I was in Wildstar all the way back in CBT2 and it's come a long way since then. Â I'm not the most partial critic as I have a friend from vanilla WoW on the dev team but from that insight I can say this at the very least: Carbine gets it. Â They get it hard. Â
They understand PvP. Â They understand RP and for as much complaining about the 40 man raids they understand PvE and how it should function. Â To be honest? Â I miss 40 man raiding. Â You can make the argument that 25 man raids were more accessible (End game shouldn't be Wal-Mart imo. Â Not everyone should get a ticket to ride.) and easier to manage. Â The only valid point I'll cede is the second. Â It's harder to manage 40 people. Â But I think the scale of the encounter more than makes up for it. Â The only boss after Vanilla WoW that I cared about downing was Lich King, the smaller scale simply robbed most others of the epic feeling.
The art style isn't for everyone, not gonna argue that point. Â But from a gameplay point of view you aren't going to do better than Wildstar.
By contrast from being in the ESO beta I think it's a gigantic crap fest that will cost people their jobs.
They understand PvP. Â They understand RP and for as much complaining about the 40 man raids they understand PvE and how it should function. Â To be honest? Â I miss 40 man raiding. Â You can make the argument that 25 man raids were more accessible (End game shouldn't be Wal-Mart imo. Â Not everyone should get a ticket to ride.) and easier to manage. Â The only valid point I'll cede is the second. Â It's harder to manage 40 people. Â But I think the scale of the encounter more than makes up for it. Â The only boss after Vanilla WoW that I cared about downing was Lich King, the smaller scale simply robbed most others of the epic feeling.
The art style isn't for everyone, not gonna argue that point. Â But from a gameplay point of view you aren't going to do better than Wildstar.
By contrast from being in the ESO beta I think it's a gigantic crap fest that will cost people their jobs.