124813-new-player-is-this-game-dead

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Hello,
 
I am a new player coming over from WoW. I was a hardcore mythic raider in WoW and heard that Wildstar is an interesting, challenging alternative to Wow raiding. I just created toons on the Entity server and chose Dominion because I've heard the raiding guilds are mostly Dominion. So far I love the game, but I have a question, is the game dead? Although I love the game, I do not want to invest a lot of time and money into it just to find out it's near death. I have seen probably 5 other people in the game at all. The chat is absolutely dead. Does anyone even play this game? 
 
Convince me to stay and play this game! I want to stay and raid but I am apprehensive.	
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Hello Swiften,
 
This game is far from dead.
It's true that there's not so many people in lower zones, but that really depends on the time you're playing.
Judging from your post, I'm going to take a wild guess and assume you were playing around 03:00 AM.
Most of the playerbase in this game is older compared to WoW, and are pretty much asleep at that time.
 
Also, the majority of the player base is at max level, and spending their time in the end-game content, not the starting zones.
So I advice you the following:
Join a guild, one that is active in your timezone.
Level up and join us at end-game.
Look around the forums to see what is being discussed and join in.
The game is far from dead, and we welcome new people.
Joining a guild will make your "integration" a lot easier.	
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			I like to play alts.  There've been times I've seen few people, and there are times I see a lot.  Leveling players don't talk in chat much.  Since you're Dom on Entity, do /chjoin EntityLFM and /chjoin EntityChat  Use LFM when you're wanting a group for something.  Should be people willing to help.  The Chat is less used, but since most everyone else is in both, the chats tend to flow over into each other, mostly because the chat channel text colors are the same :P	
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Convince me to stay and play this game!
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Would you stay for a whole plate of rainbow colored whoopie pies?
 
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I'm on Entity as well and have some low toons but I'm an Exile and the population is higher on that side.
 
Speaking for the Exiles, we have megaservers on Nexus. They way they work is that it's like a bunch of...mini instances. For example, someone was giving some crafting patterns away a week or so ago, so we said we would meet in Gallow. 
 
We were in different phases so we couldn't see each other, it's like she wasn't even there. What we did was we both went outside of Gallow in the same direction and we both appeared.
 
All I'm saying is that you may not see a lot of people, they may be phased differently.	
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Raiding is better here than in WoW. If that isn't enough to convince you... you know, the gameplay... then there's really nothing any of us here can say.
 
There is plenty of population to do what you want to do.	
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Convince me to stay and play this game! I want to stay and raid but I am apprehensive.
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Hello Swiften,
 
This game is far from dead.
It's true that there's not so many people in lower zones, but that really depends on the time you're playing.
Judging from your post, I'm going to take a wild guess and assume you were playing around 03:00 AM.
Most of the playerbase in this game is older compared to WoW, and are pretty much asleep at that time.
 
Also, the majority of the player base is at max level, and spending their time in the end-game content, not the starting zones.
So I advice you the following:
Join a guild, one that is active in your timezone.
Level up and join us at end-game.
Look around the forums to see what is being discussed and join in.
The game is far from dead, and we welcome new people.
Joining a guild will make your "integration" a lot easier.
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I bet with the amount of threads like these coming up, you have that on a notepad for copy/paste :-P
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I bet with the amount of threads like these coming up, you have that on a notepad for copy/paste :-P
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Just like people have these threads and others on copy&paste
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Hello,
 
I am a new player coming over from WoW. I was a hardcore mythic raider in WoW and heard that Wildstar is an interesting, challenging alternative to Wow raiding. I just created toons on the Entity server and chose Dominion because I've heard the raiding guilds are mostly Dominion. So far I love the game, but I have a question, is the game dead? Although I love the game, I do not want to invest a lot of time and money into it just to find out it's near death. I have seen probably 5 other people in the game at all. The chat is absolutely dead. Does anyone even play this game? 
 
