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Carbine is doing a good job isolating groups of players.
 
2 character slots per realm for non-box people?  Seems a little cruel.
 
Missed a month o' game time a few months after launch?  No Ikthian mount for you!
 
Non-beta?  No highwayman!
 
This has been happening for a while now.  
 
Been playing Guild Wars 2... I like how there are no (or very, very few) exclusive items.
 
Here's to hoping that all the exclusive stuff winds up in a cash shop.
 
Probably will.  Seen this before.  Just wait.
 
Oh... and make this cash shop like Guild Wars... can purchase stuff using in game money.	
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Carbine, what is it about your community relations and PR team that manages to divide the community more than bring it together.
 
You want to give away a mount in a game full of so few mounts for people that fall into such strict guidelines?
 
You're going to call that loyalty? How about this: I've been paying for 2 accounts since July, have regularly brought new people into this game, and have been encouraging the Pvp aspect for this game for a long time. 
 
What about my buddy whose account lapsed for a week because he was on vacation? What about my guildy who canceled his sub for 2 weeks while he repaired his computer?
 
What about my buddy whose sub lapsed because he had to travel for the military?
 
Here's an idea-- take a good hard look at your Community and PR dept and take some action here.
 
Here, I'll make it simple for you. For the monumental mistakes and bugs we've had to put up with, to the dead times in PvP when things weren't even popping, I'd say a total of 9-10 months of subscribing, continuous or not, is evidence of a loyal player. With all the stuff that you've done like dead servers taking too long to have transfers, I'd say you're asking way too much.
 
Get it together guys. You're basically insulting people and telling them they're not loyal enough for some arbitrary length of time that no one that ever votes with their wallet would ever keep.	
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Few more questions/comments:
Please consider offering a Lifetime Signature Service purchase.
Will items bought in the cash shop be tradable?  (AH)
Death to gamble boxes.	
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Carbine, what is it about your community relations and PR team that manages to divide the community more than bring it together.
 
You want to give away a mount in a game full of so few mounts for people that fall into such strict guidelines?
 
You're going to call that loyalty? How about this: I've been paying for 2 accounts since July, have regularly brought new people into this game, and have been encouraging the Pvp aspect for this game for a long time.
 
What about my buddy whose account lapsed for a week because he was on vacation? What about my guildy who canceled his sub for 2 weeks while he repaired his computer?
 
What about my buddy whose sub lapsed because he had to travel for the military?
 
Here's an idea-- take a good hard look at your Community and PR dept and take some action here.
 
Here, I'll make it simple for you. For the monumental mistakes and bugs we've had to put up with, to the dead times in PvP when things weren't even popping, I'd say a total of 9-10 months of subscribing, continuous or not, is evidence of a loyal player. With all the stuff that you've done like dead servers taking too long to have transfers, I'd say you're asking way too much.
 
Get it together guys. You're basically insulting people and telling them they're not loyal enough for some arbitrary length of time that no one that ever votes with their wallet would ever keep.
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I only just got home and read whats going to happen. I'm really not sure how I feel about it but I'm concerned to be honest. I understand Carbine feel they need to do this to save the game, so it is what it is I suppose.
I haven't read the whole thread just skimmed it so sorry if my concerns have already been answered. The thing is that I dont have a credit card and pay my sub through my parent one. I'm still at school and work a part time job to pay my monthly sub, it can be hard sometimes but I always manage to get enough to pay for wildstar plus other things I need. What worries me is that the things I like most about wildstar seem to be the things that will get put in a cash shop which I wont be able to use. I love mounts, pets, housing etc. I dont care much for dungeons/raids or pvp. I love to explore, collect and just have fun in general, it's worth the subscription to me. I also really look forward to the big drops we get every three months, will they still happen ?. 
Am not an mmo vet like many of you so I was wondering if the things im most worried about are likely to happen.
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			I also want to mention- I LOVE the f2p promo video. (Can we get a full version of the theme music remix? :))	
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Here's to milking all the players that think they'll be playing for free. 
 
Some of us didn't leave, your loyalty was lacking. And it wasn't impossible, you just didn't have geared players around to carry the players thinking things are impossible. At least If I understand what impossible is alluding to.   :D
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If something is "enhancing" gameplay, it is affecting gameplay. Your word tricks can't get around the fact that while people don't want to be "nickel and dimed" for dungeon or battleground content, cosmetic cash shops do exactly the same thing by "nickel and dime"ing players who value other aspects of gameplay.
 
 
Woaaaaaaaaaaaaah. $5-10 for a costume page? >_> That is way too expensive.
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They're going F2P, they can stand to make a few people mad. What will you do to get back at them, not sub? :lol:
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Carbine, what is it about your community relations and PR team that manages to divide the community more than bring it together.
 
You want to give away a mount in a game full of so few mounts for people that fall into such strict guidelines?
 
You're going to call that loyalty? How about this: I've been paying for 2 accounts since July, have regularly brought new people into this game, and have been encouraging the Pvp aspect for this game for a long time.
 
What about my buddy whose account lapsed for a week because he was on vacation? What about my guildy who canceled his sub for 2 weeks while he repaired his computer?
 
What about my buddy whose sub lapsed because he had to travel for the military?
 
Here's an idea-- take a good hard look at your Community and PR dept and take some action here.
 
Here, I'll make it simple for you. For the monumental mistakes and bugs we've had to put up with, to the dead times in PvP when things weren't even popping, I'd say a total of 9-10 months of subscribing, continuous or not, is evidence of a loyal player. With all the stuff that you've done like dead servers taking too long to have transfers, I'd say you're asking way too much.
 
Get it together guys. You're basically insulting people and telling them they're not loyal enough for some arbitrary length of time that no one that ever votes with their wallet would ever keep.
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So I discussed this a bit with some friends...and something interesting came up.
 
Often when the games switch to a F2P model...their "look" changes too. They try to push more advertising using cute/sexy/and or whatever is "popular". All I will say is please don't let the advertisement  If any is done basically be aurins all cute and bouncey all over the place....
 
Just saying and putting that out there...	
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Carbine, what is it about your community relations and PR team that manages to divide the community more than bring it together.
 
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Here's an idea-- take a good hard look at your Community and PR dept and take some action here.
 
