Comments on: Calmed Down

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:43:17 +0000

LOL They do like the aggro, the little buggers. ;)

I should roll an Engi on PTR and see if the aggro radius has changed. It was mentioned, but I've not seen it in the patch notes.

By: Rebecca Raven

Rebecca Raven — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:07:56 +0000

So true! My bots are always "writing checks my gun can't cash." 😉

By: Rebecca Raven

Rebecca Raven — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:07:49 +0000

Stalkers in Wildstar are fun. Being able to go into stealth mode can cover a lot of gaps in soloing.

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:29:19 +0000

I make enough at work that we have enough discretionary income to pay for two games. We don't do much for entertainment other than playing board games with friends. Not really "go out to the movies" folks, and we'd rather eat in than not. So I guess that helps to pay for two games. :)

I do hope that it changes B2P over F2P whenever it heads that way, because this feels like an inevitability.

Hm. Engineers are usually a pretty fun first class. Heavy armor, wielding a huge-ass Ripley-ish dual-handed gun with little bots you can direct. The rotation can be a tad boring (currently, apparently there are some awesome changes coming with the next drop :) ), but it's a great class where you do have to learn to "manage pets" like old-school WoW. That's the hardest part of it and most people just can't, lol.

By: Aywren

Aywren — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:14:23 +0000

I understand your apprehension about a payment type transition for WildStar. I'm someone who tried the beta, however, and it failed to pull me away from FFXIV last year. This is mostly because I can't justify the idea of paying two subs for two different games at one time (I'm not sure how you do it!). I'd go nuts feeling like I need to be getting my money's worth out of both games, and FFXIV seriously takes up most of my time as it is.

So while I'm curious about WildStar, I'd probably not invest in it unless it did transition to a non-sub model. I don't ever see FFXIV going that direction, and as long as I have as strong an interest in FFXIV as I do now, that cancels out any incentive to play another subbed game for me.

*whispers* However, due to the possibility of it going B2P/F2P, and due to the box promotion they're running right now, I did pick up a cheap boxed copy of WildStar online yesterday. It was just a little above the cost of a month's sub, plus I see myself taking a little break from FFXIV next month as I wind down with end-game content and wait for the expansion.

I know that when ESO went B2P, the cost of the box copy jumped right back up to what it was at release, so I figured I'd hook myself up early on... just in case I try it and enjoy it. I don't have any qualms about putting down $16 to try a game out for a month. I still don't think I'd sub, but I do want to check out the classes, races and housing in greater detail than the beta allowed.

I guess I just need to figure out a good, casual solo class! Any suggestions are welcome! :)