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PvP Details about Arenas and Battlegrounds

The latest WildStar DevSpeak focuses on Arenas and Battlegrounds and finally reveals additional information about PvP features. The interesting thing is that both features have much in common:

  • They can be played in either open or rated mode.
  • They both reward you with PvP vendor currency known as Prestige.
  • In open PvP world after being ganked, you respawn with 30 seconds of PvP invulnerability, unless you attack someone
  • Rated matches give you rating-specific rewards and allow ELO matchmaking (ELO is a measure of your strength calculated from your performance in rated PvP. ).
  • Levels and gear stats are normalized, in this way balanced matches will let you focus on crucial things in PvP like avoiding telegraphs and fast reacting.

First WildStar Beta Weekend has begun

wildstar beta weekend
As you probably know, between pre-order going live and launch, WildStar fans will be able to participate in four beta weekends. While everyone else will be required to obtain a key to participate in the beta weekend, players who pre-order the game will have immediate access to each event, and today, is your first chance to land on the planet Nexus! This event lasts from Friday, March 21st, 7:00AM PDT through Sunday, March 23rd, 11:59PM PDT.
 
Before you jump in the game, don’t forget some tips shared by developers:

  • If closed beta participants reached 32+ you will not require a Pre-Order key. Otherwise, yes you need a pre-order or weekend key.
  • The Alizar Realm will be down for approx 60 minutes. New characters created with old character names will be renamed “OldName”Alizar.
  • If you are seeing “No Realm Available” and did not reach level 32+ in beta, please check you have applied your Pre-order/Weekend Beta key.
  • We recommend everyone to use the en-US, we will have a localised client for FR & DE at a later date.
  • Make sure you are using your NC account email address as your username.
  • Select the North America region on the game launcher as beta weekends will be on NA servers.
  • If you have just logged in and are seeing a queue, don’t wait! Use the Realm Select at the top of the Character Selection screen!
  • If you cannot see your previous characters, make sure to change Realm to the one you used previously
  • I’m getting a “No Data Center Permissions” error, what does that mean?
    That error means you’re attempting to connect to a region that is not yet active. For the current phase of beta, you should be connecting to the North America region, regardless of where you are currently living.

 
See you on planet Nexus!

WildStar price for Standard and Deluxe Editions

wildstar edition price

Starting March 19th, WildStar fans will be able to pre-order the game on Amazon, BestBuy, GameStop and other retailer. The game is offered in two packages, and while there is no official info about the price of the game, we dug out some interesting information:
 

  • Gamestop has Standard Edition listed at $59.99 (gamestop) and some local retailers told us that the price in Europe will be 35£
  • Digital Deluxe Edition is 15£ more than standard and this was confirmed officially by Wildstar Twitter account.

This is still considered a rumor, but this sounds quite plausible.
 

Find out more about bonuses for each Edition

WildStar Beta Weekend Access Dates

wildstar beta schedule
According to the official Wildstar web page, between pre-order going live and launch, players will be able to participate in four beta weekends. While everyone else will be required to obtain a key to participate in the beta weekend, players who pre-order the game will have immediate access to each event. The currently scheduled weekends are:
 

  • Friday, March 21st, 7:00AM PDT through Sunday, March 23rd, 11:59PM PDT
  • Friday, April 4th, 7:00AM PDT through Sunday, April 6th, 11:59PM PDT
  • Friday, April 18th, 7:00AM PDT through Sunday, April 20th, 11:59PM PDT
  • Friday, May 2nd, 7:00AM PDT through Sunday, May 4th, 11:59PM PDT
  • Open beta starts on May 8th, 2014, and runs through May 18th
  • WildStar Ops Week

 

WildStar lifted its NDA for everyone and announced Release Date

wildstar pre-order
 
It’s official, WildStar release date is set for June 3, 2014, and as of right this moment, the NDA is lifted. There is only a few more months until you can visit planet Nexus. Pre-orders for WildStar begin on March 19th, and offer the following bonuses: 3 days head start access, access to Beta Weekends, exclusive Rocket House, exclusive Housing Trophy, In-game Storage Bag, and more!
 
Players can choose between Standard and Digital Deluxe Editions:
 
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WildStar surpasses 1.4 million beta sign ups

wildstar beta

At the recent press event in California Jeremy Gaffney, president of Carbine Studios, revealed many interesting facts addressing Beta Stats, the current state and future of the WildStar. When speaking about numbers, there have been more than 1.4 million Beta sign-ups since 2011, while approximately 800,000 players signed-up during the last few months. The number of players who had a chance to participate in WildStar Close Beta at least once is significantly lower, about 160,307 players, and they created 505,514 characters, 45% in the Dominion faction, 55% with the Exiles.
 
Find out more about beta stats and future plans »

Wildstar Attributes Guide

wildstar attributes Once you open the Character Screen (P) you’ll find a list of stats completely different from the ones you get used to in other MMOs. In WildStar, you can’t easily define Stats (Attributes), since they have different roles for almost each class, and provide subtle character development. On the Character Screen, Attributes are divided into two tabs: Primary Attributes and Secondary Attributes.

During the character’s progression your stats will automatically increase per level, and additional stuffs that also affect your attributes are Gear, Runes, and AMPs.
 
Before we continue with detailed explanation of Primary Attributes, I would like to draw your attention on definition of base stats: Assault and Support Powers, since those powers have the main role in many spells:

wildstar assault powerAssault Power affects damage and determines the effectiveness of Assault abilities and is subject to diminishing returns.
wildstar support powerSupport Power affects damage or healing effectiveness of Support abilities available in the Second Skill Tree under Support Tab.

 
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