• Addon Spotlight: AMP Finder

    Whether you're a seasoned WildStar beta tester or just someone new to WildStar, the AMP system can be a little confusing and/or intimidating. There's a lot of APMs to unlock and sometimes finding them can be a bit tricky. This is where AMP Finder really comes in handy. It's already programmed to know where all the AMPs are being sold, what quests AMPs are given as rewards for and where they are found as drops.

  • Patch Notes: 06/13/14 Update

    Carbine released a new patch last night, more than just a hotfix, this latest patch fixes quite a bit of nagging bugs including the bug that would purchase the Advance or Expert Riding Skill multiple times as well as fixing some server crashing bugs.

  • Addon Spotlight: Ayth_Quest

    The purpose of Ayth_Quest is to show you the closest objectives for your quests, quest givers, harvesting/farming nodes, and path objectives. The inclusion of path objectives and harvesting/farming nodes is rather new to Ayth_Quest so they may not work 100% as intended. I know my settler doesn't get any lines drawn at all for it's objectives, but Aytherine is constantly updating this addon and I'm sure it'll get all paths working soon. As you can see in the image below, Ayth_Quest shows you which objectives are the closest by overlaying dotted lines that point you right where you need to go with the distance also thrown in for good measure.

  • Announcing the Addon Forums for WildStar!

    Here on the CurseForge WildStar site, we've just launched forums for our addon community. It's a great place for authors and users to get and receive advice, present ideas for addons to the community, and just discus everything about WildStar. Please keep it on-topic for the forum section you are posting to.

  • Patch Notes: 06/05/14 Hotfix

    Carbine released a hotfix last night fixing a lot of broken quests and they also "fixed a number of server crashes" so realms should be a bit more stable going forward. Check out all the patch notes below and we'll see you on Nexus!

    Quote from CRB_Anlath

    Patch notes for the recent hotfix are included below;

    • Fixed a number of server crashes.
    • Fixed an issue where account items occasionally could not be claimed.
    • Fixed a bug where claimed account items would sometimes disappear.
    • Practice Arenas will no longer award loot bags or prestige upon completion (or win) of the Arena's public events.
    • Practice Battlegrounds that are started from the “My Realm Only” queue will no longer award loot bags, experience, or prestige upon completion (or win) of the Practice Ground's public events.
    • PvP runes can now only be placed into PvP gear.
    • The Exile quest “Peculiar Flora” in Whitevale can now be turned in after the frozen and live samples are collected. This quest should no longer cause conflicts with “The Emissary”.
    • Fixed an issue with the quest “Primal Powers and Triton's Dread” in Whitevale where Primal Gillsting would not spawn correctly.
    • The Flank Tank from “Gates of Fire” in Grimvault will no longer hurt Bulgoth the Wallbreaker.
    • Neutral Darkspur in Gallow no longer reward XP when killed.
    • The quest “Darkspur Karaoke” will now complete upon successful completion of the bar brawl.
    • Fixed an issue that caused the riding skill upgrades to not be visible at the mount vendor unless the player was using action set 1.
    • Fixed an issue that caused the riding skill purchase to not take effect if the player had no AMP points available.
    • Monster Hunting quest for Raid Attunement is no longer available from Kezrek or Durek until players are on the correct step of the Genesis Key attunement process.
    • Fixed an issue where some players were unable to interact with the Primal Logic Transfer Control in Exo-Lab Prime, blocking progress.
    • Fixed a rare issue that would prevent players from interacting with the Personnel Index Panel in Exo-Lab Prime, blocking progress.
    • Fixed issue where some players were unable to use the Sterilization Device on the corrupted growth in Exo-Lab X39, blocking progress.
    • Vendors “Provisioner Omnichron” and “Trader Nexa” in Crimson Badlands have been forced to take a temporary leave of absence from their posts, and will return soon.
    • Vendors “Supplier Serra” and “Shopkeeper Thriftyroot” in Containment R-12 have been forced to take a temporary leave of absence from their posts, and will return soon.
    • Due to a bug in how reputation requirements were checked on reputation reward vendors, the gear rewards from Crimson Badlands and Containment R-12 have been downgraded to green-quality items. The sell prices on these items have been updated to the original buy price, allowing you to sell back these items for their initial cost (you won't lose any gold). New items at the original item power levels will be available on the vendors for the correct reputation requirements upon the vendors’ return.
    • Fixed a bug where guest accounts were moving through the queue too quickly, relative to non-guest accounts.

