The EU Arkship even has been over for almost two weeks but the feedback keeps rolling in. Today Carbine's thanking those who were there by showcasing their feedback from various channels. Check the link below to see what all those EU Arkship attendees are talking about!

Loic 'Atreid' Claveau

It would be simple to make an article to tell the world how great this EU Arkship was! But we thought the best thing to do would be to let our guests tell you how it went from their perspective.

Check out Carbine's post here!

This week we have a very detailed look into Stormtalon's Lair.

Loic 'Atreid' Claveau

In the heart of Galeras, at the southern end of the mysterious Gale Canyon, lies an ancient cave known as Stormtalon's Lair. Watched over by a tribe of the mysterious Thundercall Pell – an enigmatic race that is native to Nexus - the cave has always been a shrouded in mystery.

Read the entire post at the official dev blog here!

This weeks WildStar Uplink is about making people feel more included who haven't been to recent WildStar events.

My initial thought at first was, why not open beta up a little more and throw out some more beta keys, then I thought, maybe throw out some shirts too? Head over to twitter right now and let @Team_WildStar know what you think!

UPDATE: There have been so many requests for the live streaming of events, more Dev Q&A's and more gameplay footage that @Team_WildStar had to reply.

What do you think? Sound off in the comments below!

WildStar Uplink is a bi-weekly conversation Carbine holds with the fans about MMO design, philosophy, and news. They ask questions about topics that are important, and then share your responses with the development team directly. Want to participate? Follow @Team_WildStar on Twitter for the weekly question, participate using #WSuplink, and keep an eye on the community team (CRB_Atreid, CRB_Aether, and CRB_Scooter) to interact with them throughout the discussions.

Carbine might have been late a day with this week's WildStar Wednesday, to no fault of their own, but it's finally here none the less. Today they are premiering a new region, the Crimson Isle.

Crimson Isle

Located off the coast of Deradune, Crimson Isle has been neither explored nor colonized by the Dominion because of its remote location, rocky terrain and deadly wildlife...

Read all about it at the official site here!

This week's WildStar Wednesday has hit a road bump, as Carbine has stated the Internet isn't working at their studio. So let's fill that space with some good ol' WildStar Fanart! It's been a while since the last fanart showcase so let's dive right in.

FateFlyer's WildStar Original Characters

FateFlyer

Yay, finally finished! These are my WildStar characters whom I absolutely fell in love with as I drew them. (See the drawing process here: [link]) The background is a beauitful screenshot from in-game!

With WildStar reaching its closed beta state, it comes with increased anticipation, also attracting many who have never heard of it yet. So for those less informed, we present 'Five Reasons to Love WildStar'.

#5 - Carbine really listens to the community.

I know it's a bold statement, but I've seen it in person. They politely invited a bunch of fans to their lovely studio, showed us a ton of stuff we still can't talk about, let us play the game, and then take some really honest feedback from fans.

They also have this awesome twitter discussion about every other week, usually asking tough, philosophical questions about the core concepts of what makes an MMO great. Want to participate? Follow @Team_WildStar, they'll ask a question using the hashtag #WSuplink and you respond with the same hashtag. Keep an eye on the community team (CRB_Atreid, CRB_Aether, and CRB_Scooter) to interact with them throughout the discussions.

This week, Carbine's looking into the data that they are receiving from the closed beta that began just one short week ago. Executive Producer Jeremy Gaffney shares some great accomplishments in only a weeks time, including working addons...

Jeremy Gaffney

We had the first User Interface Addon created by a fan for the game within 24 hours of opening the world up. Oh, and we didn’t provide documentation, so tester Packetdancer made their friend-finder UI in that timeframe just by digging through the code for our own UI (we’ll provide documentation eventually, we swear - but we haven’t yet).

Gaffney also pointed out that Poptart, an Aurin Esper, was the first player to show up to Nexus in the beta launch last week. So from WildStar Forums, we'd like to honor Poptart for their awesome achievement! Cheers!

Get all the details about the first week of beta here!

*Special thanks to forum user Synthetic for the new header artwork! Thanks!! :D

Carbine reacted to some leaked beta patch notes today. Below is an excerpt from their press release:

Troy "Aether" Hewitt

Leaks are a challenge for every game. Here's how it generally works: You identify people who are excited about your game, and map that interest to their machine's ability to play that game. Then you invite them into your house to provide critical feedback on your development team's hard work.

Read the entire post here at the official Dev Blog, including the leaked M30 Patch Notes.

Youtuber TotalBiscuit, released a couple videos today of his playthroughs at PAX East 2013. Watch his take on WildStar in the videos below as he talks with Carbine's Game Design Producer, Stephan Frost.

