119019-got-7-day-pass-thinking-of-returning

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Hello friends.  Played WS close to launch but had to quit because I got really busy irl...enjoyed the game though.  
 
Just played the WoW expansion, but wasn't really impressed.  It wasn't bad, but the bottom line is that I didn't see anything good enough to warrant putting up with that cesspool of a community.
 
I forgot what made me quit WoW in the first place and that being the complete fixation on gear.  I was disappointed that noone seemed to want to enjoy any of the content or even run it, if it couldn't be face rolled.
 
I guess what am I wondering is:
 
How is the community?  I find games that are smaller, maybe going through harder times, have better communities...true here?
 
I understand there are more Exiles than Dominion...does it matter at this point which faction I pick? Wondering if I should go Dominion just because of pvp and being able to que?
 
Is crafting worthwhile to do while leveling up?
 
Those are my questions, thanks for any help.  Trying to decide if I want to jump back in and any feedback is appreciated :)
 	
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since no one has hit your thread up yet, i will!!
 
i agree that the community here is holding out, but devs are very slow to respond so people get frustrated and leave; pvp is basically dead, waiting for a dev to save the day.
 
 
as for the faction, i would go with both the faction and race you like aesthetically because they all do the same thing. however, i believe for warhound, dominion heavily outweighs exile, and i am pretty sure exile outweighs dominion a little on entity. if you are on a EU(edit) server, then i have no idea.
 
for crafting, due to power cores being pricey and the AH being very limited due to the population, i would say either sell/salvage everything and save up until 50, and see where the game is when you get there! also, crafting items got nerfed because some of them were better than the 40 man epics dropped.
 
anyhow, enjoy and welcome back :)	
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Hey Slowpoke,
   I think our community is pretty good.  We have a lot of really solid people playing our game, depending on what it is that you're looking for.   Just depends on what you mean though and how you engage with the community, every community has it's good and bad seeds but I certainly like our community.  Regarding #2.  I play dominion so that's obviously my vote, but you can make a character of each faction and see which side you like better.
 
I think crafting is awesome and the power of crafted gear is higher than a lot of the drops you're going to get, plus you don't have to go back and grind stuff for talent points in weird areas once you get finished.  I would highly recommend at least dabbling in crafting while you're leveling but it is a gold sink for sure.	
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Personally I find that having a guild that fits you is the main thing in any MMO. So I'd definitely recommend checking out the guild recruitment pages for both servers in your area (be it US or EU) and finding one that fits you, possibly even before picking your server and faction.
Of course things get organized outside guilds too, but it will always be to a lesser degree. The nice thing about Wildstar is that there are circles too though, so you can always join a dungeon-grouping-circle, or an rp-circle, or a gathering-circle, or whatever-other-circle-you-can-think-of next to your guild.	
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			Thanks much for the replies friends.  Will play on the pve server, and try out both factions and see which one I like better.	
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