Wildstar New MMO (NCSoft and Carbine Studios)

Im sorely tempted to try this game.

Does it have a very deep crafting system?

Medic or Engineer look to be the most appealing classes for me....any recommendations?
 
Crafting is one of the best I have seen in a long time! I currently play a Medic and I love it it just depends on what you want out of the class.

The Resanators are classed mele weapons, where the Engineer is ranged large gun with bots.
 
You guys still active in the Immortals?

I left at the beginning as I went and made a Dominion Warrior......but finding it deadly boring class and come back to my Exile dps medic as my main as he is nearly 40...would be good to join back up with you guys if your actively playing.
 
Supposedly the PTR notes nerf to Esper's Fade Out skill was misworded and will still affect 5 targets (phew). How "Can now only be on 1 target at a time." is misworded and really means still affects 5 targets is beyond me though :p
 
They've posted (some of) their plans for the PvP gear changes

I wanted to give an update regarding PvP issues and incoming fixes.

Scan bot – The fix to allow them to be disabled in PvP has been implemented internally and is being tested by QA.

Once verified, the intent is to get the fix pushed out next week.

Win trading – We are looking into adding a system that will result in both a loss in rating and a deserter debuff if you decline a rated match. I am also working with CS to draft a plan to deal with players who participate in win trading (more on this to come).
Tanking Rating – We are investigating several options to help prevent this:

Potential revisions to the matching game formula (pending approval)
Gear progression revisions. This will help on two fronts; it will enable players to progress more gradually and overcome progression hurdles while also making them more viable against players who tank their rating.



Here is an example of what gear progression could look like:

Tier Gear New Rating Req Old Rating Req
1 Implant 1250 1500
1 Weapon Attachment 1250 1500
1 Energy Shield 1300 1500
1 Support System 1300 1500
1 Hands 1350 1500
1 Feet 1350 1500
1 Legs 1400 1500
1 Shoulder 1400 1500
1 Head 1450 1500
1 Chest 1450 1500
1 Weapon 1500 1500
1 Gadget 1500 1600
2 Implant 1550 1800
2 Weapon Attachment 1550 1800
2 Energy Shield 1600 1800
2 Support System 1600 1800
2 Hands 1650 1800
2 Feet 1650 1800
2 Legs 1700 1800
2 Shoulder 1700 1800
2 Head 1750 1800
2 Chest 1750 1800
2 Weapon 1800 1800
2 Elder Gadget 1800 1900


The target is to have these updates available in drop 2, but depending on approvals, implementation and testing time they may come shortly after.

PvP Stat refactor – Internal testing has gone well and we are on track to push this out with drop 2. The PvP stat refactor will be pushed out to PTR with the next update.
Costumes in PvP – Will be in for drop 2
Interrupt armor – The class team is looking into addressing issues with large amounts of Interrupt Armor available
Item Special Balance – The class team has been continuing to resolve issues with item specials that are over-tuned
Queue times – we are continuing to look into this issue. More info on this when we get the next log pull.
Bots – This is an ongoing battle and we are adding new methods of detection while continuing to ban botting offenders.
Warplots – My revisions spec has received the green light and I will post an update outlining the changes I intent to make.
Formatting is off for the rating changes so better looking at the original post https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/94441-pvp-updates/#entry960129

I can't help but think they either need to get rid of the rating requirements completely or re-evaluate how much rating is gained and lost for a win/loss though as the barrier as it stands is simply too great for the average player.

I've been above 1500 twice now but I seem to lose far more points for a loss than i gain for winning which is frustrating as hell. 2 days ago for example my winrate for the day was ~60% yet by the end of the session i was down to 1380 ish from starting the day at 1516... that's just not on IMO. It doesn't matter to me too much atm as there is no gear above 1500 for BG's anyway and i already have both DPS and heal sets but moving forward and the inevitable addition of 1800 and beyond gear to them I can't see how they can keep it the way it is.

I don't think they realise just how hard it is for the average player to get past the starting point of 1200 never mind reach 1500 and beyond.
 
francky said:
You guys still active in the Immortals?

I left at the beginning as I went and made a Dominion Warrior......but finding it deadly boring class and come back to my Exile dps medic as my main as he is nearly 40...would be good to join back up with you guys if your actively playing.
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Still quite a few of us yeah. I've been busy this week and the weather has been glorious so not on as much but i'd say most of The Immortals from OCUK have just recently hit 50 or are still working their way towards it.
 
