120589-i-made-it-youre-welcome-tales-from-a-gamer

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Wildstar needed one more sub to push it over the edge and put back on the "doing just fine" list of MMORPGs. So I did it. I sub'd and put it back on the map.
 
I know a lot of you are wondering out there.. "Harmon, what made you make the leap and join the ranks of Nexus's finest?" Well, thanks for asking. It all started when I received an email from NC Soft inviting back for a free week as well as another pass for a friend. So I gave it another shot. The game is outstanding. One of the best looking, fun to play MMORPGs I have ever played in early game. A week came and went and I had not spotted a soul playing alongside me? How could this be? This game is too good to be empty.
 
Meanwhile my friend is busy playing Draenor with millions of other players. I had a decision to make. Play the game I am truly interested in solo and miss a lot of the group content or play WoW and enjoy dungeons and raiding which is what I play the game for? I made the decision to support Wildstar. It needed my support (and it was on sale for $20) So I make the move to buy the game and BAM! No longer on sale. What!? The pain of paying twice as much as I was just about to pay was too much. I didn't pull the trigger. Instead I used the money my grandmother gave me for Christmas and bought Draenor. I played it and I wondered through Bloodmyst Isle with my Hunter, bored, doing fetch quests, playing my boosted level 90 Panda Monk, enjoying that but dieing a lot and rather confused, hoping my friend would log in but he never does, I knew I made a mistake. I looked back at Wildstar and found the old email. I saw I still had a guest pass so I tried to use it not thinking it would work and low-and-behold, success! Another week!
 
I read the forums and realized that I needed to be on the PvE server. Logged in and saw that I could switch for free. Perfect! Since then I have played along side several different players, defeated bosses, joined a Wildstar gaming guild website... and finally bought the game.
 
Now Age of Conan is still my main woman. But every MMORPG gamer needs a mistress. Final Fantasy Online made a great mistress and she gave great dungeons but she talked too much and I didn't give a @#$% about what she was saying. Wildstar is going to be my new mistress. Heck, she may even become my go to gal.
 
So come find me in-game, Shmym Harmon. Steam is SkiminoHarmon. I have Teamspeak and all that. No more complaining about the player base. Let's stick together and make the best dern community the intranets has ever seen.	
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			Welcome!	
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			He he welcome Harmon :) !	
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I bet you're WW monk right?
Pretty useless now... Trash spec.	
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Wildstar needed one more sub to push it over the edge and put back on the "doing just fine" list of MMORPGs. So I did it. I sub'd and put it back on the map.
 
I know a lot of you are wondering out there.. "Harmon, what made you make the leap and join the ranks of Nexus's finest?" Well, thanks for asking. It all started when I received an email from NC Soft inviting back for a free week as well as another pass for a friend. So I gave it another shot. The game is outstanding. One of the best looking, fun to play MMORPGs I have ever played in early game. A week came and went and I had not spotted a soul playing alongside me? How could this be? This game is too good to be empty.
 
Meanwhile my friend is busy playing Draenor with millions of other players. I had a decision to make. Play the game I am truly interested in solo and miss a lot of the group content or play WoW and enjoy dungeons and raiding which is what I play the game for? I made the decision to support Wildstar. It needed my support (and it was on sale for $20) So I make the move to buy the game and BAM! No longer on sale. What!? The pain of paying twice as much as I was just about to pay was too much. I didn't pull the trigger. Instead I used the money my grandmother gave me for Christmas and bought Draenor. I played it and I wondered through Bloodmyst Isle with my Hunter, bored, doing fetch quests, playing my boosted level 90 Panda Monk, enjoying that but dieing a lot and rather confused, hoping my friend would log in but he never does, I knew I made a mistake. I looked back at Wildstar and found the old email. I saw I still had a guest pass so I tried to use it not thinking it would work and low-and-behold, success! Another week!
 
I read the forums and realized that I needed to be on the PvE server. Logged in and saw that I could switch for free. Perfect! Since then I have played along side several different players, defeated bosses, joined a Wildstar gaming guild website... and finally bought the game.
 
Now Age of Conan is still my main woman. But every MMORPG gamer needs a mistress. Final Fantasy Online made a great mistress and she gave great dungeons but she talked too much and I didn't give a @#$% about what she was saying. Wildstar is going to be my new mistress. Heck, she may even become my go to gal.
 
