Very well then, I'd like for you to justify why exactly the same controls should mean either strafe or turn depending on how long it has been since the player last attacked. And why the player should not have the option to change that behavior. Plenty of games give the player the option to both strafe and turn by having different controls for both of them so that you can actually do the one you want rather than having the game randomly pick one for you.
That rings a very faint bell. Don't remember if that was one of those awful Beta ideas that got removed or if there's a setting to disable it or specific strafe-only and turn-only keybinds. I definitely have strafe-only set up (mained a Stalker). I also turned off double-tap to dodge.
Edit: And speaking of combat, at least in the early game, it was far too
easy and utterly failed to show the fun / 'advantages' of the system...
I find that to be a typical fault of MMO's that put players through any sort of levelling. The "real" rotations/priorities don't work until you get the capstone skills or (worse) complete certain end-game gear sets.
Very well then, I'd like for you to justify why exactly the same controls should mean either strafe or turn depending on how long it has been since the player last attacked. And why the player should not have the option to change that behavior. Plenty of games give the player the option to both strafe and turn by having different controls for both of them so that you can actually do the one you want rather than having the game randomly pick one for you.
That rings a very faint bell. Don't remember if that was one of those awful Beta ideas that got removed or if there's a setting to disable it or specific strafe-only and turn-only keybinds. I definitely have strafe-only set up (mained a Stalker). I also turned off double-tap to dodge.
When I played a few months after launch, that was a mandatory part of the control scheme and could not be changed. Maybe it has been fixed since then, but for a game with a lot of glaring problems that would only be okay but not that good even if it fixed the glaring problems, I don't feel the need to go back and check.
Because the game isnt all that fun lets be honest. I played it a bit the other day for the first time and while it was... fine... there wasnt really anything in there that made me want to continue playing. The quests are generic af and you spend 99% of the time just going from quest to quest with most of them being "kill 5 of this, kill 8 of this, pick up supply crates, kill 10 of this". Very generic game that doesnt really offer much of anything. AND if you were to compare it to games like ESO, GW2 and FF14 it gets laughable.
Im all for some theme park but throw some sandbox in there will ya, Wildstar went faaaaaar to theme park for me. Its more theme park and generic than WoW for gods sake. Atleast thats what it felt like.
I think it was disappointing for most. It was one of the most hyped MMOs in recent history. I think the team put more work into making their advertisement videos entertaining than they did the game itself. I truly believed this was going to be a game based on nothing but fun/entertainment, I mean who can make all of these awesome videos so fun but make a boring game?
Beats me but then I can't say I know anyone who actually hate it, most either don't really care or have forgotten that it even exist.
Some games do get a lot of hate, none more then Wow (it gets a lot of love as well) but hating means you actually cares.
Ws never made much of an impact, it released in terrible shape and took far long to become acceptable. About the same thing that happened to AoC except that AoC at least was really beutiful for it's time
I'm paying for the 15 a month thing for Wildstar, I actually still enjoy it. I switch between MMOs a lot though and tend to go back to WoW a lot (like seen in my previous post in this thread). However I am kinda tiring out on WoW and instead of playing an entire month, now I just play a week or two in WoW and move on. So end up wasting half a month of the subscription lol.
I actually love Wildstar for the reasons "most" people in this thread hate it. Over the top cartoony graphics, over the top humor. And, I actually love the character models (one of the races is an zombie space faring elf kinda species and is by my far my favorite race in the game). And while some here hate the announcer, he makes the game hilarious to me.
Wildstar isn't an MMO to take seriously, and most people (at least ones who visit gaming forums) who play games take them VERY seriously and want to be the best, the very best like no one ever was. And there are raids and stuff in Wildstar, but there is a lot more to do than that and the housing is by far the best endgame experience (for me) in Wildstar.
Wildstar is pretty low population though. But don't mistake that for being dead. If you want a dead MMO log on to Ryzom and see 2-3 people if you are lucky in a 12 hour period on the tutorial island. I have no idea how Ryzom is still running, the most dead MMO I ever played...its more dead than City of Heroes is right now.
