Carbine Studios' "Wildstar"

[Riggswolfe]

I will say that YMMV based on the first zones you pick. Levian Bay -> Ellevar for Dominion was much more fun/polished than Crimson Isle -> Deradune. They improved Deradune in the last couple beta patches, but it still feels pretty inferior. The Exile stuff felt a little more equal, but I still vastly preferred what I did of Everstar Grove -> Celestion compared to Northern Wilds -> Algoroc.

I'm the exact opposite. In beta I went to Everstar Grove and never made it out. I bought this in a moment of weakness and tried Northern Wilds. So much more fun for me. Evenstar Groves was just...boring.

Also, don't use Biijplates. It has a massive, massive memory leak. I was getting horrible slow down to the point of slideshows. I found Wildstar was using ALL of my ram and went to the forums. People there said this was a major cause, I disabled it and it's been smooth sailing ever since.

[Flood]

So most people here have rolled on Avatus?  Which faction?

Dominion. Archytas, level 11 Engineer.  

I haven't seen any of the Brazilian Insurgency, at least at my low level, FYI.

[dd0029]

I picked up Bijiplates last night. I did not notice any slow down. Granted I only played for an hour and a half. I will say it they are nice even though it has some issues. I believe I have all of the things set to only show in combat, but for some reason all of the bars show up for just about everything all of the time. Anyway, knowing when to use my medic execute is much easier.

Finally saved enough at 17 to buy a mount. Disappointing. I'm not sure it's any faster than running.

Oh, those blind status effects, fuck that noise.

[Signe]

For people who pre-ordered, there is a little button to the right of the action keys, that will tell you what was in those boxes.  There seems to have been two mounts - I think they're like hover boards or something - in my stuff.  I'm pretty sure you can use them with any character so you'd only need one.  I'll have one mount to pass on if they become giftable.  I don't know what else I have.  There's a bunch of junk I don't even understand. 

 

[Draegan]

Back up-thread, some mods were posted.  Now that we've (almost) released, is there a more complete list of mods that are must-haves, or someone just really likes?

BijiPlates - Unit plates that hover on enemies. Can be customized to show casts/debuffs/health/shields/etc.
Junkit - Quality of life mod to autosell junk when you hit up a merchant. Saves you some clicking. No reason not to
Iconloot - The default loot system is the worst part of the built in UI. With this you'll at least notice when you loot an upgrade
TrackMaster - Draws a happy little line on the screen pointing to the nearest harvesting node. It makes the screen a little busy, but if you're a gatherer, I find this invaluable
AmpFinder - Tells you where all of the AMPs you need to buy/find. Saves you some researching.
CustomFov - Doesn't make a huge difference for me, but some people hate the default Field of View. This lets you change it
AuraMastery - Like WoW aura mods. Let's you sit icons that will appear when certain triggers fire off. Helps you keep track of procs and the like without looking down at your bars all the time.

I use these (some overlap):
Bijiplates
Potato
Betterquestlog
trackmaster
ayethquest
iconloot
moveframe
auramastery (haven't used it yet)
dpsmeter (haven't used it yet)
ASCT (combat text addon)
Scastbar
square minimap
ampfinder
customfov
junkit


edit: I have not noticed anything with bijiplates, but I turned a lot of the options off.

[Draegan]

So word is there are already lvl 50s running about. I can't say I am surprised that people level fast, but hitting 50 prior to release? That is a little shocking. Granted, the gaming community has moved toward that route for a decade now... still eyebrow-raising. 

How is that surprising? Max level in games takes 40-70 hours. Some people slept like 10 hours in the first weekend.

[Pennilenko]

What site are you guys getting the mods from?

[Draegan]

I used the curse client for the first time with this game. Pretty painless.

[Pennilenko]

I used the curse client for the first time with this game. Pretty painless.

Cool, thanks.

[Evildrider]

I used the curse client for the first time with this game. Pretty painless.

Cool, thanks.

Yeah,  I've used curse for years.  Its better than manually installing them one by one.

[dd0029]

Do all of the races do a roll when they double jump or have I just lucked out and picked the two that do on the Dominion, the gopher and the human.

