145483-morning-coffee-1027-zone-of-awesome-edition

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mmmm. Cowboy-style breakfast this morning. Sausage, eggs, taters and maters. Wash it down with black coffee out of a tin cup. mmmmm
 
So today, let's talk about the best zone in Wildstar. What's your favorite zone and why? I don't wanna talk about the worst (Blighthaven, my eyeballs are looking at your eyeballs!) unless the worst is your favorite, in which case, make your case. :D
 
My money is on Malgrave.
 
 
I don't know what it is exactly that inspires me here. At first glance, it's brown and tan and shades of beige. But then you start taking a closer look.
 
The desert motif is done perfectly, in all it's dry, arid splendor. Mesas, dunes, cacti and canyons abound. It's got loftite jumping and a band of renegade Aurin to pound on. It's got Lopp, with the inestimable Marshal Yatish bringing revenge and justice in equal parts of adorable and blood-thirsty fury. We've got the ghost town, the Spider-Bot, fire-throwing flowers and Pell Flamewalkers. We've got Dreg and Marauders to kill, a cyclone-covered mountain to climb FOR PROFIT! The Protostar Corp is here, hilarious as always, and the Freebot hire you to stop a Freebot Cult from forming. There is the Hellrose Bowl and a sunken ship. There is cross-faction beach volleyball and Draken chicks in bikinis. Man, this zone has everything awesome.
 
My only complaint about the entire zone is that SO MUCH of it seems "wasted" on the Containment area. There are two towns (Exile and Dominion) just sitting out there, practically unused and pointless. I would love nothing more than to see those huge stretches of the map reworked into actual questing zones, so it would be possible to do the zone up until until the level 48-49 range. Otherwise, it's perfect.
 
So, what's your favorite place to quest?
 
Have a great day, Nexus!	
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			I enjoy most zones  :P There are some I like better than others for sure. One thing I will never forget is coming into Pools of Vitara area with the Torines during the winter CBTs and the music was just....amazing. That's the moment I knew I was hooked.	
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Unfortunately the furthest i have gotten atm is whitevale, so out of the zones i have been in i would have to say i like Whitevale the most.
 
Side note: WTH is the reason i am getting support pvp gear for the bags even though i am dps specced.	
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Morning Tex!
 
I like Malgrave for many of the reasons you posted.  It wouldn't break my heart if I had to skip the Falkrin/Murgh tower though.  And those places in Northern Malgrave including the crashed Exile ship... I'm all "gnaaagh... what's the freakin' story here?"  My big gripe with Malgrave is that it is still super easy to miss the Pell area if you don't know to go looking for it or are such a completionist that you stumble upon it.
 
My favorite area to quest?  That's hard because it's unqualified.  I could say Crimson Badlands (where I do the 49-50 sprint) because that means I'm so done with levelling.  Favorite overall zone?  I don't really have one.  I like the Lopp Wedding in Whitevale and I like listening to the datacubes regarding the Focus of Water (and who doesn't like to squish some Ikthians?).  I really like the story around Tresayne Toria and the Torine in Wilderun.  And now that I've learned to ignore/abandon the Big Game Hunter missions there I don't dread that zone.  Bonus points for more Megadroid lore as well.  Out of all of GrimGrimBlightFile I like the mission series regarding the cannon.  The Genetic Archives missions aren't awful, but they're a bit grindy IMO.
 
I've never been a fan of horror which is why dedicating four zones to the Strain (more fiber?) irritates me.  The squirg area of Farside seems to be pretty well done, just not my taste.
 
Did some dungeons last night on Kitty and put another level on Brianna.  Heh, she's 44 and only just did the Malgrave ghost town.  Might not even need to do CB on her :lol:
			
				
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Unfortunately the furthest i have gotten atm is whitevale, so out of the zones i have been in i would have to say i like Whitevale the most.
 
Side note: WTH is the reason i am getting support pvp gear for the bags even though i am dps specced.
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Early zones all had bits of appeal, but considering the OP:
 
Malgrave gave a sense of immensity, and it had a lot of the more humorous WS set pieces accented.
 
Wilderrun seemed like one of their first attempts to really tell a story and work the lore in.
 
And Farside just because, heck, it's a science fantasy game and it's nice to get off-planet for something other than an expedition.  Bouncing around, military manoeuvres, inner/outer space.
 
