Anyone know how Wildstar is?

Aerozord · 07-20-2014, 08:14 PM

Me and my brother were looking into getting it. For now researching because money is too tight to toss into something we wont enjoy. Reviews for it are good but online community makes or breaks these kinds of games and thats hard to find information on.

Kim · 07-20-2014, 09:21 PM

all the female models and animation are garbage but there's some cool stuff to encourage exploration and the like it seems. i'll assume the community is garbage because i've literally yet to find an mmo community that isn't.

Aldurin · 07-21-2014, 12:35 AM

Tried the second-to-last beta weekend. The game's love and care is clearly going into the community stuff, since quests are the standard "go to X", "kill X things" and "collect X things" with the generally unenjoyable skillbar piano on the PvE. Doesn't mean that the community stuff is actually good but it seems to be the dev's primary focus.

Damn, Runescape's quest design has ruined me for all MMOs.

Inbred Chocobo · 07-21-2014, 08:39 AM

I'll be honest. I regret buying it. I have a couple coworkers that were really into it, and enjoying themselves. So I got into it myself, but ended up not doing a lot with them, and got nowhere fast. Didn't even renew my subscription one month.

I'll be honest, community is the same thing as WoW. I know of a guild that transferred from WoW to Wildstar in its entirety. If you like WoW, and can easily join with random people and enjoy yourself, then Wildstar will work well for you. If you are like me and have problems with getting into the community with WoW like people randomly without knowing someone personally, then don't bother.

synkr0nized · 07-21-2014, 12:15 PM

FWIW, a good friend of mine has been talking it up non-stop since he started playing a few weeks ago. He even put together a new rig to play it (and a couple other games) on better settings.

I told him I've already got GW2, STO, and SWtoR that I am hopping in and out of, so I don't really want to commit to a subscription MMO again. I will note that none of these three are difficult MMOs, and I have read that Wildstar actually has some difficulty/challenge. That's actually pretty neat -- I used to push my builds as best as possible in WoW, and I enjoyed the tougher boss fights and the achievements involved in them. While I really, really enjoy GW2 and STO (SWtoR I mostly play for lightsabers and the story), anyone with a mouse and a keyboard and a pulse can be successful in either's PvE. Edit: Sure, it's really easy for the average player to put together something horrible or that ignores the current meta of the games, but that usually isn't enough to prevent a dungeon from getting completed and won't keep them from progressing story or contributing to the zerg rush when beating world bosses.

I also have another friend trying to get us all to play Defiance, but that's another story.

In any case he speaks very highly of it, and this is a guy who's bought/played other MMOs and dropped them after a couple of weeks. That suggests to me that at least the setting and class styles are interesting. He also liked the visuals and art style, though he did say it was cartoony.

Also due to the hours he keeps he's up very early our time, which means he gets to play alongside a lot of Aussies and got into a guild with them to do group content. I got the impression this makes it easier to get through parts of the game that a solo player might find to be a roadblock.

I cannot offer a personal opinion, and none of the rest of my friends are playing. So maybe this was not helpful, but I trust his opinion.

Krylo · 07-21-2014, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by synkr0nized

I also have another friend trying to get us all to play Defiance, but that's another story.

Punch him.

In the face.

But if that doesn't work, I do have an account and would be willing to log on to play with you, but really it's kind of a uh. . . it's a kinda poor single player TPS with MMO very lightly sprinkled on top of it. I think I wrote that in my review thread.

Aerozord · 07-21-2014, 04:35 PM

Hmm seems kind of mixed feelings on this....

synkr0nized · 07-21-2014, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krylo

Punch him.

In the face.

But if that doesn't work, I do have an account and would be willing to log on to play with you, but really it's kind of a uh. . . it's a kinda poor single player TPS with MMO very lightly sprinkled on top of it. I think I wrote that in my review thread.

Without making a derail, basically I've told him I'm not interested. I mean, the science fiction and space guns aspects are appealing but, like, it would get really old really quick. Reviews that aren't from early months tend to agree that it's repetitive and never really exciting at endgame.