I am really struggling to stay motivated to play this. I am mostly playing on my own (Might account for the struggle) but I dunno, nothing seems to grab my attention. I have a lvl 19 Medic, 22 Stalker, 9 Engineer and 8 Warrior. I am thinking of quitting as I just don't know if I can be bothered :( Leveling is so god damn slow as well and the same 2 pvp grounds are driving me bonkers O.o

Waht server are you guys on and what faction?
 
NexusK said:
I don't think they realise just how hard it is for the average player to get past the starting point of 1200 never mind reach 1500 and beyond.
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I don't agree, I think they realise exactly how hard it is.

Thats why the main points of that update are tackling Win Trading, Rating Tanking, Matchmaking Formula and Gear Progression.

The 4 major factors which are making it hard to move up the rankings right now.

I'm really excited for this patch!
 
Woogie said:
I am really struggling to stay motivated to play this. I am mostly playing on my own (Might account for the struggle) but I dunno, nothing seems to grab my attention. I have a lvl 19 Medic, 22 Stalker, 9 Engineer and 8 Warrior. I am thinking of quitting as I just don't know if I can be bothered :( Leveling is so god damn slow as well and the same 2 pvp grounds are driving me bonkers O.o

Waht server are you guys on and what faction?
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I would really suggest you get some friends or get on comms to help the levelling experience. I always had my brother on skype and I am just starting to get into TeamSpeak 3 with [The Immortals]

A few of us are just capping our level 50’s and working on the Attunement Quests. We are Exiles on Ravenous PvP Server, I also think this has helped rather than just the PvE servers!

Our guild is also growing and I know Nem and a few others have just started doing alts which they play for a set time together. They might be able to explain what they do, they just did Stormtalon last night at level 17
 
Greenja said:
I don't agree, I think they realise exactly how hard it is.

Thats why the main points of that update are tackling Win Trading, Rating Tanking, Matchmaking Formula and Gear Progression.

The 4 major factors which are making it hard to move up the rankings right now.

I'm really excited for this patch!
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I just think that they don't quite get it yet. Because they haven't mentioned it I am of course assuming that they aren't making changes to how much you gain/lose for a win/loss though as to me if rating has to stay it's one of the biggest problems. If you win more than you lose you should not end up losing rating overall which is often what happens now depending on the rating of the teams you play against.

Maybe that will change but they hold everything PvP related so close to their chests most of the time that i can only make assumptions.

I am excited about the patch too btw, don't take what i'm saying as anything other than wanting PvP in this game to succeed as despite it's faults it's still potentially the best MMO i've played in a long time.
 
Oh yeah NexusK I'm not having a go, didn't think you were slating the game or anything, just giving my opinion also. I realise I can verge dangerously close to fanboyism though at times haha, just not got into a game like I have with this for a long time :D

Hopefully the changes to the matchmaking formula they mentioned will solve the rating problems your talking about.

Though to be fair, I think if you lose against a lower rated team you should lose more rating than if you win against that same team, as statistically the matchup is in your favour in the first place.

So in your example, if you got a 60% win rate against a team lower rated than yourself (and only played that same lower rated team for all those matches), it makes sense to me that you would lose rating. Or at least not gain rating. As each win gets you say 20 rating (as it's an easy match up), but each loss gets you -30 rating (as you should have won!). Made up numbers ofc.

But I can defo see why that would be frustrating, winning but losing rating, the problem there would be that your not getting matched up against similar or higher rated teams.

Very hypothetical and a lot of conjecture on my part, so might be very misguided opinion lol.
 
clartymarty said:
I would really suggest you get some friends or get on comms to help the levelling experience. I always had my brother on skype and I am just starting to get into TeamSpeak 3 with [The Immortals]

A few of us are just capping our level 50’s and working on the Attunement Quests. We are Exiles on Ravenous PvP Server, I also think this has helped rather than just the PvE servers!

Our guild is also growing and I know Nem and a few others have just started doing alts which they play for a set time together. They might be able to explain what they do, they just did Stormtalon last night at level 17
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HA I am on dominion on Ravenous but may switch over to Exile and join you guys. I have always preferred playing with people but the majority of my friends are never on when I am.
 
clartymarty said:
I would really suggest you get some friends or get on comms to help the levelling experience. I always had my brother on skype and I am just starting to get into TeamSpeak 3 with [The Immortals]

A few of us are just capping our level 50’s and working on the Attunement Quests. We are Exiles on Ravenous PvP Server, I also think this has helped rather than just the PvE servers!

