121737-new-player-review-1-month-into-game

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Hey everyone Ratchet here,
     I keep seeing good and bad reviews for the game but nothing from a new player perspective so I figured I would throw one together. So first things first, this is a first months look at the game I have not played a ton and am only level 30 so I will not be going over content I have not seen yet. My background in MMOS is long time WOW player, short term Tera, FFXIV, and Rift player. I have always been a guild and raid leader so some of my review will be going over my opinion of the guild system and the instances I have seen thus far. Please DO NOT think that this is a comprehensive review of everything in the game I will be the first to admit that as far as Wildstar goes I'm a noob and barely know anything. I just want new and old players to know what a new player thinks of the game so far.
 
Part 1 Overall look and feel for the game.
     Right off the bat I have been very impressed with Wildstar. The Graphics are in my opinion slightly better than WOW but still cartoonish which I prefer. The whole game has a comedic feel that I can only describe as Goblins on steroids. There is an odd combination of genres within the game but it is not something that should throw anyone off as much as its just...well Wildstar. Carbine has done an amazing job at blending it all together and just making it work. Its kinda like someone took the wild west, space explorers, huge guns, and a lot of testosterone threw it in a bag and proceeded to hit it with hammers until it fit together and BAMN there's Wildstar for you. They took everything that I loved about WOW's comedy and feel and made it 100 times better in my opinion. I can honestly say that as of yet I have not been able to spend more than 20 min questing or reading NPC dialog without smiling so far.
    The game world is big so far but nothing like WOW and all its expansions, but really who was expecting that much content from a new game anyway? There are some things I miss like companion pets and farming for days and in some cases years to get a 1% drop rate mount but I'm a collection *cupcake* and that's just me. I'm holding out hope that eventually things like that will be implemented but in no way is it a deal breaker. Also something that I have seen people gripe about is the lack of any flight mounts.... get over it. There's no need for them in the game and since everyone is on the ground all the time it makes the world seem more alive unlike WOW which even on the highest pop servers you almost never saw anyone else in the low zones.
 
Part 2 Combat
     For anyone who has played Tera the combat in Wildstar will feel normal to you. Your attacks are in areas that show up on the ground in front of you in different patterns and the mobs your fighting do the same. To someone from WOW this would seem simple.... don't stand in the red stuff right? Well its not that simple. Most of the time you will fight more than one mob at once and they will both have markers on the ground that will overlap or cover everything and you just cant get out of it not to mention if your playing with a healer friend because then you need to stand in their green stuff while not standing in the red stuff (sounds complicated right?). This is where the dodge and sprint come into play. Being able to use these in combat make it so that you can roll or run out of damage areas easily and makes the whole combat of the game very in-depth. You will constantly be rolling to the side or sprinting from one area to another to stay alive and it is a HUGE upgrade over the general wow mechanic of target it and just cast or press a few keys. I have always main rolled a tank and from time to time a dps or heals and I have to say Wildstar's mechanics have made the boring standing and waiting of WOW a thing of the past I will never go back. As for the attack keys go its pretty much like every other MMO you have your hot keys and you set your abilities to it. The cast times are all fair and I have not run into any major issues yet.
     As for classes I have only one at the moment so I wont be going into each of them just the Engineer. This class is awesome! Finally a game gives us a tank with pets and not only do you have pets they are actually USEFULL. You can have 2 pets out at a time and I norm keep my ranged dps guy out with my tank pet. This lets me have one pet do constant damage as well as another pet to pull threat off me when I am taking to many hits myself. The Engineers abilities are pretty nice as well you are a ranged tank which means you can grab threat off of other people from a long way off. This makes gathering mobs and stacking them MUCH easier than if your a hack and slash class. My feelings towards this class may change as I level and get to end content but for now Thunderstud's coming at ya!
 
