Wildstar

[Pathology]

I have looked at this game a bit the past 2 weeks because i have free time and it is entering CB2. The game looks quite enjoyable. here are a couple videos.

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[Quintilian]

It's got a neat Borderlands 2 style vibe that I enjoy. I haven't been a big fan (Or really tried) any of the F2P mmo's, but the humor and art style attracts me to this.

(That and I applied to work for them).

[Kz]

looks interesting to say the least. the announcer makes it seem so epic. they got the right guy for that.

[rursusferre]

the "sky plot" seems like a great way to enable this.

[Pathology]

They posted some videos of my favorite thing added to the game to add replay-ability. They are called paths. Also I do not believe this is a free to play game. AND 20 - 40 MAN RAIDS.

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[Quintilian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t0mgu0_i3c

SPACE RACCOONS.

I'm so playing this.

[Quintilian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjQLsE02OPg

The video on freeform Aiming.

[Gogan]

Wow, Wildstar is looking really good. Love the video on housing. Tera made me a big fan of non-tab-targeted-aiming and it looks like Wildstar is taking it a step further. I think the way it works for healing is especially interesting. Will be interesting to see how it fairs in a raid environment.

[Pathology]

I agree, I am going to give the game a shot. I feel it is a unique game with a good group of developers that at least say they are make the game for "hard core" players.

[Kz]

yea i been looking into a guild that a friend of mine suggested. prolly gonna put an app in for them. im looking foward to what EQ NExt is going to be as well though, but thats still years off i think.

[Quintilian]

It seems, sadly, that the beta for Wildstar is quite small. They said they got around 500,000 applicants, but only about 20,000 are in the actual beta. But, on the upside, they also did say it was planned to be out this year. ish.

It's the only MMO in a long time that's actually got me excited. Player housing, exploration, good art style (I've always preferred cartoony), and really slick races.

I also really enjoy their videos.

[Cruci]

Thought this deserved a bump.

I'm not sure if you fellas are still high on this game, but I've been having a blast with the beta. Best first impression I've had from an MMO next to WoW. I'll be preordering very soon.

General Thoughts:

-Excellent balance between story/exposition and action. You're able to get fairly involved in the story without it being much a time sink (perfect for the tl:dr generation)
-Really dig the telegraph system, should make for some new and interesting group challenges
-I'm not sure if it was a bug, but it seems they instance sub zones so that the fodder changes as the story progresses; really nice balance between game pace and general explorability
-Paths seem gimmicky in the early game, I hope they can really develop them into something worthwhile
-Very fluid gameplay, not clunky at all unlike ESMMO
-Probably my favorite standard ui of the games that I have played
-The biggest knock on the game from those who haven't played it is that it looks like the most unapologetic WoW clone yet. I disagree, it's no more or less a clone than any other game. After playing through 10 hours or so I think it'll be unique enough that it's going to have staying power