Get it together guys. You're basically insulting people and telling them they're not loyal enough for some arbitrary length of time that no one that ever votes with their wallet would ever keep.
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All I will say is please don't let the advertisement  If any is done basically be aurins all cute and bouncey all over the place....
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What can I say? R.I.P Wildstar and long live pay-to-enjoy?
Farewell o/.
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Pretty much this ^
 
Why would you deliberately annoy the loyal subscribers who've played the game for 9+ months out of the last 12? Surely being subbed for the best part of a year counts as loyal?
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Carbine is doing a good job isolating groups of players.
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I think they were just trying to do something special for people that have been subbed since launch. It's really a nice thing they are trying to recognize people for something that from reading this not many people have done. Maybe the title and not the mount should be part of that I'm not sure what would make people happy if they changed it to a different amount of time say six months people that have paid for five months would want it too. I think it's great they are trying to do something for people that have been around since launch. I also hope they will honor people in one off situations that had billing problems or something else come up. That for me would be between the individual and Carbine. 
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			I seem to recall a certain other game with vastly exclusive things (looking at you, Scarab Lord and Black Qiraji Tank) so I suppose it's not end of the world, I guess the bar of 'truly loyal' is an awkward bar to set.	
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People need to stop referring to the mount/decor/pet/etc. as loyalty rewards, because they are pretty explicitly not that.  The loyalty reward system hasn't really been detailed.
 
The mount/decor/pet/etc. are the Player Appreciation rewards.  Who are we to tell Carbine how and why they should be showing their appreciation?  Why should Carbine show appreciation to people who came on these forums to whine about how they aren't going to be appreciated appropriately?
 
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This. It really should be anyone with an active sub before this announcement all the way through the transition. It's sad that they have to quantify loyalty in such a way that it alienates their other loyal players.
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I wonder how different the reaction would have been if they'd left the word "loyalty" out of it. Like, Gamer Time points or something.
 
Would we be arguing over who is and isn't REALLY a gamer?	
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Pretty much this ^
 
Why would you deliberately annoy the loyal subscribers who've played the game for 9+ months out of the last 12? Surely being subbed for the best part of a year counts as loyal?
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Unfortunately no. In order to be eligible you must have had your game registered at launch and stayed continuously subscribed (without a single day of interruption) until the transition to Free to Play.
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CREDD4Life!  Those of us that have gone the entire time so far with CREDD should totally get an extra special reward, just to further annoy the poor sods that actually paid for their game time.
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CREDD4Life!  Those of us that have gone the entire time so far with CREDD should totally get an extra special reward, just to further annoy the poor sods that actually paid for their game time.
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I don't think you're getting where I'm coming from. Gameplay is something that is actively put into the game by the developers, that is intended to be played that particular way. Roleplay is something that is much more player controlled and is extremely fluid in how you can do it. 
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 My apologies if this was already answered somewhere else within the 37 pages of crazy going on right now :) But what about accounts that lapse and renew the same day? There were a few times where I didn't pay attention to the dates, would try to log in and get bounced out because the sub ran out, then quickly re-upped that same day.
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Does that count the poor sods that paid for the CREDD in the first place so you could enjoy your free time? Maybe they should get something too for the amount of CREDD bought and sold on the Exchange.
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This is really the big question for a lot of people, because the wording of Youmukon's post here indicates that transgressions of less than a day would be ignored but posts elsewhere imply that any lapse will remove eligibility.
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			I think anyone who bothered buying the game should get the mount, it was really hard for many people to stick around with all the issues, has nothing to do with not being "loyal", I was always telling people to give the game a try, even when I took a break from it. I pre-ordered the game back in April 2014 and took part in the closed beta weekends, i left the game for a few months because i couldn't take part in any pvp or dungeons while below 50 because of all the issues etc, i was paying for the game and couldn't do half the things I wanted to do... Mehh, I dunno, i just feel like after paying £40 or so for the deluxe edition and subbing it for 4+ months, i am worthy of the mount! boooo~ this stuff always bothers me :'( And the whole deal with buying the game again to get those kitty mounts... arghhh... whyyy do you do this to us!!!! Just leaves a bitter taste :/I don't want to sound like i am moaning, i'm just hurting y'know *holds back tears* I had nothing but love for this game xD </3Very happy it's going F2P now though, the game needs more people. I'll finally be able to do some low level pvp on my alts!!!	
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Does that count the poor sods that paid for the CREDD in the first place so you could enjoy your free time? Maybe they should get something too for the amount of CREDD bought and sold on the Exchange.
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			Btw, you can't possibly consider making Guilds sub only, can you? That's like, the most ridiculous thing I've heard this month at least.	
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I think anyone who bothered buying the game should get the mount, it was really hard for many people to stick around with all the issues, has nothing to do with not being "loyal", I was always telling people to give the game a try, even when I took a break from it. I pre-ordered the game back in April 2014 and took part in the closed beta weekends, i left the game for a few months because i couldn't take part in any pvp or dungeons while below 50 because of all the issues etc, i was paying for the game and couldn't do half the things I wanted to do... Mehh, I dunno, i just feel like after paying £40 or so for the deluxe edition and subbing it for 4+ months, i am worthy of the mount! boooo~ this stuff always bothers me :'( And the whole deal with buying the game again to get those kitty mounts... arghhh... whyyy do you do this to us!!!! Just leaves a bitter taste :/
 
I don't want to sound like i am moaning, i'm just hurting y'know *holds back tears* I had nothing but love for this game xD </3
 
Very happy it's going F2P now though, the game needs more people. I'll finally be able to do some low level pvp on my alts!!!
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Those nameless CREDD sellers are the real heroes of Wildstar, especially early on when CREDD was selling for nothing.  I'd absolutely be down for a reward program based on the number of CREDD you've bought, whether it be on the exchange or the website.
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While I do appreciate the loyalty awards, myself and a few others feel a little upset for having let their sub lapse for a time and now won't be getting the mount. As a completionist, it really sucks.
 
Being in beta, here for launch, and currently being subscribed before the F2P announcement should be enough to get all the rewards. Hell, I even bought multiple box copies to help you guys out.
 
Please consider loosening the requirements just a bit for the mount reward.
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Name an example where creating/inviting players to a circle or guild can be abused ?
 
They are now enforcing that guild leaders and officer must be subscribers, most of them are players that have sticked with wildstar through the bad times (pvp servers exodus) and this is their reward?
 
If this was included with the box version then I would be okay with this but now it's just ridiculous 
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Btw, you can't possibly consider making Guilds sub only, can you? That's like, the most ridiculous thing I've heard this month at least.
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			This is a welcome development. Hopefully it pushes Wildstar to new heights.	
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Something came to my mind after reading about this subscription reward thingy.
This thread:
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/117570-recurring-subscription-cancelled/
 
A glitch cropped up a while back in which a few players had their recurring subscription randomly cancelled by the system itself. For people hit by this kinda thing, I wonder if any thought was given in light of this subscription time reward? I'm not sure how long others had their subscription cancelled on them but for me I immediately resubbed as soon as I got the email notifying me it happened and I'd posted in the thread. (I've been subbed since day one)	
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I've encountered a scenario that might impact my "loyalty" and I'd like some clarification.  I've maintained my subscription since launch and never had a day of downtime or failed transaction, but I did have to update my payment method with a new card as my old one was expiring.  After changing my payment method (before the expiration date and the renewal time) I received 2 emails: one "Your account has been deactivated" followed by another email  "Your account has been activated" is this going to count as a dropped subscription in determining my loyalty uptime?  
 
