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GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
edited October 2011 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">time to sign up I guess :p</div><div align='center'><img src="http://www.wildstar-online.com/media/uploads/images/fankit-logos/logo_wildstar_primary.png" border="0" class="linked-image" /></div>

For anyone who's not heard of NCSoft's latest MMO outing, its 'schtick' is that they're catering to different types of player by dividing them into classes (similar to the varieties you'd find on the Bartle test: Explorer, socialiser, killer, achiever)

While all players will experience a certain section of the game regardless of what 'class' they pick, there's a large amount of stuff that'll be unique to their chosen profession/playstyle:


<img src="http://www.wildstar-online.com/media/uploads/images/fankit-icons/explorerpathicon.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <b>Explorers</b>

Explorers will be able to find treasure troves and secret paths other classes can't find and even get missions that take them to odd and out of the way places.

<img src="http://www.wildstar-online.com/media/uploads/images/fankit-icons/warriorpathicon.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <b>Soldier</b>

Soldier class players always seems to attract trouble and so you'll stumble across battle scenarios more readily than the others, including ones specific entirely to your class. I've not been super impressed by the combat footage I've seen, though there are at least hints of having to dodge monster attacks which leaves me somewhat hopeful.

<img src="http://www.wildstar-online.com/media/uploads/images/fankit-icons/probebot.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <b>Scientists</b>

Scientists, on the other hand, get jobs and events focussed about collecting and scanning data. For those who like completionist goals, or just scanning the heck out of everything in metroid prime this class is probably for you :p

<img src="http://www.wildstar-online.com/media/uploads/images/fankit-icons/nexus.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <b>Settlers</b>

Settlers are the final class: the social one. They're all about building towns or something. Sounds interesting in theory but they've not really released any solid details on this one yet.


Art-wise/world-wise, it's got a certain charm to it and I can totally see myself playing one of those cute bunny/cat caster peoples :3

Check out the trailer:

<div align='center'><center><object width="450" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EDaao0gExZU"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EDaao0gExZU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="356"></embed></object></center><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDaao0gExZU" target="_blank">Wildstar</a></div>

Sign ups are here if anyone's interested: <a href="http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/beta/" target="_blank">http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/beta/</a>
And the main site: <a href="http://www.wildstar-online.com" target="_blank">http://www.wildstar-online.com</a>

Kinda odd that they ask for your home address and stuff though :o



<b>edit:</b> added a bit more detail, seeing as the initial post was a bit lean on info :3
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Since there appears to be combat, any idea what it's like? Standard MMO here's-a-million-skills-put-all-of-them-on-your-six-hotbars-and-mash-them type stuff?
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    edited November 2011
    Wasn't part of the deal with Bartle's test that most everyone had strong tendencies towards more than one of the personalities?
    But it's a great way to approach the design I guess.
    Also if I get a frickin' motorcycle and a giant open landscape you bet I'm picking Explorer first
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    Combat sadly looks like the usual "stand there and trade blows, occasional dodging" farce, but the avalanches are kind of neat.

    The rest is just more combat in a bunch of scenarios that could be seen in any game.
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    edited November 2011
    Oh gods, I can't stop giggling over the bunny girl with the GIANT tail. Seriously, it's kinda hilarious to watch the tail.

    If they can really manage to make all of the classes work I'm going to be really happily surprised.
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    heh, align beat me to the video :3

    To be honest, watching the combat reminds me a lot of Guild Wars 2 in how much dodging you NEED to do :p
    I'm not super sold but I'll give it a shot and the 4 class thing intrigues me :3

    There was an interesting review with the guys behind the game who said they've tested the hell out of it to get it where it is, which sounds moderately positive:

    <a href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wildstar/interviews/cons-2011" target="_blank">http://www.tentonhammer.com/wildstar/interviews/cons-2011</a>

    Either way, I see no harm and I love the bouncy tailed cat/bunny folk :p

    On that topic, they've only shown 3 of the possible races in this game but there are more. The guys said they didn't want one side to end up favoured too much over another so each of the two factions has 1 pretty, 1 badass and 1 human race to cover to cover all the different tastes. I like that because they're at least being realistic about how people tend to pick their characters XD
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  • SloppyKissesSloppyKisses omgawd a furreh&#33; Virginia Join Date: 2003-07-05 Member: 17942Members, Constellation
    edited November 2011
    NCSoft has failed miserably at all their attempts to create a great mmorpg. Mainly for the fact, they are all grindfests with lack of lore and questing content. Also I blame this partially on poor support and lack of care about botters and no advertising. This coming from someone who played Lineage 2 from closed beta, to their falling demise of 15+ servers down to a single US server, with maybe less than 2k people that are actively logged into the server during peak hours.

