{"id":1252,"date":"2014-05-28T21:30:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T04:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternateimage.net\/15minutesofwow\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2014-05-28T21:30:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T04:30:43","slug":"preparing-for-wildstar-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternateimage.net\/gaming\/2014\/05\/28\/preparing-for-wildstar-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Wildstar Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alternateimage.net\/15minutesofwow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WildStar_NexusHero.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1297\" src=\"http:\/\/alternateimage.net\/15minutesofwow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WildStar_NexusHero.jpg\" alt=\"WildStar_NexusHero\" width=\"1000\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So you want to play Wildstar? Me too. Since I&#8217;ve gotten some beta time and some other steps out-of-the-way, I wanted to share a few steps in what any new Wildstar player should do. I&#8217;ll cover race, faction, class, addons, and servers. If you&#8217;re not fully prepared &#8211; read this post!<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: <a href=\"http:\/\/wildstar-online.com\/en\/preorder\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pre-<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wildstar-online.com\/en\/preorder\/\" target=\"_blank\">order the game<\/a>. If you&#8217;re going to get it anyway, you may as well buy it sooner to get some cool perks.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Exclusive Rocket House<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Exclusive Housing Trophy<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Exclusive In-Game Title: &#8220;Chosen of the Progenitors&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Access to Beta Weekends (there&#8217;s also some weekday betas going on that you can still partake in as of the time of this writing)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">3 Day Head Start<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">In-game Storage Bag<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Step 2:<!--more--> Faction, race, class. Who do you want to be, what do you want to be, and how do you want to look while doing it?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Faction: Exiles &#8211; The rebels. The freedom fighters. The underdogs. The exiles wanted a place to live in peace and do their thing. Or you could choose the Dominion. As the name implies they want to dominate. And I don&#8217;t mean leather &#8211; they want nothing but total, uninterrupted control of the universe.<\/li>\n<li>Race: At this point there are no racial bonuses so this is purely a cosmetic choice.\n<div class=\"leftcol\" style=\"color: #9ccad2;\">\n<div><b>Exile<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"fpimagelist\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:MiniHumanImage.png?version=7d91f27a5578d9d35fd4974104372bba\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/2\/2e\/MiniHumanImage.png?version=7d91f27a5578d9d35fd4974104372bba\" alt=\"MiniHumanImage.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Human\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Human\">Human<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Standard Human<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:MiniGranokImage.png?version=7762d2e3e1a3274c13e630388f594db6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/3\/3e\/MiniGranokImage.png?version=7762d2e3e1a3274c13e630388f594db6\" alt=\"MiniGranokImage.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Granok\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Granok\">Granok<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Big rock creatures<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:MiniAurinImage.png?version=9d3434a49db63a12162bdd4ebddeb6ed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/0\/0d\/MiniAurinImage.png?version=9d3434a49db63a12162bdd4ebddeb6ed\" alt=\"MiniAurinImage.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Aurin\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Aurin\">Aurin<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Cute bunny people<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:MiniMordeshImage.png?version=f4665c39058bd78d48667ba9d14008c2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/4\/46\/MiniMordeshImage.png?version=f4665c39058bd78d48667ba9d14008c2\" alt=\"MiniMordeshImage.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Mordesh\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Mordesh\">Mordesh<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Space zombies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightcol\" style=\"color: #9ccad2;\">\n<div><b>Dominion<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"fpimagelist\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:MiniCassianImage.png?version=7d5537860ba8c18177b5fc8aab38e7b0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/8\/84\/MiniCassianImage.png?version=7d5537860ba8c18177b5fc8aab38e7b0\" alt=\"MiniCassianImage.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Cassian\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Cassian\">Cassian<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The other humans<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:MiniDrakenImage.png?version=88627ddffd709340014f434b76d68c9e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/0\/01\/MiniDrakenImage.png?version=88627ddffd709340014f434b76d68c9e\" alt=\"MiniDrakenImage.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Draken\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Draken\">Draken<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Creepy monster things<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:MiniMechariImage.png?version=1112ea289150165d3175fc852f15c7d2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/4\/47\/MiniMechariImage.png?version=1112ea289150165d3175fc852f15c7d2\" alt=\"MiniMechariImage.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Mechari\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Mechari\">Mechari<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Cool robot things<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:MiniChuaImage.png?version=c026121d34544f1af8d3c1aabab7937e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/2\/26\/MiniChuaImage.png?version=c026121d34544f1af8d3c1aabab7937e\" alt=\"MiniChuaImage.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Chua\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Chua\">Chua<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Little people bunnies. Yes, there&#8217;s a difference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Class:\n<div class=\"leftcol\" style=\"color: #9ccad2;\">\n<div class=\"fpimagelist\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:Warrior.png?version=5cb89f47b867e7ba8e55634bc66036ae\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/thumb\/9\/97\/Warrior.png\/32px-Warrior.png?version=5cb89f47b867e7ba8e55634bc66036ae\" alt=\"Warrior.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Warrior\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Warrior\">Warrior<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Melee dps\/tank. Heavy armor, cleave damage, overall beastliness.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:Spellslinger.png?version=0f2c14af0404b39d3f3cb0d3384899d2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/thumb\/a\/a8\/Spellslinger.png\/32px-Spellslinger.png?version=0f2c14af0404b39d3f3cb0d3384899d2\" alt=\"Spellslinger.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Spellslinger\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Spellslinger\">Spellslinger<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ranged DPS\/healer. Light armor, high mobility, &#8220;space cowboy&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:Medic.png?version=00e9e339e1456d489bda941ae4a4d314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/thumb\/2\/26\/Medic.png\/32px-Medic.png?version=00e9e339e1456d489bda941ae4a4d314\" alt=\"Medic.