But Wildstar is still low pop, but it has enough people to support it I think. And the studio is making a new game (maybe an MMO?) so Wildstar obviously has a lot of life left, unless their new game fails...then...well...yeah. But Wildstar has (on steam) currently 172 people on according to steamchart. That is kinda decent actually for a "low" pop MMO, seeing that there'd be those not using steam.
With that said...PvP is pretty dead. So if you like PvP, definitely don't go into Wildstar lol.
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I'm paying for the 15 a month thing for Wildstar, I actually still enjoy it. I switch between MMOs a lot though and tend to go back to WoW a lot (like seen in my previous post in this thread). However I am kinda tiring out on WoW and instead of playing an entire month, now I just play a week or two in WoW and move on. So end up wasting half a month of the subscription lol.
I actually love Wildstar for the reasons "most" people in this thread hate it. Over the top cartoony graphics, over the top humor. And, I actually love the character models (one of the races is an zombie space faring elf kinda species and is by my far my favorite race in the game). And while some here hate the announcer, he makes the game hilarious to me.
Wildstar isn't an MMO to take seriously, and most people (at least ones who visit gaming forums) who play games take them VERY seriously and want to be the best, the very best like no one ever was. And there are raids and stuff in Wildstar, but there is a lot more to do than that and the housing is by far the best endgame experience (for me) in Wildstar.
Wildstar is pretty low population though. But don't mistake that for being dead. If you want a dead MMO log on to Ryzom and see 2-3 people if you are lucky in a 12 hour period on the tutorial island. I have no idea how Ryzom is still running, the most dead MMO I ever played...its more dead than City of Heroes is right now.
But Wildstar is still low pop, but it has enough people to support it I think. And the studio is making a new game (maybe an MMO?) so Wildstar obviously has a lot of life left, unless their new game fails...then...well...yeah. But Wildstar has (on steam) currently 172 people on according to steamchart. That is kinda decent actually for a "low" pop MMO, seeing that there'd be those not using steam.
With that said...PvP is pretty dead. So if you like PvP, definitely don't go into Wildstar lol.
Ryzom has actually been given to the community to maintain and keep running. It is also miles above this game in terms of just about everything except graphics. Also, 6 months ago there were quite a few people on the tutorial island, a couple of dozen.
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'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'
Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...
'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless.
It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.
It is just huge resource waste....'
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I really wanted to love the game. There was a lot going for it. I enjoyed the humor, atmosphere, lore, music, locations, etc. For a while I really enjoyed it. I never really played WoW so the comparisons was lost on me. But I couldn't find a guild and after doing the content once, it didn't have much replay value and I wasn't really a raid-person and wasn't hard core.
I think it was the combat that pushed me away, that and going solo. I can't see myself playing it daily like I did City of Heroes. There were a lot of little, minor, things I didn't care much for either that just piled up until I had enough and stopped going. It could have been better.
I just started level 7. Seems like a good beginner mmo for people new to the mmorpg experience. It's terribly easy to play. Being niche only true fans that love the game are on. Less trolls and desperately friendly loyalists who are afraid their favorite game will die over eager to assist newbs.
There's nothing serious about this game. It has a bizarre sense of sadistic humor. The main story line (spoilers) will have you witness a pregnant woman getting murdered while her husband falls to his knees screaming at the same time you get a overly exuberant bright flashing announcement that, "YOU'VE LEVELED UP !!!" It's enough to send me into a fit of giggles but I can see how it might offend someone else's sensibilities. But hay I'm nothing more than sherbet-icecream haired Aurin male so what do I know? After playing games that call me chosen one, Laat'Dovahkiin, Vestige and other great honors being referred to as "Cupcake" (I can just imagine the narrator giving me a good smack on the ass for emphasis) I feel properly humbled at my new role.
I am glad this game offends people. It gives me hope for humanity after all. But I'm still playing so that says about where I stand in the sanity bracket.
I just started level 7. Seems like a good beginner mmo for people new to the mmorpg experience. It's terribly easy to play. Being niche only true fans that love the game are on. Less trolls and desperately friendly loyalists who are afraid their favorite game will die over eager to assist newbs.