Part 3 Community and Guilds
     Like I said before I have always been a guild leader so when I was able to I made a new guild "Dawn of Valor". Right away I started broadcasting in zones for new players to join because hey why not us noobs have to stick together right! Well so far its been slow there are not a massive amount of people in the low zones and even those that are there most are in larger guilds than mine which is understandable. However the people that have joined are awesome. Wildstar seems to have a much more mature community than WOW or Tera. I have yet to see any "Goldshire" issues or people saying thunderfury a million times in trade. everyone I have run into and my own guild members included have all been super helpful and willing to do whatever you need them to do. Also since I am on the PVE server I have noticed that even the other faction (Dominion) will help you out if they see a mob about to kill you or if you have pulled way more than you can handle. This is something that I have never seen in any other MMO most of the time they will just point and laugh while you die. This being said I feel that so far the Wildstar community is the best I have ever seen in an MMO.
     Onto guilds! So you want to be in a guild or make one huh? well the first thing you will notice or at least you should notice is that you do not get a guild bank right off the bat. This is a little disappointing but at the same time its kinda cool because the bank ties into a major feature of the guild... Guild Influence or XP. What this is, is a system that makes your guildies want to play together. The more guild members in your group the more influence you get. With this influence you can purchase bank slots, give your guild members buffs like xp boosts, or even give them cool stuff like a mobile bank. Its essentially exactly what wow has as far as guild leveling just you have to spend the points to get other things and they are on cool downs of like 7 days so you want to keep gaining influence over and over. It makes your guild work together instead of just being another chat channel. One of the other cool things being in a guild gives you are holograms. Basically your guild crest projects off your character so everyone who knows it knows who your with. Its an awesome way to do away with tabards and the other methods in other MMOs. The guild feature is missing a few things and they might just be because I have not figured them out yet. One of them is the ability to do guild events and put them on the calendar so everyone in the guild knows about them. I miss this because in my other guilds either my officers or myself would set up fun events like parties, drunk raids, or recruitment events and having the calendar was a great way to let everyone know when and where they were happening. Another thing I have not seen yet is and officer chat but this is easily fixed with circles.
 
Part 4 Housing
     Holy crap where to start.... Housing is awesome. Its a lot like rift in where you can build anything you can think of as long as your creative and have enough plat to supply it. Having crafting areas and farming areas just makes it better and hell you can even do special challenges on your own piece of land what's not to love? I don't have a ton of time invested on my house yet but that's just because I'm waiting until I have a ton of plat to throw at it.
 
Part 5 Conclusion
     In my opinion Wildstar can still be a wow killer. There is so much potential here and anyone would be insane not to give it a full month to cut your teeth on. Every day I find something new and fun to do and I'm not even 50 yet! so please give the game a try if you like silly humor, cool people, awesome content, and big ass robots than this is the game for you! Sorry if this review was a little lacking I don't have that much knowledge yet but this is my general opinion of the game I hope it helps some people out.
 
 
 	
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			Hey I really like your review. I am in the exact boat you were in. I was a big WoW player during the WotLK era, and then Rift and Tera. I have to say this game is by the far the funniest I have played in a long time. I have to agree the community in this game is awesome, there was once a dommie that came into thayd and every exile was waiting in line to duel him. Again awesome review!	
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Just an FYI: You will never have enough plat for your housing  :huh:
 
I really like your review. It's really good to see all the enthusiasm and positivity.
 
I have played this game since early beta and haven't gotten tired of it. Besides the combat being so very much involved and the little quips from the taxi drivers and the respawn point, the community is what keeps me coming back. And housing, of course, because I am totally addicted LOL.	
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			Chuccimane and Cirinde thanks for the positive feedback. I would have loved to see that Duel fest haha sounds like a lot of the fun I use to have when WOW first came out. That's what this game reminds me of most when I really think about it. Its hard, you have to put forth some real effort but the rewards, and the players make it all worth it! Cirinde I totally understand not having enough plat for my house I was looking into it last night and well...... I'm screwed lol I'll never be done with it! Oh I also wanted to put something else out there!!! I didn't get to play much last night due to the kiddos but I did the new level 10 instance with my guild and its AMAZING! such a great way to get players use to the games mechanics!!!!!! Carbine knocked it out of the park with that instance!	
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Just an FYI: You will never have enough plat for your housing  :huh:
 
 
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			Ratchet, good review, I am personally a big fan of the WS community it is full of a lot of awesome people!  	
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Ratchet, good review, I am personally a big fan of the WS community it is full of a lot of awesome people!  
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not only do you have pets they are actually USEFULL. 
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