You must know these 15 things to start WildStar

To kick off WildStar, Mein MMO presents you a list of 15 things you will wish you had known before you logged into WildStar for the first time.

Everyone of us who has played an MMO will know these sentences:

“Why didn’t anyone tell me that?”

“I didn’t know that!”

“And you’re just telling me this now?”

“I wish someone had told me that!”

We have compiled 15 points that you should definitely know to avoid future frustration. So here is the ultimate crash course beginner’s guide for those who usually touch the hot stove to see if it’s still on. In other words, here are 15 things many of us learned the hard way in beta:

1. The headstart begins on Saturday, May 31, at 9 AM. All players can participate, who pre-ordered the game. Recently, it has become common in MMOs for servers to go live before the headstart so that not everyone logs in at the same time.

2. Think ahead about which path you want to choose. The associated quests make up 20% of your gaming experience. If you enjoy kill quests like in WoW, become a Soldier. If you like jumping along platforms and trying to bug your way up somewhere, the Explorer is for you. As a Settler, you tame the wild land piece by piece and establish stations and camps through which your teammates and you can grow stronger. So it’s a path for team players and MMO hoarders. As a Scientist, your gaming experience doesn’t change drastically, but you’ll have a lot to read and discover hidden things.

3. There are no race bonuses. Once you have decided on a class, just choose the race that you like best. You can learn more about the backgrounds of the individual races here.

4. Every class is automatically a DPS. Warriors, Rogues, and Tech-Pioneers also have the potential to be a Tank. Medics, Arcane Gunners, and Esper, on the other hand, have Healing as their secondary job.

5. Everyone completes a tutorial on the spaceship of their faction during the first levels. At the end of the tutorial, at level 3, you leave the ship. What many overlook: Here you have the choice between two areas where things continue. Right now, at the game launch, the primary area is likely to be overcrowded. So resist the urge to immediately click on the NPC directly in front of you when you leave the ship and turn around instead to make the 30-second walk to the second hangar.

6. At level 3, every hero learns a stun, a skill that stuns opponents. It’s best used when the opponent is using a “telegraph”, which is a skill with a warning. If you catch them with the stun then, they receive significantly more damage for a short period.

7. Even if inventory is tight, don’t destroy the “Festival Fab Kit” or other rare kits. At first, you might not know what to do with them, but you will definitely need them later for housing. You can sell gray items without regret, as you will break down most armor items later anyway.

8. The challenges that pop up and usually come with a time limit should not drive you crazy. It’s merely an offer from the game. Defeat your inner completionist who wants to finish everything perfectly. You don’t have to drop everything just to achieve gold in a challenge. That will only frustrate you. Especially when multiple players are in a zone and have to share mobs, it’s often not possible to complete the challenges in minimal time. If multiple players hit a mob, it counts only proportionally toward success.

9. You don’t have to drag usable quest items into your hotbar like in other games, as they are automatically assigned a hotkey. By default, it’s “T”. You need to press “G” when you have to use certain items for a path mission. With “C”, you’ll be phoning home like E.T., so you’ll accept new quests and complete some, and “V” is the auto-loot vacuum.

10. Think carefully about whether you really want to play on a PvP server. WildStar still has a distinction between PvP and PvE gear. This means if you don’t actively want to hunt opponents, you can quickly become a victim. Scratch that: If you’re not the attacker, you will be the victim. The open-world PvP of WildStar is nasty. Usually, the one who surprises the other wins, especially if they are already in PvP gear, have all their cooldowns ready, or have a couple of buddies in tow.

11. Try to get into a flow while playing. Let yourself drift. Questing in WildStar is organically structured so that you intuitively do the right thing. There are smaller tasks you complete on the side and larger quests that automatically take you to places where things continue. There’s no reason to stubbornly stick to a plan. WildStar is most fun when you just follow your nose – or the quest arrow that pops up when you click on a quest in your log. From the bounty boards, there are quests for mobs that require a group. Usually, it helps to wait a bit before the mobs or to write in the zone chat: “LFM (name of mob).”

12. When you are into slaying, don’t overdo it. Often next to normal mobs, which have about your HP, there are also much tougher ones with five times the hit points. You can, of course, defeat them too if you dodge the telegraphs and have pretty good gear – but it’s not that easy. Regular fighting in WildStar is not as easy as in many other MMOs, so “Keep your eyes open; the life you save may be your own.”

13. Crafting is important in WildStar. It is advisable for most players to choose a profession that produces the armor their character wears. This harmonizes with a corresponding gathering profession. So armor smith and miner for warriors and tech pioneers; leatherworker and survivalist for rogues and medics; a tailor for arcane gunners and esper (who can then choose whatever they want as a second profession). Of course, there will also be weapon smiths and architects, but with the other professions, you can craft many pieces of equipment at any level, which should make life easier especially on a first run and when the market is still fresh.

14. Dismantling (salvaging) items in WildStar is tricky. You can quickly dismantle the item you wanted to keep for the next level. There’s no going back. The same goes for quest rewards: Those who want to process a quest over the video phone in the middle of a fight (the C key is your friend!) easily make mistakes in the multitasking frenzy and get an item they can’t use at all.

15. If you plan to play WildStar with your girlfriend: Keep the housing from her! Otherwise, you’ll be off the grid for the next few weeks. Has anyone seen Cortyn lately?

What do you think? Do you have any tips if you have played the beta? Or are you still completely new and have any questions?

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