Thanks	
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Hmm. Prepare to filter your guilds roster of quality f2p people or prepare for the horror that is Raid Finder to keep free and subscribing players interested in the game at max level is the only result I can think of happening by barring any player from joining a guild.
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Btw, you can't possibly consider making Guilds sub only, can you? That's like, the most ridiculous thing I've heard this month at least.
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Don't you remember the Arena team mass invites the gold spammers used at launch? same thing I guess they want to avoid being able to mass invite to teh circle "buygoldherecheap" and guild "bestgoldpriceforyou"
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Why would you assume this means no drop 6? By that logic we probably shouldn't have seen drop 5, since I'm fairly certain they knew this transition was coming before it hit. ;)
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No more drops till F2P, actually carbine have said they are dropping the word drop! my worst fears could have come true, wildstar is turning into a f2p b2p box of crap, it will end up just like the other bags of rubbish out there...I could even sub to wow again, don't think I can stand wildstar turning into a pile of shit like the rest
 
The beta email says testing should start in one or two months = August, two months testing at least = October.....maybe November
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As long as your account has never been inactive, then you will get the special mount and title. I don't have a way to determine that with a screenshot of your subscription history. An account being inactive means having no game time on it. As long as you had game time continuously since launch, you are fine.
 
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Regarding the Ikthian Crawler and the Living Legend. now, I understand that many of you will be frustrated because they either started the game few days after launch and/or were unsubscribed for few days in the past year for various reasons. Unfortunately as it currently stands, the mount and the title will only be awarded for players who have been continuously subscribed to WildStar (subscription includes C.R.E.D.D., Game Time Cards, "30 days" period included with retail codes (both digital and boxes)).
 
Unfortunately no. In order to be eligible you must have had your game registered at launch and stayed continuously subscribed (without a single day of interruption) until the transition to Free to Play.
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No more drops till F2P
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Source?
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			You mean no new Raids, dungeons? No new content at all? Hence why should we keep palying?	
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No more drops till F2P, actually carbine have said they are dropping the word drop! my worst fears could have come true, wildstar is turning into a f2p b2p box of crap, it will end up just like the other bags of rubbish out there...I could even sub to wow again, don't think I can stand wildstar turning into a pile of shit like the rest
 
The beta email says testing should start in one or two months = August, two months testing at least = October.....maybe November
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So why are circles and guilds behind a sub wall?
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There's some inconsistent information happening here.
 
I played through closed beta, open beta, and a month or so after launch. Then I unsubbed. Then I resubbed at the end of april. Do I get anything?	
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There's some inconsistent information happening here.
 
I played through closed beta, open beta, and a month or so after launch. Then I unsubbed. Then I resubbed at the end of april. Do I get anything?
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You mean no new Raids, dungeons? No new content at all? Hence why should we keep palying?
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Regarding the Ikthian Crawler and the Living Legend. now, I understand that many of you will be frustrated because they either started the game few days after launch and/or were unsubscribed for few days in the past year for various reasons. Unfortunately as it currently stands, the mount and the title will only be awarded for players who have been continuously subscribed to WildStar (subscription includes C.R.E.D.D., Game Time Cards, "30 days" period included with retail codes (both digital and boxes)).
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You'll get The Caretaker decor, Snoglog pet, a title and extra membership after f2p afaik. You'll be missing out on mount & another title because you hadnt got a recurring sub. 
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Carbine twitter......would love carbine to jump in and say I'm WRONG, but they won't sorry, and it's no more drops ever btw
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There's some inconsistent information happening here.
 
I played through closed beta, open beta, and a month or so after launch. Then I unsubbed. Then I resubbed at the end of april. Do I get anything?
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look at this and cry
 
 
 just 3 days from the mount, but well life is like that i missed my diploma for always assisting to high school because of a flu of 1 day, still is a good thing the other of us will get the caretaker dj and the pet, its a nice touch wildstar, and that is good. Only the more loyalist of all players will get an extra reward that dont impact on the gameplay (btw let us buy a recolored version of it in the cash shop)	
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Additionally, as a reward to those who were continuous subscribers from WildStar’s launch until the transition to Free-to-Play, we are giving away an exclusive Ikthian Crawler mount, an exclusive DJ Caretaker housing décor item, a Disco Snoglug companion pet, a new housing music track, four months of Signature service, and two new titles: “Living Legend” and “Nexus Loyalist” - these bonuses will be granted to such players on the first day of transition.
If you missed out on launch but you’re a current subscriber and maintain your subscription through transition to Free-to-Play, you will still receive the DJ Caretaker housing décor item, the Disco Snoglug companion pet, the new housing music track, four months of Signature service, and the "Nexus Loyalist" title.
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			Since this thread got locked I'm gonna add it here. This is an awesome idea and deserves kudos: https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/126855-protostar-commercialism-utopia/&do=findComment&comment=1326789	
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look at this and cry
 
 
 just 3 days from the mount, but well life is like that i missed my diploma for always assisting to high school because of a flu of 1 day, still is a good thing the other of us will get the caretaker dj and the pet, its a nice touch wildstar, and that is good. Only the more loyalist of all players will get an extra reward that dont impact on the gameplay (btw let us buy a recolored version of it in the cash shop)
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			I would actually like to see any statement about what is the future game development plans. Specially about raids.	
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I think everyone should just get all the rewards if we played anytime pre-transition. Keep it simple. Everyone's happy.
 
 
...rather than saying, "Everyone can have this prize except for you- because you were too busy with school for a few months."	
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Ok here's my five cents worth.
 
I despise the "micro-transactions model." (I refuse to use a sales hype term) I have never once seen it make a better game. The gold sellers take over every chat channel like a plague. The player base becomes "the people society is  desperate to forget." Every decent looking mount or outfit gets hidden behind the cash wall. Game support literally disappears. The sales hype term becomes a excuse to no longer support their product. In short things go to the toilet at record speed.
 
Add to this that most companies don't properly prepare for the initial launch under the new business model. So you get server crashes and lockouts to beat the band. I have no problem admitting for the company it's always a good move. Micro-transactions games make miles more cash than a subscription model game ever will. This has to do with the fact that the "sales hype term free to play" is the biggest lie in the history of mankind. In most games using that model to actually gain access to the entirety of the games content can literally run thousands of dollars. Mind you, yes allot of the hidden content is cosmetic. But considering one of the "big wowie zowie ideas" from the latest patch was cosmetic, this is a valid factor.
 
