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Tired of bull...I have questions ?
This is not bashing or tolling Wildstar, I honestly don't no. My questions are general questions that I have to ask for any up coming release.....They are questions that seem to be hidden until Open bata for all mmos as of the last few years, so you may not be able to help.
We all know Wildstar looks fun......How do we know that ?......Developers are telling us !.....But is it ?
I like to use caution when selecting my mmos. Years ago I was good at it. That went out the door with Warhammer. That mmo changes the industry on how developers and publishers go about marketing. They learned how to hide stuff such as fun ! Remember that Paul guy ?...he can make a Baked Potato seem like the greatest food on the planet. He ended up just being an actor that seemed to disappear after the release of one of the most boring mmos ever made. But I'm not here to talk about Warhammer. I would like to get around marketing hype and find out about Wildstar.
So here are some questions :
- Will this be an mmo ? I would really like to count on a friends list and a Guild. In FF14 I belonged to a very professional guild and never had to rely on them for my 40 levels of solo play.
- Will dynamic events kill any sense of community ?
- Will I have a personal story line to cut me off from the community ?
- Will mobs monsters and villains be spawned every two feet from each other, yet so week that all you have to do is just keep moving your toon around and you would be ok ? This action kind of kills any immersion. It seems like you have to be in a town anymore just to think. Developers seem to like because they can keep zones extremely small, and give the illusion of constant action.....I call it irritating.
- Will we be queuing for all dungeons because its the easy softer way and blowing off our guilds ?
- Will content be hard ?....Remember the word strategy ?.....I almost forgot how to use it.
- Leveling speed ?....Everyone thinks developers make leveling speed fast for the kids. Thats not it !! It's to give us less content. Old school, you would be level 36 for two days now its about an hour. Level 6 is ten minutes.
- Now my biggest question of all !.....WILL I GET TWO YEARS OF CONTENT, OR 30 DAYS ?......FF14 gave us less than 20 days of fun. Some squeezed 60 by using crafting as a filler. " hay your not crafting, you don't know how to play this game, you must be an idiot '.
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Because I have nothing else to do, lets try to answer these!
- Will this be an mmo ? I would really like to count on a friends list and a Guild. In FF14 I belonged to a very professional guild and never had to rely on them for my 40 levels of solo play.
The game is supposed to offer both solo and group content for all levels (even endgame, apparently). If you want to group there is content (and reward with the Renown system) for you, if you want to solo there is content for you too. There is one thing where you will need other players if you want to access it: any content linked to the Paths system, especially scientist and explorer. If you want to have access to things only available to explorers or scientists you'll have to group with one of them. Settlers just create things for everyone and Soldiers just kills stuff...
- Will dynamic events kill any sense of community ?
Going by my GW2/FFXIV experience, dynamic events brings people together, even if it is for a few minutes. Seems like a community building tool to me. Of course, if nobody talks, they won't start to talk because of a dynamic event...
- Will I have a personal story line to cut me off from the community ?
hmm. No idea. I remember them mentioning something that sounded like phasing about zone changing when you revisit them, but I don't know if this is story related or just level related or if I misunderstood what they meant...
- Will mobs monsters and villains be spawned every two feet from each other, yet so week that all you have to do is just keep moving your toon around and you would be ok ? This action kind of kills any immersion. It seems like you have to be in a town anymore just to think. Developers seem to like because they can keep zones extremely small, and give the illusion of constant action.....I call it irritating.
Not sure what to answer here, maybe watch the Warrior stream? Or maybe not because they especially run into areas full of mobs to show the combat in it.
- Will we be queuing for all dungeons because its the easy softer way and blowing off our guilds ?
No idea.
- Will content be hard ?....Remember the word strategy ?.....I almost forgot how to use it.
Hard and easy is a personal concept, so that can't be answered without playing the game.
- Leveling speed ?....Everyone thinks developers make leveling speed fast for the kids. Thats not it !! It's to give us less content. Old school, you would be level 36 for two days now its about an hour. Level 6 is ten minutes.
Leveling speed can't be answered without playing the game. I don,t even know the level cap actually...