Convince me to stay and play this game! I want to stay and raid but I am apprehensive.
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Honestly, sometimes I do think they just copy/paste from the other ones
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Personally, I'm never going to complain about "I'm new" posts :)
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For some reason people mostly use custom channels to talk here. /chjoin entitylfm and you'll see all the talk that goes on haha.
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The "some reason" is that there's no global channel provided in game :)
 
(Which was removed because the devs listened during beta- haha)
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I think any thread with "game" and "dead" in the same sentence should just be auto-declined. :lol:
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I just thought it needed to be said because it seems like the empty chat is a concern for him so I figured I'd be helpful!
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Hello,
 
I am a new player coming over from WoW. I was a hardcore mythic raider in WoW and heard that Wildstar is an interesting, challenging alternative to Wow raiding. I just created toons on the Entity server and chose Dominion because I've heard the raiding guilds are mostly Dominion. So far I love the game, but I have a question, is the game dead? Although I love the game, I do not want to invest a lot of time and money into it just to find out it's near death. I have seen probably 5 other people in the game at all. The chat is absolutely dead. Does anyone even play this game? 
 
Convince me to stay and play this game! I want to stay and raid but I am apprehensive.
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Would you stay for a whole plate of rainbow colored whoopie pies?
 
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You sure those aren't macarons? :P
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The game is OK if you can get past the myriad of problems the game still has and the Vanilla WoW style levelling grind.
 
The population is still very, very low too.  	
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The game is OK if you can get past the myriad of problems the game still has and the Vanilla WoW style levelling grind.
 
The population is still very, very low too.
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			The population of the game is smaller than what you might see in WoW(depending on server). However, I've been raiding since mid BC through WOTLK and even many other MMOs, and I can tell you this from a personal point of view, I have not seen raids/dungeons half as fun as the ones in Wildstar. I would highly suggest you stay and enjoy them!	
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Thanks for all the responses guys. I didn't mean to be annoying by asking if the game was dead, I understand that phrase gets thrown around alot. The reason I asked is because of not seeing many people (obviously I guess that is due to the fact that not many people are leveling anymore) but more so the things I've read about the game literally being dead, as in no one playing anymore basically at all. Obviously I don't expect anywhere near WoW level population, but I am glad you guys let me know that I have nothing to fear in terms of the game being dead. I will try all the suggestions about joining the chat channels etc. and look forward to joining the endgame community. I have heard that the raiding is simply amazing in this game (some of the best raid designing period) so I look forward to making Wildstar my main MMO. I have been raiding hardcore in WoW for 4 full expansions now and am looking for something new and I am excited for this new Wildstar chapter!
 
Thanks for all the feedback sorry if that question has been asked a lot.
 
 
 
Edit: And I play at normal hours, I am just on the forums at this time lol	
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			Should have gone Exile......we get to kill the Chua	
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Should have gone Exile......we get to kill the Chua
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Population, sure.
 
Vanilla WoW grind?? Did you even play that game? I think not if you're posting something like that. Vanilla WoW had no quest arrows, no breadcrumbs between hubs, no mounts until level 40, and many, many other differences. Tell me at what point in WildStar do the quests stop and you've got to kill grubs for hours on end until you hit the level cap? Oh, that's right. You don't. Because it's not Vanilla WoW style leveling.
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Man, it's thread titles like these that make me really wish this forum wasn't as filled with negative tripe as they are.
 
Welcome to Wildstar!  Stick to the PvE servers, find a friendly guild, ask around to the server-wide LFG channels!  If you roleplay, search for WSRP!
 
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WoW didn't have anywhere where you had to grind either... quests filled out the experience completely.
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Man, it's thread titles like these that make me really wish this forum wasn't as filled with negative tripe as they are.
 
Welcome to Wildstar!  Stick to the PvE servers, find a friendly guild, ask around to the server-wide LFG channels!  If you roleplay, search for WSRP!
 
 
Didn't play Vanilla/BC, did you?
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Sure did. And beta. And alpha. And F&F.
 
I leveled and hadn't even hit Eastern Plaguelands at all before dinging 60. No grind.
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Jesus dude, you and I must have definitions of 'grind' that are eons apart.  The only thing I've played that was more grindy than Vanilla/BC WoW was Aion.
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			Ok I just reactivated my account and see only two servers: - Luminai (PvP)- Jabbit (PvE)Where is all the people ? Both of those two servers seems completly empty..	
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Ok I just reactivated my account and see only two servers: 
 
- Luminai (PvP)
- Jabbit (PvE)
 
Where is all the people ? Both of those two servers seems completly empty..
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Always go PVE.  It's late night in the EU, and the newbie zones may not be as populated.  Drop into Illium/Thayd and you'll most likely see more.
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I had a post here, but I deleted it. I'm tired of playing the "crazy game."
 