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Medic\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Medic\">Medic<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Range DPS\/healer. Medium armor and way more punch than you&#8217;d expect from a &#8220;medic&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightcol\" style=\"color: #9ccad2;\">\n<div class=\"fpimagelist\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:Stalker.png?version=25c53761e4ac2a939000cf344dda3d41\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/thumb\/4\/4b\/Stalker.png\/32px-Stalker.png?version=25c53761e4ac2a939000cf344dda3d41\" alt=\"Stalker.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Stalker\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Stalker\">Stalker<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Melee DPS\/Tank. Medium armor, stealthy, sneaky, stabby&#8230; you know.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:Esper.png?version=fc4abd4a7daea47263462e3f843c6340\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/thumb\/6\/64\/Esper.png\/32px-Esper.png?version=fc4abd4a7daea47263462e3f843c6340\" alt=\"Esper.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Esper\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Esper\">Esper<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ranged DPS\/healer. Light Armor, low mobility but high damage. Lots of channeled casts that hurt a lot.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"image\" style=\"color: #00dde0;\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/File:Engineer.png?version=7fdc5fed1ca2f3476a545c7cd537a2d9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hydra-media.cursecdn.com\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/thumb\/d\/d8\/Engineer.png\/32px-Engineer.png?version=7fdc5fed1ca2f3476a545c7cd537a2d9\" alt=\"Engineer.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #00dde0;\" title=\"Engineer\" href=\"http:\/\/wildstar.gamepedia.com\/Engineer\">Engineer<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ranged DPS\/Tank. That&#8217;s right&#8217;s right, a ranged tank. Heavy armor and pets. It&#8217;s a diverse class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Step 3: Find your server. Here&#8217;s the official server list. The biggest choices here are PVE, PVP or RP. Though, if you have any latency concerns, looking up server locations may be another thing you&#8217;d want to do.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/BovBm4nIQAIA1hY.jpg:large\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Get some addons: These mods will help boost your game play experience, productivity and general awesomeness.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_11\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220169-amppurchased\" rel=\"nofollow external\">Amppurchased<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Shows you, in the amp selection screen, where to get missing amps.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_17\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220014-aura-mastery\" rel=\"nofollow external\">Auramastery<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Cooldown display with audible and visual notifications.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_14\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220194-betterchatlog\" rel=\"nofollow external\">Better Chat Log<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Makes the chat a little more clear.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_24\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220728-betterwho\" rel=\"nofollow external\">BetterWho<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The \/who command has a cleaner display.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_31\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220006-bijiplates\" rel=\"nofollow external\">BijiPlates<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Customizable nameplate addon.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_36\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220323-cheatsimon\" rel=\"nofollow external\">CheatSimon<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; While I actually enjoy these games, this shows the key sequence for the &#8220;Simon Says&#8221; memory puzzles.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_41\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220024-commoditystats\" rel=\"nofollow external\">CommodityStats<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Like auctioneer from WoW. Helps track economy trends.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_66\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220033-iconloot\" rel=\"nofollow external\">Iconloot<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Has an on-screen display of more important looted items.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_71\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220002-junkit\" rel=\"nofollow external\">Junkit<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Automatically sells junk and repairs.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_78\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220565-mailhelper\" rel=\"nofollow external\">MailHelper<\/a>&#8211; Additional mailbox features including mass collection.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_88\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220026-potatoui\" rel=\"nofollow external\">Potatoui<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Incredibly customizable UI mod.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_96\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220124-restxpreminder\" rel=\"nofollow external\">RestXPReminder<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Adds a reminder when you log out to do it at your house.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_101\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220709-scrappy\" rel=\"nofollow external\">Scrappy<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Sortable scavenging menu.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_104\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220097-thezone\" rel=\"nofollow external\">TheZone<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Important mod for world pvp &#8211; it shows who else, including enemies, is in the zone with you.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_109\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220035-threatmeter\" rel=\"nofollow external\">ThreatMeter<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Important for dungeons\/raids to ensure that you aren&#8217;t pulling threat off of your tank.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_46\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220762-currencycount\" rel=\"nofollow external\">CurrencyCount<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Shows all of your currencies, not just gold.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_8\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220011-detailedexperiencetext\" rel=\"nofollow external\">DetailedExperienceText<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Xp per session, per hour, totals and more stats regarding .experience.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_55\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220007-galaxymeter\" rel=\"nofollow external\">GalaxyMeter<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; It&#8217;s a DPS meter, pretty standard.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"anonymous_element_63\" class=\"bbc_url ___hover___link_preview\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curse.com\/ws-addons\/wildstar\/220424-hephaestus\" rel=\"nofollow external\">Hephaestus<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Bulk crafting addon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you want to play Wildstar? Me too. 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