Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

Rogosh

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I was disapointed in the quest system for Wildstar but with the new credd system it might be my next game. Warplots and arena being in are a big saving grace for many of us. If leveling through pvp is viable, this game may make it past the 30 day point for me . That being said, when is the next round of beta invites?
 
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Dahkoht_sl said:
Just curious , are the IGE's not around in the RMT business any more ? As in the many multi millions income RMT sites like it that were "legit" as it goes for RMT sites went. Or did they get undercut by all the smaller "pseudo" legit sites that have popped up all over the years?

I very well remember IGE had an actual almost commodities market on their site for most large games where you would get an instant quote for selling them your gold or whatever for each game and divided up by server and side and so on and they'd PayPal you the money. There were business articles about the company and its monetary value and so on , but I never hear about them any more.

Just wondered if it became not profitable enough to run it like that and instead its all stolen account small sites you see spammed in game now everywhere with fly by night domain names.
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IIRC they got out of the business some years ago; there were a few lawsuits flying around at the end and the company was sold or renamed or something, it was pretty confusing at the end with who ended up with what. The bottom line is that the Chinese competition won.
 
Dandai

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Rogosh_sl said:
I was disapointed in the quest system for Wildstar but with the new credd system it might be my next game. Warplots and arena being in are a big saving grace for many of us. If leveling through pvp is viable, this game may make it past the 30 day point for me . That being said, when is the next round of beta invites?
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To my knowledge beta is still down until further notice while they implement some fundamental changes to the gameplay. I think they said it'd be up again sometime in october, but I don't remember exactly.
 
Sutekh

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When does this piece of shit come out, so we can just go ahead and play it and hate it like every single MMO that isn't WoW in the past 8 years.
 
GonzytheMage

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it may be mmo Jesus but i already started hating it sometime before they shut beta down. wtb genre advancement for the better.
 
Mr Creed

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Genre advancement is in the EQN thread, for better or worse your only current hope in this regard.
 
shabushabu

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Rogosh_sl said:
I was disapointed in the quest system for Wildstar but with the new credd system it might be my next game. Warplots and arena being in are a big saving grace for many of us. If leveling through pvp is viable, this game may make it past the 30 day point for me . That being said, when is the next round of beta invites?
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I don't know much about wildstar, but by reading into what you are saying it seems we are looking at a WoW and/or RIFT pvp model here ? ( BGs, arenas etc )
 
Valderen

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shabushabu_sl said:
I don't know much about wildstar, but by reading into what you are saying it seems we are looking at a WoW and/or RIFT pvp model here ? ( BGs, arenas etc )
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Arena, Battlegrounds and Warplots...Warplots being the new thing...to paraphrase one of the devs...it's violent housing.
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It's like 20x20 or 40vs40 organized pvp where each sides builds their own fortress and fight each other. You can capture raid bosses and put them on your Warplot, not much is really known about it yet though.
 
Bruman

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Sutekh_sl said:
When does this piece of shit come out, so we can just go ahead and play it and hate it like every single MMO that isn't WoW in the past 8 years.
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I don't think people are hating FFXIV too much. Although it'll have the typical "dies off after 1-3 months" that all MMOs have these days (even WoW expacs).

I never understood the hype on this game, other than fun marketing. Just....not one thing about it interested me. SA was raving about it, and I just feel like I'm completely missing something. Looked like WoW art style, with typical WoW-style combat, with a few different things around the edges (something about housing or guild plots, supposedly non-combat progression that I've never seen actually be viable/worth-while despite claims in other games). Now that we have some beta reports, seems I wasn't missing much.
 
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EQN is talking a good game, but I'll wait and see the implementation. GW2 talked a good game, but they didn't end up doing anything revolutionary.
 
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Draegan_sl said:
EQN is talking a good game, but I'll wait and see the implementation. GW2 talked a good game, but they didn't end up doing anything revolutionary.
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This. Still stunned they won all the awards and didn't even have anything to show for it but concepts in their mind. Can't trust those kind of award groups anymore they just get paid to say whatever now apparently.
 
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Draegan_sl

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The destructable environment looks cool, the character control and interaction look cool. What will really make the game different is the emergent AI and how it interacts in the world. That and if the Rallying Calls or whatever they are actually work and are fun.
 
Bruman

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rolx_sl said:
This. Still stunned they won all the awards and didn't even have anything to show for it but concepts in their mind. Can't trust those kind of award groups anymore they just get paid to say whatever now apparently.
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"That's a wonderful idea! Here's your ribbon for having the idea while being a big company!"

People seem to forget that all that matters is execution. There are a billion great ideas out there, and noone's big great idea is actually unique. It's all about being the first to pull it off (or honestly, usually the second to pull it off, learning from the mistakes of the first). It's kinda "startup 101", and the same thing applies to the video game industry. I realize SOE is hardly a startup, but it doesn't meant they're exempt from main rule of "execution matters", not just talking about it.

Can't wait until 2016 when we can play and start bitching about the game!
 
Valderen

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I don't really follow games when they are just ideas and concepts anymore. I mean I am aware of what EQ Next is, and their ideas...but I'm not really following other than to say...that looks cool, I'll see how it is when it gets into beta, or they concrete gameplay.

Wildstar was on my radar since gamescon 2011, but I didn't really follow it till this year when they got close to beta and they started showing actual gameplay. Same FF14, I started following when I got into beta...

Kinda sad that it has to be this way but got burned too often by ideas.
 
shabushabu

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Valderen_sl said:
Arena, Battlegrounds and Warplots...Warplots being the new thing...to paraphrase one of the devs...it's violent housing.
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It's like 20x20 or 40vs40 organized pvp where each sides builds their own fortress and fight each other. You can capture raid bosses and put them on your Warplot, not much is really known about it yet though.
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So again no open world pvp.
 
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