Today, Carbine has graced us with a great summary of how their servers operate. Lead Network & Database Engineer David Ray is tasked with the challenge of explaining how their servers work, and he does a great job, even the tech illiterate will understand it. David explains quite a bit, from how the chat system works (even hinting at some sort of chat that might go out of the client to others...) to how their hardware can scale to the demand as they ramp up the closed beta into a full release. 

Read the entire post at the official dev blog here!

Carbine has announced that beta invites are now going out. Keep in mind that beta participation is under a strict NDA and any breach of that here on the forums may constitute a ban from the forums.

It was a quiet Friday night, until Carbine's Lead Narrative Designer, Chad Moore (aka @Pappylicious) started a haiku throwdown and all hell broke loose! It started with a demanding tweet from Chad...

Naturally, the WildStar faithful sent a flurry of haiku. It's amazing how quickly some of the WildStar fans could put them together. Some got six or more haiku in while others like me barely got two in. For those who missed it or just want to read them again, I present the transcript of the WildStar Haiku Throw-Down.

@BrennerHawkins - Nexus Burning Dawn, Come the ships, birds of metal, War cast in their wake.

@KurikWS - A great flying house, Soaring above Exiles, Made of pure Granok.

@FateFlyer - Lend me your wisdom, Oh Eldan gods of times past, My soul calls to you.

@real_lethality - Alone in this field, Except for that rowsdower, And he drank my slush.

@FateFlyer - Hush now you must be, Eccentric furry critters, The Chua are thee.

@77Ryan - What race should i pick?, Dominion or Exile, I'll play [Redacted].

@FateFlyer - Silent through dark space, Traversing the galaxy, Nexus awaits me.

@EvionFox - Another ration, Cannot wait to build my farm, I am Settler Path.

@Tacomagamefan - My house is my home, In a little spot of sky, Wildstar neighborhood.

@Pappylicious - Dorian Walker, Found a legendary world, Exiles forever!

With yesterday's surprise Uplink Analysis coming a day early, Carbine is surprising us once again with a new series called the Econ Devblog. Econ is what Carbine calls everything that deals with the economy, be it items, crafting, vendors, rewards, etc. The post today is focused on what they are calling Circuit Board Crafting, which deals with modding items to better suit your character. The reason they are bringing all this up now, is that they want feedback from the community to expand their item slots. They want ideas from us and as a fan myself, I love this idea a ton. Stay tuned for more info, because Carbine says this collaborative opportunity is right around the corner.

Read the entire blog post at the official site here! Come on, read it now!

And when your done reading the official blog post, head here to our forums and discuss what you would like to see as item slots!

It seems that Carbine jumped the gun on the Uplink Analysis this week, instead of appearing tomorrow, we get it today! Always a fan of unexpected surprises, I found myself doubly surprised when yours truely was mentioned in this weeks Uplink Analysis! 

Last weeks question was: "What does it mean to have a "healthy community" for an MMO?"

Our 'Tweet of the Week' is a lengthy one from Gazimoff:

Generally, a healthy community is one where players are engaged with each-other in a positive & constructive manner. This positivity can be proactive help, fan creations, encouragement and advice when starting new projects. Conversely, a negative community is filled with toxic elements - hate speech/insults, destructive criticism, etc. There's also the inclusive versus exclusive, welcoming newcomers versus ridiculing noobs.

 Check out all the community answers and some new details on how Carbine is compromising with the fans in regards to the dungeon finder!

WildStar Uplink is a bi-weekly conversation Carbine holds with the fans about MMO design, philosophy, and news. They ask questions about topics that are important, and then share your responses with the development team directly. Want to participate? Follow @Team_WildStar on Twitter for the weekly question, participate using #WSuplink, and keep an eye on the community team (CRB_Atreid, CRB_Aether, and CRB_Scooter) to interact with them throughout the discussions.

The photo album from the Curser PAX East After Party is now up on Facebook. Where you there? Did you get your picture taken? Well it seems a ton of people took part and some of the pictures are quite funny!

Here's some hightlights!

Lead Narrative Designer Chad Moore ruining a perfectly good t-shirt.

The girl just to the right and behind them is trying to photobomb really hard...

Looks like a great time was had by all.

Check out the album in it's entirety at Facebook!

The WildStar devs are back with the PAX East Day 2 recap. Check out the video below and then head on over to the official blog post to read what Community Manager Troy Hewitt had to say about this past Saturday. And don't forget to check back tomorrow for the day 3 recap!

Check out the official blog post here!

Carbine is finally back home and with PAX East behind them, they decided to put together a nice recap of what went on the first day of PAX. They've even included a nice video to go with it as you can see below. The recap of day 2 should be coming tomorrow with, I'm assuming, day 3's recap coming out on Friday.

Read the whole blog post on the official site here!