Day 2. A lot has happened;
-I found the Exile Capital City of ‘Thayd’. It’s pretty big, but it’s about the size of Stormwind. You have to be at least Level 14 to access it.
-I’m now Level 14, and have a Player Housing plot. Found out beds have no interaction.
-There was this quest, where it involved me killing Superior-ranked mobs. I died, multiple times. Why is THIS A FUCKING THING??!?!
-I managed to find myself a new mount that you can get at Level 3 (only acquirable at the capital city). It’s a hoverboard.
-Learned the other restrictions of the Free Trial. Level 20 is the cap, just like WoW. Also, I cannot access the AH due to it. And I also cannot respond to /whisper (but I believe WoW was like that back then as well).
And that’s not all I’ve learned. The last things… are a game changer. A “I made a mistake” game changer. So that quest I mentioned, and found the city. I felt so. fucking. PATHETIC asking for help using /say. I felt like a 12 year old that can’t afford $20 because I need my parents’ allowance (and their permission). I just.. ugh. Why? I don’t want to go back to those dark days of starting WoW in 2005 again.
And finally, and I do mean finally got help from a bunch of nice people who partied with me. We went to the area, I tagged the mob. Killed it.. and it was the only one I needed. I was 66% completed with the quest. Apparently I had to only kill one more.
Anyway, as they were preparing to leave, I asked them is the game worth paying for before going FTP (and getting my money’s worth). They said yes… however, they asked me “do you raid?”, and I said no. And they said “well then no”, and how the game is mainly focused on raiding.
Mainly. focused. … on raiding. FUCK! Then they asked me if I’m new to MMO’s, and I said no (how I played WoW and Guild Wars 2, and wanted something more fun and less BS). They told me how the dungeons in Guild Wars 2 are child’s play compared to the dungeons in Wildstar. One said how they have played Guild Wars 2 for three years, and was blown away by the dungeon difficulty in Wildstar. Another one mentioned to be able to “solo dungeons” of Guild Wars 2. I questioned, saying “but they scale your level down”.
Was told the one the final boss is in (and also this “RC” one) can be soloed “as long as you’re good”… they don’t know my main, then.
This is upsetting. This game, even with its flaws and bad choice of font, was my new MMO. This is the only MMO that still has questing, and it almost plays like WoW. It has FPs and everything. Yet now I’m hearing… I’m hearing differently of what The Lazy Peon said of his video. I… I dunno anymore. I feel like I should have something returned that cannot be refunded, which is my time playing this game and the memories.
Surely… SURELY raiding can’t be the main reason to get to 50! What about the player housing and all the customization? What about the mounts? Raiding can’t be it!
I need a second opinion. Though I feel the answer will be “just play the game the way you wish! No one’s forcing you to raid.”, instead of their opinion of endgame content.
Don’t fucking sugarcoat it to make it taste better. Just… tell me. If it is raiding being the best thing to do, then…. then…. well, my birth month’s coming up next month, and I plan to buy Far Cry 4 for my birthday. So that should keep me entertained. And it’s Single Player.
EDIT: So my second opinion on the forums was answered. It was what I thought, except worded differently. They told me how the game isn’t JUST about raiding once you get to Level 50, it’s whatever I want.
Plus they add how they recommend that I join a Guild and yadda yadda yadda… and you know what? This time I’m thinking I just might do so. After that one quest, it’s likely I’m going to run into another one in the future. That’s why I’m probably going to need one, mainly to learn everything I can about the game (since I don’t have mfish to help me). As long as they don’t really get in my way of soloing, I’ll be happy. Plus I can leave at anytime. I hope to never need to if I find a good Guild, but the option is there.
I guess I’m really trying to change my attitude about always having to solo. Try to be more social. It’s not like it’s going to kill me IRL. 😛
Still going to think about this.