress at all....its not a difficult run over all, and if someone is being a jerk to you, then its on them,.	
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The grouping thing is the same for every kind of instance.
 
That's the reason a lot of us never, ever, join random groups. 
 
Me and my wife duo that instance most of the time and I run it solo with my Warrior. I avoid random groups like they would give me a dose of genital warts. Not just in this game, every MMO I have played. It's probably the main reason I don't stick around long in most of them. There are a group of us that have gamed together for years, we've known each other for about 30-32 years now. Those are the folks I usually group with, they despise this game though so it's just me and my missus.
 
Pugs are a plague on MMO's. Grouping up with random people brings out the worst in some people and thats why I avoid them. Not because i'm sick of the abuse but because they bring out the worst in me. I'm fine with people learning but if I get that one person that dies at the same point repeatedly I get annoyed. I game to relax so I avoid that situation. 	
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			I appreciate your responses thus far and learning more as I go; thank you.	
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There isn't, unless you miss too many rings.
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