[Ingmar]

I will admit that a strike against Wildstar is Ingmar barely even made it out of the arkship, which never bodes well for "will we be duoing." I don't ever only duo with him in these things (usually just the first time through, when we're both equally obsessive about leveling someone up), but it definitely helps a game's cause if we both want to play it.

I did the first full Dominion zone after the ship, and that was enough for me. My complaints are probably out of date at this point but they start with the combat just not being fun at all to me.

[Nebu]

I did the first full Dominion zone after the ship, and that was enough for me. My complaints are probably out of date at this point but they start with the combat just not being fun at all to me.

The game started to get fun for me in the 14-22 zone near Thayd.  After that, I've been laughing at one or more quests per hub in the 22-30 zone (Winter-something).  It is very standard MMO theme park stuff, but it's a well polished theme park.

I will agree about the combat.  I'm not a huge fan of constantly strafing and spamming stuff.  I prefer a much more tactical/reactionary approach.

[Rokal]

Finally saved enough at 17 to buy a mount. Disappointing. I'm not sure it's any faster than running.

Two things: the move speed buff from settlers affects mount speed, and you can still sprint while mounted. Together they help make the level 15 mounts feel much faster.

Back up-thread, some mods were posted.  Now that we've (almost) released, is there a more complete list of mods that are must-haves, or someone just really likes?

I ended up turning Bijiplates off because of the memory leak and because all of the options for fonts looked awful compared to the default UI's.

This is my favorite addon so far:
http://www.curse.com/ws-addons/wildstar/220370-groupradar

Places a small arrow above your group mates when they are in close range, points in the direction of group mates and gives you a distance when they aren't. It has made questing as a duo much easier. It's very easy to lose track of people in Wildstar.

[Sjofn]

I will admit that a strike against Wildstar is Ingmar barely even made it out of the arkship, which never bodes well for "will we be duoing." I don't ever only duo with him in these things (usually just the first time through, when we're both equally obsessive about leveling someone up), but it definitely helps a game's cause if we both want to play it.

I did the first full Dominion zone after the ship, and that was enough for me. My complaints are probably out of date at this point but they start with the combat just not being fun at all to me.

I didn't realize you had made it that far, although thinking about it now I remember that you had some engineer pets (who were busted) and that was post-arkship levels. Derp!

[Rasix]

I chose my spellslinger over eng somewhat due to spotty pet pathing.  You can run pet less pretty easy, but that removes some of the appeal.  They seemed to have a lot of trouble with the terrain.

[Evildrider]

I chose my spellslinger over eng somewhat due to spotty pet pathing.  You can run pet less pretty easy, but that removes some of the appeal.  They seemed to have a lot of trouble with the terrain.

I have less problems with terrain then with them aggroing everything when I run by unnoticed.

[Rasix]

Guest passes were distributed.  If you want one, just sent a PM.

[Ghambit]

So most people here have rolled on Avatus?  Which faction?

Dominion. Character name is Tirith.

Dominion.  Ghunstarr.  The Drunk Tanks.

[Evildrider]

I am also on Avatus.  Harshaw - Chua Engineer.

[Goldenmean]

I made an F13 circle on Avatus today and tried to send invitations to the people whose names I knew from this thread, but I don't think they go through unless you're both online at the same time. I'll be on tomorrow from like 7 PM PST on, so message me if you want an invite. I'll give everyone invite rights, so eventually I won't be the bottle neck to get people invited.

Circles are essentially chat channels. Unlike guilds, you can belong to several (I think there's space for 4 or 5 in the UI) at a time. Hopefully this will let us semi-organize without having to abandon our current guilds.

[Bann]

Im on avatus as well.

Dominion - Bann - Warrior.

[AcidCat]

I have less problems with terrain then with them aggroing everything when I run by unnoticed.

Yeah, running around with basically a huge aggro radius is really starting to get annoying. I'm only level 11 so I don't know how gimped I will be with a petless engineer build, but I'm already considering rerolling.

