[Megathread] Wildstar - Now F2P

[Boramir]

Well, the classes that can healer for now are Esper and Spellslinger, neither of which really bases their healing capability around medicine, but instead they use psychic energy and guns powered by magic. So healing IRL is related to medicine and therefore to science, but in the world of Wildstar not so much (at least not until we see the other classes).

well, I guess that's part of the beauty of playing fantasy games... you can think up combinations of playstyles that other people might not think of. In the end, it's all a matter of preference for how you want to play your character. To each their own I guess.

[Kelimbror]

When this game comes out nobody will ever see me again :P

Me either. Holding on to 2 weeks of vacation right now like treasure. Good thing is that I can carry them over if I don't use them this year. So if Wildstar is delayed to next year, then I'll just take 4 weeks off.

Haven't 100% decided on the race or faction, but I think I'm going to go with a Cassian or Human Spellslinger Scientist. Followed by a Mechari or Aurin Stalker Explorer. I feel a strong bout of Altitis coming on.

[athlonmax]

my thoughts on what I will play based on current information are:

Exile: Aurin > Spellslinger > Explorer
Dominion: Mechari > Stalker > Scientist

This is all contingent on the 2 undisclosed races/classes.

http://www.tentonhammer.com/wildstar...utm_medium=rss

Esper and scientist would be an interesting pairing though.

[Kelimbror]

Hmm...if you haven't read Massively's interview with Gaffney about the Settler path...you should totally do it. He talks about some amazing features in the game that aren't necessarily settler related. Also, the Settler has so much going on for it I didn't realize it would be so cool. So conflicted now.

Some highlights:

- Game has almost no phasing and all the changes you make are actually present in the world.
- Settlers can build things inside of Dungeons
- Towns are literally built up by many Settlers, these towns decay if not kept up so it requires a very social, group interaction to keep these towns being awesome
- Warplots will allow you to

capture a raid boss, bring it back to your plot, and send it to fight the enemy's fortress. You'll be able to make Mech factories that will put you in a Mech with super powers

Mind. Blown. (for like the 100th time with this game)

[SirRobin]

Trying to find new stuff but most looks like they are pretty much just reposts.

[Valeron]

A lot of new stuff. No way the game releases this year.

[Schalde]

Will this game be out in the nearest future, or are we talking very late 2013-early 2014?

[athlonmax]

Trying to find new stuff but most looks like they are pretty much just reposts.

Yeah man,we've been eating all the new stuffs faster than we should be. lol They should put moreeeeee....

[SirRobin]

Okay, here is a new one.

http://www.f2p.com/wildstar-press-to...-presentation/



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Will this game be out in the nearest future, or are we talking very late 2013-early 2014?

They are aiming for this year, but no firm dates yet.

[Arlee]

Why do they release new things while I am sleeping?? QQ

But hey I was partially right in my theory about the whole "class dismissed" thing. I figured we'd learn more about the scientist path \o/

[Deleted]

Okay, here is a new one.

http://www.f2p.com/wildstar-press-to...-presentation/

[video=youtu.be;DYnF1chxRSI]http://youtu.be/DYnF1chxRSI[video]

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They are aiming for this year, but no firm dates yet.

The cool part about this is that it's dynamic, the bad part about this for demoing is it's dynamic.

[Deleted]

yeah what Boramir said, couldn't said it better! Granok scientist would be cool too.

Ahhh, I see what you mean now Well, I use to play healers in MMORPGs but I never think of them as "medics" or "doctors" in a RL sense of the word(s) but more as magic/mystic healers so that's why I failed to get your relation between science<-->healing.

The ones I tend to see more associated with "scientists" are the ones locked up in tall towers surrounded with books and experiments and stuff and those normally are "mage" archetypes, not "healers" (ok ok, please disregard Chloromancers from RIFT from this association, ehehe).

But I guess that's the product of mostly playing MMORPGs with a "medieval fantasy" setting W* is sci-fi so you make a good point!