I'll toss my nickel at Wilderrun-- nasty to navigate sometimes, but really interesting, and about as much of the Strain as I really care for.  ;)	
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			Farside, definitely, including the biodomes. It's got low-grav, the coolness of space, that AWESOME dark squirg area, visual variety in the biodomes, and lots of opportunity for verticality. Second favorite is probably Wilderrun, largely for aesthetic reasons.
			
				
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I would say Deradune, but it is a little dry for my taste. Too much red rock and dead looking grass. It's very pretty at night though.
 
The dark Squirg area is probably the high point of the game as far as what I consider horror, so it gets top marks in my book. 
 
As for favorite all around zone, I like Wilderrun. The plot is good, and I really enjoy the scenery. Wilderrun is GREEN, and not a pastel green like some parts of Celestion. The trees give a wet and cool feel to it that I really like. 
Also Tresayne lives there. I feel like Mr Torgue is necessary to describe the sheer levels of badassness that this immortal badass amazon queen embodies. 	
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I'd have to say Whitevale, because I just love any snowy zones in general. Plus:
 
- Lopp wedding area. Because it's Lopp. And Lopp Wedding. And Lopp parties.
- The terraform area with the jetpack. I wish I never turn that quest in so I can come back for some loltastic fun once in a while
- Squirg helm, anyone?
 
 
The only part I don't like about Whitevale is the Ikthian area. That storm spell effects is a bit too taxing on my potato pc.	
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			Arachnaas, did I misplace your clothes in the transmat again?
			
				
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			YOUR BREAKFAST IS FULL OF CANCER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mellow:  	
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YOUR BREAKFAST IS FULL OF CANCER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mellow:  
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Arachnaas, did I misplace your clothes in the transmat again?
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The draken in her underthings does count right? 
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Would Chua meat be cancerous? 
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			Would Chua meat be cancerous? 	
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Eating Chua is like eating pure evil
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LOL  News papers have been busy with the "bacon & sausage are the end of the world rhetoric" over here in the UK.  However, right next to one of the news stories on this was an small story about the world's oldest woman (116 years old) who claims the secret to a long life is egg, bacon and grits for breakfast every morning - lol.
 
I may partially agree with her; but grits are just NASTY!
 
All The Best
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I may partially agree with her; but grits are just NASTY!
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Mmm. Delicious, wonderful carcinogens!
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			that looks like watery mashed potatoes :X	
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Dude. I don't think we can be friends any more. :lol:
 
 
Grits are AMAZING.
 
Also, WILDSTAR.  :lol: ;)
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that looks like watery mashed potatoes :X
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Lol. Yeahhh it really does not look appetizing! And when I tried it in Cracker Barrel it wasn't very good either :X
 
But, to be fair, homemade and restaurant foodstuffs are rarely similar in taste. Odds are it could probably taste great homemade!
 
But... I shall pass as well, lol. 
			
				
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You just haven't had grits the way they're meant to be served: twice cooked, cut into cakes and topped with shrimp, spring onions and either a white cheese sauce or a blonde roux.
 
Burnit; now I'm hungry.
			
				
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			now THAT sounds delish	
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			I think I prefer Whitevale over the other areas. Malgrave is fine but it's quest flow confuses me and half of the area lies unused except for a single contract and an event that nobody cares to do.	
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Grits are like polenta for me... just can't get over the texture. xD
 
WILDSTAR
 
I found a screenshot I took while helping husband out with his haunted house plot before the event:
 
 
I feel evil.	
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I liked the earlier zones, just because they always felt like more was poured into them. More cut scenes and stuff. Really both sides.
 
Favorite place to quest is EASILY Crimson Badlands, which is nuts because I used to HATE it before they nerfed the quests to require less kills. It was so grindy before. Now it's about perfect. And the reason I like it? Two prime kill quests you hit along the way that make me feel like a bad[cupcake] when I solo them. I spent a lot of attempts trying and failing when I first hit 50, and now it feels good to go and blow them up. Over and Over. Again.	
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Morning all, today is some slightly stale Dead Man's Reach with a little bit of pumpkin spice stuff thrown in for taste and because I'm a festive type of guy.
 
