115297-friendly-advice

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Hey guys, first of all i would like to say, great game you have, i loved the gameplay mechanics and the combat mechanics, been into 20 man raids and i like the difficulty of it, tho sometimes frustrating but its all good, we will get there. BUT... you guys will have to really get Drop 3 ready, its one thing to fully test out your drops and there is one thing to tell people about it too soon and then ask them to wait for few months till the patch comes, what would you have people do? Server population have been dropping drastically, i'm very sure you know. 
 
Advice 1.
 
Please get more people to test the drop 3 asap, and please drop it asap. With WOD coming around the corner, it would be VERY VERY bad if WOD drops before your drop 3.
 
Advice 2.
 
The new rune system, PLEASE oh PLEASE drop that asap, now a days people are really frustrated, they can't really rune their gear because they know about the upcoming major rune changes, and also the changes to the priority stats changes, so don't expect people to rune and then change out their runes when rune change comes, its expensive. At least drop the rune changes so that people can rune stuff and get the stats they want while they wait for Drop 3.
 
Advice 3.
 
Mega Server. I'm sorry but if drop 3 does not come, Mega Servers will only delay the inevitable, its just like when we moved from the old server to stormtalon, initially it was GREAT, and kudos for giving out free server transfer, but population has been steadily dropping, and i fear Mega Servers will be the same. 
 
I love what you have produced but i feel you will have to give more contend as gamers now a day has so much choice its not even funnny, you guys will really have to be on top of your game if you would want to survive. i have a feeling i'm going to get lots of flame for this thread, and many people have gave you similar topics to read, i just wanted to say what i think, cause i really like the game, but most of my friends have stopped playing, and i don't want to log into the game one day and non of my friend list is online, that would be the day that i really have to stop playing this. 
 
Cheers guys.	
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			Patience. There has been multiple topics about this and a full Nexus report. They simply can't go faster than they're going. So now it depends on the players. Are we so spoiled as to simply give up once a developer can't work faster, or are we grown ups that can understand the working environment and are prepared to either come back at the drop, or not run away in the first place? And don't play this game just because everyone else is doing that. Play it because you find it fun. There's always going to be new people to play with, but the key factor is - do you enjoy the game? If yes, then what's the difference who stopped playing and who didn't? If not, then why waste time doing something that you don't like?	
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You should really check out the State of the Game post under News & Announcements...  It addresses your three advice points.
 
I'll give you the TL;DR though...
 
Advice 1:
They know, that's why it got delayed (testing) and why they're restructured from a drop every month to a drop every quarter and also why the Halloween and Christmas Drop's have been cancelled for this year.  They're working on ironing out bug's and don't want to release any more buggy content.
 
Advice 2:
The Rune System and Itemization is WHY Drop 3 is being pushed back.  It's not overly the content's issue.  So I think with this we're going to just need to exercise patience as a population.
 
Advice 3:
I agree to a point.  Mega-Servers got people to circle their wagons instead of riding off into the sunset but more people left after the State of the Game when they said "Late October Early November" for Drop 3 and that they were changing from a Monthly Development Cycle to a Quarterly one.  So damage done IMO.	
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They can't drop the rune changes without the complete patch that includes crafting changes and new itemization across the board, otherwise everyone will be completely OP during that window.
 
It's not just a quick rune change, it's a complete itemization overhaul.	
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In regard to point 2...
 
IF anyone is really having problems getting materials for their rune crafting I highly suggest 2 spots.
1)Phage labs, there are a few spots with very high spawn rates in addition to being closely packed together and easy to kill even as support build.
2)Blighthaven has an area with all the elemental types and seemto (at least for me) have a high fragment drop rate, plus you're surrounded by any and all elements to boo	
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Since we already have a state of the game post that does discuss each of these things and allows for player feedback, I'm going to lock this thread. Please leave all feedback in the main thread instead of creating duplicates so we can keep the information all in one spot.
 
Thank you!
- Team WildStar 	
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