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[Wildstar] PTR Announcement This Week(?)

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  • 5xad0w5xad0w Lower Earth OrbitRegistered User regular
    PA Dallas wrote: »
    Between loads of laundry and making dinner for my son I managed to log in and create my rock dude (ArturoSlate) and do a couple of quests. Awesome graphics and fun to play but I'm rethinking my choice as an explorer since I'm not digging the whole running and jumping thing and I heard that there are jumping puzzles as part of some quests.

    I may just start a new character since I haven't gone far in the game.

    I'm the type of player that has to try and climb/jump on EVERYTHING as if I'm playing some type of meta-game against the world designers that decrees that me escaping the world boundaries or getting on top of the highest thing constitutes some type of victory over them.

    That said, I really didn't dig explorer and after trying all 4 paths ending up going Settler since I like the buffs and being able to summon vendors/mail/crafting tables.

    Scientist is also cool since you can get a lot of cool mini-buffs from scanning and being able to summon a full raid group is useful. (and potentially hilarious for a creative Stalker on an open PvP server)

    PA Dallas
  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    The Exile guild just got the "Complete 5000 quests" achievement.

    Good god.

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  • DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
    So Pergo was totally full all morning and my exile PvP bros ended up on Pago for now.

  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    That's kind of odd. I patched the game, hit play and it tells me the server I'm trying to connect to is full. But it's my first log in so how does it know what server. I go to select ream and it shows me a list that just consists of Stormtalon, saying I have five characters (I'm aware of that bug mentioned earlier where our beta characters are deleted but still show up in number of characters on server).

    So does that mean Stormtalon was Nexus?

    And where are all the other realms? Sort of bizarre. Anyway, gonna wait in the queue for a bit and see if I can make my character before going to bed.

  • NotoriusBENNotoriusBEN Registered User regular
    edited June 2014
    STORMTALON PVE DOMINION GUILD
    I am ready to invite people. Whisper Ratzputin in game or hop on the mumble and look for me there.

    I have listed my game name in the mumble server.

    We Have a Mumble!
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    Port 2310
    Server Password: Last word in the second panel


    Status: I'm out for the evening. Will start again tomorrow.

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    Also these queue lengths don't seem unreasonable. Yes, the time displayed is unreasonable, but the time displayed it simply not correct. In the time it took me to make my last post and this post my queue position went down by like 100 people (now 900 waiting). It says an hour and a half but simple math tells me it's nowhere even vaguely near that long.

  • ElementalorElementalor Registered User regular
    Dear Game. Please create my character and don't be stuck.

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  • OatsOats Registered User regular
    I tried to recreate my bunny as faithfully as the chua bits would allow.

    His name is Fonstlebottom, and he is the prettiest.

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  • KyanilisKyanilis Bellevue, WARegistered User regular
    That's kind of odd. I patched the game, hit play and it tells me the server I'm trying to connect to is full. But it's my first log in so how does it know what server. I go to select ream and it shows me a list that just consists of Stormtalon, saying I have five characters (I'm aware of that bug mentioned earlier where our beta characters are deleted but still show up in number of characters on server).

    So does that mean Stormtalon was Nexus?

    And where are all the other realms? Sort of bizarre. Anyway, gonna wait in the queue for a bit and see if I can make my character before going to bed.

    At the top of the server list there's a couple tabs, one (which is the one you were likely looking at) is for servers that you have characters on. There's an all servers tab too, likely they were just hiding behind it.

  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Anyone that thinks the queue timer is accurate has never tried to copy a large file in Windows.

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  • SomeWarlockSomeWarlock Registered User regular
    The queue timer is wrong by a lot since what it's measuring is nowhere what's actually happening. I can't say for sure, but based on the fact that it was a lot more accurate at 100 or less people than it was at the 2000+ mark, I think what it measures is the number of people leaving/entering the server every minute then divides that by the number of people in the queue, and pops out an answer. What it doesn't take into account is people will leave queue for various reasons, and my theory is that the 2000th person in queue is way more likely to say screw it than say the 50th person in queue.

    My pet theory anyways.

    MuddyParasol
  • Vanilla CokeVanilla Coke Registered User regular
    My "4 four" queue took about an hour which went by fast since I was playing X-Com on another monitor.

    Goin' for a medic!

    DarkMecha
  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    Look at this big damn gun

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    Look at it

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited June 2014
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    Cloud Who?

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    I'm sad that the estimated wait times are actually accurate now. Except with Pergo, sadly you wait so long you time out while in line.

  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    PMAvers wrote: »
    Thing that would be nice:

    If there was a option to turn the main menu music off while you're in queue, and instead make a loud noise/beep notification when you're through the queue.

    Yea, there were times I would've waited in the queue and done something else in the meanwhile, but I can't exactly watch Netflix with wildstar soundtrack over everything.

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Got to 12, gettin tired so time to go sleep.

    Game is as fun as I had hoped, although challenges are a total waste of time right now so hopefully they tweak them.

  • kafzielkafziel Registered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    PMAvers wrote: »
    Thing that would be nice:

    If there was a option to turn the main menu music off while you're in queue, and instead make a loud noise/beep notification when you're through the queue.

    Yea, there were times I would've waited in the queue and done something else in the meanwhile, but I can't exactly watch Netflix with wildstar soundtrack over everything.

    Right click the sound icon in your system tray. Select Volume Mixer. Find Wildstar among the things, and mute it. Netflix as usual.

