120244-concerned-that-in-a-year-or-so-the-game-will-close-down

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			I truly love the game, however, it worries me when I hear about layoffs and such, that what if, in about a year, interest has waned and the population is flagging so the game servers get shutdown? I know there are alot of talented people working at Carbine, and NCSOFT is a AAA company which in and of itself wont fail, but I still have remembered fears of Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa. Can someone please allay these concerns for me?!	
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This topic has already been discussed for quite a while now: https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/116856-nc-west-staff-reductions/
 
Layoffs happen everywhere - Carbine just didn't need as many employees as they did before launch.. We did see some good people go, though :( 	
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			Considering all the things we have seen so far in drop 4 and more and more datamined stuff. I highly doubt it. NCsoft even said they will support wildstar, they like what they see.	
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			That is somewhat of a relief! Thanks for the replys!	
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unlikely it wil close down at all  they spend waay too much time and money into wildstar, and ncsoft isnt dumb !.
even a blind man can see the huge potential wildstar has, 
and this isnt tabula rasa!	
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			MMOs are generally given a year at a minimum to show ROI. 2 years, however, is typically the standard.	
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Considering all the things we have seen so far in drop 4 and more and more datamined stuff. I highly doubt it. NCsoft even said they will support wildstar, they like what they see.
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Hello!
 
I'll just quote Mike Donatelli regarding the future of the game:
 
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I'll tell you what I know. I met with the muckety mucks at NCSOFT going on two months ago and they assured me that they were in it for the long haul. They see WildStar as a franchise that has heaps O' potential. It's been a bit bumpy but we've doubled down on bug fixing and are making sure that the game is accessible so that when we do another big push next year that we've got all the issues worked out.
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			I'm not as worried about that as I was a couple of months ago.  D4 is fleshing out the content at the top end (and properly incentivizing the existing top end content,) which will, I think, lead to a slow swell of returning players if it's published in good time. 	
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I'm not as worried about that as I was a couple of months ago.  D4 is fleshing out the content at the top end (and properly incentivizing the existing top end content,) which will, I think, lead to a slow swell of returning players if it's published in good time. 
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			Ive been checking out Wildstar for a week now since i lost interest in wow. I have a 7 days trial which im playing on right now and i must say that i like the game so far. It feels new but im not lost as it has many wow like features. The lack of popularity of the game concerns me too tho. I like to invest time in a mmorpg and i would hate to see that investment wasted if people dont play anymore. Will keep watching the state of the game before buying.	
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			This is my favorite MMO, I sure hope it does not go down after a couple of years. But of course I know the low population of this game doesn't help with profits at all. It's sad when I am at the daily areas and only see a couple of people there, sometimes none at all.	
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Ive been checking out Wildstar for a week now since i lost interest in wow. I have a 7 days trial which im playing on right now and i must say that i like the game so far. It feels new but im not lost as it has many wow like features. The lack of popularity of the game concerns me too tho. I like to invest time in a mmorpg and i would hate to see that investment wasted if people dont play anymore. Will keep watching the state of the game before buying.
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Alot of us are getting tired of WoW. WoD is turning out to be a horrible expansion and I can see this game taking away a lot of players come drop 4.
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Alot of us are getting tired of WoW. WoD is turning out to be a horrible expansion and I can see this game taking away a lot of players come drop 4.
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All opinions.
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Of course, but WoD being horrible is just wrong, even if you hate everything its done, it doesn't make it horrible, I didnt like Final Fantasy XIV, AT ALL, but I recognize its a good game. But the reason most people don't like wow anymore is due to simple burnout, it happens, and it normal, It's why I quit Rift, it was extremely easy to get burnt out.
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All games will come to an end. Don't worry just play. :) 
 
If you are worried about games shutting down, W* should be around for a long time (if it makes you feel better. It's one of the best games in the genre (MMO) right now. I think you know that too since you've tried it :)	
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			Merci beaucoup Youmukon!	
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I truly love the game, however, it worries me when I hear about layoffs and such, that what if, in about a year, interest has waned and the population is flagging so the game servers get shutdown? I know there are alot of talented people working at Carbine, and NCSOFT is a AAA company which in and of itself wont fail, but I still have remembered fears of Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa. Can someone please allay these concerns for me?!
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Alot of us are getting tired of WoW. WoD is turning out to be a horrible expansion and I can see this game taking away a lot of players come drop 4.
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			Don't quote me on this but as far as I've heard NCSoft said that they will be supporting wildstar for the foreseeable future.	
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As a returning player, who well, was never a player because i got only to lvl 26.
 
The game feels great, responsive, it runs smooth, and the combat is really fun. My problems with it are more related to population issues.
 
I joined a guild, they are great, so don't get me wrong on this, but i don't like being burden or asking people to carry me, so i had been trying to join dungeons/adventures while levelling. No chance, the queues just don't pop. PvP ? The same, no queue. I want to try out that content.
 
Speaking to people, most will tell you to get to 50 ASAP, but that's a sad way to introduce a new player to the game, specially one who is just trying to find out if he truly enjoys the game, you are asking him to make a commitment to leveling withouth really experiencing the game. And if there are no new players, no people will queue for dungeons at low levels. It's the fish that bites its own tail. As i had been told, lategame has a lot of farming involved, which is not wrong per se, but it stops plenty of people from getting alts. 
 
This is a mistake, i will mention WoW heirlooms, because they certainly work really well, it encourages people to level up new alts if they feel like it. The more players doing the lvl'ing content, the more people you will meet, the more queues will pop, and the bigger the chances those new players stay on playing. People talked about reputations and stuff, anything that helps to give an easier time for people to play alts, will always be a good feature to keep healthy the leveling process. Which is at the end your best chance to keep those new players playing your game.
 
Cheers.	
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