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  YOU DO NOT NEED TO DOWNLOAD A NEW CLIENT FOR LAUNCH IF YOU PLAYED BETA   NORTH AMERICAN GUILD WILL BE ON PERGO/DOMINION FOR LAUNCH EU GUILD WILL BE ON HAZAK, DOMINION GOON WEBSITE: http://wildstargoons.com/ AUTH IS UP. AUTH HERE IDIOTSAUTH IS UP. AUTH HERE IDIOTSAUTH IS UP. AUTH HERE IDIOTSWildwhat? Wildstar is a new action-oriented MMO that takes place on the newly discovered planet Nexus, developed by Carbine; a studio founded by 17 members of the core vanilla WoW team. There's opposing factions, really unique races, a combat system involving telegraphs (  ), a path system to point people towards the content they enjoy, player housing, and the whole thing looks like a Pixar movie._____________________________________________________________________________________ Combat Combat in Wildstar is done differently from your standard MMO fare. It's not tab-targeting, and it's not hack n' slash; it's done through telegraphs. Wildstar's combat system gives you plenty to do. The ability to end CC prematurely, like picking up a weapon after being disarmed, breaking a tether anchor on the ground, and holding movement keys to end stuns. Dashing and rolling to get out of telegraphs that you wouldn't be able to walk out of. And most importantly, almost everything is mobile. Have some videos.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnmlSU_nTi0 Crowd Control Aiming ______________________________________________________________________________________ What about Raiding? Raiding in Wildstar is a 20 and 40 man affair. Your first steps are into Genetic Archives, a 20 man raid with 2-3 tanks, 4-5 healers, and 12-14 dps. Featuring Bosses, minibosses, challenges, and Base Population (Fancy words for trash), the instances are an affair into practicing loot management. At the end of Genetic Archives, every member should have gotten 1-3 pieces of loot for a full clear. After you tackle Genetic Archives, you get to go into the Big Boy Raid, Datascape. Datascape is a 40 man raid with x tanks, x healers, and x dps. Again, the loot is set up to give every player at least one item a run. Bosses, minibosses, challenges, and rooms-that-are-bosses await you in this Tron/Molten Core hybrid Devspeak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbItL4qcugk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te1O4bgzlTA ______________________________________________________________________________________ Warplots Warplots are essentially Aggressive Housing. You have a 40 man team that builds a floating sky fortress, complete with raid bosses, robot cannons, gigantic rocket launchers, and tanks used as defenses. After building your Doom House, you slap it down in a warzone against another 40 man team, collecting resources to power your defenses while trying to invade and blow up the enemy Warplot.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cWhaTldG3k ______________________________________________________________________________________ Housing Housing gives you neat little benefits like improved rested experience, modified dungeons, passive gathering nodes, skateparks, and general housing fuckery you've probably seen in other housing areas in MMOs.       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcZTiJOYrcY ______________________________________________________________________________________ Factions  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn8648VGMKM Exile Gameplay Video Races http://wildstar-online.com/en/game/races/ ______________________________________________________________________________  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FhB3iYv4Ng Dominion Gameplay Video Races http://wildstar-online.com/en/game/races/ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Classes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCaIxmffFWY ______________________________________________________________________________________ Paths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmCyPXv5APY Your path is a choice made at character creation which determines what extra content the world dishes up for you. Generally, they respond to the player personalities in the Bartle test (killer, explorer, socializer, etc). But don't just take my word for it, read this Polygon Article on Wildstar's paths. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Adventures Adventures are 5-man, instanced versions of open world zones that are a mini-choose-your-own-adventure games. You start with a scenario in a zone, like a prison riot, a caravan escort, etc. and you periodically choose how to continue at certain parts of the map. For example, with the prison riot Adventure, you can choose to stop a bunch of Espers from breaking out of their cryopods, or go secure the armory from a bunch of angry Granok, etc. Adventures are very good for experience; in the first Adventure at level 15 I managed to hit level 17 from the mob experience. Adventure time appears to be about 20-40 minutes a run, depending on your party. Have a Devspeak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iphgBVtf2HA ______________________________________________________________________________________ Sounds good, but what'll it cost me?  x6. 15 bucks a month, but there's a catch. The Pricing PlanWildstar will have a typical subscription system, but with the added layer of the C.R.E.D.D. system, which is somewhat similar to EVE's PLEX. Players will essentially be able to earn currency in-game that they can then sell for gold to other players, allowing them to pay for time. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Alright, I'm convinced. When can I play? Game launches on June 3rd, 2014. Early access for preorders starts on May 31st, 2014. The game is going into open beta on May 8th, 2014 until May 18th, 2014. http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/openbeta/ open beta website getin ______________________________________________________________________________________ Hey, I want to talk about video games! We have an IRC channel on synirc. #wildstar Iron Tusk has a mumble server for the talkative types Iron Tusk posted:In case there's not an officialish one already, I bumped the usercount up on a dormant mumble server. ______________________________________________________________________________________ NA Exiles SERVER IS STILL GETTING FIGURED OUT NA Dominion Goon Squad - Dominion - Pergo (PvP) EU Dominion Terrible Secret Of Space - Dominion - Hazak Anyone can invite since this is beta and I just want people to get into the guild don't invite pubbies yadda yadda NORTH AMERICAN GUILD WILL BE ON PREGO/DOMINION FOR LAUNCH
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AMP spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...p=sharing#gid=0 Really Good Mods Tupper posted:Just putting it out there that the addon system in this game is pretty goddamn amazing. Reloading Addons parses for new addons, so you don't have to reboot the game on new installs or updates. gently caress STRAWPOLLS Doublestep fucked around with this message at 02:15 on May 21, 2014 |
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I approve of the thread title! And of the Dominion. Do you want to be hillbilly, hippie, bunnygirl/elf/anime hybrids or totally badass space empire robots? Alternately, evil genius hamsters. You know the answer.