- Now my biggest question of all !.....WILL I GET TWO YEARS OF CONTENT, OR 30 DAYS ?......FF14 gave us less than 20 days of fun. Some squeezed 60 by using crafting as a filler. " hay your not crafting, you don't know how to play this game, you must be an idiot '.
That too can't be answered before playing the game and seeing all it has to offer and how long it take to do them.
Will this be an mmo ?
Yes this will be an MMO
Will dynamic events kill any sense of community ?
Personal opinion here but I feel like dynamic events bring a closer community. Remember there are alot of the vanilla WoW devs who brought AQ event creating wildstar
Will I have a personal story line to cut me off from the community ?
Each player will have a storyline ( not SWTOR type ) but you will also have cross play with other players and will get better rewards if you group with players. Its your choice if you want to cut yourself off from the commuinity
Will mobs monsters and villains be spawned every two feet from each other, yet so week that all you have to do is just keep moving your toon around and you would be ok ?
Watch the live streams, there is plenty of space and in the last live stream it showed that mobs actually attack each other. But its not like SWTOR where you have a group of 4-6 mobs every 5 feet. Plus Wildstar is going to have 3 continents with some off world astriod zones. http://imgur.com/a/EKcCq#vtgSzj5 there is a pic of a zone and a continent here to give you a feel for the size.
Will we be queuing for all dungeons because its the easy softer way and blowing off our guilds ?
There is a dungon finder but NO raid finder. Raids are 20/40 man, again your choice of wanting to blow off your guild
Will content be hard ?....Remember the word strategy ?.....I almost forgot how to use it.
That sucks for you
. Devs have said that raids will be catered to the more Hardcore progression guilds. They want competition for progression raids. Each raid is designed for 1 raid size; you won't be running the same content with two different-sized raid groups. That is, a 40-man raid is a totally different map/content/zone than a 20-man raid. Also raids will be changing each week and boss fights will add different mechanics or adds with each change. But now its time to stop being lazy and do your own research here 
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/632/feature/7885/Ready-to-Raid.html
Have fun
Originally posted by laokoko
"if you want to be a game designer, you should sell your house and fund your game. Since if you won't even fund your own game, no one will".
With the two above responses.
Even with the well worded, professional answers. Each question can still be a game breaker as most mmos are built that way anymore.
1) I guess we could not expect a true answer until release or at least open bata ( developers still have full control of our perception ).
2) Most importantly is, WILL THE GAME ONLY HAVE 30 DAYS OF CONTENT. I hope not !!
Not sure how much help my answers were, but I gave it a shot.
If in 1982 we played with the current mentality, we would have burned down all the pac man games since the red ghost was clearly OP. Instead we just got better at the game.
Dunno, I can't say that I feel WS devs are not being transparent.
I just don't like what I am hearing. :P
Favorite MMO: Vanilla WoW
Currently playing: GW2, EVE
Excited for: Wildstar, maybe?
Any idea if the dungeon finder also teleports your group to dungeon, like it does in WoW?
I'm ok with group finder tools as long as they only do what they're supposed to do and nothing more.
good question - i dislike instant port to dungeon too
EQ2 fan sites
hmm, considering that the dungeon finder tool can be cross server it probably does (but I haven't seen any comments that it is).
I'll be honest !....Wildstar gives me the impression of being another short, easy, fun, fun, enjoyable game that will give us another thirty days of entertainment before most press the cancel button.....Another game with a chat function, not an mmo.
This question has not been answered by the devs yet, still being decided on.
I'll be honest, you give me the impression of one of those people who wants to bash the game because they know it won't be another short, easy game that's down to your skill level.
My biggest question about any new MMO is always about group play.
I'd like to see how classes interact with each other and against challenging content.
I've seen enough of the solo quest nonsense, and frankly, it means nothing to me.
"Will this be an mmo ? I would really like to count on a friends list and a Guild. In FF14 I belonged to a very professional guild and never had to rely on them for my 40 levels of solo play."
I can answer this question. This game will definitely be a mmorpg were people can play together, do dungeons and raid together. This will not be a game were you can solo everything. This mmorpg will connect that shady guy with that nice guy. Here is some nice examples
Dungeons - take 5 people
Warplots - take 40 people
Raids- take 20/40 people
This game will surely be a social game and if it does not meet your requirements you can always enlist for a guild that has a mindset like you.
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