123797-suggestions

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Hi.
 
Its been a while since I last played. 3 months after release to be exact.
 
Decided to check the game out with my free trial and was so impressed with the improvements that I decided to resub.
 
With that said, lets get down to business. please keep an open mind.
 
SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS
 
1) Global Chat.
 
There is a need for this, evidenced by the playerbase creation of such a channel. By level 6 players start asking questions, some of which can be answered by the few that are in the zone, but the majority of which require the know-how of experienced players.
 
Also, the last thing any mmo needs from new players is to feel alone. A global chat helps with this.
 
Perhaps level restricted chat. Brackets from 6-15, 16-30, 31-49, 50.
 
2) All faction pve content. (Vet dungeons and below)
 
The improvements made to the game since I last played are simply FANTASTIC,
The gear progression, new lower level dungeon, improved itemisation, improved loot, improved medal system..etc.
 
However It unfortunately isn't a stellar experience for a new player going through the levels. The dungeons, adventures and pvp simply DO NOT POP. And this is amplified if you play dominion.
Despite the increased speed of levelling, at some point a new player (any player in fact) would like to break the monotony, and unfortunately while levelling you cannot do that. It is a HUGE negative.
 
I appreciate that it may be a controversial suggestion.
 
3) PLACEMENT OF NPC'S IN ILLIUM
 
Bank and Auction House. Bank and Auction House, No matter which mmo you go to, if you find those two close together, you will find a cluster of players.
MMO' s that wanna get really fancy, stick a crafting station and a flight path/ teleport station close by. REALLY CLOSE BY.
 
Thayd has the gold standard.
 
Illum.../sigh..
 
A shame really, considering the huge real-estate available to the dominion.
 
I dare say that is one of the reasons why exiles are much more popular.
 
But also, Thayd has height (artefact area), depth, and fun jumping puzzles that take you to other zones and may even lead you to easter eggs.
 
Illum does not have any of these.
 
Perhaps a tram. Four or so of those hamster balls linked together and the cut through illum. (NO, not the bike that gives you a tour). Something special and unique to Illum.
 
 
 
FLUFF
 
4) Allow us to change the colour of the UI
 
Wildstar is the only MMO I know of that could actually benefit from such customisation of its stock UI.
 
You can never give players too many options to personalise their gaming experience.
 
I'll repeat. No other AAA mmo  that I know of could possibly benefit from such a thing. Only Wildstar's stock UI can.
 
NOT FLUFF
 
5) There are definitely more exiles than there are dominion players.
 
Its hard to understand why, since bith story lines are compelling, and the characters are interesting.
 
However, there seems to be a counterpart for each race in each faction. A good thing ofcourse, until...
 
Cassian Dom - Cassian Exile
Draken - Granok
Mechari - Mordesh
 
All the above a more or less similar to one another.
Wether it be an aggressive species that spits in a bucket, your classic human, or those that have sinister intelligence!
 
I also appreciate that with time you guys can and probably will provide all classes to all races.
 
But then we have
 
Chua - Aurin
 
This is where the Exiles utterly crush the dominion.
 
Please consider adding MANY more ways to create a feminine version of Chua with the character creator.
 
I think I'm done for now.
 
Great job guys.
 
The extra xp for levelling, the revised loot, the improved itemisation, the lore, the beautiful landscape, the improved performance, the suttle and the overt humour, the music, the atmosphere, the lore, the balls to bone hard work.....
 
Great job guys.
 
And remember.
 
As long as you remain P2P, YOU ARE A PREMIUM PRODUCT.
 
All the best :)	
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I dont like global chats. Turns into a troll section pretty quickly. Level brackets would be better IMO, would make finding group content easier "LFM...." spam inc :-P
 
For point 2, TSW had same faction PVE and it was pretty amazing. With PVP going a similar path, I see why not. I personally do not like same faction gameplay, I <3 the faction rivalry, but my opinion does not out weight the health of the game. Rift went down this path, and it felt like defiants and guardians are no longer a faction choice, just cosmetic (as long as there is a LFG setting for "group with no Aurin" I will be happy).
 
For point 3, I never really noticed. Its like 15 seconds to get from the AH to crafting. Never bothered me =/
 
For point 4, I am sure there is an addon for that?
 