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May 8, 2014 06:20
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Lets not forget Hitler Youth poster boys and or Imperial Guard inserts the Cassian are on Dominion.
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Do we really need to be faction specific? Why not just have both factions be populated with goons so everyone gets to do what they please. Basically what I'm saying is I absolutely want to play a space hillbilly.
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Captain Tolerable posted:Do we really need to be faction specific? Why not just have both factions be populated with goons so everyone gets to do what they please. There will most certainly be group on both sides, there always are.
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Captain Tolerable posted:Do we really need to be faction specific? Why not just have both factions be populated with goons so everyone gets to do what they please. I don't particularly care either way but I'm more worried about not having enough bodies for raids, etc. I mean a splinter will happen either way but maybe this can change some minds
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I really like the Dominion but I voted Exile because Granok.
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Captain Tolerable posted:Do we really need to be faction specific? Why not just have both factions be populated with goons so everyone gets to do what they please.
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Crossposting from other thread because I don't look at all the threadsBauxite posted:For the goon guild: Way to Goon, Cupcake I voted dominion because someday I'll get to be a chua warrior, but I'm fine with either really. Gonna be a human either way to start
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As cool as the Granok are, the idea of playing with anyone who would roll an Aurin (ironically or otherwise) makes me physically ill so its Dominion all the way. The real question is, PvE or PvP server?
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I still want "Bad Rats" for a Dominion guild name but maybe that's not goony enough. I've been poisoned by being in #steamgoons too long.
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Good job on new thread OP, will be interesting to see the numbers on them poll's as it will give people a representation on how many EU people there really are!
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US server list is up. Will grab EU in the morning I'm gonna let the PvE vs PvP strawpolls sit up there just in case server names change.
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Doublestep posted:
We should decide on PvE vs PvP first since we may have more people who want PvE but their votes will get spread thin on server choice since there are a lot more PvE servers to choose from.
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Open world PvP is way more fun and breaks up the monotony of collecting space bear asses. We really need it for this game since the questing is so generic and uninspired.
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I'm rooting for Dominion/PvP because that is what I'll be rolling anyway, I'd just rather not have to join some pubby trash guild.
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Four hours until beta, right? I'm giving this game the benefit of the doubt but its marketing and characters are so try-hard and radical it's making me cringe. 
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Yeah, beta starts at 7 AM PDT. Still not sure where to get a key, I'm assuming they'll just have them on their website.
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Doublestep posted:Yeah, beta starts at 7 AM PDT. I think if you previously were in beta its as simple as just logging in, I'm guessing if you don't already have an account simply signing up for one grants you access.
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Barack HUSSEIN posted:Open world PvP is way more fun and breaks up the monotony of collecting space bear asses. We really need it for this game since the questing is so generic and uninspired. This, definitely. I have no idea how far along the line you'll be questing alongside the opposing faction though. Regarding keys, this is from the open beta announcement page: quote:From May 8th to May 18th, you will be able to visit our Open Beta page to request a key, and then hop into WildStar to experience content up to level 30. If you have already participated in any other WildStar beta event, including beta weekends and stress tests, you don’t need a new key. Just patch up, and you’re good to go!
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CrashCat posted:I still want "Bad Rats" for a Dominion guild name but maybe that's not goony enough. I've been poisoned by being in #steamgoons too long. Bad Rats is practically a game goons meme so I don't see how that's not goony enough.
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Phrasing posted:Bad Rats is practically a game goons meme so I don't see how that's not goony enough. It's actually quite perfect.
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As far as factions go I prefer Exiles but I'd be willing to play Dominion. But as far as PvE vs PvP servers it's PvE all the way for me, if goons decide to play on a PvP server then I'll just play somewhere else. I want to get my leveling done without everyone who thinks it's a laugh riot to one shot people 30 levels lower than them making the experience as excruciating as possible.
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Weird that the EU side has so few votes for faction but like 30 odd for PvP. I guess being on a PvP server versus a PvE server is more important than what faction we play for most people. What are the PvP servers even like in this - is it more like EQ2 where the majority of the PvP occurs outside or is it like WoW where for the most part the only PvP takes place with much higher levels attacking lowbies and barely any other confrontation? Taear fucked around with this message at 12:44 on May 8, 2014 |
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Less than an hour to go. Where's my key. 
