Story
-Starting out saving the forest. Very Aurin thing to do. Helping critters escape the burning woods, saving Aurin from burning trees, replanting seeds, killing pyromaniacal Dominion.
-An Eldan Datacube talks about how the sentience of the plant life here makes Nexus perfect for their experiments. Eldan are creepy.
-oh
my
god
So I ran into a burning tree to save a kid, and had to save her plush toy. Found the plushie, picked it up, but also found a story the kid wrote about her plushie fighting a dragon.
The plushie's name: "Sir Chesh Snuggywums Cutie-Tootie Wubwub Widdle Huggable Longbranch."
The story has to be seen to be believed:
In case you're wondering whether Wildstar is worth playing beyond just its famous combat mechanics, look no farther than this bit of lore for a reason why I already recommend both playing and reading the story. <3 <3 <3
-YES! I know the Aurin are like little forest elves, but making fun of them is like making fun of Aquaman before he summons a swarm of sharks to scarf your mocking ass. Look at this badass helping me destroy the Dominion!
Don't fuck with nature.
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Mechanics
-Unlocked the ability to Salvage items. For WoW players like me, it seems to be like disenchanting where you break an item down into component parts. I made the mistake of selling my old items so that I don't have the chance to salvage anything immediately. Will try to salvage rather than vendor in the future.
-Got Telekinetic Storm, an aoe damage over time. I'll try to remember this if I start fighting groups at a time.
-New kind of Soldier path mission! This time, instead of a king of the hill-style "holdout," I had a Demolition mission where I had to go around this area blowing up Dominion fuel tanks.
-That path mission helped me level up to path level 3. The path/soldier level is separate from my main character level.
