Creating hardcore MMO players through quality content – Interview with Jeremy Gaffney

We’ve been following Wildstar for a while now and we got to speak to some pretty awesome people making the game. There is, however, one defining moment you can have doing this: talking to, how his fans call him, Gaffer, better known as Jeremy Gaffney, Executive Producer of Carbine Studios. Responsible for overseeing the entirety of the game he can tell us everything about it and he usually does. We took our chance during GamesCom to ask him about Wildstar’s business model and C.R.E.D.D., and what effects it might have on the player economy. We talked about end game and raids and sneaked in a couple of community questions about that topic. Finally, we asked if Wildstar is for hardcore gamers and you just have to hear the answer in the video bellow to find out Mr. Gaffney’s thoughts about that.

We’d like to thank Mr. Gaffney for taking the time to talk to us and answering some community questions along the way.

You can expect a full transcript of this interview very soon.


Concerning Money Sinks

Balancing an MMO economy is no easy task, and money sinks play a large part in maintaining that balance. Senior Systems Designer Charles “Bull” Duram recently answered some questions players had concerning what types of resource sinks will be present in-game, both money and otherwise. There is also some talk on how players will influence the economy, repair costs, and possible gambling ventures.

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Community Beta Key Giveaways

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Giveaways for everyone! That sums up pretty much yesterday in Wildstar. Community websites across the globe got a chance to give away beta keys to their visitors. This is the first time Wildstar fans can get a chance to test the game before release, without being picked by Carbine’s random number generator. We are very honored to be among the websites given the opportunity to make their visitors happy. Just in case you want to increase your chance of getting a beta key you can apply for it in various ways on different fansites. Here is the list of all websites giving out keys separated by region (and as seen on the official website for the USA, for the EU, for German fans and for French fans).

Click here for a full list of websites doing the giveaways


Closed Beta 2 Patch Notes Revealed

It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for some new WildStar news. This week we get a look at the patch notes for the upcoming round beta testing. Invites for this round of testing should be going out this week, so if you have signed up to participate in the beta keep an eye on your inbox to see if you are one of the lucky few who get invited in.

During the last round of beta testing the patch notes were leaked almost immediately, hence the reason the developers went ahead and just gave the patch notes to everyone up front. Seems like they figured that if players are going to get a hold of the information anyway it might as well come from the source. Keep in mind that if you decide to look through the notes you may stumble across a spoiler or two, so read the notes at your own risk.

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Choose Your Paths Wisely

We got not one, but two different videos today to show off the different Paths in WildStar. In this video Agent Voxine lets us know all about the different Paths players will be able to take. It’s full of WildStar’s special brand of humor and charisma, making it something you really must see. Check it out and let us know what you think.