WildStar Economy 101

See the man in that picture? That’s Charles Durham, one of the men in charge of keeping WildStar’s economy all sorted out. Anyone familiar with an MMO economy knows that making funds available to players, without giving them too much cash and making things a little too easy, is no easy task. Luckily the WildStar team has some plans on how to keep their economy flowing they way they want, and they wanted to share some of those plans with the players.

Durham posted a nice piece today describing some of the ways the team plans on keeping the economy in check. Anyone who likes to make money selling of items and equipment to other players, or is just interested in how the economy of an MMO works, would do well to take look. And be sure to tell us what you think of these ideas in the comments section below. Continue reading →

Wildstar Dungeons Presentation @ GamesCom

We were almost late to the start of this great presentation. It took us 2:30 minutes to get setup and not have to move the camera from all the people attending the presentation. Focusing of our camera and the big screen did not want to cooperate. Still, we managed to record the Wildstar Dungeons Presentation, even if we had to do a video trick here and there. I hope you enjoy the information you can get from the panel and that at least some parts of the video will visually manage to relate all the dynamics of running a Wildstar dungeon.

WildStar Dungeon Lead Promises Big, Dynamic Content For Raiders

The WildStar dungeon lead, who goes by the name Timetravel, spoke today on a bunch of different features the team wants to implement for endgame raids. Engaging fights based on the games combat system, dynamic and challenging content, weekly challenges, and rankings are all features that the development team wants to deliver for WildStar players.

Continue reading to see the whole article straight from WildStar’s official site, and make sure to sign up for the beta if you want some firsthand experience in testing out all the raiding fun for yourself! Continue reading →

WildStar Devs Talk Cross Server Play

It’s always frustrating when you want to play an MMO with a buddy only to discover their character is hanging out on another server, or “realm” as the WildStar folks like to call them. Opening different ways of interaction between different realms is a great way to get more players to interact with each other.

This week the developers at Carbine Studios talked about their plans to get players communicating across these realms. Continue reading to hear what they have to say on the topic, and let us know what you think in the comments below. Continue reading →

Wildstar Costumes Gallery

Wildstar allows a lot of customization in every aspect of the game. You can customize your house, mount, and even fortresses, but one customization most players sooner or later delve into is character customization. This is accomplished by equipping costume items through styles vendor. Style vendors are located in major cities and various other locations throughout Nexus. When you interact with the NPC it lets you equip a costume item into its appropriate slot and looks of that costume item will overwrite whatever item you are wearing in that slot (you keep the stats – only looks change). You are allowed to even equip items that are not costumes and have their looks show, but special costume items are the most fun. Here’s a list with screenshots of most of the available costumes in the game right now.

Raidin’ Costume Set

This costume set randomly drops from Boomboxes that people that beta tested the game got as reward for their testing efforts (and making Wildstar a better game). These items are currently the most expensive items you can find in the auction house. Their price ranges from 1-10 platinum, which is higher even than C.R.E.D.D. packages. When you look at the screenshot bellow it becomes apparent why this is the most sought after costume set in Wildstar at the moment.

Raidin Costume Screenshot

Here’s an item list of all pieces individually: Raidin’ Costume Set

click here to see all the Costume sets with screenshots