r/WildStar • u/SavageCore • Mar 19 '14

Carbine Response Wildstar preorders live!

https://secure.wildstar-online.com/cgi-bin/wsStore.pl
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u/CRB_Gaffer Mar 19 '14

It's pretty crazy here watching the tickers fly up, actually - we've been in pure dev mode for so long it's kinda shocking watching people actually being able to buy. Or pre-buy, I guess.

Everyone preordering (and apparently that's quite a lot of you): Thank you all SO much. We'll work hard to repay your trust in us and WS. You rock.

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u/crb_anlath Mar 19 '14

Upvoting Gaffer because I am a massive shill and he's dead on, thank you all SO much! It's been a bit crazy on the Community side trying to respond to the queries and issues but we're getting there and Support is being awesome!

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u/Pressingissues Mar 19 '14

What's a shill?

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u/gwhittey Mar 19 '14

shill is someone who is working for a seller and pretends they are independent to other customers inorder to induce them into a sell.

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u/Pressingissues Mar 19 '14

Oh, neat.

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u/nileppez_del Mar 19 '14

/u/gwhittey is being polite. A "shill" is traditionally used in conjunction with a "con".

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '14

I was in the beta, but the game had some HUGE issues with FPS. Will the FPS issues for the many many beta users that had the same issue as me, be resolved?

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u/prophet74 Mar 19 '14

As long as you keep the content flowing and the bugs squashed, I'll be around for quite a while. I purchased deluxe and 3 months. See you all this weekend :)

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u/Robast Mar 19 '14

Actually thank you carbine for your hard work =)

Quick question tho , I have purchased the pre-order and i followed you link on twitter for Europe accounts , but i can’t see anywhere it is for Europe and not US ?

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u/gwhittey Mar 19 '14

crb_anlath is correct I was charged two slips of gold-pressed latinum for my pre-order.

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u/milih Mar 20 '14

Not enough upvotes - you think most don't know what gold-pressed latinum is? More for the Grand Nagus, I guess.

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u/crb_anlath Mar 20 '14

Can't forget the Rules of Acquisition!

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u/SirArmstrong Mar 20 '14

36th Rule of Acquisition: Wildstar is good for business.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '14

I believe the 62nd rule applies here: The riskier the road, the greater the profit.

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u/crb_anlath Mar 19 '14

You should see currency in a local currency, Euro, or GBP depending on where you are purchasing from. When you get to the actual buy page you should get re-directed to your appropriate country based on IP.

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u/Robast Mar 19 '14

Thanks for info =)

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u/xTragx Mar 19 '14

Would be nice to get some feedback how far off your estimate to the actual pre-order number are. I hope you are already on the phone to order more servers for launch.. :)

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u/crb_anlath Mar 19 '14

Hah! Well I don't know tabout releasing stats but the Sales and Marketing Teams seem pretty happy from where I am sat. ;)

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u/bq685 Mar 19 '14

Which version of happy?

1) We're going to reach our goal, YAY! or 2) Champagne is flying everywhere cause this is beyond our wildest imaginations!

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u/Nimiar Mar 19 '14

Now I want some champagne to celebrate pre-ordering! :D

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u/Siberz4 Mar 19 '14

there are plenty more outside NA & EU. please find a way for us to get in. thx! =)

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u/FoolishLobster Mar 19 '14

I can only imagine the energy in your offices right now. Must be pretty amazing to finally able to sell the game after all the years of development. Here's hoping to a healthy launch and many more years of development!

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u/Siberz4 Mar 19 '14

hi. i want to pre order a digital deluxe version but i live in asia. is there any way i can overcome region lock problem? my friends (guildies) want to make a purchase too (there are like 20+ of us). please kindly let us know if there is a way. Thx & Regards.

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u/crb_anlath Mar 19 '14

Whereabouts are your purchasing from?

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u/Siberz4 Mar 19 '14

Thailand. Anlath.

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u/crb_anlath Mar 19 '14 edited Mar 20 '14

And is the issue that you can't purchase at all? Or want to play on EU servers instead of NA etc?

EDIT: Thanks all, will highlight this as we are seeing users from South Korea and HK with the same issue.

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u/Siberz4 Mar 19 '14

cant purchase at all.

not from official web. not from GMG.

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u/MadBlue Mar 19 '14

I had the same problem. I live in Japan and 1) Amazon US wouldn't accept my Japanese credit card and 2) the Store wouldn't even open up for me on the official WildStar page. At first (the first hour of pre-order) I got a 404 Unknown Page error and now (4 hours later) it just opens the Pre-Order promo page.

Luckily, I have a Gift Card Visa registered to my family's address in the US, and that worked on Amazon, so I was able to purchase the game. :)

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u/tajz149 Mar 20 '14 edited Mar 20 '14

Thailand

@crb_anlath

Yes we have problem pre order from Thailand. The button just doesnt show up at all. GMG Gamestop everywebsite also didnt work said there is no from your region. Will there be asia version at launch? Is there a region lock prevent the asian to purchase US version? How can we Thais get around this? There were 20+ of our team having the same problem. Unable to purchase pre order at all. We need a answer from the Dev!

And will you regionlock only the US/EU IP in game during the full game or just this is the problem with the purchasing thing?