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  • Addon Spotlight: ClassicQuestDialog

    Have you ever had the quest dialog from an NPC move around while you're trying to read it? Have other UI elements covered part of the dialog bubbles? Would you rather just have one window that opens with all the quest text and options? Well then ClassicQuestDialog(CQD) is your addon!

  • Patch Notes: 08/17/14 Hotfix

    While the hotfix patch notes aren't expansive (all seven fixes are listed below), they do address some of the worst bugs pertaining to the queue system and getting on a certain realm. I know I've seen about all of these problems except the one regarding reporting spam, as I haven't had to do that yet. It seems like they've fixed all their queue problems, which should make the rest of the weekend go much smoother!

  • Patch Notes: Build 6708 Update

    Carbine finally released the patch notes for build 6708 that was released yesterday. The patch rang in at about 850 MB but most of that is from the intro cinematics added to the beginning of the game and the final game credits for launch. I've included the UI changes below but you can check out the notes on the official forums here!

  • Addon Spotlight: JunkIt

    JunkIt's another one of those addons where once you install it and tick a few boxes in the options, you'll never notice it again and you'll never have to worry about selling your junk or repairing your gear.

  • 2nd Patch for Ops Week Released, Build 6697 Patch Notes

    Carbine has released the second patch for their Ops Week event going on from now until the head start begins. They've also opened up the servers for the time being but don't expect the servers to be up all day, as the servers tend to go up and come down multiple times per day as Carbine tests different areas of their game. To read more about Ops Week, and how you can play more WildStar before launch, check out the official post here. I've pulled the UI Changes from the notes and added them below and as always you can head here to read them in their entirety!

  • Patch Notes for the Ops Week Update!

    Carbine released a new patch today clocking in around 2.3 gigabytes! They even opened up the servers for a brief time today. To read more about Ops Week, and how you can play more WildStar before launch, check out the official post here. I've pulled the API Changes and UI Changes from the notes and added them below, head here to read all the patch notes!

  • Open Beta Closed; Ops Week Just Started!

    Carbine announced today that even though open beta is now officially over, they're moving onto the next phase they're calling Ops Week. While it maybe 12 days and not a week, Carbine will be opening up the servers here and there for some focused testing of their systems. You can read all about it on the official forums here!

  • Patch Notes: Build 6682 Hotfix

    Carbine's got another hotfix coming tonight (Build 6682), it's not a big patch by any means but it does cover some pretty important bugs, like the constant crashing that some users reported having. The servers will be shutting down May 16th at 12:30AM PDT / 3:30AM EDT / 8:30AM UTC to apply the hotfix, the servers are expected to be down for approximately one hour.

  • Name Reservation Starts at 11am PDT

    UPDATE: Here's a link to the name registration page, it's slow going, but people are getting through. http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/reserve-name/ 

    Carbine's pre-launch name registration starts today, specifically it goes live at 11am PDT or 6pm GMT. You get to register 1 character name and 1 guild name and have until May 23rd, so when 11am PDT rolls around, we'll update this post and tweet the link (follow us @WildStarForums) so you can register your names as quickly as possible. Let's just hope we don't break the name registration servers!

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  • Open Beta Hotfix Patch Notes

    Carbine's shutting down the servers at 12:30am PDT to apply a hotfix, patching the game to build #6677. With it comes some optimizations and of course there's bugs getting squished too.

  • Open beta has begun!

    The open beta has begun! You've got from now until 11:59pm PDT May 18th to get your WildStar on, head on over to the official site now, download the game, and we'll see you on Nexus! Also, check out Carbine's announcement video below! Did I mention they're also having a 6-hour-long developer livestream on May 9th? Which they're also turning into an ask-me-anything type of event with a slew of different developers. You won't want to miss it!

    Quote from Carbine

    NCSOFT® and Carbine Studios™ today announced that their upcoming action-adventure sci-fi MMO, WildStar® has entered Open Beta and will be available to fans 24/7 for the next 10 days, from Tuesday, May 8 at 7 a.m. PDT to Sunday, May 18 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. NCSOFT and Carbine Studios welcome all players to explore WildStar, whether they are already familiar with the legendary planet Nexus or not, prior to the worldwide launch on Tuesday, June 3.

