[Megathread] Wildstar - Now F2P

[Deleted]

I'll take a sub over F2P any day of the week.

And I'll take a B2P over P2P any day of the week

[sergel02]

I'll take anything I just want to try out the game.

[savethetuna]

Video interview released yesterday if anyone hasn't seen yet. Enjoy

[Deleted]

I heard 2 magic words: Open + Beta (~17m) so at least we know there's going to be one
Makes not getting into CBTs a little more bearable...

[SirRobin]

Check your inboxes and spam folders folks!

https://forums.wildstar-online.com/f...ck-here-first/

I have a sneaking suspicion we'll be getting new patch notes today.

[Kelimbror]

I have a sneaking suspicion we'll be getting new patch notes today.

Umm...that link only works for specific people. Not sure if posting it is the same as admitting to certain things...but regardless, it's going to appear to be a broken link for just about everyone, which is certainly confusing.

[SirRobin]

Umm...that link only works for specific people. Not sure if posting it is the same as admitting to certain things...but regardless, it's going to appear to be a broken link for just about everyone, which is certainly confusing.

Odd, I'm not in Beta, as in don't have a login, and it works fine for me.

[Kelimbror]

Odd, I'm not in Beta, as in don't have a login, and it works fine for me.

Ah, it did finally load for me. I guess they were having server issues, because the main site took ages to load as well. Carry on. I wonder if this was more stress test invites or real beta invites...I'm guessing more stress testers.

Edit: I just assumed from the title in the link and the fact that it wasn't loading for me that it was something only registered users could see.

[Arlee]

Ah, it did finally load for me. I guess they were having server issues, because the main site took ages to load as well. Carry on. I wonder if this was more stress test invites or real beta invites...I'm guessing more stress testers.

Edit: I just assumed from the title in the link and the fact that it wasn't loading for me that it was something only registered users could see.

Yea there are certain parts of the beta forums they use to make announcements (like last week they used it to announce character wipe this week and the start of CB3).

[SirRobin]

http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/ne..._to_rumble.php

[Enjeh]

Bet you $5 that next W*W will be announcing CBT3

$5 to you! and no beta invite for me! :'(

[Deleted]

Great video recomendations, please keep posting things like that if you scoop up on something, Thanks!

[athlonmax]

Seeing all the beta patch notes made me sad that we're still not receive our beta invites yet

[Kelimbror]

Uhh...yep, just reinforced my decision to not roll on a PvP server. Beta is Beta and all, but..:

Rivals List

• Rivals may be added from either faction.
• Anyone on your Rivals List can be marked in the open world with a unique visual representation. Use this to track down nemeses of the opposite faction, or duel with one of your favorite friends!

Eff that. Griefing ahoy.

Edit: Here's an example of what creative gold sinks look like (as opposed to just repair costs)

Players can now choose between sending messages that will arrive instantly, in an hour, or the next day. The faster you want a message to arrive, the more expensive that message becomes!

[Arlee]

Wow.. the whole Rivals thing sound interesting and I get what they are trying to do... but wow so much potential for people to abuse that system.

[SirRobin]

Rivals does seem to open you to repeated ganking but it also opens some interesting possibilities too. It may let you mark gankers too. Which could help turn the tables on them. Imagine calling out a ganker in global and anyone inclined being able to add their name. It would make posses much more effective too.

Imagine the battles you could get from rival posses marking each other. Opens some interesting Open-PvP scenarios.

[Kelimbror]

Wow.. the whole Rivals thing sound interesting and I get what they are trying to do... but wow so much potential for people to abuse that system.

yeah...there's really no way that won't be a nightmare for everyone. This is a game you really, really don't want to be on a PvP server unless you want to be ganked constantly.

Also, good to see that they are going with GW2's flexibility for crafting:

Tradeskill Dropping has been replaced with Tradeskill Swapping. Players who visit the Tradeskill Trainer and select a new Tradeskill will be given the option to swap a current Tradeskill out for a new one. This will cost various amounts of money, depending on the Tradeskill you are switching from as well as the tier reached.

[athlonmax]

But we don't know how this tracking rival works,tracking in the same zone, or when he's visually closer to u,some sort of indicator will tell us etc etc.

[SirRobin]

But we don't know how this tracking rival works,tracking in the same zone, or when he;s closer to u,some indicator will tell us etc etc.

One of the main issue I usually encountered was finding the gankers for retaliation. If they can be "tagged," so to speak? Makes posses and bounties much more workable.

[Kelimbror]

But we don't know how this tracking rival works,tracking in the same zone, or when he;s closer to u,some indicator will tell us etc etc.

It doesn't matter. You can now mark players from an interface that makes them easier to find, track, and repeatedly kill. The details only tell you how truly awful it is. Do you know how much people freaked out when wow added the target marker to the minimap? Like...people went nuts about the PvP implications.

Even if this system did that, it's already too much. PvP should never be about letting the game interface enable you to kill someone better. That's the opposite of competition.