For point 5, Chua do have females....just no one can tell. Sure Olivar is a female Chua! Dont ask how I found out!	
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Indeed level restricted chat may be better. Rift does this and it worked pretty well. Played it from launch to a couple of months in f2p.
 
You are right about the feeling of a loss of faction rivalry when same faction pve content was introduced in rift, but it solved the problem it intended to...comprehensively.
 
the same problem that wildstar Is experiencing right now, but worse.
 
believe me, the difference in numbers between dominion and exile is quite significant.
 
And its only going to get worse.
 
Point 4. There is NO ADDON for that. Not in wildstar and not in any other AAA MMO.
 
In fact the only mmo that you can actually do that in, is WoW...from the LUI Addon,
 
Point 5...interesting :)))
 
But seriously, carbine has the numbers and the stats.
 
they can compare the type of player, type of race, type of class, and the gender.	
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I'm actually all for all of these ideas save for the last one.  None of them are necessarily bad.  A few issues, though:
 
1.  As mentioned, these can get trolled pretty hard sometimes.  However, our /lfg channel isn't bad, and making it mutable would probably solve the problem (or just having people opt in when they activate duty finder?)  Still, I've always been a big proponent of global channels to get groups together.  It will always fill in the gaps between automated systems.
 
2.  This would be fantastic, and has been requested by the playerbase.  However, this is EXCEPTIONALLY difficult to do, and may take time.  It's also not necessarily a population problem; people simply have trepidation about the queue system (largely because of the mentality that was present at the beginning that one player death means you should drop group... one that hasn't entirely gone away).  There are a few things Carbine can do about that which they haven't already, but some of it might simply need some time before we're not looking at PUGging a player as "slumming it".  Guys like Slyjeff are doing the queues a service with their good nature and promotion.
 
3.  There's actually a whole thread on that, so we can assume right offhand that this is in the works.  They are taking our feedback into account for a major city redesign, whenever that comes.  Much of that was NPC placement.
 
4.  Sure.  They have addons for that now, but more stock UI options are never a problem.  What I'd really like is for them to enable "light" modes which strip down the UI for performance-strapped PCs.
 
5.  At this point, I think most of the problem is social.  There are more Exiles, and when they invite their friends, they become Exiles.  Hell, social constructs are why I am an Exile; without them I would have gone Dom a long time ago.  It's hard to say what the good answer to this is (especially considering how prevalent Aurin and Chua both are...).  Everything seems zero-sum (and a lot of chua are played as "girls" because they exist, in fact it's one of the more interesting races in the game for those of us who were into that androgynous 80s fad) but  social restructuring might go a long way.  Unfortunately, faction balance might only balance once the faction barrier becomes more permeable, and that's not happening with any kind of speed.	
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Indeed global chats will have trolls in them, and worse. Much worse.
 
1) Depriving the playerbase of such a system in attempts to discourage such behaviour is futile. They have, and will always exist. Carbine has the systems in place to combat such behaviour. Systems that are prevalent in most other AAA production MMO's. REPORT...IGNORE!
 
2) I appreciate that it may take a long  time to implement, but make no mistake. A new player has no fear! Just ENTHUSIASM.
By level 10 that enthusiasm begins to rise, and by level 15 it is non-existent. All that remains at that point, if in-fact the player remains, is "Get to max level, and hope its gonna get better".
Surely you see how bad this is. Not only for the player that has had a compromised experience, but for those that will have to deal with an utterly inexperienced player (with or without the gear) at max level.
 
3) fantastic that they are looking at the NPC placement. I applaud Thayd ...I facepalm Illum.
 
4) You can never go wrong with more customisation. And if its easy to do, well...do it.
 
Despite all the great and noteworthy improvements that Carbine made to Wildstar, what made me sub was a fairly unambiguous one lol.
 
The realm warning that comes up when they are shutting down the servers.
 
IT HAS ITS OWN BOX,   A Box that does not move till you click it away. So simple, so obvious.....no one else does it lol
 
5) its more than just social I'm afraid. It goes from races the genders available, classes available to those races, design of the capital city, even the movement of your character.	
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5) its more than just social I'm afraid. It goes from races the genders available, classes available to those races, design of the capital city, even the movement of your character.
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First of all welcome back and glad you're enjoying the improvements enough to resub to the game! It's lovely to see new and returning faces <3
 
1)I agree with there bieng a global chat. Personally from my experience and from what it seems the custom channels that we advertise people to use help their experience with the game quite a bit, but sadly we can't catch everyone so there are people who aren't aware they exist.
 
