In the SF-MMO WildStar , the 40-player raids are being replaced with 20-player raids.
It was seen coming: The 40-player raids in WildStar were not embraced by the community and are now being scaled down to 20.
The fact that the 40-man raid Datascape was not accepted was partly due to how difficult it is to find and coordinate 40 players. Secondly, it’s also because the first raid in WildStar, the “Gen-Archive,” is a 20-player raid. Once a group has completed it, they can move on to the next raid, the “Datascapes.” However, that one is designed for 40 men or women or Mechari.
Guilds had to either merge with another guild (difficult) or find another 20 players to join an existing team (likely even more difficult). These issues (along with some frustration from bugs and glitches) have previously caused some progress guilds to break apart.
Alongside this recruitment stress, the combat feel of WildStar did not match such 40-player raids, according to a statement from Carbine regarding the change. Additionally, there were FPS drops, it was too complicated to test with 40 players, and the “irregular” raid sizes would have caused problems for future development.
Experiment “Back to Molten-Core” in WildStar failed
In short: The experiment has failed, and WildStar is moving away from 40-player raids back to 20-player raids. The 40-player raid will remain active for now, and with 1.2.0, there will be a 20-player version of the Datascapes. The 20-player Datascape is supposed to launch together with the next drop on the test server. The bosses will basically remain the same, but will be adjusted. Accomplishments in the 40-player raid will convert to “Galactic Hotshots,” so to speak, into feats.
We have addressed the raid sizes in WildStar twice: Once before the release and once after the release, when it was already becoming clear that the experiment “Back to Molten-Core” would bring about significant problems.
Mein MMO thinks: Perhaps 40-player raids belong more in the rearview mirror, in tales from old days, or in “nostalgia” events. However, within the concept of WildStar, the 40-player raids have been made extremely difficult to shine.
The jumps in WildStar seem to have been quite exhausting and have thrown some players off.
The formula “I level solo, gear up in 5-man groups, raid in 20-player raids, and eventually tackle the PvE and PvP endgame with 40 players” didn’t work out for many. The approach is now changing, with the last branch being cut off (the PvP endgame with the Warplots is also not well received) and a focus being placed more on content for solo players and small groups.