    Lineage 2
    AION

    the list goes on.
    The only successful game they've managed to pull out of their pocket was guild wars. :/

    I would not give this game any high hopes. Including, if its being developed out of country, like Lineage 2 and AION were. It will be more catered to the korean/chinese hardcore grindfest gold famers t.t

    P.S: The landscape/terrain looks like a rip off cartoony WoW world. I'm not impressed lol.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
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    <div align='center'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBEkHvLTOSU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBEkHvLTOSU</a></div>
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Guild Wars is merely published by NCSoft though. The developers behind it are Arenanet.
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  • SloppyKissesSloppyKisses omgawd a furreh&#33; Virginia Join Date: 2003-07-05 Member: 17942Members, Constellation
    edited November 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1883177:date=Nov 1 2011, 10:07 PM:name=Kouji_San)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kouji_San @ Nov 1 2011, 10:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1883177"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Well that video pretty much shows it. WoW: Space Adventure. lol.
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  • ZiGGYZiGGY Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12479Members
    as much as I love playing mmos I think I'm gonna stick to the more boring option of learning ###### instead D:
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  • RobRob Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--quoteo(post=1883248:date=Nov 2 2011, 11:40 AM:name=ZiGGY)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ZiGGY @ Nov 2 2011, 11:40 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1883248"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->as much as I love playing mmos I think I'm gonna stick to the more boring option of learning ###### instead D:<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    So many possibilities...
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    Uh... sloppy, as LF mentions, NCSoft are just a publisher. Judging a game by it's developer I could understand but using the publisher as the basis to get all hot and bothered about is kinda misleading :3

    I certainly don't think this game will revolutionise much but I'm intrigued by some of the ideas they're trying out. I'm curious if they'll work, if they'll be remotely fun and if they don't is it because the idea was flawed or just the execution :p
    In many ways, Carbine studios has a similar make up of backgrounds to the folk who work for areanet (ex blizzard employees, retro studios of metroid prime fame employees, some folk who worked on the original fallout, etc) so I'm curious to see if they're as capable as their forebears in this case and I'm willing to give them a chance to prove themselves :D
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    <!--quoteo(post=1883255:date=Nov 3 2011, 02:34 AM:name=Rob)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rob @ Nov 3 2011, 02:34 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1883255"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->So many possibilities...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I'm going with "vagina-fu".

    --Scythe--
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  • PetcoPetco Join Date: 2003-07-27 Member: 18478Members, Constellation
    edited November 2011
    You know I remember good old days of games here.

    Stuff like people posting Gunbound, Gunz, that naval ship game (forgot name), + flash games.

    Good times (well not the games themselves but the fact that there was a different game to talk about every other week or something on these forums).
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    If they wouldn't keep delaying Batman and Asscreed like the twats they are I'd be talking about those a lot.
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    Plenty people chatting about Skyrim and Planetside 2 at least :3

    I might post up about Lineage Eternal... I'd been ignoring it because it's a Lineage game and they've traditionally bored me but when I watched a vid of it on a whim it blew me away. It makes diablo III look slow and dated :o
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  • PaniggPanigg Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58212Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1885245:date=Nov 16 2011, 10:57 PM:name=Geminosity)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Geminosity @ Nov 16 2011, 10:57 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1885245"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Plenty people chatting about Skyrim and Planetside 2 at least :3

    I might post up about Lineage Eternal... I'd been ignoring it because it's a Lineage game and they've traditionally bored me but when I watched a vid of it on a whim it blew me away. It makes diablo III look slow and dated :o<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Actually I was thinking exactly the opposite.

    LE looks better than D3 but appears to be incredibly slow on those vids.

    Anyway, can't judge a game by it's trailer. :P
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