As for empty servers I have to assume you're on PvP. Thayd is absolutely packed with people on Entity right now.	
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I had a post here, but I deleted it. I'm tired of playing the "crazy game."
 
As for empty servers I have to assume you're on PvP. Thayd is absolutely packed with people on Entity right now.
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A lot of people talk about "Entity".. but i don't see this server at all in the list.. so what's this? how do I join it ?
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			Ultimately what you want to do is make sure you are on Jabbit (PvE) server on the EU side. You will find plenty of folks there.	
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It's not dead yet but is probably feels like it's limping along low level Dominion characters. 
 
I never see anyone while leveling. The good news is it's has it moments at end game. Also their could be some pretty radical changes coming. Who knows though that opinion seems to change like the wind on the forums.
 
Once you get to end game you will see way more people and have a pretty great time. :-)	
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I am a new player coming over from WoW. I was a hardcore mythic raider in WoW and heard that Wildstar is an interesting, challenging alternative to Wow raiding. I just created toons on the Entity server and chose Dominion because I've heard the raiding guilds are mostly Dominion. So far I love the game, but I have a question, is the game dead? Although I love the game, I do not want to invest a lot of time and money into it just to find out it's near death. I have seen probably 5 other people in the game at all. The chat is absolutely dead. Does anyone even play this game? 
 
Convince me to stay and play this game! I want to stay and raid but I am apprehensive.
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Good news! This game was literally made to appeal to exactly your demographic. As long as there's 19 other Dominion who log in regularly who like to raid--and the server remains plugged in--you'll fit in great. So come on in!
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			I started playing the game from scratch and was really enjoying it. The only thing spoiling it for me was the community. Questions asked on global chat went by unanswered. Starter zones were empty even with that I was having fun exploring new zones...but eventually I was swamped by how much I was not learning about skill's, amp's talent trees, etc I spent 90 minutes in the proton academy quest GF queue with no popup....sad considering its your first foray into group play and to learn the mechanics of interrupts. Even though I paid for the game the free mount wouldn't be available to level 25!...leaving me running about on foot everywhere. When I eventually reached Thayd it became evident I was being swamped by too much too soon and no clear description of what I should do next. A quest there asked to me to loot a crate....I shot it..(the same as shooting a bloody plant to harvest it to get mat's...where was that explained it the tutorial?) and I couldn't get it open....that was it for me. Without a community helping new players the game just feels like a mess. I can only assume the only people sticking with this are level 50's who know the game inside and out and preoccupied with dailies raids etc	
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I started playing the game from scratch and was really enjoying it. The only thing spoiling it for me was the community. Questions asked on global chat went by unanswered. Starter zones were empty even with that I was having fun exploring new zones...but eventually I was swamped by how much I was not learning about skill's, amp's talent trees, etc I spent 90 minutes in the proton academy quest GF queue with no popup....sad considering its your first foray into group play and to learn the mechanics of interrupts. Even though I paid for the game the free mount wouldn't be available to level 25!...leaving me running about on foot everywhere. When I eventually reached Thayd it became evident I was being swamped by too much too soon and no clear description of what I should do next. A quest there asked to me to loot a crate....I shot it..(the same as shooting a bloody plant to harvest it to get mat's...where was that explained it the tutorial?) and I couldn't get it open....that was it for me. Without a community helping new players the game just feels like a mess. I can only assume the only people sticking with this are level 50's who know the game inside and out and preoccupied with dailies raids etc
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I know what crate your talking about, you should have seen a button came up with interact with target / the crate would have been glowing/flashing click on it ! Once you have done that, an item will appear in your inventory, just simply salvage it. Drag it in to the salvage section on your inventory.
 
You can get a level 10 mount, from Thayd >> see this map here: http://halfthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/thayd_map.jpg  --- Number 2, mount vendor. You do not need to learn any riding skills.. just buy a mount and use it.
 
Mounts are available at level 10. Hoverboards are available at level 25.
 
