Wildstar

[Kcdaspot]

also ive been trying to roll on a dominion toon but it seems that the dominion starter area is more intensive than the exiles. im getting like 6 fpds v 9 on the exile.

[tanstalas]

So I have a vent server doing nothing, I repurposed it for this.

Vent ip: 174.36.215.250
port: 5462
password: M@fiascum

[tanstalas]

also ive been trying to roll on a dominion toon but it seems that the dominion starter area is more intensive than the exiles. im getting like 6 fpds v 9 on the exile.

What is fpds?

[xRECKONERx]

Sweet.

Yeah Dominion starting area is a little choppy but it takes like 10 minutes to complete.

[tanstalas]

OK... WHAT THE FUCK?!?!





And it bounces back and forth, says no account on NA, sends me to Europe, try to log in, says no account on Europe go to NA...

Really?

Fuck.

You.

[tanstalas]

Opened a ticket:

#257050 I cant log in because your game is fucked up

I try to log in. It says there is no account on the NA server, so switching to Europe.

I log in again, it says there is no account on Europe server so switching you to NA.

RINSE AND REPEAT.

WHAT THE FUCK

Please see http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.ph ... 5#p5919795 for more information

Submitted less than a minute ago

[Kcdaspot]

RECK

WHERE R U

COME AN PLAY I WANNA FEEL LOVVVVED

[xRECKONERx]

I'm getting back on

[tanstalas]

My ISP has been shit today, dropping packets, but I just lost connection now, and checked my ping tests and didn't drop any, is Wildstar itself having issues with connections?

[tanstalas]

http://wsstatus.com/

Assume everything is down?

[xRECKONERx]

I haven't had connection issues at all and I played pretty much from 5PM till 1AM yesterday.

[AGar]

Got a guest pass from Reck. Rolled a Draken Warrior. Got up to level 4, but I apparently have seven days to play. Considering I work a bunch of five hour shifts coming up after tomorrow... HELLO.

Love the combat even if I'm not 100% sure how it works yet, but jesus fuck it's fun. The fact that Warriors seem to be this AOE monster (I could be dead wrong but smacking 5 things with all of my abilities so far is more than I've ever done in WoW as a tanking class) is even more fun.

I commented to Reck that I loved the fact that the starting zone wasn't "Hey go kill 5 pigs because you're totally not going to do this for another 84 levels and TROLOLLOL YES YOU ARE!" and instead focused on learning about the shit you were getting into and the lore focus of it. Being that I loved the lore of WoW (it's one of the reasons I never fully quit), this is a pretty cool thing.

Also, the insane little Chua look fun as hell.

I'm capping out at 9-11 FPS right now, which is probably terrible, but it's still playable. I definitely want to eventually buy the game and sub, but I'm going to take full advantage of the 7 days to see if I need to save the money for a new computer before that happens. We'll see, at the very least.

[xRECKONERx]

Okay, a couple things:

#1) The "smacking five things" feeling you get from Warrior applies to most classes. All classes have telegraphs that hit multiple enemies, allowing big pulls. Warrior's big thing is that they have back-loaded damage as a DPS class, meaning they need to build up for a bit before they just wreck shit. It doesn't make a huge difference in group content and later leveling content, but in the first 10-15 levels, it'll be a bit rough because classes with heavy front-loaded damage like Stalkers or Medics can just one-shot things in no time.

#2) That kind of design philosophy continues throughout the questing areas. The layout of the areas tells a story in itself, and the lore takes a huge front seat during questing, but it's never intrusive. Quest boxes are only one line of dialogue so you can get the gist without needing to read a novel. If you want to read more, you can optionally click the other dialogue options to find out a little more about the world.

#3) Fuck Chua. Fucking hamster rats. Although, if Chua could be warriors, you can bet your ass that's what I'd have rolled.

#4) 9-11 FPS really isn't awful. Keep this in mind: the game is

still

not optimized. People with multi thousand dollar rigs are regularly capping out at 40 FPS, when realistically they should be running up around 70-100. Hell, my PC is a little bit old (3 years), but it can run most games just fine... but the game isn't optmized, so WildStar is capping at like 29FPS in rare moments. Most of the time I'm sitting around 20 FPS at most. New computer probably won't help until the game is optimized.

[Gammagooey]

I HAVE USABLE INTERNET NOW

PRAISE TO THE TECH SUPPORT GODS (whose name was Curtis)

patching now

[Gammagooey]

also going to start adding playernames to the first post

mines just Gammagooey

[Captain Picard]

#4) 9-11 FPS really isn't awful. Keep this in mind: the game is

still

not optimized. People with multi thousand dollar rigs are regularly capping out at 40 FPS, when realistically they should be running up around 70-100. Hell, my PC is a little bit old (3 years), but it can run most games just fine... but the game isn't optmized, so WildStar is capping at like 29FPS in rare moments. Most of the time I'm sitting around 20 FPS at most. New computer probably won't help until the game is optimized.

