WildStar – Homecoming Update Announced for September 6th

The WildStar team has announced that the next major update, Homecoming, will be ready to deploy on September 6th. The site has a brief overview of what you can expect including Communities, essentially “neighborhoods” where players can work together to create and build a unique environment. These include “expanded social features that affords players the cosmic opportunity to relocate their homes to shared land.”

WildStar – PTR Updated with Genetic Archives Prime Raid

The earliest iteration of the next WildStar prime raid has worked its way on to the game’s PTR. The Genetic Archives Prime Level 1 is ready for testing and will be released later in 2017. The team is looking for groups of players to assist with focused testing events. Several time slots have been provided for groups or guilds to work in so that the development team can observe progression through the raid.

WildStar – Devs Provide Details About Prime Raids Coming Later Today

WildStar will be updated later today with patch v1.7.2 that brings Prime Raids into the game. Prime Raids give players incentive to return to older raid tiers. Prime Raids begin at Prime Level 1 that are similar to existing raid progression, but with a twist. Each raid and Prime Level beyond 1 increases the challenges and rewards over “normal” raiding.

WildStar – Prime Raid Difficulty + QoL Changes Incoming

The latest State of the Game letter has been published on the WildStar site. It’s a somewhat short letter, but it has some interesting tidbits of information about what players can expect to find coming to the game in the future. Of particular note is the forthcoming addition of the Prime difficulty setting for raids.

WildStar – Earn Double XP from April 14-17

The WildStar team is ready to unleash another double XP weekend starting April 14th and ending on April 17th. During the “Double XP X-Plosion” event, all experience boosts through Signature membership will stack with the bonus given through the weekend.

WildStar – Power of the Primal Matrix is now live!

As pointed out by the official site and MOP, the Power of the Primal Matrix update is now live in WildStar and Nexus! The main focus of this update is on the end-game progression, adding a never-ending set of progression mechanics to keep your character growing beyond 50 – you even get a free level 50 to try it out.

WildStar – Primal Matrix to Launch on March 8th

WildStar players will be pleased to hear that the end-game progression system, Primal Matrix, will be making its debut on March 8th. To help players earn Essences (used to unlock the Matrix upgrade nodes), a pair of new instances, Evil from the Ether and Coldblood Citadel, will also be included in the update. Several dungeons and Expeditions will also become compatible with the Prime Difficulty, a new challenge to earn powerful rewards.