149499-wildstar-livestream-arcterra-more-than-a-new-dailey-zone

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Wildstar Livestream: Destination Arcterra Preview - http://www.twitch.tv/wildstar/v/40807227
 
 
From the Livestream today we got more info on the upcoming zone and some of the events. Maybe I missed something but this doesn't seem to be just some new typical daily zone but a very very Dynamic Zone that rewards players on all fronts with a number of events, reward progress bars, etc. These rewards are not just line items either - got a mount as a reward from just playing the zone? Great, there is ANOTHER mount to collect!
 
The numbers so far:
 
Quests/Events
 
- 7 Episode quests
- 1 Weekly Quest
- 3-4 Daily Quests from a pool of 14 total Daily Quests
- 33 Dynamic Events (Certain Events are randomized in locations - 7 possible event pool for 1 location)
- 4 Contracts 
- New Challenges/Path content
 
Mobs
 
- 43 Named Solo mobs
- 3 Scaling mobs
- 6 Rare mobs
- 20 Two-Player bosses
- 19 Five-Player bosses
- 5 Twenty-Player bosses
- New World Boss
 
 
On top of this players might assume this is just another Whitevale or Northern Wastes - the zone might have snow but it definitely appears to stand on it's own with unique environments and models. The dynamic lighting effects added to some of the starting zones for F2P are making their way to this zone as well and it appears to really class up the joint.
 
Carbine - It looks awesome, the concept is what kids call "rad", and I can't f^&*ing wait to play it!	
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In my 9 ½ years of playing WOW isle of thunder and timeless isle became 2 of my favourite zones, this looks like a mix and match, only bigger and I'm hopeful better.
Wildstar needs that type of content for the casual player! And no matter what the raiders or pvp players keep saying, or how loud they shout it!!! the casual player is the bread and butter for any company.
 
Oh and the new raid is coming to the PTR for testing in the next few weeks
 
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			The new zone looks really nice from the screenshots I've seen. I do hope they're still working on updating the lighting in the other zones as well, it really transformed the starting areas in a good way.	
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Sounds like it will be a great update with very much needed content. 
Will be interesting indeed :)	
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I can see why this took so long :P
 
It is a MASSIVE zone obviously. With tons of content
 
 
oooooooh, HYPEE	
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I can see why this took so long :P
 
It is a MASSIVE zone obviously. With tons of content
 
 
oooooooh, HYPEE
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Wildstar Livestream: Destination Arcterra Preview - http://www.twitch.tv/wildstar/v/40807227
 
 
From the Livestream today we got more info on the upcoming zone and some of the events. Maybe I missed something but this doesn't seem to be just some new typical daily zone but a very very Dynamic Zone that rewards players on all fronts with a number of events, reward progress bars, etc. These rewards are not just line items either - got a mount as a reward from just playing the zone? Great, there is ANOTHER mount to collect!
 
The numbers so far:
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			In later drops, I hope they finish those other planned zones that didn't make it into the final game, especially Coralus - I want to learn more about the crew of The Nomad.	
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Glad you're pumped. And, mind you, we definitely didn't talk about everything there is to be found in Arcterra.
 
No.
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It's been in the works since 2014 hasn't it? The reason it took so long is because they've been working on the long game instead of the short (free to play, China, Steam) once these big things are outta the way hopefully content will come FAR more often.
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Glad you're pumped. And, mind you, we definitely didn't talk about everything there is to be found in Arcterra.
 
No.
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You are so good at getting across information while also being entertaining. Sunshine...just like Tony, is a great entertainer most of the time. 
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			I don't/never do or ever had the drive to do the daily quest available now =/ Why will this update make me want to do them when it releases =/	
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I don't/never do or ever had the drive to do the daily quest available now =/ Why will this update make me want to do them when it releases =/
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I just woke up and watched the broadcast and found even more than I was hoping for! Arcterra looks huge and the fact that it's a dynamically changing zone means I can spend all day there and the environment will just keep changing making me explore all the new areas. I can't wait for this because as me and other players are roaming we'll eventually be crossing paths and likely even teaming up to do these events. If I'm lucky there will be exiles and I never felt I needed an incentive before to drop what I was doing and go run the enemy faction off the road. If they're red they're dead and if they could I know they wouldn't think twice about running me over. Even if it takes a bit for say global initiatives to be given for world pvp rather than just a specific new region I still think it's a great start. Hopefully the feedback about open world PvP in Arcterra will help give the Devs more info to work with involving all of the other zones as well. I think the two simplest and easiest questions the players can help answer is "with what and how do we like to kill each other?" hehehehe. I'll do my best to invent new ways of killing exiles. Pulling a bunch of moodies to them and then running over land mines with my hoverboard to blow them up in Northern Wastes is a personal favourite of mine. I don't even have to get off my hoverboard to kill them hahaha. 
 
New gear, new mounts and I'm sure skins and toys and decor. Scaling bosses and dungeons/raids you guys really went all out even if others seem under wowed I'm extremely impressed guys. With everything else you guys have been doing with the steam launch I know you guys have had a lot on your plate and think everyone is doing great trying to keep up with the growing demands of the community. I'm still having a blast playing all the content in the game that I haven't got to yet and already you guys are throwing more in my face! I've only been playing since October but the more I learn the more stuff I discover there is to do and right now my To Do list is FULL. Gonna boot up Wildstar and start powerleveling time is of the essence and start getting ready for the COLD!	
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			Let's hope the zone is huge.	
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Let's hope the zone is huge.
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Dude...no *cupcake*...but...I love you
 
You are so good at getting across information while also being entertaining. Sunshine...just like Tony, is a great entertainer most of the time. 
 
