WildStar

Monty - the one and only

Lone Stone wrote: »

just all the more for you to enjoy when it goes live knox ! I kinda dont want to beta this one incase i burn out. Anyways i thought the nda was lifted for for the first 15 levels of this game ?

no its not, beta players can only discuss what has been released, nothing else.

Dcully

I logged in yesterday as i heard if i did so on a Saturday id get a key each Saturday to give out, no joy however apparently that offer is finished.

Dermighty

Nobody has a key to give out?

Eoin247

You can discuss anything in the first 15 levels as long as it's not from your own personal experience (Unless you are part of the press)

Darius.Tr

So how are people finding the game so far? Been looking for a new mmo to get into for a while now and this seems like a great one.

KilOit

cba with a long breakdown of it but put it this way i will be subscribing to it on release

GHOST MGG

if any kind boardsie still has a spare friends key id be much obliged:-)

Dcully

Ive only played 2 characters to lv 9 or so, i dont want to go too far as i want the game to be new when i buy it.
What i did play was very very fluid and totally polished.
I will be playing more but maybe not go past lvl 15-20.

Big Knox

Still no luck, entered a couple of give-aways so fingers crossed.

Dcully

Big Knox wrote: »

Still no luck, entered a couple of give-aways so fingers crossed.

There was a guy streaming lastnight and giving away keys every hour.

Sephiroth_dude

Is this close to being released?

Gunmonkey

They have been aiming for a spring release, which could be anywhere in the next 3 or 4 months, but what Ive seen on streams looks very polished but endgame could still be pretty unfinished, NDA blocks anyone describing after lvl 15 in the beta.

Date could also put it in competition with Elder Scrolls Online (April 4th I think).

Big Knox

Dcully wrote: »

There was a guy streaming lastnight and giving away keys every hour.

Yeah there seems to be a lot of keys around so hopefully I'll get my hands on one soon.

Sephiroth_dude

How is this any different to guild wars 2?

KilOit

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

How is this any different to guild wars 2?

Hated GW2, tried so many times to like it but just wasn't happening.

Wildstar feels like vanilla WoW to me, it flows like it but combat is way better in Wildstar.
I guess you could say the combat is like GW2 but the quests and leveling is more like WoW, same with the professions.

GW2 tried too hard to look great and try be this epic thing, Wildstar is just fun to play and look at, doesn't take itself too seriously. Animation and aesthetic in Wildstar is fantastic, it's just so fluid, GW2 was clunky to me.

Wildstar has a few issues but i feel the groundwork is there and few improvements here and there and it'll be great.
The game is grindy, professions, housing and Path system make the game very complex and deep, it takes ages to level also but i like that

Sephiroth_dude

Ahhh good to hear, I asked because there was all this hype for gw2 and then when it was released everyone seemed very disappointed with it lol (I loved it personally) so I was just wondering with the hype this is getting is this gonna turn out the same?

Dcully

Theres always hype for every mmo i find,i tend to fall right into that trap every time.
The latest being final fantasy ,good game but just didnt suck me in, yeah GW2 is poor to be honest, its a poor mans mmo.
The combat in Wildstar reminds me of Tera a bit which is a good thing.

KilOit

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Ahhh good to hear, I asked because there was all this hype for gw2 and then when it was released everyone seemed very disappointed with it lol (I loved it personally) so I was just wondering with the hype this is getting is this gonna turn out the same?

Can't say, the issues people had with GW2 is that it had no end game, most people loved the leveling up though.
Can't comment on Wildstar's endgame because i'm not max rank and can't speak of after level 15.
I've played for a good 20+ hours now and did a dungeon (don't think i can talk about it)
but i did do a world boss when i was level 12 called Metal Maw and found the experience great! the combat worked great with boss mechanics and if they turn that up a notch for end game stuff it'll be amazing and have the same complexity as wow's bosses.
Carbine are selling this game with tags of endgame material and judging by quality of the game so far i think people will like it.
Only did 1 battleground, felt like a WoW battleground, can't really comment on it as i'm not big into pvp in games like this, Planetside 2 quenches that thirst

The Wildstar forums are quite positive, a lot of people love this game.

Big Knox

Can people talk about what classes they played and how they found them? I'm very interested in hearing first hand thoughts on the medic and engineer!

Calhoun

It's melee healer which is odd will have a go of it as I normally play healing class let ya know. As nda might send you a pm.