At this point Explorer path just screams "Indiana Jones" to me and I'm finding it very hard to resist that appeal !!!

[Deleted]

well, I guess that's part of the beauty of playing fantasy games... you can think up combinations of playstyles that other people might not think of. In the end, it's all a matter of preference for how you want to play your character. To each their own I guess.

I'm not trying to argue this, actually I perfectly agree on this, but exactly because it's a new world with it's own set of rules the combinations that make sense in our worlds aren't necessarily the most obvious and logical in Wildstar from a roleplaying perspective. For example IMO from the official class descriptions warriors and stalkers seems to be much more technological then the other 2 classes and therefore more inclined to be scientists (for example a stalker scientist that researches Eldan technology and Nexus wildlife to find ways to improve his stealth technology or a warrior that want to find more efficient power sources for his kinetic cells). But at the end it's really based on personal preference and devising your own stories and reasons why you chose one combination of path/class/race will be all part of the fun.

[Razael]

Wait,what? you got your invite already?

Oh i don't know =p

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Also fell in love with Mechari females. For realz.

[athlonmax]

Ahhh, I see what you mean now Well, I use to play healers in MMORPGs but I never think of them as "medics" or "doctors" in a RL sense of the word(s) but more as magic/mystic healers so that's why I failed to get your relation between science<-->healing.

The ones I tend to see more associated with "scientists" are the ones locked up in tall towers surrounded with books and experiments and stuff and those normally are "mage" archetypes, not "healers" (ok ok, please disregard Chloromancers from RIFT from this association, ehehe).

But I guess that's the product of mostly playing MMORPGs with a "medieval fantasy" setting W* is sci-fi so you make a good point!

At this point Explorer path just screams "Indiana Jones" to me and I'm finding it very hard to resist that appeal !!!

Yeah for sci-fi settings scientist is the closest path/job thing associates with a healer. Good pairing for role-playing too i think.

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Oh i don't know =p

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Also fell in love with Mechari females. For realz.

What is the first rule for fight club? You do not talk about fight club. good luck bro!

[Kelimbror]

After watching the puzzle solving, tomb diving shenanigans of the Scientist I think it's definitely the first choice. I'm glad that the paths have some level of crossover, in that you get to do exploring on the scientist and explorer, but they are approached and framed differently.

I also like how Carbine eliminates so many QoL issues that you don't even think about. Like when you have a quest to kill 10 yetis in a cave, then accidentally pull the 'boss' yeti. You run back to town, turn in your kill quest, then get a new quest to kill the boss yeti you already did. /facepalm. Carbine eliminates that by having the item, a head in this case, drop for you without the quest. That way when you pick the quest up for the boss yeti head, it's already in your bag and you don't have to trek back and repeat.

[Deleted]

Oh i don't know =p

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Also fell in love with Mechari females. For realz.

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We don't take kindly to your kind around here.

[Razael]

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We don't take kindly to your kind around here.

And what would that "kind" be?

[Last Attempt]

I usually play a hunter/ranger class whenever I get the chance to but man, some of these other classes look like so much fun to play.

[athlonmax]

After watching the puzzle solving, tomb diving shenanigans of the Scientist I think it's definitely the first choice. I'm glad that the paths have some level of crossover, in that you get to do exploring on the scientist and explorer, but they are approached and framed differently.

I also like how Carbine eliminates so many QoL issues that you don't even think about. Like when you have a quest to kill 10 yetis in a cave, then accidentally pull the 'boss' yeti. You run back to town, turn in your kill quest, then get a new quest to kill the boss yeti you already did. /facepalm. Carbine eliminates that by having the item, a head in this case, drop for you without the quest. That way when you pick the quest up for the boss yeti head, it's already in your bag and you don't have to trek back and repeat.

Yeah,explorer path seems to interact more with outdoor environments stuff in where scientist more to biological,archeologic stuff