[Megathread] Wildstar - Now F2P

[Valeron]

Jedi, schmedi

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well as a former navy seal, we never got a bayonet.

British Army do and they have seen recent use too.

[Valeron]

does the British Army still use horses in their cavalry as well?

I jest. But really I'm sure a bayonet get some use, however you would use your rifle as your main weapon for most of the time.

[Deleted]

does the British Army still use horses in their cavalry as well?

I jest. But really I'm sure a bayonet get some use, however you would use your rifle as your main weapon for most of the time.

Yes, but if you are in close like any tank in Wildstar then a bayonet can only be beneficial.

[Razael]

Yes, but if you are in close like any tank in Wildstar then a bayonet can only be beneficial.

Indeed. Aiming a Rifle when the span of the rifle is bigger than the distance between the soon to be deceased, might aswell impale the bastard.

[Arlee]

Jedi, schmedi

:O

And in general... applying real world logic to a MMO is always a bad idea

[Collected]

Patch notes are out. I noticed there are character body type options on character create now so perhaps that will satisfy the folks who felt that area was lacking.

[Acidbaron]

Yep the UI patch notes can be found at

https://forums.wildstar-online.com/f...4/#entry304801

Too large to copy and paste.

[Razael]

More hairstyles and body types are always welcome in my book. Can't wait to see them.

[Edge-]

More hairstyles and body types are always welcome in my book. Can't wait to see them.

Kinda sad I uninstalled the beta client a bit ago now >.<

[Acidbaron]

Some key patch notes:

*Added new character hair options in Character Creation.
*Character Creation now offers various body types for all races and genders.
*A completely revamped User Interface has been introduced to the game! The UI will continue to be polished over the coming months, so please pardon our dust.
*Changes have been made that should reduce game latency when realms have high player populations.

*Stun Breakout Gameplay has been changed based on feedback. This change is intended to remove the button spamming, while also making keyboard macros less viable.
-Players no longer have to rapidly press the interact button to get out of Stuns.
-Now a random movement button (Forward, Backward, Left or Right) is selected.
-Holding down the corresponding button will allow you to get out of the stun faster.

*Higher difficulty encounters and creatures have been added throughout the world. These creatures will grant larger quest credit and XP for those willing to take on the added difficulty.
*World Taxis now have more direct flights to various locations.
*The Group XP bonus has been increased for open world groups. Ungrouped players should no longer earn more per kill than players that are grouped.
*Experience rewards for open world public events have been tuned. These events now have a median level for purposes of distributing experience. Players more than five levels below the event will not be eligible for participation in most events, and players more than three levels above will be able to participate but will not receive experience rewards. Players above the experience threshold will continue to receive item rewards for participating.

And they added some more VO's and so on...

[Kelimbror]

Well hot sauce. If they can make several patches like this prior to launch, I think they may be able to clean up many a mess that has been made.

[Razael]

Well hot sauce. If they can make several patches like this prior to launch, I think they may be able to clean up many a mess that has been made.

Isn't this the release candidate? Bug fix aside? Swear i read those words together on another forum post somewhere.

[Edge-]

Isn't this the release candidate? Bug fix aside? Swear i read those words together on another forum post somewhere.

2 months out? >.>

I mean, I'm not expecting any more dramatic overhauls like this between now and launch, but I'd still expect tweaks to a number of systems, especially stuff that's been overhauled like the UI.

[Razael]

2 months out? >.>

I mean, I'm not expecting any more dramatic overhauls like this between now and launch, but I'd still expect tweaks to a number of systems, especially stuff that's been overhauled like the UI.

Maybe i mistook the context of those words in their forums, i can't really remember the thread i read it at. Still 2 months out, i doubt we will see many more big changes.

[Jibjub]

The new breakout mechanic is interesting ... but I hope "right or left" works with strafe. I don't ever have right or left in my keybinds :/

Or did I read that wrong?

[Lane]

I have a weird feeling that there are going to be way too many Stalkers at launch ><

Melee combat isn't even my 'thing', definitely not how I ever start out any game (I prefer ranged DPS), but stalker was my favorite class when I was in beta. I haven't played since they discontinued persistent access, but at the time it was the only class that didn't feel underpowered to me.

Functionally, I preferred the spellslinger, but their DPS was just too low to warrant playing one for long. Esper, I never could get the hang of their (at least early on) lack of mobility. Engineer DPS was also too awful to play. Never liked medic or warrior.

Some key patch notes:

*Added new character hair options in Character Creation.
*Character Creation now offers various body types for all races and genders.

I have to say, this really surprises me. Carbine have to be the first ever MMO developer I've encountered who actually bothered to add more character creation options between beta and launch based on feedback. Last I heard, they had no further additions planned until post launch.

I just hope the options look good and weren't rushed.

[Kelimbror]

Maybe i mistook the context of those words in their forums, i can't really remember the thread i read it at. Still 2 months out, i doubt we will see many more big changes.

I didn't expect them to be capable of making changes like this either, but they did. Shows what I know. I don't expect them to rectify half of the problems I have, which addons will likely have to fix, but they are heading good directions. I'm pretty sure they'll have some significant updates after they launch the new UI because a game simply can't launch with a halfway done UI.

[Stormkhan]

Important question before i preorder teh Star of Wild; Which Beta will let us test the game on EU servers?

[Araxie]

Important question before i preorder teh Star of Wild; Which Beta will let us test the game on EU servers?

The weekend Betas, which the next one will be NEXT weekend. That is unless there's another bonus weekend this weekend. I doubt there will be, but stranger things have happened.