    Oats
  • PA DallasPA Dallas Registered User regular
    Managed to get back in and made a new rock dude (RaphaelQuartz). This time I went with engineer/settler. Did the first couple of quests and now I'm chillin in the bar getting hammered. Taking a week off from work so I'll have plenty of time to play until my eyes bleed. :)

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  • NotoriusBENNotoriusBEN Registered User regular
    edited June 2014
    Here is Ratzputin in his Gustapo outfit.
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    Here is Ratzputin in Akiro_mode
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    Also... I am disappointed in you Exiles... for all your guild firefly references, NONE of you have taken your highway man outfit and dyed it brown and tan. FOR FUCKING SHAME.

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  • kavkav Medic NexusRegistered User regular
    was a fun first day. made all 6 toons, got my typical names for the most part (not a big deal but nice) and got all of them off the ship, a couple to 7-8 and one to 10.

    not a whole lot closer to choosing a main. All the classes are pretty fun.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Day 1:
    Level 20, mount purchased (because lol level 20 income), housing upgraded fantastically... a good day.

    There's a number of housing improvements that have challenges. Said challenges have dyes in the reward set. You know what to do.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    I got to 16 and decided it'd be better to sleep now and get up earlier when queues might be lower.

    The rocket is 75% cheaper than the other houses, and while that may not be much (you save 75s), it's somewhat a big deal at that level.

    Oh, and the level 15 adventures got nuked from orbit. I got like 600 renown and maybe half a level from Hycrest. Not terrible, but a far far cry from the days of getting like 5,000+ renown and nearly two levels in beta.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Well I just, in the Temple of Osiric (Level 20, Exile)
    defiled the temple. Summoned the big bird dude. That was awesome.

    This game is SO AWESOME.

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  • SomeWarlockSomeWarlock Registered User regular
    Yeah, just got done with a run and can confirm. Solo-queue, I got like ~500 Renown and 45-50% of a level. Not worth it if you're queuing as DPS. Decent if you have instant queue(healer+tank) but otherwise meh.

  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited June 2014
    Warriors get Death Grip.

    Death Grip that can hit two things at once.

    That is amazing.

    edit: End of first day, level 21 Granoc Warrior.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    Hit level 16 by the end of today and yea, adventurers aren't a renown factory as much as they used to be. Oh well.

    Did have a very annoying bug where I joined up for Hycrest Insurrection as a tank and...was not able to stealth throughout the entire adventure (it worked fine both prior and after). I would press the button, and nothing. I would click the button, nada. Remapping and reloadui also didn't work. Seemed to be adventure-specific?

    We lost out on a fairly easy gold medal too because of it, since my group was rather competent until the end, but I didn't have my 15% damage reduction cooldown :(

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  • BeezelBeezel There was no agreement little morsel..Registered User regular
    edited June 2014
    Riot in the void is having similar issues where picking the option to disable the weapons ends up not working and inmates get their hands on weapons anyway. It was incredibly annoying.

    In any case, Hit 17 and the guild unlocked a bank tab and got 5000 quests completed. We are utterly maniacs.

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  • 5xad0w5xad0w Lower Earth OrbitRegistered User regular
    Beezel wrote: »
    Riot in the void is having similar issues where picking the option to disable the weapons ends up not working and inmates get their hands on weapons anyway. It was incredibly annoying.

    In any case, Hit 17 and the guild unlocked a bank tab and got 5000 quests completed. We are utterly maniacs.

    Speaking of the bank, I'm mostly tossing in AMPs I find, but what about dropped schematics? Should we be tossing those in? Not cook books, as they seem pretty common, but I just found a weaponsmith schematic a few mins ago and don't really know how hard they are to come by.

  • BeezelBeezel There was no agreement little morsel..Registered User regular
    not terribly rare. could sell them in the commodity's broker

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
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    Level 19. Time to fall over and sleep.

    Liking the spaceship house. It is very spacious. I haven't done much with it yet.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    Right, got my guild set up on the Eko server, Exile side. PM Zhakti if you want an invite.

  • onesixty2onesixty2 Registered User regular
    Made it to 14, got my house set up and camped for that good ole bonus rested XP.

    So far the game is quite fun. Medic is still op. I'm on Pago Exile if anyone else ended up there, had some RL fiends decide to play at the last minute so I followed one of their former WoW guilds over. If anyone else is on Pago Exile, friend Biez and we will group up!

  • DeusExMachinaDeusExMachina Registered User regular
    I have to avoid this thread until I can finally play tonight. Hopefully I'm not the only slow one. At least I wont be running with launchies.

    Speaking of which, how bad are the queues going to get when that happens?

  • CelaenoCelaeno Registered User regular
    Decided to get my queue started before I grabbed breakfast, so I could start the countdown. Got into the game instantly. So, so torn between taking the opportunity to play and eating...

  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    I'm a little late to the party here. I wasn't planning on getting this, but a friend convinced me otherwise.

    I went with Exiled Human / Esper / Explorer. Was Explorer a good choice? I literally don't know anything at all about path, and that choice was extremely random. I'm only like 20 minutes into the tutorial so if there's a better path, I will gladly restart.

  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    2nd Post!

    HEY!! I just looked at the OP and guess what? I am on Stormtalon! Neato. That's the server my friend is on.

    Arthil
  • KamarKamar Registered User regular
    edited June 2014
    Just bought the game and got myself logged in, character name Kamar (Exile). Anyone about that can invite me?

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  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    Explorer is all about them jumping puzzles and random minidungeons.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJkfhxLEhEU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmCyPXv5APY

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