So come find me in-game, Shmym Harmon. Steam is SkiminoHarmon. I have Teamspeak and all that. No more complaining about the player base. Let's stick together and make the best dern community the intranets has ever seen.
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wait.... just wait
i've been subbed from DAY 1 of pre-release
 
i've never been offered anything for my loyalty the game (in it's VERY TRYING TIMES)
but others get free weeks? for giving up? for leaving? o_O
maybe i should leave... maybe then i'll get free stuff
 
don't get me wrong, i'm glad you're back in wildstar (and that you figured out that everyone bailed out of the PvP servers into the PvE)
but imo its a slap in the face to offer free weeks when there is zero loyalty rewards ( WHEN THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT ON THE NEXUS REPORT)
where are the sub bonuses? it could just be boomboxes or SOMETHING to incentivise subbing over credd.
 
in short, sorry for jacking your thread topic, and welcome back. (side dish of i'm salty over being ignored by carbine for loyalty)	
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wait.... just wait
i've been subbed from DAY 1 of pre-release
 
i've never been offered anything for my loyalty the game (in it's VERY TRYING TIMES)
but others get free weeks? for giving up? for leaving? o_O
maybe i should leave... maybe then i'll get free stuff
 
don't get me wrong, i'm glad you're back in wildstar (and that you figured out that everyone bailed out of the PvP servers into the PvE)
but imo its a slap in the face to offer free weeks when there is zero loyalty rewards ( WHEN THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT ON THE NEXUS REPORT)
where are the sub bonuses? it could just be boomboxes or SOMETHING to incentivise subbing over credd.
 
in short, sorry for jacking your thread topic, and welcome back. (side dish of i'm salty over being ignored by carbine for loyalty)
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wait.... just wait
i've been subbed from DAY 1 of pre-release
 
i've never been offered anything for my loyalty the game (in it's VERY TRYING TIMES)
but others get free weeks? for giving up? for leaving? o_O
maybe i should leave... maybe then i'll get free stuff
 
don't get me wrong, i'm glad you're back in wildstar (and that you figured out that everyone bailed out of the PvP servers into the PvE)
but imo its a slap in the face to offer free weeks when there is zero loyalty rewards ( WHEN THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT ON THE NEXUS REPORT)
where are the sub bonuses? it could just be boomboxes or SOMETHING to incentivise subbing over credd.
 
in short, sorry for jacking your thread topic, and welcome back. (side dish of i'm salty over being ignored by carbine for loyalty)
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the boomboxes went to everyone, and had nothing to do with subbing
 
and the point isnt bonuses, the point is being ignored because carbine already has us giving them money, and them giving free stuff to people who aren't giving them money.
i know its standard marketing, but it feels sleazy. You should cater more towards your existing clients to keep them happy customers (quality over quantity in all regards)
 
there is no log-in rewards (log-in so many days in a row or w/e and get stuff, MANY MANY MANY games do this to keep people at least checking in)
there is no rewards for being sub over credd, there should be because most people judge a game on how many subs it has
even if its something extremely small
 
in short, if you keep the current subs HAPPY and CONTINUING to sub, the numbers for the game will look better and NEW people will come to check it out on their OWN.
without needing bribes of free trials (though those help too)
 
rewarding subs is win-win-win for every one involved.
subs are happy
game looks populated and healthy
new people coming into game have reason to commit to subbing instead of month by month
carbine wins out because it costs NOTHING to reward subs, except a little attention.	
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Lol... Awesome work. One of the most original and well written posts I have read on these forums. Welcome aboard, glad to have you.
 
Question though...
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDei_QY5lhA
 
Is that Age of Conan? What the... Time to put that old broad to pastor and marry the new and far prettier Wildstar
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Welcome Harmon,
 
I see you made your way over to entity, mind if i ask which faction are you playing? Do you prefer pvp or pve? 	
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Welcome Harmon,
 
I see you made your way over to entity, mind if i ask which faction are you playing? Do you prefer pvp or pve? 
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This is the perfect example of why we need an unlimited free trial that will allow anyone to download and play the game to level 20. 7 day trials are not enough to get people hooked
 
Restrictions for the trial could be...
 
1 character
All rules currently in place for 7 day trial accounts
level 20 max
 
Once sub is paid, all restrictions lifted	
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I'm in Dominion but plan on running an Exile toon as well at some point. I prefer PvP but being on a PvE server is fine. I like group content the best so as long as I can get my fill there it should be fun.
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Harmon, add me in game. Krawnnic Backpainz.
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wait.... just wait
i've been subbed from DAY 1 of pre-release
 
i've never been offered anything for my loyalty the game (in it's VERY TRYING TIMES)
but others get free weeks? for giving up? for leaving? o_O
maybe i should leave... maybe then i'll get free stuff
 
don't get me wrong, i'm glad you're back in wildstar (and that you figured out that everyone bailed out of the PvP servers into the PvE)
but imo its a slap in the face to offer free weeks when there is zero loyalty rewards ( WHEN THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT ON THE NEXUS REPORT)
where are the sub bonuses? it could just be boomboxes or SOMETHING to incentivise subbing over credd.
 
in short, sorry for jacking your thread topic, and welcome back. (side dish of i'm salty over being ignored by carbine for loyalty)
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			Age of Conan was fun until they took all the mature elements out of it.	
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