Sadly the worst part is that the folks that find the subscription model so repulsive seem to be math challenged. Prior for around a few months subscription fees you could gain access to pretty much everything in the game. This includes everything cosmetic or mount related. By this time next year there will be in all likelihood enough items of that genre in the cash shop to total several years worth of subscription fees. So instead of just getting the content for $45.00 (US fees I haven't checked the EU costs.), you will need to pay more like $250.00. This sadly becomes the result of the lion's share of all new cosmetic or mount related content being generated solely for the cash shop.
 
Now from what I read on the site it appears that Wildstar will become what's referred to with the slang term "freeium." What that actually means is "a hybrid of the subscription model and the micro-transactions model." If they take a page from Daybreak Games (Formerly Sony Online Entertainment), it wouldn't be too bad. When that company converted it's business model they took none of the existing content and moved it behind the cash shop wall. They also did not make the lions share of all new cosmetic items cash shop only. So if you saw something in game you could actually earn it in game. 
 
The one possible bone of contention is that they did use a very similar system for those players carrying a subscription account. This tends to lead to "the game is pay to win" arguments. Since there are a very large number of benefits for the subscribing. The non-subscribing customers tend to feel like the subscribers carry a unfair advantage. I can honestly say as a person that carries a "all access" account with that company that it does indeed make life much easier. But at max level it all tends to balance out. Though the arguments continue to this day for all of their games. So we shall see. 
 
My final thoughts, I don't think all the people that are so excited now will be so in a few months of the new business model launch. I've played enough mogs to probably require therapy and, Wildstar actually has one of the better social environments that I've found. Sadly if experience has taught me anything that will be the first casualty. If they hold closer to some of the more successful (this statement being purely from the player standpoint) companies it may not be too bad. For now I'll keep my subscription open and hope for good things. If it goes to something closer to say the Perfect World Entertainment model or even the Aion Online model you can count me out. I have no desire to be a part of a game where all the premium content goes directly to the cash shop for insane costs.	
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I only just got home and read whats going to happen. I'm really not sure how I feel about it but I'm concerned to be honest. I understand Carbine feel they need to do this to save the game, so it is what it is I suppose.
I haven't read the whole thread just skimmed it so sorry if my concerns have already been answered. The thing is that I dont have a credit card and pay my sub through my parent one. I'm still at school and work a part time job to pay my monthly sub, it can be hard sometimes but I always manage to get enough to pay for wildstar plus other things I need. What worries me is that the things I like most about wildstar seem to be the things that will get put in a cash shop which I wont be able to use. I love mounts, pets, housing etc. I dont care much for dungeons/raids or pvp. I love to explore, collect and just have fun in general, it's worth the subscription to me. I also really look forward to the big drops we get every three months, will they still happen ?. 
Am not an mmo vet like many of you so I was wondering if the things im most worried about are likely to happen.
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			Couldn't help but notice that there is no PASSIVE MOUNT SPEED increase for Signature accounts. GET ON IT! I also want the ability to Teleport to where ever I want when I want(a small CD of course) from where ever I am. These are basic things guys for the love of... Signature needs to be sexier than it is.	
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I think everyone should just get all the rewards if we played anytime pre-transition. Keep it simple. Everyone's happy.
 
 
...rather than saying, "Everyone can have this prize except for you- because you were too busy with school for a few months."
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I'd like to be annoyed, sad and mad about F2P transition, but let's be real for just a moment. Wildstar was not doing well. If the trend had continued, this game would be dead before this year ends. It sucks, but I'm not going to complain about a business model change, because I realise how bad it was before now. 
 
A guildie suggest it be 10-12 months recurring subscription + having an activated account from the period of 3rd of June to 3rd of July if you want to aim at players from launch. 	
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What? Am I missing something here? I didn't realise the game was released in July but ok
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Often when the games switch to a F2P model...their "look" changes too. They try to push more advertising using cute/sexy/and or whatever is "popular". All I will say is please don't let the advertisement  If any is done basically be aurins all cute and bouncey all over the place....
 
Just saying and putting that out there...
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			Why do I have this feeling the F2P launch is going to be a total **** show... Actually might be a good time to pug dungeons/adventures. I can only imagine the chaos. 	
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Back before launch, a friend was kind enough to preorder the game for me, but due to some confusion regarding retail preorders, he ended up giving the launch retail code to someone else because he thought I was covered with the initial code. As I recall, someone was kind enough to give me a code for another week of play, and then I properly bought the game and a year's sub.
 
So, unfortunately, I doubt I'm entitled to the title and mount despite playing since day one... If I'm wrong (and I'd love to be), I'd appreciate a heads-up, but I don't think I'm going to get very worked up either way. If it's "you were subbed from day one," I guess it can't be helped.
 
Anyway, as for the F2P change itself, I'm personally exited. The details are every bit as respectable as I could have hoped, and I imagine you guys are going to stick with it. So I'm going to continue sticking with the game, and look forward to seeing how things turn out.	
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Oh you know the next web banner's going to be a bunnygirl Aurin saying "OK, who wants a big hug for coming to Nexus?"  :lol:
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Inb4 Kate Upton as Myala Everstar.
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Inb4 Kate Upton as Myala Everstar.
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			Can we finally get some sexy costumes? I don't see why Belle Walker has to be the only one who can be a little spicy. Heck I made my own Bullseye cut off tank top for this summer cause I love the design so much.  And I'm bored of tromping around in 5 layers of leather in desert biodomes. The prudes from launch beta can't complain either since you have to go out of your way to get it. You'd be printing your own money right there.	
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			...Man as much as I've been playing and as much as I've thrown money at this game... the ikthian bit just feels like a kick in the teeth. 	
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It doesn't work like that. People activate their CREDD in game while subscribed through cash or CREDD. The CREDD then applies to their account and adds a month of game time to the end of their current sub period. People aren't going to be missing out on this by one hour because they used CREDD to play.
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I know I've posted a bunch in this thread about how I feel, but I wanted to add another post since carbine is looking at this for feedback, and I've had a day to process the information at this point (as well as some stuff in the thread).
 
I want to specifically regard the cash shop. I've seen some people in this thread suggest things I never want to see in the cash shop, and what scares me is that some posters have even commented things like "so and so game does that and it's great". It's hard for me to think that people enjoy aspects of the cash shop I am so vehemently against.
 
Cash shop is great for: cosmetics. This includes outfits, mounts, pets.
Great For: utility. This includes name changes, gender swap, faction changes.
 
The cash shop is awful for: experience boosts, increased costume slots, increased bag space. If anything like that is added to the game, add it for players with the signature account without having to pay extra for it. Just give it with the sub.
 
Please please please do not put that in the cash shop. That is a huge turn off for me and opens the door for worse things that do not belong in a cash shop. I am scared because I see that others arent bothered by that and suggest it. Let me support you with my sub, and if I want to support you extra I will buy cosmetic stuff with irl monies instead of the in game currency offer. please be careful with the cash shop. micro-transactions are my biggest fear with F2P.
 