I feel that a global chat being there by default would be nice and if people wish to leave, they can do so. I remember rift had it setup with level brackets and it worked out pretty well and higher elvels could volunteer to join in lower level brackets if they wanted to.
 
2) This has come up a few times and quite a few people including myself agree with loosening the faction restrictions for instanced PvE content. I'd add housing to that list as well, which would greatly help the community as a whole.
 
3)Illium has the bank and guild bank next to the AH. There are 3 locations for the AH/CX, but the one near the pvp vendors  has the AH/CX, guild and personal bank next to eachother, with the crafting center pretty much smack in the middle of all 3 locations.
 
4)It'd be nice, but we can make addons for that. I think you could even just duplicate the default UI and just change the graphic asset colours as you want to.
 
5) I'm never against more options for character creation. I'll honestly say that I'm only playing a aurin stalker is because I can't be a Granok stalker or a chua warrior....
 
I'm hoping they'll actually do that race/class combo revisit	
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@Vic
 
Its fine that we disagree on my last point.
 
But I have to tell you, the fact that you and I have no...facts..will not change the umm..fact that, there are indeed much less dominion players than there are exiles. AND, for some of the reasons I suggested.
 
Sound may perhaps be used to enhance this.
Thundering strides of the Granok.
 
Audible mecahnised sounds of the Mechari.
 
I also appreciate the lore of a Chua. I really do. (Sup Pappy!) haha
 
But alienating a segment of your playerbase because of lore..well.
 
Tera Online said they didn't have day/ night cycles in their mmo because of lore..
 
They didn't talk about the inability to dive though!
 
@Typrop
 
3) Illum has everything that Thayd has. Howver, Thayd has all those things in a small area.
 
basically Thayd has a gravitational pull to one particular area that, once a new player sees, they appreciate the fact that what they are playing is in-fact an mmo.
 
the spacing within Illum spreads the playerbase to such an extent that any new player entering Illum feels as though that faction is undesired. (lets not forget the forgettable group experience said player has had until that point playing dominion)
 
Look, anything that can be done to 'persuade' players to play dominion is welcome.	
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@Vic
 
Its fine that we disagree on my last point.
 
But I have to tell you, the fact that you and I have no...facts..will not change the umm..fact that, there are indeed much less dominion players than there are exiles. AND, for some of the reasons I suggested.
 
Sound may perhaps be used to enhance this.
Thundering strides of the Granok.
 
Audible mecahnised sounds of the Mechari.
 
I also appreciate the lore of a Chua. I really do. (Sup Pappy!) haha
 
But alienating a segment of your playerbase because of lore..well.
 
Tera Online said they didn't have day/ night cycles in their mmo because of lore..
 
They didn't talk about the inability to dive though!
 
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Ok.
 
I am Impressed by your reply @Vic.
 
I always imagined you to be a fanatic who slowly dragged his dribble back to his lips.
 
Turns out...you're sentient. :) :P
 
Ok..this is not a nature...nurture debate lol
 
It really is not.
 
Its a population issue with regards to my 2nd 3rd and 5th point.
 
A disparity in fact that is ever growing.
 
If not tackled IMMEDIATELY, Wildstar will find itself with one gameplay mode - one faction!
 
And that my friend would be a travesty!
 
I'll tell you this now.  And so would Papy if he had your ear.
 
A writer can write 'around' anything!. Especially when it is HIS creation.
 
Don't ask me why I believe this to be a fact.
 
IT IS!
 
 
I followed all posts on here, reddit, and other sites.
 
The truth is that whether it is desired or not (I'm positive it isn't), most players will leave with the impression (after reading most 'positive' posts) that going exile gives you the better experience.
 
And it does. By a long mile. Simply because of the 'perceived' numbers.
 
At this point, anything AND everything has to be thrown at getting people to play dominion.	
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Ok.
 
I am Impressed by your reply @Vic.
 
I always imagined you to be a fanatic who slowly dragged his dribble back to his lips.
 
