At Carbine, developer Kristen “Caydiem” DeMeza has now published another developer blog about WildStar, where she shares a bit about her work and explains what players can look forward to in the “veteran shiphand missions.”
These will be introduced with the next major content patch on the planet Nexus and are meant to bring more variety to players at level cap. We have summarized the key points for you.
Solo or Trio: Challenging, but never truly difficult
The shiphand missions are still meant to be doable solo, including the veteran mode at level 50. However, players will be given the opportunity to group up and experience the mini-instances together, which is why all enemies will scale with the group size – once a tank or healer is in the group, it probably will become quite easy.
Although there will be some new tasks, so veterans can still expect a few innovations, fundamentally the missions will not differ from the “normal” ones during the leveling phase.
We have used the veteran mode to give all missions a little more “punch.” We also took the opportunity to expand the story of some missions… and added a little surprise here and there.
Rewards: Glory, Decorations, and Mounts
Those who complete the “new” missions will be primarily rewarded with glory – and that is a novelty, as this currency was previously only for group play. Players can exchange these glory points with the respective vendors in Thayd or Illium for entry-level gear, which should still be helpful in the first veteran adventures. However, those who do not need it can trade glory for other items, such as new colors, decorations, or even mounts. Speaking of which: All shiphand missions will now have a timer, and those who manage to secure the gold rank will receive additional rewards, including decorations and exclusive mounts, which should be very rare.
If you dislike long walks, you can breathe easy, as these mini-instances can now also be entered via the group finder, whether alone, with friends, or with strangers; everything can be conveniently set through the menu.
The full blog can be read at wildstar-online.com. At this point, I would also like to recommend my WildStar outlook for 2015.