I've said before, I've never played a F2P mmo before, but F2P has so many negative connotations to myself and a lot of other gamers. It's associated with P2W and pay walls and nickle and dime ing for everything in the game.
 
What I want with this transition, is that as long as I continue to pay a sub, I don't notice anything different. I just get a cash shop for fun items (FUN not QoL tweaks) and more people to play with.
 
looking forward to the livestream tomorrow.	
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Knew this day would finally come.  *Takes a bow*  Remember, for those that recall who I am... I called it back during BETA.  f2p is finally here!  *does a happy-dance of victorious joy*
 
 :D  :lol:  B)  :ph34r:	
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The mount/decor/pet/etc. are the Player Appreciation rewards. Who are we to tell Carbine how and why they should be showing their appreciation? Why should Carbine show appreciation to people who came on these forums to whine about how they aren't going to be appreciated appropriately?
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Knew this day would finally come. *Takes a bow* Remember, for those that recall who I am... I called it back during BETA. f2p is finally here! *does a happy-dance of victorious joy*
 
 :D :lol: B) :ph34r:
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The cash shop is awful for: experience boosts, increased costume slots, increased bag space. If anything like that is added to the game, add it for players with the signature account without having to pay extra for it. Just give it with the sub.
 
Please please please do not put that in the cash shop. That is a huge turn off for me and opens the door for worse things that do not belong in a cash shop. I am scared because I see that others arent bothered by that and suggest it. Let me support you with my sub, and if I want to support you extra I will buy cosmetic stuff with irl monies instead of the in game currency offer. please be careful with the cash shop. micro-transactions are my biggest fear with F2P.
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			I'm really curious why so many are happy that it's f2p?  Basically what I am seeing is OH glad its f2p and don't have to pay a subscription and invest in this game to make it better, now I get to play it for free and mooch more.	
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Knew this day would finally come.  *Takes a bow*  Remember, for those that recall who I am... I called it back during BETA.  f2p is finally here!  *does a happy-dance of victorious joy*
 
 :D  :lol:  B)  :ph34r:
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I think the player "appreciation" rewards are fine as they are. 
Saying that, as it is maybe allowing a week allowance to get your account from launch and up to 15-30 days without sub would be ok.
Probably leaning closer to 15 days as that covers most financial issue.
Unfortunately no matter where the line is drawn someone is going to complain.
Everyone who subs from now until F2P is getting appreciation rewards.
Everyone who subbed from launch continuously until F2P will get an extra mount and title as "appreciation"
Loyalty points (or equivalent) are being awarded to everyone for the amount of time you have been subbed since launch on top of appreciation rewards.
In my opinion moving the line will just cause more problems... why didn't they move it further, I've still missed out ect...
 
I can't wait to see everything in depth. I might not even like several things. I'm still going to be a "Signature" player, I'm going to ride around on my Ikthian mount.
Overall I am going to continue enjoying an amazing game.
 
Just my 2cents,
 
 
On a side note how many of you noticed the "puppy/dog" companion at the end of the announcement trailer...It barks a couple times.	
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@Eclips Yep. I'm not going to lie, I wasn't subbed for about 2-3 weeks in March? Does that invalidate the 11 other months though? I was there when the game was filled with bots flying left and right to nodes/trees. When servers were deserted and no server merges announcements. When 77 employees were laid off. When Carbine announced the change from 1 month updates to 3 months update. When Halloween & Christmas event wasn't going to happen as a result of that. PvP being deserted and Datascape 40 was quite unpleasant to raid due to roster issues, lag, bugs and exploits. I was there through the rough as well and trust me, as someone who frequents sites like Massively & MMO-Champion, you guys were not popular, but despite that I vouched for the game because it's still a good game at the core of it. And it's still a good game. But dismissing players like me because I was off for less than a month kinda sucks. 
 
It kinda hurts to be dismissed like that, especially after having vouched for this game through thick and thin. We'll see coming over the few days how this Player Appreciation thing will change (if at all). 
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I'm really curious why so many are happy that it's f2p?  Basically what I am seeing is OH glad its f2p and don't have to pay a subscription and invest in this game to make it better, now I get to play it for free and mooch more.
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Are you just going to ignore the entire rest of my post as well as the context of whom I was replying to? I was discussing it with someone who was consistently bringing up roleplaying. You're also ignoring my entire point that they very much do matter, so please don't give me that. Misrepresenting my position by quoting an extremely small portion of it is even more dishonest.
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Knew this day would finally come.  *Takes a bow*  Remember, for those that recall who I am... I called it back during BETA.  f2p is finally here!  *does a happy-dance of victorious joy*
 
 :D  :lol:  B)  :ph34r:
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Because the alternative was that the servers were getting unplugged? That's why I'm happy about it.
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Not sure if this was covered in the FAQ..?
 
Will completely new players need to atleast buy the box (the game itself) in order to play? Or is it a totally free download for new players who can then assign a subscription at any point to become signature status?
 
Please take a page out of The Elder Scrolls Online, book, I know most people will say that game sucks, but the way they implimented their free to play, saved their game, it is currently thriving. I love Wildstar, it broke my heart to hit the cancel subscription button those few months ago, I have my fingers crossed Carbine, I really do.	
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Take a better read at what I was saying - which was pointing out the disconnect between the argument for a cosmetic shop and the idea that cosmetics are in fact important to more roleplayers. You yourself said that they affect gameplay, even if they aren't gameplay in and of themselves. This makes cosmetic cash shops just as bad as shops that make a player purchase an unlock for a raid tier or whatever.
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Will completely new players need to atleast buy the box (the game itself) in order to play? Or is it a totally free download for new players who can then assign a subscription at any point to become signature status?
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Not sure if this was covered in the FAQ..?
 
Will completely new players need to atleast buy the box (the game itself) in order to play? Or is it a totally free download for new players who can then assign a subscription at any point to become signature status?
 
Please take a page out of The Elder Scrolls Online, book, I know most people will say that game sucks, but the way they implimented their free to play, saved their game, it is currently thriving. I love Wildstar, it broke my heart to hit the cancel subscription button those few months ago, I have my fingers crossed Carbine, I really do.
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Many MMO's that have gone "free to Play" have still required you to purchase the box/game. So thanks for your input. :lol:
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... You're not very clear on the whole concept of Free-To-Play, are you.
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Many MMO's that have gone "free to Play" have still required you to purchase the box/game. So thanks for your input. :lol:
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Dang..the game is going free-to-play. This can either be good or bad.
 
