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Pleasantly suprised
I gotta say I am surprised by Wildstar, this is my first beta and the combat and PvP are really truly fun. I did not quite expect this lol. There are a few optimisation issue to be worked out such as FPS, however ability lag in PvE and PvP is non existent. I was expecting serious lag in PvP with the telegraph system but it works flawlessly. Another thing is specifically CPU optimization is excellent as well in all out battle I am seeing about 30% CPU usage. That is very good for an mmo considering I am running a phenom II x4 965 be oc'd to 4.7 at 1.45v. GPU optimization could be better however. As far as FPS issue I have seen this in every beta test since WoW released, with the exception of Rift, which ran flawlessly. I imagine it will be worked out within the next two beta weekends. I am just glad that one of the two AAA titles releasing in the near future wasn't terribly disappointing.
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I have not got far enough to fully make a judgement call on them so far, only lvl 10 and path is solider which I find fun since I am a warrior and destroy things.
Well the Questing gets boring/sucks at around level 18-19.
But they capped us at 17....
Aww okay, I am sure will hit 17 tomorrow, probably just PvP then. For me the biggest hurdle for this game was lag, and I see none, this makes me very optimistic regarding the ability of the dev team. Also to clarify I am referring to combat lag regarding abilities and tracking.
For me, things get more interesting from lvl 17 onward. Lvl17 can enter first dungeons (STL & KV)(and Wildstar dungeons are amazing). There will be long grinding quests around lvl 35 in Wilderrun (think STV & Nagrand in WOW) but nothing more than a veteran mmo player would expect.
Quoted for truth.. :-(
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For me, I found the questing to be just as enjoyable all throughout the game. At +30 some of the kill-quests started to get a bit grindy, but nothing too over the top. We've seen a lot worse that's for sure, most of these quests have challanges tied together with them so the grinding is often cleverly disguised.
All in all, the questing in Wildstar is good. Not great, not awful, just good. Together with the overall leveling experience, which is definitely better than your avarage MMO.
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In my opinion mediocre. It didn't appeal to me. It has its fun parts but overall a story for younger folks. There are just some NPCs I can remember after hitting max level. For the most part their story is bland and their faces and names don't ring a bell later. I forgot them all right after completing their tedious quests. The only story line I enjoyed in the complete leveling process was the wedding of the Lopp Clan in Whitevale. Because Lopp are awesome - and no, I'm not a "furry lover". But the rest ist just "meh". The main story line was also pretty underwhelming. I'm not asking for a story epicness like Star Wars or Elder Scrolls but for a new IP and such creative people (-> marketing videos) it's lame.
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Actually the Soldier path isn't bad it is probably one of the most straight forward and in my experience consisted of mainly assassin quests and those holdouts... overall not bad...
The settler patch is also (imho) pretty straight forward
I haven't tried the Scientist one
The explorer is soooo disappointing... If by Exploring they meant horribly tedious... At points you have all these things you need to track down... I thought it would be unlocking the map, some jump puzzles and some new exclusive areas and in some cases it is true, however the execution of this is horrible.
Questing is hub hoping... real fast food quests... nothing really meaningful at all... Saving the world 10 rats at a time.
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Gaming is Dirt Cheap compared to this...
Been trying scientist this weekend. I've underestimated it. I thought it was just a bunch of F clicking and reading text logs. Far from it.
If you like real "exploring". Scientist doesn't give you a big arrow to all of its objectives and secrets. There was even a time where it gave me free flying form (like druids do in WoW) for 20 seconds. The randomness and utility of this path is quite nifty.
Explorer is more for people who like jumping puzzles and scavenger hunts.
