{"id":451,"date":"2013-04-03T00:12:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T07:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smudgemarks-engelwerks.com\/minions-of-the-fickle-muse\/?p=451"},"modified":"2013-04-03T00:30:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T07:30:18","slug":"wildstar-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smudgemarks-engelwerks.com\/minions-of-the-fickle-muse\/2013\/04\/03\/wildstar-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"WildStar coming &#8230; soon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"WildStar online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wildstar-online.com\">WildStar <\/a>is a new MMO that I've been following for about a year+. However - in the past couple of months they've been ramping up the promotion machine and are taking applications for Beta.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is WildStar?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_4_riSI7Ydg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, what has got me so interested? A couple things really.<\/p>\n<p>1) It's the rare bird going for a sci-fantasy feel (instead of high-fantasy like most), that is not based off an already pre-existing property.<br \/>\n2) The developers have acknowledged that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildstar-online.com\/en\/news\/wildstar_wednesday_february_state_of_the_game.php\">60% of the players out there are soloists<\/a> and are trying to develop content for that group.<\/p>\n<p>3) They have set up an interesting mechanic that acknowledges different play-styles via Paths (<a title=\"Soldier Path vid\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AYpD2c59Rug\">Soldier<\/a>, <a title=\"Explorer Path vid\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3mgXHHtPpGI\">Explorer<\/a>, Scientist, and Settler)<\/p>\n<p>4) They do not take themselves seriously.<\/p>\n<p>With all that said, It's all pie in the sky until it actually comes out, or reports from the beta come in. Considering it's competition, for new, high-end MMO's are <a title=\"Neverwinter\" href=\"http:\/\/nw.perfectworld.com\/\">Neverwinter <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/elderscrollsonline.com\/en\">Elder Scrolls<\/a>, it definitely is trying to do something different.<\/p>\n<p>WildStar is something I'm keeping my eye on. ^.^<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WildStar is a new MMO that I&#8217;ve been following for about a year+. However &#8211; in the past couple of months they&#8217;ve been ramping up the promotion machine and are taking applications for Beta. 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