But you could really get across what we, the players want.
 
You almost remind me of Frost in a way, please start making devspeaks :P
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Awww thanks! I think. :wacko:
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Thanks a lot! Super high compliments. I'll keep it up as long as you guys want (and I'm invited, of course).
 
I will say that - on top of trying to do everything else while demoing new content - it's tough to not tell you all waaayyy more than we have so far. Yes, there's a lot more coming down the pipe, so stick around and stay excited.
 
I can't provide you with a truly satisfying answer right now but I can probably get away with something like "Arcterra best represents our current direction with new zones." Sizes, gameplay themes, rewards, etc. may vary. (See? Not super helpful.)
 
More than you know.
 
See above.
 
This is a subject of high interest for the various design teams.
 
One example of a hypothetical situation we've discussed: the WPvP-related changes would come in waves. So, if this particular situation comes to pass, and you receive WPvP news that doesn't address all of your hopes, wait for more news as more changes and/or new content related to WPvP rolls out.
 
You know - hypothetically.
 
From my experiences during internal playtests, there are many opportunities for the Dominion to make the Exiles' exploration of Arcterra rather difficult. Also, many opportunities for maniacal cackling.
 
Thank you. We devs may have been quiet on the forums and whatnot lately - and let's speak nothing of the fact that the holidays tend to be a very a busy time (and bleed into January), and Blade and Soul's North American launch in January has been thunderous - but, it definitely hasn't been for a lack of internal, NDA-restrained excitement and work to do. (BTW, I'm definitely not trying to make excuses, but rather stating excitement and output hasn't waned.)
 
Our plates continue to be full, but now we're (finally) show-and-telling what we've been up to and where we're going. Arcterra, Vault of the Archon, Red Moon Terror, adding more and more events of different natures and flavors to fill the calendar year, something-something about Halls of the Bloodsworn, Steam, other things...
 
It's going to be a busy spring and summer.
 
But, while you're spinning up new characters, keep in mind - and I can't stress this enough, MaximusG:
 
THE DOMINION RULES.
 
 
I wish I had numbers to throw out to give you a somewhat accurate idea of how huge it is - I'm at home right now - but, I'll say it's huge, but not too huge (see: Grimvault).
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			Since we are giving compliments and asking questions. Can we have Maggie in front of the camera from now on? Her voice was so refreshing.	
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Since we are giving compliments and asking questions. Can we have Maggie in front of the camera from now on? Her voice was so refreshing.
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No thank you, until she replaced Tony she had probably never heard of Wildstar? After watching her stream the game it was obvious she had never played it! She is part of the Ncsoft empire ( just spent the last few weeks doing B&S ) while you'd be right saying they all work for Ncsoft, they don't all bleed Nexus green.  	
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			this will keep content whores happy for a month tops :p	
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My god, you like just did a freaking mini Q&A...kinda..
 
I don't remember the last time I have seen devs do that on forums, not blizzard, not Trion, not <Insert other dev names here>
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I believe we'll be doing some AMAs and AMA-like things in the near future, but I can't provide specifics.
 
Both.
 
There's more in Destination: Arcterra we'll be talking (more) about soon, with some parts - like Vault of the Archon - maybe being on a sort of time-release.
 
The zone itself has more than "tons of boss fights, public and/or dynamic events, and new loot," but we didn't want to pick it apart just then. The livestream was meant to cover Arcterra's broad strokes, though some devs were in the Twitch chat answering questions outside the livestream's scope.
 
Interesting question. I meant "both put together" - and I could be wrong about that, but the main thrust of my thinking at the time was the space-to-things-to-do ratio. (I just came up with that, so don't look at it too closely.) Arcterra, while quite big, feels more... full.
 
Also, I'm talking about Arcterra's playspace at initial release. Note that Arcterra, in-universe, is a continent.
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			so lame. fix pvp fix gear progression and vote for berine	
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			There's absolutely nothing wrong with PvP gear progression as it currently stands. It's quick. It should be quick. Making it long and arduous only cements tryhard control and locks new PvPers out, and if there's one thing WS needs it's a massive influx of new PvPers. I love WS PvP but constantly playing against the same people all the time and being able to predict with near-perfect accuracy the outcome of any match before it even starts is... a problem.	
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this will keep content whores happy for a month tops :P
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Good, so it will be on the actual world map when we zoom out then...great!
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with PvP gear progression as it currently stands. It's quick. It should be quick. Making it long and arduous only cements tryhard control and locks new PvPers out, and if there's one thing WS needs it's a massive influx of new PvPers. I love WS PvP but constantly playing against the same people all the time and being able to predict with near-perfect accuracy the outcome of any match before it even starts is... a problem.
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			Got a alt from ilvl 61 to 86 in just over a week from the world boss event and contracts.....I know, just over a week...how can MMO players wait a week	
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Yeah and I got my alt to i89 in an hour by grabbing shit from the gbank and running a few dungeons. Your point?
 
Talking about new players here. You know, the guys who don't have unlimited access to Superb rune frags/foci to just freely throw em into bullshit gear for their alts.
 
Item level means nothing if you don't have the same tier of runes in them.	
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