One thing I really hope they don't do is start nerfing content and making it easy for those whining "casual" players.
Also, I hope they don't slow down on Content Drops either. They have a nice steady pace going.	
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Good to see you as well Balf... been a long time.  And even though it might not be a victory lap... for all those that slapped us in the face when we said it'd end up here AND be better off for the game overall (I would say better late than never, but as others have said in various places including YouTube... might be too little, too late)... yeah, feels kinda decent to hold our shoulders upright, and actually have the last laugh.  Especially considering all the talk of what Carbine swore they'd do before they ever let it go f2p, hehe. :P  (I'm sure you recall all the times you and I got in trouble for merely talking about f2p, how it was called trolling, etc... and all the enforcement/punishments, etc.)
 
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No. My point was the only people who it affects in terms of gameplay are roleplayers, and even then it does not define how they do so. For everyone else it is an extra, a side thing, a perk. It is not even close to being as bad as paying to unlock a raid tier, how does that even make sense?
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Dang..the game is going free-to-play. This can either be good or bad.
 
One thing I really hope they don't do is start nerfing content and making it easy for those whining "casual" players.
Also, I hope they don't slow down on Content Drops either. They have a nice steady pace going.
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Maybe not to you. But to someone who places a high value on customizing their character's appearance and the act of collecting things in-game, cosmetic items are absolutely a fundamental part of gameplay. And no roleplay is required.
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So, I'm just trying to catch up, and didn't feel like scrolling through literally 40+ pages... are cosmetic items going to be locked inside of a cash-shop now?  :unsure:  Or is it the costume slots are going to be locked until bought/paid for?  :(
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Nerfing content would definitely hurt them. As far as content goes they really need minigames and something Dynamic. That way they can keep a decent content stream going. Right now they are pretty much forced to deliver Raids and Zones. That's incredibly expensive. They need something fun and cost effective that they can drop inbetween Raid tiers(I made that sound really bad lol but it's the truth haha). Otherwise the game is essentially Tera with superior Raiding. Tera has no interesting Minigames/Fluff or and it lacks anything dynamic. Wildstar atleast has "fluff" covered with housing.
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			So want people to just breeze through raid endgame content?  Yeah, plz god no	
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			My other two cents.. Give some perk to roll on Warhound when F2P lauches.. It's collecting dust right now.	
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 Is attunement still a thing in Wildstar?
 
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Raid content needs to stay hard, and difficult.
 
Accessing it, not so much.
 
Raid content needs to be an accomplishment, a badge to wear, that armor and weaponskin something earned.
Never should the difficulty of the content nerfed, only bug fixed and balanced.
 
The content already becomes easier as you gear up so there's no reason to intentionally nerf it. 
 
 
 
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Many MMO's that have gone "free to Play" have still required you to purchase the box/game. So thanks for your input.  :lol:
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So, I'm just trying to catch up, and didn't feel like scrolling through literally 40+ pages... are cosmetic items going to be locked inside of a cash-shop now?  :unsure:  Or is it the costume slots are going to be locked until bought/paid for?  :(
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And none of that is going away. Stop acting like it is.
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Stop acting like future cosmetics are going to go anywhere but the cash shop, then.
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You know, saying things like "It is not the end of the world" is really dismissive of other people's opinions in a hyperbolic way. Of course it's not "the end of the world". But it does represent a strong frustration for players who value cosmetics and collecting stuff.
 
And woe be unto Carbine if they decide to put decor on the cash shop. :/	
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They probably will, if we want to be realistic. Housing is one of the things that WS does best in the current market. They'll start slow, putting only a few 'very special' things there, then they will steadily increase the ammount available. Or maybe they'll got the Rift route and put a cash shop currency price to (almost) everything, even existing decor.
 
The key will be to offer other ways to acquire those items. It's going to be a though thing to balance. If the grind to getting it is too fast, then nobody will be compelled to buy it from the cash shop. If it's too slow, players will be severely annoyed. The easiest way, and the thing I bet they will end up doing, is having all cash shop decor to be tradeable. Just like they did with the box purchase promotion items. Though then players will have to rely completely on those other players actually buying the things and putting them in the AH instead of actually working towards them.
 
I do not have much high hopes for cosmetics in any Free 2 Play game, to be honest. It's the one thing you can put in a cash shop that people will be compelled to pay real money for and that will not screw with the game's balance.	
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Calling it; Artifact weapon skin in Cosmetic shop for 20$ 
Nah, I'll try and have some faith in Carbine for once. I know how F2P works unfortunately, so I'm setting my expectations very low, but they could surprise me. I like their loyalty system w/ omnibits etc. Cool and fair idea imo. 	
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You know, saying things like "It is not the end of the world" is really dismissive of other people's opinions in a hyperbolic way. Of course it's not "the end of the world". But it does represent a strong frustration for players who value cosmetics and collecting stuff.
 
And woe be unto Carbine if they decide to put decor on the cash shop. :/
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My other two cents.. Give some perk to roll on Warhound when F2P lauches.. It's collecting dust right now.
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I have mixed feeling about this transition.  But at this point in time I'd rather have a f2p Wildstar than no Wildstar so I'm spreading the word and getting my recruit on for the people I know were interested in the game.  Got a few already looking to buy the game and get into it before the F2P transition.
 
My only question right now is do I get to keep all 24 of my characters on Entity (SOOO many ideas, not enough Housing Plots) or do I need to start deciding who gets the axe?  I know when the Megaservers hit we were able to keep all our pre-existing characters with the knowledge that we wouldn't be able to make more until we deleted a few.  Same deal?	
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			Honestly, I think giving people who have been around (especially me since the first betas you could get into for pre-ordering) for a while everything BUT THE MOUNT would be a better choice. Knowing the nature of this forum though and already seeing a post below this I can tell it's going to be called entitlement I don't think so. Honestly, If anything the fact that I need to be subbed UNTIL the transition to receive anything else is the part that seems the most silly to me. That's my two cents on this matter. 'forcing' us to pay until the transition just seems off to me.  	
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			In the FAQ, it says that non signature accounts will be unable to create guilds or invite people to them. I've been the GM of a guild since a week or so after launch (although my subscription did lapse for a bit), but will I not be able to invite new members to my guild without having a signature account?	
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I mean really, these guys are going to be riding around on mounts ingame that constantly remind you that you weren't as loyal as those players that subbed continuously since launch, and you aren't really appreciated by CRB.
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			Really surprised you went F2P and not B2P, really hoping the game doesn't get overrun with bots and spammers. On the other side of things I'm really happy you dropped the sub model and I'm already back in the game!	
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So want people to just breeze through raid endgame content?  Yeah, plz god no
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As someone who is considering returning to the game, I'm going to voice a concern that I think anyone else giving thought to the subject will have.
 
