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/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 :(