125315-returning-player

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I came back yesterday, good to be back to a game I loved from my first experiences in beta.  Just wanted to share my experiences of why I left in the first place.  It had nothing to do with the game, and I feel really bad that the game has struggled the way it has.  But my reason for leaving was that I had no way to pay for a subscription.  Not that there weren't ways provided, just that it was (and still is) difficult for me personally.  I don't have a credit card, and I am too casual a player to earn the money in game required to buy CREDD.  My main is only level 37 and I haven't got the knack of making money in game yet.  And the stores here locally never seemed to have the game time cards, nor had they even heard of them.  So the only option for me is to buy a Visa gift card for 25 bucks and buy a CREDD and use it on myself.  Because of the current exchange rate, that pretty much expends the card. I am not complaining about that though, my take on it is that to me personally this game is worth $25 a month.  I know others won't share my sentiment, and that is fine.  I am just telling you where I am coming from. 
 
Having said that, I do have some thoughts (and I truly hope the Devs are listening).  First, I don't want to ever leave Wildstar again.  I loved it from the first time I logged in, and I am going to do everything in my power to stick around this time because I do truly believe in this game and its potential.  Next,  I don't know where the stuff about this game not being casual friendly came from.  Keep in mind, not max level or attuned.  Don't know if and when I will ever be.  But as probably the most casual person to ever play a game, I had loads of fun.  I haven't experienced true end game content since some place called Ice Crown Citadel.  If I don't get to do the hardcore stuff here, that is ok with me.  Like I said, I am a casual and don't seem to have trouble wasting time and having fun doing it.  But make sure there is always things that I can keep busy with as a casual (so far you have done great IMO. So keep it up). Second, I do get worried about the future of the game because of the publisher.  I was a huge CoH/CoV fan.  There is nothing worse than being in a game and having fun and then hearing they are pulling the plug.  I hope that doesn't happen for a very, very long time here.  Not really sure what Carbine can do to make sure this doesn't happen, but some reassurance of the game's health now and then would be great in my mind.  Third free to play is always a concern, just because I always see people saying when this happens I am gone.  It is really frustrating to me because with the many factors of today's online gaming pay to play seems to be rare.  In fact, I only know of one game out there that seems to be able to make it work.  There may be others out there, but to be honest the last new MMO I tracked was Wildstar.  Sometimes I get the feeling that right out of the gate people think if a game can't compete with that other pay to play MMO then it is garbage or that the Devs will quit listening.  For me personally though, since I quit WoW back in November I have had more fun in the free to play (with cash shop) games.  One thing I noticed was that I was having more fun for free, as opposed to what I was getting by paying.
 
There, just a few thoughts from a returning and hopefully staying player.  As I said, going to try and make it work somehow this time.  The things I posted are my feelings and opinions, and I am certainly not trying to tell anyone else what they should or shouldn't look for in game or what they should and shouldn't be willing to pay for.  Nor was this intended to be some kind of push for f2p.  What I am for is Carbine doing what they need to keep the quality there and the servers up and running.  If that takes players paying then I am ok with that, even if it means I am paying $20 to $25 a month.  Just don't want to see this game go the way of some other MMOs I have spent time in over the years.
 	
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			hi and welcome again to Nexus, let me direct you to the new FAQ created by the community of wildstar, we hope that will answer most of your doubts https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/125295-faq-for-new-players-new-nexian-you-should-read-this/	
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