    Celebrating the announcement of Open Beta, Carbine Studios has released a new trailer highlighting the background story of the game: http://youtu.be/9k7I1Z6a_FA. Something you will not want to miss. In addition to the video and 10 days of access, Carbine lifted the level cap to 30, allowing players to dig even deeper into the world of WildStar.

    To access a WildStar Open Beta, visit www.wildstar-online.com/en/openbeta for instructions and access. Players that have already participated in previous WildStar beta event can log on with their current accounts.

    To kick off the Open Beta, Carbine Studios is hosting a 30 minute Livestream on its Twitch Channel today at 11:00 a.m. PDT (www.twitch.tv/wildstar) where the developers will give a state of the game update and share their thoughts on exactly why WildStar is going to kick ass and disrupt the MMO category. The team will be back on Friday, May 9th, with a six-hour developer Livestream featuring a slew of content starting at 11:00 a.m. PDT, including play-by-play of some exciting raids and Warplots activity, Open Beta content and a sneak peek into the first post launch content drop. As part of the stream, Carbine is turning it into a massive social 'Ask Me Anything', opening up every social platform to take questions – Facebook, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, Forums, Twitch, Vine and maybe even MySpace to name a few.

    Schedule of events:

    • Open Beta: Thursday, May 8 at 7 a.m. PDT to Sunday, May 18 at 11:59 p.m. PDT (24/7)
    • Developer Livestream #1: Thursday, May 8 at 11:00 a.m. PDT
    • Developer Livestream #2: Friday, May 9 at 11 11:00 a.m. PDT

    WildStar officially launches worldwide on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 and will be available in two versions. The Standard Edition includes the game, 30 days of play time and an Eldan-themed Housing Décor item. For an additional $15, the Digital Deluxe version of WildStar includes all elements of the Standard Edition as well as an even larger package of exclusive content: an Eldan Hoverboard, a unique costume, a unique Eldan player title and a limited-edition Eldan dye set. Preorder information can be found at: www.wildstar-online.com/en/preorder.

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  • Carbine Announces Open Beta Plans

    Carbine announced their open beta plans today, they're starting it the 8th and running it until the 18th. If you've participated in any beta event, you just need to patch up and you can start playing the 8th.

  • Patch Notes: Build 6658 For This Weekend's Beta Test

    Like the title says, Carbine just dropped a new patch for the last beta weekend before the release. Patch 6658 went out today and with it comes a bunch of patch notes. Below is the API Changes and User Interface sections taken from the patch notes, to read them in their entirety head to the official forums here.

    Quote from Carbine

    API Changes

    • Added a LUA event called "ApplicationWindowSizeChanged" which is fired whenever the window size changes.
    • Fixed a LUA API crash when accessing an unknown tradeskill schematic.
    • Unit:GetMiniMapMarker method has been removed. Unit:GetMiniMapMarkers should be used instead.
    • The ItemAuctionWon event will now fire correctly when an auction expires with a winning bidder. It will also now fire for both the bidder and the auction's owner.
    • Item.GetTradeskillSchematicId() has been added to the LUA API. This method returns nil if the item cannot be crafted or it returns the schematic that was used to craft the item.
    • peObjective:GetObjectiveId() has been added. This returns the ID of the peObjective user data object. This is used to distinguish the different objectives when displaying them in such UIs such as Warplots.
    • publicEvent:GetObjective(nObjectiveId) has been added. This returns the specific public event objective defined by the nObjectiveId.
    • The following LUA events were firing at unnecessary times and have been throttled:
      • HazardsUpdated
      • RefreshHealthShieldBar
      • PlayerCurrencyChanged
      • Group_Updated
      • PersonaUpdateCharacterStats
      • WarplotBattleStateChanged
      • MatchingEligibilityChanged
      • LootRollUpdate
      • MasterLootUpdate
      • UpdateInventory

