WildStar launches June 3, pre-orders begin March 19
Carbine's sci-fi fantasy MMORPG, WildStar, will be available for pre-order on March 19, in preparation for a June 3 launch on PC.
Carbine's upcoming sci-fi fantasy MMORPG, WildStar, is just about to ready to venture into new galaxies. The game will be available for pre-order starting on March 19 and with this announcement comes an official release date. WildStar will take to the skies on June 3.
WildStar's standard edition will ship for $60. Those that pre-order will receive immediate beta access, an exclusive Rocket House (it's a rocket and it's a house!), housing vanity items, extra rest XP, a Storage Bag item to expand inventory, reservation of player/guild names, and a three-day headstart to play the game's final version. The standard edition will also include a 30-day subscription, along with three 7-day guest passes.
The Digital Deluxe Edition will come with all of the above, along with an Eldan hoverboard with customization set, costume augmentation, an Eldan player title, and rare gold/green dye. This version of the game will retail for $75.
The subscription-based WildStar will cost $15 a month, though dedicated players can exchange some of their in-game gold for additional subscription time. Carbine will also be looking for player feedback as WildStar approaches its final release date, as the developer has officially dropped the NDA on the game's beta, as of today.
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Carbine's sci-fi fantasy MMORPG, WildStar, will be available for pre-order on March 19, in preparation for a June 3 launch on PC.-
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I am not crazy about this trend of big red circles for telegraphs. Wildstar is even worse as they have big white telegraphs for the player attacks as well. Wish they would do something more subtle, something that is easy to recognize but artistically fits in with the world design better.
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Please don't give NCSoft any money.
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BlockheadBrown's entire family was killed by NCSoft :( we don't like to bring it up very often.
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Wow. That's not even remotely funny.
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No. But going there really isn't funny.
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I think you'll find many disagree. I, for one, laughed heartily.
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I'm still bitter over NCSoft closing City of Heroes developer Paragon - the game and the company were nicely in the black, yet they were closed when NCSoft was trying to "set an example" in order to woo investors or a possible merger with another company. It didn't work out. ... I still got Guild Wars 2 because I like ArenaNet. I can't stand NCSoft though.
Obviously do as you wish, but don't be surprised if they're dicks later on.
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I was told by Carbine that there would be no physical collectibles as pre-order bonuses. This is pretty much all you'll get.
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Apparently there's a brand new UI that addresses everyone's gripes.
I played it. The arcade-y controls and combat made it feel like it was built for controller support, but there's none. (FFXIV has spoiled me, I want more controller MMOs!).
It def felt pretty janky, tiny weird font sizes, no real plot. I wanted to like it -- and at times I did...but the twangy guitar/Borderlands/Rage/Cowboy Bebop thing is tired rather than a refreshing change for an MMO.
It's apparently been in development for like 10 years or something. I guess it has to release at some point.-
I'm with you, more controller MMOs. FFXIV is legit with a controller? You didn't feel hamstrung? I'll have to try it out.
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No, I love it! Your triggers and bumpers swap to different hot bars, it's crazy how intuitive it all is. You actually LIKE having a ton of buttons where it would be normally overwhelming if it was all on a numeric hotbar. The longer global cooldown gives you breathing room to choose your attacks. Even the menus are easy to get through. I'm seriously impressed. Only thing wonky is the targeting but I think they'll fix it.
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whoah wtf? i thought this was a F2P game. $60 + $15/month? it'll have to be pretty fucking special to pull that off.
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I'm fairly certain this business model is dead. I played Wildstar beta - got 1 character to level 12 and another to level 20, and I have to say that I don't see gamers dedicating all their time to one game anymore, which is pretty much required of this game. Sure there's going to be the gamers that only want to play MMOs, but I don't see this business model working in the main stream of gamers anymore.
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I believe if they make a game that has a lot of things to do, people will get hooked. You can have "dungeons" on your housing plot that you can build form FabKits, raids also. I have been in the beta for while and it is the next BIG MMO, it has so much to do and is fun. Questing isn't as boring as it has been in the past. You of course have your kill quests but a lot of times you get other quests in the area so you don't even realize you are doing the kill quest. Challengers pop up randomly without notice. I jumped off a water fall and got an achievement which was completely random.
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Needs more beta keys. I'll never buy another MMO without playing in the beta first.
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Ah, yes, there will be open beta.
https://twitter.com/WildStar/statuses/443747434658033665
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I wouldn't call it "easy". To me, "easy" is "Click here to give us your e-mail" and then a key comes. I did that ages ago, and have yet to ever get a key.
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Well damn, not sure how I missed those.
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