Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

Vandyn_sl said:

Why when the game itself doesn't promote that? The entire leveling process is designed so that you play by yourself. That's a large chunk of gameplay where you're not encouraged to talk to a single soul.

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It's almost SWTOR-ish; you have your solo quests all over, with a sprinkling of group ones here and there where you pop into a group, kill a quick mob, and move on.

Luxer_sl said:

It's "challenging" in a platformer kind of way where you avoid red circles and lasers. I played enough of Rift & FFXIV to be sick of this kind of design, it's lazy and doesn't take much strategy to beat. And yes, it is a WoW clone except they did the circle/laser thing x100.

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Do you prefer games like WoW with addons that hold your hand and tell you exactly what to do for every phase of the fight?

Vitality_sl said:

You guys need friends, this genre is about playing with other people.

FFS we fking sat in undead frog sewers for hours on end killing a few mobs every hour just to get some stupid belt for one guy. Chatting about tons of bullshit and just generally being social.

If that's gone for you than this genre is too.

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Ditto. Shooting the shit in voice chat is where it's at. I wonder how many of the people here who always focus on the negative in MMOs don't have any friends or guildmates to consistently play with? I'm playing this game with my old SWTOR guild and teaming up with guys I used to run with every night and that makes the game even more fun.

Vandyn_sl said:

Why when the game itself doesn't promote that? The entire leveling process is designed so that you play by yourself. That's a large chunk of gameplay where you're not encouraged to talk to a single soul.

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One aspect of this game promotes solo play I agree, I haven't turned in a quest in 4 days.

I've made a choice, you can too, you're your own man.

I've been primarily PVP'ing to level with some random dudes I met on Widow. Hopped in a premade circle and started making a name for myself and meeting people. Ya know... Massive Multiplayer style... not single player style

Vandyn_sl said:

Why when the game itself doesn't promote that? The entire leveling process is designed so that you play by yourself. That's a large chunk of gameplay where you're not encouraged to talk to a single soul.

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You are leaving out adventures, dungeons and instanced PVP. Plenty of opportunities for people to group up. Some people just don't seem to want to put any effort into being social and expect the game to force everyone to be social like EQ1 did.

Rescorla_sl said:

You are leaving out adventures, dungeons and instanced PVP. Plenty of opportunities for people to group up. Some people just don't seem to want to put any effort into being social and expect the game to force everyone to be social like EQ1 did.

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Don't forget hoverboard tony hawk pro skater

Draegan_sl said:

I had to stop playing quickly, daughter woke up in a teething frenzy last night.

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All good, teething time sucks.

So is Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion still where it is at? I get to play this week.

Hatorade_sl said:

So is Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion still where it is at? I get to play this week.

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That's where a lot of us landed yes, there are some on Stormtalon Exile side and there are also a few others scattered on various PvP servers as well.

Rescorla_sl said:

You are leaving out adventures, dungeons and instanced PVP. Plenty of opportunities for people to group up. Some people just don't seem to want to put any effort into being social and expect the game to force everyone to be social like EQ1 did.

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Also renown, so the idea is there. Maybe an exp bonus for questing with others.

Draegar the Bromancer, do you have an IRC setup for this game?

Vandyn_sl said:

Why when the game itself doesn't promote that? The entire leveling process is designed so that you play by yourself. That's a large chunk of gameplay where you're not encouraged to talk to a single soul.

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This.

Also, why aren't you people who have given up interested in playing EQNext? At least it sounds like they're trying to break the mold with that game. This game is just more of the same with a few pretty gimmicks thrown in.

Rescorla_sl said:

Do you prefer games like WoW with addons that hold your hand and tell you exactly what to do for every phase of the fight?

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This is exactly where Wildstar is headed. I promise you. Addon hell is a real place, and I have been there. Hopefully I never set foot in that place again.

Anyone online right now to invite me - LaciePhoenix

I really didnt think this game would appeal to me either. Certain things are huge turn offs for me, but the game shines through in other areas. The whole shit talking respawn, mouthy taxi cab driver, the over the top leveled up animation, all that shit is annoying after seeing it a few times, to me. But then there is little shit thats goofy that makes me laugh. I sat down a pug in a quest yesterday that had Dynamite strapped to its back. He went to the left and right a couple times, ended at the objective, hopped up in the air, landed on his ass and bounced into the air again to explode. Like... wtf!? This designer had to much time on his hands! haha!

The game is difficult now, but I dont see it getting harder later on down the road (outside of raid content). A lot of people dont understand the concepts of how the game works with mobs. Interrupting the Boss mob so that it breaks his armor shield down enough to where the next interrupt will cause him to go into a weakened state. People dont know that shit and the game needs to be better at explaining that. I would rather just run from an Elite mob than fight them, but at least now I know if I fuck up and actually tag their ass - I can solo them because I know how to put them down. Out of all the group quests that Ive done, I dont think Ive ever had a group put one of those mobs into a weakened state. When I do find one, I might actually friend request the sobs in my group.

But out of all this shit - the complaints I see here are very minimal and almost make you want to roll your eyes. I agree on some points, like there being too many quests in the first major zone you get into. Maybe they should make tasks a different color. Or keep them yellow and make story quests orange. I ignore challenges for the most part unless they are apart of my quest already or they look fun. But really, all minimal issues. I think the only legitimate complaint I saw from you guys was animations and I dont know if thats valid or not cause I dont see it. Sit your uptight asses down and just try to have fun in a game for once. Make some friends. Socialize. Why the hell do devs need to force you into a group for you to socialize, damn.

So as usual, people ignore the thread, ignore the open beta, see people are playing the game and enjoying it. They then buy the game and don't like it and are totally fucking shocked.

Abefroman_sl said:

So as usual, people ignore the thread, ignore the open beta, see people are playing the game and enjoying it. They then buy the game and don't like it and are totally fucking shocked.

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Well, to be fair, I'm not shocked at all. It was exactly what I expected, and I had a decent time to be honest. I just had to double check. MMORPGs with actual potential don't come around very often.

It had the weirdest side effect on me though. I started craving WoW again, and I haven't played since right after WoTLK came out.