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WildStar: Reloaded |OT| Full Steam Ahead!
- Thread starter Enter the Dragon Punch
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Enter the Dragon Punch
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http://www.mmogames.com/gamenews/nexon-ncsoft-end-alliance/
nexon no longer has any control or influence on ncsoft
nexon no longer has any control or influence on ncsoft
MrCaliaztec
Member
Fairly interesting, I would imagine this is most beneficial for NCSoft considering that Nexon still operated itself outside of the two companies but still had a say in what NCSoft was doing with it's business. Meaning Nexon more then likely pushed things for NCSoft to do that would at best not cause any kind of waves or major competition with its own proprietary games.
Spiritreaver
Member
It used to be, now it's worse than questing. It's not too terrible though. They nerfed it a few days ago because people were exploiting capture exp.
This may be a dumb question, but does PVP gear work in PVE? Mainly is it a viable option to expedite gearing up for vet dungeons and such?
Asking because it's cheap with money or prestige (which is really quick to get with this bonus event going on - already done with amp/ability items).
Asking because it's cheap with money or prestige (which is really quick to get with this bonus event going on - already done with amp/ability items).
TharpDaddy
Member
You can use it but it's far, far from ideal. PvP gear has different stats which will aid you very little in veteran content. Your ilvl will be inflated and you'll contribute no where close to what the ilvl says you should. I don't recommend trying to bring pvp gear into Veteran dungeons at the least. You can use it for Expeditions and maybe Adventures but you'll be a large liability to your team in Dungeons.
That's pretty much exactly what I figured, and why I asked to confirm.
I don't really plan on PVP'n much outside of this bonus event, which I did just to get amps/abilities...so I'll save monies.
Thanks for the info!
but I will do 3 more games to get that "beast" hover board
TharpDaddy
Member
I need to farm some pvp for the amp/ability points. How many matches would you say it has taken to unlock them all?
Well, it's 31K prestige to buy them all (that's the 2 one time amps and 1 of the unlimited amp, and the 1 one time ability and 1 of the unlimited abilities). You average 1000-1250 prestige per loss and 2000-2500 per victory (give or take based on your team of course). I probably put about 5-6 hours in and bought them all. If you get lucky and get put on a good squad, it goes super fast.
Not bad at all for what you get.
Spiritreaver
Member
I got the first two AMP upgrades and an ability point upgrade in just a few hours of playing, and I was buying PVP gear alongside it.
TharpDaddy
Member
I'd say the amp/ability points are a bigger pain in the ass to get than better gear. I'd go that route personally but either way is progression for your character.
MrCaliaztec
Member
Some great guides that are new, and updated for free to play as more of us hit level 50. A ton of new content opens up once you hit level 50 and seems very daunting so this will lead you in the right direction.
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/128363-newreturning-new-level-50-guide/
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/...ic/143751-guide-what-to-do-at-50/?hl=level+50
And this one gives you a run down where to get your Amp and Ability upgrade items to maximize your Amps and Ability points.
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/...bility-tier-point-unlocks-amp-power-upgrades/
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/128363-newreturning-new-level-50-guide/
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/...ic/143751-guide-what-to-do-at-50/?hl=level+50
And this one gives you a run down where to get your Amp and Ability upgrade items to maximize your Amps and Ability points.
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/...bility-tier-point-unlocks-amp-power-upgrades/
facepalm007
Member
Forgot to post my character, let's go StarComm!!:
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
The lag on Entity is kind of obnoxious today. It's 80% fine but then 20% of the time my character will freeze for 5-10 seconds at a time. Switching over to Entity-2 to level up some of my alts.
irfaanator
Banned
man leveling has gotten kinda slow from quests at 25 ish
facepalm007
Member
Whitevate I presume?? Yeah, that place is a slog. That is the time I used my "Flasks of Advancements and R&R" from my rewards and just power through to 29 so I can just bail out and go to Farside.
irfaanator
Banned
yea. im like 27 or so
Ploid 3.0
Member
Just logged onto my spellslinger after a long break from it and within minutes I got blown up by a person. At first I thought I aggroed a boss mob with how fast my HP was dropping. I figured I was probably just at a bad spot where sides collide so near the revive point with guarding NPCs close buy I did a little "Activate these things" quest, and like my other experiences I started getting hit by an invisible person (the one before probably didn't start invisible). This time I looked at the name, it was corny, something like "BiggBoss Assassin."
Maybe Spellslingers are just easy targets when they are on their own. The second encounter I was at least ready to run away with that ghost plane ability. I think I'll buy a slot and put a Spellslinger on PVE and just leave this one there in case my friend catches up and want to play. The only reason I made a PVP* character was because he already created a character there.
That said Esper is so fun. I'm 37 now and the next significant thing to happen for it is at 45. I should start putting those runes in my gear to feel like I'm getting new stuff. 45 will be a long journey.
Edit: Oops I meant PVP instead of PVE at the end there.
Spiritreaver
Member
Yeah if you don't like open world PVP, I wouldn't play on a PVP server. I love it and always have good times.