In addition at low levels there were a vendor name "Mount Rentals" that basically gives you a mount for 24 hours from level 6 and onwards.
 
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Thanks for tips mate...I've spent Sunday morning wishing I hadn't uninstalled the game and pondering about reinstalling it. But I still have the nagging feeling it will be akin to an English bank holiday Monday. You make a plan to take a drive out for the day, with the knowledge you'll eventually get stuck in traffic and ruin your day getting nowhere but you do it anyway. That feeling is still prevalent in Wildstar. I will out level starter dungeons without ever experiencing them. Talents will still be a thing of mystery...amps what are they....and if I do make it to a dungeon the envitable "why didn't you interrupt" flame will awaiting me. Like your first love you'll always remember it with rose tinted specs....forgetting what a *cupcake* it was....
Even though I'm still considering reinstalling....damn Wildstar!
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Thanks for tips mate...I've spent Sunday morning wishing I hadn't uninstalled the game and pondering about reinstalling it. But I still have the nagging feeling it will be akin to an English bank holiday Monday. You make a plan to take a drive out for the day, with the knowledge you'll eventually get stuck in traffic and ruin your day getting nowhere but you do it anyway. That feeling is still prevalent in Wildstar. I will out level starter dungeons without ever experiencing them. Talents will still be a thing of mystery...amps what are they....and if I do make it to a dungeon the envitable "why didn't you interrupt" flame will awaiting me. Like your first love you'll always remember it with rose tinted specs....forgetting what a *cupcake* it was....
Even though I'm still considering reinstalling....damn Wildstar!
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			Even if you end up not happy with the population, keep the game installed for awhile and see what happens with the business model. There is an expectation that we will see a change soon that should drive the population up. 	
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			Compared to when it released and a few months after the release it is in a sense dead. For the most part mostly the hardcore raiders stayed. Also at peak hours I believe I saw at least 100 players on. I know that not a lot of people are playing anymore but you could still I'm sure find a guild and raid. On another note if you are actively playing the game you could just buy CREDD with in game currency for free game time if you don't feel like paying the sub fee. Something else to note currently the game might be going B2P or F2P maybe. 	
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Honestly - Do not spend money just yet wait a year CoH made 5x as much as WS and was shut down ws is more than likely going down the same path. There is a reason all the high end people are quitting.
 
Only reason to play this game is for fun it's a ghost town unless you rearrange your entire life schedule to play on 1 server 1 faction in a 3 hour time period.
 
 
Games booming guys!	
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Honestly - Do not spend money just yet wait a year CoH made 5x as much as WS and was shut down ws is more than likely going down the same path. There is a reason all the high end people are quitting.
 
Only reason to play this game is for fun it's a ghost town unless you rearrange your entire life schedule to play on 1 server 1 faction in a 3 hour time period.
 
 
Games booming guys!
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There is a plus side to WildStar's current small population that I think people tend to overlook here: the quality of the community.At launch, there were thousands of people playing and the community was essentially nonexistent. Chat channels consisted mostly of immature trolling and people advertising their Twitch streams. Frankly, it was abysmal.
 
Now you will find (at least on Exile side, on Entity) a vibrant community of people who love to talk to each other about all kinds of things. Yesterday afternoon we spent a long time in the LFG channel just talking about fantasy novels we like to read. People are fun. It's one of the best communities I've ever seen in an MMO, and I think the main reason for this is that it's small. We know each other, and most of us like each other. We're friendly. Trolling and hostility are basically nonexistent. Do not overlook the value of all this!As humans, we often reduce things to simple terms, like "more population = better than," but in many ways I really don't think that's the case.
 
(It does seem like the Dominion could use a few more people, though.)	
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Only reason to play this game is for fun
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The way we can encourage the Dommie population is by not telling people looking to join the game to always come Exile side! Just talk about pros/cons. Both sides have them. :3
 
In fact, we could even encourage people conflicted to roll Dommie.
 
I do agree though, I know a majority of the guilds on Entity. A small population has certainly made a more tight-knit community. Ultimately since it's an MMO I do think bigger=better, but not in the sense that say Entity needs 1000 more people running around Thayd not including the amount of people that would equal out to running content if that many people were idling. I want to see more active servers again. I do miss Evindra - I would like to one day see our RP server come back.	
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