Eoin247

So an official article was released about the guild system.

http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/guilding_the_space-lily_with_wildstar.php

I never really got very in deep with guilds in earlier mmos, mainly due to having irregular play hours. As a result I'm not to sure how I feel about the advantages you get for playing with your guild a lot. Hopefully I can benefit from them as my play time can be planned much more now days. Could be annoying for people who like guild to be in the background of their play rather than the foreground.

The holo marks sound cool though.

Big Knox

Calhoun wrote: »

It's melee healer which is odd will have a go of it as I normally play healing class let ya know. As nda might send you a pm.

They only have self heals though right and their group role is tank?

Calhoun

I am pretty sure they are one of the main healers, i was under the impression it was a heal/dps class.

Big Knox

Calhoun wrote: »

I am pretty sure they are one of the main healers, i was under the impression it was a heal/dps class.

We talking about Engineer? I'm a little confused now lol. Medic is a healer but it's not melee, just has less range than the other two.

Calhoun

Big Knox wrote: »

We talking about Engineer? I'm a little confused now lol. Medic is a healer but it's not melee, just has less range than the other two.

Ah sorry was confused, engineers are tank/dps as you say and medic is melee ranged healer who makes up for it by having medium armor.

Big Knox

Calhoun wrote: »

Ah sorry was confused, engineers are tank/dps as you say and medic is melee ranged healer who makes up for it by having medium armor.

Yeah sorry I was confused myself as I'm sure Engineers have self heals so thought you meant them at first. Anyone tried Engineer? Looks an interesting class!

KilOit

Anyone in guilds that are planning to play this?
Don't think i can play hardcore like my WoW days but maybe on the border of casual/hardcore.
Looking for a mature guild with majority 25 year+ not interested in 16yr old officers telling me what to do :rolleyes:

Kirby

I think that sort of guild format is annoying to alot of people. It works best as just a group of friends deciding things as a group. You have a guild/raid leader and a group of people to help and talk to. "Officer" stuff is just too regimented and leads to resentment.

I plan on playing the crap out of this game when it gets released....or if I get a beta key. I'd like to raid alot but don't want it to be a stressful environment.

KilOit

Kirby wrote: »

I think that sort of guild format is annoying to alot of people. It works best as just a group of friends deciding things as a group. You have a guild/raid leader and a group of people to help and talk to. "Officer" stuff is just too regimented and leads to resentment.

I plan on playing the crap out of this game when it gets released....or if I get a beta key. I'd like to raid alot but don't want it to be a stressful environment.

Not really, in WoW i was in a proper hardcore guild with no cancelled raid days because so an so didn't turn up, you had 25 no lifers with 1 objective that is to progress content and get server firsts, everyone gave 110% and not once did i feel it was a big waste of time.
Probably the most fun i've ever had gaming wise. guild had zero drama because everyone was on the same page and officers were professional.

If you go one below that with a guild that thinks it's hardcore and raids content with the village idiot with crap connection that only raids if his girlfriend is in the same raid etc you're going to get drama, cancelled raid days and generally low moral, they're no fun at all

Calhoun

Kirby wrote: »

I think that sort of guild format is annoying to alot of people. It works best as just a group of friends deciding things as a group. You have a guild/raid leader and a group of people to help and talk to. "Officer" stuff is just too regimented and leads to resentment.

I plan on playing the crap out of this game when it gets released....or if I get a beta key. I'd like to raid alot but don't want it to be a stressful environment.

Shouldnt you be focusing on helicopters and not addictive mmo's

Big Knox

Newest batch of keys went out today. Still no joy. Anyone get lucky?

wonderboysam

no joy 8(

Cina

Yeah nothing here, I signed up right at the start too, disappointing.

That said, it might be better long term to just get a beta weekend or two coming closer to launch, I'm highly excited for this one.

Completionist

Cina wrote: »

Yeah nothing here, I signed up right at the start too, disappointing.

That said, it might be better long term to just get a beta weekend or two coming closer to launch, I'm highly excited for this one.

If you signed up right at the start then you will need to sign up again. When they switched over to the NCSoft account system all previous beta applications were lost.

Cina

Completionist wrote: »

If you signed up right at the start then you will need to sign up again. When they switched over to the NCSoft account system all previous beta applications were lost.

Yeah I did that, the NC account thing, it was likely near when it was first introduced.

SolvableKnave

New Dev Speak up on IGN - Customisation, and lots of it.

http://ie.ign.com/videos/2014/01/29/wildstar-customization-dev-speak

Magill

This game is looking awesome. Really hope the endgame is good (Or at least has a solid foundation that they can build on).