The other day I was leveling in Malgrave and ran into some Exiles at the Protostar hub. I helped one of them do a holdout mission and this other Dominion guy showed up and ganked the guy I was helping. I just jumped around and watched them fight, the Dominion guy got stomped and tried to run to me for help, but I kept jumping.
The Exiles all decided to gather up and gank him constantly, lol, but they would leave me alone the entire time. It was pretty funny.
It's things like that that keep me playing on PVP servers. That and getting ganked by 2+ of the opposite faction and beating them all because they don't have PVP gear, or just plain suck. Or getting stomped and then regrouping with other players for payback causing a large PVP brawl. It's great.
The other day I was leveling in Malgrave and ran into some Exiles at the Protostar hub. I helped one of them do a holdout mission and this other Dominion guy showed up and ganked the guy I was helping. I just jumped around and watched them fight, the Dominion guy got stomped and tried to run to me for help, but I kept jumping.
The Exiles all decided to gather up and gank him constantly, lol, but they would leave me alone the entire time. It was pretty funny.
It's things like that that keep me playing on PVP servers. That and getting ganked by 2+ of the opposite faction and beating them all because they don't have PVP gear, or just plain suck. Or getting stomped and then regrouping with other players for payback causing a large PVP brawl. It's great.
MrCaliaztec
Member
Fun stuff, been a lot of fun running Veteran Expeditions with the couple 50's we have so far. And will be looking forward to helping more out that get here soon hopefully!
Join me on Jabbit, it's rather lonely here too.
Ploid 3.0
Member
I think you can teleport there (map > spaceship icon). When trying to get to dome 3 I went to the open surface first.
whats the lag like
Cool thanks! I was able to figure it out. So glad the game lets you just hop into quest lines wherever you want
The lag has mostly been sorted out, the lag is from my end.
There hasn't been any lag or queues on Jabbit for over a week now.
TharpDaddy
Member
Soo.... why is this quest marker gray for me? How do I make it an acceptable quest? It's the first time I've run into this issue...
I believe that means you're too low level for it? In WoW it meant you didn't complete the perquisite quests but I'm not sure if that's the case in WS as well.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Yup I've been playing on Entity-2 yesterday and today. Absolutely no lag over there. Also I have the say the Dominion questing areas are definitely much better than Exile so far (level 12).
Ploid 3.0
Member
Yep, level too low, or something to do with fame/reputation level. I try to skip ahead to do missions 3-5 levels above me since they are still easy but this is the only thing that prevents me from going far as I would like. I really think it must be reputation though. Sometimes it seems like I can do 4 - 5 above my level as long as I've done enough surrounding quests. I could be mistaken though.
MrCaliaztec
Member
Really? must just be in the more heavily populated zones. I've been in thayd and Pvping all day and not a bit of lag on entity 1.
MrCaliaztec
Member
Exile guild leader gonna be on at all? We have been capped on Guild Exp for awhile and could use him on to spend it.
Spiritreaver
Member
Does anyone else run this game on ultra high textures? I keep getting FPS dips when loading into new areas and I'm convinced it's that setting, as it doesn't seem to happen on low. I think it's vram issues, as it hits 3GB sometimes which is the max on my 7970s.
This game runs pretty badly on multigpu AMD setups still, though it does run better on single card than it did at launch.
It just bums me out that I can never find a MMO that runs as well as FFXIV. It even has proper crossfire scaling, something I never see in MMOs. If only FFXIV wasn't such a dull game at its core.
This game runs pretty badly on multigpu AMD setups still, though it does run better on single card than it did at launch.
It just bums me out that I can never find a MMO that runs as well as FFXIV. It even has proper crossfire scaling, something I never see in MMOs. If only FFXIV wasn't such a dull game at its core.
Yeah, I'm in Whitevale and I get the occasional burst of where none of my moves do anything and the enemy is just standing there. People are talking about it in general chat so I know its not just me.
MrCaliaztec
Member
Yeah it seems to go from zone to zone as the general population levels up little by little. Ive had no issue in thayd or in the level 50 leveling zone but they are not super filled with people.
Like most GAF attempts at guilds, I think it's DEAD Jim, unless someone else steps up, providing then can get lead...
If not then it's either to form a new guild or jump ship and look elsewhere.
TharpDaddy
Member
Unless the rank permissions were changed I think members can vote to elect a new guild leader. I mostly play my Dominion character now otherwise i'd volunteer to be the guild leader for the Exile side.
MrCaliaztec
Member
I'd take it over if we wanted someone who was fairly active, id just make sure to place a few officers so they can handle stuff when I'm not on as well. It's mostly just for perk assignment and what not, we are capped at 2.5 million right now and would've been nice to have that rank 2 prestige buff going this weekend.
Spiritreaver
Member
FML, figured out why I was getting random FPS dips. PVPTab addon. I swear, so many poorly made addons out there.
Eteric Rice
Member
That was nuts. Everything just changed over to shades eve. Very cool though!