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Taear posted:What are the PvP servers even like in this - is it more like EQ2 where the majority of the PvP occurs outside or is it like WoW where for the most part the only PvP takes place with much higher levels attacking lowbies and barely any other confrontation? The questing zones start to intermingle around level 22 - the first shared quest hub is in that zone (and it also happens to sit right next to the entrance to the level 35 dungeon There's is also a quest in that zone that can be completed with just PVP Every zone afterward is contested But it remains to be seen what that results in My PVP experience in Whitevale when I first started was actually quite fun (even though, at the time the server was PVE ruleset and it was just fighting flagged players) When Nexus went PVP for a week - I had fun fighting some impromptu PVP battles while doing some L50 dailies
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Deceptive Thinker posted:The questing zones start to intermingle around level 22 - the first shared quest hub is in that zone (and it also happens to sit right next to the entrance to the level 35 dungeon When you say contested though - is it totally open, it doesn't care what level you are? In EQ2 it was restricted and the restriction got lifted at the higher level zones. So in the 20-70 level zones it was ten levels, past 60 it was unrestricted, this is when the level cap was 70. Meaning that you could only bum around killing level 20s if you were level 30 at the maximum. It feels like this solution has never even been considered by most developers, but it meant you almost always got a decent fight if PvP did come up and the higher levels knew where to go to find other higher levels to fight.
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Is there a more advanced description of the Settler path anywhere? Official info just seems to hype it up without going into detail about the mechanics or how useful I'd be to people.
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Barack HUSSEIN posted:Open world PvP is way more fun and breaks up the monotony of collecting space bear asses. We really need it for this game since the questing is so generic and uninspired. Yeah no that is your opinion. In my experience, world PvP is just ganking and camping. I mean if that's what the goon collective decides to do, that's fine but I despise world PvP.
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poptart_fairy posted:Is there a more advanced description of the Settler path anywhere? Official info just seems to hype it up without going into detail about the mechanics or how useful I'd be to people. From what I saw of my friend who was a Settler they seem to be super useful. Having the buff stations (especially run speed) available at all times is really nice. He also helped make a quest hub area where we got an extra quest which was pretty cool. All in all though it is probably the most 'Thankless' of the paths. You make stuff to help people but don't really interact with them after you do it. If the thought of knowing you made the questing experience for somebody else easier is appealing to you then Settler is a good option in my opinion.
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poptart_fairy posted:Is there a more advanced description of the Settler path anywhere? Official info just seems to hype it up without going into detail about the mechanics or how useful I'd be to people. Settlers gather scraps from around the zones. They're easily noticeable due to there being a Settler icon that hovers above them. You use these scraps to build buff stations in designated areas at each questing hub. These buffs include: +XP, +Health, +Resistance, +Crit, +Shield, +Run Speed, +Physical/Magical/Tech damage, etc., and they last for 15-30 minutes each. Also some hubs have temporary speeders that Settlers can build that can get you to other quest hubs quicker, like a mini flight point. Also there are major projects at some of the quest hubs that require a lot of gathering from Settlers to complete (or you can do it yourself but it takes a while). Usually it's like gathering 100 items from within the hub, and you can only carry 5 at a time to bring to the project manager. The projects are usually an additional quest hub and bounty board and some merchants. Around the hubs you'll also find little things to repair that give you reputation points for the zone's main reputation. Like 5 rep per item you repair I think. The Settler abilities are nifty too, including one that lets you drop a vendor that repairs. Another one is a camp fire that increases health regen (only works out of combat) and you can right-click the fire for an additional buff (I think it's a health buff?). Cooldowns on your abilities get shorter as you level the path.
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Yeah, Settlers are super useful to everyone, plus if you go settler you don't have to depend on someone else for the buff stations. I prefer explorer personally, because it's fun to find these weird out of the way locations and get rewards for doing so. Just don't go settler if you don't like clicking on a bunch of extra stuff on the ground.
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Voting for the oceanic PVP server since then it'll be populated at all times (Much like blackrock in wow)
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settler is only good if you like to farm a million of shiny objects for the sake of helping everyone else if you don't play a settler you don't have to do this but you still benefit from the buffs they unlock
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Rylek posted:All in all though it is probably the most 'Thankless' of the paths. You make stuff to help people but don't really interact with them after you do it. If the thought of knowing you made the questing experience for somebody else easier is appealing to you then Settler is a good option in my opinion. I agree with this sentiment. I love seeing settler kiosks while leveling but it seems like a "boring" path as opposed to the others. Also I know it was said in the old thread, but the music in this game is excellent. I may actually keep it on!
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:I agree with this sentiment. I love seeing settler kiosks while leveling but it seems like a "boring" path as opposed to the others. You'd think that the game would have some sort of reward system every time someone uses your buff station. It wouldn't be too hard to implement.
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