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Category: Wildstar

Games…

Favourite game intros

12 Nov 2020
A German streamer has a little series where he watches game intros with the viewers and they rate them together. While watching, I was wondering which game intros I personally…
Elder Scrolls Online…

Which MMO does Halloween best?

13 Oct 202013 Oct 2020
I really like the autumn and halloween events in MMOs! When I saw ArenaNet announce the date for their Halloween event (it starts today, by the way) for Guild Wars…
Blogging Months…

What’s the point in housing?

25 Apr 2020
In a post musing about the problems with housing in MMOs, Roger from Contains Moderate Peril said that you can ask 100 players and will get 100 answers as to…
Blogging Months…

MMOs that came and left since WoW launched

22 Nov 201922 Nov 2019
PC Gamer wrote about 25 MMOs that "lived and died" since the launch of WoW (originally published in May, advertised again recently). I assumed I'd see several in there that…
Fun!…

MMOs are weird virtual worlds… – Where’s the toilet?

29 Jul 2019
With the exception of very few MMOs, there are simply no toilets or just in general bathrooms in MMOs. Apparently, there is no need for hygiene? From the top of…
Blogging Months…

Now for real: Goodbye, Wildstar

27 Nov 20182 Dec 2018
I just logged into Wildstar - for the last time, I guess, as the game is shutting down tomorrow. I wanted to take a few last screenshots of the characters…
Screenshots…

Goodbye, Wildstar

8 Sep 20188 Sep 2018
It did not come as a surprise when I saw that Wildstar is shutting down - and the developer studio, Carbine, as well. Even though at the beginning of the…
Fun!…

Personal Top 9 of 2016

12 Jan 201729 Jun 2020
I have seen several people and gaming sites make their "top x games of 2016" and when wondering which games I would put on my list, I thought: "Oh well,…
Blogging Months…

Quality of Life changes in Wildstar (Blaugust Post 11)

13 Aug 2016
Carbine made a list of the top 10 Quality of Life changes that they will take a look at. I can see two that stand out for me already: Account-wide…
Wildstar

Wildstar E3 Pack: Gnix pet and Hoverboard

13 Jun 201613 Jun 2016
No, one can never have enough hoverboards. At least not in Wildstar. :p Humble Bundle is selling the "E3 2016 Digital Ticket" with lots of goodies and a couple of…
Guild Wars 2…

Help! I like too many MMOs…

24 Apr 201624 Apr 2016
In the past few weeks, I thought I had finally fallen out of love with Rift. It was to a point where I did not even log in anymore to…
Bookahneer's Geekwatch…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (April 2016)

17 Apr 201617 Apr 2016
Fragmented, the "little brother" of The Repopulation will officially arrive in Steam Early Access soon, on April 26. If you already own The Repopulation, you will get Fragmented for free…
Fluff…

Wildstar’s Jumpstart Pack – Is it worth the price?

19 Mar 20161 May 2016
I only just wrote about Wildstar's housing and wondered whether you could get the housing teleporter and now they added it to their store for the cost of 720 NCoins.…
Game Design…

Housing in MMOs: Wildstar

13 Mar 2016
The first parts of this series were posted a long time ago, but I recently stumbled over one of them again and figured I should add Wildstar to this list.…
Bookahneer's Geekwatch…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (February 2016)

16 Feb 201616 Feb 2016
Welcome to Bookahneer’s Geekwatch! This is the place where we take a look at all those little pieces of gaming news that have attracted our interest and talk about what's…
General…

Project: Wildstar Housing

3 Feb 2016
I did it! I managed to get my second character to level 14 which is where you unlock your housing plot. In case you're now sitting there in front of…
Giveaway…

Wintersday Giveaways 2015: Week 4 (Win the Ultimate Edition of Heart of Thorns!)

18 Dec 201525 Dec 2015
This is it. This is the fourth - and last - of our giveaways. It will run from now until December 25, so right on time for Christmas. And yes, it'll be…
Giveaway…

Wintersday Giveaways 2015: Week 3

13 Dec 201522 Dec 2015
This is the third of four giveaways we are hosting this winter. Here is what you can win this week: Guild Wars 2 - 1 grey Rytlock t-shirt in size M + 1…
Wildstar

My first level 50

6 Dec 2015
Hitting max. level with my first character is always very exciting in any MMO I've played. It was no different with Wildstar this time. What was different was the speed…
Giveaway…

Wintersday Giveaways 2015: Week 2

6 Dec 201515 Dec 2015
This is the second of four giveaways we will be hosting within the next four weeks. Here is what you can win this week: Guild Wars 2 - 1 black…
Giveaway…

Wintersday Giveaways 2015: Week 1

29 Nov 20158 Dec 2015
This is the first of four giveaways we will be hosting within the next four weeks. Here is what you can win this week: Guild Wars 2 For EU-players only:…
Giveaway…

Wintersday Giveaways 2015: Overview

28 Nov 2015
It is this time of the year again: Welcome to a new round of Wintersday Giveaways in our blog! Since some will overlap with the time they are active, I…
Fluff…

Winterfest Event in Wildstar

14 Nov 201514 Nov 2015
Now that Halloween is gone, it's time to look forward to the Wintersday festitivities. As much as I like Halloween (orange and green belong to my favourite colours, after all),…
Game Design…

Halloween in Wildstar

21 Oct 201511 Nov 2015
Shade's Eve, Wildstar's version of Halloween, started earlier this week. It features a new little instance and some quests in the two factions' main cities. I did try the instance,…
Games…

Busy October

10 Oct 201531 Jan 2016
As I mentioned back in August, October is a pretty busy month with several games releasing or adding updates that I've been looking forward to. There is one notable exception.…
Wildstar

First steps in Wildstar Reloaded

4 Oct 2015
As you may have heard, Wildstar had a "relaunch" with its new "free to play" business model last Tuesday. I actually had to wait for a few days before I could…
Games in Development…

Wildstar “open” beta started

24 Sep 2015
Wildstar will go free to play in 5 days! And maybe you're sitting there, in front of your PC, wondering: Is Wildstar for me? Will it suit my gaming needs?…
Blogging Months…

Excited for “Fall 2015” – Blaugust Day 28

26 Aug 201528 Aug 2015
I was just listening to the latest Rift livestream on Twitch and it seems that "Fall 2015" will be a very busy season for me this year. Rift, Wildstar, Cities:…
Blogging Months…

Wildstar: loyalty and cosmic points – Blaugust Day 22

19 Aug 2015
I saw Missy's post about Wildstar yesterday and was a bit surprised when I saw the table she had added about loyalty rewards. One of my concerns about Wildstar's switch…
Blogging Months…

Let me show you all my mini-mes – Blaugust Day 20

17 Aug 201516 Aug 2015
Apparently, it has been almost two years since I have last shown you all my virtual "mini-me"s. I figured that Blaugust is the perfect month to give you an updated…

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