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In what way is questing bad after 18 ? Repetable quests like aoc villas ? Or just vanilla wow style,bring 10 rabbit skins with only 1 in 10 rabbits dropping a quest item ? Not too worried about lore since sadly most mmo stories make R.A. Salvatore look like Tolkien including Teso (1 h in game and you had 2 self sacrifices, a blind prophet and the hero with no choice at all in the result of his or her quest)
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You dont get the story till the elder game. Thats when you get allot of the lore. Not sure why they did it this way but in the elder game the story also gives you huge rewards. As for lower lvls the npcs being forgetable... you should start reading as the dialog is very funny. If lore is your thing pick the science path its loaded with lore nuggets.
So did you then go onto the forums and make a post detailing how you think the execution could be done, in order to make the Exploring path amazing and one of the most fun things you have experienced in an MMO?
They did say that the design was intended to focus on and encourage grouping.I agree the group content is really done well, I solo a lot as well in mmo's however this is generally because the group content is sometimes grieving. I am happy about their group tactics and all in all it is an mmo. I think it takes grouping back to the basics of necessity, not on a EQ level or anything but more like vanilla. On that subject if you have a quest that requires 2 or more and a group is already killing the mob, by atacking, you also reap the benefits when solo.
game is nice AAA but cant compete against ESO,
they should have dropped the sub. but maybe people will join after 3 months of eso I will not.
destiny and EQN going to be better.
and destiny is an mmo and consoles count so no lip.
Just before mid March got to past lvl 32. Haha not sure what to say about questing other then maybe MMO's are not for you.
Been in both beta's ESO and Wildstar. Kinda sucks that can only play on weekends anymore. Not here to sell any of them if you dont like one or the other I could care less.
For me ESO has childish questing with no challenge at all. Now if you really played both then you know Wildstar is as of now so much more polished then ESO. How is ESO at level 30? How are the quests? How about lvl 50? Yeah people that high in wildstar. Yet now days this is what people want. Kill 2-4 and your done. Go talk to so and so back and forth and your done. Look in 5 boxes kill ONE npc your done. Even Wildstar is like this at times.
For me at least I KNOW there is something to do higher up in Wildstar as with ESO I know there are things not even put in yet, that bothers me.
Anyway I was all for ESO at 1st didnt care for Wildstar at all. Not listening to what others said really helped. I just ended up having so much more fun in Wildstar then ESO. Eso was just to dead. I was really liking how easy crafting was yet for me crafting was always hard not with ESO. In Wildstar..never tried. I had more fun in ESO with that.
Are they worth $15 a month? No. I think something has to change those days are almost gone. The world is not getting better. Every day more and more people are losing job and CO's moving over seas
No problems with either game, they look fun, but Bungie has directly said that it's not an MMO
"Bungie is calling the game a "shared-world shooter,"" and
"Do you guys ever get tired of us insisting it's not an MMO?"
Destiny is as much MMO as Borderlands is, game looks awesome though cant wait for it. EQ next is a lot of talk currently, PvP anyone? I am excited for EQ next don't get me wrong, I am just wondering what will make it into the game and what will get clipped. Also ESO and Wildstar appeal to different audiences for sure, ESO has a much bigger range of people to connect with however, I feel it lacks endgame for PvP and PvE. Also if they do not get that lag under control it will cripple them.
I dont like todays WoW.
This game feels like WoW with different combat system.
And this combat system makes the difference,I've been playing whole weekend like a maniac because of the combat,its freaking blast.
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Thankfully by level 15 you have both PvP and adventures to level with, which is what the game really does well. And at 20 you can add dungeons to the list.
The group content in Wildstar makes the competition look like a bad joke.
I haven't had this much fun in mmo PvP ever. That's saying a lot, I have tried them all. The twitch action mixed with strategic combat and zero PvP lag makes this game shine above all the rest in this application. I haven't tried dungeons yet however, even leveling there is always tons of things to do, plus the combat really is super fun. Another excellent thing, for me anyway, is the zones are super roomy, it does not feel locked in like FFXIV: ARR, SWTOR or ESO. The current in rivers is interesting as well, I got swept quite a ways trying to traverse one in bloodfire lol.
I thought that was pretty cool as well. Seems to have been toned down in the last weekend, some of those ocean currents were brutal haha.