    User Interface

    • Fixed an issue causing the Datachron to reopen itself and not stay minimized.
    • The mount button should no longer display if the player has no mounts. 
    • Unit’s health on nameplate and target frame will now always show as 0 when unit is dead.
    • Players can no longer close the last tab in the Chat Log.
    • Learning a known dye will no longer lock the player's action bar.
    • Fixed various mail related bugs that incorrectly displayed "Mail Busy."
    • An issue has been fixed which was previously causing many types of on-screen notifications to appear delayed or out of order.
    • The Datachron interface has been significantly improved.
    • The Vendor interface will now unselect items when an item category is minimized.
    • Chat windows will now save information for shown channels.
    • Health bar colors for Target of Target and Cluster units will now correctly change at 30% and 50% in the Unit Frame addon.
    • Icons for multi-tap spells will now display properly in the Action Set Builder.
    • Achievements related to currency will now use a visual currency representation, similar to the experience bar and inventory screen.
    • Resolved scroll issues on the Keybinding window when expanding and collapsing categories.
    • Several improvements have been made to the Raid Frame and Action Bar frame.
    • Fixed slider left/right buttons and removed redundant buttons in text edit area.
    • The ChatLog LUA addon has been optimized. Zoom zoom zoom….
    • Character panel nameplate affiliation options will now show if you are in a guild or a circle
    • Several error-causing typos have been corrected.
    • Tiered achievements should now show the correct progress.
    • A global text-wrapping issue has been resolved.
    • Addon MarketplaceListings: Instead of polling for a list of owned auctions and orders, the UI will now keep its own lists and update them appropriately.
    • CharacterSelect now correctly updates after a character rename.
    • The Resume UI will now alert you if you try to start a runecraft while another crafting operation is in progress.
    • Nameplate reward icon settings for targeted units will no longer be ignored.
    • The Addon options overlay blocker is no longer able to be dragged.
    • The default max text length for edit boxes has been reduced to 2048 characters.
    • Players can now only inspect other non-hostile Players, and only while out of combat.
    • Ability Builder Tooltips will now show the correct resource cost in tooltips.
    • Fixed a bug where the camera could continually bounce up close to Chua characters while running with the camera at ground level.
    • Fixed a bug which would crash the client on login due to restoring of certain UI addons.
    • Players can now only inspect other non-hostile Players, and only while out of combat.
    • Ability Builder Tooltips will no longer show incorrect resource cost in tooltips.
    • Fixed a bug where the camera could continually bounce up close to the Players running Chua when running with the camera at ground level.
    • Fixed a bug which would crash the client on log in due to restoring of certain UI addons.

     

    Read the patch notes here!

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  • UI 2.0 is Now Live

    The weekend beta is in full swing and with it comes the overhaul to the UI. From the big HUD changes to the smallest of details, we're going to try and get to the important changes and make sure you know about them! The UI update alone clocked in at just over one gigabyte, that's how much of the UI Carbine polished up.

    First up, the HUD! Below is a screenshot of the difference between the old UI and UI 2.0. The amount of screen they were able to clear out is pretty amazing.

    And here's a shot of the new HUD explaining all the new elements:

    As you can see, it's a drastic change from the old HUD. Gone is the tower of button bars, health bars, pet bars, etc. and the openness you have around your characters feet makes it so much easier to dodge telegraphs and the like. You'll see below on the new Character screen that it's been overhauled as well. This is new as Carbine never previewed the character screen:

    You'll notice I've highlighted the Costume button, mostly because I'm not a fan of the change to costumes. Carbine updated the costume system, which sounds great, but unfortunately we lost the ability to change your costume from the Character screen. In fact, you now can only change your costume pieces individually at a dye vendor. It's unfortunate they would remove something silly like that, but we can always hope they'll change it back if the change is unpopular enough.

    You can even enlarge the inventory UI now too, but good luck triggering the mouse grabber, it's set to just 1 pixel and it can be frustrating to find.

    Plus it doesn't save the size after you log out so when you log back in you'll need to resize your inventory again, at least it's just grabbing the top or bottom and pulling it open more, you can't resize it left to right yet.

    Either way, I hope this wasn't accidentally left in, I hope they keep it in, just that they make it a little easier to grab the edge to make it bigger, and adding a width to it would be nice as well. 

    The official forums are a great place to report those bugs or just any feature and you can find those here. Or you can discuss it on the WildStar Forums at this thread here. See you on Nexus!

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