Turns out...you're sentient. :) :P
 
Ok..this is not a nature...nurture debate lol
 
It really is not.
 
Its a population issue with regards to my 2nd 3rd and 5th point.
 
A disparity in fact that is ever growing.
 
If not tackled IMMEDIATELY, Wildstar will find itself with one gameplay mode - one faction!
 
And that my friend would be a travesty!
 
I'll tell you this now.  And so would Papy if he had your ear.
 
A writer can write 'around' anything!. Especially when it is HIS creation.
 
Don't ask me why I believe this to be a fact.
 
IT IS!
 
 
I followed all posts on here, reddit, and other sites.
 
The truth is that whether it is desired or not (I'm positive it isn't), most players will leave with the impression (after reading most 'positive' posts) that going exile gives you the better experience.
 
And it does. By a long mile. Simply because of the 'perceived' numbers.
 
At this point, anything AND everything has to be thrown at getting people to play dominion.
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I meant no slight.
 
But I have to tell you that your experience only adds fuel to an already blazing fire.
 
Dominion players who are simply playing exile. While they wait in...well...exile (lol)... for a solution to their problem,
the point of my post was to provide ideas (if not already considered), as sometimes even the best cannot see the wood from the trees. (this happens..get over it..its not an insult)
 
I think we both agree that something needs to be done about the Dominion population, and in particular, Carbine needs to find a way to (at this point) make it more attractive to new and existing players.	
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I meant no slight.
 
But I have to tell you that your experience only adds fuel to an already blazing fire.
 
Dominion players who are simply playing exile. While they wait in...well...exile (lol)... for a solution to their problem,
the point of my post was to provide ideas (if not already considered), as sometimes even the best cannot see the wood from the trees. (this happens..get over it..its not an insult)
 
I think we both agree that something needs to be done about the Dominion population, and in particular, Carbine needs to find a way to (at this point) make it more attractive to new and existing players.
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I was gonna say there was never an argument about speed on my side.
 
But the truth is, time does not favour Carbine,
 
I truly wish it did.
 
Hell, if I had half the talent these guys had, I'd me be able to make the greatest MMO EVAHHHHH.
For Evah Evah?
 
For evah evah!
 
All the best guys!	
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I was gonna say there was never an argument about speed on my side.
 
But the truth is, time does not favour Carbine,
 
I truly wish it did.
 
Hell, if I had half the talent these guys had, I'd me be able to make the greatest MMO EVAHHHHH.
For Evah Evah?
 
For evah evah!
 
All the best guys!
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I'm going to chime in on this topic because I'm also a returning/new player with a few thoughts on this.
 
Full disclosure, when the game first launched I was immediately intrigued with the concept and some of the implementations and bought it immediately.  And then it lost me.  Almost as immediately.  However, I've always thought I might give it another try once I gave it some time to "correct" its issues and so decided to give it another try on the ten day trial.
 
The biggest issue for me was performance back then.  I had a fairly high end machine and could barely control my character even with all the settings on low.  I still have to tone my settings way back but, even so, performance is leaps and bounds better.  I can actually play the game now.  Which has made me discover I quite like it.
 
That said, now that I'm actually playing the game, it feels like I'm playing a single player game much of the time.  Which brings up my point.
 
I very much agree with the original poster's #1 and #2 points.  I've made it to around level 9 now and have not said one word to another person now.  I've had questions and had no idea how to get them answered.  In fact, I'm not even sure if I have access to a channel yet?
 
Just today, I discovered how to que for the PvP Battlegrounds (which I do like from other games and which I assume will pop at night because they don't seem to during the day) but I'm starting to wonder if some of the other stuff that has been mentioned..lower level dungeons, shiphands, etc. will even be possible for me since I rolled Dominion.  Not to mention, it seems like the Exile side just seems more "convenient" as described in this thread.
 
At any rate, I am enjoying the game much more this round.  I'm just wondering if it is too little too late.	
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			shiphands are solo experience so you can do it alone, most people dont use LFG tool at lower levels so you can make it faster by the old way (spamming in zone chat you can get a group going in minutes) and pvp at low levels dont happen often but at max level the pvp scene is coming back to action	
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			I strongly agree with 4 of the points. The last one number 5 I did not understand what you ment:(	
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