Hmmm, favorite zones... I think probably Algoroc. If Malgrave is like western badlands, Algoroc is like old west boomtown. I like the general feel of the place. The giant cliffs with loftite are pretty neat. I like the theme of small civilian settlements vs marauders and criminals. I like the Judge Kain quest chain. Plus it's a starter zone, so it's one of those places you first develop a sense of wonder about the game in. It also just feels like the type of place a scifi western would take place in. You've got dry, brown sand and bluffs, but some are floating, but other areas are like prairies. I just think it's a pretty interesting place. Plus, you get to 
 explode a giant death robot with an equally giant death laser at the end of it. What's not to love? 
 
 
In other news, the helmet I was working on is finished. So, here's my nephew wearing it (part of his Halloween costume this year) for those who wanted to see it.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Now I just need to cobble together a jetpack in the next 2 days and he'll be set and I can finally get back to doing what's important; event dailies.
 
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that looks like watery mashed potatoes :X
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Deradune is my absolute favourite zone.
 
Going back to beta and my Draken Spellslinger, it was the first zone I started paying attention to and where I spent most of my beta time. Playing through it now reminds me of that first time stepping foot there. 
 
Grimvault is my absolute worst zone. 
 
I admit, I haven't touched Blighthaven since that PTR event before the Strain drop. 	
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Morning all, today is some slightly stale Dead Man's Reach with a little bit of pumpkin spice stuff thrown in for taste and because I'm a festive type of guy.
 
Hmmm, favorite zones... I think probably Algoroc. If Malgrave is like western badlands, Algoroc is like old west boomtown. I like the general feel of the place. The giant cliffs with loftite are pretty neat. I like the theme of small civilian settlements vs marauders and criminals. I like the Judge Kain quest chain. Plus it's a starter zone, so it's one of those places you first develop a sense of wonder about the game in. It also just feels like the type of place a scifi western would take place in. You've got dry, brown sand and bluffs, but some are floating, but other areas are like prairies. I just think it's a pretty interesting place. 
 
In other news, the helmet I was working on is finished. So, here's my nephew wearing it (part of his Halloween costume this year) for those who wanted to see it.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Now I just need to cobble together a jetpack in the next 2 days and he'll be set and I can finally get back to doing what's important; event dailies.
 
 
I skipped some posts and when I read this, I immediately knew what you we're talking about Dumort. That's unmistakably grits. I think they're pretty tasty, but my family is from rural Arkansas, so that's not a huge surprise. 
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Nice, I was JUST talking about how much I love Malgrave. It's funny, because when the game first launched I was not looking forward to it. I normally find desert zones boring. But Malgrave has so many great quest lines...you have all the awesome Lopp stuff, the brewery stuff with the marauders, Protostar, the Freebot cultists...I just love all of it! And the zone is gorgeous, sometimes I just run around and enjoy the views. I just got to Malgrave a couple days ago on my alt, I'm going to be so sad to leave (I hate Grimvault, ha). Oh! And the theme is one of my favorite tracks in the game, it's the song i use on my housing plot.
 
In fact, I was playing last night and took this screenshot. It's the part where you ride down on a tornado after the Falkrin and air elemental quests :).
 
 
I also love Farside and Deradune :).	
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Lol. Everyone has their taste, right? haha
 
And may I say, that Rocketeer helmet looks amazing! Great job!
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Something I knocked out over the past couple hours:
 
 
For a friend who has provided awesome rp and generally been a great person!	
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			No breakfast or coffee or anything but the topic is of interest.My favourite zone is Levian Bay / Star-Comm Basin. I love everything Eldan and that huge station looks amazing. Moreover, all of my favourite factions are there: Ikthian, Strain and Marauder. Even better is the fact that they all get their respective theme songs in their subzones. I actually wrote this in the morning but did not have the time to post it. To further justify my love for Levian Bay / Star-Comm Basin, I just completed the dailies and one of the dye cases gave me a Supernova White dye :DMalgrave is a close second in spite of the fact that the zone no longer is as lucrative as far as challenges go. Still, a zone dominated by the Lopp and ProtoStar? Doesn't get much more awesome than that.	
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Grits, yum! I haven't really had grits since an extended stay in NC years ago. I always took my grits plain.
 
I don't really have a favorite zone. Anywhere but Farside is fine with me.	
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Oh no, I have all my clothes. 
 
I was merely showing an example of the stunning views of Deradune at night.
The draken in her underthings does count right? 
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			No coffee thread today, or did it get sent to oblivion? 	
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No coffee thread today, or did it get sent to oblivion? 
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			I'd have to pick Celestion and Wilderrun as my favorite zones. The combination of stories and the look of those zones are Wildstar memories that stick out in my mind.	
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