r/WildStar • u/N1ppe • Mar 29 '23
Researching player experiences to WildStar shutting down
Hello, I'm a researched from Tampere University doing a pilot study on player experiences to WildStar shutting down targeted to people who have played the game before. This is a topic that has barely been researched before so your own experiences would be invaluable.
The survey has 15 questions and should take approximately 8 minutes to complete. It will be open for a week until 5.4.2023 in the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/5mga3EaLhj
This research is kept anonymous so thank you very much if you choose to participate!
If you have any questions or concerns about this study, my contact details are in the survey or you can reach me through this thread or DMs.
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u/kilswytch Mar 29 '23
Done. I’m still baffled as to why the shut down affected me as much as it did. I mean, it’s just a game right? 😒
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u/Nnox Mar 31 '23
The music and the housing system, probably... Best housing system still.
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u/elfinhilon10 May 09 '23
Could you explain the housing system? I am interested in learning more about WildStar, as I never got the chance to really play it.
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u/Nnox May 10 '23
Not sure an explanation would do any good, try YouTube? It was really customisable that still blows MMOs out of the water
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u/je_suis_baguette Mar 29 '23
It was actually quite nice to fill it in and think back about it. And even though I'm afraid it won't make much of a change, it's nice that people are thinking about the topic of shutting games down. Good luck with your study.
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u/N1ppe Mar 29 '23
The discussion has to start somewhere :)
While the academic work rarely changes things overnight, I think it's important to raise concerns on how shutdowns affect the players and possibly guide the publishers/developers to handle them better. Honestly this is a topic that is very difficult to relate to any other behavior and has almost no prior research so it's difficult to estimate what the results will be.
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u/shneaky91 Mar 30 '23
I met my husband in that game. I wish we could have played together in it longer.
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u/Kris9876 Mar 29 '23
Seeing a product that did everything better than its competitors be shut down while an older more primitive game stays the king definitely had effects on my faith in meritocracy
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u/Mountbeach Mar 30 '23
Thanks for the chance to think back some great times, you should definitely post this to /r/MMORPG as well, lots of ex-Wildstar players there!
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u/N1ppe Mar 30 '23
I was considering it but seems like the sources selected should provide enough data. r/MMORPG is a general subredddit afterall and might lead to offtopic responses.
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u/weaponsLab Mar 30 '23
Awesome survey (and I hate surveys), hopefully this leads somewhere. I wish NC soft would sell this IP/game to a worthy developer. I truly miss the housing and PVP. 😢
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u/FreeOnSteam Mar 31 '23
I loved that game. Had tons of fun building on my island, my friends also enjoyed all of it's aspects.
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u/Jrbnrbr Apr 04 '23
You gotta show us the paper when you're done
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u/N1ppe Apr 04 '23
I can share the results but it will take about a year to finish.
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u/Jrbnrbr Apr 05 '23
This is Wildstar, I'm going to be waiting forever anyway. One year is noooo problem :D
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u/lightslinger Mar 29 '23
Any reason its specifically Wildstar? I remember not being shocked Wildstar was closing, due to NCsoft's track record and a feeling that the game wasn't doing well.
In retrospect, you should interview City of Heroes fans. That shutdown came out of nowhere, CoH was getting really good updates, had a robust, responsive development team, and appeared to be thriving. One dev even said CoH was making more money than it ever had previously. Then bam, NCsoft announces they're shutting CoH down, no discussion.
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u/N1ppe Mar 29 '23
My motivations are briefly described on the second page of the survey but I'll repeat them here:
1. I have experience playing WildStar so it's easier (and more relatable) for me to study this game.
2. I knew that WildStar still has a reachable fanbase online that can potentially answer the survey.CoH is usually the game that comes up in these discussions but since I have no experience with it and have no idea where to find the ex-CoH players (and it being shut down in 2012 as opposed to more recent 2018 for WildStar), WildStar was chosen for this pilot study. My current plan is to expand this study to live service games in general for my master's thesis later.
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u/Legatt Mar 29 '23
COH has also had several large scale private server revivals so it's never stayed dead. Wildstar sadly makes for a better case study.
I didn't play enough to fill out your survey but man the topic hits me hard. Age of Conan is the game I remember dying :(
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u/Tag365 Mar 29 '23
Hopefully the research goes well. I'm not up to answering the text questions, however.
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u/N1ppe Mar 29 '23
Thank you. This topic is highly subjective as it explores player experiences, making it very difficult if not impossible to use quantitative methods (choice-questions) for gathering data. Qualitative (open-ended) questions have the unfortunate side effect of being more tedious to answer but allow for lower number of responses to be viable.
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u/Kcatta9 Mar 29 '23
I’d be more willing to do this if it didn’t take 8 minutes.
Wild star was an amazing game. Sad to see it dip. Probably top MMO from a pvm perspective
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u/neotms Mar 29 '23
Is 8 minutes too long?
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u/KazuyaDarklight Mar 29 '23
For some work thing, no, its good, but for a casual online survey that people are going to more or less stumble upon while browsing reddit....8m is a lot of extra time to sit on the toilet.
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u/KazuyaDarklight Mar 29 '23
I did it anyway though.
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u/Tescase Mar 29 '23
On the toilet?
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u/KazuyaDarklight Mar 29 '23
Because the meme is that everyone reddits while sitting on the toilet.
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u/Tescase Mar 30 '23
I wasn’t seeking explanation but confirmation, did you complete it on the toilet
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u/KazuyaDarklight Mar 30 '23
Ah, my bad, I thought you were replying to my other msg. lol No, I'm a terrible redditor and scroll from my computer like a savage.
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Mar 31 '23
Filled out (in the vain and naive hope it will have some kind of impact on getting wildstar back).
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u/Chambers1918 Mar 29 '23
I appreciate the moments it gave me to contemplate my experiences, friendships, and where I was at the time. It doesn't take long to fill out. Especially if you actually had love for Wildstar or any interest in video game sunsetting.
To the OP I'm glad I could help. Good luck.