Big Knox

Magill wrote: »

This game is looking awesome. Really hope the endgame is good (Or at least has a solid foundation that they can build on).

Too bloody awesome. If I don't get a beta key soon I'm going to explode. I need to stop getting sucked into all the delicious media.

Kirby

Calhoun wrote: »

Shouldnt you be focusing on helicopters and not addictive mmo's

We all have our hobbies right?

And this one looks pretty damned cool. I was a huge Vanilla WoW fan so this seems right up my ally. I haven't gotten properly engrossed in an MMO since Star wars or maybe guild wars 2....and that was over a year ago.

If anyone manages to get a hold of a beta key, I'd appreciate a pm. I haven't had any luck so far.

Calhoun

Kirby wrote: »

We all have our hobbies right?

And this one looks pretty damned cool. I was a huge Vanilla WoW fan so this seems right up my ally. I haven't gotten properly engrossed in an MMO since Star wars or maybe guild wars 2....and that was over a year ago.

If anyone manages to get a hold of a beta key, I'd appreciate a pm. I haven't had any luck so far.

hahah indeed im only joking, hopefully your exams in this area went ok. I'll keep an eye out for a key if i can, must ask my mate where he got it from.

wonderboysam

I wish they'd just release it so I could quit feckin wow!!

Kiith

It really is looking pretty amazing. I've kind of lost the will to play any MMO's for a while now, but i'll definitely give this a shot.

Kirby

If they can replicate the vanilla wow feeling....which I feel they can....than they will have at least a million strong at launch. I know people scoff at the idea but a lot of people have left WoW but miss the feeling of the old days. There is a market there that is just waiting.

Their only barrier is knowledge. Not enough people know the game exists. Beta or not, they need to get their marketing into gear.

KilOit

wonderboysam wrote: »

I wish they'd just release it so I could quit feckin wow!!

Don't wish for that!
I'm hoping they delay it till towards the end of the year. few things need some sorting and performance is pretty bad even on my 2500k cpu 670gtx
love the game to be in almost pristine condition as possible, ground work is there anyway providing they're not telling porky pies about the end game because no one did any yet. All said and done the beta is really great and game is a lot of fun to play.

KilOit

Kirby wrote: »

If they can replicate the vanilla wow feeling....which I feel they can....than they will have at least a million strong at launch. I know people scoff at the idea but a lot of people have left WoW but miss the feeling of the old days. There is a market there that is just waiting.

Their only barrier is knowledge. Not enough people know the game exists. Beta or not, they need to get their marketing into gear.

Release epic end game stuff in beta and lift NDA and the beta players will do all the marketing

Kirby

KilOit wrote: »

Release epic end game stuff in beta and lift NDA and the beta players will do all the marketing

I dunno. None of the irl guys I played WoW with even knew it existed until I told them. It's still early but they need to do a better job of getting the word out there.

Ivan

I think I can wait. There aren't that many solid MMOs out there to play these days, but it's made up for by the fact that very few games have held my attention for particularly long in beta and then on into live. Especially when a box price + sub is on the cards. With that in mind, I cannot see this replicating the "Vanilla WoW [TM]" experience, by virtue of the fact that WoW was my first Vanilla Triple A MMO experience. Ultima Online was a hell of an experience but to be fair, it got away with a helluva lot of liberties at the time. WoW broke the mold because it made certain promises that left expectations for every other MMO. I'm ok with no End-game content at launch, because WoW had none at launch, all I would ask is that I don't piss through content to end-game in a week. If it takes me a month to end-game and then there is no end-game for another month or two at that stage, I think I can handle it. Either it will take me three months to reach end-game or I will max 3 characters. Either way, I expect I will put a lot of my time and money into this game. WoW is already long dead to me, not because it has been killed by another Triple A title but rather; because it's been necromantised so many times at this point that it's not even the same game anymore...

Kirby

WoW had Molten Core at launch. 40 man raid. Proper endgame. Including Ragnaros.

KilOit

Also getting key to molten core was pretty hard at release LBRS and UBRS which was 15 man was very unforgiving for green geared players.

Kirby

KilOit wrote: »

Also getting key to molten core was pretty hard at release LBRS and UBRS which was 15 man was very unforgiving for green geared players.

Not to mention the other end game content at launch, Onyxia. The key to her lair was a massive 15 part quest. I remember everyone used to have to look that up on "Thottbot" :P.

I hope that there are no delays with this one. Release cant come soon enough.