124139-drop-5-release-speculation

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I did a similar thread for drop 1, drop 2, drop 3, and drop 4. So I shall not break that tradition, Drop 5 is on the ptr, and I heard it was relatively stable with only a few major bugs needed to be worked out, we also know we will get a Nexus report pre update, which I predict to be in 2 weeks. Just because.
 
Now for the actual drop 5, I am extremely impressed with Carbine Studios, I mean, they are a large dev studio sure, but the fact they can do the stuff they do with the resources they have is truly awe-inspiring. Because we hare getting near DOUBLE what we got in drop 4 with Drop 5. 
Drop 4 release February 2nd, 2015. 
 
Drops are now coming at 3 months.
 
Come may, drop 5 will be 1.5-2 months on PTR, that's pretty good.
 
Carbine has most likely been working on this drop sense like drop 3 as drop 4 was almost in a finished state in December (according to Donatelli)
I predict Wildstars Invasion: NEXUS update will be releasing either 
 
MAY 5th, 2015
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MAY 12th, 2015.
 
 
 
I can very much be completely off here, but that is just around the 3 month mark, and considering how long it will of been on the ptr by then, it should be in a release state by these times, honestly do not see it releasing later at all. There is a chance I overshot a little and it could be April 28th, but I seriously doubt it.	
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			I do like that the game is getting more content.  I just hope it keeps up and people start coming to the dommie side.  We're like a ghost town sometimes :(.	
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I do like that the game is getting more content.  I just hope it keeps up and people start coming to the dommie side.  We're like a ghost town sometimes :(.
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			ill be more pessimist and go with 21 of may, but still its soon :)	
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we should sell it like this,
 
you wanna pve: go exile, you will have  more people to do the content
you wanna pvp: go dominion, they got like insta queues on pvp and have a larger number of enemies to kill	
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I suppose it's too much to hope for my birthday (April 14th). XD
 
... Maybe you could just release the costumes and pets early? :3	
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I'd say May 2nd is a reasonable and good date.  That leaves 4 more weeks of class balance / bug fixing.
 
Unless PTR is updated with season 2 pvp gear and changes.  If that's the case, I wouldn't expect drop 5 until June 2nd.
 
It really depends on what they want to do about PvP, as that's what we're still expecting to be new content on the ptr.  They might just send the drop through, and do the pvp stuff independently of the drop.  I highly doubt they'd do that, but its CRB and anything is possible.	
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			I think that's pretty much spot on. Even more reason (speculation) to believe it's May 2nd would be that it would give them a full month to fix any major or glaring bugs, and then boom, one year anniversary. I think that's when we might see a big PR push, show off the game with all new additions, pets, wardrobe, new pvp season. Lots of good PR buzz words. 	
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I do like that the game is getting more content.  I just hope it keeps up and people start coming to the dommie side.  We're like a ghost town sometimes :(.
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I like to think of us Dommies as (excuse my lack of knowledge on Warhammer) space marines, and the exiles as orcs. Sure, there are more orcs, but one space marine is worth A LOT more than one orc :-P
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Dominion is in a weird place and I hope Carbine can recognize the differences between our situation and other MMO's faction imbalances. Example, WoW had similar imbalances but you always had the option to switch to a server where your faction is more populated, or pay for a faction swap, or (worst option by far) reroll. Wildstar has no other server to go to, no paid swap, and rerolling is absolutely brutal in this game because you lose your housing plot, reputations, friends, etc., plus the leveling experience is less fun/interesting overall (IMO).
 
So I really hope Carbine is taking this imbalance seriously and not shrugging it off as something that will self-correct, because we just don't have ANY good options as Dominion players. It's not as debilitating as the problem was a few months ago, but we're already (I think) in a bit of an active population slide on Dom right now, being between drops.
 
 
Back on topic, for some reason I thought Drop 4 hit mid-January, but I'm seeing Feb 2 as the release date now? Which I guess means early May would be the target. Kinda sad actually, I expected the drop in 2-3 weeks, not 4-5. :(  Luckily I have Pillars of Eternity to keep me entertained for a few weeks, so I don't burn out on WS while waiting. :P	
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One of the biggest issues as far as the imbalance comes from the fact that Exile Human, and Aurin are the two most played races. Furthermore those two player races are about the same in population at lvl 50. Aurin manage to do with three classes what humans do with 6. If the dominion had a race that was as universally popular as Aurin we would not be having any pop issues.  
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When I create a character I have two criteria.  Above all they must be attractive, I don't do ugly.  I also tend to stay away from creepy but that gets bent in specific situations like my two Dark Side sith.  Dominion side I have one draken, two mechari and three humans none of which are male.
 
It took me some serious effort to get a draken to look good.  There's something about the facial structure that just doesn't do it for me.  Ultimately I hit on a face/hair combo that worked.
 
Chua are firmly in the creepy bucket for me.  Their lore pretty much defines them as sociopathic at best.  (This is in serious need of a retcon IMO) 
 
For all races in both factions I think they took the caricatures too far.  It's amusing in small does but to live it day-in day-out it tends to grate.
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I do like that the game is getting more content.  I just hope it keeps up and people start coming to the dommie side.  We're like a ghost town sometimes :(.
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I blame Olivar.
 
Nobody wants to be on the same faction as that furball.
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I blame Olivar.
 
Nobody wants to be on the same faction as that furball.
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I mean, I get why exiles are so popular, because Aurin
But come on, dominion have dragons and robots!
 
It doesn't help that Everytime someone asks they're told to go PvE server and exile faction. There are less dominion than exiles, sure, but its not like if you join dominion you'll be playing solo.
 
Edit to add: plus pvp queues are so fast. I thought people were crazy when they said they waited 20min prime time. That's never happened to me dominion entity during prime time.	
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On topic:
 
May 12th seems reasonable but I would be so giddy for May 5th.
 
The pets... I needs them!! ._.	
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			thanks for getting back the into the theme, btw someone on the ptr can give feedback on the state and how much buggy is the new drop?	
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I mean, I get why exiles are so popular, because Aurin
But come on, dominion have dragons and robots!
 
It doesn't help that Everytime someone asks they're told to go PvE server and exile faction. There are less dominion than exiles, sure, but its not like if you join dominion you'll be playing solo.
 
Edit to add: plus pvp queues are so fast. I thought people were crazy when they said they waited 20min prime time. That's never happened to me dominion entity during prime time.
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During "prime time". Play during "prime time" or no queues. 
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 thats not the topic, dude (caught the derailed topic with his rope like a badass cowboy and make it come back into the path).
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			we should even make a bet, ill happily throw some platinum into a bet pool for the one who hits the date of the new drop, whos in? (my bet may 21)	
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we should even make a bet, ill happily throw some platinum into a bet pool for the one who hits the date of the new drop, whos in? (my bet may 21)
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			you are right, i change mine to the 19, who else enter in the bet, 3p entry fee	
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Just make sure you don't manage to get a developer angry who "finds" a "potentially serious issue" and delays the drop to that Friday.
 
Also, just generally, you might want to pick a Tuesday.  I think so far the drops have hit on Tuesday at fortnightly fix time.
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			Before June the 3rd....does that count ?	
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I do like that the game is getting more content.  I just hope it keeps up and people start coming to the dommie side.  We're like a ghost town sometimes :(.
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