There's nothing serious about this game. It has a bizarre sense of sadistic humor. The main story line (spoilers) will have you witness a pregnant woman getting murdered while her husband falls to his knees screaming at the same time you get a overly exuberant bright flashing announcement that, "YOU'VE LEVELED UP !!!" It's enough to send me into a fit of giggles but I can see how it might offend someone else's sensibilities. But hay I'm nothing more than sherbet-icecream haired Aurin male so what do I know? After playing games that call me chosen one, Laat'Dovahkiin, Vestige and other great honors being referred to as "Cupcake" (I can just imagine the narrator giving me a good smack on the ass for emphasis) I feel properly humbled at my new role.
I am glad this game offends people. It gives me hope for humanity after all. But I'm still playing so that says about where I stand in the sanity bracket.
Loved what you wrote. I really loved the humour and enjoyed the art style but the combat oh god the combat is what turned me off.
It is not hated. Just forgotten. Anybody with a functional brain could see it would fail to drag and hold a playerbase.
it looks so meh that i won't even give it 20 min to see if it is fun. May be i am missing out. May be I am not. But there are plenty of alternatives that looks like i have a better chance for fun.
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Im all for some theme park but throw some sandbox in there will ya, Wildstar went faaaaaar to theme park for me. Its more theme park and generic than WoW for gods sake. Atleast thats what it felt like.
They did.
Some games do get a lot of hate, none more then Wow (it gets a lot of love as well) but hating means you actually cares.
Ws never made much of an impact, it released in terrible shape and took far long to become acceptable. About the same thing that happened to AoC except that AoC at least was really beutiful for it's time
hands down the dumbest game I ever played.
I actually love Wildstar for the reasons "most" people in this thread hate it. Over the top cartoony graphics, over the top humor. And, I actually love the character models (one of the races is an zombie space faring elf kinda species and is by my far my favorite race in the game). And while some here hate the announcer, he makes the game hilarious to me.
Wildstar isn't an MMO to take seriously, and most people (at least ones who visit gaming forums) who play games take them VERY seriously and want to be the best, the very best like no one ever was. And there are raids and stuff in Wildstar, but there is a lot more to do than that and the housing is by far the best endgame experience (for me) in Wildstar.
Wildstar is pretty low population though. But don't mistake that for being dead. If you want a dead MMO log on to Ryzom and see 2-3 people if you are lucky in a 12 hour period on the tutorial island. I have no idea how Ryzom is still running, the most dead MMO I ever played...its more dead than City of Heroes is right now.
But Wildstar is still low pop, but it has enough people to support it I think. And the studio is making a new game (maybe an MMO?) so Wildstar obviously has a lot of life left, unless their new game fails...then...well...yeah. But Wildstar has (on steam) currently 172 people on according to steamchart. That is kinda decent actually for a "low" pop MMO, seeing that there'd be those not using steam.
With that said...PvP is pretty dead. So if you like PvP, definitely don't go into Wildstar lol.
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Lahnmir
Kyleran on yours sincerely
'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'
Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...
'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless.
It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.
It is just huge resource waste....'
Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer
I think it was the combat that pushed me away, that and going solo. I can't see myself playing it daily like I did City of Heroes. There were a lot of little, minor, things I didn't care much for either that just piled up until I had enough and stopped going. It could have been better.
There's nothing serious about this game. It has a bizarre sense of sadistic humor. The main story line (spoilers) will have you witness a pregnant woman getting murdered while her husband falls to his knees screaming at the same time you get a overly exuberant bright flashing announcement that, "YOU'VE LEVELED UP !!!" It's enough to send me into a fit of giggles but I can see how it might offend someone else's sensibilities. But hay I'm nothing more than sherbet-icecream haired Aurin male so what do I know? After playing games that call me chosen one, Laat'Dovahkiin, Vestige and other great honors being referred to as "Cupcake" (I can just imagine the narrator giving me a good smack on the ass for emphasis) I feel properly humbled at my new role.
I am glad this game offends people. It gives me hope for humanity after all. But I'm still playing so that says about where I stand in the sanity bracket.
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it looks so meh that i won't even give it 20 min to see if it is fun. May be i am missing out. May be I am not. But there are plenty of alternatives that looks like i have a better chance for fun.