Our guild is also growing and I know Nem and a few others have just started doing alts which they play for a set time together. They might be able to explain what they do, they just did Stormtalon last night at level 17
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This :D

francky said:
You guys still active in the Immortals?

I left at the beginning as I went and made a Dominion Warrior......but finding it deadly boring class and come back to my Exile dps medic as my main as he is nearly 40...would be good to join back up with you guys if your actively playing.
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Yup more so than ever we over a 100 in now, with maybe 10/15 on line at anyone time, as said we ran Stormtalon last night guild run, 3 of us were level 17 and we cleared it in under a hour :D

This game like all games are 10x better in a group, but don't be misled in thinking ill join a group and instantly have friends to play with, its the same old story with anything you only get out what you put in.

IE if you join us, or any guild be social talk in guild chat jump on Voip and soon you will have more than enough people to group with.
My new alt is level 20 now and I have not one thing solo with it, everything has being done in a guild group of 3 and 4 and BG are just a blast in a group even if we lose :p
 
Nemeses said:
This :D



Yup more so than ever we over a 100 in now, with maybe 10/15 on line at anyone time, as said we ran Stormtalon last night guild run, 3 of us were level 17 and we cleared it in under a hour :D

This game like all games are 10x better in a group, but don't be misled in thinking ill join a group and instantly have friends to play with, its the same old story with anything you only get out what you put in.

IE if you join us, or any guild be social talk in guild chat jump on Voip and soon you will have more than enough people to group with.
My new alt is level 20 now and I have not one thing solo with it, everything has being done in a guild group of 3 and 4 and BG are just a blast in a group even if we lose :p
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Bloody hell your not hanging about are ya, how are you getting on with your level 50? I tried to do my warrior purely in PvP but its going so slow...we are loosing all the time!

Perfect example with group play and making friends, Snikmund came and helped me doing the Atunment boss after getting the Key...Met a SS who couldnt do it either. Tried for about 1hr last night and did it, I have him now as a friend so if we need help he can come along.

I am currently in the process of doing the Rep Grind 23k out of 32k :(
 
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I've been grinding that rep too marty! I've got 4.5k left to go, I've just been running adventures with my guild. I got 2 epics and 1600rep from four gold adventures last night :)

Luckily I seem to have found a really good guild on Dom side, always loads online and on mumble having a good laugh.
 
I can see myself folding and selling the CREDD i have stored soon. I've spent 8 plat so far making rune sets for my healing gear and don't even have half them done yet. Way more expensive making the heal ones than the DPS ones were, at least compared to the time i made the DPS ones anyway they might be more expensive now.

Only thing putting off is the exchange rate, it's stayed a lot lower than i thought it would.
 
Looking forward to coming on more when we have a larger base @ 50. All honesty I am funding it a struggle to log on at the moment due to it being slow-going. After previously privileged quality guilds I really can't bear to run vet dungeons with lowly pauper-pugs :p

- GP
 
Yeah I expected CREDD prices to rise quicker than they have, seems to have stabilised around 7p on Ravenous server.

Strange to me that people will pay, what is it £13?, for 7p.
 
I know right, especially people who play a lot. I'm not playing as much now so money isn't coming in that fast but when i was i was making 2.5 plat ish just from a day of PvP'ing.

Tbh i'd have thought it would be going for nearer 20 plat so bought one pretty early on with a mind to saving it until they did, at this rate we'll need to wait 6 months for it to reach reasonable prices if it ever does. I suppose it doesn't help that the gold sellers seem to be selling waaay cheaper than the official way and people are still set in their risky ways of buying from them.
 
Yeah, really wish people wouldn't use gold sellers, especially when there is a legit alternative. People always moan about bots, but the whole reason for the existence of bots is to farm gold with them to sell to people. If people didn't buy from them there would be not bots (well, drastically reduced).

I'll bet a fair few people who have moaned about bots in the game have bought gold from the damn sellers!

A guy in my guild is sitting on 20 CREDD at the moment lol, guess he's really hoping the price goes up!
 
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