[Father mike]

just pull your attack powers off your bar and put the pet powers on.  AMP respecs cost ... 15c?  No need to re-roll unless you hate the look of your char

[90Proof]

I have three two guest pass keys, send me a pm if you would like one.

https://support.wildstar-online.com/entries/63202917



fake edit: decrement passes

[Evildrider]

I have less problems with terrain then with them aggroing everything when I run by unnoticed.

Yeah, running around with basically a huge aggro radius is really starting to get annoying. I'm only level 11 so I don't know how gimped I will be with a petless engineer build, but I'm already considering rerolling.

Artillery Bot and Bruiserbot make soloing pretty decent on the engi.  Especially since the bruiser interrupts and taunts with his special.

[Venkman]

I've got three passes as well. PM if you need, though with all the guest passes, I imagine everyone on the fence now has one

[Ginaz]

I got my house tonight (just before the server went offline ) and I can already tell I won't be getting to max level anytime soon.  I'll be too busy decorating!

[Draegan]

I typically ignore housing, or really don't care about it but in this game... looks like fun! Probably has to do with the recall to house feature and the ability to drop in and out of it. Plus logging out there each time gives you nice rest XP and since you see it twice a day at least (log in and out), you're more likely than not to want to make it look cool.

I just wish I wasn't a poor asshole.

[Rokal]

I got my house tonight (just before the server went offline ) and I can already tell I won't be getting to max level anytime soon.  I'll be too busy decorating!

[Rasix]

The housing is neat.  My space zombie has a garden.  I just wish seeds were part of the tradeskill bag or crated.  Housing isn't cheap, however.  I had to decide whether I wanted to learn a new skill or buy the garden.  

Difficulty seems to ramp up past 14.  The fragility of my spellslinger is really coming into play.  Either that or my gear right now is really lackluster.  My build probably isn't the best either.  However, I can't seem to down the high hp "elites" like I used to in the previous zone.  This is worrying.  I could build in some heals, I suppose, but those damn things seem to chunk me down really fast.

I need to find a mod (or setting) to change the color of the tells.  Red, depending on the ground, can be either visible or not for me.  This is a problem.

[Nebu]

The housing is neat.  My space zombie has a garden.  I just wish seeds were part of the tradeskill bag or crated.  Housing isn't cheap, however.  I had to decide whether I wanted to learn a new skill or buy the garden.  

Difficulty seems to ramp up past 14.  The fragility of my spellslinger is really coming into play.  Either that or my gear right now is really lackluster.  My build probably isn't the best either.  However, I can't seem to down the high hp "elites" like I used to in the previous zone.  This is worrying.  I could build in some heals, I suppose, but those damn things seem to chunk me down really fast.

I need to find a mod (or setting) to change the color of the tells.  Red, depending on the ground, can be either visible or not for me.  This is a problem.

Spellslingers peak early and even out by level 30 or so.  Playing an esper (weaker, more stationary version of a spellslinger) has taught me a few things. 

1. My action bar is 3 damage abilities, 2 CC, a heal, and a shield.  CC and interrupts are required after level 25 because you won't have dash up often enough to avoid everything.

2. Mobs become more like a dance.  You need to learn the mob's patterns or you'll get wrecked.

3. Try your best to keep your quests at level.  The game is harder than WoW and you're not going to do well with level 27 quests if you're level 25. 

4. Make sure you check the faction vendor in each zone before leaving that zone.  They will sell 4-8 AMPS at ~ 1gold each.  I buy them all. 

5. Group often.  You get bonus xp and guild xp for grouping.  The guild xp helps you buy perks. 

That's all I can think of for now.

[Rasix]

Apparently there are colorblind options under targeting. I'll have to give those a whirl.

[Signe]

Since enough people seem to be interested and playing, maybe we could have a name/server thread?  Someone can start it though because I already made a thread this year.  I think Rasix should do it.  Also, I have two of those codes if anyone wants them.  I'm a naturally hairless robot warrior named Gynoid on Avatus because, you know... butts.  Anyway, I'm not sure if I'll stay a warrior but I really like my robot face.

[Rasix]

We really need a MMO rosters subforum.  There's a fair number of games now that I don't believe have critical mass for a forum, but probably have people wanting to connect.