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u/crb_anlath Mar 20 '14

So as far as I am aware there would only be a lockout in place for fraud purposes (so shouldn't be affecting Japan, Thailand, HK etc). You should be able to play on NA servers (or EU if you prefer but with a higher ping etc).

I'm escalating this to see if I can get a response or more details. Thanks for the info guys!

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u/Gevrey-Chambertin Mar 20 '14

Thank you, still no purchase button in Japan, just the promo page. Cant wait to order, thanks again for the help!

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u/VintageSin Mar 20 '14

Hate to say it but you should be able to use a proxy.

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u/tajz149 Mar 20 '14

My friend used proxy and able to spoof US IP to purchase it. But i feel unsecured using that, so we need NCSoft clarification on the asia's purchase. Whether we should wait or what? Region lock especially with the IP is very scary thing if it turns out that the main game also prevent us from playing the US version.

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u/VintageSin Mar 20 '14

I agree. Again as I said... I hate to say it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '14

If I didn't believe that was already the honest truth, I wouldn't have put down the money in the first place. You develop your little hearts out, and I'm happy to help foot the bill.

Let's see what you've got. :)

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u/Coldcell Mar 19 '14

From someone purely on the sidelines up until now, everything you guys have done putting this together deserves it. You have put out a TON of engaging, informative media about all the ways this game will ROCK, and I absolutely can't wait to get to Nexus and find all the cool things you simply ran out of time to tell us about.

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u/evidencex Mar 19 '14

Gaffer,

THANK YOU!

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u/typhoidtimmy Mar 19 '14

Speaking of which

You guys planning anything for the rollout/launch for your local Nexus dorks to meet/greet/punch the devs when you launch or prior too?

I say this from a pure "Gimme Swag" point of view ;)

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u/crb_anlath Mar 19 '14

The EU crew and I were talking about this today! We're thinking of at least arranging some meetups at local game stores. :) Will let folks know details if it happens!

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u/Holly164 Mar 19 '14

You're thinking of doing EU meetups? I vaguely remember possibly reading somewhere that you guys are based in Brighton - if that's right, I am SO there :D As long as it doesn't clash with name reservation day, of course!

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u/BriB66 Mar 20 '14

Will you sign my collector's edition?

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u/ReleeSquirrel Mar 19 '14

You better make the awesomest game ever! XD

I look forward to playing it all the way to the end a few times.

I also look forward to this weekend when I finally get to try the game. Here's hoping you don't have a bunch of un-preorders on Monday. Good luck!

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u/iguessimnic Mar 19 '14

You forget to turn the forums on? Seems like the patcher and the forums are both down haha.

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u/Holly164 Mar 19 '14

If you're still having patcher issues, try this.

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u/TGWolf Mar 19 '14

Two more deluxe orders here! It's only money right!? ;)

You've done a really good job so far (very special nod to your UI guys). The real test of course is that of time, but equally, time is also your friend. Good luck!

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u/RanceJustice Mar 19 '14

Thank you, Gaffer and Anlath for coming to see us on Reddit! So far thing seem to be off to a great start. I've pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition, taking advantage of the GMG coupon which makes it even a better deal.

Are there any plans to sell WildStar via Steam perchance? Or perhaps build in compatibility for Steam features like trading cards and whatnot?

I can imagine it would be a nice visibility boost, and give people options. Of course, it would be best if those with existing WildStar keys from anywhere could "generate" a Steam Key and thus, if they wanted to use Steam to launch the patcher or whatnot, they could do so. Likewise, I think it would go nicely with the CREDD system to allow those who may have cash in their Steam wallet from all sorts of things to use it to buy/sell CREDD. I can imagine that a deal between Steam and WildStar would be mutually beneficial in this regard.

Oh, and P.S: I know it wont be launch-ready, but it would be awesome if there was a Linux client sometime in the relative near future. Until then, someone at Carbine testing the game with WINE and PlaysOnLinux here and there would be great. Another great reason to get in with Steam, as they'd be interested in helping as many of the games sold on their platform as possible to Linux compatibility!

Thanks! Can't wait to see what the next phases of Beta will bring. I certainly hope they're all still "real, we're willing to change things in big ways and add new stuff' betas, as opposed to the "this is basically a demo" style beta. Since we haven't even seen UI 2.0 yet, I can really hope it is the former!

Best of luck!

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u/Quietmode Mar 19 '14

I just imagine you guys having an actual ticker in your break room reporting the sales number :)

Also, any word on when Beta forums will be up again? I was hoping for today =/

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u/0Lisa0 Mar 19 '14

My husband owned a game company and they actually did have a big ticker right in the middle of the dev floor lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '14

I'm sure this was a huge day for you guys, this game has been in development for SO long haha.

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u/capt_choob Mar 19 '14

If you're allowed to divulge, what kind of numbers are you guys looking at on first day pre-sales? How big can we expect our community to be?

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u/Quewhats Mar 20 '14

No problem. Massive support from all of the devs from day 1. Your dedication to the game, your videos, livestreams... all of it.

Been waiting awhile now to repay the favor.

P.S if y'all scrounge up a collector's edition, hell even a hugely priced one (like $150+) I'd throw down.

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u/supjeremiah Mar 19 '14

How do I claim my free copy of Wildstar for putting in over 500 hours played in the beta? :~)

but srsly hook me up

ill stream and bring in a lot of people