Many of us supported your game at launch. However, the only players receiving mounts for that support are the ones who subscribed every single month up until F2P comes to be. That means if someone got bored for even one month, you guys aren't going to give them a mount. I think that you should reconsider. The mount should be a reward for having an account active at the launch date. If you want to make the title exclusive, and something that only those players will have (The "Living Legend" title), then by all means, do that. But I want you to realize that it is annoying to any returning player that started out at launch that they are coming back into a game where people are going to be running around on a mount that they cannot obtain. Setting it up this way actually conflicts with your goal of getting people to come back and play this game. I'm sure others share my sentiments here...
 
Pretty please. Make the requirement for the mount less stringent. I am absolutely positive that any of us quitting WoW to play Wildstar will appreciate you for it. After all, there are tons of us in this boat right now. We wanted to see what WS was like, we tried it, it didn't click for us. However, we did put that initial investment into your game despite not having played it before. We were hyped about it and it didn't work out for us. I just think it could only benefit you guys to make this mount a possibility for people who are interested in returning to the game after being "let-down" at launch. Just a thought I guess.	
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Raid content needs to stay hard, and difficult.
 
Accessing it, not so much.
 
Raid content needs to be an accomplishment, a badge to wear, that armor and weaponskin something earned.
Never should the difficulty of the content nerfed, only bug fixed and balanced.
 
The content already becomes easier as you gear up so there's no reason to intentionally nerf it. 
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This is a common concern during F2P transitions like this. More information will be upcoming soon, but I did want to reassure you that we're making sure to add costumes and the like in game to chase as well. Including some often-asked-for bits... ;)
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Stop acting like future cosmetics are going to go anywhere but the cash shop, then.
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Many of us supported your game at launch. However, the only players receiving mounts for that support are the ones who subscribed every single month up until F2P comes to be. That means if someone got bored for even one month, you guys aren't going to give them a mount. I think that you should reconsider. The mount should be a reward for having an account active at the launch date. 
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i dont really care about the mount.  i like it, id like to have it, im not too flustered over it tho.
 
I will preface this post with two disclaimers, i am very tired adn jet lagged and i drank a lot of homebrewed beers just recently.  Also I would have preferred the game to go buy to play like ESO and gw2.
 
That said, i right now from what i understand view this model you are offering as INSANELY generous.  15 dollars for 1 month of signature will getyou a LOT of permanent unlocks.  wich is awesome.  the ability to earn loyalty points and purchase some of the signature features as permanent also...insane.
 
however the main thing that concerns me is the cash shop and how it will interact with customization, that is to say your wardrobe, your dye colors and your housing.  those are HUGE aspects of wildstar and if any of those gets reduced to basically you having to make in store purchases ill have a very sad time.
 
the free to play is generous enough from what ive seen it makes me not feel guilty about putting some money towards the game once in a while when i have the extra cash.
 
i am curious to how many loyalty points we will get for owning the deluxe version of the game and if it would be enough to unlock any of those features permanently.	
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This is a common concern during F2P transitions like this. More information will be upcoming soon, but I did want to reassure you that we're making sure to add costumes and the like in game to chase as well. Including some often-asked-for bits... ;)
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Thank you for taking your time to respond to my anxieties, Caydiem. I do appreciate it. Hopefully you'll understand that I'll hold off relaxing too much until we know the details, though. xD
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There's far too negative of a stigma when it comes to F2P as a model, and that's all I'm trying to get people to reconsider. It is not inherently bad like many people believe, not even close. 
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Hopefully you'll be able to relax a bit until more info is known.
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So... let me see if I've got this straight.
 
You want them to appreciate most those players who were around at launch, even if they got up and left after their first month and won't be back until the subscription requirement lapses...
...more than they appreciate those players who showed up a month after launch and have been here ever since...?
 
I've given some thought to the subject and I think I detect someone who wants to be appreciated for having got up and left.
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Once again I love this:)
 
Tell you what ppl. I feel MUCH MORE connected to the things I buy for REAL MONEY than things i get in game. As in If I can pay for something in a cash shop I would like that more than getting a raid drop. The cash shop item is mine only..I bought it..I have payed real world money for it. I love it:) I judge my real life money as a FAR greater achivement than any achievement I could possibly gained by playing computer games. So If I could use my real life money to have fun in games....I would love it. E.g. I have spent 550 dollars in the F2P game APB Reloaded since i joined in 2011, and I only regrett a very small % of some failure buys when i was drunk...I love those guns and those cars I have bought more than ANY item I have ever gained through playing wow, gw2, ws and other subscription games.
 
I would assume that when F2P comes that I could buy the attunement for real money, or that it goes away entirely to cater to the F2P crowd. 
 
I will prob not stay "subscribed" to ws in the F2P world...cause the benefits are totally worthless to me...BUT I will prob buy more from the cash shop so that Carbine at the end of the day get more money from me than they EVER would have gotten with the stone age subscription model.
 
I am also contemplating unsubscribing right now..cause I dont want any of the reward fluff....but I will hold on slightly to see what that loyalty currency will get me:)
 
I welcome F2P like some ppl would welcome the 100th coming of christ!
 
And I am also VERY tired of the mentality that If you dont work your ass off you ingame you dont deserve ANYTHING!...The F2P crowd will flood the chat and servers and set things right imo:) I will stand there in the doorway welcoming them like wild critters about to set loose on the scared livestock!
 
EDIT: I dont mean P2W.. I dont like to be able to buy the best weapon and gear ofc..but I dont think any "western" games have P2W options so that should be alright:)
 
But I would like to buy the coolest looking items;)	
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After browsing through the FAQ... are we sure FALL is the best time for this?  I mean, any chance in expediting that just a bit and making it come sooner (and no, I'm not asking this for myself, as I'm not even sure if I'm going to be checking the game out that much even after it goes f2p)?  As it is, many have already left Wildstar... most the times when considering MMORPGs, Wildstar isn't always on the radar (no offense intended).  Many of the forums and websites I look at consider WoW, ESO, and FFXIV to be the big players.  There's still a decent chunk of time before fall is here... which during that time, Wildstar is going to drift farther from peoples minds, and not to mention, the fall season is when a LOT of huge new games get announced to amp people up for the holiday season, as it's just a short period before Christmas.  Kind of wondering if this timeline is the best way to go on this is all.
 
On a side note...
 
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3. The Community will change, and i mean the Community that was there from the start and stayed with Wildstar.
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I just slept on the News that WS is going F2P. I thought about all the stuff that was posted yesterday and all the experiences i had with MMORPGS going F2P.
And i have to say, i really really dont like it at all. Some people say it will be good for the game, and the point they are making is that more Players will come and join.
I dont see that as a good point to make. More players in a F2P Buisness Model doesnt mean more income.
 
Also F2P attracts people who dont care if they get banned, as long as they can make another account and just keep on trolling people and messing with their gameplay.
Some gamers are saying SWTOR works now, because it went F2P. A Friend of mine is still playing it once in a while but always comes with the same stuff: Huge Lagg Spikes on Raid Servers, unfriendly Players and the game got to easy.
 