**Revising Ocelot** · 07-21-2014, 05:29 PM

I've been working hard on my Steam backlog and I'm quite proud of it. Was thinking of trying a MMO to help preserve it. Guild Wars 2 soured me with trying to pug dungeons and its giant crab beach, so I'm too lazy to patch that. Is there a trial for Wildstar? Was also thinking about Firefall as it'll be officially released soon, a lot of people say they've finally figured out how to make that game good, since the developer who ordered that Firefall bus left and stopped interfering with the game.

Aerozord · 07-21-2014, 05:50 PM

there isn't like a demo, but the game comes with some one week guest passes I could share. Assuming I get it of course

07-20-2014, 08:14 PM	#1
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	Anyone know how Wildstar is? Me and my brother were looking into getting it. For now researching because money is too tight to toss into something we wont enjoy. Reviews for it are good but online community makes or breaks these kinds of games and thats hard to find information on. __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

07-20-2014, 09:21 PM	#2
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	all the female models and animation are garbage but there's some cool stuff to encourage exploration and the like it seems. i'll assume the community is garbage because i've literally yet to find an mmo community that isn't. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

07-21-2014, 12:15 PM	#5
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,861	in which I only have second-hand opinions FWIW, a good friend of mine has been talking it up non-stop since he started playing a few weeks ago. He even put together a new rig to play it (and a couple other games) on better settings. I told him I've already got GW2, STO, and SWtoR that I am hopping in and out of, so I don't really want to commit to a subscription MMO again. I will note that none of these three are difficult MMOs, and I have read that Wildstar actually has some difficulty/challenge. That's actually pretty neat -- I used to push my builds as best as possible in WoW, and I enjoyed the tougher boss fights and the achievements involved in them. While I really, really enjoy GW2 and STO (SWtoR I mostly play for lightsabers and the story), anyone with a mouse and a keyboard and a pulse can be successful in either's PvE. Edit: Sure, it's really easy for the average player to put together something horrible or that ignores the current meta of the games, but that usually isn't enough to prevent a dungeon from getting completed and won't keep them from progressing story or contributing to the zerg rush when beating world bosses. I also have another friend trying to get us all to play Defiance, but that's another story. In any case he speaks very highly of it, and this is a guy who's bought/played other MMOs and dropped them after a couple of weeks. That suggests to me that at least the setting and class styles are interesting. He also liked the visuals and art style, though he did say it was cartoony. Also due to the hours he keeps he's up very early our time, which means he gets to play alongside a lot of Aussies and got into a guild with them to do group content. I got the impression this makes it easier to get through parts of the game that a solo player might find to be a roadblock. I cannot offer a personal opinion, and none of the rest of my friends are playing. So maybe this was not helpful, but I trust his opinion. __________________ Find love. Last edited by synkr0nized; 07-21-2014 at 12:21 PM.

07-21-2014, 04:35 PM	#7
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	Hmm seems kind of mixed feelings on this.... __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

07-21-2014, 05:29 PM	#9
Revising Ocelot Douchebag Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Probably somewhere in England. Posts: 1,897	I've been working hard on my Steam backlog and I'm quite proud of it. Was thinking of trying a MMO to help preserve it. Guild Wars 2 soured me with trying to pug dungeons and its giant crab beach, so I'm too lazy to patch that. Is there a trial for Wildstar? Was also thinking about Firefall as it'll be officially released soon, a lot of people say they've finally figured out how to make that game good, since the developer who ordered that Firefall bus left and stopped interfering with the game. __________________ magic sucks

07-21-2014, 12:35 AM	#3
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	Tried the second-to-last beta weekend. The game's love and care is clearly going into the community stuff, since quests are the standard "go to X", "kill X things" and "collect X things" with the generally unenjoyable skillbar piano on the PvE. Doesn't mean that the community stuff is actually good but it seems to be the dev's primary focus. Damn, Runescape's quest design has ruined me for all MMOs.

07-21-2014, 05:50 PM	#10
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	there isn't like a demo, but the game comes with some one week guest passes I could share. Assuming I get it of course __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."