Yeah, like I said in game, I am sitting around 20 FPS, but usually don't even notice it..

Though, also running a triple monitor setup, so that hurts the FPS anyhow... (7970 - i7 2600k)

So yeah, you probably don't need a new PC, Agar, it is just badly optimized.

(Also that 20 FPS is on MEDIUM graphics :/)

[Captain Picard]

Also, left to go to store, came back, and 20 minute login queue, lol

My characters are:

Tanstalas
Thanstalas

[AGar]

Okay, a couple things:

#1) The "smacking five things" feeling you get from Warrior applies to most classes. All classes have telegraphs that hit multiple enemies, allowing big pulls. Warrior's big thing is that they have back-loaded damage as a DPS class, meaning they need to build up for a bit before they just wreck shit. It doesn't make a huge difference in group content and later leveling content, but in the first 10-15 levels, it'll be a bit rough because classes with heavy front-loaded damage like Stalkers or Medics can just one-shot things in no time.

#2) That kind of design philosophy continues throughout the questing areas. The layout of the areas tells a story in itself, and the lore takes a huge front seat during questing, but it's never intrusive. Quest boxes are only one line of dialogue so you can get the gist without needing to read a novel. If you want to read more, you can optionally click the other dialogue options to find out a little more about the world.

#3) Fuck Chua. Fucking hamster rats. Although, if Chua could be warriors, you can bet your ass that's what I'd have rolled.

#4) 9-11 FPS really isn't awful. Keep this in mind: the game is

still

not optimized. People with multi thousand dollar rigs are regularly capping out at 40 FPS, when realistically they should be running up around 70-100. Hell, my PC is a little bit old (3 years), but it can run most games just fine... but the game isn't optmized, so WildStar is capping at like 29FPS in rare moments. Most of the time I'm sitting around 20 FPS at most. New computer probably won't help until the game is optimized.

#1) Got it. Yeah I've noticed I need to build up a ton of kinetic energy before I really seem to go off. Right now I don't want to invest the time in learning the intracacies of the battle mechanics when I'm very likely not going to be able to afford the game for another month or so barring *miracles*
#2) Awesome. I love that.
#3) To be fair, I think it's the main NPC (Mondo) that I've been dealing with that has given me this impression.
#4) Also noted.

So yeah, you probably don't need a new PC, Agar, it is just badly optimized.

Fair enough. I really will probably look to build a new PC before the year ends anyways if I can come up with the money for it. If not, probably next year with tax return money if that happens.

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Toon name is Glasshammer

[xRECKONERx]

The last part of Far side is completely low gravity and it's amazing

This whole zone legitimately might be the best zone in any MMO ever. The World Pillar underground zone in WoW is probably second.

[xRECKONERx]

Oof. Serious zone story bug in Wilderrun, one of the boss mobs you need to progress won't reset after one person kills her after server reset

Keep a look out for Deathspeaker Kala in the hotfix/patch notes

[Oman]

Just ran three dungeons (two dungeons, one twice). I tanked two of them and DPSed one and jesus christ I love this game.

My best advice is guild run. Always guild run.

[xRECKONERx]

The first two dungeons are just perfect. Forgemaster Trogun is like the most impressive boss fight I've seen in a dungeon or raid, ever. That was just nuts.

I was a little disappointed in Skullcano, though. The fact that you can't access it until level 35 when you're already way done with Whitevale makes you feel rather disconnected from the lore/storyline. The first boss is a cute idea but in practice we just ignored the mechanics and burst him down through his self-healing bullshit. The second boss is REALLY fun for the tank, and there's a cool little double jump mechanic involved, but overall DPS and heals don't get anything cool while the tank gets to engage with the mechanics. The third boss is actually really great and I loved everything about the fight, it was super challenging. The final boss felt more like an obstacle course/challenge than a boss, since the main mechanic is basically "spinny fire telegraphs that make you run in a circle".

I'm probably just being picky, because I still think these dungeons are better than anything offered by any other MMO.

Surprisingly, the Adventures are what I've absolutely loved. Other than the first one, Riot in the Void, which is basically a vanilla five person questline, every other one has been so unique and different that I've had a blast with each one.

[Captain Picard]

I am still confused on how to tank, etc on this game... scared to queue as a tank, but I think I will

[Kcdaspot]

Im puking rainbows right now.

Just saw somethijng on imbuement... YE FUCKING GODS.

its like the legendary quests but they told the grinding raids part to go fuck itself.

holy shit.

[xRECKONERx]

imbuements are cool as shit