I can understand why the game is going F2P, it makes sense on a buisness side of things. But hear is my concern, and i beg you to think about.
 
1. More Players in a F2P Model doesnt mean more income as soon as the game goes f2p, but it means more stress for the servers increasing possibly fps drops during events etc. And some people already have fps drops atm, even with their high end gamign PC.
2. Becoming F2P means giving the F2P an experience to stay in the game. And i think its the start of the game becoming more easy for those players, so they can have the full experience and are more drawn towards signing up. Best example WOW classic to WOW now.
3. The Community will change, and i mean the Community that was there from the start and stayed with Wildstar.
 
Just some stuff i got worried about.	
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Once again I love this:)
 
Tell you what ppl. I feel MUCH MORE connected to the things I buy for REAL MONEY than things i get in game. As in If I can pay for something in a cash shop I would like that more than getting a raid drop. The cash shop item is mine only..I bought it..I have payed real world money for it. I love it:) I judge my real life money as a FAR greater achivement than any achievement I could possibly gained by playing computer games. So If I could use my real life money to have fun in games....I would love it. E.g. I have spent 550 dollars in the F2P game APB Reloaded since i joined in 2011, and I only regrett a very small % of some failure buys when i was drunk...I love those guns and those cars I have bought more than ANY item I have ever gained through playing wow, gw2, ws and other subscription games.
 
I would assume that when F2P comes that I could buy the attunement for real money, or that it goes away entirely to cater to the F2P crowd. 
 
I will prob not stay "subscribed" to ws in the F2P world...cause the benefits are totally worthless to me...BUT I will prob buy more from the cash shop so that Carbine at the end of the day get more money from me than they EVER would have gotten with the stone age subscription model.
 
I am also contemplating unsubscribing right now..cause I dont want any of the reward fluff....but I will hold on slightly to see what that loyalty currency will get me:)
 
I welcome F2P like some ppl would welcome the 100th coming of christ!
 
And I am also VERY tired of the mentality that If you dont work your ass off you ingame you dont deserve ANYTHING!...The F2P crowd will flood the chat and servers and set things right imo:) I will stand there in the doorway welcoming them like wild critters about to set loose on the scared livestock!
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What you are describing is P2W, and breaks every MMORPG. Why should i spend Time on my Character learn how to play it etc. when i just can buy everything with real money?!
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 /flaps arms about
 
I was thinking about this whilst I was on the toilet this morning (as you do...) does this mean that the pvp servers might become populated again. Will you put in guild transfers? Will transfers still be free?
 
/flaps a little more
 
OH OH! PLEASE LET US BUY THE WILDSTAR OST GERDDERMIT
 
/flapping intensifies
 
Please let us buy more costume slots.... >.>	
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Please remember that a lot of questions have already been answered by our wonderful dev team, so you may want to check out the dev tracker before asking, or just to check to see what has been answered. :) 
 
- Team WildStar 	
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As long as your account has never been inactive, then you will get the special mount and title. I don't have a way to determine that with a screenshot of your subscription history. An account being inactive means having no game time on it. As long as you had game time continuously since launch, you are fine.
 
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Regarding the Ikthian Crawler and the Living Legend. now, I understand that many of you will be frustrated because they either started the game few days after launch and/or were unsubscribed for few days in the past year for various reasons. Unfortunately as it currently stands, the mount and the title will only be awarded for players who have been continuously subscribed to WildStar (subscription includes C.R.E.D.D., Game Time Cards, "30 days" period included with retail codes (both digital and boxes)).
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I really would like an answer if this includes those who had a sub, then went to using CREDD.
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I really would like an answer if this includes those who had a sub, then went to using CREDD.
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This was answered earlier on for you FranBunnyFFXII :)
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Hey.
 
I wasnt totally dedicated player. I was playing like every other month since launch, paying for the time I spend in game. Other then that I played GW2 and WoW. All three nice and fine games. Yet now this - free to play Wildstar, NIGHTMARE BECAME TRUE! I have sub pending till june the third. After that Wildstar will go off my HDD. I will reactivate my sub to warcraft and will stay at my WoW + GW combo. Because I cannot handle this.
 
Free to play is never good. No matter what trailer says, no matter what devs say it always is pay to win bullshit in the end.
 
Sad thing about this is - buy to play games from the launch are fine (Look how GW nicely triggered buy to play model). Free to play from the launch are also good because at least player knows what to expect. But every game that ment to be monhtly subscription based converted into "free to play" (translate as pay to win) is always a disaster. It surely will increase playerbase. As hundreds of new players will try and eat all free to play content, will run around for few days on low levels, some of them even reach the level cap and then, after eating everything for free, they will go away. So only those who were willing to pay for sub will keep playing and PAYING even more then before. How cool is that?
 
So good bye Jayvi and Riekko, my human warrior and aurin stalker and welcome back WoW and Guild Wars 2.
 
Carbine devs always claim how they "listen to community". So guess what - I am also the community. Meditate on that. See you in Draenor.	
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In the FAQ, it says that non signature accounts will be unable to create guilds or invite people to them. I've been the GM of a guild since a week or so after launch (although my subscription did lapse for a bit), but will I not be able to invite new members to my guild without having a signature account?
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It mentions the box purchases get 12 character slots etc...
 
By Box does it mean physical copy only, or does the digital download from their site count as well?	
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			Any copy as long as it's counted as "box". So yes, digital download counts too.	
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Hey.
 
I wasnt totally dedicated player. I was playing like every other month since launch, paying for the time I spend in game. Other then that I played GW2 and WoW. All three nice and fine games. Yet now this - free to play Wildstar, NIGHTMARE BECAME TRUE! I have sub pending till june the third. After that Wildstar will go off my HDD. I will reactivate my sub to warcraft and will stay at my WoW + GW combo. Because I cannot handle this.
 
Free to play is never good. No matter what trailer says, no matter what devs say it always is pay to win bullshit in the end.
 
Sad thing about this is - buy to play games from the launch are fine (Look how GW nicely triggered buy to play model). Free to play from the launch are also good because at least player knows what to expect. But every game that ment to be monhtly subscription based converted into "free to play" (translate as pay to win) is always a disaster. It surely will increase playerbase. As hundreds of new players will try and eat all free to play content, will run around for few days on low levels, some of them even reach the level cap and then, after eating everything for free, they will go away. So only those who were willing to pay for sub will keep playing and PAYING even more then before. How cool is that?
 
So good bye Jayvi and Riekko, my human warrior and aurin stalker and welcome back WoW and Guild Wars 2.
 
Carbine devs always claim how they "listen to community". So guess what - I am also the community. Meditate on that. See you in Draenor.
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